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

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Bridgton, Maine

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A Rope and A Prayer

FA grad talks about time in captivity

ONE OF THE 15 “Great Women of Maine” selected by MaineToday Media, Inc. is former BN editor, Eula Shorey.

One of Maine’s ‘Great Women’

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Eula Shorey has been a caretaker of Bridgton’s history.

For decades, she was an influential force in the areas of development, environment and preservation.

Tonight, Mrs. Shorey will be among 15 women to be honored at The Landing at Pine Point in Scarborough as one of the “Great Women of Maine” by MaineToday Media, Inc. The 15 honorees were chosen from a list of 58 nominees.

MaineToday Media Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Connor believes it is important to recognize individuals who are making a difference in Maine. Connor, who owns another publication in Fort Worth, Texas called the BusinessPress, created the

“Great Women” event there years ago.

“The Great Women of Maine” is meant to recognize the efforts and accomplishments of women from across the state. These women are exceptional at what they do whether it is being a business professional, educator, philanthropist, community leader, or some combination of all of the above. The women were nominated by friends/family/ admirers across the state, and then a panel of judges finalized the selection.

The list of honorees also includes: Meredith Strang Burgess, Senator Susan Collins, Susan Conley, Brenda Garrand, Bonnie Holding, Shelley Cohen Konrad, Carla Lafayette, Sister Viola Lausier, Marcia McKeague, Melinda Molin, MD, Dianne Nason, Senator Olympia Snowe, HONORED, Page 5A

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — As kidnapped journalist David Rohde sat amidst armed Taliban guards inside an unknown location in Pakistan, he frequently thought about three things.

He wondered if the Taliban extremists would kill him if their ransom demands — $25 million and 15 prisoners released from a Cuban detention center — were not met.

He questioned his own ethics.

David felt he had been somewhat reckless in his attempt to schedule an interview with a Taliban commander as part of a book he was writing, which resulted in his capture. He also felt selfish, placing himself in harm’s way after being married just two months. He felt guilty about the worry and burden he had caused his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, who is a picture editor for Cosmopolitan magazine.

With uncertainty constantly hanging over his head, Rohde maintained a sense of hope by thinking of his two families

— his own and his “Academy” family.

A Pulitzer Prize winner and an investigative reporter for The New York Times, Rohde told Fryeburg Academy students Monday at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center that the values he learned at the school and fond high school memories he continues to cherish were essential elements that helped him survive seven months of captivity.

“Lessons learned here at Fryeburg Academy have helped me throughout my life, including that time of captivity,” said Rohde, a 1985 graduate.

“These values will serve you the rest of your lives….They will serve you well in whatever you do in life.”

When David’s family moved to Center Lovell, he enrolled at Fryeburg Academy. When his dad was forced to move due to business, David stayed at FA — first as a dorm student and later he was taken in by various local families.

His first taste of journalism KIDNAPPING, Page 2A

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Three prominent landowners in this community have written letters to the Governor’s Council on Red Tape seeking to abolish the Saco River Corridor Commission, saying it is just another layer of regulatory bureaucracy that is “burdensome, repetitive and expensive.”

They are seeking the support of the Fryeburg Board of Selectmen in their effort to dismantle the Saco River Corridor Commission.

However, the executive director of the Saco River Corridor Commission told selectmen here last week that the organization acts as a necessary safety

net, when it comes to enforcing strict shoreland regulations along the river that is “one of only two viable water sources in western Maine,” the other being Sebago Lake.

Earlier in March, Elbridge Russell attended the selectmen’s meeting to present a letter he had written to the Governor’s Council on Red Tape — which is looking in to alleviating some of the regulatory hurdles businesses encounter at the state level. Russell also presented letters to the Council written by Green Thumb Farms President Don Thibodeau, and Howard K. Dearborn, an inventor and founder of Dearborn Precision Tubular Products, Inc. All three letters urge the

MEETING UP WITH OLD CLASSMATES — Fryeburg Academy grad and New York Times reporter David Rohde (right) had a chance to meet up with old classmates such as Bond MacGillivray following his talk at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Rachel Damon)

Landowners: Retire river group state to abolish the Saco River Corridor Commission (SRCC).

The 20 towns within the Saco River watershed that are under the jurisdiction of the SRCC and have representatives and alternate members serving as commissioners are: Acton, Baldwin, Biddeford, Brownfield, Buxton, Cornish, Dayton, Denmark, Fryeburg, Hiram, Hollis, Limerick, Limington, Newfield, Parsonsfield, Porter, Saco, Shapleigh, Standish and Waterboro.

Russell pointed out that the SRCC was established by the Legislature in 1973 and “was a mandated 10 Year Act to protect water quality and manage floods and was supposed to be sunsetted” in 2003.

“I am writing this letter to hopefully Retire the Saco River Corridor Commission which I feel is repetitious, expensive and punitive,” Russell stated. “The SRCC is now an expensive, redundant regulatory commission and should be disbanded.”

Thibodeau’s letter spoke about problems he encountered when developing a subdivision bordering the Saco River in which he had to gain approval from the Town of Fryeburg, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the SRCC. “This process was very redundant and wasteful, in terms time and money,” Thibodeau said, in his letter to RIVER, Page 12A

Seth’s new dog to sound seizure alert

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer RAYMOND — Seth Richards peered into the garage at his dirt bike still in storage.

He commented how depressing it is that all his fun stuff is stored or under tarps until the snow finally melts.

Until he can be reunited with his PW-50 motorcycle, the 11year-old boy creates Lego® motorbikes — and helicopters, campers, and stretch limousines. A typical Maine boy, Seth loves year-round fishing and catching bugs, and catching

and releasing other critters like snapping turtles.

Seth got hooked on motorbike riding about four years ago. In addition to the hilly dirt roads near his Raymond home, he likes to ride the track his uncle built on his Kennebunk property.

What makes getting on a motorbike a fantastic feat for Seth is his almost daily epileptic episodes that have caused him injury while riding. He has seizures during which he has been hurt, and even stopped breathing for close to a minute.

Still, Seth can’t wait until the snow is gone and his motorbike is out in the mud that is Maine during springtime.

Meanwhile, in Georgia, a puppy is being trained to be the Richards personal alert button — to predict Seth’s seizures so he is able to get to a safe place.

Thanks to the financial help of Shaw’s Supermarket, sometime in 2012, the Richards will meet the service-dog-in-training — a dog that will be able to detect epileptic seizures before they happen.

Susan, Seth’s mom, has been

on a waiting list for five years — a waiting list for her son to receive a service dog through the organization, Canine Assistants headquartered in Atlanta. Shaw’s stepped forward and offered to cover the costs of training a service dog for Seth — as well as flying the family south to meet their new dog, she said.

According to Susan, the dog is trained for about 18 months before families travel to the Atlanta-based facility, where a dog “will choose us” within the

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Town officials and local businessmen requested that as the state’s construction project on the Causeway revs up this spring, signage reflect that Naples will be doing business as usual.

During a recent bi-monthly construction update meeting, Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine said signs that read, “Seek an alternate route,” not only did little to help commuters already in the midst of backed-up traffic, but also sent the wrong message to out-oftowners.

“We don’t want to drive people away,” responded Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) Resident Engineer Craig Hurd.

He agreed to can the signs that might inadvertently tell people to avoid the Causeway.

Currently, the message on the light-up board is “Expect delays in April and May.” According to Hurd, the contract between MDOT and the town forbids crews to close lanes during the summer months — from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day, and during the weekend of the Fryeburg Fair.

Therefore, during the next two months, daytime traffic will be subject to 20-to 30minute waits while crews close lanes to rip up the road, lay new foundation and eventually repave Route 302.

“I am expecting longer delays this year than last fall,” Hurd said.

Two concerns Goodine voiced were buses being held up in traffic and delivering children to school late, and resident volunteers being unable to get to Naples Fire and Rescue Department during emergencies.

“For school buses, a 20-

minute delay can mess up the school day,” he said.

Jeff Simpson, with Wyman & Simpson Inc., the general contractor awarded the bid to complete the Causeway and build the Bay of Naples Bridge, had a solution.

“We’ll let flaggers know if they see buses to get ‘em through,” Simpson said.

To address volunteers’ need to get to the fire station in a timely manner – during emergency calls, the town plans to use an area-wide fire siren that could be heard around the Causeway. This would alert DELAYS, Page 3A

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Word on the bridge: Expect delays

SETH RICHARDS gives a hug to one of his two dogs, Pepper, in the kitchen of his home in Raymond. Sometime in 2012, another dog will join the Richards’ family – a service dog that will alert Seth prior to his epileptic seizures, which sometimes occur daily.

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FA grad recounts his kidnapping The Rohde File • A 1985 graduate of Fryeburg Academy.

• Attended Bates College, and later transferred to Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

• Worked as a county and municipal reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer and later joined The Christian Science Monitor, covering national news and later became the paper’s Eastern European correspondent.

• Joined The New York Times in 1996.

• Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for his “persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnia Muslims in Srebrenica,” a town in eastern Bosnia. He located eyewitnesses to the massacre and wrote about the events that led up to the slaughter. He was held captive in the Serb-held town of Bijeljina for 10 days. He was intensely interrogated, and was to be sentenced for spying before he was released.

• In 2008, he was part of arranged the interview. When Rohde, the journalist and a young Afghan driver arrived at the meeting spot, the commander wasn’t there. A call was made to the commander, and the men were told to travel farther down the road. When their vehicle turned a corner, the roadway was blocked. Two armed men approached the vehicle.

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The men were militants, who worked along with the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.

“The kidnapping occurred about week after Obama was elected,” Rohde said. “When I told them I was an American, they raised their fists into the air and said they were going to send a blood message to Obama.”

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• Co-author with his wife, the couple penned, “A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides,” their accounts of David’s kidnapping and Kristen’s efforts to free her husband.

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(Continued from Page A) came as editor of the “Raider Digest,” now known as the “Raider Review.” Those little “lessons” learned included: be honest, take responsibility for your actions, admit your mistakes, and treat others as you would like to be treated.

Rohde pointed to how “small the world has become,” citing the number of Mainers he met serving in the military and stationed in Afghanistan while covering events there for The New York Times (he once considered joining the military or becoming a paramedic after Sept. 11, 2001, but instead gave readers a close-up look at the happenings in Afghanistan through his newspaper accounts).

He told the audience how he looked forward to speaking with FA student Shafiqullah Mujadadi (known as “Shafi”), who comes from the village where he was abducted in November 2008.

The abduction In writing a book about America’s failed attempts to stabilize Afghanistan since 2001, Rohde returned there to gather material for the final chapters. Others, who had written books about the conflict, had interviewed Taliban leaders. Naturally, Rohde thought he had to follow suit. Others had successfully conducted such interviews without incident.

Rohde wasn’t so lucky.

“My competitive side got the best of me. I rushed into it. I was too ambitiouss,” he told FA students. “I made a selfish decision. I didn’t tell her (my wife) that I was going to interview a Taliban commander. I didn’t think of the possible consequences of my actions.”

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the men were moved from various buildings several times, since the captors believed Americans were likely in pursuit. Eventually, the three kidnapped men arrived in a tribal area in Pakistan.

The captors placed their ransom request, but weeks and months passed without any resolution. Back home, Rohde’s wife and family asked The Times to keep the kidnapping out of the press, fearing increased publicity would drive up the captors’ asking price.

Eventually, the price dropped to $7 million and four prisoners.

While Rohde described the guards as “poorly educated,” they were, however, “technically savvy.” They “Googled” David Rohde on the Internet, and learned that his brother owned his own business. They misconstrued what Rohde’s brother does, believing his manufactures jumbo jets — thus the family had plenty of money to pay the ransom.

“I was never beaten. I even received bottled water and received English copies of a Pakistani newspaper,” Rohde said.

The captives watched numerous videos including American war movies such as “Windwalkers” and “Band of Brothers.” They would sing along with the guards after dinner. Rohde introduced his captors to “New York, New York,” “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen and “Imagine” by John Lennon.

“The guards even had a copy of an American video game, ‘Delta Force.’ Even though in the game they were Americans, they liked to shoot down the American helicopters,” he recalled.

To “humanize” himself to the guards, Rohde often talked about people he knew in Maine, describing them as hard-working, honest people.

Rohde saw the type of extremist culture that is emerging in some parts of Pakistan.

When talking to an elementary student, Rohde asked want he wanted to be when he grew up?

The answer: a suicide bomber.

When he rephrased the question, adding that if peace is restored, what would he want to be? The answer changed slightly — a holy warrior.

A MOMENT DAVID LOOKED FORWARD TO — After talking about his Afghanistan experience, New York Times journalist David Rohde (left) was anxious to speak with FA student “Shafi” Mujadadi, who is from Kabul.

(Photo by Rachel Damon/FA) Seeing no change in their situation, Rohde and the Afghan journalist decide to escape. On June 20, 2009, the two men successfully evaded their captors.

“We kept the guards up late that night playing Parcheesi,” he said.

Good fortune helped the escape effort. Power had been restored, that enabled the guards to run a cooling fan, which created some background noise. The young Afghan driver refused to take part in the escape. So, Rohde and the journalist reached the rooftop, and used a rope that Rohde had secretly hidden to lower themselves 15-feet over the wall to the compound. Their destination was a nearby Pakistani military base.

Suddenly, the men heard shouts to stop. They could also hear assault rifles being loaded.

They raised their hands into the air.

“We had our hands in the air for 15 minutes. We were then told to take off our shirts,” Rohde said.

Inside the base, the men were finally safe. An officer allowed Rohde to make a phone call. He called home.

“At first, the answering machine picked up,” said Rohde. Then, he heard a woman’s voice, it was his motherin-law who had moved from Kennebunkport to stay with David’s wife during the ordeal.

Rohde informed her about the successful escape. The news was relayed to the FBI and other federal agencies. Two hours later, two helicopters swooped in and flew Rohde to safety.

“The first call I made was to my mother. She told me she loved me, and then said she was revoking my passport,” he said.

Again, Rohde reminded FA students about values.

“Don’t give up. For seven months, I felt my situation was hopeless. I knew the situation could change overnight.

Be patient. Be determined.

Don’t complain. Things will play out in ways you’ve never dreamed.”

Rohde spoke of the importance of venturing into troubled areas of the world to file firsthand accounts of the events of each day while also speaking with the people (he called it “ground truth”) whose lives were being affected — and not simply relying upon governmental news releases. Journalism, Rohde told students, was a key that unlocked the door to see 30 different countries and a chance to report upon a wide range of topics.

When asked by one FA student if he thought peace is possible in Afghanistan, Rohde said he remains “optimistic.”

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(Continued from Page A) flaggers to the rescue workers traveling to the station.

During the Naples Board of Selectmen meeting on Monday, selectmen discussed ways to inform the public about establishing the use of the fire siren.

Also on Tuesday, Selectman Rick Paraschak suggested locals who can swing around the Causeway during their daily commute, do so.

“If people do commute and can use Route 35, they would be better off doing that than driving through town,” he said.

Paraschak had spoken with Hurd earlier about appropriate signage — to promote business in Naples while warning drivers of delays.

“They will make smaller signs so people know that Naples is open for business — make sure the tourists don’t go away,” Paraschak said.

Rohde

(Continued from Page A) and wanted to enter dangerous regions, as her dad once did.

Rohde said he would encourage her to follow her dream.

He closed the talk saying, “You will always remember this place (Fryeburg Academy).

The friendships. The lessons learned.”

David Rohde remembered them during the darkest time of his life.

and Country Club, defined a mobile liquor license, which he has applied for and received for the past four years. The recreational business is located at 136 Sebago Road.

The liquor license application for a mobile cart is different in appearance than those for an establishment or for a catering service, Caron said.

The operators must take a course on serving alcohol and how to prevent customers from becoming intoxicated.

The TIPS certification is a state requirement, and anyone serving alcohol must be certified and follow guidelines, Caron said.

Following that explanation, the board voted, 3-0, to approve the mobile liquor license. Neither selectmen Tom Mayberry nor Bob Caron, Sr. was present at the March 21 meeting.

During the public hearing, Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine referred to a Casco Board of Selectmen meeting that happened a week earlier.

On March 15, Casco selectmen approved a couple of liquor licenses, but withheld its vote on a mobile liquor license until they could gather more information about the permit.

Point Sebago Resort had applied this year for the mobile liquor license for use on its golf course.

Casco Town Manager Dave Morton had commented it was the first time he had seen an application for a mobile liquor license.

At that time, the board voted to table the permit approval until it received an explanation about the special liquor license.

Two weeks later, on March 29, selectmen unanimously approved the mobile liquor license for the longtime Casco-based resort that sits on Sebago Lake waterfront.

After the vote, Point Sebago Resort representatives exited the meeting room. One gentleman wearing a jacket with the Point Sebago Lodge logo gave a thumb ups and whispered, “5-0,” referring to the unanimous approval of the permit that won’t go unused this summer.

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SEARCH OF SEBAGO LAKE SUSPENDED — Fire personnel from several Lake Region communities, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, the Maine Warden Service and emergency medical personnel responded March 30 to a report that a snowmobile operator may have broken through the ice near Kettle Cove on Sebago Lake. Two airboats were used in the search, as was a LifeFlight helicopter that happened to be returning from a transport flight to Maine Medical Center in Portland and was in the area. The search was called off, after approximately two hours.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Some town-contracted plow trucks might be seen driving down the road with their plows up.

But, it would not be wasting town money because the contractor gets paid per mile plowed, not distance driven, according to Casco Selectman Carroll Morton.

At the March 29 board meeting — as the topic arose of putting out to bid a snow-removal contract for the 2011-12 fiscal year, selectmen’s conversation turned to the allowance for a bigger fleet to get roads plowed quicker.

Selectmen reviewed a draft of the invitation to bid. The contract will be for five years.

Bids will be revealed via sealed envelope during a public meeting before the board sometime in May. The bid draft called for the use of six heavy-duty plow trucks versus three heavy-duty and three lightweight trucks with plows.

Selectman Ray Grant said that requirement might prohibit

My concern is with fewer trucks, the taxpayers’ expectations will not be met.

And it will be perceived that the new contractor is not doing the job. It will be a perception of failure.......

— Casco Town Manager Dave Morton some businessmen from plowing because they owned and insured fewer trucks.

In addition, the surplus of rigs on the road would be more costly for the contractor — likely resulting in an inflated bid price, Grant said.

He also expressed concern that contracted trucks “driving around town with their plows up” would be a drain of taxpayers’ money.

Selectman Morton said it didn’t matter whether they had their plows up and were driving

back and forth. The winning bidder would be paid for every mile plowed, not how much gas was used driving there, he said.

Currently — and for the past 15 years — Jim Willey, of R.N. Willey and Sons in Casco, has been awarded the snow-remov-

al bid. Of Willey’s own accord, he bumped up the number of snowplows to get the snow off Casco’s roads more quickly, Town Manager Dave Morton told the board.

“My effort was to duplicate what we currently have,” Morton said.

“My concern is with fewer trucks, the taxpayers’ expectations will not be met. And it will be perceived that the new contractor is not doing the job.

It will be a perception of failure,” he said.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Town and committee meetings are now being televised on Cable Community Channel 2.

At a recent Casco Board of Selectmen meeting, a member of the Media Sharing Committee presented the group’s findings and offered five options for residents to continue to have town meetings recorded and replayed on community television.

The camera and audio equipment recording the meeting in the Casco Community Center stood as testament to the Media Sharing Committee’s hard work.

The committee started meeting in early March, and it has already lined up a list of options, some of which voters could decide on at the annual town meeting.

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A Naples businessman — who for the past four years has been granted a mobile liquor license — helped to answer the question that came before Casco’s elected officials last week when Point Sebago Resort applied for the permit for the first time.

The question: What is a mobile liquor license?

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(Continued from Page A) ings, according to Selectman Ray Grant.

But, it wasn’t until earlier this year when community members started asking about the formation of a committee to move forward with finding a way to get meetings televised that one was appointed.

Selectmen appointed committee members Rick Thorpe, Wayne Ward, Jeannine Oren and Donna Morton. Weekly meetings were scheduled for the month of March. Ward and Thorpe resigned after the first meeting. But, the two women were able to wrap things up.

In fact, both Morton and Oren requested selectmen to dissolve the committee since its work is done. The board granted their wish with a vote last week.

The Media Sharing Committee had explored ways to meet its objective. Rather than choosing the best options for the town, the committee shopped around, testing out various services with the capability.

Oren provided a quick checklist of solutions, including doing nothing. Each potential solution was explained; and pros and cons were provided.

One of the options was for the town to renew its contract with Time Warner by joining the Lake Region Cable TV Consortium, a group of towns united in getting the best deal from the telecommunications company.

Another choice was entering into a cost sharing agreement with the Town of Raymond to use its broadcasting equipment.

The downside is that Casco would play second fiddle to Raymond’s recording needs.

Or, the town could engage the services of Lake Region Television, which the committee

HELPING OTHERS FIND COMFORT — The children at the Rainbow Valley Learning Center in Sebago have been collecting aluminum tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in Portland. Youngsters recently delivered their donation of six gallons of the tabs. Maple Grove Grange has partnered with the Center to guide the group in community service activities.

Grange member Ann Burns accompanied them with their donation of an additional six gallons. The tabs are recycled to assist with funding for the comfort and supplies of the guest families, who have patients at Maine Medical Center. reported was the least expensive approach. On the flip side, the town wouldn’t advance its own audio and visual equipment, and would lose potential grants given to improve the town’s technological communication.

Another consideration: Getting the professional advice of an independent technology consultant. The committee provided the name of an individual who could assist selectmen with writing bid proposals.

Following the quick committee update, Oren said she and Morton would be available to answer future questions – even though the committee would no longer exist.

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the March 15 meeting is available through the town’s website.

The audio version of Tuesday’s meeting should be downloaded onto the website as well, according to Town Manager Dave Morton.

Also, the selectmen-approved summarized minutes from as far

back as Nov. 9, will be posted on the website, which is www. cascomaine.org Through Lake Region Television, Board of Selectmen meetings will be aired on Wednesdays at 9 p.m., Thursdays at 8:30 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays at 5:30 p.m.

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Like other surrounding communities, the Town of Fryeburg is trying to best address what its taxpayers can afford and the realities of these tough economic times.

It is not an easy task, to say the least.

The municipal budget of $6,774,760.64 presented by Town Manager Sharon Jackson is $143,528.64 more than was appropriated by voters in 2010.

However, some municipal departments will see their budgets increased, if voters approve the town manager’s recommendations at the annual town meeting in mid-June, while others will show a significant decrease.

One new proposal the town manager is making this year is to pay for the town’s capital budget out of Surplus.

“That would be one way not

to increase the budget,” said Jackson.

