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Bridgton, Maine

April 14, 2011

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Dredging eyed at Songo Lock

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer NAPLES — Under increasing pressure from both boaters and environmentalists, state officials now appear to be willing to allow a limited amount of dredging to take place this summer next to the Songo Lock to combat a serious milfoil infestation there.

With that good news, however, comes the challenge of how to come up with the estimated $30,000 it will take to do the work.

Peter Lowell, Lakes

Environmental Association’s executive director, told a gathering of around 20 state and local officials, business owners and residents meeting at the municipal complex Monday that Tom Dubois of MainLand Development Consultants has offered to pursue a Natural Resource Protection Act dredging permit with the Department of Environmental Protection.

Lowell said he, Dubois and Naples marina operators attended a meeting on April 7 at DEP’s Portland office at which there was a “long discussion of dredg-

ing,” and that the result was that state officials were amenable to the idea of expediting the permit process to allow for a pilot dredging program right at the outlet of the lock.

“If you go out of the lock and steer starboard, it’s that mess on the other side of the river,” that runs around the corner around 2,000 feet, Lowell said.

The permit would allow for the shoulder of the river to be dredged and the plants removed.

Among issues that still need to be worked out is where to put the dredge spills, he added.

Naples Marina owner Jim Allen attended the April 7 meeting and said it was very productive. Even though it was pointed out that there’s no extra money available in the state’s invasive aquatics program, he said, “Everyone in that room was in agreement that we need to dredge.”

Also on hand April 7 was the DEP’s John McFederan, who runs the state’s invasive plants program. McFederan said his office focuses on prevention, not eradication, and there’s no

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Voters in Bridgton will have to choose between two opposing recommendations for dispatching services, at the annual town meeting in mid-June.

Bridgton’s Board of Selectmen is recommending the town opt to go with the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center in Windham, for its dispatching services.

Chief of Police Kevin Schofield, on the other hand, is urging townspeople to retain its long-serving municipal dispatch center.

Tuesday night, the board

unanimously approved a referendum question to be voted on at the polls June 14 that asks voters to authorize the selectmen “to enter into a contract with the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center (CCRCC) for the provision of dispatching services for the Town and to complete all other necessary actions related thereto. The Board of Selectmen recommends a yes vote.”

Last year a study, paid for by the town and executed by Public Safety Strategies Group out of Massachusetts, recommended the Town of Bridgton contract with the CCRCC and build an administrative position into its municipal budget. Chief

Schofield pointed out that he is fully aware of the PSSG recommendation to the town.

When asked by Selectman Paul Hoyt at Monday night’s budget workshop what he would recommend for dispatching services, Chief Schofield stated, “My preference would be to retain (Bridgton) Dispatch. The reason is, in my experience with Dispatch in 25 years of law enforcement, I have always worked with a police department that had (its own) dispatch. Dispatch, in a municipal police department, does much more than a (regional) communications center. The staff, day-to-day, handles walk-ups — people who want to report

a crime, obtain burn permits and concealed weapons permits, and get copies of police and insurance reports. How are we going to grapple with that, going forward, particularly where we don’t have an administrative assistant now?”

“You may get one,” Selectman Earl Cash told the police chief. In fact, $44,000 is the amount projected for an administrative assistant, should the town switch over its dispatching to the CCRCC. The new police chief also spoke of “institutional knowledge” when it comes to dispatch, saying, “It’s hard to correlate what’s the value of that, DISPATCHING, Page 8B

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Viewpoints split on dispatching FLANKED BY THE FRYEBURG BOARD OF SELECTMEN — Betty Walker, who is 102 years old, holds the Boston Post Cane presented to her April 7 for being the oldest resident of the Town of Fryeburg. Pictured with Betty are Selectman Ed Wilkey (at left), Chairman Tom Klinepeter (at right) and Selectman Rick Eastman (back).

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‘Golden’ moment for Betty Walker

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Walker was presented the Town of Fryeburg’s Boston Post Cane last week by the Fryeburg Board of Selectmen for being the oldest resident of this community.

She was also given a beautiful plate noting the special occasion of her being awarded the Boston Post Cane.

A retired teacher, Betty taught school for over 36 years, from 1936 through 1972 at the Village School (now the Office of the Superintendent of Schools). She was teaching principal at the Pine Tree School in Center Conway, New Hampshire, before coming to Fryeburg to teach.

In 2005, Betty was presented the Leadership Award for Oxford County for the Maine Education Association proclaimed by the 122nd Legislature. She has remained active BETTY, Page 6A

Principal to leave a strong legacy

HAPPY MURALS WILL BE PRESERVED — Norma and Gregg Haines of East Baldwin stand in front of one of several murals in their home, which will be removed and become a

permanent fixture at the new Rufus Porter Museum, located off Main Street (the white house across Church St. from the Bridgton Public Library).

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Preserving pieces of art

Murals to be part of permanent exhibit

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer EAST BALDWIN — Nearly 29 years ago, Gregg and Norma Haines bought a small home that sat to the far left of their Norton Place house to save a piece of history.

When invited to the home once owned by town doctor, James Norton, Gregg was captivated by hand-painted murals lining a “good morning” stairway (also called a bride and groom staircase, “why they would be in different rooms, I don’t know,” Gregg said), as well as decorating a master and smaller bedroom on the second floor.

A history buff, Gregg noticed the initials, “JDP” prominently displayed in the mural at the top of the stairway. He

learned the early American scenery had been painted by Jonathan D. Poor, the nephew of renown artist, Rufus Porter.

“We believe it was the last house he did,” Gregg said. Poor died in 1845 at the age of 37. “Jonathan D. Poor worked as an apprentice to Rufus Porter, and at some point went out on his own. His murals are more whimsical, such as you find a manure pile outside the barn and wash on the line, things Rufus Porter wouldn’t put in. What is remarkable is that some of the colors are as bright as they day they were painted.”

The colorful murals include farm and port scenes. While both painters included various “signatures” in their work — “typical of both Rufus Porter and Jonathan D. Poor, you will find this fella

with gun (in this case shooting at a raptor) or him holding a telescope, and this fella with top hat sailing,” Gregg said as he pointed out these characteristics in the master bedroom murals — Poor extensively used yellow and red birds in his work.

Knowing the owners, whose permanent residence was in California, were aging, Gregg approached them about possibly buying the Norton homestead, at some point.

“I asked for first refusal,” he said.

In 1982, the Haines bought the home.

Gregg admits he felt a certain “obligation” to protect and preserve the historic murals.

Now, nearly 29 years later, the Haines PRESERVING, Page 6A

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Principal Jeanette Almy beamed her signature bright smile, as she looked around at all of the memory-evoking pictures and the varied collection of toys she has amassed in her office at the C.A. Snow School.

She recalled many of the events and activities that have taken place during her tenure here, first as Special Education director and then as principal of Snow School.

Mrs. Almy’s letter of resignation to Superintendent of Schools Gary MacDonald and the School Administrative District 72 Board of Directors began, “I am retiring effective July 1, 2011.”

“Boy — I don’t think I’ve ever typed more difficult words than those few,” she said. “Those words carry with them 33 years of pride for being part of our fine school system. I would like to believe that I have offered in no small way meaningful and sustaining contributions. I think back with joy to the boys and girls that I’ve nurtured and mentored through our system

JEANETTE ALMY — is retiring, as principal of the C.A. Snow School in Fryeburg, effective July 1, 2011.

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— many of them now adults — with children and grandchildren of their own.”

“This district has also nurtured and mentored me through my career,” Mrs. Almy stated.

“I am grateful for the opportunity and privilege to have touched so many lives.”

Her own grandchildren, PRINCIPAL, Page 6C

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Construction revives antique siren

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — An antiquated emergency siren soon will become a commonplace sound in downtown Naples.

Don’t worry. It’s not the end of the world.

Instead, the “doomsday device” located atop of one of the Village Green’s historical structures will experience its rebirth for a few months.

In April and May, the siren will be used in an effort to facilitate quick emergencyresponse times, especially during ramped up construction and lane closures on the Causeway and along Route 302, according to an elected official who also serves with the local fire department.

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The town-wide siren will go off, emitting a hard-to-miss noise and letting flaggers know that Naples Fire and Rescue Department volunteers will be trying to make their way through traffic to the fire station, Selectman Rick Paraschak said recently.

“The Causeway is going to be plugged up. It’s not an issue when you are leaving the fire station because you have sirens on the trucks,” Paraschak told members of the Naples Board of Selectmen on April 4.

Paraschak said typically 12 people respond to fire emergencies and traffic accidents.

However, for EMS calls, the station is staffed with people trained to respond to those calls.

“It will be for an event like traffic accidents or structure fires during the day — during construction to let people know that responders need to get to the fire station,” Paraschak said.

“It won’t be activated on

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Sunday obviously, because there is no construction on Sundays,” he said.

Earlier this month, Naples Fire Department Captain Andy Burnham was able to get the cobwebs out of the alert device, and now the town is planning to use it during springtime construction.

“It hadn’t been fired up for 15 years. He got it going. There was a little bit of rust, and little bit of smoke,” Paraschak said.

The selectman said he and Burnham stopped by to visit Merry Watson, the museum curator. They walked over to the small brick building overlooking Route 302. On the roof, the rusty siren faced toward Long Lake.

Burnham, Paraschak and Watson spent a few hours tinkering with the siren to see if that vintage bell could be the solution to allowing rescuers to go around traffic and to get to the station during an emergency call.

Paraschak said work was being done to wire the town emergency siren so it can be activated from any location. It would be set up so someone at the town’s dispatch could turn on the town-wide siren, he said.

Selectman Christine Powers said a communications campaign was in order.

“I like the idea,” Powers said, “but we should acknowledge that people would have to be informed about what the sirens would mean.”

Paraschak agreed.

“Yes, so that people realize what’s happening when the old emergency siren goes off,” he said.

Assistant Fire Chief Jason Pond wanted to make sure construction crews and flaggers were aware of the plan to use the siren.

“So, the sign guy knows what that siren means: To let respond-

ers through to the fire station,” Pond said.

Already, the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) holds bi-monthly meetings attended by the Bay of Naples Bridge project crew managers, town officials and business owners along the stretch of Route 302 being affected by the construction.

The topic of how to get responders through traffic during heavy construction did come up at one of the March MDOT meetings.

Town Manager Derik Goodine and some of the selectmen get almost daily updates on how construction is proceeding, and what issues might need to be addressed.

On Tuesday, Paraschak said MDOT Resident Project Manager Craig Hurd has already been made aware of the town’s intent to use the siren.

Hurd will pass on the information to crew supervisors so, when the town-wide siren is in operation, everyone is on the same wavelength, Paraschak said.

Or, in this case, responding to the same siren tone.

The siren looks like a feasible solution for next few months of lane closures along the town’s thoroughfare. The siren functions fine, but work needs to be done so it can be activated remotely, Paraschak said.

“But, we don’t believe it will take too much to get it activated,” he said.

At the April 4 meeting, Selectman Robert “Bob” Caron Sr., got momentarily excited about the prospect of using the siren, and found it hard to believe that anyone was able to get it started. He asked Captain Burnham how many birds flew out of the siren’s location when the device was finally turned on.

“I think having that (siren) will be a great touch,” Caron said.

Gas price weekly watch

Average retail gasoline prices in Maine have risen 7.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.76 per gallon Sunday. This compares with the national average that has increased 7.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.74 per gallon, according to gasoline price website MaineGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Maine during the past week, prices were 87.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 17.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 21.0 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 87.2 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

THE ANTHONY FAMILY — lost their home at 142 Waterford Road (Route 35) to a fire Saturday. Here, Tim Anthony nails a piece of plywood at the entrance of the two-story house. The Anthonys were away when the fire broke out in the walls, according to Harrison Fire Chief Scott Andrews.

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Harrison family loses home to fire

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer HARRISON — Staring up through a smashed-out window and looking beyond to the charred remains of what used to be his 14-year-old son’s bedroom, 43-year-old Tim Anthony said, “There’s no floor in my son’s bedroom!”

“Thank God, my wife and my son and I are safe,” said Anthony.

Tim Anthony said he and his wife, Fae, and son, Tom, were in New Hampshire, when they received a phone call telling them their house was on fire.

The fire that was found to be electrical in nature broke out in the walls of the Anthony family’s two-story home at 142 Waterford Road here late Saturday morning, destroying the first and second floors,

according to Harrison Fire Chief Scott Andrews, who was back at the fire scene Sunday morning. The fire chief said the Anthony’s home is a total loss, but noted that the home was insured. He estimated the damage at $150,000.

Chief Andrews said Investigator Rick Shepard of the State Fire Marshal’s Office had determined that the cause of the fire was electrical in nature. Fifty-five firefighting personnel from Bridgton, Harrison, Naples and Waterford responded to battle the blaze.

“The second floor fell on to the first floor and then all of it fell in to the crawl space below,” said Chief Andrews April 10. “The house doesn’t have a basement.”

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Naples voters to tackle variety of matters at meeting

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES – Going forward with a town project to get firesuppression pipes placed underground during construction deadlines will require the okay of voters at Naples special town meeting.

In order for Tax Increment Finance (TIF) money to be used to pay upfront for putting in pipes while the ditches are open along sections of Route 302 and Lake House Road, residents must decide if they want to use those TIF funds for this particular project, according to Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine.

The special town meeting will

be held Monday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at the Naples Town Office’s meeting room.

The amount of TIF money being requested is $80,000.

That $80,000 will cover the expense of getting 1,000-feet of water pipes in the ground sooner than was expected, Goodine said. Using TIF funds now would allow the town to complete onethird of the already approved fire suppression project months earlier than the original timeline, he said.

If the town waits, Naples will be responsible for a temporary paving fee of $10,000 because earthwork crews need to fill in and repave the ditches by May to

New NPL director NAPLES — Naples Public Library has hired Christine Powers as Library Director.

She replaces Dale Jandreau, who has accepted the position of director of the Skowhegan Free Public Library.

Ms. Powers served as children’s and young adults librarian from 1999-2008. She is an Apple-certified technician, and is a partner and video designer at Mac Idea of the Day. She served eight years as Tech Lead and MLTI District Coordinator for SAD 61. Ms. Powers has been a member of the Naples Board of Selectmen since 2002.

NPL welcomes Ms. Powers back to the Naples Public Library family at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23.

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(Continued from Page A) how the fire started, saying, “It started in the knee wall between the kitchen and the living room. Then it burned in the sheet rock walls for awhile, before it broke out and burned through the rest of the house.”

The American Red Cross is assisting the Anthony family — Tim, Fae and Tom — and they stayed for three nights at a motel in the Oxford Hills.

Tim Anthony said they had had several offers from friends and family to stay with them.

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PACE Ordinance Residents in many communities around Maine will be required to use their voting power to allow the agency, Efficiency Maine, to assist homeowners with lowinterest loans and federal rebate opportunities.

“The PACE ordinance turns over administrating the program to Efficiency Maine,” said Goodine. “It’s a low-interest loan program, but it not just for lowincome household.”

He added, “Even moderateincome families would be eligible to apply for low-interest loans to do household projects like putting in a more efficient water heater, switching to more efficient heating system, or replacing windows with something more energy efficient.”

Homeowners would pay for an energy audit upfront, but the cost of audit would be deducted from improvements with energysaving and cost-saving results.

Efficiency Maine employee Dana Fischer, who was hired by the agency to help get PACE off the ground said recently, “PACE loans type of legislation passed in two dozen states last year. They were designed to implement things that would help residents” with saving money on making

homes more energy efficient.

“We ask towns to commit themselves to some sort of weatherization education for residents.

It could be brochures or information on public television,” he said.

“You can’t impose this on a community,” Fischer said, adding it cost the town nothing to implement the PACE program.

Business zoning change Another item on the warrant is the request for a zone change on the business property located off Route 302, approximately 1 ½ miles west of the Causeway.

Family plans have been in the making for a long-time Naples restaurant to close, and re-open its doors offering a different type of service.

The Sunny Window Café will no longer be operating, because owner Deborah Kilton will lease the building to her son, Scott Kilton, who plans to manage a bicycle shop.

So, a zone change is in order.

The Kiltons appeared last month before the Naples Planning Board; and, the next step was to put the proposed zone change before residents.

“The people have to approve the zoning change itself before it can be finalized,” Goodine said.

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Mike Tarantino, who has served on the Economic Development Committee for some time, had asked selectmen to clarify the committee’s role and said Tuesday he was satisfied with the outcome.

A second proposed mission statement that was passed over by selectmen would have had the committee making recommendations to the Economic Development Corporation as well as selectmen, the town manager and the BECD office. The second statement would have also had the committee assist

with the expansion of existing local businesses and supporting new business attraction incentives.

The vote was 3-2, with Selectmen Ed Cash and Doug Taft opposed.

The board did not say whether former economic development committee members would be required to re-apply for appointment to the renamed committee.

In the past, membership on the committee has been a relaxed affair, with residents, in effect, becoming members simply by virtue of their continued attendance at meetings.

Community development focus

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Selectmen Tuesday approved a new mission for the Economic Development Committee with a new name — the Bridgton Community Development Committee.

The change comes several months following creation of the Economic Development Corporation, a panel of business leaders and stakeholders who will take the lead role on new business attraction and expansion of existing local businesses.

The mission of the renamed Community Development Committee will be to advise the Board of Selectmen, Planning Board, town manager and economic and community development director on “the community’s quality of life consistent with the goals established in the Bridgton Comprehensive Plan.”

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For the 2010-11 budget, the articles included on the warrant: The legal-services account started with a balance of $25,000.

In addition to anticipated annual expenses for legal services, the Town of Naples spent approximately $25,000 as it sought fines and eco-system restoration after a Shoreland Ordinance Violation on Long Lake. The incident happened in March 2010.

In December 2010, mediation by a former judge was used to resolve the legal matter.

The mediator ordered John Chase, the party involved in the clear-cut case, to pay Naples legal fees.

Goodine said even though the town will recoup its money through payment of the fine, it still won’t be enough to cover this fiscal year’s legal needs.

“We are going to need a few more thousand dollars to get us through to the end of the fiscal year,” he said. “I don’t have room in the budget to cut it elsewhere.”

Voters will be asked to allocate $10,000 to pay legal bills through June 30, 2011.

“Hopefully, we won’t have to spend that much,” Goodine said.

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family may be dropped off at The Village Tie-Up in Harrison Village. Fourteen-year-old Tom wears pants size 36/30 and a Double XX T-shirts. Tim wears Triple X shirts.

Chief Andrews said his fire department typically has 100 calls from January through December.

“We’ve had 76 calls already, since January,” he said. “Between the fire department and the First Responders group we just started, we’ll probably have triple the calls, this year.”

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Residents of Naples will be looking at four articles on the warrant during a special town meeting. They include: Allocating TIF funds for completing one-third of fire suppression project Unexpected ditch work presented an opportunity for the town to lay pipes in the open ground, according to Naples Selectman Rick Parschak.

“A problem arose when the contractor tore up the areas around the (Naples Public) library, and the crews want to get it covered,” he said. “The contractor said if we didn’t have the money now, they couldn’t do it later.”

“They can’t stop traffic in the middle of summer,” Paraschak said. He added April and May are two of the months when Maine Department of Transportation crews working on the Bay of Naples Bridge and Causeway can utilize one-lane closures.

The town doesn’t have any money budgeted for the waterline installation because the project wasn’t slated until autumn 2012, he said.

Now, the construction clock is ticking.

If the town doesn’t have the funding before MDOT fills in the ditches, the project will cost the town more in the future, Paraschak said, citing temporarypaving fees and higher expenses to re-open ground for Naples’ fire suppression project.

A few months ago, Naples applied for a grant to assist with portions of the infrastructure project.

Now, the town is on the list to receive $80,000 in grant money through the Cumberland Country Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

However, that money won’t become available until the CDBG’s are distributed. Then, residents must vote to accept that grant money at the annual town meeting in June.

At Monday’s special town meeting, voters will decide whether or not to use existing TIF funds to piggy back on construction crews’ time sensitive work, and potentially save money by.

Allocating $10,000 in legal fees to 2010-11 budget With no money left in the town’s legal services account, residents will need to approve adding $10,000 to that line item before the current fiscal year is up.

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Items appearing on the Bridgton Police blotter

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, April 5: 3:56 p.m.

A male caller reported that another male called him and

threatened to kill him. The caller was advised to make out a statement. He asked for a police officer to come to his home to pick up the statement.

8:37 p.m. A caller from Smith Avenue reported receiv-

ing a letter from the Animal Control Officer for the Town of Bridgton stating that the caller has a dog “and needs to get it licensed or else the ACO will be contacting” them. The caller stated they “don’t have a dog,

never has had a dog and wants to know where the town got that information.”

Wednesday, April 6: 12:55 p.m. A caller from Smith Avenue asked for the Animal Control Officer regarding a possum and

Incidents on the Fryeburg Police log FRYEBURG — The following is a partial listing of incidents handled by the Fryeburg Police Department from April 4 through 10, 2011: Monday, April 4: 4:30 a.m.

An 18-year-old male from North Conway, N.H., was arrested for being a minor having liquor on his person on Lovell Road.

4:47 a.m. A police officer responded to a report of unwanted subjects on Corn Shop Road.

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1:39 p.m. Fryeburg Police assisted another agency on Black Bear Road.

2:45 p.m. A police officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 5 near Indian Acres, and a report was taken.

7:40 p.m. A 9-1-1 hang-up call from McNeil Road was investigated.

Tuesday, April 5: 2:34 p.m.

Fraud was reported at a business on Bridgton Road.

Wednesday, April 6: 3:50 p.m. A police officer responded to a harassment complaint on Thunder Road, and a report was

taken.

8 p.m. A police officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Lovell Road (Route 5), and a report was taken.

Thursday, April 7: 9:04 p.m. Fryeburg Police assisted another agency on McNeil Road.

11 p.m. A domestic disturbance on Portland Street was investigated.

Friday, April 8: 9:45 a.m.

A police officer responded to a motor vehicle accident on Pequawket Trail, and a report was taken.

On Saturday, April 30, the Bridgton Police Department, the Fryeburg Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public

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Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.

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Saturday, April 9: 10:05 p.m. A noise complaint was received regarding a restaurant on Bridgton Road, and a report was taken.

Sunday, April 10: 12:30 a.m. A 45-year-old woman from Brownffield was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and violating a condition of release, Two juveniles and an 18-year-old Bridgton female face terrorfollowing a motor vehicle stop izing charges after they allegedly made threats on the social media on Pine Street.

3:30 a.m. A 9-1-1 hang-up website, Facebook.

Last Thursday, April 7, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office call from Willow Lane was Detective Howard Brown was approached at the school by Lake investigated.

Region Assistant Principal Guy Stickney regarding information that he had been made aware of by a teacher. The information included threats of violence being suggested to take place against the school with no specific time frame of occurrence, the Sheriff’s addition, Americans are now office reported.

The threats involved weapons (firearms) and the shooting of advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused “many” people in general terms at the school. The Sheriff’s Office medicines — flushing them reacted to these threats that had been posted on Facebook between down the toilet or throwing two current students and a former student. As a result of the investhem in the trash — both pose tigation, charges are pending against three people, including two potential safety and health juveniles.

One male juvenile (a 16-year-old from Casco) was issued a hazards. Four days after last fall’s event, Congress passed summons for misdemeanor terrorizing.

A second male juvenile (a 16-year-old from Casco) was the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, charged with violation of probation and terrorizing. He was taken which amends the Controlled to Long Creek Youth Correctional Center.

The third subject, MacKenzie M. Dvorak, 18, of Bridgton was Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled summonsed for terrorizing. Ms. Dvorak is a former student at the substance medications to dis- high school.

Although LR Principal Ted Finn was attending a conference in pose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by Nashua, N.H. at the time of police action, he sent a message to the Attorney General to accept staff and LRHS students the next day on the school’s website.

“From what I understand, these three individuals — one of them.

The Act also allows the the 16 year olds is currently serving an expulsion — (allegedly) Attorney General to autho- made threats about wanting to shoot many people, but never menrize long term care facili- tioned any names or even Lake Region High School,” Finn wrote. ties to dispose of their resi- “The breaking news stated that these individuals were (allegedly) dents’ controlled substances going to go on a ‘shooting spree’ at LRHS, but again that was in certain instances. DEA has not the information provided by Mr. Stickney to the Sheriff’s begun drafting regulations to Department. When Mr. Stickney learned of the threats made on implement the Act, a process Facebook, he immediately notified the police, who dealt with the that can take as long as 24 three individuals involved.”

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Sidewalk study part of Portland Road planning

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The three “S’s” of site development, sidewalks and sustainability along Portland Road commercial corridor will be the focus of a public forum this Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Bridgton Municipal Complex.

The Bridgton Office of Economic and Community Development, in partnership with the Greater Portland Council of Governments, was awarded a $10,000 Planning Grant last year to study what it will take to construct an improved and safer sidewalk system along Portland Road.

The study covers the stretch in the immediate area of the Stevens Brook Elementary School, running from the Portland Road Bridge to the

Hannaford supermarket at Willett Road.

As part of its permit application to the Bridgton Planning Board, McDonald’s Corp. agreed to construct a sidewalk in front of its planned 45-seat restaurant and adjacent retail space, to be located diagonally across the street from Hannaford and the Willett Road. During the board hearings on the project, there was much discussion about safety concerns for young people who would be crossing the highway on foot from Willett Road to get to McDonald’s. At present, there is no crosswalk signalization system installed so that people can push a button to activate the “walk” signal.

Stephanie Carver, transportation planner for the Greater Portland Council of

Governments, will be attending the Saturday forum to offer her insights on sidewalk designs and rules.

Lower Main Street is another area of town that may be included in the sidewalk improvement design study, according to BECD Director Alan Manoian. The streets involved include Mechanic, School, Green and Meadow Streets.

“We especially would like to see the students, faculty, parents, and administration of Stevens Brook Elementary School take a leading role in the citizen-planning of the new, improved, and safe Portland Road sidewalk system,” said Manoian.

The meeting will include photos offering a “visual tour” of the corridor from both a

broad-brush and fine-grained perspective, he said. Also to be offered will be some examples of other commercial corridors in the northern New England Region.

An optional District Walking Tour of the Portland Road commercial corridor will follow from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The meeting will be the first public forum since the March 1 vote, when voters rejected amendments that would have banned big box stores and fast food restaurants in town. The most likely location for such types of development is the Portland Road corridor, and a new Comprehensive Plan Committee was appointed by selectmen this week to come up with design standards for the corridor that residents could vote on by this November.

‘Visioning’ meeting this Saturday the meeting will be opened up to residents to give comments, observations, guidance, ideas, concepts and examples of welldesigned commercial corridors in other places. Manoian will also give an overview of the Bridgton Comprehensive Plan update process and details on the schedule and mission of the new Bridgton Comprehensive Plan Committee.

Following the meeting, the public is invited to go for a walking tour along the corridor from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The meeting is the first public forum since the public hearing that was held just prior to a March 1 referendum in

which voters rejected, by a 2to-1 margin, a citizen’s initiative to ban big box stores and fast food restaurants along the corridor. The public hearing drew around 150 people and lasted two hours, reflecting the

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Participating citizen-planners will be provided a visual tour of the corridor by Alan Manoian, director of Economic and Community Development.

A presentation on the Portland Road sidewalk improvement project will be provided

by Stephanie Carver of the Greater Portland Council of Governments.

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Design of a sidewalk system for the Portland Road commercial corridor, part of which is pictured here, will be among the topics discussed at a citizen-participation meeting this Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Bridgton Municipal Complex.

11 chosen for new Comp Plan Board

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Selectmen have chosen the 11 residents who will revamp site review standards for the hotly-contested Portland Road commercial corridor.

Named to the Comprehensive Plan Committee Tuesday following an executive session are co-chairs Scott Finlayson and Ray Turner, and members Chuck Renneker, Fred Packard, Lucia Terry, Greg Watkins, Dick Danis, Sharon Abbott, Ann-Marie Amiel, Bob Wiser and Glen “Bear” Zaidman.

The new committee, under the direction of Alan Manoian, director of Economic and Community Development, will kick off their work at a public citizen planning session set for Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to noon in the lower level of the Bridgton Municipal Complex.

They’ll use the public feedback from Saturday’s session and future public forums to draft recommended new zoning rules for the corridor that will hopefully be ready in time to be voted on this November.

Following that, the panel will work on an overall update of

the comprehensive plan.

Chairman Art Triglione clarified Tuesday that he erred in saying at an earlier meeting that members of the new Comprehensive Plan Committee could not also serve on other town-appointed boards and committees. That means that Turner and Renneker, who serve on the Economic Development Committee, and Packard, who serves on the Planning Board, will be able to continue their service on those boards while also serving on the new committee.

Triglione said Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz asked for a legal opinion concerning dual service on committees and learned there was no barrier to doing so. Berkowitz added that it wasn’t even necessary for a person to be a Bridgton resident to serve on a town committee.

Packard owns land on Portland Road, but that doesn’t constitute a conflict of interest in his service on the committee, selectmen said. In developing standards for future economic development along the corridor, the committee will be looking COMP PLAN, Page 8B

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Dredging the Lock?

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money available beyond what has already been committed for this year.

Lowell said buoy markers that were placed near the lock last summer to keep boaters away from the worst areas of infestation have helped, but aren’t enough to prevent the plants from getting caught in boat propellers.

At busy times, a dozen boats or more are idling their motors in or around the milfoil pads in the narrow channel, waiting for their chance to go through the lock.

“One of our inspectors last year held up a garbage bag full of milfoil that was taken off one pontoon boat,” Lowell said.

“Even if you’re a decent driver, it’s not easy to avoid it, even with the buoy markers.”

Lowell said barriers will also need to be placed over the areas where the dredging takes place, “because there’s some concern (the milfoil) will come back with a vengeance in that good soil,” once it has been cleaned.

Lowell said LEA hopes there will be enough funds raised to survey the lower Songo River, to see where the future dredging needs are. “The lower Songo River is really loaded with plants,” he said.

Funding dilemma

Monday’s meeting was the fourth or fifth such gathering since February, when an outcry ensued after Representative Paul Waterhouse (R.- Bridgton) agreed to sponsor emergency legislation on behalf of LEA to close the lock this summer. After Representative Rich Cebra (R.- Naples) intervened, the bill was killed, and the meetings have been held as a way for LEA and boating interests to find common ground.

Lowell said LEA’s budget for milfoil eradication in the upper Songo and Brandy Pond is already stretched to the max, and that in order to do the dredging, additional funding sources must be found. “We’re going to have to take from a number of pots” to pay for the dredging, he said.

Ideas discussed were: • Increase the current $6 per trip cost to go through the lock; • Seek legislative support for an increase in milfoil sticker fees, currently $20 for non-residents and $10 for residents; and/or seek a one-time registration fee for passive watercraft; • Apply for additional funding support from grant sources such as the Libra Foundation, which has provided strong support for LEA’s milfoil eradication efforts on Brandy Pond for several years; • Enlist the involvement and support of the Maine Marine Trades Association, a not-forprofit trades organization of marina owners and boatyards that could lobby for increased state funding for milfoil prevention efforts.

• Pursue a local option sticker program for boaters who use the lock, as well as a voluntary fee at the time of boat registration.

Causeway Marina owner Dan Allen noted that up to 70% of the boat traffic on Long Lake and

Brandy Pond is from out-of-state boaters, many of whom don’t pay to register their boats in Maine.

“What about the out-of-state boats? Every time there’s a problem, I am the first to open my checkbook” to help out, he said.

“There’s over 1,000 boats on Long Lake in the summer. Maybe it’s time to look at the out-ofstate boater registration law” and require them to register their boats in Maine.

Jim Allen said, “We need to look at every avenue, because I don’t think we’re going to get it through state or federal sources.”

Lowell added that LEA is also actively seeking more volunteers this summer to help their veteran suction harvesting crew so that it can operate five days a week.

The organization also wants to increase the ranks of their trained boat inspectors at the lock to provide more coverage.

Barbara Clark of Naples, executive director of the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, said she got “a ton” of calls from concerned business owners after the lock closure bill was filed, leading to her involvement.

“It’s enough of an issue for the Causeway not being up to speed this summer (because of the major bridge reconstruction).

If the lock is closed, it will be an economic disaster. This can’t happen,” said Clark.

But Lowell said it could be an even worse economic disaster if nothing is done, and milfoil gains a foothold above the locks and into Brandy Pond and eventually Long Lake. “There’s hundreds of millions of dollars in property value” that would decrease by an estimated 20% overall, if milfoil is allowed to spread to the two lakes, he said. “We’re trying to balance the shorter term economic impact (of closing the lock) with the longer term impact (of the spread of milfoil).”

Lowell said it was heartening to see Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine step up to the plate, in advocating to the Naples Budget Committee to increase the annual town support of LEA from $5,000 to $7,500. “We didn’t even ask them to increase” the amount, Lowell said. “Naples has seen the light, and we’re beginning to bring Harrison and Bridgton folks on board. It takes time for people to connect all the dots.”

“We have the most to lose,” Goodine said of Naples, which depends so heavily on summer recreational boating for its local economy.

Naples Selectman Christine Powers said she’s often reminded by her out-of-state relatives how lucky Naples is to have an organization like LEA to fight against milfoil, which in other states has all but taken over most inland lakes.

The Songo Lock study group agreed to begin meeting every two weeks until a firm plan of action can be put into place, including a means of funding.

Their next meeting will be on Monday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at Naples Town Hall.

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(Continued from Page A) will turn over that stewardship to the Rufus Porter Museum of Bridgton. At age 71, Gregg and Norma had a new home built, “just up the road.” The decided to sell the Norton homestead, but Gregg remained concerned about the murals’ future. His mind was put at ease last week.

Reaching an agreement with Rufus Porter Museum, Inc. of Bridgton, the Haines consented to allow the walls containing Jonathan D. Poor murals and the “good morning” staircase to be removed under the direction of David Ottinger of Arlington, Mass. from the East Baldwin home to become part of a permanent exhibit in Bridgton.

The Haines’ real estate agent, Linda Griffin, received a phone call from museum officials, who proposed an interesting offer. Authors Linda Lefko and Jane Radcliffe, who penned “Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School: New England Landscapes 1825-1845” which will be released in May, tipped museum officials that the Norton home was for sale. The Deed of Gift was signed on April 2. Once the murals and staircase are removed, new walls and windows will be installed. “Extracting” the murals will likely take three weeks, Gregg estimated. An adhesive will be applied to the backside of the plaster/wooden lathe canvases to insure the murals stay intact. They will then be crated and stored at a Bridgton location until the new exhibit barn is constructed.

Gregg and Norma Haines feel a great sense of relief.

“I fell in love with the walls. With the talk of the trains

coming through here in the future (railroad tracks are nearby), it added a little more fuel to my concern to get these someplace where they could be protected,” said Gregg who had moved from his other home into the Norton homestead when the couple’s antique business “took over our home.” “It’s going to be fun watching them take the walls apart.”

On market since last fall, the Haines worried that if the property sold, there was no guarantee the historic murals would be protected.

“Most people may see this just as an old, painted house with old painted walls. So what. I’ve been a history buff all my life. To me, they are priceless. It’s been a great house. We feel very pleased that this is going to happen,” said Gregg who is a member of the local historical society. “When our realtor called and said we might not like the offer — they’d (the museum) like for you to donate the walls. At first, I gave a negative reply, but the more I thought about it, this may be the solution I am looking for, as long as we could agree upon how to address fixing the house. It’s really working out for the best.”

Nelle Ely, who is president of the Rufus Porter Musem, Inc. Board of Directors, agrees.

“I hadn’t seen the murals before. When I did, I was overwhelmed, not only because the condition they were in, but because of the detail, such as street signs and clothing on a line,” she said. “By creating this exhibit, it is an opportunity to put western Maine and Bridgton on the map as a place to see early American folk paintings.”

The exhibit could include a video capturing the removal of the walls from the East Baldwin home to the creation of the permanent exhibit in Bridgton, thanks to taping equipment made available by Lake Region Television.

The next major step is construction of the new 30-by60 square foot museum barn. Ely said a local business has donated some materials and will sell other items at cost to assist the effort. Meanwhile, the museum is in line for a $500,000 grant, but the group must raise matching funds. Ely estimates that to complete the barn will carry a price tag of about $200,000.

An artist herself, Ely is totally committed to seeing the project come to fruition.

“I am totally dedicated to bring this great opportunity to Bridgton,” she said. “I’ve put other things aside to make this project happen.”

Anyone interested in donating to this important project may contact the co-presidents, Nelle Ely at nelleely@roadrunner.com or Julie Lindberg at j.k.lindberg@att.net, or the museum at 647-2828. Donations may be accepted on the website, www.rufusportermuseum.org.

Post cane holder Betty Walker

(Continued from Page A) in the Oxford County Retired Teachers’ Association, though she no longer attends its meetings.

Still sharp as a tack with a memory to match, Betty said Thursday afternoon, with a wink and a chuckle, “I’m glad to be 102, too!”

“I enjoy it — I’m not ashamed to tell my age, like some of them are. I have good health,” she said, at the party held in her honor as recipient of the Boston Post Cane.

“And, in spite of everything, I’ve had a good life. I had a wonderful husband, and one son, Michael, who graduated from Bowdoin College and the American University and died at 41. And, I have three granddaughters — Kristen, Wendy and Tracy — and three greatgranddaughters.”

Betty’s house is regularly filled with visitors who stop by to say hello and chat awhile.

What is Betty’s secret for

living so long?

“I enjoy people, every day,” said Betty. “I like people.”

Born on November 29, 1908 and raised in the town of Mexico, Betty fondly recalls her childhood.

Her mother, Christine Ionta, was a very proactive suffragette who lived to be 95 years old.

Her twin sisters, Marjorie and Margaret, reached the age of 98.

Marjorie passed away recently, but Margaret still resides in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Two of Betty’s aunts lived to be 83 and 85 years old. Betty also had a brother who was two years younger than she was.

“We had to chip in and clean house, while our mother was out distributing placards for women’s rights,” said Betty.

Asked what her fondest memories are, Betty replied, “Growing up —­ we were poor, but we were happy! We didn’t know we were poor, either!”

Betty told of how she and her childhood girlfriend

would go fishing and camping at Rangeley Lakes with her friend’s parents.

“Back then, we didn’t have sleeping bags,” said Betty.

“Her parents used canvas and newspapers, to keep us warm.

We wore our clothes, all night long.”

When she first came to Fryeburg in the 1930s to teach, it was pointed out to her that she best be a Republican and a Protestant, as well.

Independently minded, like her mother, when asked by then Superintendent of Schools Charles A. Snow what her religion was, Betty replied, “None of your business!” She got the teaching job, anyway. Why? “He liked me,” Betty said of Supt. Snow.

“My mother was 95 when she died,” stated Betty. “She was very active — a little bit of a woman.”

What keeps Betty going?

“Because, for my age, I’m in pretty good health,” Betty, who

never drank alcohol or smoked tobacco, said.

Still going strong, at 102 years old — Betty Walker is a wonderful example for all!

History of the Cane The year was 1909, and Mr. Edward A. Grozier, publisher of the Boston Post newspaper, sent 14-carat gold-headed ebony canes to the boards of selectmen in 700 New England towns (no cities received the canes). Grozier asked that each cane be awarded to the oldest male in each community, with his paper’s compliments.

The oldest male citizen was to use the cane until he died, at which time it was supposed to be “handed down to the next oldest citizen of the town,” according to the Boston Post Cane website. The town would own the cane, not the gentleman who received it.

Eligibility for the Boston Post Cane was opened to women in 1930, “after considerable controversy,” the website states.

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April 14, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Casco owes for Oxford dam bill

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO – Oh, those dam bills.

On Tuesday, the Casco Board of Selectmen agreed to settle one debt — a $5,000 bill for work done in Oxford to maintain the Thompson Lake Dam. But, the board voted unanimously that it would not pledge any money to future work planned on the dam and old mill.

Instead, selectmen will request that the break-down of the bill be done by percentage of land along the lake.

“I don’t mind paying the initial $5,000,” Selectman Ray Grant said.

“After that the money would be broken up by percentage of Casco property on Thompson Lake. They may count house lots or whatever but it’s not by linear footage on that lake,” Grant said.

Chairman Barbara York concurred, saying the town should pay the bill owed.

She suggested contacting the two Casco residents who serve on the Thompson Lake Watershed Committee, and ask them how many miles of the lake lie within Casco’s borders compared to other towns.

Two weeks ago, by invitation from the Town of Casco, Oxford’s town manager provided a verbal tour of work that had been done and more repair plans on the horizon.

Oxford Town Manager Michael Chammings appeared before the Casco Board of Selectmen on March 27 to explain a $5,000 bill Oxford had sent Casco recently. In addition, he asked the board to consider a pledge of $5,000 more for revamping the mill and the dam — to mitigate flooding.

“I don’t need a nickel from the towns. I would still be doing that same work,” Chammings said.

“But, we wanted to see if other towns will help,” he said.

Although Oxford will be shouldering the majority of the repair expense, Chammings had asked all towns bordering Thompson Lake to pitch in $5,000 to cover last year’s bill, and make a promise of $5,000 for next year.

“Oxford had a reserve (fund) in place to help cover costs. We are a very frugal town,” he said.

Chammings gave a history of ownership of the mill and dam.

The Town of Oxford took possession of the Robinson Mill two years ago. It has the only outlet to the lake available.

The dam was privately owned; and the person failed to make payments on that, and left the town in possession of the dam.

Last year, the Robinson Mill valve had cracked and the penstock (a gate inside the mill) wasn’t holding up.

“I had to replace that immediately. You would have an 8-foot rise in lake,” Chammings said in reference to the $5,000 bill that Casco received from Oxford.

Since the town has taken possession of the dam, it has been forced to assess what maintenance work must be done, he said.

Chammings said he could only present rough cost estimates until the work goes out to bid.

“The catwalk is in real bad shape. One of the pillars had worn down. The engineer said the pillar is so worn it will likely crumble. We need to replace the boom, because they catch the water. Plastic booms last 20 years — a little more expensive than log booms, but last longer,” he said.

The town of Oxford has an employee who monitors water levels daily plus records temperatures and water flow down from dam, he said.

Chammings invited selectmen to tour the dam and mill or view the underwater video of the dam, which was documented by a diver last year.

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SPECIAL BREAKFAST GUEST — On Sunday morning, April 10, Ronald G. St. John VFW Post #9328, Harrison, honored SPC4 Michael Murch of Harrison, a member of the 488th Military Police Company, Maine National Guard, based in Orono. SPC4 Murch, who had returned home March 9 after completing his deployment in Afghanistan with the 1136th Transportation Company, Bangor, and his family were invited to breakfast at the Post. Local townspeople looked on and applauded as Post Commander Brian Spaulding presented SPC4 Murch with a Certificate of Appreciation for his service to his country, state and community.

Crime Watch speakers

Bridgton Community Crime Watch welcomes newly-hired Bridgton Police Chief Kevin Scholfield and Lake Region High School Principal Ted Finn to its next meeting on Wednesday, April 20 at 6 p.m. in the selectmen’s meeting room at the Bridgton Municipal Complex.

Bridgton Community Crime Watch meetings are open to the public and take place the third Wednesday of each month.

Car seat inspections WINDHAM — Safe Kids Maine is collaborating with the Windham Fire/Rescue Department and the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety to conduct free car seat inspections on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Windham Fire/Rescue, 718 Roosevelt Trail in Windham.

Certified child passenger safety technicians will inspect car seats for proper installation and will teach parents how to use their child’s car seat correctly in their vehicle. No appointments are needed. The event will take place inside the fire department, rain or shine. For more information, call 892-9277.

Shelter benefit show SOUTH PARIS — The Benefit Community Chorus, along with the Back Bay Four and the Bay City Sound, will perform at The Responsible Pet Care Animal Shelter Benefit Show on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris.

Several outstanding local artists will also perform at the show, which is designed to entertain the whole family.

Tickets are $5 and $9 and are

available at the door or from Books N Things on Main Street in Norway. The show is sponsored by The Paris Farmers Union and Norway Savings Bank. For more information, call 743-8679.

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April 22: Good Friday Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Bridgton, 3 p.m.; Good Friday service, Veneration of the Cross and Communion in Fryeburg, 7 p.m.

April 23: Easter Vigil Service of Light and Eucharist with Fryeburg in Bridgton, 8 p.m.

April 24: Easter Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. in Fryeburg; Mass at 10 a.m. in Bridgton.

HARRISON United Parish Congregational Church of Harrison & N. Bridgton April 17: Palm Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

April 21: Maundy Thursday Service with Communion and Tenebrae, 7 p.m.

April 22: Church open for meditation, 4 to 6 p.m.

April 24: Easter Sunrise Service at Bridgton Academy upper field, 6 a.m., followed

by Easter Sunday Service, 10 a.m. with Communion, Easter Egg hunt and refreshments to follow.

NAPLES Naples United Methodist Church April 17: Palm Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

April 21: Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m.

April 22: Good Friday Service, 7 p.m.

April 24: Easter Service, 10 a.m.

LOVELL United Church of Christ April 17: Palm Sunday service, 10:30 a.m.

April 21: Maundy Thursday Service, 7 p.m.

April 24: Easter sunrise service, 6 a.m. Easter worship service at LUCC, 10:30 a.m.

RAYMOND Christ Chapel April 24: Easter Sunday 7 a.m.

Sunrise Service, 10 a.m. Easter Service.

Lake Region Baptist Church April 17: Showing of The Passion of the Christ, 7 p.m.

April 20: Showing of The Passion of the Christ, 7 p.m.

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BRIDGTON St. Joseph Catholic Church April 16, 17: Palm Sunday Mass, 4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.

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April 21: Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper, 7 p.m. in Fryeburg.

April 22: Good Friday Ecumenical Stations of the Cross in Bridgton, 3 p.m.; Good Friday service, Veneration of the Cross and Communion in Fryeburg, 7 p.m.

April 23: Easter Vigil Service of Light and Eucharist, 8 p.m.

April 24: Easter Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. in Fryeburg; Mass at 10 a.m. in Bridgton.

First Congregational Church April 17: Palm Sunday Service, procession of palms and dramatic reading of the passion, 10 a.m.

April 22: Maundy Thursday Service, Communion and Tenebrae, 7 p.m.

April 23: Good Friday Service, noon to 1 p.m.

April 24: Easter Sunday Service, 10 a.m.

Pleasant Mtn. Presbyterian Church April 24: Easter Sunday Service, 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.

CASCO Casco Village Church UCC April 17: Palm Sunday, Walk through Holy Week with 8 stations in Sunday School, 6:30 p.m. all church, Jesus Christ Superstar.

April 21: Maundy Thursday Dramatic Service, 7 p.m.

April 22: Good Friday Hunger Walks, 5:30 and 8 a.m.

April 23: Holy Saturday Vigil, church will be open w/Vigil hours.

April 24: Easter Sunday sunrise service, 6:30 a.m.; CVC Men’s breakfast, 7 a.m.; Easter Morning Celebration w/ Communion, 10 a.m.

FRYEBURG St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church April 16, 17: Palm Sunday Mass, 8 a.m. Sunday.

April 21: Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper, 7 p.m. with Bridgton in Fryeburg.

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VHMA welcomes new CVPM member

successfully manage the everchanging business environment of today’s veterinary practices and requires a continued commitment to further improvement through continuing education.

This designation is VHMA’s highest professional distinction.

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Youth Choir concert FRYEBURG — The First Congregational Church of Fryeburg UCC, has the pleasure of hosting The Northern Lights Youth Choir of Aroostook County on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m., when they will present their “Walk in Faith” concert as part of their annual April tour.

Admission to the concert is free, and donations are kindly accepted. For more information, call Pastor Tim LeConey at 935-3227.

The Northern Lights Youth Choir was formed by a group of Christian teens in the

greater Presque Isle area of Aroostook County in January of 1974. The choir has made over 35 concert tours, traveling over 80,000 miles in over 400 concert presentations in churches, camps, high schools and on college campuses from Northern Maine and the nearby Maritime Provinces of Canada to Texas, Wisconsin and Florida. The choir has participated in five television specials aired over WAGM Television in Presque Isle. Well over 500 young people have been a part of this choir ministry over the years.

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MARCH MADNESS DINNER — Harrison Recreation’s March Madness event for the “Young at Heart” was held last Sunday at the Harrison Fire Station. Eighty senior adults enjoyed a complete roast turkey dinner and dessert. Congratulations to all the bingo winners, to the folks who won the centerpieces, and to Beulah Holden for winning the Giant Easter Basket. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this special spring event so much fun: Doug Holt, Shelley Smith, Ron Smith, Laurie Kidd, Stacy Freeman, Barry Richardson, Kelly Howard, Lynn Geurin, Sharon Wilson, Pat and Don Sutherland, Sandra Dyer, Kevin Laplante and Lorraine Goldrup.