Fewer hours for fire chief, librarian, rec director?

Jackson, who has been in her post one year as of March 22, is recommending reducing the hours of the full-time fire chief, librarian and recreation director from 40 hours to 32 hours per week. Those are the only municipal employees who face a reduction of their work hours.

As in other areas of the budget, Jackson told selectmen and the budget committee that now that she has worked here for an entire year, she has been able to assess what is needed, in order to perform necessary duties and adequately provide services for townspeople.

As to why she is recommending eight fewer hours per week for the full-time fire chief, Jackson said at the March 30 Budget Committee meeting,

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“I don’t look at the person in the position, I look at what’s needed,” said Jackson. Saying she checked out every town in Oxford County that has a fulltime fire chief, which aren’t all that many she said, Jackson stated, “I didn’t touch services.

However, I do think the administrative duties of that job can be done in 32 hours. Yes, I do.

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Jackson stated that the same can be said for the librarian’s position and that of the recreation director, as is true for the fire chief’s job — all three can be performed, in her professional opinion, in 32 hours not 40 hours, per week.

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The town manager is also recommending that all town employees, except for her, receive a three percent increase BUDGET, Page A

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(Continued from Page A) of service we have now” people will be disappointed,” York said.

“Five trucks can’t do what six can do.”

Grant countered, “Five trucks can do what six can do. One is driving around with its plow up.”

Selectman Morton shook his head, saying, “You’ve got so many miles of road to plow for so much money.”

The town manager confirmed that was the basis of paying for the job — miles plowed.

“What does make a difference is: Whether a contractor has to supply five or six trucks,” Grant said. “If he has to supply an extra truck, he’ll have to pay for the truck somehow, and it’ll come out of mileage costs.”

Another requirement included in the invitation to bid — that the contractor be able to stage equipment at least five miles from Casco. The winning bidder could live or have a business in another town, but must be able to stage equipment nearby, Morton said.

“I remember one time the state contracted a company out of Westbrook to plow Route 11. That was a real disaster,” Morton said.

“I want equipment staged within five miles of town. You see this often. With shopping centers, you see equipment parked all winter long because it’s contracted to be there,” he said. “We will ask the question: Would the bidder service other towns or areas?”

Selectmen indicated they’d prefer the town to be the first customer the bidder plows during snowstorms.

In addition, the snow-removal job includes de-icing the culverts to prevent flooding, Morton said.

In related news, the town manager reported to the board the standing of the sand for the remaining “spring” storms, and for the upcoming winter of 2011-12.

“We got a good price from P&K. We have sand left over from this year,” Morton said. “We could get 900 or 1,000 (cubic) yards of sand with existing money in the account. We have room in the sand shed.”

Selectman Morton advised someone check the composition of the sand prior to purchasing it, and before mixing it with leftover sand in the shed.

It was clarified that P&K’s sand comes from a pit in South Paris.

“We’ll mention that we need the same grade of material they’ve been supplying,” Town Manager Morton said.

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Eula Shorey honored by media group

Shenna Bellows Civil Liberties Union

Tom McLaughlin Teacher and columnist

Friday is being touted as “The Great Debate” date.

Lake Region Television, located in the lower level of the Bridgton Municipal Complex on Chase Street, will host a debate April 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. between columnist Tom McLaughlin and Shenna Bellows of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.

McLaughlin and Bellows will face off on a variety of issues ranging from national security and the Patriot Act to privacy and abortion.

The event will be moderated

by Steve Collins of Bridgton.

Audience participation will be encouraged.

McLaughlin is a proud political conservative and is regular columnist for The Bridgton News. He is a middle school social studies teacher from Lovell. His columns and controversial views often provoke strong responses, both pro and con, in the form of letters to the editor, and he speaks at public forums on occasion to defend and expand upon his views.

Bellows is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. She is a widely respected spokeswoman for the ACLU, and is well-versed in topics of social, legal and political interest in Maine, including those the Maine Legislature is about to face, as well as national issues.

Bellows is looking forward to speaking for the first time in the Lake Region, and talking with McLaughlin and audience members about issues from the perspective of a defender of the Constitution and The Bill of Rights.

The public is invited to attend and encouraged to participate in this free event.

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Mrs. Shorey’s involvement in her community included: Historical Society: 1953, founding member of Bridgton Historical Society (she served as president in 1965 and presently is a trustee emerita); initiated founding of Bridgton Historical Society Museum in 1976; chairwoman for the Bridgton Historical Society annual antique show for 20 years.

Town History: Edited the Bridgton History, 1768-1968, published for Bicentennial; cited by American Association for State and Local History as best history published that year.

Bicentennial: Chairwoman of the Bridgton Bicentennial Committee 1968; 1975, Outstanding Citizen of Bridgton award by Bridgton Chamber of Commerce for work on Bicentennial, obtaining funds for the building of the town bandstand and the Boy Scout cabin.

Journalist: Started journalism career at the Sullivan Times (Indiana); worked for Southwest News in Pulaski, Va.; editor of corporate publications in Virginia and New York; worked at Pittsburgh Press; Managing Editor of The Bridgton News for 35 years; 1975-1976 first female president of the Maine Press Association (established in 1864); Maine Journalist of the Year 1981; 1999, Henry and Eula Shorey elected to Maine Press Hall of Fame; 1971-1974, 1976-77 chairwoman of the Maine Press Association Better Newspaper Contest; 1974, judge at National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper contest in Washington, D.C.; Board of Directors of New England Press Association 1978-1980; 1981, member of MPA Ethics Committee.

Civic Leadership: Trustee of Northern Cumberland Memorial Hospital; president of Hospital Guild; trustee of Bridgton Public Library; president of Bridgton Literary Club;

member of First Congregational Church; charter member (1970) and now honorary trustee of the Lakes Environmental Association; initial founding member of the Arts and Crafts Society in Bridgton.

County and State: Cumberland County CETA board member; Cumberland County Budget Committee; The Remember ME committee; Cumberland County TB and Health Association Board; Board of Maine Association of Hospital Auxiliaries.

Mrs. Shorey, who will be 97 this year, remains proud of her work at The Bridgton News, production of the Bridgton History and the organization of the Bridgton Arts and Crafts Society.

“She saw a need for women in town to be able to sell the items that they were making at home. She knew of an empty town-owned building and received the selectmen’s okay to create the center,” wrote Mrs. Shorey’s daughter, Mary. “Over

the years, she also encouraged young women to enter the business world and start their own businesses.”

Mary Shorey added, “She (Mrs. Shorey) has always had this vision of a healthy community — environmentally and economically — as well as helping to preserve the history of the town through gathering history into the 1968 publication and in recording history through The Bridgton News.

She was an early proponent for zoning to preserve the character of the town and the quality of the area lakes.”

When asked, “What would you like to see different about Maine in 10 years?” Mrs. Shorey responded, “A better climate for preservation of resources and history as well as for development in the economic wellbeing of the state.”

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Solid Waste Solid Waste will see a major decrease this year of $50,285.45, according to Jackson.

“We’re eliminating two parttime positions and only have two full-time individuals” at the transfer station/recycling facility, Jackson said. “We don’t need four people there anymore. We’ll always have two people on staff there.”

When the subject of electricity came up, Jackson said, “I did a two-year comparison of electricity use for all departments.”

The town has been trying single-sort recycling, on a sixmonth trial basis, and Jackson said that, as a result, she expects disposal fees of household trash to decline. Voters will decide in June whether or not they want to continue with singlesort recycling on a year-round basis.

“The amount of recyclable items we’re taking in because of single-sort (recycling) is a lot more than we expected it to be,” the town manager said.

Public Works Director Gary Whitten said that last year the Town of Fryeburg recycled 200 tons for the entire year.

“And, we’re in the slow months right now, and we’ve recycled 300 tons, so far,” said Whitten. “That’s 25 tons a month (over 12 months).”

Voters appropriated $97,605.58 for disposal of household solid waste in 2010, and Jackson is recommending reducing that amount to $88,000 in 2011/2012.

“We actually think it’s going to cost a lot less than the $88,000,” said Jackson. “The same (goes) for (disposal fees for) demo.”

Demolition debris disposal was $37,000 last year, and Jackson recommends budgeting $35,000 this year. She is projecting the single sort recycling disposal fees to be $8,816 in 2011/2012, at $19 per ton for eight tons (58 roll-off containers).

Hauling costs budgeted for solid waste, recyclable items and demolition debris is as follows: $29,000 for solid waste ($31,000 last year); $17,400 for demolition debris hauling ($18,400 last year); and $6,380 for disposal of recyclable items ($110 per haul for 58 roll-off containers).

The Solid Waste account also shows a never before budgeted amount of $20,000 for wood disposal fees, as the town previously burned its wood waste but is no longer allowed to do that, Jackson said.

There is also a requested amount of $12,000 for equipment at the transfer station which Jackson said is to finish backhoe repairs, foam fill the back tires, purchase new front tires and foam fill, as well as a hood and dipper bucket.

Big savings Town Manager Jackson and Whitten worked together earlier this year and came up with a plan, since approved by the selectmen, to combine the Highway Department and Transfer Station under one umbrella as the Public Works

Department with Whitten overseeing both areas — highway and solid waste/recycling.

“The combination of the two departments is a savings of $30,000,” Jackson stated, “and it’s because we’re reducing staff from both (highway/public works and solid waste/recycling).”

Public Works Jackson further explained the $30,000 in projected savings, when she detailed the changes in the Public Works Department highway crew.

“Both departments are under the supervision of one person (used to be two supervisors), and we developed job descrip-

tions,” said Jackson. “The transfer station employees will have Class 2 (Class B) licenses, so they can plow if needed. There are four full-time employees now, rather than three full-time and two part-time. The purpose is to have fully trained persons who can operate big equipment.”

Insurances (not health insurance, but rather vehicle, property and other types of insurance) for all town departments have been moved to one account, according to Jackson.

“Insurance totals $35,000 town-wide and is now in the Miscellaneous account,” Jackson said.

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“They have had no (pay) increase, in three years,” Jackson told selectmen and Budget Committee members here April 4. “That’s less than 1%, in four years.”

Selectman Rick Eastman praised Jackson for the work she has accomplished in the past year and said he would propose a 3% raise for the town manager, as well.

“Sharon has done a super job trying to get this town back on track and build this budget and administration,” Eastman said.

“We are light years ahead of where we were,” said Chairman Tom Klinepeter. “I have to agree with Rick.” Selectman Ed Wilkey was unable to attend Monday night’s joint meeting with the selectmen and Budget Committee.

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Incidents on Bridgton Police Department blotter

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, March 29: 8:40 a.m. A caller reported being harassed, and a report was made.

Noon An anonymous caller via 9-1-1 reported two males in their twenties fighting near the Junior Harmon Baseball field at Main and Oak Streets.

The responding police officer located one of the subjects who denied being in a fight. None of those involved wanted to press charges against the others.

10:08 p.m. A police officer and a member of the Bridgton Fire Department responded to a report of heavy dark smoke in the area of the West Bridgton Fire Station on North High Street (Route 302). It was found to be coming from a chimney “and is usually like that.”

Wednesday, March 30: 6:44 p.m. A caller reported that their nine-year-old daughter was allegedly “punched in the back of the head” by another nineyear-old girl at a playground on Sawyer Circle. The responding officer spoke with the child who allegedly punched the other girl, and peace was restored.

Thursday, March 31: 11:20 a.m. A subject reported that while they were away from their residence for two days that “was being treated for a bed bug problem” they noticed things moved

around the apartment and two diamond rings were missing.

8:32 p.m. Warnings for disorderly conduct were issued to two individuals, after Bridgton Police responded to a residence on Howard Trail for a report of a domestic disturbance. Peace was restored.

Friday, April 1: 6:55 a.m. to Noon Several non-reportable motor vehicle accidents were reported, including a 2001 Nissan Maxima that went in to a ditch on Woods Pond Drive, a 2004 Chevrolet Tracker that slid off Woods Pond Drive, a box truck that slid off Woods Pond Drive, a 2001 Saturn that slid off Portland Road near Paris Farmers Union and a 2007 Chevrolet HHR that went into a ditch and landed on its side near the intersection of Portland and Willis Park Roads.

Saturday, April 2: 3:31 p.m.

A caller from Holden Hills in North Bridgton advised that a suspicious male had come to their door and asked to inspect their home and “that he was sent by the town to do so.” The caller advised the male did not identify himself or any company he may work for and that he offered them a candle in return for checking out their home.

The caller said they did not let the man into their house. He was described as being mid-eastern, in his late 30s or early 40s, about five feet, 10 inches tall,

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Sunday, April 3: 2:04 a.m.

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ated by Diane M. Spink, of Gordonsville, Tenn., was reported stuck in a snowbank on South Bridgton Road. Spink reportedly struck her head and complained of a headache and was transported to Bridgton Hospital by United Ambulance personnel.

11:49 a.m. Two SUV owners reported catalytic converters stolen from their vehicles while they attended church on South High Street.

Monday, April 4: 6:42 a.m.

A caller reported dogs had been

FRYEBURG — The following is a partial listing of incidents handled by the Fryeburg Police Department from March 28 through April 3, 2011: Monday, March 28: 3:30 a.m. Fryeburg Police assisted Fryeburg Rescue personnel on Silver Parkway.

9:45 a.m. A report of criminal mischief on Stepping Stones Road was investigated.

11:20 p.m. A 43-year-old man from Fryeburg was arrested and charged with violating a condition of release.

Tuesday, March 29: 3 p.m.

A police officer conducted a welfare check on Ice House Road.

Wednesday, March 30: 9:13 a.m. Fryeburg Police assisted another agency on Maple Street.

Thursday, March 31: 9:15 a.m. A police officer responded to a burglar alarm on Chatauqua Road.

4:16 p.m. A police officer

responded to an unspecified complaint at Molly Ockett Middle School.

6:13 p.m. Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Leach Road where a 17-year-old juvenile was taken into custody and charged with domestic violence assault.

8:45 p.m. A police officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgton Road (Route 302) near the Public Works garage, and a report was taken.

9:20 p.m. Police officers responded to a report of a missing person on Black Bear Road.

11:45 p.m. A 31-yearold man from Fryeburg was arrested at the intersection of Main and Portland Streets and was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and operating a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was suspended or revoked.

Friday, April 1: 4:30 a.m.

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7:40 p.m. A subject from Ingalls Road reported his wife missing. It was later determined she had been arrested for allegedly violating conditions of release for an unspecified charge and was incarcerated at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

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11:28 a.m. A caller reported a burglary where someone had pushed in the basement window of a house on Portland Road the night before and made entry but nothing appears to have been taken.

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A complaint at Silver Parkway and Prebble Drive was investigated.

1:40 p.m. Fryeburg Police assisted the Fryeburg Fire Department on Portland Street.

3:30 p.m. A police officer responded to a 9-1-1 hang-up call on West Fryeburg Road.

Saturday, April 2: 5:45 p.m. A police officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Portland Street near Porter Road, and a report was taken.

11:11 p.m. A 23-year-old

man from Fryeburg was arrested at the police station and charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

9:55 p.m. A complaint at a restaurant and bar on Bridgton Road was determined to be unfounded.

11 p.m. A noise complaint at the same restaurant and bar on Bridgton Road was investigated.

11:12 p.m. Fryeburg Police assisted another agency on Main Street near Bog Pond Road.

Man charged with criminal threatening

A 42-year-old man from Bridgton was arrested early Monday morning and charged with domestic violence assault, domestic violence criminal threatening and obstructing the reporting of a crime.

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Joshua Muise and Donald “Mac” McCormick arrested Stacey A. Gain at 12:01 a.m. on April 4, and he was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland where he remained held on $500 cash bail late Monday morning.

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Grange month NAPLES — Naples Grange #94 has selected Ovide Corbeil as Citizen of The Year in appreciation of his giving back to the community.

It was brought to the Grange’s attention that Ovide has been a man behind the scenes for many years helping his fellow neighbors. Ovide owns Ovide’s Used Cars (“Jesus Is Lord”) in Bridgton, and has been on the Route 302 corridor for over 20 years. He started his business at the tender age of 19 in Buxton, and brought his services to the Lake Region area. Ovide is joined by his lovely wife, Nancy, and daughter, Laura.

Naples Grange #94 will be holding a potluck dinner at the Edward I. Singer Community Center (Naples Grange Building) located on the Naples Village Green, on Thursday, April 21, at 6 p.m. There will be time for conversation and time to enjoy a meal with family and friends as Ovide is presented with the “Citizen of The Year” award.

The Grange meeting will follow at 7 p.m. All are welcome to come congratulate Ovide for

his kindness and generosity to the people of the Lake Region area.

Easter festivities. Along with the celebration of April as Grange Month, the organization will be hosting the Easter Bunny festivities on Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., offering refreshments and time to take photos with the Easter Bunny.

Bring your family, camera and come enjoy the festivities, as it is always a fun time.

For further information, please call Worthy Master, Billi Lynn Burke (aka Mrs. Tux) at 671-5804.

Members sought. Naples Grange #94 is looking for more members who wish to be part of an organization.

The Grange provides opportunities for individuals and families to develop to their highest potential in order to build a stronger community. The Grange will accomplish this mission through fellowship, service and legislation.

For more information, call Worthy Master Billi Lynn Burke.

BIRDHOUSE GALA AUCTION — Alison Caulfield takes delivery of 24 birdhouses donated by Jim Turpin for the Naples Public Library’s Great Birdhouse Gala Auction. Pictured (left to right) Jim Turpin (Coveside Conservation Products owner), Alison Caulfield (Naples Public Library trustee) and the fine craftsmen of Coveside Conservation Products.

NPL looking for a few great artists

NAPLES — Are you an artist or do you know one?

The Naples Public Library is looking for a few great artists to decorate birdhouses for the Great Birdhouse Gala Auction.

A live auction will take place on Aug. 13, 2011 at the Naples

Golf and Country Club.

The library is the proud recipient of 24 beautiful birdhouses. All these houses have been manufactured in Maine,

by Maine craftspeople, and are being donated to the auction

by Naples resident Jim Turpin, owner of Coveside Preservation

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Products. Coveside has been manufacturing birdhouses, bird feeders, bat houses and other wildlife habitats since 1990. Every Coveside product is manufactured with the correct dimensions for the specific species and the proper ventilation and drainage for the well-being of the birds.

Normally constructed with a rough exterior finish, Mr. Turpin has had these made with a smooth exterior finish to better facilitate painting and decorating. A variety of bird, bat and even butterfly houses are artist-ready.

As an artist you have free rein as to what you do to your house. You may paint it, carve into it, add wood embellishments to it, glue things onto it, tile it, mosaic it, or decoupage it, to name just a few possibilities. As works of art, some of these houses will spend all their time on a shelf to be admired, but some of these will actually find their way into the yard or garden and provide actual shelter for those creatures it was intended

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for. Therefore, NPL will have a list of “do’s and don’ts” for the volunteer artists.

All completed pieces need to be returned to the library

by June 1 so they may be photographed for inclusion on the auction website and distributed to local businesses for display prior to the auction.

If you would like to create a masterpiece to be auctioned off to benefit the Naples Public Library, please contact Andrea Dacko at 787-3726.

Eastman to talk

Lee Eastman, general manager of Everlast Roofing, and president of the Bridgton Economic Development Corporation will discuss the role of the BEDC and the future of Bridgton at the next meeting of the Bridgton Rotary Club on Thursday, April 14, at 7:15 a.m. at the Bridgton Alliance Church, Harrison Road, Bridgton.

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Trains, gardens and Easter eggs

Step aboard with Jeffrey Richards on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m., as he talks about trains at the Bridgton Public Library. He is also bringing a small display with him for others to enjoy. Then on Wednesday, April 20, learn how to grow your own organic garden. Kathy Banks will share all the tricks she knows about growing your own vegetables. The class is from 6 to 9 p.m., and registration is required. Call 647-2472 to sign up.

On Friday, April 22, the library will be in a festive mood, as the staff gets ready to celebrate Easter and honor Mother Earth. The annual Easter Egg Hunt will kick off at 11 a.m., and everyone who participates will receive a non-food treat. Then, at 1:30 p.m., come weave a bright Easter basket with Lizabeth.

This project is for ages six and up and registration is required. For more information on any of these programs, call the library at 647-2472.

Senior College announces courses

A balance of science and humanities, these courses are designed to maintain the high level of academic inquiry that has become the program’s trademark.

Starting on April 25, Ken Gibbs will present “American Transcendentalism,” focusing on essays by Emerson and his subsequent influence on Poe and Whitman.

Dan Abbott follows on Tuesday, April 26, with a study of “Beethoven’s Quintessential String Quartets,” long considered the finest manifestation of Beethoven’s musical genius.

Dan has been a part of Senior College at Bridgton since its beginning in fall of 2000 and continues to make important contributions to the quality of its programs.

On Thursday, April 28, Frank Daggett, a U.S. Navy trained oceanographer, begins his class, “The Air-Ocean System,” to explain this connection that controls weather, climate and the global economy.

Friday, April 29, begins a series about “Wild Things That Fly.” Several noted wildlife rehabilitators and researchers will discuss bats, loons, and birds of prey, showing how these wild things take their place in the local environment.

Classes meet at the Bridgton Community Center and normally run for four weeks, meeting from 9:30 to 11:30 in the morning. The Air-Ocean System will present extended classes (9:30 a.m. to noon) over a period of three weeks.

Course information and

registration will be mailed to members and also posted on the website: seniorcollegeatbridgton.org Requests for more information may be sent via e-mail to seniorcollegebridgton@gmail. com In addition, Senior College must say farewell to Peggy Haskell and Polly Polstein, who are ending their decadelong service on the steering committee. The success of Senior College would not have been possible without the skills and commitment of these exceptional women. They will be greatly missed. Several people have agreed to become new members of the committee and are devoting their time and energy to work for the continuance of the program.

They are indeed welcome.

Golden Oldies

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

The next meeting of the group will be Monday, April 11 at noon. For more information and reservations, call Donald MacLean at 647-3635

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Carrie A. (Harrington) and John M. Kimble of Newry, have a son, Caleb Michael Kimble, born on March 2, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Maternal grandparents: Ralph and Estelle Harrington of Newry. Paternal grandparents: Doug and Sue Kimble of Portland.

Nina Michelle Anzaldua and Jonathan Bruce Morrison, have a son, Bruce Wayne Morrison, born on March 9, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Bruce joins Devon Bryant, age 6, and Kiley Morrison, age 4. Maternal Grandparent: Israel Anzaldua of Naples.

Paternal grandparents: Patricia and Rick Burgess of Bridgton.

Jessica (Lane) and Jacob B. Webb of Casco, have a daughter, Kendall Grace Webb, born on March 11, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Kendall joins Brayden, age 2. Maternal grandparents: Ken and Lisa Lane of Bridgton. Paternal Grandparents: Carol Drew of Otisfield and Brian Webb of Brenham, Texas. Greatgrandparents: Lola and Larry Shackley of Bridgton; Joan Lane of Bridgton; Ed and Betty Glassford of Casco; John and Marrlean Webb of Casco.

Jade E. Bedard and Bryan M. Henry of Fryeburg, have a daughter, Madison Marie Henry, born on March 11, 2011.

Maternal grandparents: Tracy Lane and Rick Bedard of Fryeburg.

Paternal grandparents: Laura and Randy Henry of Brownfield.

Crystal D. Hargreaves and Noah D. Hersom of Bridgton, have a daughter, Luna Elaine Hersom, born on March 16, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Maternal grandparents: Steven and Mary Hargreaves of Sumner. Paternal grandparents: Tim and Ronda Koskela of Harrison; Rick and Mary Hersom of Minot; Adam Wilkerson of Lewiston. Great-grandparents: Paul and Elaine Szott of Harrison.

Heather L. (Bushey) and Jason R. Laforge of Naples, have a son, Thomas Robert Laforge, born on March 25, 2011. Thomas joins Shannon Laforge, age 4. Maternal grandparents: David Larrivee and Rachel Bushey of Lewiston. Paternal grandparents: Edward and Karen Laforge of Tyngsboro, Mass.

Felicia Nicole Delan and Dana Leroy White III have a girl, Emily Rose White, born March 15 at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H. Emily weighed five pounds, 13 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Susan and Robin Foster of Brownfield and Harry Delan Jr. of Oakland. Paternal grandparents are Laura Harrington of Fryeburg and Dana White Jr. of Waterboro.

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Ladies working hard on auction

The Naples American Legion’s Ladies Auxiliary will hold their annual Chinese Auction on Saturday, May 7 at the Legion on Route 11.

Doors open at 4 p.m., and drawings start promptly at 6 p.m. The Ladies Auxiliary has been working hard to get lots of gift certificates and table items, as well as $1 table items. Refreshments will be sold throughout the evening, plus there will be a 50/50 raffle and other attractions. All the proceeds go to our veterans’ services. If you have any questions or want to give something call the Legion at 693-6285.

A Chinese Auction to benefit the BRAG recreation complex in Bridgton will be held at Stevens Brook Elementary School on Saturday, April 30.

Doors open at 11 a.m., and the drawings start at 1 p.m.

There will be many gift certificates, a 50/50 raffle and refreshments on sale. A few items will be auctioned off in a live auction. Proceeds go to

the BRAG Complex’s Laurie Carter Bergen Memorial Softball Field. For more information, call Lynn Carter at 627-7380.

Condolences go out to the family of Don Flagg. He was born and brought up here in Naples. He was a nice man and loved his family. He still had family ties here. His sisters, Vesta and Cynthia, and families live here. He will be sadly missed by family and friends.

Condolences also go out to the family of Scott Tarr.

He and his family lived here in Naples. He went to school with us at Naples Elementary.

I’m sure he kept in contact with folks here. He will be sadly missed by all his family and friends.

Well I hope everyone liked Mother Nature’s April Fool’s Day snow. It was tough to travel in.

We had quite a few go off the road down by Q-Team area, on Route 11. There were FRYEBURG — There will no injuries that I heard of. be a Chinese/Live Auction at the Fryeburg Academy Gym on Saturday, April 9 to benefit the C.A. Snow School PTA in Fryeburg.

The doors will open at 4 p.m. and the drawings will begin

by Virginia Staples promptly at 5:30 p.m. There Bridgton Correspondent are over 300 items to win. Gifts

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including massages, manicures, restaurant certificates, baskets of items, kids tables, dollar table, and many more. There will be food available to purchase from the PKA. Come early, buy your tickets, and have a lot of fun. For questions, call Sheila Tibbetts at 935-4132 or Jenn Leach at 603387-2720.

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Help on hand for last-minute filers

For all you last-minute filers, don’t forget that free income tax preparation help is available for people of all ages with low to moderate income on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, at the Bridgton Community Center.

Call 647-3116 for an appointment.

Knitter’s Day is Thursday, April 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the North Bridgton Library.

A Girl Scout Camp Rally will be held on Thursday, April 7 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Camp

Pondicherry, 85 Pondicherry Road. For more information, call 1-888-922-4763.

The Maine Forest Service will hold a class on using handheld GPS devices for landowners on Friday, April 8 at 9 a.m. at the Community Center. For more information, call 7804205 or 441-3712.

There will be a spaghetti supper to benefit Project Graduation on Saturday, April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall on Route 117.

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Crime Watch welcomes support

The Bridgton Crime Watch Group has been in existence for several years now. The Bridgton Police has been very appreciative and speak to the success of the program.

Basically, the program is neighbor helping neighbor and keeping your eyes open all the time.

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by Ethel Hurst Lovell Correspondent

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925-3226 ehurst3@yahoo.com All the information is there for the taking for those who choose to join the group. Many of the meetings feature speakers on various topics, so it’s a way to educate yourself, if nothing else.

There is always a need for more people. Help your neighBingo will begin at the rated for the season? This is a borhood and your town remain Lovell VFW Hall on Friday, first-time event for the ladies, a good, safe place to live in and April 8, unless we have another and will run from 9 a.m. to raise our families. blizzard, starting at 6:30 p.m. noon.

On Saturday, April 9, a very The Thrift Shop at the Lovell special man will celebrate his United Church of Christ will be birthday. This man has been a holding a $1 a Bag Sale from mentor for me from the very Monday, April 11 to Saturday, beginning, always urging me April 30. The racks are still full Thinking of buying a GPS, yours at home. The day will on, to continue to build my of winter clothes, and rememor do you already have one consist of around two hours in column. He is a man that is ber, even though it won’t stop that’s never come out of the the classroom and two hours respected throughout the towns snowing, spring is here. This is box? Want to explore and map outside. Please dress for the of Lovell and Fryeburg; everythe chance to get some bargains your woodlot? Come learn GPS weather; coffee and a snack will one knows his name. I’m not for next winter, in July. basics with the Maine Forest be provided. Class size will be sure how old he is, and if On Tuesday, April 12 at Service and University of limited to 25, and the cost is I knew, I wouldn’t tell, but 7 p.m., the Charlotte Hobbs Maine Cooperative Extension $10. he still plays golf and still Memorial Library April speakat a Beginner’s Handheld GPS Please register in advance by loves tennis and attends all er will be local resident Norm Workshop on Friday, April 8 contacting Colleen Hoyt at 780- the athletic events at Fryeburg Hodgkins. Norm has had 32 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 4205 or e-mail colleen.hoyt@ Academy. years working in the weather Bridgton Community Center, maine.edu. For questions about I couldn’t let his birthday go service, with the last 17 local15 Depot Street. class content, contact Ken by without acknowledging how ly in Portland. He will share Organizers will provide GPS Canfield at 441-3712 or ken. proud I am to be able to call his experience through the units for the day so please leave canfield@maine.gov Dave Mason a friend. many years he was involved Don’t forget that the Lovell in his profession, including the UCC Youth Group will be changes in how the forecasting holding the annual “Souper of weather has evolved over Girl Scouts and those who are not registered Girl Scouts are Sunday” on Sunday, April 10 the years.

Many a day, you can see encouraged to attend a camp rally on Thursday, April 7 at Camp after morning services. This Pondicherry, 85 Camp Pondicherry Road, Bridgton, from 6:30 to is the chance to bring out that Norm at one of the library favorite recipe for soups, chow- computers, checking the many 8 p.m.

Anyone who attends the camp rally is eligible to win a free ders or stews and show it off. If websites for the local weathweek at camp. There will be fun camp-related activities at the you don’t want to enter as a er. With his expertise, he’ll rally, including a snack, and an information table for parents and contender, join others in tasting share the better websites with guardians. For more information, call Jen Bonnett at 1-888-922- and voting — it is a contest. the audience. In a state like The young people are using Maine, knowing the weather is 4763 or e-mail jbonnett@gsmaine.org this event as a fundraiser for very important, especially for the American Cancer Society’s those who travel to work durRelay for Life. ing the winter months. With Another date to put on your all the weathermen on televicalendar if you have chil- sion, it certainly has changed.

HARRISON — As part of faith, beliefs, and practices at the dren in 5th grade and under is Everyone is invited to attend, the weekly Lenten discussions Bolsters Mills United Methodist Saturday, April 16, when the with refreshments following. on Comparative Faiths, Fr. Church on Thursday, April 7 Lovell United Church of Christ The library tried to introduce Nathan March, a priest from from 7 to 8 p.m. will be holding Egg-citement. a new program to the library’s Lewiston, will share the Catholic So far the discussions have This Easter tradition of the roster last month, but it had covered the Methodist, Jewish, church is one that all the chil- to be canceled — what else, OXFORD HILLS and Islam faiths, and participants dren look forward to. There snow. This program, Family say “it has been so enlightening will be crafts, games, door Playtime, allows the mothers, to realize how much we can learn prizes and of course, an egg fathers, or caregivers and chilabout each others’ beliefs even hunt. All kids in the age group dren living in the area to meet with religions we thought we are invited to have some fun and enjoy each other’s comOXFORD PLAZA, MAIN ST., (RT. 26) understood. Although we have and yummy refreshments that pany.

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Russian born professional ballroom dance competitor, Sergei Slussky, will demonstrate swing dance style at the Bridgton Lake Region Rotary Club’s third annual “Tax Relief Party” dance on Saturday, April 16.

Accompanied by dance partner Kate Duquette, Sergei will provide a one-hour swing dance lesson prior to the dance as well as a dance demonstration at intermission.

Prior to opening theAmerican Ballroom Dance Academy in Portland, Mr. Slussky instructed and competed extensively in Europe, the United States, and his native Russia. He is a certified instructor of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance, the National Dance Council of America, and Dance Vision International.

Kate Duquette, also Russian born, focused mainly on Russian folk dance and rhythmic gymnastics in her developmental years, turning her attention to “International Standard” and “International Latin” dance in her mid-teens. She has been teaching dance in the United States since 2007 and in recent years has trained extensively in “American Rhythm” and “American Smooth” styles. She currently teaches and competes for the American Ballroom Dance Academy, specializing in both ballroom and Latin styles.

The one-hour swing dance lesson will begin at 6 p.m. and is free with the $15 price of admission. Also included will be snacks and desserts by Fine Kettle of Fish Caterers. Live music will be provided by local favorites, the Blue Willow Band. All proceeds will benefit regional youth-oriented programs through the Rotary Club.

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Page 10A, The Bridgton News, April 7, 2011

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BRIDGTON April 7 — Bridgton Rotary Club, Pat Gott speaks on China experiences and book Searching for a Magpie, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

April 7, 8 — Free Income Tax Preparations for people of all ages with low to moderate income, Community Center. Call 647-3116 for appointment.

April 7-28 — “Cherish Our Earth” exhibit, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

M-S through April 28, Gallery 302, Main St. April 7 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

April 7, 14 — Knitters Day, 2 to 4 p.m., North Bridgton Library.

April 7 — Community Kettle, free supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

April 7 — Girl Scout Camp Rally, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Camp Pondicherry, 85 Pondicherry Rd. FMI: 1-888-922-4763.

April 7 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

April 8, 11 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

April 8 — Maine Forest Service GPS for Landowners, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 780-4205, 441-3712.

April 8 — Mother Goose Time, The World of Books, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 8, 15 — Reading with Brooke, therapy reading dog, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., library.

April 8 — Easy Riders Snowmobile Club Meeting Potluck, 6 p.m., Community Center.

April 8 — Debate between columnist Tom McLaughlin and ACLU Executive Director Shenna Bellows, 7 to 8 p.m., LRTV, lower level Municipal Complex, moderated by Steve Collins, audience participation encouraged.

April 9, 16 — Ping pong, 1 to 4 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2847.

April 9 — Spaghetti supper to benefit Project Graduation, 5 to 7 p.m., Masonic Hall, Rte. 117.

April 9, 16 — Adult Indoor Soccer, 5 to 7 p.m., Town Hall.

April 10, 17 — Adult Basketball, 6 to 9 p.m., Town Hall.

FMI: 408-2299.

April 11 — Goldies Oldies Lunch Bunch, 11:30 a.m., Punkin Valley Restaurant. FMI: Bob Grace, 647-2784.

April 11 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

April 11 — G.E.A.R. Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

April 11 — Bridgton Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

April 12 — Business Roundtable by Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, breakfast begins 7:45 a.m., discussion of social media

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April 14 — Community Kettle, 5 p.m., Community Center.

April 15 — Parkinson’s Support Group, 10 a.m., Community Center.

April 15 — Mother Goose Time, S.S. Rainwater, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 16 — Community mattress fundraiser sale to benefit Lake Region High School Boys Lacrosse, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School gym.

April 16 — Jeffrey Richards talks about trains, 11 a.m., library.

April 16 — Fish bake supper

by Bridgton Knights of Columbus, 5 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, So. High St. April 17 — Registration deadline for Senior College, runs April 25-May 20, Community Center.

FMI: 647-9599.

April 17 — Meet the Breeds event and food pantry collection, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bridgton Veterinary Hospital, Rte. 117. FMI: 647-8804.

BROWNFIELD April 7, 12 — Playgroup, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

April 9 — Benefit supper for Richard “Dickie” Perreault, 5 to 7 p.m., Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge.

April 14 — Playgroup, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

April 15 — Fryeburg Fish & Game Junior Shooters Meet and Shoot, 7 p.m., Brownfield Rec Center, Main St. FMI: 935-2625.

April 16-17 — Hunter Safety Course, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Brownfield Rec. Center. FMI: 9352625.

CASCO April 7 — Dodge Ball, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for middle and high school age, 3:30 to 4:30 for grades 3 to 5, Community Center.

April 7 — Adult Coed Volleyball, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 627-

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April 12 — Rainbow Days Playgroup for Toddlers 6 mos. to 5 years, 9 a.m., Community Center.

April 12, 14 — Tai Chi, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Town Hall.

April 12 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

April 12 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Community Center.

April 12 — Rufus Porter Board meeting, 2 p.m., Community Center.

April 12 — Youth Basketball Open Gym for grades 3-6, 3-5 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-8786.

April 12 — Stories read by Michael, 4 to 4:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 647-2472.

April 12 — How to Grow a Salad Garden by Oxford County Cooperative Extension, 6 to 8 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 7436329, 1-800-287-1482.

April 13, 15 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

April 13 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

April 13 — Lenten Lunch by Bridgton Area Clergy, “Blessed are the Peacemakers,” by Denmark Congregational Church and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, noon to 1 p.m., St. Joseph Church.

April 13 — Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center.

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April 13 — Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., Community Center.

April 13 — Public welcomes new Police Chief Kevin Scholfield, 4 to 7 p.m., Board of Selectmen’s meeting room.

April 13 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

April 14 — Bridgton Rotary Club, Lee Eastman, chairman, Bridgton Economic Development Corporation, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

April 14 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon,

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April 10, 13 — Adult coed basketball, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Community Center gym. FMI: 627-4187.

April 12 — Social Yoga, 9 a.m., Community Center. FMI: 627-4187.

April 12 — Storytime with Michelle Brenner, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 12 — Kindergarten orientation for families, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Crooked River Adult and Community Education Center, Rte. 11. FMI: 627-4291, ext. 26.

DENMARK April 13 — Preschool Storytime, 9:30 a.m., library.

April 16 — 17th annual Denmark Sheepfest, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bicentennial Park & Denmark Arts Center. FMI: www. denmarksheepfest.com FRYEBURG April 7 — Maine Veterans’ Service officer, 9 to 11 a.m., American Legion, Bradley St. 3241839.

April 9 — Chinese/Live Auction to benefit C.A. Snow School PTA, doors open 4:30 p.m., drawings begin 5:30 p.m., Fryeburg Academy Gym. April 11 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Legion Hall, Bradley St. April 13 — Fryeburg Homemakers Extension with Fryeburg Town Manager Sharon Jackson, social time 9:30 a.m., business meeting 10:30 a.m., Legion Hall, Bradley St. HARRISON April 7 — Lenten Discussion on comparative faiths with discussion of Catholic faith by Fr. Nathan March, light supper 6:15 p.m., talk to follow, Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church.

April 10 — VFW Breakfast, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., VFW Hall.

April 11 & 14 — How to Grow a Salad Garden by Oxford County Cooperative Extension, 6 to 8 p.m., library. FMI: 743-6329, 1800-287-1482.

April 11 — Adult Coed Basketball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

April 12 — Teen Basketball, 7th grade +, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

April 13 — Coed Adult Volleyball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

April 14 — Songo Garden Club, potluck supper 6 p.m., guest speakers Kim Whalen and Harrison Wood, Singer Center.

FMI: 693-3233.

April 14 — Lenten

Discussion on comparative faiths with Lutheran minister, light supper 6:15 p.m., talk to follow, Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church.

April 16, 17 — Hunter’s Safety Course by Western Maine Fish & Game and Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Harrison Fire Station. FMI: 583-4535.

April 16 — “Tax Relief Party” Swing Dance by Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club, instruction 6 p.m., dance 7 to 11 p.m., Harrison Ballroom. FMI: 655-8656.

LOVELL April 7 — The Right Plant/ Right Place, landscaping course with Barbara Murphy, 12:30 to 2 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

April 8, 15 — Mouse Paint Storytime, 2:45 to 4 p.m., library.

April 8, 15 — Bingo begins, early birds 6:30 p.m., regular play 7 p.m., VFW Hall.

April 10 — Souper Sunday begins after morning services, United Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

April 11-30 — $1 a Bag Sale.

10 a.m. to noon Mon., Wed., Sat., Thrift Shop at United Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

April 11 — Preschool Storytime, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

April 11 — Adult Book Discussion Group, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

April 11 — Charlotte’s Web, grades 3-5, 2:45 to 4 p.m., library.

April 12 — Jurying for artwork, Lovell Arts & Artisans Fair, 10 a.m. to noon, library. FMI: 925-1135.

April 12 — Norm Hodgkins talks about 32-year weather forecasting career, 7 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

April 14 — Family Playtime, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 16 — Annual Easter party, 10 to 11:30 a.m., United Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

NAPLES April 7, 14 — Musical Playgroup, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 7 — Pajama Storytime, “April Showers,” 6 p.m., library.

FMI: 693-6841.

April 7-10 — Annie Get Your Gun, 7 p.m. Thur. & Fri., 2 p.m.

Sat. & Sun., Lake Region High School.

April 8, 11 — Step Into Fitness, indoor walking program, 4:30 to 6 p.m., LRHS. Transportation: 6473116.

April 10 — Edes Falls Sewing Circle, 1 p.m., Edes Falls Community Hall.

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April 12 — Preschool Storytime, under age 5, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

April 12 — Books for Babies, 10:15 a.m., library.

April 12 — Youth program with Jim Miller of Jim’s Chocolates, 2:30 p.m., library.

April 13 — Poetry & Pastry, 7 p.m., library.

April 13, 15 — Step Into Fitness, indoor walking program, 4:30 to 6 p.m., LRHS. Transportation: 647-3116.

April 14 — Pajama Storytime, “Water and Surface Tension,” 6 p.m., library. FMI: 693-6841.

April 16 — Silent Charity Auction for Camp Sunshine, 5 p.m., American Legion Hall, Rte. 11. FMI: 693-2056.

RAYMOND April 10 — Grand Opening of new sanctuary, 10 a.m., Lake Region Baptist Church. FMI: 6936759.

April 11 — Baby Time, 10 a.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

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

April 13 — Toddler Time, 10 and 11 a.m., library. FMI: 6554283.

April 13 — Raymond Library Board meeting, 7 p.m., library.

SEBAGO April 11 — Story Hour for Pre-schoolers, 9:30 a.m., library.

April 12 — Sebago Knitting Club, 6 to 8 p.m., library.

April 16 — Mandatory field clean-up day by Sebago Youth Athletic Assn. FMI: 787-3983.

April 16 — Bean Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., No. Sebago Methodist Church.

WATERFORD April 10 — Waterford World’s Fair meeting, 2 p.m., Waterford Town Hall. FMI: 595-2430.

April 10 — Installation of new minister Rev. Doretta Colburn, 4 p.m., No. Waterford Congregational Church, Five Kezars Rd.

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Lillian, Tristan, and Maddie are excited to announce the engagement of their mom, Leah Amieka, to Curt Hanscom.

Leah is a graduate of Freeport High School and is currently employed at Banana Republic as a manager. Leah’s parents reside in the Yarmouth area.

Curt is a graduate of Lake Region High School and is employed at CarQuest in South Paris as a manager. Curt’s parents reside in the Casco area.

A spectacular September wedding is planned.

Jurying date set LOVELL — The date for the jurying process for all artisans wishing to be included in the 36th Annual Lovell Arts & Artisans Fair has been set. The judging will be held Tuesday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Main Street (Route 5) in Lovell.

Representative work must be at the library before the end of the day on Monday, April 11.

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The Arts & Artisans Fair will be held on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Suncook School in Lovell. For more information, call Irene at 925-1135.

(Continued from Page 11A) those who missed the first meeting, there’s still room for more on Thursday, April 7, when the topic will be Right Plant/Right Place and what invasive plants to avoid. This program is free and starts at 12:30 p.m., and if you’re interested, you can call the library at 925-3177.

The Adult Book Discussion Group continues on Monday, April 11 at 1 p.m. The book for discussion will be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. If you are interested in joining the group to discuss this book, first published in 1960 and made into a very profound movie, you can call the library and talk to Rosie at 925-3177, and she’ll help you get the book to read.

One of the most popular programs at the New Suncook School is Alternative Learning Day. This is when many interesting people introduce to the students different crafts, successful occupations like being a fireman or Maine State trooper or just finger painting.

The PTA is always looking for people with different skills to introduce them to the children.

If anyone would like to share those skills they can contact the school at 925-6711.

I’d like to wish a Happy Birthday on April 9 to Roberta Bennett and thank her for her wonderful daughter. I’d also like to wish a Happy Birthday to Debbie and Norris April 19.

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April 10 — Images of the Infinite, 3 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 11 — Mount Washington Valley Toastmasters, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Slope Inn, April 11 — Open Mic Night with emcee Davy Sturtevandt, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. April 12 — Oxford County Republican Committee, social time 5:30 p.m., dinner & meeting to follow, Advent Christian Church, Rte. 26, Oxford. FMI: 875-2229, 336-2817.

April 12 — Spiritual film, The Pandora Project: Are You Ready to Awaken?, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. April 12 — Crohn’s Colitis, I.B. Support Group, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Met Coffeehouse, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-356-6789.