Easter in Harrison events HARRISON — The Easter Bunny will be at the Harrison Elementary School setting up a variety of games in the gym as well as hiding Easter eggs on the field.

Please come join the bunny on Saturday, April 16 at 10:30 a.m. in the gym and play musical eggs, bean bag toss, pin the cotton tail on the bunny, egg toss and egg coloring. There

will be guess jars and four Easter baskets will be given away to two lucky girls and two lucky boys.

The giant Easter egg hunt will begin at 11:30 a.m. Bring your Easter basket or bag and wear proper footwear and clothing in case of snow, rain or mud.

This special spring event is for Harrison girls and boys ages

Telling our stories

HARRISON — The Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church Lenten Discussions on Comparative Faiths continue this Thursday, April 14 with a Lutheran minister joining the conversation at 7 p.m. So far the Methodist, Jewish, Islam, and Catholic faiths have HARRISON — Harrison Recreation will sponsor a senior writbeen represented.

This will be the last in the series on comparative faiths before ing class to be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on three Friday afternoons, April 22, 29 and May 6, at the fire station Community Room in the Maundy Thursday Seder supper on April 21.

As always, there will be a soup and bread supper beforehand at Harrison.

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April 21: Maundy Thursday, 7 p.m. Service of Communion and Tenebrae.

April 24: Easter Sunrise Service at Keoka Lake Beach with Waterford Congregational Church, 5:45 a.m., followed by breakfast at Wilkins House; 10 a.m. Easter Worship Service at North Waterford Church.

NOTICE TO CHURCHES: Any church not listed here, please submit your Easter services by Monday, April 18 at noon for insertion in next week’s paper.

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

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

April 14, 19, 21 — Tai Chi, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Town Hall.

April 14 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

April 14, 21 — Knitter’s Day, 2 p.m., No. Bridgton Library.

FMI: 647-8563.

April 14, 21 — Community Kettle, 5 p.m., Community Center.

April 14 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

April 15, 18 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

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 15, 22 — Reading with Brooke, therapy reading dog, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., library.

April 16 — Public planning session on Portland Rd. commercial corridor, 10 a.m. to noon, Municipal Complex, lower level.

Walking tour to follow at 12:30 p.m. FMI: Alan Manoian, 6478786.

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, 23 — Ping pong, 1

to 4 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2847.

April 16, 23 — Adult Indoor Soccer, 5 to 7 p.m., Town Hall.

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.

April 17, 24 — Adult Basketball, 6 to 9 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 408-2299.

April 18 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

April 18 — Lakeside Garden Club, “Clematis, Queen of Flowing Vines,” 7 p.m., Community Center.

April 19 — Rainbow Days Playgroup for Toddlers 6 mos. to 5 years, 9 a.m., Community Center.

April 19 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

April 19-23 — Taoist Tai Chi, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Taoist Tai Chi Center, 41 Depot St., Ste. 4.

April 19 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Community Center.

April 19 — Natural childbirth class series begins, 3-6 p.m., The Birth House, 28 So. High St., Bridgton. FMI: 647-5968.

April 19 — Youth Basketball Open Gym for grades 3-6, 3-5 p.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-8786.

April 19 — Stories read by Michael, 4 to 4:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 647-2472.

April 19 — Spice for Health with Dona Forke, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 6472015.

April 19 — How to Grow a Salad Garden by Oxford County Extension, 6 to 8 p.m., Community

C.H.O.I.C.E.S. speaker April 21

Janet Jones, member of Bridgton C.H.O.I.C.E.S., will speak at the next Bridgton Rotary Club meeting on Thursday, April 21, at 7:15 a.m. at the Bridgton Alliance Church.

C.H.O.I.C.E.S., once known as the anti-substance abuse education DARE program, has evolved into and created a new current programming in all the elementary 5th grade classes in the SAD 61 school system. Jones will share the group’s mission in the Lake Region communities, the youth in our school system and the importance of involvement by family, businesses, educators and citizens.

Jones will briefly discuss the goals for the future in educating youth on the importance of

Center. FMI: 743-6329, 1-800287-1482.

April 19, 21 — Taoist Tai Chi, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Taoist Tai Chi Center, 41 Depot St., Ste. 4.

April 20, 22 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

April 20 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

April 20 — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 1 to 6 p.m., Masonic Hall, Harrison Rd. FMI: 1-800-482-0743.

April 20 — Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., Community Center.

April 20 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

April 20 — Bridgton Community Crime Watch with Police Chief Kevin Scholfield and LRHS Principal Ted Finn, 6 p.m., Selectmen’s meeting room, Municipal Complex.

April 20 — Grow your own vegetables with Kathy Banks, 6 p.m., library.

April 21 — Bridgton Rotary Club, Janet Jones of C.H.O.I.C.E.S., 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

April 22 — Earth Day Cleanup of Stevens Brook along Pondicherry Park, Main St. & Depot St., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., meet at Community Center. FMI: Ken Murphy, 242-9417, Carmen Leone, 647-3116, or Sarah Morrison, 647-8580, ext. 12.

April 22 — Earth Day Kite Making for Children, 10 a.m. to 1 p,m,, Community Center.

April 22 — Mother Goose Time, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 22 — Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m., weave an Easter basket, ages 6 and up, 1:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 647-2472.

April 22 — Earth Day hike, Bald Pate Mtn., 3 to 4:30 p.m., meet at trail head.

April 23 — DancingTrees “Prize Patrol” scouting for people doing Earth Day cleanup, all day.

FMI: 539-2670.

April 23 — Photo Hike for age 55+, 10 a.m. to noon, Pondicherry Park. FMI: Tom Tash, 647-8786.

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FRYEBURG April 14-29 — Maine Drawing Project on exhibit, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pace Gallery, Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 9359232.

April 18-22 — Camp Canine Program, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Telling Tails Training Center. FMI: 603986-6600.

April 18 — Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Legion Hall, Bradley St. April 19 — Northern Lights Youth Choir in concert, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church.

FMI: 935-3227.

HARRISON April 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 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 — Easter celebration for ages 1-9, 10:30 a.m., egg hunt 11:30 a.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI: 583-2241.

April 16 — Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament by Harrison Lions Club, doors open 11:30 a.m., play 1-6 p.m., Harrison Lions Den, Main St. FMI: 583-4959.

April 16 — Waterford World’s Fair supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Harrison United Parish Church, Main St. FMI: 595-2430.

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.

April 18 — Adult Coed Basketball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

April 19 — Teen Basketball, 7th grade +, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

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April 19 — Coed Adult Softball, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Park.

April 20 — Coed Adult Volleyball, 6 to 8 p.m., Harrison Elementary School gym.

April 21 — Lenten Discussion on comparative faiths, light supper 6:15 p.m., talk to follow, Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church.

LOVELL April 14-30 — $1 a Bag Sale.

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

April 14, 21 — Family Playtime, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 14 — Artists Workshop informational meeting, 1 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

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

April 15, 22 — Bingo, early birds 6:30 p.m., regular play 7 p.m., VFW Hall.

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

April 21 — Pruning course with Barbara Murphy, 12:30 to 2 p.m., library. FMI: 925-3177.

April 23 — Cleanup at Lake Kezar Country Club, 8 a.m. to noon.

April 23 — Easter Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, United Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

NAPLES April 14, 21 — Musical Playgroup, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 14 — Songo Garden Club, potluck supper 6 p.m., program to follow with Kim Whalen and Harrison Wood, Singer Center, Village Green. FMI: 6933233.

April 14, 21 — Pajama Storytime, “Water and Surface Tension,” 6 p.m., library. FMI: 693-6841.

April 15, 18, 22 — Step Into Fitness, indoor walking program, 4:30 to 6 p.m., LRHS. Transportation: 647-3116.

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April 23 — Easter Egg Hunt, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Narramissic Farm, Ingalls Rd. BROWNFIELD April 14, 19 — 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: 935-2625.

April 21 — Playgroup, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

April 22 — Brownfield Rec meeting, 6 p.m., Community Center.

April 23 — Annual Easter Party, 10 a.m., Community Center.

CASCO April 14, 21 — 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 14, 21 — Adult Coed Volleyball, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 6274187.

April 17, 20 — Adult coed basketball, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Community Center gym. FMI: 627-4187.

April 19 — Social Yoga, 9 a.m., Community Center. FMI: 627-4187.

April 19-20 — American Red Cross Babysitting Course, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Community Center.

April 19 — Storytime with Michelle Brenner, 10:30 a.m., library.

April 19-22 — Vacation Basketball Camp for grades 3-5, Community Center.

DENMARK April 16 — 17th annual Denmark Sheepfest, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bicentennial Park & Denmark Arts Center. FMI: www. denmarksheepfest.com April 20 — Preschool Storytime, 9:30 a.m., library.

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cial service at 7 p.m. On Easter Sunday, April 24, there will be a Sunrise Service in conjunction with the Waterford Congregational Church. The Sunrise Service will be held at 5:45 a.m. at Keoka Lake Town Beach, and will be followed by a breakfast at the Wilkins House in Waterford. A full Easter service will be held at the North Waterford Church at 10 a.m.

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Train talk on tap Jeffrey Richards will talk about trains in a program for young people on Saturday, April 16, at 11 a.m. at the Bridgton Public Library.

Learn how to grow your own organic garden with Kathy Banks on Wednesday, April 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Bridgton Public Library. For more information or to sign up, call 647-2472.

New mattresses will be offered at special discounted prices to benefit the Lake Region High School Boys Lacrosse team on Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School, in the gym.

A fish bake supper will be offered by the Bridgton Knights of Columbus on Saturday, April 16 at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph Church on South High Street.

Dog lovers are invited to a “Meet the Breeds” event at the Bridgton Veterinary Hospital on Route 117 to support food pantry collection efforts. The event will take place on Sunday, April 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 647-8804.

A spring trail cleanup is being organized by Lakes Environmental Association for Friday, April 15. LEA is also helping to organize an Earth Day Celebration on Friday, April 22 at 10 a.m.

The Bridgton Community Center is sponsoring Earth Day Kite Making on Friday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

An Earth Day hike up Bald Pate Mountain in South Bridgton is being held on Friday, April 22, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

It’s spring and there’s still snow on the green at the Lake Kezar Country Club, but by Saturday, April 23, the conditions will improve for the 4th annual Cleanup Day. All members and those who enjoyed the Junior Golf Program are invited to be at the course to start cleaning up the debris from the winter from 8 a.m. to noon.

For those who wish to remain, there will be lunch available with a time for an open forum.

It is hoped that with all the help and good weather conditions, the course will be ready for opening day on Friday, April 29. The dues for members haven’t changed, and this is a great opportunity to

become a member of a beautiful, outstanding course.

Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and friends were entertained last Monday night by the Molly Ockett students with their production of Annie. Annie was played by Emery O’Connell to perfection, making the audience forget she was a middle school student.

Hannah Rousey was the orphanage director Miss Hannigan, and really got into the part, playing her to the hilt — mean and nasty. Billionaire Oliver Warbucks was played by Zachary Sheehan, with the swagger of a very rich man. Erin Friberg, Warbucks’ secretary, was efficient and sympathetic to Annie’s plight. The butler, Drake, was played by Francis Rowland,

DENMARK — A sure sign that spring is really here is the annual Denmark Sheepfest.

And this Saturday, April 16 will mark the 17th anniversary of this rite of spring.

Each April this event is held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, and it brings people from far and wide to experience a day of fun where they can take part, or just watch the age-old craft of sheep shearing and fleece skirting. You can watch, interact, ask questions or just relax alongside the water near the shearing demonstration.

Meanwhile, inside the Denmark Arts Center, local fiber artists have set up a fiber marketplace, and will be demonstrating their craft. Exhibitors this year include Hilltop Handspun, Glacier Hill Farm, Dragon’s Lair, Sereknity, Good Karma Farm, Moat Mountain Farm, a Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, J. Conner Hooked Rugs, pinestar studio, Schwoolies and more. Animal fiber is a renew-

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and his manner was of a perfectly-trained butler, maintaining his posture.

All the students played their parts with great enthusiasm, which made the production move along and kept the audience involved. Director and music teacher Heather Sheehan must have been in heaven with these dedicated young people.

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To compliment the activities, a yummy selection of homemade soups, baked goods and refreshments are available throughout the day. Stop by for an hour or bring your spinning wheel and stay for the entire day.

Please visit and learn about fiber, fiber artists, fiber animals, shearing and animal husbandry for sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas and rabbits.

For more information, visit www.denmarksheepfest.com, call 452-2687 or e-mail linda@ pinestarstudio.com. There is still time to register your sheep for shearing, too. The event will be held rain or shine; always a great time.

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Brandy I. Durant and Miguel E. Ibarguen of South Paris have a daughter, Bristol Ibarguen, born on March 30, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Bristol joins Braylin, age 3. Maternal grandparent: Rebecca Durant of Jay. Paternal grandparents: Al and Nancy Ibarguen of Wilton.

Paige M. Tuttle of Bridgton has a son, Chance William Tuttle, born on April 1, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Maternal grandparents: Pam and Rob Wing of Raymond; Nancy and Donna McDonald of Lewiston.

Jessica (Edwards) and Robert K. Proctor of Bridgton, have a son, Emery Collin Proctor, born on April 5, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Emery joins Emma, age 4, and Kason, age 2. Maternal grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Edwards Jr. of Harrison. Paternal grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. James A. Proctor Jr. of Poland. Great-grandparents: Midge and Jim Proctor of Naples; Gail and Terry Allen of Turner.

Nicole E. (Carey) and Todd A. Kilborn of Bridgton, have a daughter, Delia Willow-Carey Kilborn, born on April 6, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Delia joins Molly, age 1. Maternal grandparent: Patricia Carey of Stowe, Vt. Paternal grandparents: Arthur and Elaine Kilborn of Bridgton. Great-grandparent: Delia Kilborn of Florida.

Jyselle A. (Jopling) and Gregory N. Watkins of Bridgton, have a son, Brody Michael Watkins, born on April 7, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital. Maternal grandparents: Joseph and Gail Jopling of Bridgton. Paternal grandparents: Reginald and Esther Watkins of Bridgton.

Melanie Clark and Ian Shaw of Fryeburg have a boy, Eoin Francis Scott Shaw, born March 31 at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway. Eoin weighed seven pounds, one ounce.

Maternal grandparents are Rachael and Wayne Tuttle of Temple. Paternal grandparents are Sherri and Don Davidson of Fryeburg.

Danielle Daigle of Minot has a boy, Tayge Dean Lewis, born April 2 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Tayge weighed eight pounds, three ounces. Maternal grandparent is Daniel Daigle of Minot. Paternal grandparent is Tara Truman of Otisfield. Great-grandparents are Trudy Truman of Norway and Ruth Daigle of New Gloucester. Great-great-grandfather is Wilfred Heath.

NORTH WATERFORD — Rev. Doretta Colburn invites everyone to join in Holy Week celebrations at the North Waterford Congregational Church, located on Five Kezars Road, off Routes 35 and 37, opposite Melby’s Market.

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Tragedy took her too soon Condolences go out to the families of my granddaughter, Britney Lee Wentworth of Poland. She was tragically killed in an automobile accident this past weekend. She was a few days shy of her 19th birthday. I remember the day she was born, holding her for the first time. It seems just like it was a little while ago she graduated from Poland High School, in June of 2010. I guess God had other plans for her in heaven.

Although we mourn with heavy hearts, she is with Him

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She will be greatly missed by us all.

The Edes Falls Sewing Circle held it’s first meeting

Easter in Waterford

WATERFORD — The Waterford Library invites Waterford kids elementary-school-age and under to an Easter Egg Hunt HELPING OTHERS — Maple Grove Grange Knit Wits combined forces with Project Linus at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. Books will be given as prizes members to work on quilts and afghans during the two-day Project Linus Weekend held at for participants. The library is located on Routes 35 and 37 in Waterford. the Sebago Center Church.

The library recently reopened after extensive renovations.

Hours are Monday from 2 to 6 p.m., Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Project Linus weekend Project Linus coordinator Melodie Provost, and her assistant, from Saco, joined the group for the Friday 12hour work session. Some community members brought donations of previously made quilts and afghans enabling Provost to take seven quilts with her by mid-afternoon.

New workers arrived for the evening session and by closing, another six quilts were completed and several more were in various stages for finishing.

As Saturday arrived, so did three new workers and three returning from the day before.

With three workers taking

The Bridgton Farmers’ Market is looking for a volunteer to act as a community liaison. This new position has been created to strengthen the connection between the community and the market. The market is looking for a creative and innovative person to promote and expand the farmers’ market and strengthen its relationship

to Bridgton. If you would like more information, call Sonya at 998-2196.

The Farmers’ Market is accepting applications for new vendors for the upcoming season. Artists and artisans are also welcome to apply. For information, visit the market’s website at www.bridgtonfarmersmarket. com, or call Sonya at 998-2196.

NAPLES — The Songo Garden Club is starting its meetings for the coming year on Thursday, April 14 at the Singer Center. The meeting will kick off with a potluck supper starting at 6 p.m.

Two guest speakers will give presentations. Kim Whalen, who manages the before and after school program at the Singer Center, will be presenting some of her garden tools for the children’s program. Last year’s produce was donated to

the Naples Food Pantry.

The second speaker will be Harrison Wood, a master gardener, who has managed garden centers and is a published author. His talk will be “Landscaping is for the Birds.”

Those who are not on the computer mailing list should call Kathy at 693-3233 for any questions or to say what you can bring to the supper. Please bring your own set-ups. Guests are invited to the meeting.

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home seven quilts needing minor finishing, satisfied organizers packed up the rest for a final counting and packaging.

A total of 29 recipients will soon receive a “blanket hug” when disaster strikes in their lives, thanks to Maple Grove Grange and their friends.

Chinese auction April 30

A Chinese auction will be held Saturday, April 30 at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton, to raise money for the B.R.A.G. Complex on Route 302. The complex will include softball/baseball and Babe Ruth field, soccer fields, basketball and tennis courts, concession stand and walking path.

Contributions may be mailed to Lyn Carter, 16 Katheryn Boulevard, Casco, ME 04015, or call 627-7380 for pick up, or Bill McDonald at 647-3304.

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(Continued from Page B) Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event serves two purposes: one, to pamper the ladies; and two, to help add to the shelves of the local food pantry.

Many local vendors will be present, representing many different services or needs of the ladies. The auxiliary has blended together diverse businesses for the ladies to check out. Included in the lineup is Mary Kay, Lia Sophia, Party Lite, Designs by Diana, Hand & Heart (gardening), Tastefully Simple, At Home America, Silpada, Scentsy, Pampered Chef, Fryeburg Pottery & Art Center, J.R. Watkins, Women’s Health Information and much more. Lunch will be available so that the ladies can take their time and enjoy a day for themselves, plus help the food pantry.

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ple, there will be celebration at the Hampton Inn on Route 16 in North Conway, N.H. Bring the family and enjoy a barbecue, music, prizes and a kid’s water park. For more information you can go online to www.mtwashingtonvalley.org and click on “Valley Pride Day,” or go to Valley Pride Day’s Facebook page. Or, contact organizer Donna Woodward at 441-8170 or e-mail donnawbe@gmail.com Congratulations to the New Suncook School, which has started going paperless with the weekly school newsletter. So far, more then 100 have signed up, which means that Mrs. Dunlea has less then 100 to print out.

Anyone who would like to have the newsletter can call the school at 925-6711. The savings to the school with this process helps with the budget.

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1 p.m. This is an opportunity for those who are interested in holding an informal group art session at the library.

The meeting would open up the topics of how often to meet, the structure of the meeting and what type of guest artists to be included, which medium to be use and if independent work outside the group meetings should be encouraged. If anyone is interested, they can contact Rosie White at 925-3177 to have your questions about this type of group answered.

An important reminder: Preschool Storytime, Charlotte’s Web and Mouse Paint Storytime will not be held next week because of school vacation.

An important date to add to your calendar is Saturday, May 7, which is spring cleanup Valley Pride Day. This is the day that members of the valley communities get out there and clean up the beautiful area we all live in.

All the stuff hidden by the snow will be visible once again, and the fantastic volunteers will pick up the stuff if it’s stuffed into trash bags.

The meeting place in Lovell is again at the VFW Hall on Smarts Hill Road between 8:30 and 10 a.m. Once there, volunteers will sign in and receive a road assignment, along with trash bags, bottled water, and latex gloves.

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SEBAGO — Fourteen Maple Grove Grange Knit Wits and friends gathered last week at the Sebago Center Church for a two-day Project Linus Weekend.

Grange members prepared flannel kits, fleece and over 20 sewn quilt tops for participants to use.

With snack donations from volunteers and lunch provided by The Umbrella Factory, Jordan’s Store, Four Season’s Variety, The Whistle Stop, Shaw’s and Hannaford of Standish, everyone proceeded to complete the work for the weekend.

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last Sunday. They had two new members join: Priscilla Kyle and Lorene “Beanie” Herbert.

They had election of officers, as follows: President, Priscilla Kyle; Vice President, Beryle Goodwin; Treasurer, Sharon Devorss; and Secretary, Carol Whitlock. Carol’s daughter Carol joined as well.

They set dates for three suppers on three Saturdays, on April 30, May 14 and June 18.

They will also have their summer sale on Saturday, July 2.

Beth Bennett will be calling folks to cook pies and make salads. I will update folks as we go along.

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Brenda and Dylan Richardson attended an ice fishing banquet on Saturday in Augusta. Dylan was awarded a trophy for a brook trout he entered. They were also lucky enough to win some door prizes.

David Richardson and John Lamb went to Eric Ray Jr.’s

house in New Gloucester over the weekend. While there, they had a birthday celebration for Alex Richardson.

Bob and Mary Mawhinney’s son, Eric, wife Sheila and grandson Donavan, from Sturbridge, Mass., came by for dinner on Sunday.

Spices for health

Childbirth classes starting April 19 A series of childbirth preparation classes is being offered at The Birth House starting in April. Learn about labor and birth and how to work through labor with the goal of avoiding medications and unwanted interventions.

Class topics include what you can do to have a healthy pregnancy, the normal labor and birth process, potential complications that can arise, labor coping strategies, breastfeeding, newborn care and postpartum recovery.

Several videos of normal births are shown to demonstrate that pregnancy and birth are normal

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Spices have taken on a new role in peoples’ diets. They are rich in antioxidants and many have therapeutic benefits as well. Learn how to put the salt shaker aside and utilize a variety of spices popular in different cultures.

The Friends of the Bridgton Taught by Dona Forke, registered dietitian for the Bridgton Public Library are now seekHannaford, “Spices for Health” will be held on Tuesday, April 19, ing new members. from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. Dinner is The local committee is included and it is free; just register at 647-2015. always seeking new input and exciting ideas for its role in hosting community events while supporting the historic The Bridgton Historical Society is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt library. on Saturday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Narramissic Some of the fundraising Historic Farm on the Ingalls Road, off Rte 107 in South Bridgton. and community events over There is no admission fee, but donations are gratefully accepted. recent years include hosting Burgers, hot dogs and light refreshments will be available. historic house tours; the Renys

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Heidi Fillmore, CPM, will be the instructor for this series of classes, which will be held at The Birth House at 28 South High Street on Tuesday evenings, April 19 and 26, and May 3, 10 and 17. Fillmore is a midwife who has attended births for 23 years. This class is open to all pregnant women whether you plan to give birth at home, in a birth center, or in the hospital.

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musical opening night at the Deertrees Theatre; the Carol Worthington cello concert; initiating the summer Brown Bag Speaker Series; the Judy Garbeau pet communication event, along with last year’s sponsoring of the comedy performance of The Marden’s Lady held at the Magic Lantern Theater. The annual book sale has continually been one of the most popular fundraisers, where the revenues enhance the upkeep and beautification of the historic library building.

The latest improvement was the recent purchase of outdoor furnishings for the newly-renovated front entrance, where outdoor events are expected to be held over summer months.

The Friends meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m.

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Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bouchard of Eagle Lake are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Bouchard, to Jonathan Mulcahy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mulcahy of Naples.

Sarah is a graduate of Community High School at Fort Kent and St. Joseph’s College of Maine, with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Mathematics. Sarah is a 7th grade teacher at Westbrook Middle School in Westbrook.

Jonathan graduated from Lake Region High School in Naples, and Southern Maine Community College with an associate’s degree in Law Enforcement Technology, St. Joseph’s College of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, N.M. Jonathan is a federal agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

A wedding is planned for July 9, 2011 in Eagle Lake.