April 13 — Wednesday Knitter’s Group, noon, Soldier’s Memorial Library, Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

April 13 — Bedtime Stories by elementary education students, 6 to 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph’s College, Standish. FMI: 893-7723.

April 14 — Responsible Pet Care Animal Shelter Benefit Show, 7 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Rte. 26, So. Paris.

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April 14 — M&D Productions, 5 Women Wearing The Same Dress, 7 p.m., 1857 White Mtn. Hwy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-6627591.

April 15 — Little Lake Stewards Series, “Fun with Frogs,” 10 a.m. to noon, Sebago Lake Ecology Center, 1 White Rock Rd., Standish. FMI: 774-5961, ext. 3319/3320.

April 15-17 — Guys and Dolls, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 1 p.m. Sun., Kennett High School, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: mbastoni@artsinmotiontheater.com.

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April 8 — Community Job Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St., Auburn. FMI: 7832249.

April 8, 15 — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:15 a.m., Rec. bldg., King St., Oxford. FMI: 783-4153, 743-9153.

April 8-10 — Home & Garden Show, 4-8 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., Augusta Civic Center. FMI: 6225330.

April 8 — “Let the Dough Fly!” fundraiser for Norway Arts Festival, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Universalist Church, 479 Main St., Norway. FMI: 739-6161, 7392512.

April 8-10 — Sleeping Beauty, 7 p.m., Maine State Ballet, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth. FMI: 781-3587.

April 8 — Extreme Planets, 7 p.m., Images of the Infinite, 8:30 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 8-10 — Guys and Dolls, 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 1 p.m. Sun., Kennett High School, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: mbastoni@artsinmotiontheater.com April 9 — Sizzling Spring Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Poland Community Church.

April 9 — Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast, 3 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 9 — Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club, 7 to 10 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School, Pine St., So. Paris. FMI: 577-6894, 782-

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the Governor’s Council on Red Tape. “The additional regulations of the SRCC are just unnecessary duplications of the DEP standards that already exist. Abolishing the SRCC would not affect the standards and laws set by the Town of Fryeburg and the DEP.” “I have had to get permits from the Saco River Corridor Commission in the past,” wrote Dearborn, to the Governor’s Council on Red Tape. “The application and review were more complicated than those of both the town and the DEP…I feel the Saco River Corridor Commission is one regulatory agency that should be eliminated. It has outlived its usefulness.”

Russell also said he had contacted the 20 municipalities within the SRCC’s jurisdiction and spoke with those communities’ code enforcement officers and planners. Of the responses concerning the SRCC, 17 towns “were negative to neutral” in their responses and three towns offered positive comments, he said.

The other side Dennis Finn, executive director of the Saco River Corridor Commission, said March 31, “The Commission works in several areas — regulatory (mandates) are just part of it. We also perform water quality testing, conservation group outreach and school outreach.”

Referring to Russell’s appearance before the board of selectmen on March 17, Finn said last week, “Quite a bit of the information you did hear was incorrect.”

Finn stated that the SRCC can often impose stricter requirements in shoreland and floodplain areas.

He cited a situation that occurred years ago in Fryeburg where manure had flowed in to a brook that is a tributary to the Saco River. Finn said “the E. coli ratings were off the charts” and the first thing he did was notify the town’s health officer and the town closed off the public beach. Finn said the DEP said the violation was occurring outside of their set-

back requirements for rivers and the “Department of Agriculture gave them 60 days” to take care of the problem. However, the oversight by the SRCC ensured that the violation was taken care of as quickly as it could be.

Selectman Ed Wilkey told Finn he feels it is important to hear from both sides — Russell and Finn.

“Elbridge (Russell) only presented (letters) from three (Saco River) landowners, and we know there are a lot more — that was not representative, in our minds, at all,” selectman Rick Eastman said.

Wilkey asked Finn, “Did (the three letters) go to other towns?”

Finn replied, saying, “Anonymous calls were made to code enforcement officers asking, ‘What do you think of the SRCC? Are they doing their job or not?’”

“The code enforcement officers I talked to said, ‘We’re glad.’ We make their job easier,” added Finn.

Strictest regulations that apply “One of the comments made (at the March 17 selectmen’s meeting) was the SRCC subordinates the towns and has the final say,” said Finn. “That’s not true.

I go through all the standards, and we use the toughest regulation that applies, typically.”

“The Saco River is tapped in to by seven communities — Biddeford and Saco being the big ones,” Finn said. “By 2025, I predict a lot of towns will be tapped in to the Saco River (for municipal purposes).”

Speaking as a private citizen, Chief of Police Phil Weymouth, a Fryeburg resident, said, “We need to set a standard — policies and procedures — I think Fryeburg needs to step up and say, ‘We have 15 miles of this (Saco) River in our town and we need to set standards.’…We could really change the bar in this town of what we want to do with the Saco River, because it is beautiful.”

Speaking on behalf of The Nature Conservancy, Stefan

Jackson said, “As a landowner (on the Saco River), we endorse the Saco River Corridor Commission. What the SRCC does is vital to what, I feel, we’ve all grown accustomed to on the Saco River. There is no other river in Maine with a Corridor Commission. We feel it is no accident why the Saco River has the high quality of water that it does. It’s no accident. It has to do, specifically, with those SRCC (water quality) requirements. We’re in strong support of the Corridor Commission and its continuation.”

Eric Root, Fryeburg’s representative on the Saco River Corridor Commission told the selectmen he believes in the mission of the SRCC. “What is a threat (to the Saco River) is the incremental use,” Root stated. “We have to decide what’s the value in the River we’re protecting…

Municipalities should want that kind of organization and people (appointed representatives) like me doing that job.”

Finn said the SRCC has handled a total of 37 applications from Fryeburg, in 38 years.

“Altogether, we’re spending $30,000 per year for water quality testing,” said Finn. “The Saco River is a huge tourist attraction, and if that water quality is not what it should be, that’s a big hit to Fryeburg.”

“We really are doing a lot of good work,” said Michelle Broyer, Conservation and Education Coordinator for the Saco River Recreational Council, and who annually heads up the Swift and Saco River Clean Up. “That’s why we have such a great river. Be proud of it. Be part of it, and come to the (Saco River Recreation Council) meetings (at 8 a.m. every Tuesday, beginning in July) and participate.”

The selectmen took no action March 31, on Russell’s request for a letter of support to the Governor’s Council on Red Tape to abolish the Saco River Corridor Commission.

BRIDGTON’S NEW CHIEF OF POLICE — Kevin L. Schofield was sworn in to office by Town Clerk Laurie Chadbourne on March 31. A meet and greet gathering will be held at the municipal complex on April 13 to welcome Chief Schofield to the community. (Ackley Photo)

Chief Schofield sworn in

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Kevin L. Schofield was sworn in last week as Bridgton’s new Chief of Police.

The Bridgton Police Department posted this statement on its Facebook page, the day prior to Schofield being sworn in as the new police chief: “Tomorrow we welcome Chief of Police Kevin Schofield to our family.” Schofield referenced that comment by the members

of his new Department, when he spoke to The Bridgton News March 31.

“It’s an exciting day for me,” Chief Schofield said, moments after being sworn in to office by Town Clerk Laurie Chadbourne. “This is a new chapter for me, both professionally and personally. I look forward to being part of the family. I’ve been welcomed with open arms by both the Police Department and Town

Office employees. I feel real comfortable here, and I’m looking forward to working with everyone.”

Meet and greet April 13 The public is invited to join the Bridgton Board of Selectmen in welcoming Chief of Police Schofield to the Town of Bridgton, at a meet and greet gathering from 4 to 7 p.m. on April 13 in the Selectmen’s Room at the municipal complex, 3 Chase Street, Suite 1.

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Laurie Carter-Bergen, the daughter of Larry and Lyn Carter of Casco, was a local athlete who excelled at all sports. She was especially fond of and talented in softball.

In 2009, Laurie passed away

unexpectedly leaving behind her 8-week-old daughter and family. Her family has pledged $50,000 to name the new softball field at the complex in her memory.

Item preview starts at 11 a.m. on April 30 with the auction beginning at 1 p.m. at

Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton.

To donate auction items, contact Bill Macdonald (653-7676 or bmacdonald@todaysbrag. com) and BRAG will arrange to pick them up; or you may drop them off at Macdonald Motors.

BRAG seeks auction items

Community

Naples special meeting to address fire suppression

Scooby’s happy reunion

By Deb Cloutier Special to The News Sept. 25, 2010 was not a day Bob Jones will ever forget.

Six months ago, Jones was in a serious motorcycle accident in which he sustained a broken neck and fibula, a compound fracture of the tibia and a crushed heel.

Jones’ friend and passenger, Cindy Normand, also received a compound femur fracture.

After spending a week in the hospital, Jones was sent home to mend, however, continued to see multiple doctors and surgeons. On Nov. 11, nearly two months after the accident, doctors determined his foot was not healing and removed his lower leg. Eventually he was fitted with a prosthetic.

From the date of the accident, someone else was also suffering — Jones’ 10-1/2year-old dog, Scooby. Because Scooby was a large dog and a lot to handle, family members were unable to care for him and brought him to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. Jones, who knew he had a long road to recovery ahead of him, and would not be able to properly care for the dog he loved so much, reluctantly agreed to surrender his best friend. Along with the physical injuries he was dealing with, it broke Jones’ heart to say goodbye.

Knowing HHAS was a nokill shelter and that he would be well cared for, Jones and his family were hopeful that a loving family would adopt

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IT WAS MEANT TO BE — When his owner, Bob Jones, suffered injuries from a motorcycle accident, Scooby was put up for adoption at Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. No one claimed the older dog, but there would be a happy ending, after all.

Bob recovered, and reclaimed his old friend.

Scooby in no time.

For nearly six months, Scooby waited for another family to bring him home. While Scooby was a favorite of all the HHAS staff and volunteers, his age definitely played a part in his not being adopted.

Even his silly, young-at-heart personality, and all attempts by his “HHAS Fan Club” could not convince someone to adopt him. So, he waited.

But in this case, it turned out to be a good thing.

On March 18, Scooby and Jones were happily reunited.

In typical Scooby form, he ran to Jones and rubbed up against the man he loved so much, and then ran to the doggie toy box in the lobby to show his dad all the fun stuff inside. Of course, it was an emotional time for everyone witnessing the reunion.

Though it is not common practice for the shelter to “foster” an animal while its family is going through tough times (for space reasons), in this

case Jones always made it clear that if Scooby were still at the shelter at the time when he felt he was ready to care for him, then he wanted to bring him home again.

HHAS staff had only heard good things about the relationship between Jones and Scooby; that he was loved and very well cared for. So, there was no better news to shelter staff when they got Jones’ call that he would be in to “adopt” his best friend.

Regarding HHAS’ role in their reunion, Jones said, “Harvest Hills and all the people that work and volunteer there are a Godsend and I can’t praise them or thank them enough. We are fortunate to have them in our town.”

And when asked how Scooby reacted to being home again, Jones added, “He picked right up where he left off, following me from room to room, and he’s back to sleeping next to my bed. It’s nice to wake up to my best friend again.”

event. Representatives from the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Girls Scouts, schools, Bridgton Lions, the Bridgton Lake Region Rotary Club, Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, Bridgton Community Center, LEA and the Town of Bridgton have signed on, but more manpower is needed!

Registration will begin in front of the Bridgton Community Center at 8 a.m. sharp. A free lunch for all the volunteers will be offered at the Bridgton Fire

Station on Gibbs Avenue from noon until 1:30 p.m. The clean up will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged to bring rakes, shovels, hip boots and bottled water. The event will take place rain or shine.

For more information, contact these people: Ken Murphy at 242-9417 or kjmurphy17@ yahoo.com; Carmen at 647-3116 or carmen.bcc@myfairpoint. com; or Sarah Morrison at LEA at 647-8580 ext. 12 or sarah@ leamaine.org

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – It can be frustrating when an anticipated expense arises sooner than expected.

Sometimes, forking out the funds for the necessary project will cost less than postponing it until later.

Such a situation can be faced with comfort when the money is available to pay the bill.

That is what the Town of Naples is dealing with – spending $80,000 to put in underground water pipes while the state has open ditches such as the one in front of the town library. If the town waits to put in the proposed fire suppression lines, the state will finish its ditch work this spring and the town will pay a ($10,000) temporary paving fee, which would allow lines to be put in later but likely at a higher cost.

The good news: The money exists and can be used for such a purpose, according to Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine.

During Tuesday’s Naples Board of Selectmen meeting, selectmen discussed the topic of putting in fire suppression pipes, and how to pay for the installation of that infrastructure.

This subject will be up for discussion again at a Special Town Meeting on April 18 at 7 p.m. in the town hall’s meeting room.

The $80,000 could come from one or two Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) funds, Goodine said.

Residents must approve the allocating of the money for this purpose. According to the language when the TIFs were developed, voters must support the use of the money, he said.

Each fiscal year, the Downtown TIF gets another $200,000 boost which would bring the balance to $584,633 on July 1, Goodine said, indicating those funds would be adequate to cover the cost of putting in the underground piping on the state’s construction schedule. By July 1,

Pitch in, help on Earth Day

April 22 is National Earth Day, and as part of the effort Lakes Environmental Association will help clean up Steven’s Brook along Pondicherry Park, and the main streets in town.

Volunteers and LEA will team up to pick up trash in the park to make it more enjoyable for all. Along Main Street and Depot Street, the Earth Day crew will be cleaning up the front, back and in between the buildings. Volunteers are needed to help out with this fine

Learn how to control erosion

SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District is sponsoring a course in “Basic and Advanced Erosion and Sediment Control Practices” on Friday, April 29.

It will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Waterford Town Office, located on 366 Valley Road.

This course provides an opportunity for contractors such as builders, landscapers,

property managers and loggers to maintain or obtain DEP certification in erosion control practices so that they can be in compliance with legislation changes that will go into effect in 2013. The legislation will pertain to activities which involve soil disturbance within the shoreland zone and will require all such activities to be overseen by a person certified in erosion and sediment control.

In addition to sections on “Why Erosion Control is Important” and “Erosion and How it Happens,” participants are provided with information on the proper selection, installation and maintenance of practices such as sediment barriers, mulch, vegetative stabilization, riprap, etc.

The course is of primary interest to contractors but could also be helpful to municipal code enforcement officers, consultants, engineers and public works employees. Participants wishing to complete the certification process should follow up this course with an evaluation of erosion and sediment control techniques in practice, which is done by arranging a site visit with SWCD staff.

Some of the benefits to those completing ESC Certification are: Certification hold-

CRUEL JOKE? — While some may have thought Mother Nature pulled a cruel joke by dumping over six inches of snow last Friday, Maya Kuvaja of Bridgton actually saw a positive side to the April snow. She saw smiles on Alexander (age 6) and Jacob (age 2) Kuvaja’s faces after building a seven-foot tall snowman in their yard Friday afternoon. Happy spring! ers can forgo the 14-day waiting period for Stream Crossing Projects under the Department’s Permit-by-Rule program. It will also allow the holder to certify erosion control plans under the MPDES Construction Activity General Permit. Certification enables a contractor to advertise as a “DEP Certified Contractor,” and the Department maintains a list of certified contractors that is posted on the DEP website. This list is available for distribution to the general public, state agencies and other interested persons.

All certified individuals can also obtain any publication from the Nonpoint Source Training and Resource Center Library at no charge and are eligible for discounts from four suppliers of erosion control products.

The cost for the course is $35. Participants may register by calling Michele Windsor at the Oxford County Soil & Water Conservation District to be sent a registration form or they may download a copy from the district’s website at www.oxfordswcd.net and return it with payment before April 22.

Foss Mountain Farm. Who can resist the angora bunnies?

Inside, there will be lots more to see. Spinning wheels will be whirring away as spinners turn fiber into yarn. Visitors will discover what some of the local fiber artists have been doing this long winter period such as felting, dyeing, hooking and carding, knitting and spinning.

Just pose a question and someone will be glad to tell you how something is done, how wool goes from sheep to a finished project.

This event is a great way to cure cabin fever and is suitable for all ages. There will be plenty

of food available from snacks to full hot lunches and lots of coffee if the day is cool.

If you have sheep and would like to have them sheared, Sheepfest organizers ask that you call or e-mail to put them on the list. Organizers would like to let shearer Jeff Jordan know how many animals to expect. The pens will be set up to hold the sheep as they wait their turn to be sheared.

All you need to do is get them to the park, move them to a pen and register at the picnic table.

Shearing proceeds quite smoothly and rapidly when the owners help by moving their sheep to

It’s spring! Time for clips

DENMARK — Despite the recent snow, local sheep are all ready to lose their winter wool at the 17th Annual Denmark Sheepfest.

Sheepfest will be held on Saturday, April 16. This event has something for everyone.

The main focus is the shearing of the sheep at Bicentennial Park (off Route 117), but across the road at the Denmark Arts Center the doors will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with displays of all kinds of fiber arts using wool and other animal fibers.

TIME FOR A TRIM — Local sheep will lose their woolen Greeting the public outside coats on Saturday, April 16 at the 17th Annual Denmark will be the alpaca crew from Sheepfest to be held at Denmark’s Bicentennial Park.

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about one-third that amount will be in another TIF fund covering the Route 302/Route 11 business area, he said.

The Naples fire suppression project was “promised” $80,000 through Cumberland County Community Development Block Grant, and now the amount the town will get is up in the air, according to Goodine. If the grant money was released, the town could not spend it until it was approved at Town Meeting in June. So, that money – whatever the final number - won’t be available until July, he said.

At the beginning of the discussion, Selectman Rick Paraschak described the history of the fire suppression project. Originally, it started out with hopes to put in a pump station, an idea that was nixed because of the high cost.

Voters had already approved the cost of putting in waterlines; and town officials planned what would be affordable as the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) moved into town to construct the new, fixed bridge and revamped Causeway. But, when crews expanded ditch work, the town had a window of opportunity to put in addition fire suppression lines – from Lake House Road to the fire station, he said.

Paraschak strongly advocated for getting the pipe in. By autumn 2011, those pipes would bring water to several fire hydrants on the Causeway, he said.

Selectman Bob Caron Sr. seemed uncertain about saddling another bill on taxpayers.

“I agree with you it’s prudent to do this now. And. the pump station isn’t getting done – so that’s less money,” he said.

“Last year, Naples was on the hook for more money that we ever paid before. How are you going to do this?” Caron directed his question to the town manager.

“I am crunching numbers,” Goodine replied. He explained that money from the Route 302/ Route 11 TIF could be used for project downtown, which would provide a bigger pool of money.

“So, we are not having to go out to bond for this?” Caron asked.

Goodine gave him a firm no on the bond question.

“We will do a cash payment.

There won’t be a bond,” Goodine said.

Selectman Christine Powers reflected on what the town would end up with it is all said and done.

“This is really forward thinking,” she said.

“If you sit back and look at how many people it would help or benefit, it’s the best use of TIF funds,” Powers said.

Fire & rescue awards

CASCO — Casco Fire and Rescue Department 2011 Awards: Firefighter of the Year: Fire Chief John Small.

Firefighter of the Year: Truck Captain Tom Mulkern.

Years of Service 30 years: Fire Chief John Small .

30 years: Assistant Chief Scott Avery.

25 years: Lt. Dennis Michaud.

20 years: Capt. Holly Hancock.

20 years: Lt. Skip Grovo Public Safety Award Firefighter Neil Carolan.

Public Safety Days Awards SAD 61; Roger Lacroix, Aubuchon’s Hardware; State Trooper Adam Fillebrown; Lake Region ATV Club; Stuart Automotive of Naples; Bridgton Fire and Rescue Department; Raymond Fire and Rescue Department.

Mutual Aid Awards Raymond Fire and Rescue Department, Fire Chief Denis AWARDS, Page B

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School news DAR selections

MUSIC’S TITLE TOWN — Fryeburg Academy’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble won its sixth consecutive Maine State title on Saturday, April 2 at Ellsworth High School! The group is made up of seniors Devin LaCasce, Kelsey Sheehan, Jon Dana, Naomi Ela, Simone Marie, Jia Hao Gu, Samantha Kruger, Audrey Boyd; juniors Nikki Shivers, Andrea Ouellette, Bjorn Myhre, Kevin Brown, Matt Stoker; and sophomores Eliza Neidlinger, Allie Gagnon and Connor Sheehan.

The group’s rhythm section was awarded the Best Rhythm Section trophy and Kelsey Sheehan (bass guitar) and Devin LaCasce (soprano soloist) were awarded Outstanding Musicianship trophies. The competitive jazz season is over, but the FA Jazz groups will perform one last time at the Stone Mountain Arts Center on May 18. Visit www.stonemountainartscenter.com

Look back at the ‘Decades’

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Students at Molly Ockett Middle School participated in “Decades Day” Monday — an alternative learning event that threaded the history of the United States

from 1900 to 2010 with healthy activities.

Each group was assigned a different decade to study, according to Nancy Boucher, School Nurse for School Administrative District 72.

“The students worked very

hard,” said Boucher.

The sixth, seventh and eighth graders took part in several health-oriented activities, including watching a health and wellness slide show, maneuvering through an indoor obstacle DECADES, Page B

DIRECTOR EUGENE LONG, Prop Queen Susan Farrington, the “Guru of Garb” costumer Michelle Brenner, and Jammin’ Janet Ver Planck, who wears many hats and helps everyone on the set, prepare for “Annie Get Your Gun,” opening tonight at 7 p.m. in the Lake Region High Auditorium. Shows are also Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are sold at the door or in advance at Hayes True Value and Naples Pizza and Dugout.

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The Molly Ockett Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Fryeburg-Oxford Hills area, will be honoring three area high school seniors at the annual Good Citizens Tea to be held on Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the Haskell House, 1st Congregational Church, 17 East Main Street, in South Paris.

Family and faculty are invited to attend this presentation.

The students are winners of the annual DAR Good Citizen Award and Essay Contest.

Award recipients were chosen by students and faculty of their schools for outstanding citizenship, honesty, courage, service, leadership and patriotism. Students also participated in an essay contest.

The DAR Good Citizen award winners are from: Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Kayla Jade Turner, the daughter of Cindy Turner; Lake Region High School, Leah Bennett, the daughter of Linda and Dick Bennett; Fryeburg Academy, Colette Fritzlen, the daughter of Lynn Fritzlen and William Pierce; and from Telstar Regional High School, Timothy J. O’Connor, the son of Teresa and Tim O’Connor.

Kayla Jade Turner was selected as the winner of the essay contest. Her essay was submitted to the state level contest.

The Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 with the mission to promote historic preservation, patriotism and education. It is the largest women’s volunteer service organization in our country with about 165,000 members and growing.