Meet the breeds April is the ASPCA’s Prevention of Animal Cruelty month. Bridgton Veterinary Hospital and Telling Tails Training Center of Fryeburg have teamed up to celebrate this very important issue with a Meet the Breeds Event on Sunday, April 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bridgton Veterinary Hospital on Route 117.

There will be many knowledgeable breed enthusiasts on hand to answer your questions about their specific breed, the breed’s disposition and health issues, etc. Some of the featured breeds will be dachshunds,

Dalmatians, beagles, cocker spaniels, Shetland sheepdogs, German shepherds, bullmastiffs, golden retrievers and more. Come learn more about a breed and decide if it would be a good fit for your family.

There is no cost to attend this event, but organizers do ask for a donation of pet food or pet supplies to help support Harvest Hills Animal Shelter of Fryeburg.

For more information on this event, call Bridgton Veterinary Hospital at 647-8804 or go to www.bridgtonvets.com or www.TellingTailsTraining.com

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HARRISON — The final supper of this season for the Waterford World’s Fair will be Saturday, April 16 at the Harrison United Parish Church on Main Street in Harrison, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

The menu for this supper is Italian food, with lasagna and spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, tossed salad and drink and a dessert of brownies with homemade ice cream or homemade pie.

The cost is $8, $4 for children under 12.

There will also be a 50/50 drawing and several items for a raffle, and Waterford World’s Fair merchandise will be for sale. For more information, call President Dana Hemingway at 595-2430.

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Country living

Country living Calendar (Continued from Page B)

Auction for Camp Sunshine, 5 p.m., American Legion Hall, Rte. 11. FMI: 693-2056.

April 19 — Preschool Storytime, under age 5, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

April 19 — Books for Babies, 10:15 a.m., library.

April 19 — Jim Miller makes bunny pops with pre-schoolers, 10:30 a.m., Miss Syntha teaches teens to make a necklage, 2 p.m., library.

April 20 — Book Group, Still Alice by Lisa Genova, 1:30 p.m., library.

April 21 — Naples Grange #94, potluck dinner & Citizen of Year Award to Ovide, 6 p.m., grange meeting 7 p.m., Singer Center, Village Green.

April 21 — Pajama Storytime, “Celebrate Easter & Passover,” 6 p.m., library. FMI: 693-6841.

April 23 — Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. to noon, library.

April 23 — Easter Bunny festivities, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Naples Grange. FMI: 671-5804.

RAYMOND April 17, 20 — Showing of The Passion of the Christ, 7 p.m., Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Roosevelt Trail, next to Portland Glass.

April 18 — Baby Time, 10 a.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

April 18 — Preschool Time, 11 a.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

April 18 — Nature Program, 2 p.m., library. FMI: 655-4283.

April 20 — Toddler Time, 10 and 11 a.m., library. FMI: 6554283.

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

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

April 18 — Story Hour for Pre-schoolers, 9:30 a.m., library.

April 23 — Public spaghetti supper by Sebago Branch Duckers Snowmobile Club, 4 to 6 p.m. Town Hall, meeting to follow, 7 p.m.

SWEDEN April 19 — Conservation Commission meeting, 1 p.m., town office.

WATERFORD April 16 — Indoor yard sale to benefit improvement fund, 8 a.m. to noon, Wilkins House, Plummer Hill Rd. April 23 — Easter egg hunt, 3 p.m., library.

AREA EVENTS

April 14 — Responsible Pet Care Animal Shelter Benefit Show, 7 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Rte. 26, So. Paris. FMI: 7438679.

April 14, 19 — M&D Productions, 5 Women Wearing The Same Dress, 7 p.m., 1857 White Mtn. Hwy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-662-7591.

April 15, 22 — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:15 a.m., Rec. bldg., King St., Oxford.

FMI: 783-4153, 743-9153.

April 15 — Maine Wildlife Park opens for season (weather permitting), 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Rte. 26, Gray. FMI: 6574977.

April 15 — Little Lake Stewards Series, “Fun with Frogs,” 10 a.m. to noon, Sebago Lake Ecology Center, 1 White Rock Rd., Standish. FMI: 7745961, 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 April 15 — Two Pieces of Small Glass, 7 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 16 — Making Felted Spring Animals, Mt. Washington Valley Arts Assn., MWV Visual Arts Center, 16 Norcross Place, No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603356-2787.

April 16 — Free car seat inspections, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Windham Fire/Rescue, 718 Roosevelt Trail. FMI: 892-9277.

April 16, 18, 19 — Laser Mania begins, 1 and 3 p.m. Sat., noon and 3 p.m., Mon. & Tues., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 16 — “All Things Green” auction, 7 p.m., The Community School, Tamworth, N.H. FMI: www.communityschoolnh.org April 16 — Touring Ensemble of the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus, 7 p.m., First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St., Auburn.

April 16 — Gordon Bok concert, 7:30 p.m., Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Bar Mills. FMI: 929-6472.

April 17 — Third annual Earth Day Peace Concert, 2 p.m., Universalist Church, 479 Main St., Norway. FMI: 743-2828.

April 18-22 — April vacation activities for children & families, times vary, Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth, N.H. FMI: 603-323-7591, 1-800686-6117.

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April 18 — Gardening Basics

by UNH Cooperative Extension, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. April 19 — Christian Women United with singer/musician Sammie Angel of Dixfield, 11:30 a.m., First Congregational Church, So. Paris. FMI: Janice, 743-5770.

April 19 — Read It Don’t Eat It program for grades 1-3, 3:15 to 4:30 p.m., Norway Library, Main St., Norway. FMI: 7435309, ext. 4 April 19 — Spiritual film, Something Unknown Is Doing We Don’t Know What, by Eaton Satsang Group, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. April 19 — Apple Grafting Workshop, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Oxford County Extension, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris. FMI: 743-6329.

April 20 — Book Discussion Group, 11 a.m. to noon, Soldiers Library, 85 Main St., Hiram.

FMI: 625-4650.

April 20 — Wednesday Knitter’s Group, noon, Soldier’s Memorial Library, Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

April 20 — How to Grow a Salad Garden, 6 to 8 p.m., Oxford County Extension, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris. FMI: 743-6329, 1-800287-1482.

April 20 — Four Seasons of Hiking in the White Mountains with Ed Parsons, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. April 20 — Pajama storytime, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m., Norway Library, Main St., Norway. FMI: 743-5309, ext. 4.

April 21 — Bridgton Rotary Club with Janet Jones of Bridgton C.H.O.I.C.E.S., 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

April 21 — New Gloucester Historical Society, history of Maine barns with Don Perkins, 7 p.m., New Gloucester Meetinghouse, Rte. 231.

April 21-23 — M&D Productions, 5 Women Wearing The Same Dress, 7 p.m., 1857 White Mtn. Hwy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-662-7591.

April 22 — Images of the Infinite, 8:30 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

April 22-23 — Laser Show, 3, 7 & 8 p.m., USM Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St., Portland. FMI: 780-4249.

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April 14, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page B

Garden Club talk April 18

The Lakeside Garden Club invites members and the general public to a presentation on “Clematis, Queen of Flowering Vines,” by Cindy Tibbetts on Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center.

Tibbetts has found that many gardeners are intimidated by clematis, but said that correct selection, placement, planting and pruning are key to successfully growing these beautiful plants. She will share her experience and simplify the process for home gardeners.

Tibbetts’ Hummingbird Farm in Turner also specializes in herbs and geraniums, so she will be available to answer questions on those plants, too.

She also may have some plants with her available for sale.

The Lakeside Garden Club welcomes guests at its spring and fall lectures. In the summer, members visit gardens and tend the butterfly garden at the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Information Center. The club combines a love of beautiful gardens with a chance to socialize with other area residents, both summer and year round.

Steer show, sale

(Continued from Page B) Saturday’s schedule: 9 a.m. commercial heifer show, youth steer show and showmanship contest (for non-owned), educational seminar; 1 p.m.

21st annual National Belted Galloway and Pride of the Pines Hereford Sale; and 5:30 p.m. jackpot heifer show.

Sunday’s schedule: 8:30 a.m. youth heifer show.

Admission is free.

There will be 41 Belted Galloway lots and six Hereford lots selling. For more information, please contact Scot Adams at 696-3812 or e-mail mnshadow@tdstelme.net, or Diane Gushee at 935-2248.

John F. Bell and Michelle R. Nappi

Engagement

Samuel Nappi of Windham and Terri Scribner of Westbrook are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Renee Nappi, to John Frank Bell, son of Cliff and Diane Bell of Windham.

Michelle is the granddaughter of Rose Nappi and the late Philip R. Nappi of Portland, and Steve and Katherine Scribner of Westbrook.

John is the grandson of John and Eleanor Rollins of Windham and the late Frank and Frances Bell of Bridgton.

Michelle is a 2005 graduate of Windham High School and attended Southern Maine Community College. She is employed

by Spring Harbor Hospital, as a Pharmacy Technician.

John is a 2003 graduate of Windham High School and graduated in 2007 from Kennebec Valley Community College for Electrical Lineworker Technology. He is employed by Central Maine Power Company as a linesman.

A July 9, 2011, wedding is planned at Greenwood Manor Inn in Harrison. A trip to St. John’s Island is planned. The couple resides in Raymond.

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Regional news

Viewpoints split on Bridgton emergency dispatching (Continued from Page 1A) other than that.”

When asked by resident Bill Vincent at the April 12 selectmen’s meeting about his preference for dispatching services for Bridgton, Chief Schofield replied, “My preference would

be to retain Dispatch here in Bridgton, for a couple of reasons — the most significant being the extra duties the Dispatch staff performs for us.

Municipal dispatching is different than regional dispatching.

You’re losing a lot of institu-

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believes Bridgton ought to follow the lead of Gov. Paul Lepage by putting a “open for business” sign on all roads coming into Bridgton. He said the town needs to “create an open and less restrictive environment for business to develop,” and work on attracting large-scale industry as well as supporting small businesses.

Packard said he was motivated to serve to fill the need for “balanced participation on the committee.” Bridgton needs “balanced growth, with creation of jobs through attracting new business” and “showing a positive attitude toward business growth.”

Turner, of 99 Luck Grove, has served on zoning boards in Pennsylvania and has been active on Bridgton committees including the Economic Development Committee, Budget Committee and Community Center. He led the call for Bridgton to begin working immediately on changing its zoning rules as a way to capture the momentum generated by the March 1 referendum on big box and fast food restaurants.

His co-chair, Finlayson, of Church Street, led the citizens’ initiative to limit national chain development, and has been calling for change ever since McDonald’s Restaurant announced plans to build on the Portland Road across from Hannaford’s supermarket.

He believes such development will erode the economic vitality of the downtown, taking revenue away from small independent business owners.

Watkins, of 445 Kansas Road, is a computer technician at SAD 61 and founding member of the Bridgton Young Professionals Group. He is an advocate of formbased codes and wants to “help guide the future of the town to be a prosperous and active place for young people to come to, as opposed to moving away from.”

Abbott, of 397 Highland Road, once worked as an office manager for a public design and planning organization in Cambridge, Mass., Townscape Institute. She now helps conserve glass and ceramics for museums and private collectors. “Good planning is at the heart of a thriving community,” she said. “Well conceived and well written ordinances can save the town legal costs,” and she’d like to help in strengthening both areas.

Comp plan board

the committee will be looking at general rules, and the issue of a conflict only arises if a member stands to gain a direct financial benefit from the property they own. Any member may choose to recuse themselves from discussions at any time if they perceive a conflict, Triglione said.

In deciding among the 22 residents who applied to serve on the committee, the board sought to create a balanced board that represented both the yes and no sides of the debate over future development of fast food restaurants and big box stores along the corridor.

They also wanted to bring in people with experience in planning and development and who live in different parts of town.

Wiser lives in West Bridgton, and owns a construction company. He is the West Bridgton District Fire Chief. He supported the bans on big box stores and fast food restaurants, he said in his application, because “I feel unchecked fast food business along Route 302 will not provide the jobs/growth that the region needs to maintain its uniqueness to attract the visitors and second home owners that contribute a huge amount to our economy.

Zaidman, manager of Camp Wildwood for 30 years, has been active in the Woods Pond Water Quality Committee and said Bridgton needs to renew its downtown and perhaps build a commerce park. His motivation for service is “to help the future generations to follow” and “rebuild Bridgton as an economic hub.”

Renneker, a retired Naval officer and commercial property owner in town, lives on Hio Ridge Road. He wants to see Bridgton grow, while still retaining its character.

Terry owns Perennial Point of View and has been active in downtown beautification efforts for many years, most recently in the Bridgton Library Courtyard project. She believes that “great work has been done over the years” on past comprehensive plans, and that work “needs to be implemented in fundamental ways so that we can move toward actually creating what we dream of.”

Danis, of 17 Elm Street, has a background in construction and

tional knowledge and administrative duties — that will be a significant void we’d have to fill, if we lose Dispatch. It works — we’re not reinventing the wheel. If we close shop and go to County — it will work.

It’s the other question — as a community, and what that means to our town.”

When asked by Selectman Hoyt how the Bridgton Police Department would handle a switch over to Cumberland County, Chief Schofield replied, “Can we make it work? We most certainly can.”

Schofield, who was sworn in as police chief here on March 31, said that just before he left the employ of the Brunswick Police Department he was involved with the Town of Brunswick taking over and performing dispatch services for the Town of Freeport.

Referring to Cumberland County Regional Communications Center Director Bill Holmes and his staff, who would be handling dispatching services, if voters

here approve the change, Chief Schofield said, “I’m confident Bill Holmes will be doing a good job in that capacity.”

Addressing Selectman Hoyt, who asked him to state his preference, Chief Schofield stated, “To answer your question directly — I’d say retain Dispatch.”

Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz is also recommending the town contract with the CCRC for its dispatching services, saying that if voters approve the change to County, the town’s projected property tax rate of $12.87 (up from $12.20) would be automatically reduced by 13 cents.

Should Bridgton voters decide to go with the CCRCC, Berkowitz said there would be a first year savings of $128,000, a savings of $95,000 in 2013, and approximately $125,000 in savings in 2014.

Keeping control local?

There is also the matter of a statewide initiative to reduce the number of PSAPs, or Public Safety Answering Points, in

Maine to just 16.

Chief Schofield said that the City of Waterville had a “sour” experience with the move to reduce PSAPs, when its dispatch center closed down and the city contracted with a centralized dispatch center. The police chief said Waterville was quoted a price for the first year of its contract but that cost then “tripled” the following year.

“Local communities (that contracted with a regionalized dispatching service) lost control of (dispatching) expenses,” said Chief of Police Schofield.

Selectman Doug Taft asked Schofield, “Say we did invest money (to upgrade Bridgton Dispatch) and keep local control, do you see us being told we need to shut down and go with the PSAP?” Schofield said the towns of Yarmouth, Cumberland and Freeport “went through this exercise for several years” with those three communities eventually closing their local PSAPs. Selectman Woody Woodward asked the police chief which is

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“That’s a tough one to answer,” Chief Schofield replied. “Now you’re walking down the road of parochialism.

People in this community know the officers and they care. I’m not sure if I can really give you an answer about what’s more important. My point being, the (dispatching) system has worked here for a long time, as is, and I don’t know as I’m ready to say that, by going to County, we’d have more of a complete package on the Dispatch end.”

Selectmen Chairman Arthur Triglione Sr. said, “Let’s not forget the cost savings for the town (by switching over to the CCRCC) is significant.”

“We’re here to provide a good, basic (dispatching) service, but we can’t afford to be all things to all people,” Triglione stated. “We’re trying to keep costs down. We have to be keeping things at a reasonable level.”

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April 14, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page C

Spring Preview: How will teams fare?

Lakers armed, playoff team?

IN POSITION AGAIN FOR A TITLE RUN? — Few expected Fryeburg Academy to make a third straight title run in 2010, but surprised many by filling five starting positions and rolling through the West before losing to Hermon in the finals. Senior Ashley Watkins, a co-captain, returns to anchor first base and will provide some power in the middle of the batting order.

(Rivet Photo)

Raiders expect to contend

FRYEBURG ACADEMY SOFTBALL Head Coach: Fred Apt Assistant Coach: Chris Dutton The Roster: Seniors Charlotte Lewis (pitcher), Ashley Watkins (first base), Michelle Rascoe (shortstop), Kelsey Sheehan (outfield), Karissa Watkins (infield, outfield); juniors Maggie McConkey (third base), Brie Pelkie (second base, outfield), Maddy Smith (outfield); sophomores Carla Tripp (catcher), Maddie Pearson (outfield); freshman Sarah Harriman (pitcher).

Key Returnees: AllConference selections Charlotte

Lewis, Carla Tripp and Maggie McConkey, along with Kelsey Sheehan.

Outlook: As the Raiders kept winning in 2010, coaches and players adopted the theme, “Who would have thunk it?”

After winning back-to-back state titles in 2008 and 2009, the Raiders were predicted to settle back into the middle of the pack after losing Miss Maine Softball, pitcher Hannah Hill, as well as the entire starting infield, other than junior second baseman Ariel McConkey. Well, the Raiders’ winning formula — solid pitching and defense, timely hitting from players up and down the line-up (FA posted a team batting average of .323),

and a never-quit attitude — was magical again in 2010 as FA surprised Class B by rolling to a 15-1 regular season mark, and then won in dramatic fashion with three comeback wins in the playoffs to reach the state title game. Unfortunately, the magic carpet ride came to a halt in Brewer as the Raiders lost to Hermon. Can the Raiders repeat as West champs? A majority of the pieces remain in place. FA lost two leaders and big bats in Brylie Walker and Ariel McConkey. But, FA still has plenty of pop in its line-up with the return of third baseman Maggie McConkey, who led the club with a .397 batting RAIDER, Page C

SPLIT DUTIES — Sophomore Andrew Rascoe will find himself leading the Raiders at shortstop and on the mound this spring — one of several young players Coach Ela hopes makes a major impact this season.

(Rivet Photo)

FRYEBURG ACADEMY BASEBALL Head Coach: Rich Ela Assistant Coach: Stew Frost JV Coach: Ron Pelkie Returning seniors: Brady Lloyd (third base, pitcher), Colby Locke (first base), Ian Sundgren (outfield, pitcher), Peter Bacchiocci (catcher).

Returning juniors: Kirk Hubbard (outfield), Robert Ramsey (catcher).

Returning sophomores: Tanner Wentworth (second base, pitcher), Andrew Rascoe (shortstop, pitcher).

Top newcomers: junior Damian Hubbard (third base); sophomores Andrew Berg (pitcher), Ian McFawn (outfield, pitcher), Walker Day (third base, first base), Connor Sheehan (shortstop, second base), Kyle Bonner (catcher, shortstop), Tyler Hill (shortstop, outfield).

Outlook: Andrew Rascoe is FA’s only returning pitcher with a win last year as a starter.

FA BASEBALL, Page C

Can FA rookies step it up?

Tennis coach sees ‘promising’ season

FRYEBURG ACADEMY BOYS’ TENNIS Head Coach: Justin Chaffee Captain: PY The Roster Seniors: Robert Cheng, Peijun Yu (PY), Michael Kang, Andy Pan, Johnny Zhang, Mehmet Altunkaya.

Juniors: Roger Liang, Florian Forsting, Stefan Sjekloca, Won Been Choi.

Sophomores: Vincent

Teichgraeber, Barrett Wilson.

Outlook: Fryeburg’s 2011 season promises to be a challenging yet competitive one.

After suffering some key losses due to graduation such as number one singles player Andy Kang, the 2011 season offers some returning players a chance to rise up to challenges, as well as some new players.

Some of the key returning players are: Robert Cheng, who played number three sin-

gles last year, is looking to head the team as the number one singles player. PY, this year’s captain, is also a vital part of the team’s camaraderie, and can play singles and doubles. New players such as Vincent Teichgraeber, and Florian Forsting, offer exciting new talent, and can be the future of the team in doubles or singles as well.

What went right last TENNIS, Page C

LAKE REGION VARSITY BASEBALL Head Coach: Dan Leland, 12th season Assistant Coach: Roger Smith JV Coach: Randy Heath The Roster Seniors: Danny Place (catcher), Matt Rivet (pitcher/infield), Josh Robbins (pitcher, catcher, DH), Adam Shane (first base, DH), Mike Shea (second base), Josh VanEeuwen (pitcher), Cody Belyea (manager).

Juniors: Zach Allen (pitcher, outfield), Jacob Anderson (shortstop, outfield), Dakota Bush (outfield, catcher), Chris Gerrish (infield), Alex Hall (infield, pitcher), Alex Hartford (infield, pitcher), Donnie Kellough (outfield).

Sophomores: Mike Mageles (outfield), Brody Stofflet (utility).

Early Impression. “It’s early and we haven’t even been on a field yet, but this year’s version of the Lake Region varsity baseball squad has a different feel. I can’t put my finger on it, and I honestly do not know if it is good or bad, but I do like what I see so far,” Coach Leland said.

Team Strengths: The strength of a baseball team is

BEHIND THE DISH — All-Conference catcher Danny Place will look to help the Lakers push for a playoff berth.

(Rivet Photo) often how strong the squad is up the middle. If that is the case, the Lakers should be pretty good, Coach Leland believes. It begins with senior captain Danny Place as catcher. Danny is a two-time, first-team all-conference player. He led the Western Maine Conference with a .588 batting average as a junior last season, along with two long balls and 28 RBI. The infield combination of a healthy senior Mike Shea at second and junior Jacob Anderson make for a solid double-play team. “Their defensive play may be impressive, but these two can do a little talking with their bats

as well,” Coach Leland said.

“Mike has spent the past couple seasons in the middle part of the Lake Region order and Jacob is coming off a fine summer campaign.”

Up the middle, sophomore Mike Mageles has taken hold of the centerfield spot. “We have a great combination of veteran leadership and rookie enthusiasm,” Coach Leland said.

“Mageles will also see some time on the mound.”

Pitching is always a question.

This has been a Laker weakness in recent years. Coach Leland always seemed to have LR BASEBALL, Page C

Lakers look to rebound

LAKE REGION VARSITY SOFTBALL Head Coach: J.R. Warren Assistant Coach: Brian Clark JV Coach: Leanne Booty Returning Players: Seniors Hannah Cutting, Emily Symonds, Michelle Baselette, Hailey Geohegan; juniors Abby Craffey, Rachel Wandishin, Heidi Jewett, Allison Clark.

Top Newcomers: Sophomores Kayleigh Lepage, Kristina Morton.

Team Strengths: Six returning starters including a pitcher in her third season.

What went wrong last year that needs to be corrected this year? Look to improve the hitting this season — a big problem last year. “As a team, we are very athletic and overall still very young,” Coach Warren said.

Three ingredients to be successful? “Confident hitting and fielding, which we showed signs of last year, but we weren’t consistent,” Coach Warren said. “Use the experience of our pitcher, after starting most of the games over the last two years. Getting more out of the four starting juniors both on offense and defense, now that they all had last year to adjust.”

Questions: New group and some position changes.

How long will it take to adjust to each other? How will the young, athletic players adapt to the jump in levels?

“I look forward to working ANCHORING A HOT CORNER — Heidi Jewett returns to with this group. They have anchor third base for the Lakers, who will look to improve a great attitude and seem to after last year’s disappointing season.

(Rivet Photo) REBOUND, Page C

Versatility will keep Lakers in running

LAKE REGION BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD Coaches: Mark Snow, Dana Caron, Kevin Floster The Roster Seniors: Stephen Achorn (throws), Andrew Carlson (distance and shot put), Aldi Guzja (distance and throws), Tristan Lacey (jumps and sprints), Jakob Stammler (sprints and throws).

Juniors: Dillon Knudsen (middle distance), Mark

MacDougall (distance and jumps).

Sophomores: Ashton Cutting (throws), Mason KlugeEdwards (hurdles and distance), Tyler LaPlante (sprints and jumps), James McCann (distance and jumps), Jeremy McClure (sprints and jumps), James Snow (throws).

Freshmen: Alex Connolly (sprints), RJ Legere (sprints).

Key Returnees: Knudsen placed third in the 800m

(2:06.05) at the Western Maine Conference championships last spring. Kluge-Edwards placed well and often in the hurdles indoors this winter. MacDougall was a consistent scorer indoors this winter. Lacey went to States as a sophomore in the jumps.

Team Strengths: “Our team is small, but covers the events well,” Coach Snow said.