Members sought. If you are a female, 18 years or older and if you can trace your family back to a man or woman who aided the cause of American Independence during the Revolutionary War, the DAR would love to welcome you as a member. For more information, contact June Whetzel, Molly Ockett Chapter, DAR Good Citizen chairman at 8979455 or e-mail cmerinc@roadrunner.com

MOMS CRANES FOR JAPAN — Members of the Civil Rights Team at Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg are making and selling paper cranes to help those who survived the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here, sixth grade student Mikayla Joubert makes a crane. The sign in front of the table in the lobby of MOMS where the cranes are being sold for $1 apiece says, “Buy a Crane — Heal the Pain.”

(Ackley Photo)

Schools to add a greener touch

The Healthy Lakes Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative announced last week it has awarded 10 local schools with mini-grants totaling more than $20,000 for school garden projects.

The grants support five firsttime school garden efforts and expansion plans for five existing gardens. The funds were awarded on March 18, 2011.

Across the nation, schools are incorporating on-campus garden projects into their curriculums because they provide hands-on, interactive learning environments for students.

Garden projects allow for multiple disciplines to be integrated, including science, math, reading, environmental studies, nutrition and health.

School gardens also teach

students important skills, such as cooperation, responsibility, problem solving, and patience, while helping to build individual self-esteem. Another valuable benefit of school gardens is that they help students learn the importance of adding fresh vegetables and fruit to their diets while encouraging them to try new varieties of fresh produce and eat more of it throughout their lifetime. Students learn where food actually comes from and how to grow it themselves, while being outdoors and getting active.

“Each school garden project funded is unique but the goals are the same,” said Adam Burk, CPPW program coordinator.

“We want to help Sebago-Lake Region schools create sustainable gardens to not only enhance GREENER, Page B

School & sports

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Ski Patrollers put their skills to test Twelve students from the Shawnee Peak Student Ski Patrol recently competed in the National Ski Patrol Eastern Division’s Student Seminar held at Sugarloaf USA Resort.

There were 64 students from Ski Patrols from Maine to Virginia competing in Ski Skills, Toboggan Skills, Outdoor Emergency Care Scenarios and Patient Assessment Skills.

Morgan Brown of Casco received the Han Hyson Award for excellence in patrolling.

In the Outdoor Emergency Care competition, Caleb Young of Lovell captured first place and Damion Hubbard of Lovell was sixth.

In the Toboggan competition, Jordan Trafford of Limington finished fourth and Morgan Brown sixth.

In the Ski competition, Trafford was third and Brown seventh.

In the Patient Assessment SHE MADE IT THROUGH — Eighth grader Makayla Kiesman successfully completed the Maine Army National competition, Brown was first, Guard’s obstacle course set up in the Molly Ockett Middle Hubbard second and Sasha Van Baars of Raymond third.

School gymnasium during “Decades Day” Monday.

Jordan Trafford won the competition’s Overall Award for excellence in all areas.

The Student Ski Patrol program at Shawnee Peak has members from Fryeburg Academy, Lake Region High School, Oxford Hills High School, Bonny Eagle High School and Windham High School. The program is in its

PUTTING THEIR SKILLS TO THE TEST — Twelve students from the Shawnee Peak Student Ski Patrol participated in the National Ski Patrol Eastern Division Student Seminar at Sugarloaf USA March 18-21. They competed against 64 students from ski patrols from Virginia to Maine. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Sasha Van Baars, Damion Hubbard, Jordan Trafford, Taylor Newton and Colin Bridge-Koenigsberg; (back row) Wes Marean, Jake Schrader, Caleb Young, Kristian Peterson, Morgan Brown and Tony Triglione. Absent: Steven Caracciolo. fifth year and has a number of young adults that currently patrol at Shawnee Peak. The program takes place from mid-December to mid-March every Tuesday evening and Saturdays.

Record race sign-ups

Runners have registered at a record pace for the 35th Annual 4 on the Fourth Road Race according to Race Director, Jim Cossey.

Cossey announced that the 500th runner registered online on March 28, 2011, two full months ahead of the 500th registration in 2010 that occurred on May 28.

With more than 500 runners already registered and approximately 500 campers expected, runners should register early as the maximum number of runners will be limited to 2,000 due to course capacity. Ideally, Cossey says, it would be great to have all of the registrations done prior to July 3. In 2008 and 2009, the race had more than 300 runners register on Race Day. In 2010, approximately 180 runners registered on Race Day. Cossey also reports that Colin Peddie, the race’s current record holder (18:46, set in 1987), has agreed to be the Honorary Starter FRIENDLY TOGETHERNESS — Allison Watson, (at left), and for this year’s race.

Shelby Hesslein, both eighth grade students at Molly Ockett Online registration ($15) and other race details can be found at Middle School, shared a hula hoop, during “Decades Day” activi- the race website: www.fouronthefourth.com ties Monday afternoon.

(Ackley Photos)

MOMS’ Decade Day Pitch, hit, run event

(Continued from Page B) course provided by the Maine Army National Guard, jumping rope, trying hula hoops and performed line dancing by grade.

Staff members were very good sports, offering their own choreographed line dance to the tune “The Cupid Shuffle.”

Eighth graders will be graded on some of their activities, Boucher said.

On UMF Dean’s List

Devin Fitzgerald of Casco, a 2010 Lake Region 2010 graduate, has been named to the University of Maine at Farmington Dean’s List for the fall 2010 semester. Devin is majoring in the Elementary Education Honors Program, Class of 2014.

Boys and girls from Bridgton who are ages 7-14 are encouraged to showcase their skills in pitching, hitting and running at the Aquafina MLB Pitch, Hit & Run Competition to be held on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Junior Harmon Field. This national initiative is being locally organized by the Bridgton Recreation Department, with chances to compete at regional competitions. The competition is free to all, and forms are in the Bridgton Town Office. Proof of age and residency will be required at event. Contact Rec Director Tom Tash at 647-8786 for more information.

TOP FINISHERS — (Left to right) Caleb Young, first place in Outdoor Emergency Care; Jordan Trafford, third place in Skiing and first place Overall; and Morgan Brown, Hans Hyson Award that is awarded to the student that has shown the greatest commitment to and enthusiasm for ski patrolling and first place in Assessment.

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Greener schools

(Continued from Page B) student learning, but also to make healthy eating more accessible, which will improve the health of our community members and decrease obesity rates in the region.”

Schools that received funding include: Jordan-Small Middle School plans to expand its successful 20x40’ plot garden with a hoop greenhouse for extended season growing. A hydroponic system will provide fresh vegetables for students, staff, and faculty, while being incorporated in various aspects of the middle school curriculum. (Expansion project for existing school garden.)

Raymond Elementary School is joining the gardening effort at Jordan-Small Middle School (JSMS) by creating its own new 20’x40’ plot which will be adjacent to the existing JSMS garden.

Middle school students will act as mentors for the elementary students and help them learn their way around a tomato plant. (New school garden project.)

Lake Region High School ($2,250) plans to experiment with various growing methods, indoors and outdoors, as part of scientific investigations and to support the cafeteria’s effort to use more local food in school meals. This project prepares the ground for future expansions as the school goes through its physical and curricular renovations. (New school garden project.)

Lake Region Middle School ($1,935) is enhancing its gardens as part of the special education program, including equipment best adapted for students with different abilities. The plan is to focus on traditional foods grown by Native Americans, and perennial fruit crops such as blueberries and strawberries. (Expansion project for existing school garden.)

Sebago Elementary School ($2,250) is building on its longtime successful garden program and adding an automated drip watering system in order to reduce labor and volunteer needs during the summer. Food is used in the classroom and donated to local food pantries. (Expansion project for existing school garden.)

Songo Locks Elementary School ($2,247) is starting a new garden program outside the school cafe, with raised beds and vegetables. Produce will be used in classes and the cafe. (New school garden project.)

“This grant from CPPW will allow us to begin our first school garden project at the high school,” said Ian Carlson, English teacher at Lake Region High School. “We are starting out small by building a hoop house and creating eight raised beds that will be kept in classrooms in order to involve students in all curriculum areas, with the goal of teaching them about sustainable living practices, nutrition and scientific research opportunities.”

Groundbreaking activities at the individual school gardens will begin in April and continue through the end of the school year.

During the summer months, volunteers comprised of teachers, students and parents traditionally tend school gardens. Harvesting typically starts in the summer and concludes sometime in the late fall. Food grown in the school gardens will find its way into the school cafeterias and will also be donated to local food pantries — creating a unique community-based food system for families in need. Community members interested in volunteering should call the schools directly.

Healthy Lakes Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is one of two local programs in Maine that received funding in March 2010 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Maine was awarded $4.28 million by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative and Healthy Lakes received $1.4 million of that total for a two-year period. The Lakes Region initiative is led by the People’s Regional Opportunity Program (PROP), a nonprofit, multi-service community action agency, and serves nine rural towns including: Baldwin, Bridgton, Casco, Harrison, Naples, Sebago, Raymond, Standish and Windham.

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PINEWOOD DERBY WINNERS — The following five boys had the fastest cars at the Naples Pack 156 derby: Cooper Winslow, Mitchell Early, Connor Martin, Eric Christensen and Silas Burningham. The winners of the Best in Show were: Ian St. John, Cooper Winslow and Mitchell Early. From left to right: Cooper Winslow, Eric Christensen, Ian St. John, Mitchell Early and Connor Martin. Not pictured: Silas Burningham.

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Bridgton – Well-maintained in-town property. Walk to town and beach. Large level lot and barn. $179,900.

Russ Sweet 693-7281 (MLS 993328)

Bridgton – 3-bedroom, 2-bath updated Cape with granite counters, hardwood floors, 3-season porch on 3 private acres with stonewalls. Seasonal Shawnee Peak views. Broker-owned. $280,000.

Kate Loverin 776-8589 (MLS 937348)

Bridgton – Long Lake – Wonderful 3bedroom, 2.5-bath Gambrel. Large dock, 38’x42’ 2-story garage. Sunny home with beautiful lake views. $599,000.

Bob Blake 693-7277 (MLS 998314)

Casco – This 3-bedroom multilevel home sets on ±3 acres, with lots of possibilities.

Gas fireplace, 1-car garage, farmer’s porch, deck and more! $169,900.

Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane 838-5555 (MLS 990214)

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Denmark – 5-bedroom, 3-bath home on a double lot with 260 ft. of water frontage! Sandy beach, year round, only minutes to skiing. This is a must see! $529,000.

J.R. McGinnis 693-7272 (MLS 952403)

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Harrison – Stunning log home on the East Shore of Long Lake! Cathedral ceilings, stone fireplace, 4+ bedrooms, 3.5 baths, tile, hardwood, 3-car garage and more! $1,199,000.

Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane 838-5555 (MLS 996665)

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Naples – Turnkey and ready for immediate occupancy. Year round 2-bedroom unit has lovely water views and boat slip on Brandy Pond. Close to village. $259,000.

Nancy Hanson 693-7270 (MLS 1006650)

Harrison – Opportunity to own a good business location in the block.

Great Exposure on Main Street. Visible to walkers and motorists. $58,000.

Sally Goodwill 693-7290 (MLS 1006348)

Harrison – Private, affordable, 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch on 3.3 acres. Attached 2-car garage with storage above. Full basement. Set back from the road. $180,000.

Sally Goodwill 693-7290 (MLS 998879)

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Naples – 2-bedroom, 1-bath Split Entry home on .71-acre lot with circular driveway. Only 1 mile from Naples Causeway and Town Beach. $109,000.

Russ Sweet 939-2938 (MLS 1006873)

Naples – Almost new ranch, convenient to Bridgton and Naples. New appliances, freshly-painted. Ready to move in! $137,500.

Russ Sweet 693-7281 (MLS 995150)

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TWO HOMES – LOTS OF POTENTIAL! GREAT LOCATION! BRIDGTON – 3-bedroom home.

BRIDGTON – Looking for onefloor living? Lovely custom home has it all! Open concept living area, cathedral ceilings, propane fireplace in the living room, kitchen has maple cabinets, corian counters, stainless appliances. Master suite, bonus room above the garage provides you with many possibilities.

Many upscale details! $279,000.

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Naples – Sweet, Sweet, Sweet! This charming home is cute as a button! 2 small bedrooms, located next to the town beach in the perfect village setting. $134,900.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1007049)

BRIDGTON – Unique opportunity to buy two houses for the price of one. Just around the corner to Highland Lake beach and boat launch. Live in one and rent the other! 2+ bedrooms in main house.

Room to expand on the second floor.

New windows, wiring and plumbing. $89,900.

Here’s a very different fundraising effort!

The Lake Region High School varsity boys’ lacrosse team will hold a mattress fundraiser sale on Saturday, April 16 (one day only) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Stevens Brook Elementary School gym.

All sizes will be available, including 18 different styles of mattresses (Consumers Digest Best Buy mattress sets) such as memory foam and latex. All mattresses are brand new with factory warranties. Delivery available. Cash, checks and credit

Kitchen, living room, dining room, and office space. Attached barn and 1 car garage. Being sold “as is” offers great potential with a convenient intown location. Close to all downtown amenities. $62,900.

Naples – Classic Contemporary Post & Beam white cedar log home set in middle of 10 acres! All the amenities, to include 1st floor master suite. $299,500.

Ray Austin 232-0500 (MLS 1001657)

Naples – Prime development possibilities in the heart of the Lakes Region. 50 acres, survey complete, and 524’ on Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302). $299,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 973206)

Naples – This quality-built home is the best value on Long Lake with 1.6 acres, 65’ waterfront, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and 2-car garage. $799,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 997987)

Naples – Extremely well-kept camp with 100’ on pristine Trickey Pond with sandy beach. Many improvements have been done to the property. $299,000.

Nancy Hanson 693-7270 (MLS 1006840)

Naples – Get Set for Summer! Large 3-bedroom contemporary home is surrounded by decks overlooking 300 ft. on Trickey Pond. Dock and 2 garages. $579,000.

Connie Eldridge 693-7298 (MLS 1005108)

Otisfield – This is a masterpiece. Home was carefully & meticulously planned from inception to completion. 20-ac. parcel includes fields, woods, impeccable landscaping, southern lake views & close to beach. ±3000 sq. ft. w/9 rooms, 3 BR, 2.5 BA. A must see! $699,900.

Nancy Hanson, 838-8301 (MLS 997307)

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DISTINGUISHED HOME IN PRIME SETTING

BRIDGTON – Lovely home located in pristine setting. Views, enjoy the sunsets over Highland Lake! This 4-bedroom, 3-bath home is just what you’ve been waiting for.

Large kitchen, family room area with gas fireplace. Formal living room and library, large laundry room and pantry off the kitchen complete the downstairs. Plenty of room with 4 bedrooms and two baths. Attached 2-car garage on 2.15 acres. $320,000.

land•land•land•land•land•land HARRISON – Nice building lot in small subdivision of newer homes.

Close to beaches and ski areas. Country setting, very private and quiet.

1.3 acres. $21,900.

BRIDGTON – Large level wooded lot on paved public road! Great location with high visibility for your business or a very private residential setting! 5.97 acres. $90,000.

WATERFORD – Build your dream home on this lovely parcel. 2.4 acres surrounded by stone walls. Great location close to downtown amenities including sandy town beach! 2.40 acres. $29,900.

LARGE ACREAGE PARCELS SEBAGO – Great large acreage parcel is located high and dry.

Potential for subdivision or make it your own piece of paradise! Views of Bald Pate. Has had soils test. 4 bedrooms septic design available. Don’t overlook this property! 40 acres. $125,000.

BRIDGTON – Large acreage parcel-in area of nice homes, country setting. Portion of land in resource protection. Lifetime wood supply!

56.30 acres. $40,000.

Naples – This 3-bedroom Contemporary Ranch has access to Sebago Harbor and direct access to Big Sebago. Cathedral ceilings and attention to detail! $219,900.

Ray Austin 232-0500 (MLS 1004495)

Naples – Very clean 2-bedroom mobile with screened-in porch for summer enjoyment. Nice lot in well-established park. Outdoor shed. $53,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1007028)

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Otisfield – Stunning 3-bedroom, 2bath Contemporary Ranch on ±5 acres with a wraparound deck, hot tub and large 3+ car detached, heated garage. $199,900.

Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane 838-5555 (MLS 1004850)

Sebago – This beautiful, spacious home, 3684 sq. ft. with all the amenities, you have to see to appreciate.

Breathtaking views of Sebago Lake. Call today! $369,000.

Joe Shaw 776-0771 (MLS 1002777)

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Stoneham – Proctor Pond – 200 ft. – Wonderful 2-bedroom camp with much privacy and charm. Seasonal access.

Drilled well. Nice place. $212,000.

Bob Blake 693-7277 (MLS 1006895)

Call us for more home, land and waterfront listings or check our web site: www.lakesproperties.com

LAND • LAND • LAND • LAND • LAND Bridgton — Very pretty lot close to Shawnee Peak, area golfing and lovely lakes. Lot has stone walls and small pond. $24,900. Nancy Hanson, 838-8301.

(MLS 982129) Casco — Nice, level 39-acre lot with ample road frontage and pretty fields. Country setting with development potentials. $99,900. Nancy Hanson, 838-8301. (MLS 994126)

Naples — 16+ acres with 675 ft. water frontage on Brandy Pond! Previously a family campground. Surveyed for eight potential lots! $1,995,000. Connie Eldridge, 831-0890. (MLS 975042) Naples — Great, level building lot. 2.15 acres, trees and close to the lake. Private. A great spot for your new home in the Lakes Region. $34,900. J.R. McGinnis, 693-7272. (MLS 923936)

Naples — Buildable ±1.1-acre lot in a nice subdivision.

Minutes from Naples Causeway and town beach. Deadend road. $55,000. Connie Eldridge, 831-0890. (MLS 998561) CALL US AT 207-693-7000 OR 1-800-639-2136 (TOLL FREE) FOR MORE HOME, LAND AND WATERFRONT LISTINGS OR CHECK OUR WEBSITE: WWW.LAKESPROPERTIES.COM

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April 7, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

New surgeon joins BH staff Bridgton Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of general surgeon Narasimha Swamy, M.D., Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, to the medical staff.

Dr. Swamy joins Bridgton Hospital from Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., where he served as attending surgeon. Previous to that, he was attending surgeon at Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., and Chief

of Surgery at Geneva General Hospital, Geneva, N.Y. He received his medical education at Bangalore Medical College, Karnataka, India. He did his residency in Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y., and Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Swamy joins the practice of Stephen Olson, M.D., conveniently located on the campus of Bridgton Hospital. His practice can be reached by calling 6474234.

Both Dr. Swamy and Dr. Olson (Continued from Page B) are members of the Central Maine Morris; Poland Fire and Rescue Surgical Associates, a group of

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GO GREEN — Some students at Sebago Elementary School who have a strong interest in the environment have formed a “Go Green Team.” Led by fifth grade teacher/librarian, Ms. Tibbetts, these students have started implementing recycling efforts such as using cloth napkins in the cafeteria and recycling milk cartons. The group is looking for parent volunteers to help, so please contact SES if you’d like to help. Pictured are a few members of the Go Green Team: fifth grader Katie Proia, second graders Morgan Fusco, Mikayla Allen, Griffin Ballard, Matthew Douglas and Department; Naples Fire and Nicholas Centofanti.

(Photo by Kathy Harmon) Rescue Department, Fire Chief

HARRISON — Registrations for the Town of Harrison’s 2011 Fun, Friends, & Fitness eightweek Summer Recreation Program and six-week Red Cross Swim Program will be held on the following dates at the Harrison Town Office for resident taxpayers who reside year round in the Town of Harrison or own a summer home.

Registration will be held on

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the shearer in a timely fashion.

There will be people to help with the process and each fleece will be picked up and tossed on the skirting table, where a crew will remove the waste wool, roll, bag and weigh the fleece so it will be ready to take home. Fleeces can also be put up for sale at the Sheepfest.

For more information go to www.denmarksheepfest.com To register sheep, call 4522687 or e-mail linda@pinestarstudio.com. Please do this soon since Sheepfest organizers need to know how many sheep to expect.

Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The summer program will kickoff on Monday, June 20 and come to a close on Thursday, Aug. 11.

This program is for girls and boys ages 6 to 13 years old or entering grades 1-7 in the fall.

The Red Cross Swim program will begin Monday, June 27 and also end on Thursday, Aug. 11.

Lessons will be offered from the infant level to level 6 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Swim lessons are offered in two 3-week sessions and are 30 minutes in length. Please take advantage of rainy days as ageappropriate videos are shown in the swim building. Swim lessons will not be offered during the week of July 4 to July 8 due to Old Home Days celebration at the park.

Recreation programs will be held at Harrison Elementary School on rainy days and during Old Home Days.

Weekly field trips will be offered on Tuesdays.

Harrison Recreation will be closed on Monday, July 4 in celebration of Independence Day. During registration, all parents will receive a detailed schedule of

fees and daily activities, as well as information about special programs and events such as field trips, arts & crafts workshops, summer reading program, Book Club, kayak/ canoe lessons, Deertrees Theatre children’s performances, nutrition workshops, the swim across the lake and the British Challenger Soccer Camp (which returns to the RADR Sports Complex during the week of Aug. 8-12).

The Friendly Village Times Summer Rec newsletter and summer activity calendar will also be available, offering parents plenty of valuable information that will assure their child’s summer rec experience is most rewarding and a memorable one. This detailed information will help answer all

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Proceeds go directly to the LR lacrosse team. The fundraiser will help defray players’ cost to be members of the lacrosse team, which is a “pay to play” sport at LRHS. Phone: Fax: Outside ME:

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2 MOBILE HOMES ON 2.34 ACRES IN BRIDGTON, MAINE. One rent will make the entire mortgage payment! Current income: $1539/mo. with 2 more homes approved. This could produce over $3000 PER MONTH!! Road, electrical, and well all in, add a unit for a modest investment. Wonderful opportunity! We will consider splitting the properties or owner financing with $25,000 down. Call 262-664-3695 or email questions to combatchassis@hotmail.com TF10

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Bridgton – 36x60 Commercial Shop built in 2007. Cement floor with drilled well; radiant heat; ready to go & plenty of parking! Great commercial location on Rte 302. $159,000.

Bridgton – Neat-as-a-pin seasonal cottage on Long Lake. Excellent deep water frontage. Private, beautiful views down the lake North & South. Newer septic, outbuildings, deck & dock.

Sold mostly furnished. $398,000.

Harrison – Charming 4-BR colonial with hardwood floors, open eat-in kitchen, family room with wood stove, dining room, new master bath & full basement on beautifully landscaped lot with lovely mountain views. $232,000.