What went right last year that you hope will carry LR TRACK, Page C

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LAX:

Raider softball preview (Continued from Page C) average. She tied for the RBI lead with 20 while also knocking three triples. McConkey also played a stellar third base, commiting just three errors.

FA also returns senior pitcher Charlotte Lewis, who had a 3.21 ERA while also batting .322 with seven doubles, one triple and 19 RBI. Lewis had tough shoes to fill on the mound, but was up to the challenge. Whenever the situation seemed bleak, Lewis seemed to have a calming effect on the Raiders, which helped spur several rallies.

A major contributor in her first year was catcher Carla Tripp. She was a dual weapon.

Defensively, she gunned down nine runners and was solid behind the plate. Offensively, she posted a .356 average, including 24 runs scored from the lead-off spot. Tripp’s speed resulted in 19 bunt base hits (she had 21 overall hits) — quite a feat since most opponents played their corner infielders tight expecting the bunt, yet were still unable to record an out.

Team Strengths: Experience and work ethic.

What went right last year that you hope will carry over this year? Team bonded, especially during a preseason trip to Connecticut, where the Raiders lost just twice. Great leadership. Players believe in themselves and the ability to battle back.

Three ingredients to be successful? Captains’ — Lewis, A. Watkins and Sheehan — leadership; work ethic; believing in each other.

Coach’s goals: Help the team get better each and every day.

Season opener: Friday, April 22, home vs.

Ready to com-

BIG BAT IN THE ORDER — Junior third baseman Maggie McConkey (right) led the Raiders in batting average, and made just three errors at the hot corner.

(Rivet Photo) Poland, 12 p.m. p.m.

Home Schedule: Monday, May 2, Freeport, 4 Wednesday, April 27, Cape p.m.

Elizabeth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4, Wells, 4 Friday, April 29, Wells, 4 p.m. p.m.

Friday, May 6, Gray, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 9, Greely, 4 Wednesday, May 11, Lake p.m.

Region, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 14, Sacopee, Friday, May 20, Sacopee 10 a.m.

Valley, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 16, Falmouth, Monday, May 30, Falmouth, 4 p.m.

2 p.m.

Monday, May 23, Gray, 4 p.m.

Away Schedule: Wednesday, May 25, Lake Monday, April 25, York, 4 Region, 4 p.m.

LAKE REGION BOYS VARSITY LACROSEE Head Coach: Don White Assistant Coaches: The Roster Seniors: middies, Jack Tragert, Morgan Brown, Tony Marcella, Jared Black, Matt Schreiber, and Eli Szeto; defense, Zach Simmons and Tony Triglione; attack, Anthony Osmond Juniors: Goalie Joe Turnbull; middie TJ Leach; defense, Jake Fleck and Colin Bridge-Koenigsberg; attack, Ben Shaw, Ryan Skillern and Ryan Chute.

Sophomores: Goalie Jarid Pierce; middie Tyler Harnden; defense Lewis Morton and Brett Throgmorton; attack, Wes Leckie.

Freshmen: middies Drew Shane and Dakota Russo.

Key Returnees: Jack Tragert continues to win more than 50% of face-offs; Zach Simmons moves from middie to defense to shore up the center of the defense; TJ Leach moves from attack to middie to help at both ends of the field; Joe Turnbull returns to goal after missing most of last season due to a knee injury during the Lakers’ first game.

Team Strengths: As a second year varsity program, Coach White believes his club should be more competitive due to their experience. “The younger players got a lot of playing time last year and it

Last year, the Raiders competed well against teams that they were evenly matched with, but FA was unable to win the “big” games. This year, in order to take the next step to the playoffs, Coach Ela says the Raiders need to win a few of

those “big” games.

3 Ingredients to be successful? In order for the Raiders to take the “next step,” they need to: 1. Continue the development of sophomore pitchers; 2. Keep their youthful enthusiasm (as sophomores, they don’t have

ATTACK MODE — Junior Ryan Chute will bring experience to the Lakers this spring as the team looks to be move competitive in Year 2 of varsity play.

(Rivet Photo) should really pay off this year.

We have a solid defense that has improved in their stick skills, and working together as a unit,” Coach White said.

“The biggest strength is the team’s work ethic in practice.

The team is very athletic with good lacrosse skills and should be competitive this season.”

What went right last year that you hope will carry over this year? “In our first year, we were good at face-offs, ground balls and man-down defense.

We need to continue to focus on ground balls and face-offs, so we can possess the ball more often. I think we will con-

tinue to be strong at man-down defense, but more importantly, I think we will learn to stay out of the penalty box,” Coach White said.

What went wrong last year that needs to be corrected this year? “The biggest thing we are working on this year is communication. The entire team needs to talk more. We have been focusing on this in practice, but still need to make it a priority. We struggled with clearing the ball at the beginning of last year and we need to continue getting better this year. We need to shoot when LACROSSE, Page C

all the extra distractions that the older players have); 3. FA must learn how to manufacture runs. “With better team speed, we should be able to put more pressure on defenses and create offense even when we struggle to hit well,” Coach Ela said.

Coach’s three goals: 1.

Make the playoffs. 2. The players seem to love the game of baseball and are working hard to make themselves better at it, and regardless of wins and losses, Coach Ela would like to see this continue. 3. To have younger players begin to put themselves in a position to have choices, both athletically and academically, after they graduate.

Season opener: Friday, April 22, home vs.

Poland, 12 p.m.

Home Schedule: Wednesday, April 27, Cape Elizabeth, 4 p.m.

Friday, April 29, Wells, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 6, Gray, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 7, Yarmouth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11, Lake Region, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 20, Sacopee Valley, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 30, Falmouth, 2 p.m.

FA BASEBALL, Page C

FA baseball: Can rookies make an impact?

(Continued from Page C) Brady Lloyd will be key as a closer. Ian Sundgren, while already a dependable center fielder, will need to become a starting pitcher.

Team strengths: Youth, improved team speed.

Tennis

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(Continued from Page C) year that you hope will carry over this year? Last year, the Fryeburg boys were competitive in every match and the same will carry over to the 2011 season. One of the key ingredients this year to improve upon will be strategy. All the boys can hit the ball well, but the other half of tennis is the mental side, and trying to break down an opponent and a match will be the next step for the players in terms of maturing their tennis game.

3 Ingredients to be successful? Coach Chaffee thinks the three ingredients to be successful are: have a love of the game. This makes the players have fun, as well as the overall team experience; the desire to prepare is huge; and also belief in oneself can carry a person to achieve their goals.

Coach’s goals: “My goals this year as a coach are to try and bring my own experiences as a competitive player to the team, to work on strategy for singles and doubles, and for each player to try and improve at least one particular shot, and last but not least to have a fun camaraderie team experience,” Coach Chaffee said.

Season opener: Tuesday, April 26, home against Lake Region, 3:30

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LR baseball

(Continued from Page C) one, maybe two decent pitchers, but the LR schedule packs 15 games in five weeks. “Teams with four quality pitchers are the ones which make the playoffs in our league. This is the first time in a few years I can remember we have more than two or three pitchers,” Coach Leland reported. LR’s returning ace is Junior Zach Allen. Zach pitched a complete game, one hitter against Freeport in his first varsity game, and followed it up with a playoff win against a tough Maranacook team. Zach became the workhorse for the Lakers and had two impressive wins against York and a few other quality starts.

Senior Josh VanEeuwen hopes to rebound from an injured junior season. Josh showed signs of another strong year last year until arm issues forced him to the sidelines. Senior Josh Robbins will bring his fireball/knuckle ball combination to the mound as well as hard throwing Matt Rivet, returning for his senior season. Matt will see some time at the hot corner as well, Coach Leland said.

Other key players: senior Adam Shane, a hard-hitting first baseman; Alex Hall, a junior third baseman and pitcher; and returning outfielder/catcher and leadoff man Dakota Bush.

Top Newcomers: Juniors Alex Harford and Chris Gerrish as well as sophomore Brody Stofflet will add depth.

What went wrong last year that needs to be corrected this year? “I was a little disappointed with our focus at times last year. I thought we dropped a few games we should have won. Baseball is a game where the little things can turn into big things. We need to be on top of everything this year to compete with the big boys,” Coach Leland said. “Offensively we need to put pressure on the other team. What I mean by that is hustling out every ground ball, taking the extra base, play a little small ball (bunt, hit and run) and on defense we need to start making good quality throws, eliminate the big inning by not giving the other team four or five outs. Defenders need to throw to the cut off man and back up properly. And one of the biggest

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LR boys’ lacrosse

things, we need pitchers throwing strikes. All basic baseball things, in the past we have sat back and waited for the big hit, this year I’d like to put pressure on the defense and make things happen.”

Three ingredients to be successful? “The things we need most to be successful this year is to stay healthy and be committed. If we can do that, I like our chances,” Coach Leland said.

Season opener: Thursday, April 14, at Greely, 4 p.m.

Home Schedule: Monday, April 25, Yarmouth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27, Poland, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 9, Freeport, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 13, Gray-NG, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 16, York, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18, Old Orchard, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 23, Cape Elizabeth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25, Fryeburg, DIGGING THE BALL OUT — Lake Region’s Lewis Morton 4 p.m. will help anchor the team’s defense this spring. (Rivet Photo) Away Schedule: Monday, May 2, Wells, 4 p.m.

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Friday, May 6, Falmouth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11, Fryeburg, 4 p.m.

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(Continued from Page C) Away Schedule: Monday, April 25, York, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 2, Freeport, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4, Wells, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 9, Greely, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 13, Poland, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 16, Falmouth, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 23, Gray-NG, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25, Lake Region, 4 p.m.

(Continued from Page C) we get the opportunity as well as maintain possession of the ball. If we maintain our confidence on offense with shooting and passing, we should improve a lot over last year,” Coach White said.

Three ingredients to be successful? Fitness, stick work and teamwork. “We’ve been working hard on speed and quickness indoors the past couple of weeks. During our first chance to be outside this weekend, we realized we need to focus on endurance as well,” Coach White said. “The stick work has been improving as a team over the past three years. If we can focus on the fundamentals of throwing, catching and ground balls, we should be able to possess the ball enough to win some games. The attitude of the players has been excellent this year, with players working on their own after practice, to really pushing each other to work hard during practice. This is also translating on to the field where the players are learning to work together and know where each other will be.”

Coach’s three goals: Communicate on the field; work hard at each practice; teamwork.

Season opener: Friday, April 15, at Freeport, 4 p.m.

Home Schedule: Thursday, May 5, Greely, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10, York, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 14, Windham, 10 a.m.

Wednesday, May 18, Fryeburg, 3:30 p.m.

Friday, May 27, Freeport, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1, Wells, 4 p.m.

Away Schedule: Wednesday, April 20, Hyde, 4 p.m. (scrimmage) Wednesday, April 27, Fryeburg, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 30, Oxford Hills, 10 a.m.

Monday, May 2, Wells, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 12, Waynflete, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 20, Greely, 4 p.m.

Wolverine paw prints

By Alison Vigneau Sports Information Director With the spring seasons in full swing, Bridgton Academy Athletics have had their work cut out for them.

This past week, the baseball team faced off against Phillips Academy and Franklin Pierce.

In their game against Phillips Academy, they lost a close game, 1-0. In the first game of the doubleheader against Franklin Pierce’s JV squad, they lost 7-5. They tried to come back and win the second game, but Franklin Pierce walked away with a 12-4 win.

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Wolverines fall short on diamond, lacrosse match-ups the very talented Western New Diamond notes (Continued from Page C) In the first game of the weekThe lacrosse team also had England College JV team and lost end against Phillips Academy, the a tough week as they took on 12-7.

Wolverines put up a good fight but ultimately lost 1-0. Christian Lavoie (Hopkinton, Mass.) took the mound and recorded four strikeouts, gave up three hits, two walks, and the only run of the game.

Shawn Kenney (Braintree, Mass.) came in at relief and retired the two batters he faced.

At the plate Joey McCarthy (West Roxbury, Mass.) went 1 for 3 with a stolen base. Dan Concannon (Everett, Mass.) went 1 for 3 as well, while Marco Spisso (Highland Falls, N.Y.) went 1 for 2.

Coach Izaryk was happy with the day’s game saying, “Christian gave us a quality start, getting us to the sixth inning with a chance to win. We faced a tough pitcher from Phillips Academy, who threw three pitches for strikes.

We needed to do a better job of getting the ball in play with two strikes, and limiting strikeouts.

To win a close game, a team needs to execute in every facet of the game, and we were missing the offensive part today.”

The following day the Wolverines faced Franklin Pierce’s JV squad in a double header. In game one, the Wolverines fell 7-5 despite solid pitching from CHRISTIAN LAVOIE of Hopkinton, Mass. pitched a great Sean Mullen (Barnstable, Mass.). game for the Wolverines this past weekend, striking out four Mullen threw five innings with and allowing just one run. four strikeouts, six hits, five runs

LR softball looks to rebound

(Continued from Page C) be confident. We can make considerable improvements on last season’s events,” Coach Warren said. “I can see many players in this group who can step up and lead this group.”

Season opener: Thursday, April 14, at Greely, 4 p.m.

Home Schedule: Monday, April 25, Yarmouth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27, Poland, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 9, Freeport, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 13, Gray, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 16, Traip, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 18, Old Orchard, 4 p.m.

Monday, May 23, Cape Elizabeth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25, Fryeburg, 4 p.m.

Away Schedule: Monday, May 2, Wells, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 4, Cape Elizabeth, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 6, Falmouth, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, May 11, Fryeburg, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 20, Gray-NG, 4 p.m.

Friday, May 27, York, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, June 1, Poland, 3:30 p.m.

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Lax report The Wolverine lacrosse team traveled down to Springfield, Mass. to play Western New England College. Being a top 20 team, the game promised great competition. A top ranking paired with the varsity players WNEC added to their roster, and BA had their work cut out for them.

The game started off very sloppy as WNEC got off to a great start. At the end of the first quarter WNEC was up 41. The Wolverines had a slew of unforced turnovers throwing the ball out of bounds too many times. The second quarter was

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for 2 at the plate with a double and a walk.

Although the team suffered two losses, Coach Izaryk was positive about the efforts. “Sean threw very well in game one, and Ben had all his pitches going in game two. I was happy with our starting pitching, who allowed us to settle into both games with some scoreless innings early. In game one, we battled until the final out, scoring four in the final inning with some quality at-bats. In game two, our defense was very shaky and we need to shore some things up if we expect to win. I am looking forward to Joey McCarthy taking the mound on Monday vs. Thayer, and giving us a chance to win, just like our starters did this weekend.

If we can improve offensively and

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(three earned), and two walks.

McCarthy had another big game at the plate going 2 for 3 with a triple, two walks, three runs scored, and a stolen base. Concannon went 2 for 2 with two doubles and two runs batted in.

In game two of the doubleheader, BA fell 12-4. Ben Callahan (Exeter, N.H.) started and pitched the first four innings for BA recording three strikeouts, five hits, eight runs (seven earned), and five walks.

Bo Belt (Concord, Mass.) came in for the last three and had three strikeouts, five hits, two runs, and two walks. Belt was also strong at the plate going 2 for 3 with a double, two RBIs, and a run scored.

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This week’s puzzle Theme: Earth Day

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1. Knightly suit 6. Goes with ands and buts 9. Floor cleaner 12. Lift a hefty load 13. Cul de ___ 14. _____ New Guinea 16. Popular Indian stringed instrument 17. One from Laos 18. Slow and apathetic 19. Lead on or deceive 21. *Third of three environmental Rs 23. South American tuber 24. Past participle of “be” 25. “___ School” starring Will Ferrell 28. Acoustic repetition 30. Like a gymnast 35. Camera function 37. Any of the genus Cannabis 39. Make a jack-o-lantern, e.g.

40. Fairytale giant 41. *”Tree” in Latin 43. Hawaiian feast 44. Can be loud or white 46. Asian food thickener 47. To the “____ of the earth” 48. Protective embankment 50. Children’s alphabet food 52. Golf’s start 53. River’s muddy deposit 55. ___ Goo Dolls 57. *It’s warming?

61. *Earth Day founder 64. IRS’ threat 65. Hole-in-one 67. Location of ingredients 69. To collapse from surprise or exhaustion, Yiddish 70. Buddy Holly’s “Peggy ___” 71. Greek bazaar 72. Preceding month

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more of the same as Bridgton had to play catch-up the whole half. The score at the half was 7-3.

After an energizing halftime, Bridgton came out and scored two quick goals, which cut WNEC’s lead to 7-5. It then went back and forth and “WNEC just controlled the ball a little better than us,” Coach Bamann said. BA scored another two goals, but WNEC answered with goals of their own. The final score was 12-7 in favor of Western New England.

Ian Farley (Camillus, N.Y.) led the scoring for BA with four goals in the contest. Matt Stango (Jupiter, Fla.) followed with one goal and one assist. Jeff Christiano (Rivervale, N.J.) and Dom Crowley (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) tallied BA’s last two goals of the contest while Brooks Billingham (Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.), Eddie Suh (Colchester, Conn.) and Chris Barney (Cheshire, Conn.) all recorded assists. BA won 11 of the 20 face offs in the game.

Colin Nesdale (Cheshire, Conn.) played in net and made 26 saves for the Wolverines.

Coach Bamann thought that BA’s effort was strong but commented, “We just made too many mistakes on both sides of the ball and we had a late start on offense. These were the reasons we just couldn’t dig out of the hole we were in. We as a coaching staff saw some good and bad and so we will have a good week of practice and get ready for Exeter and Bowdoin this week.”

73. Make a mistake 74. Like many children DOWN

1. *National gardening organization, acr.

2. Interpret writing 3. Stud’s companion 4. Convex molding 5. *First of three environmental Rs 6. ____ of Man 7. It oversees airline industry 8. “Four _____ and seven years ago...”

9. “Out of ____, one” 10. Members of this organization include Iran, Iraq, and Libya 11. Opposite of knit 14. It’s come to denote something that’s easy 15. Gobbled up 20. Medvedev’s retreat 22. Snake-like fish 24. Pompous rant 25. *UV light absorber 26. Nike’s swoosh and McDonald’s arches, e.g.

27. _____, Ionic, Corinthian 29. His and ____ 31. Tom, as opposed to Tabby 32. Forcefulness 33. Avoid, as in taxes 34. *Second of three environmental Rs 36. ____ Verde National Park 38. Jumping stick 42. Pink or reddish makeup 45. Artificial substitute 49. Avocado center 51. *”The Omnivore’s Dilemma” author 54. Buying option 56. Tributary of Missouri River 57. *___-and-trade envi-

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HARRISON — Area youth soccer players are invited to attend the Challenger British Soccer Camp, which returns to the RADR Sports Complex in Harrison Aug. 8-12.

The schedule includes: • Ages 6-8, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., cost is $108.

• Ages 9-14, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., cost is $108.

• Ages 3-5, 4 to 5 p.m., cost is $59.

British Soccer Camps provide young players with the rare opportunity to receive high-level soccer coaching from a team of international experts right in the heart of their own community.

Each British Soccer Camp provides players of all ages and abilities the appropriate program and level of curriculum, and a wonderful cultural and educational camp experience!

Each day includes individual foot skills, technical drills, tactical practices, small-sided games, coached scrimmages, and a daily tournament. Equally important, the Challenger coaching staff provides your child with lessons in self-discipline, good sportsmanship and respect for others and for the game.

Each camper receives a free British soccer ball, a British soccer camp shirt, a giant fold-out soccer poster and a personal skills evaluation. Plus, sign up online 45 days or more prior to camp and get an awesome British soccer coaching jersey (value $39) for free!

Register online at www.harrisonmaine.org and click on “Recreation” and follow the link. For more information about Challenger Soccer go to www.challengersports.com. For further questions, call Rec Director Paula Holt at 583-2241 or e-mail to pholt@harrisonmaine.org

ronmental tool 58. Comics character Little ____ 59. America’s best singer?

60. Catcher’s gear 61. ____-do-well 62. Double reed woodwind instrument 63. They got revenge in ‘84 comedy, sing.

66. Mutt 68. Put or place

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LR Track & Field LAKE REGION GIRLS TRACK & FIELD Coaches: Dana Caron, Mark Snow, Kevin Floster The Roster Seniors: Elysha Bosworth (sprints and jumps), Hannah Flagg (hurdles and jumps), Leona Kluge-Edwards (pole vault and distance), Doe Leckie (hurdles and sprints), Emma Rickert (sprints), Allison Stewlow (sprints and jumps).

Juniors: Jacqui Black (distance), Cyrina Cyr (throws), Marissa DiMaria (distance), Sam Dole (sprints), Vanessa Johnston (racewalk), Galina Niemy (distance), Kelsey Wilcox (throws).

Sophomores: Calli Buzzell (throws), Julia Carlson (distance), Lexi Crawford (sprints and hurdles), Kayla Gray (distance), Sydney Hancock (jumps and sprints), Emily Hemingway (sprints), Alyssa Hodgdon (throws), Molly Hook (throws), Kasey Huntress (middle distance), Leanne Kugelman (sprints), Kylie Marshall (throws), Maude Meeker (distance), Hannah Perkins (sprints), Kelsey Winslow (middle distance).

Freshmen: Lucy Fowler (jumps and sprints), Briana Gallinari (hurdles and sprints), Paige Kenison (throws), Maggie Knudsen (middle distance), Danielle LaPointe (throws), Elizabeth Schreiber (middle dis-

tance), Courtney Yates (sprints and jumps).

Key Returnees: Perkins is a conference champion and school record holder in the 400 meters; Leckie is a conference champion indoors for the sprint hurdles; Black is an indoor school record holder for 2 miles; Dole placed sixth at the conference meet last year for the 200 meters; Hancock placed sixth at the conference meet last year for the high jump.

Team Strengths: “We have more numbers than in other years, making it easier to cover all the events. This will also lead to stronger relay teams,” the coaches said.

What went right last year that you hope will carry over this year? “We have a tradition of doing well in the discus. We hope this year’s contingent of throwers is ready to continue our tradition,” the coaches said.

What went wrong last year that needs to be corrected this year? “It was sometimes difficult to convince the girls of the importance of our three relay teams. We hope our only challenge this year is deciding among many who gets to run on the relay teams,” they said.

Three ingredients to be successful? In addition to the ingredients listed for the boys…1. Enjoy what you do.

We have 19 events. If you’re

not enjoying your events, then consider some others. This is why we usually challenge the team to try many events. It has led to some great accomplishments. 2. Challenge yourself.

Don’t settle for matching last year’s times or distances. The value of an intrinsic reward is immeasurable. 3. Be with people whom you like and who inspire you. The two other ingredients will come naturally if you surround yourself with teammates and coaches who you admire, you like, and can inspire you.

Coaches’ goals: Set more personal records than last year (139). Have more than 10 wins in the regular season and finish in the top 5 at the league meet. Defend the school’s team Academic Challenge Cup won last year.

Season opener: Friday, April 29, home against Greely, Old Orchard Beach, Freeport, 3:30 p.m.

Home Schedule: Friday, May 13, Falmouth, Traip, Gray-NG, 3:30 p.m.

Away Schedule: Tuesday, May 3, at Poland with Cape Elizabeth, Waynflete, 3:30 p.m.

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(Continued from Page C) over this year? “The boys who focused on all the drills we do at practice performed well. We hope that continues this year,” Coach Snow said.

What went wrong that you hope to fix? “We hope this year’s team is more dedicated to running the relays. One of our best shots at points at the conference meet is in the relays,” Coach Snow said.

Three ingredients to be successful: 1. Stay on top of your academic responsibilities — track and field is an extracurricular activity. It will not replace your academics, only add to them. 2. Focus on every drill during the workouts.

Laziness and sloppiness can lead to injuries and be infectious.

Our small team cannot afford that. 3. Complete every practice and meet to your best abilities.

The workouts are designed with every athlete’s goals in mind.

Failure to complete any workout will lead to difficulty in reaching every goal.

Coach’s goals: Develop a larger contingent of throwers and jumpers. Have every boy compete in all four disciplines (throw, jump, sprint and run distance) by the end of the season. Win the school’s Academic Challenge Cup that the girls’ team won last year.

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Principal Almy to retire

(Continued from Page 1A) ages four-and-a-half and two years old, are two of the main reasons Mrs. Almy decided to retire now. She said she also wants to be able to enjoy spending time with her husband, Bill Almy, and her 85-year-old mother, Esther Morger, who is moving to Maine from Detroit, where Almy grew up.

“This is my 38th year in public education,” Mrs. Almy said, during an interview at her office April 11. “I’m 60 now, and I’ve got grandbabies.”