207-693-5200 Toll Free 1-877-618-2224 www.mainerealestate.me “Real Estate for the Lakes Region”

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Bridgton – Unbelievable views! The sight of Pleasant Mountain across the lake awaits you every time you look out the windows of this lovely 3-BR Moose Pond cottage with 100 ft. of private waterfront. Enjoy the 3-season porch overlooking one the Lake Region’s finest examples of open-air beauty. Also includes dock, family room with fireplace, living room with woodstove; & more! $489,900.

Otisfield – A great 4-season retreat on quite, serene, Saturday Pond with 150 ft. private waterfront on beautiful 1-acre lot. Spacious interior has natural wood paneling, high ceilings & lots of light.

Open loft upstairs, woodstove, westerly sunset views that can be viewed from deck, detached garage, shed & alum Floe rollout dock. $399,900.

LAND Harrison – Six very affordable 1 to 2-acre lots in lovely new subdivision with soil test, septic & power at the site. Very private wooded area, yet close to main road. Close to shopping, skiing, boating & snowmobiling. $22,900 per lot.

Bridgton – Huge price reduction!

1950’s 3BR ranch with original wood floors. 2-car garage, full basement, porch, cute kitchen & lots of potential. $79,000.

Harrison – Truck Driver/Mechanic Special! 3-BR, 1-BA home with large garage & barn good for maintenance of large vehicles or equipment. Both outbuildings are insulated & heated with concrete floor pad. Barn has 12 ft. ceiling that can fit semi truck. All this on 1 acre in private, quiet setting. $175,000.

Bridgton – Outstanding high & dry 2.27-acre surveyed lot with spectacular views of Shawnee Peak Ski area. Highland Lake rights with protective covenants.

Private boat dock & 1000 ft. common lakefront, swimming dock, float, gazebo with picnic area.

Excellent fishing too! $109,900.

Bridgton – Water access! .7-acre parcel in Knights Hill waterfront community. Amenities include inground pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, beach & marina. Only 5 minutes from Shawnee Peak Ski Resort. $28,000.

Bridgton – Large 6.5-acre private lot with spectacular views of Shawnee Peak & Mt. Washington.

A perfect spot to build your dream home if you love serenity & outstanding panoramic views! Lot is subdividable; close to town amenities. Driveway in. $89,000.

Waterford, Reduced! – 100 ft. private waterfront on Papoose Pond with spectacular water views from 32 ft. glass & screen porch. Completely remodeled – just move in! All new metal roof, gourmet kitchen with stainless appliances, hickory cabinets & large island, bathroom, electric, flooring, water system, septic system.

Sandy beach. Peaceful. $244,900.

Bridgton – 1975 Knights Hill home with deck, porch, 2-BR up, fireplace, eat-in kitchen, and full walkout partially-finished basement. Knights Hill amenities include beach, marina, tennis & newly-renovated swimming pool! Skiing very close by. $99,000.

NAPLES – Well-cared-for farmhouse with large attached barn, surrounded by fields on both sides of home and woods in the back. Roof, FHW/oil furnace, septic system replaced within past 8–15 years. Additional acreage available. *Taxes based on home with 51 acres. $219,900. MLS #996842

BROWNFIELD – Well-cared-for 2-bedroom log home with attached living room, daylight basement, setting on a knoll overlooking fields and views of White Mtns. on ±75.44 acres plus separate 1-bedroom guest cottage or rental and a 90' around domed building with so many possibilities. $379,000. MLS #1004931

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BRIDGTON – GREAT OPPORTUNITY to pick your colors – TBB 28'x48', 3-bedroom, 2-bath, ±1944 sq. ft. Split Entry with finished family room in basement. Foundation is 26'x48' with 2' overhang. Located on ±1.56 acres in newer subdivision of similar homes. 4-season recreation. $189,000. MLS #993444

DENMARK – Beautifully-maintained 4-bedroom, 1 3/4-bath gambrel with lots of major updates done… roof, septic system, windows, etc. Attached breezeway/mudroom with 2-car carage, setting on large lot with running brook and a ROW to Moose Pond just steps away. $199,995. MLS #956611

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Bridgton – Knights Hill charmer!

Amenities include beach rights, tennis, inground pool & much more! 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 3-season porch & great backyard. Open kitchen, adjoining living room & family room. Bonus room upstairs wtih walk-in attic. $274,900.

BRIDGTON – TO-BE-BUILT COLONIAL – 24'x30', 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath with 24'x24' garage with master bedroom above garage. ±2016 sq. ft. home in area of similar homes. Close to Town.

Protective Covenants and Restrictions. Appliances not included. $202,000. MLS #993455

NAPLES – TBB 3-bedroom, 1-bath, 25'x40' Ranch with full basement, on 2.5 acres. Seller pays $3,000 toward closing costs. Come pick your siding, roofing, cabinets, countertops and flooring, with good allowances. $139,900. MLS #999352

HARRISON – VIEWS, VIEWS, VIEWS – This ± 4.22-acre building lot offers beautiful panoramic views in quiet rural setting. Great location to build your dream home. $66.900. MLS #931856

DENMARK – Paved entrance in on this level ± 2.5-acre lot with beautiful views of Pleasant Mtn. and surrounding mountains. Soils test available. $44,900. MLS #963372 CASCO – This property has much potential — road frontage on 3 roads — ROW to Thomas Pond. Possible subdivision. Must see. $74,900.

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If you are thinking about selling your property… or if you are simply interested in finding out how much your property is worth in today’s market, we can provide a Comparative Market Analysis of your property. Call 207-6935200 or email us at us@mainerealestate.me for more information.

WINDHAM – Fantastic 2-unit, great rental history, close to shopping, fully-leased — turnkey operation. $299,500. MLS #904132

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Harrison Rec registrations

Chris Pond; Otisfield Fire and Rescue Department, Fire Chief Mike Hooker; Casco Rescue, Training Officer Colby Brann; Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Kevin Joyce; Cumberland County Regional Communications Center, Director Bill Holmes “Families being together, sitting down and breaking bread – that’s what this (awards banquet) is about. Bigger departments out there don’t do this like the rural communities do.”

— Senior Investigator Rick Shepard State Fire Marshal’s office

Narasimha Swamy, M.D. nine general surgeons serving the needs of general surgery and trauma patients, and their families, throughout the central and western Maine region.

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GENERAL MAINTENANCE — helper needed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. May 1st through mid-July, 25-30 hours per week. Basic carpentry skills required. Non-smoking camp.

Contact James Saltman: jamie@encore-coda.com. tf7

OFFICE ASSISTANT — needed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. 25-30 hours per week, early June through late August. Must be familiar with Word, Excel & Quickbooks softwares.

Non-smoking camp. See us at www. encore-coda.com. Apply with resume to James Saltman, Director, at jamie@ encore-coda.com. tf7

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COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION — & Handyman Services - Painting, landscaping, remodeling, decks, kitchens & baths, new homes. 40 years experience. Call Mike, 693-5284.

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SEMI-RETIRED — contractor look- HILLTOP FIREWOOD — SEBAGO — 1-bedroom apartment, ing for electrical and plumbing work. Seasoned, $220 cord delivered. Call carpeted, fireplace, covered patio, Please call 647-8026. tf41 for details, 890-9300. tf31 lake view, beach nearby, quiet, no smoking indoors, no pets. Includes EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will FIREWOOD — Sold by pickup heat, electric. $790 per month + secutravel. Site work, foundations dug, truck load, approximately ½ cord. rity. 787-2121.

7t11x back filling, septic systems, sand, Delivered within 20 miles of Naples. loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 653- $100 per load. Call 207-420-5143, NORTH BRIDGTON — 1,700 4377 or 627-4560. tf44 ask for John.

2t13x square foot apartment, 3-bedrooms, 2½-baths, open concept, stove and NEED HELP — with maintenance of WANTED TO BUY refrigerator furnished. W/D hook-ups, your property, preparing to open your monitor heater. We pay water bill, camp? Lawn care: mowing, landscap- FIREARMS, MILITARY ITEMS lawn service and plowing. No animals — and ammunition, Swe­den Trad­ing ing, edging, mulch. Spring clean-up. tf43 . . No smokers. $800 month. First/last Call Paul at 207-939-6593 for more Post. 207-647-8163. & security. 207-647-3953.

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8t13x VEHI­CLES FOR SALE HARRISON — 1-bedroom apartGOTCHA COVERED PAINTING JESUS IS LORD – new and used ment in quiet area. Partially fur— Interior, exterior, deck refinishing, auto parts. National locator. Most nished, includes heat & electric. No power washing. Serving the Lakes parts 2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s pets, non-smoker. Set up for 1 person.

Region for over 15 years. Free esti- Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton, $450 per month. Call 415-9166 leave mates. Kevin, 693-3684.

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tf30 message. tf13 FARNZIE CLEANING — Home/ FOR RENT COMMERCIAL SPACE — Rentals & Business. Free estimates Beautiful, large commercial space at Maine/New Hampshire. Contact Kim BRIDGTON – 1, 2, and 3-bedroom 186 Main Street in Bridgton, approxiResendes, owner, at farnzie84@aol. apartments. $550-$675 mo. plus refer- mately 1,600 square feet, small galcom or 1-207-452-8100.

4t13x ences and security. JPD Properties, lery space, picture windows, track 310-0693. tf2 lighting, kitchenette, storage room, DAY CARE COMMERCIAL SPACE — for bathroom, current space of EFG CATERPILLAR CLUBHOUSE lease, 1,000-2,000 sq. ft. with Rte. 302 books who will be moving in April or – Childcare currently has openings frontage. Call for details, 647-4465. May, please call Andrew or Ann 647for all ages. CPR/FA, preschool cur- 5t12 tf46 8150. riculum followed. Meals and snacks SOUTH BRIDGTON — 1-bedroom, provided. Children will learn in a safe, NAPLES — Well-maintained onefun and interactive way, which helps bedroom, off Rte. 35, thirty-day-notice heat, hot water & electric included, to increase a child’s academic and so- lease, no smoking, no pets, laundry sun deck. $635 unfurnished, $700 cial development. For more informa- on site, quiet setting. $600/month furnished. Security deposit required. tf13 tion or to set up a visit, call 647-4156. including heat and electricity. 207- 247-4707 or 232-9022. tf15 WEST BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom

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Letters to the editor Obama bashing

To The Editor: Another fact-free rant from Tom McLaughlin.

No doubt there is plenty to debate when it comes to the conflict in Libya. Then why does Tom have to dumb down the issues and give us just another Obama bashing?

I have several points of contention with last week’s piece, which seemed very much off the top of his head and void of the essential homework.

First, his assertion that Defense Secretary Robert Gates “advised (Obama) that Libya was not a threat to America and we had no strategic interests there,” is way mischaracterized, even false. Gates noted that Libya was not a direct military threat to us, but the United States certainly has multifaceted strategic interest there and Gates never said otherwise.

Tom also wrote, “Until (Obama) intervened, Muslim terrorists were killing each other in Libya and we didn’t have to do anything but watch. What could be better than that?”

Really? Tom would pre-

fer — even seemingly enjoy — that masses of anonymous people inflict horrible injury and death upon one another?

That Tom blankets all those combatants as “terrorists” gives away his lack of understanding and should embarrass him. The writer may not know a single residing Libyan yet preventing their deaths on a mass scale only disappoints him. Certainly, you’ll want to retract that one.

“Evidence exists that they (Libya’s rebels) could be worse for Libya and for us,” Tom wrote, adding that a hypothetical replacement government “shows all the signs of being worse…than (Gadhafis),” he concludes.

Typical that Tom didn’t articulate that evidence, even though he says it exists. Certainly in such large swaths of population (more than six million people live in Libya), there will be some anti-U.S. sentiment, but all the “evidence” that I’ve seen indicates most of the anti-Americanism comes from Gadhafi supporters, such as from the pro-government captors of the New York Times reporters. It was only adoration, thankfulness and praise LETTERS, Page 10B

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LePage, the bully

Governor Paul LePage is a bully. And as we all know, the effects of bullying can be serious and even fatal.

It was one thing when he told the NAACP to “kiss my butt” or said he’d like to tell Obama to “go to hell.”

Those are just words. Sticks and stones. We can shake our heads at his outspokenness, and move on.

But he crossed the line when he took down a mural depicting Maine’s labor history from the Maine Department of Labor.

And then hid it, no less!

Bullies cannot exist without victims, and they don’t pick on just anyone; they prey on those who lack assertiveness, who won’t fight back.

Are we, a state with a proud tradition of artistic freedom, with a proud tradition of labor struggles, going to let him get away with this?

Already, there’s talk from elsewhere in the nation about boycotting Maine as a vacation destination. Karen Moore of Menlo Park, Calif. wrote in an open letter to the governor printed in the Kennebec Journal, “Because you have chosen to jump on the national Republican-led, business-inspired bandwagon attacking working people and the middle class, we have decided to go somewhere else this summer.”

And how about this comment from a reader of the AFL-CIO’s website: “Dear Governor, I vacation in Maine most summers and I am honestly awestruck at its beauty. NO MORE! Removing a mural is not only insulting to all that have made Maine great but disrespectful of all the hard working people that visit. Shame on you. I know my friends and family will no longer seek your shores and parks for down time, how could they, knowing what you represent.”

Make no mistake, the nation, and indeed the world, don’t really know who Mainers really are. They are watching this bully kick sand in our faces. They are watching him say he’d laugh at us and call us idiots if we tried to form a human chain to protect the mural. They are watching us being victimized and abused.

They are waiting to see what we’re made of.

From everything we know about LePage, he is not going to back down — despite being publicly rebuked by eight Maine Republican legislators, despite a federal lawsuit from both the labor and art world, despite calls from the U.S. Department of Labor to repay the $60,000 it cost to have the mural painted.

LePage is not going to back down, because like any bully, he cannot face his own shadow. That’s why we think he had the mural removed in the first place. We can only imagine what he must have felt inside when he first laid eyes on that 36-foot wide, 11-panel mural showing poor and struggling Maine laborers. How he must have recoiled when he saw that one particular panel, the one showing a man grabbing the woman shoeworker by the shoulders.

We must turn the mirror in his face and force him to take a good, hard look at whom he is truly serving as governor. Is it the people of Maine, or his own personal demons? LePage pulled himself up out of poverty to become the big boss of a big company — and good for him. But he will fall, and fall hard, if he doesn’t start learning, in the words of Avis Rent-A-Car businessman and author Robert Townsend, that “True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.”

We applaud the public pressure and the lawsuits that are being brought to bear on LePage for his actions. And we hope it goes one step further, in current Freedom of Information efforts to investigate the origin of the “anonymous” letter LePage said he received that compared the mural to North Korean political pro OUR VIEW, Page 11B

Earth Notes “Earth Notes” is an outgrowth of a deep ecology discussion group. Writers reflect a delight in and concern for the earth and are individually responsible for opinions and information. Community members are invited to submit articles. E-mail jschap@ localnet.com for details.

Stone farming

By Alice Rose Each spring, I farm the stones in the field behind my home in Casco. Many are stones that the earth drove to the surface over the winter and the now soggy ground allows them to be pried out with shovel and longhandled spade. A wet spring is best for farming stones before the grass gets too high, and before the seedling trees and brambles appear. Still, this is no easy task.

Lacking brawn and a backhoe, stone farming involves a series of negotiations with earth and stones. No two stones are the same, but each has its own curves and edges, its own color and texture, its own heft and assurance. The earth is softer, loamier here and held tight by witch grass there. I prod each stone with a foot first, inviting a response. Stay or leave, I ask. If the stone moves, even slightly, I ease the spade into the four

Most of you are reading this in a newspaper on Thursday, April 7, which is my 60th birthday. My sister, Jane, sent me a card saying, “We spent our entire youth laughing at old people.” Inside, it said, “We are SO screwed.”

It’s actually my 61st birthday if you count the first in 1951, at the end of which, I was one day old. A year later, when I was one year old, would have been my second birthday, and so on. Today is the first day of my 61st year.

I’m not just 60 — I’m “in my sixties.” I’m beginning my seventh decade. A friend reached this milestone last year and when asked how old he was, he’d say “Fifty-ten.”

The way we measure time is relative and this was best

Sealed proposals addressed to Derik Goodine, Naples, ME 040551757 and endorsed on the envelope Historical Society Building Rebuild Bid, will be received until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 22, 2011, at which time the proposals will be reviewed by the Town Manager and Historical Society Committee. Proposals will be accepted from contractors that show successful completion of similar projects and attended the Pre-Bid Meeting. All other proposals will be rejected.

Description: Design Build Proposals for Improvements to Historical Building, Naples Location: Naples Village Green Outline of work: Contractor will submit proposal for the design and construction for the building reconstruction and addition.

Interested Bidders are Required to attend a Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting on-site on Friday, April 8th at 9:00 a.m. for the quotation to be accepted.

For further information, contact Derik Goodine at 595-0310.

Each proposal must be made on forms provided at the Mandatory Meeting.

This contract is subject to all applicable Federal, State and Town Building Codes.

All work shall be governed by State of Maine, BOCA Codes. Town CEO will be available for consultation.

The total quotation will be the sum of all items necessary to satisfactorily complete the Outline of Work.

A Contract Performance Surety Bond and a Contract Payment Surety Bond each in the amount of 100% of the contract price will not be required.

The TOWN serves the right to accept or reject all quotations.

Note to Contractor: The Town was encouraged, by Town Meeting vote, to try to save the original portion of the building to be reused on a new foundation. That portion is the 24' 9" x 40' 7" front section with the two garage doors and hose tower. The Town would contract the building moving part of the operation and the Contractor would have to fix and part of the structure that needs repair. If the contractor believes this is a more expensive option please note in proposal. 2T13

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shape, but I haven’t as much stamina. I can still do everything, but I prefer shorter intervals. I can deal with that, but mentally there are other effects. Sometimes, I can’t recall the name of something until 10 or 20 minutes after the conversation has ended or shifted to another subject. It’s in my head somewhere, but it’s as if it were on a slip of paper and buried under stacks of other paperwork on the desktop of my mind.

My hair is thinning, but it’s

The Naples Planning Board will meet on April 19th, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Naples Municipal Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda an application for Major Site Plan Review for property located at 701 Roosevelt Trail and shown on Naples Tax Map U02, Lot 9, submitted by Ernest Villeneuve.

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TOWN OF NAPLES There will be a special town meeting on April 18, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Offices Selectboard Meeting Room. The warrant will include a petitioned zone change for Route 302, an appropriation to legal services in the Administration Budget, and an Ordinance authorizing Efficiency Maine to administer a PACE program for the Town. PACE is a loan program for homeowners to borrow money to make home energy savings improvements. Adopting this ordinance makes Naples residents eligible to apply for these loans. There will also be a Fire Suppression and waterline funding article paid for with TIF funds. Warrants will be posted at the usual places around town.

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2. Bryan Phinney has submitted an application for Amendment to an approved Subdivision known as Rolfe Brook Estates. The requested amendment consists of request to split lot #24–3 into two lots. The original subdivision was approved October 12, 1995 and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds December 8, 1995 in Book 195, Page 404. The property affected is Map 4, Lot 24-3 in Residential, SW, LRR and SP Districts.

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still mostly brown. Students ask me if I dye it and it bothers me that they’d think I would. If it were gray, I definitely wouldn’t dye it. That’s okay for women, but vain for a man. Why? I don’t know.

That’s what I feel about it.

My wife is a year younger than me and her hair is mostly silver. I’m glad she leaves it that way because it’s attractive. There’s a certain strength I sense in women who take care of themselves OLD, Page D

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exemplified by a small sign I saw on the outside of a bathroom door once which read, “How long a minute is, is relative to which side of this door you’re on.” When I was about 10, a year seemed a very long time because it was one-tenth of my life. Now it’s only one-sixtieth and goes by quickly. I formulated a scale for age when I was 10: Up to 12, you’re a kid. Then you’re a teenager until age 20. After that you’re a young adult from 20 to 40. Forty to 60, you’re middle-aged and from 60 on, you’re old.

I finished “late middle age” yesterday. Today I’m “early old.”

I’m not sure how 60 is supposed to feel, but so far it’s pretty good. I’m in good

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stones. He laughed. “This is New England! You have more than enough stones in your yard, I bet.” Less than ten minutes later, his practiced eye had located just the right size, shapes and number of boulders and stones to create a lovely stone wall four-feet high and 12-feet long.

The morning the landscaper arrived with the bulldozer, I watched with amazement as each boulder and stone plucked randomly it seemed from the field and woods fit perfectly together like puzzle pieces. It didn’t fall down as I thought it must when I filled behind the wall with soil and compost to create a raised flowerbed. Amongst the perennials and annuals are unusual stones found during stone farming since the wall was built. Their shapes, colors and textures are pieces in the puzzle created by the wall and by the flowers — a new formation.

This stone farming has taught me two things that a lifetime has not: sight and patience. Stones are not just obstacles to mowing; they can be the makings of more stone walls. This is New England. Instead of conquest, I accept not defeat but surrender — surrender to an untamable cycle of shifting earth and stone of which I am a small part.

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corners of the visible stone to gauge its actual circumference.

If I suspect from this that the stone is manageable, and I am often wrong, then I begin working the shovel under one side of the stone and then another, prying and rocking until either the stone or the earth give, or I do. Those I can heave out of the ground without bending and lifting are rolled into the trees.

Some stones come easier than others; they fairly leap from the soil. Some resist at first. However, the tiny sharp edges that protrude from the ground mask the surprising girth and weight of many of these stones and some simply refuse to release their bony stony tentacles. I leave off negotiations until next year, next spring, when perhaps the stones will be ready to move, to translate themselves into another formation between the trees away from the blades of my tractor and away from the

tires of the dirt bikes and ATVs that periodically storm the field.

Despite the care I take mowing the field, the tractor blades grow duller throughout the season nicked by the stones that refuse dislodging, that sit with their eyes just above the surface like deadly crocodiles hidden in a river of grass. I fret that one of these sharp-edged stones will catch a tire, hurling rider into the trees or onto one of the many immoveable boulders.

Helmeted or not, at 40 mph or more, this cannot be good.

Several years ago, a good number of those boulders and an equal number of the stones I had rolled into the trees became a stone wall in my driveway.

My house sits on a small knoll with a steep slope in the front that runs along the right of the driveway. A previous owner had planted a low-growing juniper as ground cover on this slope that over time had become tough and rangy. Even on a sunny day its dull green-black color was unattractive, but when disease turned it a duller rust color it had to go. Unlike the stones, however, neither spade nor shovel would dislodge it.

I called a landscaper who promptly came with a tractor and pulled it out. “You know what would look really good here?” he asked with much enthusiasm, “a stone wall!”

Dubious, I responded that my budget did not include buying

Early old

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The Town of Fryeburg is looking for interested Fryeburg residents who would like to volunteer to serve on a Comprehensive Plan Committee to help update the existing Comprehensive Plan that will expire December 2012.

Applications are available at the Fryeburg Town Office.