Almy’s daughter, Rebecca Infinger, is a speech pathologist at SAD 72’s New Suncook School in Lovell. Her son, Matt, is married to Kylie Card Almy.

Mrs. Almy taught middle school here in 1978, then she served as SAD 72’s Special Education Director from 1979 through 1994. During the 1994-95 school year, she was half-time principal at Snow School, while still performing her duties as Special Education Director as she mentored the next full-time director for that position.

“Earl Cooper was superintendent, when I came here,” Mrs. Almy said. He preceded Dick Card (who is her son Matt’s father-in-law).

“I have ‘gone back to school’ every September, since 1955,” said Mrs. Almy, in her resignation letter. “My ‘school career’ has taken me from inner city Detroit where I attended elementary, middle and high school and was ‘coached’ by my high school guidance counselor who told me that I’d never really amount to much. Those words have had a far-reaching and longlasting impact on me and my chosen profession. Leaving high school I floundered for a couple of years and took some classes at the city college, Wayne State University.

I transferred to the University of Michigan and completed my undergraduate work and received a teaching certificate to teach special education and elementary education. Thus my career/journey began.”

Mrs. Almy said her husband interviewed for her, when they moved to Maine.

“I was hired ‘sight unseen’ in 1978 to teach middle school (it was called junior high back then) special education,” she said. “After complaining about ‘how things were done’ here in Maine, I was offered the opportunity to ‘do it my way’ as the special education director. I loved the challenges, new learning, colleagues I met, and most of all the opportunity to shape the path of special education in MSAD 72.”

During those years, Mrs. Almy said, “I advocated for

the needs and rights of youngsters with disabilities. I completed my master’s degree. I supported teachers in both the regular education classrooms and in special education programs as we all struggled to implement the law and ‘do the right thing’…and as I learned, those two characteristics of special education were often in opposition to each other.”

Then, in the summer of 1994, Mrs. Almy said she “craved a change and requested a transfer to an open principal position at the Snow School.”

“Special education had spread me very thin — covering grades K–12 and all the elementary schools,” stated Mrs. Almy. “At that time there were seven schools K–8 plus the Academy and I traveled to all of them! I wanted the opportunity to get closer and have meaningful relationships with a smaller population of children, staff and families than special education allowed me.”

Leaving a workplace that has been a second home to you and people you care about who are like your own family is extremely difficult, Mrs. Almy said.

“I have loved my tenure as principal of the Snow School,” Mrs. Almy stated. “I feel like a fixture there. However, new blood, new ideas and new energy are a good thing. I leave behind a strong, talented and committed staff to carry on the good work. My greatest wish was to be part of building a much-needed new Snow School. When we achieved a #5 State ranking for new school construction, I felt as if I had met that goal.

I have complete confidence in this school board, the school administration and our communities to move forward to the plan’s fruition. I would like to believe that I have, in no small way, been a part of making this dream happen.”

Things were a lot different, Mrs. Almy said, when she came here in 1978.

“I have been witness to so much growth and development within our system,” she said. “When I began here in 1978…there were no computers, calculators, photocopy machines or cell phones. We had typewriters (electric if we were lucky), fuzzy purple duplicator copies (carbon paper if we were unlucky), we copied our math problems from the book to the paper in order to solve the problem, no white boards — we used chalk boards, with real chalk and coughed on chalk dust, and we used clunky, black rotary dial phones with no caller I.D., call waiting or messaging devices — either your party answered

IT’S TALENT SHOW TIME! — David MacDonald and Stephen Lyons will host the 17th LRVC Talent Show tonight, Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in Lake Region High School auditorium. Tickets are on sale at the Vocational Office or call and have them reserved at 693-3864. Ticket prices are $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Peter Robinson and Rick Lange will open the show and will be followed by 14 talented contestants.

Lions’ scholarship DENMARK — Saturday, April 30 is the final deadline for those students wishing to submit a Denmark Lions Club scholarship application.

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Applications may be obtained at the Denmark Town Office.

or they didn’t. Children read from primers (the old see Dick and Jane, under the cherry tree — or maybe it was an apple tree — with their dog Flip).

There were very few support staff — I was one of three special education teachers for the entire district school population. Girls still wore dresses to school and had patent leather shoes. The boys wore Nehru jackets and many sported the British invasion hairstyle of the 60s.”

Mrs. Almy said that writing her letter of resignation was “cathartic for me to capture some of the feelings I have regarding this huge step. I will wake up on the first day of school in September, 2011 and say to myself, ‘Who am I if I’m not the Snow School principal? How will I reshape my life and how will I fill the void? Wow, what’s next?’”

Again, Mrs. Almy praised her colleagues, students and their parents for making her time at SAD 72 so very special and memorable.

What will she miss the most?

“Obviously, the kids — they’re very energizing,” Mrs. Almy replied. “And, I’ll miss the camaraderie and collegiality of the people in this building — from the kitchen personnel, to the custodial staff, ed techs, teachers — everybody. This place is like a family. I think we bring out the best in each other.”

“This is the perfect time to step out and let someone else take it to the next level,” Mrs. Almy said. “I think we are poised for great things here, and we need somebody new to come in and take it to that next level. We have strong parent commitment here and a huge amount of generosity from the community when it comes to

MRS. ALMY IS RETIRING — Jeanette Almy, principal of the C.A. Snow School in Fryeburg, is surrounded by a group of third graders on Monday. She has announced her retirement, after 33 years at School Administrative District 72.

(Ackley Photo) student needs.”

What will Mrs. Almy miss the least?

“Meetings — I hate meetings,” she said. “I’m a very fidgety person, and I dislike sitting still for very long.”

“As I’ve gotten older — I still have a lot of energy for 60 — but I find I have to choose how I spend my energy more wisely — and I want to spend it with my grandchildren, and taking my dogs for a walk. I have a stack of books I want to read. I love to cook. I can cook again.”

Mrs. Almy said she is also looking forward to writing a children’s book about a horse named Rico who runs away to join the Fryeburg Fair entitled, Rico Runs Away.

Yes, it is difficult to leave a place and the people there for whom you have great affection.

“In my conversations with (Superintendent) Gary MacDonald, I said, ‘What would be different, to wait one more year? What would make it

more easy, next year?’”

She truly appreciates the warmth and affection people show her, when they meet outside of school.

“It warms my heart,” Mrs. Almy said. “Everywhere I go, little kids want to hug me, and adults say, ‘Do you remember me?’”

“One of the best pieces of advice I can give others,” said Mrs. Almy, “is to keep a drawer of special letters — create yourself a letter file with warm memories, because you’re going to have some lousy days. I think it’s important to question ourselves. I go back and look at them, like one from a mother of a special ed student of mine at Fryeburg Academy from 1979.

I’ll look at different ones and say, ‘Oh, yeah, that was really awesome.’”

Mrs. Almy also remembers special programs, activities and events, all through her 33 years at SAD 72.

“I’ll remember the Pequawket Kids Association,

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the school construction plans, Veterans’ Day and Grandparents’ Day at Snow School, and one of our teachers, Darcy Gulvin, being named Physical Education Teacher of the Year in Maine,” stated Mrs. Almy. “We’re all part of that. We’re all a team.

No one’s alone — we’re all part of a team. All of the good that comes is from a team effort.”

Addressing the school board, Mrs. Almy stated, “I have loved my career and the life I’ve built here in Fryeburg. I have enjoyed and appreciated the support that this school district has given me for 33 years. You have encouraged, challenged, and supported both my career and me. You are the people our towns vote for to provide meaningful educational programs for all of our children.

I pray each of you continue to let wisdom, common sense and your moral compass guide you as you make decisions that greatly impact the future of our children and our school district.”

What will be difficult, said Mrs. Almy, is her last Grandparents’ Day as principal of the Snow School.

“It’s my last Grandparents’ Day, on May 27,” Mrs. Almy said, “and when I tell them it’s my last one — that’s going to be tough for me.”

And, how would Mrs. Almy most like to be remembered?

“As I prepare to leave I hope to be remembered as someone who truly cares about our towns’ children and their families,” Mrs. Almy said.

“Thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to be part of the fabric of the lives of so many children.”

Opinion & Comment

April 14, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page D

Viewpoints Tough times, some tough choices

These are tough times, requiring tough choices.

The poor state of the economy ripples through every facet of our changing way of life, to the point where many of our citizens are being forced to choose between paying their rent or mortgage, their food bill or for their prescription medication. People on fixed incomes, and those who are unemployed or unable to work, are perhaps hardest hit by the prolonged global economic downturn.

Who knows when the shaky economy will stabilize somewhat and jobs will return.

The personal financial situation numerous individuals face, particularly those who have children, is dire, indeed, with many families barely able to hold on — living from paycheck to paycheck, or having little or no income and having to seek General Assistance in the form of rent assistance, food vouchers and utility payments from their hometowns. Many families have no health insurance coverage whatsoever, only visiting their doctor or local hospital during medical emergencies and not for preventative care.

Again, tough times require tough choices. That’s tough with a capital T-O-U-G-H. Revenues are declining and towns are facing decisions that include reducing services, scaling back employee hours, deferring critical capital equipment purchases and infrastructure improvements and/or eliminating certain positions.

School districts have already cut their budgets as far back as it seems possible — still trying to provide a quality education for their students while respecting their taxpayers’ pocketbooks.

Several revisions have been made to the proposed budget, following workshops by Bridgton’s five-man board of selectmen, paring the bottom line by $66,614 and the town is still looking at a potential property tax rate increase of as much as 67 cents, from $12.20 per $1,000 of valuation up to $12.87.

“So, all things as they are, this is not a great budget,” Berkowitz said Tuesday afternoon. “This budget spells pain for everybody.”

Tough times may mean that citizens have to tell their local elected officials what they are willing to forgo in services.

Tough times may mean, as it has already, provoking discussions about how much municipalities all across the Lake Region and beyond can afford to continue to dole out to beneficial and fundamental organizations like the nonprofit Bridgton Community Center, the Bridgton Public Library and social service agencies that are there to catch our neediest citizens and prevent them from falling through society’s painful cracks.

Tough times may mean having to listen to Town Manager Berkowitz when he announces that if voters approve switching its dispatching services from Bridgton Dispatch to the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center it would automatically slice 13 cents off the projected tax rate, reducing it to $12.74 per $1,000 of property valuation. The town would see a savings of $128,000 the first year, according to Berkowitz, $95,000 in 2013 and approximately $125,000 in savings in 2014.

Yes, these are tough times where everything, economy-wise, is like walking a slippery tightrope over a gaping financial abyss.

Tough times require tough choices.

— LWA

GEARING UP FOR FARMERS’ MARKET — Mihas, a lamb at Rams Farm in Denmark, overlooks Vicky Drew holding several of the bumper crop of 22 baby kids she’s had so far this spring. Cheese is being prepared now for the opening of the local Farmers’ Markets in May. Opening dates are Saturday, May 7 in Bridgton; Wednesday, May 11 in Lovell; Thursday, June 2 in Center Conway, N.H.: and Friday, June 3 in Fryeburg. Rams Farm is run by Helen Ramsdell and Drew, her daughter. They will do farm visits by appointment to see the babies. Contact Ramsdell by e-mail at caprinelady@fairpoint.net

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I left one mark on a January morning in 1985 while running a screaming circular saw in the upstairs bedroom of a house on a quiet village street. Part of a construction crew that was remodeling the place, I was young and sleep deprived (my new son shrieked all night) and so when my boss asked me to finish cutting a door in half while he went into another room and put a new belt on a sander, I just mumbled “sure.”

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hear are racing footsteps, and then, mysteriously, my mind just goes blank. (I bet a therapist would dig up a lot of yelling, hand-waving, threats, and promises.) I do remember a sullen pall of impending misery hanging over the place for the rest of the day. And when the owner’s BMW finally pulled into the driveway, my boss just looked out the window and said, “Oh, boy.”

The owners were actually pretty gracious about the whole thing. “We were going to put a rug there, anyway,” the husband said, slapping my boss consolingly on the back and raising a small cloud of sawdust. And so, I lived.

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Letters

Changes at LRMS

To The Editor: This letter, which has been edited to meet The News’ word count, was sent to the SAD 61 School Board.

You may be wondering what business a woman who lives in Florida has with the Board. I will tell you.

My family lived in Naples for several years, still owns property and maintains many ties. More importantly, I used to be a substitute teacher in the district, predominately at Lake Region Middle School.

My time in the district inspired me to continue my own education, with a focus on middle school education. I gained precious knowledge and formed everlasting friendships while there — including that of Patti Grenda. Thus, at this time, I feel that I can no longer sit by quietly. I feel I can offer what I think is a unique perspective and only hope that my opinions don’t fall on deaf ears.

I know you must be thinking my friend is losing her job and I am going to bat for her. While that is true, the fact is eliminating Patti’s position is a grave disservice to the students and staff of LRMS. To deny there is a discipline problem at LRMS is an even bigger disservice. If this truly

(Continued from Page D) I was reminded of this raspy little tic mark in my life just the other day as I cleared off our dining room table so I could spread out all my receipts, reports, and assorted IRS-related junk and finish my taxes. It’s a beautiful cherry table that I bought and refinished when the kids were little, and as I rubbed in the furniture polish (it smelled of oranges) the spring light slanted across the meadow and in the window and threw every imperfection and mar into bright relief — the history of our young family etched in scratches, divots, nicks and dings.

Almost a decade of home schooling had taken place on that table, and the evidence was everywhere: the pinpoint drill-holes of a compass spike spinning circles during geometry, the impatient little cluster of dots made by a pencil tapped in frustration (why in the world will I ever need to remember anything about the Louisiana Purchase?), the fine scratches made by the raw wiry ends of countless spiral notebook bindings, and (most delightfully) the whorls

of a symmetrical little galaxy scored deeply into the wood by a spinning Spirograph (likely made during a morning break in second grade).

Our kids are grown and gone now, and they sit with us at that old table only during college breaks and holidays. Sure, I could refinish the table so that nary a blemish remained, but I won’t. I like the fact that the spring light and a little furniture polish can bring the giggles back into our dining room. And if I can’t sleep at night, it’s comforting to know that I can sit at that old table in the dark, run my fingers across that scored cherry wood, and remember when our children were little and they were right there with us.

Sometimes, it seems, it’s the imperfections in our lives — the nicks and dings, the points where we stumbled and recovered, the dents and gouges we left as we learned how to grow up, the scratches we left to say for better or worse, I was right here — that tell the best stories. If our days were always perfectly smooth, we might not be able to look back and see where we’ve been.

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GIRL SCOUT CARE — Posing with Volunteer Coordinator Dani Gudroe, left, after donating time Jan. 7 at the Animal Rescue League of NH-North are Allison Solomon, Sophie Dubois, Nora Devine, Sarah McKinnon and Kiara Wilbur, members of Girl Scout Cadette Troop #10188 of the Green and White Mountains. The girls donated dog and cat treats and toys, bleach and paper goods, and took time to visit with the shelter animals and staff of the Conway, N.H. shelter. were the case, Patti would be the first one to offer her resignation.

But no matter how much denial or secrecy surrounds this issue, the fact remains that discipline is still an issue that needs to be addressed. Students need to know there are consequences for their actions.

During my time at LRMS, I witnessed two different sets of administrators with two different styles of management. I witnessed the transition from the Chuck/Frank era to the Peter/JP regime and quite honestly have been disheartened with the latter in many areas, but none more than in the area of discipline.

The previous administrators would hold wrongdoers account-

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able, decide appropriate punishment, and rarely compromised.

This taught the children to take responsibility, own their actions and that there are consequences when rules are broken.

The current administrator’s method only teaches students ways they can skirt and scam the system. School discipline should not resemble an episode of “Let’s Make a Deal!”

In-School Suspension (ISS) functioned very successfully for years and is a necessary part of the structure in LRMS. While I’m all for change if it is for the better, I also believe in that old adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This program hasn’t had a revamp for improvement; it has been sabotaged and I suspect it has less to do with budget than it is personal.

As a taxpayer in the district, I am surprised that merit would

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2. Erika L. Frank, Esq. has filed an application for an Administrative Appeal of the Planning Board’s approval of a cellular telephone tower to AT&T on a portion of property known as Map 6, Lot 34-7, 190 Tamarack Trail, located in a Residential District. This matter was postponed from the March 21, 2011 agenda.

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be given to input by an administrator whose feet are already out the door. It is the opinion of this writer that the administration at LRMS should be questioned by an outside source before any budget cuts are passed on just the say-so of current decisionmakers.

I plead with you to further investigate, and challenge any one of you to spend time at LRMS to get the real story.

Regardless of the outcome, your decisions affect the students and communities of SAD 61. What message do you want sent to these children, who by the way, will be the future people making the decisions for you and your families? My guess is your answer will be the same as mine — upstanding, accountable citizens with values and morals — not unaccountable, self-serving individuals who have been

Public Notice

PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF SELECTPERSONS

1. To approve Minutes of March 21, 2011.

The Naples Board of Selectpersons will hold a public hearing for an application of a liquor license submitted by The Galley Restaurant & Pub, submitted by M.M. Sullivan, LLC. Public welcome.

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Naples Dog Park Committee

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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The Town of Naples is selling “as-is” a 1972 Mann Mobile Home located at Kent’s Landing (second mobile home located down Kent’s Landing). The mobile home is 12' x 60' with 7 foot high ceilings and is in need of some “TLC,” thus is being sold as is. It is blue and white in color. Buyer will be responsible for promptly removing mobile home after purchase. Deed will be Quit Claim.

Also the Town is selling the stone façade house located at 1 Kent’s Landing Road and the corner of Rt. 302. Interested buyers must be prepared to move home in a timely manner, or salvage whatever portions of home in timely manner agreed upon by the Town. The house is for sale and no land; thus the requirement to move it.

Proposals will be received by the Town Treasurer no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 6, 2011. Proposals should be clearly marked “Kent’s Landing Proposal,” and mailed or delivered to Naples Town Office, 15 Village Green Lane, PO Box 1757, Naples ME 04055.

Proposals can be for either or both mobile home and house.

Proposals will be opened at noon on May 6, 2011, and reported to Selectboard at their next scheduled meeting following May 6, 2011.

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Interested parties should contact Barbara McDonough at the Naples Town Office at 207-693-6364 for details.

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The Town of Naples reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

For further information or to view the mobile home or house, contact Derik Goodine, Naples Town Manager, at 15 Village Green Lane, Naples, Maine 04055 or 693-6364.

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TOWN OF NAPLES PUBLIC HEARING 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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SUBJECT: NEW ORDINANCE — TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS DATE: APRIL 21, 2011 TIME: 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: DENMARK TOWN OFFICE PROPOSED NEW ORDINANCE: Communications towers owned by agencies of the State or Federal Government, erected for the purpose of installing antenna(s) and ancillary equipment necessary to provide communications for public health and safety, may be exempted from the standards of subsections F, G, and H, provided the exemption does not result in increased risk to public health, safety, or the environment.

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PUBLIC SALE OF MOBILE HOME and HOUSE

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A site walk will be held on Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the proposed site on State Park Road.

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Leaving our mark

The Town of Naples is actively seeking members and volunteers for the Naples Dog Park Committee. Members and volunteers will contribute to the development and maintenance of a future dog park in Naples.

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Public Notice

Derik Goodine Town Manager/Treasurer

To The Editor: It is very unusual for me to respond to a letter in your paper written by one of the SAD 61 Board members. The Board and I make every effort to conduct the business of the Board in public sessions, our Board meetings, where the discussion and debates about budgets and other matters of policy can be held when other Board members and myself can offer our own viewpoints. Ken Brown’s letter last week broke with that tradition, broke from the Board’s Code of Ethics, and has left me with the unpleasant necessity of continuing the

debate where it should not be conducted — in the press, rather than at our Board meetings.

First, I want to clarify that it was not either our staff or Board that selected the language on the pre-K program.

The administration did point out to the Board that we were not in favor of continuing the program under the current budget limitations. The program was, indeed, funded by grant money, and it was very successful. But, the budget is too tight this year to add this program to the budget while we are cutting other programs. However, we did not say that we were eliminating the program to fund the literacy coaches. The budget savings realized by cutting seven and a half positions at the high school, two positions at the middle school, and restructuring our literacy specialist position was where we found money to support these two LETTERS, Page D

facilitated by those who have not acted in their best interests.

The elimination of ISS will only further ensure that the latter will be unavoidable.

Mari Barrett North Fort Myers, Fla.

The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold Public Hearings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Municipal Building located at 3 Chase Street, in Bridgton to hear public comment on the following: • Proposed Nudity Ordinance • Proposed Victualers Licensing Ordinance • Proposed Amendments to the Special Amusement Ordinance • Dispatching Services • 2011–2012 Proposed Budget 1T15 PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF SEBAGO Invitation to Bid

The Town of Sebago is currently accepting bids for a consultant to develop and evaluate options involved with the potential future transfer of the Sebago Elementary School from Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) #61 to the Town of Sebago, including the options of methods to keep the school open as well as developing alternate uses for the facility if it is closed. The successful bidder will conduct an extensive public outreach program and develop potential costs and time line for each option.

An informational meeting will be held for prospective bidders to provide them an opportunity to tour the Sebago Elementary School on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

Bids are due in the Sebago Town Office by 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2011. The full text of the RFP is posted on the town website at www.townofsebago.org For more information contact Selectman Allen Crabtree at (207) 787-2730 (e-mail: allencrabtree@townofsebago.org) or the Town Manager Jim Smith at (207) 787-2751 (e-mail: townmanager@townofsebago.org).

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TOWN OF NAPLES Special Town Meeting

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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Opinions

April 14, 2011, The Bridgton News, Page D

Affirmative action and the ACLU

Last Friday night, I was involved in a debate with Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union (MCLU), which is Maine’s chapter of the ACLU. The moderator chose three “set piece” questions for us including this one: “Are Affirmative Action programs constitutional?” What follows are my remarks.

Affirmative Action is a euphemism for governmentrequired policies that discriminate on the basis of race, sex and national origin. The very same discrimination that government legislates against in some areas of public life, it mandates in other areas. It’s a kind of schizophrenia.

From the ACLU website: “The (ACLU) Racial Justice Program supports affirmative action to secure racial diversity in education settings, workplaces and government

contracts to remedy continuing systematic discrimination against people of color, and to help ensure equal opportunities for all people. As part of this commitment, we are working to defend affirmative action in states that are threatened for a civil rights rollback.”

Hmmm. Systematic discrimination against people of color?

Where? It’s been illegal for almost two generations. The ACLU claims: “Affirmative action is one of the most effective tools for redressing the injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women, and for leveling what has long been an uneven playing field.

A centuries-long legacy of racism and sexism has not been eradicated despite the gains made during the civil rights era. Avenues of opportunity for those previously excluded remain far too narrow. We need

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affirmative action now more than ever.”

Hmmm. Injustices caused by our nation’s historic discrimination against people of color and women. What injustices?

Where? Students at our colleges and universities are 60% female. If there’s any evidence of discrimination, it’s against men, not women.

Professor Russell K. Neili summarized a study by two sociologists at Princeton of the admissions process at ten elite private colleges and universities: “To have the same chance of gaining admission as a black student with a SAT score of 1100, a Hispanic student otherwise equally matched in background characteristics would have to have 1230, a white student a 1410 and an Asian student a 1550.”

Is this what the ACLU means when it cites “the gains made by the civil rights era”?

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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

by Tom McLaughlin News Columnist

preferred “people of color” are competing for employment, college admissions or contracts. To the ACLU, treating everyone equally regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin is “a civil rights rollback.” That is what you call distorted thinking. Orwell called it “Doublethink.” What the ACLU wants to hide is that affirmative action does not preserve civil rights — it discriminates against whites, males and Asians by its very nature.

If one of my loved ones needed brain surgery and I wanted the best possible surgeon to do it, I’d have to consider what affirmative action has done with our medical INSURANCE

R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor 24 hour Emergency Service Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882

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

J. Jones Construction Services Inc. Foundations – Frost Walls DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES 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

Naples Computer Services PC repair/upgrades – on-site service Virus and spy-ware removal Home and business networking Video security systems 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746

Concrete Works Slabs, floors, block work Custom forming & finishes Masonry repairs Bill@409-6221

When the ACLU says, “We are working to defend affirmative action in states that are threatened for a civil rights rollback, they’re talking about initiatives like those proposed in several states like this one in California called CCRI or the ‘California Civil Rights Initiative’ — The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.”

What the ACLU objects to are the five words “or grant preferential treatment to” of course, because those words shine the light on what affirmative action actually does. By lowering the bar for some groups like the aforementioned “people of color,” they must raise it for other groups with whom the

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Victoria’s Hairitage One Beavercreek Farm Rd (top of Packard’s Hill – Rte. 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist Jessica Zaidman Color Specialist 647-8355

HEATING A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Cleanings and repairs, Boilers Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks New installations, 24 hr burner service Licensed and insured 207-693-7011 Bass Heating Oil Burner Service Sales and Installations Waterford (207) 595-8829 Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

INSULATION Newhall Construction Blown-in insulation Air-sealing – BPI trained Shawn 743-6379 Western Me. Insulation Co. Blown-in or Rolled – 28 yrs. exp.

Free estimates – Fully insured 693-3585 – 7 days-a-week

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

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

schools. I’d have to look around for an Asian neurosurgeon and avoid black ones who could get admitted with the lowest scores. Wouldn’t you? I don’t like it, but this is the legacy of Affirmative Action.

People tolerated it back in 1965 when the Civil Rights Bill passed, but it been almost 40 years — two generations.

The ACLU insists we need it now more than ever. I don’t think so. Affirmative Action is racist and sexist. It should be abolished immediately in all its forms.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a middle school U.S. History teacher. He can be reached at tommclaughlin@fairpoint.net 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.

By Appointment 693-3135

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Repeats are charged at the same rate as new ads. Ads taken over the phone must be called in by Monday with payment arriving by Tuesday. A charge of $1.00 per week extra is made for the use of a box number if requested. A Charge of $1.00 per classified is made if billing is necessary. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriams are charged at the same rate as classified ads. Poetry is charged by the inch.

Classified display is sold at $6.25 per column inch. Classified advertisers must furnish written copy.

The Bridgton News assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements other than to reprint that part of any advertisement in which a typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the business office promptly of any errors that may occur, phone 207-647-2851.

Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

CHALMERS INSURANCE

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NEED HELP — with maintenance of your property, preparing to open your camp? Lawn care: mowing, landscaping, edging, mulch. Spring clean-up. Call Paul at 207-939-6593 for more information.

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HEARTS IN HAND — Child Care Center in Sebago, has 3 openings for all ages. We offer care for infant through school age kids. We have a toddler program, preschool program, and after-school activities. On bus route 1 for Sebago Elementary School. Please call CARPENTER WANTED — with Heidi for more info 787-2552. 4t13 experience 583-2642.

1t15x GOTCHA COVERED PAINTING — Interior, exterior, deck refinishing, power washing. Serving the Lakes Region for over 15 years.

Free estimates. Kevin, 693-3684.

14t13x FARNZIE CLEANING — Home/ Rentals & Business. Free estimates Maine/New Hampshire. Contact Kim Resendes, owner, at farnzie84@aol.com or 1-207-452-8100.

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DAY CARE

CATERPILLAR CLUBHOUSE – Childcare currently has openings for all ages. CPR/FA, preschool curriculum followed. Meals and snacks provided. Children will learn in a safe, fun and interactive way, which helps to increase a child’s academic and social development. For more information or to set up a visit, call 647-4156.

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HOME DAY CARE — Responsible 30-year-old mother for hire to care for your children, my home or yours. Flexible schedule, also available weekends. Rates negotable. CPR/FPR, lifeguard certified.

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CROOKED RIVER — Adult and Community Education Center currently has openings available in & our state licensed childcare center for children 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Part of the Chalmers Group Your child’s care will be provided by nurturing, positive role models who 100 Main Street, are trained in Maine’s Early LearnBridgton, ME 04009 ing Guidelines and certified in CPR and First Aid. We pride ourselves on Phone: 207-647-3311 helping children develop the skills Fax: 207-647-3003 that are necessary to become successful in school. Our facility offers www.chalmers-ins.com a gym, and outdoor playground to encourage healthy habits for chilBN 15 dren through play. We are open MonHELP WANTED day through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 DRIVERS — $25 cash each night p.m. For more information, please call you’re in our truck! 40 cents per miles, 627-4291, ext. 21, 23 or 24. 3t15 all miles! Family medical-benefits.

Average $1,023/week. Home most Magic Lantern weekends. Apply @ www.kennedyTheatre & trucking.com. CDL-A 1 year OTR required. 877-538-7712, ext. 18. Owner Tannery Pub Operators Welcome!

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REAL ESTATE

WORK WANTED

EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will travel. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 6534377 or 627-4560. tf44

Hiring All Positions for Summer Help Apply within The Magic Lantern Bridgton, ME

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CARPENTER WANTED — with experience 583-2642.

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Applications taken through May 6th.

FOR SALE

$5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x 5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46

FIRE­ARMS – Sup­plies. Buy, sell, trade. Wan­ted, firearms, ammunition & mili­tary items. Swe­den Trad­ing Post. 207-647-8163. tf43

BRIDGTON — Second floor, 2bedroom unit, full bath, eat-in kitchen.

Trash, heat and H20 included. Near downtown. $675 month. Call 603494-0325. tf11

NORTH BRIDGTON — 1,700 FIREARMS, MILITARY ITEMS square foot apartment, 3-bedrooms, — and ammunition, Swe­den Trad­ing 2½-baths, open concept, stove and Post. 207-647-8163. tf43 refrigerator furnished. W/D hook-ups, heater. We pay water bill, VEHI­CLES FOR SALE monitor lawn service and plowing. No animals JESUS IS LORD – new and used . . No smokers. $800 month. First/last 2t14x auto parts. National locator. Most parts & security. 207-647-3953.

2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s Used HARRISON — 1-bedroom apartment Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton, 207-647- in quiet area. Partially furnished, 5477. tf30 includes heat & electric. No pets, nonsmoker. Set up for 1 person. $450 per FOR RENT month. Call 415-9166 leave message.

BRIDGTON – 1, 2, and 3-bedroom tf13 apartments. $550-$675 mo. plus — references and security. JPD Properties, COMMERCIAL SPACE 310-0693. tf2 Beautiful, large commercial space at 186 Main Street in Bridgton, SEBAGO — 1-bedroom apartment, approximately 1,600 square feet, carpeted, fireplace, covered patio, lake small gallery space, picture windows, view, beach nearby, quiet, no smoking track lighting, kitchenette, storage indoors, no pets. Includes heat, electric. room, bathroom, current space of $790 per month + security. 787-2121. EFG books who will be moving in

7t11x April or May, please call Andrew or 5t12 COMMERCIAL SPACE — for Ann 647-8150. lease, 1,000-2,000 sq. ft. with Rte. 302 CASCO — Completely furnished frontage. Call for details, 647-4465. rooms, heat, lights & cable TV

tf46 included. $120 weekly. No pets. Call NAPLES — Well-maintained one- cell, 207-838-1181, home 207-627tf11 bedroom, off Rte. 35, thirty-day-notice 1006. lease, no smoking, no pets, laundry SOUTH BRIDGTON — 1-bedroom, on site, quiet setting. $600/month heat, hot water & electric included, including heat and electricity. 207- sun deck. $635 unfurnished, $700 899-5052. tf15 furnished. Security deposit required.

247-4707 or 232-9022. tf13

Buying and Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion

from June 15 – Sept. 15 and

TWO SUMMERTIME CREW MEMBERS

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for the Maintenance Dept.

142 Main Street Conway, NH 603-447-3611 Metal Detectors

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WEST BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom apartment available. $595 month & security deposit. Includes heat. No pets. 207-450-4271. EHO tf3

BRIDGTON — Cozy second floor two-bedroom apartment near Highland Lake Beach. Walk to Renys, theater, shopping, restaurants, hospital. $725 month. Heat, plowing, trash paid. Offstreet parking, onsite laundry. 207NAPLES — 3-bedroom, 1-bath ranch 358-0808. tf13 full walkout basement. Clean and comfortable. Great location. Great BRIDGTON — Studio apartment. home. DENMARK: 2-bedroom, 1- Very efficient, open & bright. $450 bath cottage lake rights to Moose includes basic cable, electric. Good Pond, deck and furnished. SOUTH references, 6 months minimum. Call PARIS: Great office space location 595-0302.

4t14x great for public access. All rents need application and security deposit and CASCO — 2-bedroom + loft house, first month rent when approved. $900 a month plus utilities. Pets? No Call Ralph at Lake Country Property smoking. References, security + first 4t15x Rentals (207) 647-8093. tf13 month. 655-3334.

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HOUSEKEEPER

FOR RENT

BRIDGTON — Furnished 1bedroom apartment. Heat & utilities included. $200 per week plus security deposit. Call 647-3565. tf38

FIRE­WOOD – Cut, split, delivered.

Seasoned $230 per cord, green $180 per cord. Call Wendell Scribner 5834202.

10t8x LOVELL — Lovely 3-bedroom SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL — cape with gourmet kitchen. Available Logger and heat with carbon neutral immediately for short-term rental, wood or wood pellets. Purchase a furnished. $800 month. Call 6502t15x Central Boiler outdoor wood furnace 6687. on sale, EPA qualified to 97% efficient. NORTH BRIDGTON — Upstairs 603-447-2282.

13t14x large 1-bedroom apartment, very PLEASE CONSIDER – donating energy efficient, $650 per month plus tf49 your leftover garage sale items and your utilities. Call 207-358-0808. attic, basement and closet overflow BRIDGTON — Walk to downtown. to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. For Close to elementary school. 6 rooms more information, call 935-4358 ext. newly renovated, 3 bedrooms, 1 21. Thank you. tf28 bath. Large private yard, appliances, HILLTOP FIREWOOD — washer-dryer included. First months’ Seasoned, $220 cord delivered. Call rent, security deposit & references. for details, 890-9300. tf31 $800 per month plus utilities. 207452-2585. tf8

Camps Newfound/Owatonna need a

Call 583-6711 ext 205 or 712-8864 to set up an interview.

FOR RENT

Wallboard Specialist Residential / Commercial Repairs – New Ceilings 23 Years Experience Free estimates

Ledgewood Manor Healthcare — A 60-Bed Nursing Home — Rte. 115, Windham, ME 04062

LOVELL — Very large apartment: 1-bedroom, full kitchen & bath, and living room with fireplace in new carriage house. $995 month includes electricity, laundry hook-up, and 50% of heat. Quiet with mountain views and Kezar Lake access. No pets/no smoking. 1-year lease/first and security deposit/reference check required. (207) 925-6586.

4t12x BRIDGTON — Main Street location professional office space now available. Desirable 2nd floor, front office, client parking on site, hardwood floors, cable and Cat 5 are available within the air conditioned suite. Heat is included. Call 207-5914292 for additional information or to view space.

3t15x FOR LEASE — 35 acres of pasture or crop land for lease, in Naples, with water and electricity available. Please call 693-3588.

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WATERFORD — Adorable newer 1-bedroom apartment, propane Rinnai heat, economical & storage. Private entry, no smoking. $525 month + security deposit. 939-8951.

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WANTED

BUSINESS SERVICES

COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION — & Handyman Services - Painting, landscaping, remodeling, decks, kitchens & baths, new homes. 40 years experience. Call Mike, 693-5284. 13t14x J.C. HURD BUILDERS — Custom homes & additions. caretaking, snowplowing, removal and sanding, commercial & residential. 207-8096127. tf35

DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing.

Also, Paper­hang­ing. 35 yrs. ex­pe­ri­ ence. Call for esti­mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452-2781. tf31

TERRY’S CLEANING SERVICE — offering weekly, biweekly, monthly or one-time overall spring cleaning.

Free estimates, reasonable rates & references. Call Terry at 539-9650. 2t14x

DIRIGO CUSTOM PAINTING — Looking for houses and camps to paint for 2011 season. 23 years experience, fully insured, free estimates. Power washing available. Call 743-9889.

7t15x PROFESSIONAL CLEANER — & organizer. Non-toxic, own equipment, spring cleaning & organizing. Offering weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Free estimates, excellent references. Senior discount. 207-595-1542.

6t14 B & L ROOFING — 20 years experience, fully insured. New roofs and repairs. Call 207-650-6479. tf20

YARD SALE

ANTIQUES/GARAGE SALE — Cleaning out first of three buildings of stuff my dad has collected over 50 years - furniture, dishes, glassware, depression glass, wooden crates, cats meows collection, baskets, Murphy bed, glass lampshades, old Gothic style windows. Too much to name. Still unpacking. More items put out as space allows. Inside sale, April 15 & 16, 8:30 - 4:30. 10 Oxford Street, Fryeburg, by Norway Savings Bank.

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LOOKING TO RENT — Professional couple looking to rent a home long-term in the Lakes Region, 3-bedroom with garage. 207-5958027. tf14

Scott Bailey

Handyman

BUSINESS SERVICES

207-615-1689

HEAP HAULERS — Towing service. Cash paid for junk cars. Call 655-5963. tf12

scottbaileyhandyman@hotmail.com

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

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Maintenance Property management Seasonal property caretaking Renovation, consulting & design Decks/Patios Garage packages Gutter cleaning Roof Raking Weather stripping Water and weather damage Communications wiring Spring & Fall Cleanups

Wales & Hamblen Realty Trust 207.615.9398 Wales_Hamblen@yahoo.com

Always Free Consultations Fully-Insured

Wales & Hamblen Building

260 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 1-Bedroom Loft ~ $600/mo.

2-bedroom ~ $800/mo.

H/HW, Frig, Stove, MWave Trash Removal Included Secure, 2nd Floor Entrances Subject to Employment Verification 1 Mo. Security & Cleaning Deposit Required

Complete residential services including:

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CLASSIFIED LINE ADS Deadline: Monday 5:00 p.m.

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STUART SALVAGE

LAKE REGION SCHOOL DISTRICT

838-9569

TITLE: Technology Support Technician

(half-time SAD 61 and half-time SAD 72)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Minimum high school diploma with demonstrated basic computer knowledge 2. Demonstrated knowledge of various operating systems and hardware configurations 3. Ability to interact appropriately with staff and students 4. Hold a valid driver’s license 5. Able to lift and move up to 50 pounds 6. Work independently and manage own time 7. Basic network knowledge 8. Must maintain confidentiality

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DENMARK SELF-STORAGE

207-452-2157 *price subject to change

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10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

REPORTS TO: Technology Coordinator JOB GOAL: To repair and upgrade computers and to perform appropriate repairs to the various technology systems within the school department.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Keep current on all appropriate operating systems and install appropriate updates and/or new operating systems in a timely manner 2. Troubleshoot and repair computer problems 3. Assist in developing a budget for the school department for computerrelated needs 4. Maintain an inventory of all computers and major hardware as they are purchased 5. Serve on the Technology Committee 6. Update personal technological knowledge and skills as new equipment and software is brought into the system.

7. Install network wiring and wireless devices with support of network administrator 8. Any other duties, which might be requested by the Technology Coordinator INTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD SEND A LETTER OF INTEREST, CURRENT RESUME, TRANSCRIPTS AND THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO: JULIE RIDLON MSAD #61 900 PORTLAND ROAD BRIDGTON, ME 04009 E.O.E.

We Are Looking For Team Players Who Are Looking To Grow And Advance With A Fast Moving Company We are accepting applications for all positions, office, sales, service and at all levels, from unskilled to upper management.

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If You Are Looking For A Better Future, Call Today For A Confidential Interview, Or Fax Resume to 603-356-8814.

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Opinions (Continued from Page D) new positions.

Second, I want to correct a few misleading statements from Mr. Brown’s letter about the construction project. Mr. Brown states that by law we have 10% built into the construction budget as a contingency. As I have explained to the Board repeatedly, this contingency fund is required to be held throughout the project, also by state regulations, and disbursed only as it becomes clear that unexpected budget overages do not occur.

To commit up front to use that 10% contingency fund for the PCB project would be running afoul of the same state regulations that Mr. Brown cites. I believe that tapping into our capital reserve account for the PCB project is the right way to deal with this unexpected problem. It is what the capital reserve account is intended for — emergency unexpected problems with our capital facilities.

Third, Mr. Brown states that cutting technology staffing would not impact the educational program. Here, I disagree whole-heartedly. The final budget proposed by the administration and Finance Committee of the Board already includes $48,000 in technology cuts, which will have an effect on education. However, in a tough budget year we can survive.

To cut further, however, would reduce our ability to use technology as an important tool for learning, especially as we are transforming our high school using 21st century skills as a key component. We currently have only 3.5 technicians for over 1,800 computers, well above the ratio that the private sectors commonly utilize. We also have 3.5 integrators for a staff of over 250 teachers helping ensure that the computers are used effectively. This is not an area where we should cut.

Fourth, Mr. Brown states that we could reduce maintenance spending or postpone repairs. Again, the final proposed budget already includes over $100,000 in maintenance reductions and postponed projects. To do more runs the risk that unnecessary repairs would be needed in the future.

Finally, Mr. Brown refers to money in the budget for health

At the pump

To The Editor: I wanted to write about an experience I recently encountered at a gas station in Bridgton.

I went to get gas on my way home from work. I never carry cash and use my debit card for mainly all of my purchases. I pulled up to the pump and proceeded to enter my debit card, pin and then wait for it to tell me it was okay to use the pump. The next thing to come across the screen read to see the cashier, so in to the store I went.

The gentleman told me at that point that sometimes they have problems with cards not being read and it’s better to use it as a credit instead of a debit. At that point, we tried to use the card inside as a debit — the card was declined. I know for a fact there was money in my account, and I only wanted to get $20 worth of gas. The attendant then tried it as a credit. Once again, the card was declined. He told me at that point that I needed to contact my bank, and he apologized.

This was a Saturday. My bank was not open, so I had to wait until Monday to speak with them.

I went home and phoned my bank, using the telephone banking. To my surprise, my balance was zero. As I reviewed the transactions posted and the ones that will post, I found that the gas station had held my balance, which I had in my account. I

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was livid. The next morning, I called the gas station to advise them of this situation. The person I spoke with at that time told me I needed to contact my bank. He said he wasn’t sure of the amount, which goes on hold when you use the pay at the pump option, but he thought it was $1. Ha! Not! On Monday, I went to my bank and discussed the situation with them. Funny, they had another customer the same day with the same incident happening to them at the same station no less! That customer was told the same thing — to contact their bank.

Let me just advise you, the public reading this, that no, you do not contact the bank. The bank has nothing to do with it.

It is the gas company where you are purchasing your gas.

By using your debit card/credit card, they can hold any amount, and if you live paycheck to paycheck as everyone in today’s economy does, you rely on that money to be available to you, not waiting three to four business days for it to drop off and the funds to become available to you.

So I wonder, why do these gas stations offer pay at the pump as a convenience to people when all they’re going to do is hold your funds. My lesson learned here — never pay for gas with a debit card, use cash.

I do have to say I feel bad for the tellers at the bank. They are there for their customers and to help them out any way they can, but when a gas station puts the blame on them, it’s pretty sad that the station can’t man up to what they do. Bank customers go into the bank angry and ready to rip the tellers head off, because after all, they are representing the bank, only to find out that there is nothing the bank can do because it’s not their fault. My advice to the gas stations — find out what the limit is that goes on hold for the debit/credit cards and post it on the pump to avoid this happening to people traveling and relying on those funds for other purchases!

Karen Pascoe Harrison

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To The Editor: Recently, a letter was circulated in Casco that was, to say the least, unpleasant. The author was a member of a recentlyformed committee that, to no surprise, appears to be less interested in its intended purpose and more interested in bashing the government, the citizens, the employees and the ever-popular moving target, the town manager. There were no direct constructive, problem-solving, resolution-based suggestions or recommendations. There were no positive, cooperative, community-building ideas or insights. In fact, I can’t fathom what this letter was intended to accomplish at all, except to further polarize our community and fuel a seemingly limitless, hostile environment.

In addition to the standard “Morton-bashing” we have come to expect from this author and her alliances, the author of this letter compares the town of Casco to that of “…Andy Griffith and Barney Fife…,” stating, “Casco is an embarrassment…” and “I have never witnessed such ignorance as I have witnessed in this town of Casco…” But, I think it was the statement, “Even the third world countries I have lived in have exhibited more structure than I have experienced in Casco, Maine,” that was my least favorite.

As a resident of Mayberry for the last 15 years, and having served on the rescue for almost nine years, I have often been overwhelmed by watching this community and its neighbors, employees, volunteers, and service people — friends and foe alike — come together, get organized, operate effectively, and show structured leadership under some of the worst situations imaginable. I’ve been on committees with members from key town government roles that have done nothing but share any and all available resources from both in and out of our local area to accomplish goals and feed community success. Maybe the author was out of town that week, possibly visiting one of

To The Editor: I was delighted to find two columns by Tom McLaughlin, which I could find myself in agreement. One column had to do with his love of photography, and described why and how taking pictures was so important to him. I resonated with every single sentence. And then came a second column, which he spoke about the success of community efforts in 1982 to keep a nuclear waste repository from being built in western Maine.

And then — there it was again — the kind of categorical thinking against all Muslims, implying that all Muslims (now in a civil war in Libya) are doing a service for America by killing one another. I simply do not understand how someone who calls himself a good Catholic is convinced that America (because of

its “exceptionalism”) is exempt from the kind of exploration of its own human sins of omission and commission that plague all of God’s children.

I’m not sure what is the humanitarian thing to do in Libya and certainly believe war is a ghastly alternative. If I am a non-violent civilian, attempting to have my voice heard by peaceful protest and I am in danger of being slaughtered, I hope people would come to my aid.

I do not see people with power — either here in America or around the world — willing to give up power, a sense of entitlement and material comforts for the sake of others who are also part of the human family. Eventually, such denial of our common humanity and our human aspirations results in revolutions, murder and unnecessary bloodshed. It is true that a revolution can replace a terrible dictator with another equally as bad or worse. However, that is no reason not to be on the side of social, cultural and economic reforms that have some possibility of maintaining a balance of power between the rich and the poor so that dictatorships by a corrupt elite, and self-righteous, self-serving murderer are not the LETTERS, Page D

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor There are still seniors, I am told, who continue to believe that the new Affordable Care Act will put older people “out to pasture” with end-of-life counseling.

This myth began with a distortion of a provision in an early version of the proposed law for optional advance care planning. It never required anyone to obtain counseling of any type. At the core of advance care planning is a respect for patient choice. The bill’s provision, however, was later stripped from the law.

Regrettably, Medicare consumers will have limited access to such counseling because the proposal was mischaracterized

and, as a result, eliminated.

Under Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, no one is “put out to pasture,” and no one is required to get counseling. Unfortunately, a lot of misinformation about the contents of the health reform bill circulated before it passed, and it is still prevalent today.

Predictably, political opponents of the Affordable Care Act are doing nothing to correct these distortions and lies.

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

those third world countries she speaks so highly of.

Please, Ms. Behlen, if you find Casco so incredibly offensive, there are other towns. I happen to love this one.

Tracy Kimball Proudly — Casco, Maine

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Judith A. Francis

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Charles A. Weeman

PORTLAND — Judith Anne (Miller) Francis, 73, of Chelmsford, formerly of Portland and Auburn, Washington, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, Mass.

She was the wife of the late Everett Francis.

Born in Portland on March 31, 1938, the daughter of the late George and the late Ruth (Wands) Miller, she attended Portland schools and Deering High School in Portland.

Prior to her retirement, she was a sales clerk with K-Mart stores.

A resident of Meadow Lodge in Chelmsford for many years, Judith loved to visit with other residents whom she considered her extended family and touched many lives in her time there. She had an especially close relationship with her roommate Pat Van Dinter, who was like a sister to her.

She was also an avid collector of all kinds of teddy bears.

Active with the veteran’s organization, AmVets, she also was a member of the Daughters of Rebecca.

Judith is survived by her daughter Linda A. Tenney of Lowell; a son, John M. Tenney of Minnesota; two grandchildren; three sisters, Sally West of Columbia, S.C., Joan Jensen of Falmouth and Virginia Mushrow of Bridgton; two brothers, William L. Miller of Woodland Park, Colo. and David L. Miller of Windham; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by a brother, Robert Miller; and sisters, Marcia Lovejoy and Dorothy Bodwell.

Arrangements were by O’Donnell Funeral Home. A memorial service was held Wednesday, with a funeral service following.

Those wishing may make contributions in her memory to ASPCA, 424 East 92nd St., New York, NY 10128.

GLOUCESTER, MASS. — Vivian Mary Moores, 82, of Gloucester, Mass. and Center Lovell, passed away on Friday morning, April 8, 2011, at Putnam Farms, Danvers, surrounded by family and caring friends.