Completed applications will need to be returned to the Town Manager no later than April 16, 2011.

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2011 Invitation to Bid Winter Roads Maintenance Program The Town of Casco is currently inviting bids for the plowing, sanding and winter maintenance of public roads and certain other roads with public easements in Casco, Maine.

The Town requests that bids be submitted on a per mile cost with the total annual cost listed separately. Bids are for a five-year period with the option to extend that period upon agreement of the Board of Selectmen and the Contractor. The bid shall be for the period beginning September 1, 2011, and end in May 15, 2016, unless options for extension of the agreement are exercised and agreed upon.

This agreement shall be subject to annual appropriations by the Casco Town Meeting. Town of Casco or the Casco Board of Selectmen shall not be held responsible for non-appropriation of funds.

All bids must be submitted to the office of the Town Manager by Monday, May 16, 2011 at 12:00 noon. A public bid opening will follow at 12:05 p.m. Bids must be submitted on forms provided by the Town of Casco and placed in sealed envelopes clearly marked “2011 Town of Casco Winter Roads Bid.” A public reading of bids will take place at the Selectmen’s meeting May 24, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Award of the winter roads bids shall be by the Selectboard.

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Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor As most Medicare beneficiaries now know, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides for a free annual wellness visit.

During the annual wellness visit, you and your doctor will create or update a preventive care plan. Your doctor will also update your medical history; make a list of your current medications; create a 5 to 10-year screening schedule; identify health risk factors and discuss ways to possibly avoid them; check your height, weight, blood pressure and body mass index; and screen for cognitive issues. There are a few nuances about the annual wellness visit that Medicare consumers should understand.

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Second, while the annual wellness visit is free of charge, you may still be required to pay something out of pocket if you receive other services from your doctor during the same visit (although your Medicare supplement insurance may cover those charges).

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if you go to a doctor who accepts assignment, which means that they accept Medicare-approved rates as payment in full.

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

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ALARMS WAM-ALARM Systems Installation, Service, Monitoring Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Free Security Survey 647-2323

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CARPET CLEANING McHatton’s Cleaning Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822

CARPETING Bolster’s Decorating Center Carpet-Linoleum-Ceramic Always free decorating consulting Rte. 117 at 302, Bridgton 647-5101 Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

CATERING A Fine Kettle of Fish Catering Personal chef service/catering Sheila Rollins 583-6074 www.finekettleoffishcatering.com

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

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First Impressions Cleaning Inc. WardHill Architecture Residential & Commercial 25 yrs. exp.-Residential/Commercial Seasonal Custom plans, Shoreland/site plan permit 647-5096 Design/Build & Construction mgmt. wardhill@roadrunner.com 807-625-7331 Lake & Mountain View Property Maintenance Cleaning & caretaking ATTORNEYS Exceptional references Shelley P. Carter, Attorney 207-650-1101 Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA McHatton’s Cleaning Service 110 Portland Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 132 Main St. P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 647-8360 Hastings Law Office, PA 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com Robert M. Neault & Associates Attorneys & Counselors at Law Corner of Rte. 302 & Songo School Rd. P.O. Box 1575, Naples 693-3030

AUTO REPAIR Naples Auto Repair Auto State Inspection Snowblower Repair M-F 8-5, Sat. by appt.

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CARETAKERS Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000 Lake & Mountain View Property Maintenance Cleaning & caretaking Exceptional references 207-650-1101 North Country Home Watch “We’ll be there when you can’t” www.nchw.us 207-713-0675 Rick Lewis Property Surveillance Seasonal and Year Round Bridgton 207-415-4476

CARPENTRY Robert E. Guy General Carpentry – Additions Repairs – Remodeling www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell)

Servicemaster Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 TLC Home Maintenance Co. Professional Cleaning and Property Management Housekeeping and much more 583-4314

COMPUTERS Backwoods Computer Consulting Virus recovery/data recovery/web sites Plus more Tim Haight 693-4580 Ms. C’s Computer Repair Virus and spyware removal PC repairs 207-228-5279 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton

CONTRACTORS Jeff Hadley Builder New homes, remodels, additions Painting, drywall, roofing, siding Kitchens, tile & wood floors Fully insured – free estimates 27 yrs. experience 207-583-4460 J. Jones Construction Services Inc. New Construction – Remodeling Roofing – Siding – Decks – Docks Free Estimates – Fully Insured Call 928-3561 www.jjonesconstruction.com Newhall Const. Inc. Framing – Roofing – Finish Handyman services Shawn Newhall 743-6379 Quality Custom Carpentry Specializing in remodeling & additions Jeff Juneau Naples 207-655-5903

COPIES The Printery Black & White/Color Copies Special discounts for large orders Fax: Sending and Receiving Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

COUNSELING Ellia Manners, LCPC In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted www.elliamanners.com 207-647-3015 Bridgton

CRANE SERVICE Bill O’Brien Inc. Crane Service Hourly rates 838-7903

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

Fryeburg Family Dental Preventative Dental Hygiene Services 19 Portland Street / PO Box 523 207-256-7606 www.fryeburgfamilydental.com Mountain View Dentistry Dr. Leslie A. Elston Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry 207-647-3628 MountainViewDentistryMaine.com

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All Service Electric John Schuettinger Licensed Master Electrician Residential, Commercial Alarms Bridgton Phone 647-2246

Authentic Timberframes Handcut Timber Frames & Post/Beam Structures – Erected on your site www.authentictimberframes.com info@authentictimberframes.com 207-647-5720

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A to Z Electric “The Boss Does The Work” David S. Gerrish, Master Electrician Residential/Commercial/Industrial 30+ yrs. exp., Naples 693-6854 Bouchard Electric Co. Mike Bouchard – Master Electrician Generators All types of wiring Lakes Region 583-9009

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Call 647-2851 Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor for details CONTRACTORS

Jerry’s Carpentry & Painting Carpenter & General Contractor Log homes – decks – remodeling Fully insured – Free estimates – 207-527-2552

Dan’s Construction Homes/cottages/garages Siding/rep. windows/roofing Insured/ references/ 25+ yrs. exp.

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Northern Extremes Carpentry Custom Decks – Additions Remodeling – Free Estimates Log Hunting and Fishing Camps Insured Bridgton 647-5028

Douglass Construction Inc. Custom Homes/Remodeling/Drawings 30 years exp. in Lakes Region Phil Douglass, 647-3732 - Jeff Douglass, 647-9543 Sweden Rd. Bridgton

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Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012 J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Bridgton 647-9435 McIver Electric “Your on time every time electricians” 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton 647-3664 www.mciverelectric.net

INSURANCE Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

David K. Moynihan Master Electrician Licensed ME & NH Bridgton 647-8016

Southern Maine Retirement Services Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Life and Long-Term Care Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340

Stanford Electric Commercial, Industrial and Residential Wiring – Generators Naples 693-4595 Tuomi Electric Chip Tuomi, Electrical Contractor Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-4728

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Bonney Staffing & Training Center Temporary & Direct Hire Placements Call us with your staffing needs Rte. 302 Windham 892-2286

EXCAVATION K.S. Whitney Excavation Sitework – Septic Systems Materials delivered Kevin 207-647-3824

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION Sheila Rollins Private/instrument/multi-engine instructor Flight training – Ground school Flight review 583-6074

FOUNDATIONS Barry Concrete Foundations Tim Barry Inc. Poured foundations – Frost walls Bridgton 207-650-3507 tbconcrete@myfairpoint.net Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896 J. B. Concrete Bill O’Brien Poured Foundations 207-647-5940

Victoria’s Hairitage One Beavercreek Farm Rd (top of Packard’s Hill – Rte. 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist Jessica Zaidman Color Specialist 647-8355

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INSULATION Newhall Construction Blown-in insulation Air-sealing – BPI trained Shawn 743-6379 Western Me. Insulation Co. Blown-in or Rolled – 28 yrs. exp.

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INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home/Auto/Commercial 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745 Chalmers Ins. Agency 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Harrison Insurance Agency Full Service Agency 100 Main Street, Bridgton 583-2222

still who desperately need a punch in the head, and they still cross my path.

An old priest once told me that, “As I get older, I care more and more about less and less.” I took that to mean he didn’t sweat the small stuff anymore. He accepted things he could not change and he tried harder to change the things that mattered most — and upon which he could have some effect. I’m pondering his words more lately and it’s helping me make decisions about what to do with whatever time remains for me on this earth.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a middle school U.S. History teacher. He can be reached at tommclaughlin@ fairpoint.net

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J. Jones Construction Services Inc. Foundations – Frost Walls Free estimates – Fully insured Call 928-3561 Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Complete oral hygiene care-infant to senior www.jjonesconstruction.com Most dental insurances, MaineCare accepted HAIRDRESSERS 207-647-4125 email: info@bdhc.me

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

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(Continued from Page B) and allow their hair to age naturally.

Other times I’ve felt older lately are when guys in their thirties call me “sir.” It’s not when they’re trying to sell me something either. It’s happening when I meet them socially. I’ve never been in the military and to be addressed as “sir” is unfamiliar. Students have been calling me “Mr. McLaughlin” for decades, but that’s different. The “sir” thing is going to take some getting used to.

Softball season starts soon.

It’ll be my 34th year playing Thursday nights at Westways in Lovell. I’m one of the older guys now, but last year there were still some showing up who were older. This year, we’ll see. Some younger than me have stopped playing already and come just to watch and drink beer.

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Concrete Works Slabs, floors, block work Custom forming & finishes Masonry repairs Bill@409-6221

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For about 10 or 12 years now, I haven’t had a strong urge to hunt deer — and it used to be overpowering.

I’ve been thinking maybe it’s due to diminished testosterone levels because I’d rather go into the woods and shoot pictures. So, I buy chuckeye steaks at Hannaford Supermarket, which I like better than venison anyway.

It might not be testosterone though because I still get the urge to punch someone in the head once in a while. I haven’t actually done it for about 30 years, but it has crossed my mind, and that’s a testosterone thing too. Maybe the urge will diminish someday or go away entirely, but I don’t think so. There’s no shortage of people around

KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

LAWN MAINTENANCE Chapman’s Lawn & Yard Works Mowing - Cleanup - Brush Cutting Debris removal – Bark mulch Blaine Chapman 647-5255

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029 Country Gas, Inc. LP Gas Bulk/Cylinders Box 300, Denmark Tel. 452-2151 Maingas Your Propane Specialist 1-800-648-9189

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

Fully insured Free estimates Darryl & Doug Hunt 693-5060

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

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

OFFICE SUPPLIES The Printery General line of office supplies In stock or special orders Rubber stamps - Fax Service - Labels Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

OIL DEALERS Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton McBurnie Oil/Casco Oil Delivery and Service Denmark, Maine Tel. 207-452- 2151

PAINTING CONTRACTORS George Jones Quality Painters Interior/Exterior – Fully Insured Free Estimates Excellent References 207-318-3245 Gotcha Covered Painting Interior/exterior-deck refinish-powerwash Serving the Lakes Region over 15 years Free estimates Kevin 693-3684 Jerry’s Painting Service Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior Fully Insured – Free Estimates 207-527-2552

PLUMBING & HEATING A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029 Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436 Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423

PRINTING The Printery Single Color to Multi-Color Business Cards - Letterheads Brochures - Forms - Booklets Wedding Announcements Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

REAL ESTATE Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Coldwell Banker Lakes Region Properties “At the Lights in Naples” Waterfront, Residential Commercial & Land 207-693-7000 Oberg Agency Residential, Business,Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

RUBBISH SERVICE ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up Container Service Tel. 743-5417 Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Serving Bridgton Weekly pick-ups Tel. 207-595-4606

SELF STORAGE Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 647-3206 JB Self Storage Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage 207-925-3045

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Bridgton Septic Pumping Free Estimates 647-3356 329-8944 Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

SURVEYORS F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bliss & Associates Surveying, Land Planning P.O. Box 113, Route 5 Lovell, ME 207-925-1468 Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Land Information Services P.O. Box 485, Harrison, Maine Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr., P.L.S. Over 10,000 surveys on file Pioneer Surveying & Mapping Services Boundary/topographic/construction surveys Commercial/residential Kenneth Farrar PLS PO Box 368, W Paris ME 04289 674-2351

TOWING Stuart Automotive Free Junk Car Removal 838-9569

TREE SERVICE CARMUR Inc. Logging Specializing in selective cutting House lots cleared 29 years experience – references C. Murphy Silvicultural Tech 647-5061 Cook’s Tree Service Removal-Pruning-Cabling Licensed – Insured 647-4051 Q-Team Tree Service Removal – Pruning – Cabling – Chipping Stump Grinding – Bucket Work – Bobcat Crane – Licensed & Fully Insured Since 1985, Naples 693-3831 or Toll Free 877-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Complete tree service – free estimates Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Licensed and insured – Utility and Landscape Arborist Waterford ME – 583-2474

VETERINARY N. D. Beury, DVM Spay/Neuter – Well-pet care North Bridgton For Appointment 583-2121 Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244 Norway Veterinary Hospital Naples Clinic Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd.

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Obituaries

April 7, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Lewis E. Barker

Eleanor F. Hinkley

Frank P. Hebert

GRANBURY, TEXAS — Lewis Edwin Barker, 82, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 in Granbury, Texas.

Lewis was born Oct. 12, 1928, in Bridgton, to Edwin Kimbell Barker and Ruby May Decker Barker. He married Carolyn Johnson in 1950 in Virginia. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 2006; brothers, Earl Barker and Raymond Barker.

He is survived by his children, Carolis Mask of Lampasas of Texas, Alexis Crawford of Knoxville, Tenn., Terrance Barker of Maryville, Tenn., Glennis Carter of Crousville, Kermit Barker of Cape Carol, Fla., Laurelea Wilkinson of Granbury, Texas and Shawn Barker of Fort Worth, Texas; 20 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Ruth Lawrence of South Paris; brothers, Merl Barker of Waterford and Richard Barker of Casco.

A funeral service was held Tuesday at Wiley Funeral Home in Granbury, Texas.

FARMINGTON — Eleanor F. Hinkley, 90, formerly of Strong, died early Sunday morning at Franklin Memorial Hospital.

She was born Nov. 19, 1920, a daughter of Raymond and Madeline R. (Lawton) Pinkham and received her education in Strong schools.

She was a dedicated homemaker and had worked at Forster Manufacturing Co. Inc. in Strong. Her biggest hobby was following her great-grandson, Josh McBean.

She is survived by her children, Joyce of Strong, Elaine Collis of Sun City, Ariz. and Richard Hinkley of Texas; a brother, Leslie Pinkham of Casco; and 19 grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her daughter, Christine Searles; and sons, Maynard and Stephen.

Tributes and condolences may be shared on her tribute wall at www. wilesrc.com Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the Wiles Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Road, Farmington, with Rhonda Wiles-Rosell as celebrant. Cremation followed services at Gracelawn Memorial Park in Auburn.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations may be considered to the Franklin County Animal Shelter, 550 Industry Road, Farmington.

BUXTON — Frank P. Hebert “Papa”, of Buxton, died unexpectedly on March 31, 2011.

He was born in Casco on Dec. 24, 1925, to Albert and Abbie Peterson Hebert. He attended Hollis schools. His greatest loves were family, fishing and baseball. Frank was an avid Yankee fan married to an avid Red Sox fan, Leola McLeese, for 65 years. Their family always enjoyed their battle of wills during baseball season.

During World War II, Frank proudly served in the U.S. Navy.

A hard worker all his life, he worked as a logger for the Haskells of Hollis Center, Keddy’s Manufacturing of Windham, Rogers Fibre in Buxton until closure and Nichols of Portland, until his retirement in 1985. For many years, Frank volunteered with the West Buxton Fire Department.

Frank is survived by his beloved wife, Leola Hebert; three daughters, Lillian Butterfield of Buxton, Judy Rowe of Saco and Suzanne Richards of Waterboro; two granddaughters and six grandsons; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a sister, Blanche Harriman of Standish; a brother, Harold Hebert of Standish; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by sisters, Gladys Cass and Beatrice Hutchins; brothers, Albert, James and Gene Hebert; and a grandson.

Visiting hours were on Sunday, April 3, at the Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, located on the corners of Routes 202 and 4A (13 Portland Road) in Buxton (Bar Mills). A graveside service will be held in the spring at Hillcrest Cemetery in Hollis.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to: The Buxton Fire & Rescue Department, 185 Portland Rd., Buxton, ME 04093.

BUXTON — Maxine Betty Norton, 82, formerly of South Portland, died in Buxton on Sunday, April 3, 2011, surrounded by her loving family.

Maxine was born in Portland, the daughter of Chester and Christina (Cleveland) Dodge, where she was educated and a graduate of South Portland High School, Class of 1948. She married Thomas E. Norton, Jr. on Jan. 7, 1948.

She was a member of the Lake Region Wanders Good Sam Club, Maine Garden Railroad Society, and volunteered at the St. John Food Pantry and the MS Bike and Walk.

She is predeceased by her husband, Thomas; son, Teddy John Norton; brother, Lewin Dodge; and grandson.

She is survived by her two sons, Thomas Norton of Buxton and Terrence Norton of Eliot; daughter, Virginia Dibiase of Portland; four sisters, Lorraine Johnson of South Portland, Angeline Watts of Harrison, Gloria Page of Portland and Brenda Cook of Westbrook; eight grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and loving friends.

Visiting hours and funeral service were held Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. Interment will be private at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The American Cancer Society Maine Chapter, P.O. Box 553, Portland, ME 04112 or The Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 US Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074.

Rubin Miller

ALBANY, N.Y. — Rubin Miller, 86, of Albany, N.Y., died of complications from a heart attack on March 9, 2011, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough.

He was born on Sept. 15, 1924 in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Harry and Pauline Miller. He married Rose Freedman in 1951 in Detroit. Mich. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, who served in the European theater of World War II. He spent his entire post military career in the retail clothing industry, traveling worldwide as a designer and purchaser of both men’s and women’s clothing. As “Rubino of Italy” and “Prince Rubino,” he built a reputation as a consummate salesman and haberdasher.

He had a great love for animals. His fondest memories were of the small farm he owned in Michigan, where he kept sheep, goats, horses, chickens, dogs and cats.

He is survived by his daughters, Karen Strange of Boulder, Colo. and Sheila Rollins of Harrison.

He was predeceased by his wife, Rose Miller, in 2001.

He was buried Friday, March 11, 2011 at Mount Sinai Jewish Cemetery in Portland.

The family suggests donations made in Rubin’s name to Responsible Pet Care of Oxford Hills, 32 Waterford Road, Norway, ME 04268.

In Loving Memory of BETTY GRAFFAM on her birthday April 8, 1940 — April 8, 2011 Sadly missed by Husband Derrell Lynne Smith & family Derriann Maynard & family Steve Graffam & family

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Pauline A. Cram BUXTON — Pauline “Pat” Anderson Cram, 88, of Buxton, passed away on March 28, 2011, at the Barron Center in Portland.

She was born in Warren on April 4, 1922, the eldest child of Maynard and Priscilla (Durgin) Young. She moved to Waterboro during her last year of school and graduated from Waterboro High School.

During WWII, she worked at the South Portland Shipyard, preparing Naval ships for overseas deployment. Pat also worked for Songo Shoe Company in Portland, the Limerick Mills, Morningstar in Kennebunk and SAD 6 cafeterias.

She was a member of the Pythian Sisters in Buxton, the VFW Woman’s Auxiliary and the Good Sam Club.

Pauline enjoyed bowling, baking, playing cards, making quilts, crocheting afghans for her grandchildren, and dancing at the former Buxton Grange on Long Plains Road. She also enjoyed square dancing, flea markets, and flowers — especially peonies and African violets.

She was predeceased by her beloved husbands, Reginald Hutchins and Walter Cram Sr.; the father of her children, Clyde Anderson; a son, Dale Anderson; sister, Edrie Conley, and her brother, Raymond Young.

Pat is survived by her children, Jean Masters of Portland, Rodney Anderson of Gorham, Kathleen Kendrick of Hollis, Kenneth Anderson of Loxahatchee, Fla., Virginia Anderson of Limington, and Brian Anderson of Baldwin; brothers, Bruce and Royce Young; sisters, Muriel Perkins and Rita Anderson; 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held on Monday, April 4, followed by a funeral service at the Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home, located on the corners of Routes 202 and 4A (13 Portland Road) in Buxton (Bar Mills).

Pastor Ron Sargent officiated. Burial will be at Scarborough Memorial Cemetery in the spring.

George W. Dubreuil WINDHAM — George W. “Tex” Dubreuil, 93, died Sunday, April 3, 2011.

He was born in Brunswick on Nov. 25, 1917, a son of George and Florence Nadeau Dubreuil. Tex attended Catholic schools in Brunswick and then enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in WWII in the military police. During this time, he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. After the war, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corp, which is where he met his wife Ethelyn.

Tex spent most of his life working as a plumber. He was active in the Windham Assembly of God Church, where he served as a deacon. Tex also helped to construct the church building. He was a musician, playing in the Country Ramblers and eventually played in the music ministry for his church. Tex played the guitar, drums and the harmonica. Being the kind man that he was, he liked to repair items to help out people and was known for assisting the needy. He always enjoyed auto racing and eventually became the photographer for Oxford Plains Speedway.

Tex was predeceased by his first wife, Ethelyn; a son, Dennis; and his second wife, Nellie Linscott.

Survivors include his sons, Kerry, Kevin and Keith Dubreuil; daughters, Loretta Towne (previously of Bridgton), Donna Lewis, Julia Grass and Jill Bernard of Casco; a sister, Janette Schinck; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours were held on Wednesday, April 6 at the Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Road, Windham. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Windham Assembly of God Church, Route 302, Windham.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Windham Christian Academy, Route 302, Windham, ME 04062.

Francis H. Vail III LEWISTON — Francis H. Vail III, 62 of East Stoneham died Friday, April 1, 2011 at Central Maine Medical Center.

He was born in Rumford, April 27, 1948, the son of Francis H. and Eloise M. (Perkins) Vail, Jr. He started school in Newry, then attended the East Stoneham Elementary School, Fryeburg Academy, and graduated from Oxford Hills High School. He then graduated from Wright State University in Ohio. He worked as a rehabilitation counselor for the Department of Human Services in the Oxford Hills area, in the food stamp office in Rumford, and for approximately 15 years owned the East Stoneham Country Store. He was a former president of Oxford County Community Services and was instrumental in starting the Oxford Rehabilitation Center. He enjoyed woodworking, his worm farm, minerals, birds, gardening, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, computers, telling tall tales and practical jokes. Family, his sisters , nieces and nephews meant everything to him.

Survivors include his sisters, Bonita Taylor and Martha Littlefield and her husband Neal, all of Stoneham; nieces and nephews, Doreen Carpenter, Richard Wentworth, Lee Lee Rugg, Chris Littlefield and Valerie Barker. Eight grand-nieces, five grand-nephews, three greatgrand-nieces. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.chandlerfunerals.com The family will receive family and friends on Friday from 6–8 p.m. at the Greenleaf Funeral Home, 37 Vernon St., Bethel, where funeral services will be held Saturday at 2p.m. Interment will be later in the spring at Riverside Cemetery, Bethel. In lieu of flowers those who wish may make donations in his memory to Stoneham Rescue, P.O. Box 42, Stoneham, ME 04231.

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Marie A. Chattin WESTBROOK — Marie A. (Hecht) Chattin, 80, of Westbrook, passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the Maine Medical Center.

Born in Allentown, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Frederick and Eva (Miller) Hecht. She later moved to Sebago, where she resided for the past 38 years.

Survivors include six children, Michael Chattin of Rome, Pa., Daniel Chattin of Harwinton, Conn., Scott Chattin of Middle River, Md., Wendy Porter of Center Valley, Pa., Holly Bisbee of Red Level, Ala., and Sheree Stuart of Sebago; and five grandchildren. Services will be private at the convenience of the family.

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Barbara A. MacFarland BRIDGTON — Barbara Anne MacFarland, 70, died Wednesday, March 30th at her home, surrounded by her loving family following a long, courageous struggle with cancer.

She was born in Portsmouth, N.H., May 30, 1940, the daughter of Arthur and Doris Walker Gorman. Barbara graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1958 and from Fisher College. She married David MacFarland on Sept. 24, 1960.

They enjoyed 50 beautiful years together.

The couple renewed their vows on their 50th anniversary in 2010 in the presence of their family and her maid of honor and longtime friend, at one of their favorite places, the beach.

During Dave’s career in the Coast Guard, the couple lived in Dorchester, Mass., Honolulu, Hawaii, Georgetown, Mass., Kittery, Me., and Cape Cod, Mass., finally settling on Moose Pond in Bridgton in 1977.

Barbara had been employed as a secretary for Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Co. in Boston, Levinson & Cobb law firm in Hawaii, and had worked for over 30 years for The Bridgton News before retiring due to her illness in 2007.

While her children were growing up, Barbara served as a Girl Scout leader, PTA member, helped with school activities, and was a Sunday School teacher. She was a lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi International, serving in many offices.

She served on the Board of Directors for Landmark Human Resources, Inc., for over 18 years, and was active in the First Congregational Church.

Besides being together with her family, she enjoyed reading, needlework, sewing, walking, the beach, camping at Popham Beach, and her Moose Pond loons.

She is survived by her husband, David MacFarland of Bridgton; two daughters, Robin (David) Carlow of Simpsonville, S.C., and Dawn (Jim Kavanagh) MacFarland of South Portland; a son, Stephen MacFarland of Davies, Fla., and three grandsons, Paul, Scott, and Logan.

The family would like to extend a sincere thank you to all her wonderful friends and the staff at Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, Dr. Dugan and the Oncology staff at Memorial Hospital for the excellent care they provided to Barbara.

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, April 9th, at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church – United Church of Christ in Bridgton.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Barbara’s name can be made to: Landmark Human Resources, Inc. (providing care to adults with developmental disabilities), P.O. Box 178, Bridgton, ME 04009.

Ada E. Duchesne PORTLAND — Ada E. Duchesne, 90, formerly of Westbrook, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2011, at the St. Joseph Manor.

She was born in South Windham, the daughter of Walter and Esther Kelley McClure. She was raised and educated and lived most of her life in Westbrook.

In Remembrance of Ada had been employed by the Dana Warp Mill for 10 years, and for the S.D. Warren On her birthday Co. for 31 years. Her passion was her family, especially her April 5, 1976 children and grandchildren, who she filled with junk food, before sending them home. She was an avid Red Sox fan. Ada was a member of the American Legion Post 197.

She was predeceased by her husband Eugene, in 1973; and her son John, in 1983.

She is survived by her daughter Ginger Williams of Sebago; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; one great-greatgrandchild; sisters, Connie Fogg of Sebago Lake, and Betty Vokey of Portland; and We think of your smiling brothers, Walter McClure, and face and your beautiful blue Robert McClure, of New York.

Visiting hours will be held eyes, as your hugs and kisses on Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. at stay with us and your the Blais & Hay Funeral Home, unforgettable personality 35 Church St., Westbrook. fills us with sweet Interment will take place later memories. in the summer.

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Isabelle (Butler) Temm WINDHAM — L. Isabelle (Butler) Temm, 89, of Pope Road, died peacefully on April 3, 2011, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by family.

Isabelle was born in Westbrook on June 26, 1921, the daughter of Raymond W. and Lillian T. (Straw) Butler. She graduated from Gorham High School with the class of 1940. After high school, she attended Adams School of Beauty Culture.

In 1943, she married Edwin C. Temm, who predeceased her in 1964.

They were married 22 years, and together they made their home in Windham, where she resided for 66 years.

Isabelle retired from Swampscotta Nursing Home in 1986,, after 16 years of service as their Activity Coordinator.

In her earlier years, she was an active 4-H member for nine years and then a 4-H leader for 16 years. Later on, she became a member of Gorham High School Alumni Committee, was a member of the Windham Health Council for over 50 years and volunteered with Community Health Services. Isabelle was a member of the Windham-White Rock Homemaker Extension group of which she had held all of the Offices over the years. In 2010, she was honored as the Cumberland County Homemaker of the Year. She attended Friend’s Meeting House and was active in the Friendly Helpers. Isabelle was a very kind and giving woman who will be remembered for her determination and positive attitude.

Isabelle loved spending time with her family. She also enjoyed feeding and watching birds, gardening, African Violets, handcrafts, genealogy, writing letters, and making Needhams, apple pies and pickles.

She was predeceased by Edwin Temm, Edward Butler, Eva Temm Pushard, and Diane Faunce Temm. Survivors include son, Kenneth L. Temm of Gorham, son Dennis C. Temm, of Raymond, and daughter Lois S. King, of Jay. She is also survived by several grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

A visiting hour will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Rd., Windham, with the service following at 11 a.m. at the chapel. Burial will be held later in the spring at Eastern Cemetery, Gorham. Online condolences may be made to www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to: Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 180 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, Maine 04074.

Sylvia K. Weymouth SOUTH PARIS — Sylvia K. Weymouth, 84, of South Paris passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011 at Market Square Health Care Center.

She was born in Hartford on September 9, 1926, the daughter of Lloyd and Gladys Dawes Keene. She graduated from Edward Little High School and had been employed as a telephone operator, and had been a homemaker. She married John “Jack” Weymouth on June 22, 1947. She was a member of the Extension, the PTA, and she was a member of the North Livermore Baptist Church Guild. She also did a lot of volunteering throughout the years.

She is survived by her husband John; daughters Judith Holt and husband Richard, and Nancy Niemi and husband Michael; grandchildren Raymond and Elizabeth; several half brothers and sisters; several nieces and nephews; and her dog Princess. She was predeceased by a brother, Franklin Keene.

The family will receive family and friends at the Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris, on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Graveside services will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers those who wish may make donations in her memory to Responsible Pet Care, 132 Waterford Rd., Norway, ME 04268, or Market Square Health Care Center, Activities Fund, 12 Market Sq., South Paris, ME 04281.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

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(Continued from Page B) for Americans coming from the rebellious Libyans who rescued our downed airman in the Libyan countryside. If you have some inside knowledge that contradicts this, why didn’t you print it?

Too busy Obama bashing.

“He (Obama) believes the world would be a better place if it were not for capitalism and U.S. foreign policy,” writes Tom. Where did that come from? I have never heard or read Obama express disdain for capitalism.

Obama has been steadily trying to rescue capitalism from the plummeting demise it was in when he took office. Yet, another made up musing by Tom. And it’s really your contention, Tom, that, “rather than believing that America is an exceptional country in the history of the world, (Obama) sees America as a problem?”

Really? A man who excelled through all layers of education, gave back selflessly to his community and diligently earned his way to this land’s highest office doesn’t believe his country is exceptional? I never heard President Obama say or express what you flippantly pose. I think we all know from where you pulled that one.

And finally, without presenting any factual argument that Obama has mishandled this very crucial and difficult world crisis, the columnist fills space by sprinkling in little tidbits like teleprompter jokes (that’s so 2009) and voting “present” as an Illinois senator (even more archaic and off point!).

There’s valid debate out there about arming the rebels, how to proceed diplomatically and strategically and if and how to employ future military force in such a complicated environment. McLaughlin, with his narrow sore-loser focus, however, furthered none of that.

Chuck Anschutz Bridgton

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There were some facts missparental questions and concerns. Also available will be the 2011 Harrison Recreation Community Programs Guide. This resource guide ing from last week’s article can be found at the Harrison Town Office, the Harrison Village Library, Northeast Bank and Harrison Elementary School.

More detailed information regarding registration will be sent home through the mailboxes at Harrison Elementary School. For more information, please contact Rec Director Paula J. Holt at 583-2241 or e-mail at pholt@harrisonmaine.org or stop in at the town office. Check the website at www.harrisonmaine.org and click on recreation.

about the SAD 61 budget. The Pre-K program was a one-year project that was funded by a grant and not part of the taxpayer budget, so to say that they eliminated this program to add reading coaches is not true and misleading. The Pre-K program was proposed along with the reading coaches and the finance committee voted to not add this to the budget because it was understood it was a trial project. If they wanted to keep it, they would need to eliminate something else.

After checking with each individual town, I discovered that in the last two years, the four towns in our district combined have issued 1,734 tax liens. It is clear we are reaching some level of saturation with the tax base. The slim majority of the board believes it’s all or nothing with the new construction projects no matter the cost.

There are many options to save money, and there is, by law, a 10% contingency fund built in to the price of the construction, which many board members wanted to use for the PCB remediation. Instead, we are proposing we tap into the capital reserve account and maintenance budget to fund it along with not-yet-realized savings from low bids on the construction project.

There are many areas to cut the budget that will have minimal effect on education.

The technology department is over-staffed and could be cut.

Administration is over-staffed, especially at Songo Locks School and Lake Region Middle School. There are maintenance projects that could be put off.

The district’s maintenance group has done a wonderful job maintaining our facilities.

We could delay projects for a year (we have a capital reserve account with over $300K in it if something happens). The Adult Education center is proposing to add some programs and do some maintenance that could be put off another year.

Hearing from administrators and teachers around the district, there could be some personnel replacement in key positions that would greatly improve moral and service levels, possibly eliminating the need for extra services.

There is also an issue with health insurance and pay raises for teachers and support groups that are in negotiations. We

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To The Editor: As any mature adult will tell you, growth is not about getting bigger, it is about getting better. If we do not follow the wisdom of those simple words as a human race, we are going to strain the availability of natural resources to the point that we will essentially commit suicide.

If the bigger is better mentality was truly going to lead to healthier, happier humans, I would be in favor, but from what I have seen, it only leads to profit-motivated corporations taking advantage of our vulnerability, short-term fix-it thinking and our addiction to convenience.

Is the Town of Bridgton so poor and so desperate that they need to sell out to the big guys?

I hope not! When will we finally figure out that the whole “bigger is better” mentality is unsustainable.

Public schools used to enter into contract agreements with big boys Coke and Pepsi; we give you a free scoreboard for your gym if you agree to keep our product available to your children in school vending machines. I believe that many of those contracts have ended because it sent an unhealthy message to young people, contrary to the physical education and health curriculums of those schools. It looks like Bridgton may be sending a message to their children that jobs and money are more important than health and happiness.

McDonald’s Corporation really does not care about our health, and it is brainwashing our children with a clown character, Happy Meals and convenient play spaces in their restaurants, hoping that someday, all humans will eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at their establishment on a daily basis. If you have not seen a film called “Supersize Me,” I dare you to watch it.

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To The Editor: The headlines announced that Lake Region High School was labeled a low-performing school and would be forced to reevaluate its leadership and/or programs. One recommendation from a “select study committee” was to examine why boys were performing at a significantly low level. Having just retired as headmaster of Bridgton Academy, where studying the issues young men face in schools and colleges is what we focus on, I wrote to SAD 61 Superintendent of Schools Dr. (Patrick) Phillips and offered to help in any way he thought appropriate. After many months of waiting for a response, I resubmitted my offer — again, no response.

I am sure Dr. Phillips is very busy, but all I expected was a short note stating that my offer was received. I had no problem getting a “No thanks, we’re not interested” note. However, no acknowledgement was mystifying. Did the office misplace two hand-delivered packages of information? Is the district too arrogant to ignore a heartfelt offer of help from a local professional? In my 40 years as an educator, I have never been treated so rudely. I wish the new high school principal and the young men and women in his charge the very best.

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These large corporations do not care about anything but profit, even when they make donations to those in need. It is all about public relations, that is to say the relationship that depends on the public continuing to thoughtlessly spend their money on things that are unhealthy and not necessary for true happiness. They take advantage of our surface-level thinking and addiction to convenience by appeasing us with a salad on their menu, a friendly person greeting us at the door and commercials that are cute but clearly made to keep stupid, impulsive consumers… well, stupid and impulsive.

I am hoping and trusting that those who make the decisions about Bridgton’s future will not use the same shallow, surfacelevel thinking that has led to so much success for large corporations in America, but has laid a weak, unhealthy, unsustainable foundation for our future on a global scale.

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don’t know how that will end up, so it could be even higher than $26.1 million.

Something else that doesn’t get mentioned either is grant money, and how much we get annually. It is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.

This needs to be considered on top of the proposed budget of $26.1 million dollars.

In summary, there needs to be more discussion about this budget before it gets approved.

Please vote against this budget.

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To The Editor: I would like to extend a big “thank you” to all of the teachers and parents who helped make the Stevens Brook Elementary School production of The Wizard of Oz such a huge success. Thanks especially to Mr. Brundage, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Gamelin.

These folks put tremendous time and effort into getting the actors and actresses ready for the stage and did a wonderful job! We are blessed to have a faculty and a community that is so dedicated to our children.

All of the kids did a great job with their parts, and a good time was had by all.

Vicki Morris Bridgton

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To The Editor: Kudos to Michelle and Joel Hapgood for bringing the Campfire Grille to Bridgton.

They have established a firstclass restaurant that is a credit to themselves and the town.

The beverages are excellent and full sized. The food is terrific. It is said, “If you want a professional job, hire a professional.” Joel Hapgood is a professional chef and the “proof of the pudding is in the eating.” The menu is varied, the portions great! Michelle adds a “touch of class” to the ambiance of the Grille. She makes a point of visiting with patrons, makes everyone comfortable, remembers patrons as people, and insures that all is well. She is the best! The staff is friendly, efficient and professional. The Campfire Grille is a fine example of the effect a small business, well run, has on a community. The Grille

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To The Editor: The Denmark Congregational Church would like to take this time to say “thanks!” to so many in our community who made the Benefit Dinner for Donnie Mills of Denmark on March 26 such a success.

First, thanks to all the businesses and community members who donated baked beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, corn bread and desserts. Special thanks to Shaw’s of North Conway and Poland Springs for water.

Second, thanks to everyone who donated raffle items.

There were so many, and it was the highlight of the evening.

We were hoping for 200 people to participate and that’s the amount of food we planned for. We figured after it was all over that we had to have fed almost 350 people.

It was amazing and unbelievable. I kept looking up from my table wondering, “How will we feed all these people?” and much to my amazement, we had enough beans until the end. To those last 30 people or so, we apologize for running out of everything else.

This is what makes our small towns so special. When a neighbor needs help “we” — the community — get out there and help. In speaking with Donnie and Margaret after the dinner, they expressed overwhelming thanks to all involved.

On behalf of the church, thanks again!

Pam Hale Nancy Sanborn Fundraising Committee

Good day for birding

Yesterday, with its cloudless blue sky, bright sunshine, and no wind, was a perfect day to look for migrating birds. A friend and I decided to drive half an hour west of here to an area of open fields, where flocks of migrating birds often stop to rest and fuel up on their way north. A week ago, when most of the fields were still covered with snow, I had seen a couple of hundred Canada geese and about 75 snow geese feeding in one field, and we hoped they might still be there.

The fields were free of snow when we arrived. We drove along slowly, looking to both sides of the road, checking out the wet, muddy fields. In some fields there were puddles the size of small ponds, and in a few of them we found mallards and American black ducks. In another field, we saw dozens of robins. They stood up tall, perhaps keeping an eye out for predators in that exposed place, and then they quickly ran a few steps, put their heads down, and poked in the soft earth for something to eat. The sun was warm, so we rolled down the windows to listen for bird songs. At the edge of one field, we heard a flock of noisy blackbirds, and looked up to find two big trees full of common grackles and red-winged blackbirds, recent arrivals from the south.

The road wound along beside a slow moving river, where we discovered a shy pair of wood ducks swimming under low overhanging branches and trying to look inconspicuous.

The female, who was mottled brown, with a distinctive white

teardrop shaped patch around each eye, did not stand out, but her handsome, brightly plumaged mate was hard to miss.

We were reluctant to disturb them, so after a brief look we continued on, past one farmyard with large powerful draft horses, and another farmyard where llamas lounged beside a shed.

The car rolled along the edge of a quiet road beside an open field, where we admired a stunning view of snow-covered mountains rising beyond the nearby hills. We were commenting to one another about how many birds we had seen and what a good time we were having, when we caught sight of a large pale gray bird flying low over the field. We stopped the car and watched as the bird flew back and forth over the top of the tall grass, at times only about 50 feet from us, at eye level. The bird’s long wings, held up in a slight V, were tipped with black, and his white rump gleamed in the bright sunlight. It was a male northern harrier. We watched as he glided low over the field, almost touching the tops of the grasses, and when he hovered over one spot his bright yellow legs dangled down as if ready to grab anything on the ground.

He flapped his wings twice, banked and turned, and then glided effortlessly in another direction. Bathed in sunlight, the bird appeared almost white, a vision of light and lightness floating through the air so close to the ground.

Northern harriers, formerly known as marsh hawks, are birds of open fields, marshes,

NORTHERN HARRIERS are wet meadows. and wet meadows. They hunt voles and other small creatures by flying low and listening for movement on the ground.

Other hawks rely primarily on keen eyesight to locate prey, but the northern harrier also has exceptional hearing, thanks to a facial disk of feathers, similar to that of owls, which collects and focuses sound.

The harrier finally moved farther away, and it was time

found in marshes, fields and for us to move on, too. We had not found the flock of snow geese, but we had seen many other birds, which were moving north with the season.

We had also seen interesting farms, and picturesque mountain views, but best of all we had spent time enjoying the graceful, sunlit flight of a male northern harrier.

Jean Preis resides in Bridgton.

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(Continued from Page B) paganda, which led to his decision to have it removed.

If there’s even a small chance that he wrote that letter himself, or put someone up to writing it, we Mainers deserve to know the truth. Maine does not have a recall provision to remove the governor from office, but there’s no telling how swiftly that could change if it is shown that he lied outright to the public.

Whenever a public official’s personality or character defects are more in charge of his daily decisions than his intellect, it is no laughing matter. We people in the Lake Region, who rely so heavily on tourism, should be very concerned about the negative message LePage is sending about us “Mainiacs.” Let’s refuse to play the victim, insist the mural be restored to the wall he took it from, and (before it gets any worse; we still have three and a half more years to go with this guy) put this bully in his place.

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Seth’s new dog will sound alert of oncoming seizure (Continued from Page 1A) first couple of days of being there. Then, all the families spend two weeks getting to know their service dog and learning the correct commands, she says.

“I was told your dog finds you. They train us on the commands and see how Seth and dog work together. At the end of two weeks, the dog comes home with us,” Susan said.

The dog will be allowed to travel on the airplane with Seth and his family during the return trip.

The future service dog will ride the school bus with Seth and accompany him during his school days, and be with him everywhere he goes, Susan said.

Recently, during a pre-spring day in his home, Seth pointed out the 500-piece puzzle he and his mom had almost completed.

They talked about trying to put together a three-dimensional puzzle. The images on each piece looked different depending at which angle they saw it.

So, that puzzle went back into the box, Mom said.

“I like doing puzzles,” Seth said.

Suddenly, his two dogs wanted some attention. A long-haired dachshund and a Pug named Pepper circled the kitchen chairs. Seth was happy to show off his dogs’ snack-eating skills.

He jumped onto the kitchen counter to reach the dog treats on top of the fridge. Quickly, he

LOOKING AHEAD TO BRIGHTER DAYS — That is the hope for Seth Richards, who will soon be receiving a service dog, which will alert the Raymond boy’s family when he is about to experience a seizure. Here, Seth is pictured with his sister, Falon. ran out of treats, and told the story about how he hurt his toe.

Seth pulled off his sock to show how his toenail had been hit so hard that it had fallen off and a new one was growing back. He said his toe had been broken during an epileptic seizure last December — when he grabbed his Christmas stocking and the

heavy object holding it tumbled off the mantle and hit his foot.

Seth appeared to be nonchalant about (even a little proud of) his injury. But, his mom said her son has more scars from stitches on his face than any kid should have.

Susan Richards said her son’s seizures started when he was in

kindergarten. Those first ones were Seth staring into space for a few seconds — something his kindergarten teacher mentioned to Susan.

After the family received the diagnosis of epilepsy, the seizures became more frequent, longer and scarier.

“Seizures had gone from a

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During the winter, Seth has been tracking the activity of raccoons that are brave enough to leave snow-prints on his porch.

Seth said he’s confident the service dog will want to do all the same activities he likes.

Susan likes the idea of being in another room, and having the dog warn her before Seth has a seizure. This future dog will be a welcomed addition to the family, she said.

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few second stares, to Grand Mal. He has stopped breathing,” she said. “To this day, when he has seizure something different happens.”

Two years ago, Susan experienced a difficult breakthrough — and gave Seth more freedom to be a little boy. Before that time she did not even want him on the playground or being anywhere that could cause injury during an unexpected seizure.

Susan became overprotective.

“It was so scary, and I was saying ‘no’ all the time. He couldn’t be a little boy because I was always saying, ‘No, you can’t do this. No, you can’t do that.’ After a couple of years, of trying to hold him back from all the little boy things, it became so hard to not let him do anything that little boys do,” she said.

“I cried, ‘Poor baby, can’t be a little boy,’” she said. “I know he has seizures, but he still has to be a little boy. He rides a dirt bike. He has had seizures while riding, but he is equipped from head to toe.”

Lifejackets are a must when hanging out with his family near water, Seth said.

“He’s great at wearing his lifejacket,” Mom agreed, adding Seth and his dad love to go fishing and boating together.

In the summertime, the family also protects duck nests on their property off Thomas Pond. Sometimes, Seth catches

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