Born on Fogo Island, Newfoundland on April 18, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Nellie (Payne) Verge.

Vivian graduated from high school in Newfoundland and studied nursing at Herbert Reddy Memorial Hospital in Montreal. In 1952, she moved to Boston and later to Annisquam in 1954. She received her bachelor of science degree in Nursing (magna cum laude) from Salem State College in Massachusetts and her master of science degree in Nursing with a Gerontology Nurse Practitioner specialty from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Vivian also undertook advanced studies at Harvard Medical School in clinical medicine and physiology for nurse practitioners. For many years, Vivian was a staff nurse at the Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Mass. and later a clinical supervisor and classroom instructor at the AGH School of Nursing. She then worked as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner for the Haverhill Visiting Nurses Association, specializing in geriatric home care, health monitoring and grant development. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau (National Honor Society of Nursing) and the American Nurses Association.

Vivian approached life with a profound sense of duty to others, characterized by her deep devotion to her family and her commitment to the care of elderly people in her community. She identified fully with her Canadian and Newfoundland heritage, completely enjoying her trips “back home,” and visiting often in her mind through cherished memories as her health declined. Vivian was a consummate craftswoman and leaves a legacy of beautiful quilts, braided rugs, embroidery and tatting.

Her menu of comfort foods such as turkey dinners, country ribs, date crumbles, coffee cakes and peanut butter bars will last forever in the minds and on the waistbands of those who knew her.

Vivian loved her time spent in Maine with her family, and later in life as a resident of Center Lovell, Maine as she pursued her passion for bottle collecting and antique furniture. Put simply, she lived life in full, with honesty and spirituality, always placing others before herself, and exemplifying peace and dignity, and will live on as those who knew her strive to do justice to the standards she set.

Although her voice is quiet now, its echoes can still be heard on a tranquil Maine lake at dawn and seen in clear, trusting eyes of senior citizens. Many heard her message of the beauty which lies in simplicity and integrity.

She is survived by her former husband, Carl Moores of Gloucester, Mass.; her two sons, Ian W. Moores of Rockport and Keith Moores of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass; five grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; and a beloved niece and nephew.

She was predeceased by two sisters, Elizabeth Strong and Pauline Howell.

Her funeral service will be held at the Annisquam Village Church at a later date, followed by interment in Mt. Adnah Cemetery, Annisquam, Mass.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Vivian’s memory to the Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington St., Gloucester, MA 01930 or Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923.

Funeral arrangements are being conducted by the Greely Funeral Home, 212 Washington Street, Gloucester, Mass. For online condolences, please visit greelyfuneralhome.com

BROWNFIELD — Charles A. Weeman, 72, of Brownfield, died on Friday, April 8, 2011, at his residence.

He was born in Manchester, N.H., the son of Raymond and Daisy (Rand) Weeman and attended Porter Academy. He had served in the Army and was a member of the Masons.

He was a hard worker and was employed as a mechanic and then a carpenter before starting his own excavation business in Denmark, beginning in 1979 and continued his excavation business after moving to Brownfield in 1984. He continued to run the business until 1997 when his health forced him to retire.

He was predeceased by Jane Weeman and Everett Parsons.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Weeman of Brownfield; two daughters, Lori Anthony and Shelia Weeman; two grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a sister, June Hamilton.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Gilman Cemetery in Denmark with the Rev. John Fillmore-Patrick officiating.

Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome. org Memorial contributions may be made to Fryeburg Rescue, P.O. Box 177, Fryeburg, ME 04037.

A. Louise Wetherington LAKE WALES, Fla. — A. Louise Wetherington, 78, a resident of Lake Wales, Fla. and formerly of Casco, died on Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Lake Wales, Fla., following a long battle with cancer.

She was born on May 31, 1932, in South Portland, the daughter of Leroy and Mary (Stultz) Pratt. She graduated from Windham High School and University of Southern Maine.

In December of 1957, in Portland, she married Bruce C. Wetherington Sr. He passed away on Feb. 19, 2007.

Louise worked in the accounting department at National Semiconductor in Portland until her retirement. She and her husband moved to Florida in 2002. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother and will be deeply missed by her family.

Her brothers would like to express their gratitude for being such a loving and caring sister and they will never forget what she did for them, helping to raise them when they were younger, due to their mother’s illness.

She is survived by four sons, Frank, Mark, Bruce II and Thomas Wetherington; three daughters, Janice Demillo, Vicki Wetherington and Tina Finley; 26 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; four brothers, Wilfred J. Dionne, Marvin V. Dionne, Richard A. Dionne and Ron L. Dionne; and many nieces and nephews.

A graveside service at Brooklawn Memorial Park, 2002 Congress Street, Portland, will be announced at a later date.

Arrangements by Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church St., Livermore Falls. Messages of condolence may be sent to www.finleyfuneralhome. com

Jean E. Nitschke SOUTH PORTLAND — Jean E. Nitschke, 86, most recently of South Portland, passed on to her next adventure on Tuesday morning, April 5, 2011.

She was born in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on June 22, 1924, to Joseph B. Viele and Katherine Shaver. After high school and with WWII in full swing, she went to work for General Electric and later ALCO in Schenectady, N.Y. There, she met a handsome WWII veteran, Rodmond “Rod” Nitschke. They were married on Jan. 19, 1947, and made their home in Colonie, N.Y. for over 57 years.

Jean loved adventure and travel and after their retirement, she and Rod took many trips around the country and the world. Even after Rod’s health prevented him from further travels, he encouraged her to follow her adventurous spirit. Italy, Iceland and China were among her destinations, and she was proud to say she had walked on the Great Wall of China. In her “spare” time, she made over 120 afghans for Project Linus and H.U.G.S. These organizations provide blankets and afghans to children in medical or emotional crisis. Her other loves included, but were not limited to, flowers, painting, cooking, and following the exploits of her grandson Ben, who shares her love of travel.

She was predeceased by her parents; her brother, Joseph B. Viele Jr.; and her husband, Rod. She is survived by daughters, Kathy J. Nitschke of Greenbush N.Y., Beth A. Nitschke of Hiram and Lisa Darcy of Hiram; and her grandson.

Funeral services were held on Monday at New Comer-Cannon Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Road, Albany, N.Y. Burial will be in Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. To leave a special message for the family online, visit NewcomerAlbany.com Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider South Portland Nursing Home Activities Fund, 42 Anthoine St., South Portland, ME 04106 or Project Linus National Headquarters, P.O. Box 5621, Bloomington, Illinois 61702-5621.

Hazel Hinds RAYMOND — Hazel Hinds, 90, of Raymond, died on Friday evening, April 8, 2011 at Bridgton Hospital.

She was born in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Pierre and Delia Pomerleau Provencal.

Hazel married Francis Hinds on Sept. 28, 1957. She worked as a hairdresser her entire working life, owning her own shops in Westbrook and Portland. Hazel served as an Eucharistic minister at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Windham. Her faith was very important to her.

She was predeceased by her parents; three sisters, Marion, Bertha and Geneta; and two brothers, Cleveland and Earl.

Surviving are her husband of 53 years, Francis; and many nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Windham. Burial will be at St. Peter’s Catholic Cemetery in Lewiston at a later date. Arrangements are

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Jane M. Byron EAST SEBAGO — Jane M. Levesque Byron passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough surrounded by her family.

Born in Dedham on March 4, 1922, she was the daughter of Keith and Martha (Johnson) Leighton, and was raised and educated in Westbrook.

A longtime employee of the former S.D. Warren Company of Westbrook, she retired from there in 1981 after 30 years of service.

Jane was a member of the Maine Deaf Senior Citizens, as well as a member of the International Catholic Deaf Association.

She was a quilter, supplying many quilts to family and friends as well as donating many of them to different charity organizations to be raffled off. She enjoyed playing bingo. Her biggest joy in life was her family and friends.

She was predeceased by her parents; her previous husband, Luc Levesque, whom she was married to for 54 years; and her sister, June Carrier.

Survivors include her loving husband of seven years, William J. Byron of East Sebago; a sister, Joy Damiano of Colorado; her daughter, Norma Boulanger of Windham; her two sons, John Levesque of Buxton and Larry Levesque of Windham; daughter, Nola Scott of Somersworth, N.H.; 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be private. Arrangements are by the Dolby Funeral Chapel, Windham. For online condolences, please visit the website at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com The Bridgton News In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her memory to The Maine Deaf Senior Citizens, P.O. Box 433, Westbrook, ME 04098.

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SOUTH PARIS — Elma H. Heino, 96, of Sweden died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Market Square Health Care in South Paris.

She was born in Finland on Dec. 19, 1914, the daughter of Oscar and Hilma Antintytar Anderson. She was educated in Harrison schools. She married William Heino who died in 1963. She worked in shipyards, shoe shops, corn factory, cleaning summer camps, and as a homemaker. She enjoyed many things including birds, gardening, sewing, picking berries, animals — especially cats and hounds, singing and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by two daughters, Priscilla Hilton of Waterford and Barbara Walo of Otisfield; a son, William Heino Jr. of Sweden; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband; a daughter, Gloria Packard; a grandson; and 10 brothers and sisters.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris.

Graveside services will be held at a later date at the Lutheran Cemetery in Harrison.

Robert T. Winslow HOLLIS/WESTBROOK — Robert Thomas Winslow, 66, passed away on April 10, 2011, from pancreatic cancer, at the Gosnell Memorial House, with family around him.

He was born in Portland on July 25, 1944, the son of Henry and Evelyn (Nadeau) Winslow. He attended St. Mary’s school in Westbrook until the eighth grade and then entered Westbrook High School, graduating in 1962.

He enlisted in the Navy after graduation, and served on the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CVS 18 based in Boston, Mass. His tour of duty was during the NASA Space Program Gemini. His ship picked up the Gemini XII capsule and the astronauts James Lovell and “Buzz” Aldren.

When his tour was over, he was hired in 1965 by the S.D. Warren Paper Company in Westbrook, and married his high school sweetheart, Donnabeth Petto. He retired from the mill in April of 2004 after 38 years of service.

Bob was a quiet, solitary man that loved nature and the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He went on many fishing trips to Northern Quebec, Canada and Northern Maine. He especially enjoyed hunting in Cornish at his beloved “Camp Buckhorn.” When he retired, Bob and Donnabeth took a trip across the United States and up to Alaska in their fifth-wheel camper, returning via traveling through all the provinces of Canada — a retirement dream come true. They loved their fishing trips to beautiful Pierce Pond in the spring and summer, and fishing and camping in Greenville. Bob taught Donnabeth to love the wilderness outdoors and its peaceful solitude. They had some wonderful camping trips to the northern Maine wilderness. They started out with tenting, then went to a slide-in camper for the truck. Then Bob figured Donnabeth had paid her dues and went and bought the fifth-wheel camper.

Winter was Donnabeth’s playground and she did get Bob out on cross-country skis. They had some great weekends in Jackson, N.H. skiing the Ellis River trails. He never took up the downhill skiing with Donnabeth. During their retirement, Donnabeth started skiing midweek and Bob, being a wonderful cook, would cook dinner on the days she would ski. What a treat. They also loved working in their vegetable garden in the summer. He would check it out frequently after the spring planting and pretty soon he would come in and say, “the peas are up” or later on, “blossoms on the cukes.” They did a lot of preserving of the vegetables over the years, along with jams and pickles, which tasted real good come winter.

Bob was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and reached the grade of Eagle Scout. During his scouting days, he worked at Camp Hinds in Raymond and Camp Bomazeen in Belgrade. He was also a member of the Westbrook Rescue at one time.

He was predeceased by his parents, Henry and Evelyn Winslow of Westbrook; his uncle; and grandparents, Emile and Lillian Nadeau of Westbrook and Sophie and Michael Winslow of Portland.

Bob is survived by his wife of 45 years, Donnabeth Petto; a son, Daniel of Hollis; a daughter, Christine Latini of Westbrook; three grandchildren; a brother, Dennis of Raymond; a niece and a nephew.

A funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, April 13, at St. Anthony’s Church on Brown Street in Westbrook.

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LEWISTON — Leonidas A. Tardif Sr., 71, of Lewiston died Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at d’Youville Pavilion with his family by his side following a long illness.

He was born in Lewiston on July 11, 1939, the son of Elphege and Loretta (Belanger) Tardif.

After high school, he entered the U.S. Marine Corps for several years. He worked at Seabrook, Maine Yankee and Jay paper mill, and ultimately for more than 20 years at Bath Iron Works as a shipbuilder.

He was a very active member and past president of the ACME Snowshoe Club, Franco American War Veterans and AmVets Post 33 of Jay. He enjoyed dancing and traveling to Canada for family gatherings. He enjoyed going out to eat at local restaurants.

He is survived by his wife, the former Nancy Nadeau of Lewiston, whom he married on June 28, 1980; four sons, Alfred of Jay, Leonidas Jr. of Adam Center, N.Y., Shawn of Stanton, Vt., and Clifton Tardif of Piedmont, Okla.; three stepsons, Rodney of Waterford, Alfred of Lewiston and Michael Pownall of Oxford; siblings Eugene, Roland, Reginald Tardif, all of Jay, Elaine Melcher of Jay, Doris Horne of New Gloucester and Elphege Tardif Jr. of Wilton; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

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RAYMOND — Arlene S. Hodgdon, 87, of Raymond and formerly of Westbrook, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2011, at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

She was born in Portland, the daughter of John and Grace (Knight) McNeil. She was raised and educated in Portland, then moved to Westbrook, where she lived for many years.

She was predeceased by her husband Richard W. Hodgdon in 1975.

After her husband passed away, Arlene worked at the Maine Medical Center for 15 years before retiring. She enjoyed crocheting, walking, and watching TV. Arlene is survived by her son, Richard John of Hiram; a daughter, Carolyn May of Raymond; a sister, Carol Ann George of Florida; eight grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

A graveside service was held Tuesday at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland. Arrangements are by Blais & Hay Funeral Home, Westbrook.

(Continued from Page D) only alternatives. If, in America, the only ones with an ability to make a difference by expressing dissent are the wealthiest among us — if others are too bullied and afraid of the folks at the top to speak their minds, say afraid of faux populist prophets, some of whom make from $32 to $58 million dollars a year — all of us are in trouble.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Sweden

Linda M. Smith

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NAPLES — Linda M. Smith, 66, of Naples died Saturday, April 9, 2011, following a brief illness.

She was born, Sept. 14, 1944, to William and Joan D’Etcheverry Miettinen of Templeton, Mass. She attended Templeton schools and graduated from Narragansett High School. On Feb. 19, 1966, she was united in marriage to David T. Smith in Templeton.

In 1973, she and David moved their young family to Jaffrey, N.H. Linda graduated magna cum laude from Franklin Pierce University.

The family moved to Portland in 1985. After the children were grown, David and Linda moved back to Massachusetts, living in Greenfield, Springfield and Southbridge until their retirement in 2008, when they moved to Naples.

Linda was an avid reader, and enjoyed quilting, bird watching and kayaking.

Linda is survived by her husband, David; their children Mercedes Biretto of Denver, Colo., Andrew Smith of Raleigh, N.C., Hilary Irving of Windham, and Livy Yueh of Seattle, Wash.; her seven grandchildren; her sister, Martha DuGuay-Carpenter of Southbridge, Mass.; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Linda was preceded in death by her sisters Elinor Putnam and Nancy Pokki, and her brother Laurie Miettinen.

A private memorial service will be held at a future date.

Donations in Linda’s memory can be made to the Patrick Dempsey Center, 300 Main St., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Arrangements are by Hall Funeral Home, Casco.

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LOVELL — A fundraiser will be held in New York City on April 28 in support of an Evening of One-Acts by Toni Seger of Lovell, scheduled for production this fall.

Curious Frog Theatre Company (www.curiousfrog.org), directed by Reneé Rodriquez, is hosting the fundraiser at .NO, a nonprofit gallery in SoHo, lower Manhattan’s art gallery center (www.no-in-nyc.org).

In late 2009, Seger says she was invited to submit a 10-minute play to a short play festival in Manhattan.

“I’d written one-acts and full-length plays for years, but this was my first time trying this very short form,” Seger said.

The play titled Yawn was passed to Rodriquez with the idea she would direct it. “I liked it immediately,” said Rodriquez, “and I wanted to

know more about the playwright.”

Their association grew over 2010 as Seger wrote five more 10-minute plays that were consistently better than Rodriquez and her company were seeing anywhere else.

“My board voted unanimously, in late 2010, to do an evening of Ms. Seger’s oneacts,” Rodriquez said. “We think her work is fantastic and very contemporary.”

The upcoming fundraiser will include the staging of three 10-minute plays — Yawn, Storyline and Climbing — as well as a reading of Seger’s one-act play, Rope of Sands.

In 1999, Seger produced, directed and acted in a teleplay version of Rope of Sands at the Community Television Network in Portland. A copy PLAY, Page D

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To The Editor: Election starts! The president is filing papers today, April 4, 2011. Expecting to raise the most money in history! Well isn’t this a fine mess!

The millionaires finally kick in, not for the country, but the presidential election. How honorable of them?

GE didn’t pay taxes and probably won’t. Charles Rangel beat the tax system for 40 years, and the Secretary of the Treasury forgot. We still don’t know if they paid fines or back taxes.

We paid our taxes and the government gave it to the millionaires, and they give it back so they can keep on filling their pockets.

We are the most gullible country in the world. Right before our eyes, we — the people — are footing the bills while the government collects their paychecks and goes after kickbacks.

The Bush Wars are still going on, and now in Libya! With all the brains in Washington, D.C., the best they have done so far is cut the cost of living for Social Security for several years and it looks like they are going to do it again in 2012. That’s a large set of balls.

So, it’s time we make an example of the people that represent us, right along with GE and the rest of the crooks.

When we show we won’t take it anymore, maybe just maybe, our justice system will enforce the tax laws and the “too good to pay” will spend some time where they belong. I am not giving one penny to any politician!

They would be lucky to get a vote. I’ve had it with the scamming and deals made behind closed doors. All this crap started with Bush Sr., Clinton and Boy George Bush. They are not hurting. We pay tribute and they make millions more. President Obama, the coming, will rake in even more with our blessing.

It’s nice to see Social Security’s cost of living is going to good use. Go for it suckers! We honor the dishonorable, and they laugh at our constitution and their oath of office.

Are we any better off now?

While those “too big to fail” buy the next president, how much more will the powers that be give them to party and fill the war chests of our elected officials?

Perhaps, we will see the debt houses as Medicare and Social Security will be gone and the 401k’s for retirement mean baby boomers get scammed by baby boomers and on it goes.

Elect who? Who is honorable enough to get in the chair in the oval office that keeps his word?

It is off my chest for now. It’s a long way to 2012 elections.

I hope we get someone with some balls and the conviction to do what is right. Show me 100 righteous men and women, fat chance.

Robert J. Champagne Bridgton

Dinner thanks

To the Editor: Thanks to all who helped and attended the complimentary dinner March 26 put on by the Lovell Neighborhood Watch. Special thanks to Hannaford in Bridgton, Food City, Dunkin’ Donuts of Bridgton, Lovell VFW, Rosie’s, Melby’s, and Wicked Good Store.

Most of all, a huge thanks to the “Spaghettio’s” for all the effort to make it happen! Come join us.

The next meeting is Wednesday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the New Suncook School.

With appreciation, Roxanne Craig

Great debate

To The Editor: The debate Friday night at the town office is another addition to our quality of living here in Bridgton. Our hats are off to Steve Collins, the debaters, and the appreciative audience. This should be an on-going activity that can be easily expanded to include other debaters and a wide range of subjects.

This morning, opening my Bridgton News to the Opinion section, I was impressed with the “Our View” author’s slant on (Paul) LePage’s behavior since he became governor. He certainly is not unique, as we have witnessed much of this for several years in our national politics. We have had our fill of those who angrily attack others who have a different view on government policies and practices. We must search for common ground with our communications to describe problems and prescribe solutions. It is not easy, as we seem to have an infinite capacity to be unhappy.

Ronald J. Fryer Bridgton

Good enough

To The Editor: The Bridgton Board of Selectmen should be commended for responding as they did to the issues regarding Portland Road development. In addition to the purely economic issues, the emotion generated within the community deserved a prompt and meaningful response, and people seem to be satisfied that accommodation will be made to satisfy everyone.

However well this episode ends, it’s important to remember that Bridgton’s economic future will not be decided by a beef patty, a drumstick, or other such offering. Bridgton’s future lies in a revitalized and sustainable downtown — and few seem to be emotional about, or even interested in that area.

We point with pride to a new movie theater and an enlarged department store without noticing that many of our once prosperous shops have shrunk in space, become purely seasonable, or closed altogether, and many of our buildings are in a high state of disrepair.

We drive to a new food market, or an enlarged hardware store at the edge of town and do not notice that the vitality of these spaces may be sharply contrasted with the quiet distress of the downtown.

Some point out that people do come downtown. They visit one store or another or do their banking, then hop into their cars and go. There’s little reason to linger and see what else the downtown offers. Public spaces that could draw people into Bridgton’s

downtown are largely missing.

Other New England towns define themselves with designated public spaces, the town common, for example, where people may gather. Bridgton’s town common, once at the height of Main Hill, has disappeared.

The public squares, Pondicherry Square and Post Office Square, have been obliterated.

Naples’ Causeway project is going to create a gathering place for that community, and Fryeburg is mounting an effort to revitalize its downtown. Without similar effort here, Bridgton will be left in the dust created by cars as they move through — and out — of town.

Through the years, Bridgton has kept to the idea that things as they are, are good enough.

Take another look around.

Good enough is no longer good enough.

Dee Miller Bridgton

Planning board

bigger parking lot. Now, I hear complaints about Renys and the “look” ruining downtown, the lack of parking, etc.

There are other parking “issues” brewing thanks to our Lack of Planning Board. Check out the buckets and signs in the old AG parking lot (now known as Off Price). Just wait till the rest of the plan unfolds and watch what happens to parking and community relationships!

I feel discouraged and defeated. Big boxes are a thumbs-up.

The Lack of Planning Board continues to unravel our quaint, nostalgic town. Before we know it, we will look and feel like Windham or Anytown, USA. We seem to do a great deal of complaining after things are done to our town. Hindsight is 20/20. But, hindsight will not undo what the Lack of Planning Board is doing to our town.

Mark Grenda Corn Shop Trading Co. Bridgton

Mural

To The Editor: I went to the Bridgton Planning Board meeting (last week). What a waste of time!

There is no planning done by this group of individuals. The deal was done before the meeting was begun.

I received a notice of intent to build, as I am an abutter to the little piece of land on Depot Street next to Renys. I studied their plan and had many questions and concerns. The building’s footprint is 2,000+/- square feet. There are plans for two retail stores on the first floor and two office spaces on the second floor. They estimate eight to 10 employees. There is one parking space available on this land.

My questions start with this one.

Where will the other employees park? Once again, the planning board and their lack of planning rubber stamps a plan that infringes on the other business owners in town. Already, Renys’ customers park in front of the bank and EFG Books. They use the private lots belonging to the Thrift Shop, the Corn Shop and the bank. Once again, the board approved a plan with no real thinking about the long-term consequences.

When the grand and glorious Renys expansion was proposed, I went before this Lack of Planning Board and explained about the loss of parking and a building too large for downtown Bridgton. No one heard me. It was a done deal, and I wasted my time and energy that evening. And, Renys said the town should spend money and build a

To The Editor: Some seem to be upset with the ways of Maine’s new governor. The mural complaint is but an opening salvo from those who became accustomed to being taken care of by the “mothering” governance of the last administration.

This governor seems to want us to get back to our Yankee ways of using our own intelligence and work our skills and talents to their full potential.

Too many regulations and the imaging of how we should be may suit other cultures, but not Mainiacs. Now to be told to rely on yourself may seem to be bullying, but really it is the way of this state since before its founding.

Finally, we have a real Maine governor. These are great times.

Walt Horton Bridgton

Volunteers

To The Editor: Thank you to all our volunteers. Volunteers are a very special group of people who donate time, energy, love and compassion unconditionally to all those lives they touch.

They share their music, spirituality and many other talents, or simply visit with someone.

This is greatly appreciated by our residents and our staff at Bridgton Health & Residential Care Center. Thank you!

Dea Dea Robbins Activities Director Bridgton Health & Residential Care Center

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‘Capriccio’ to air at PAC

FRYEBURG — As part of The Met: Live in HD series, Capriccio will be broadcast live at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students. Tickets may be ordered through the box office by calling 935-9232 or online at www. fryeburgacademy.org Renée Fleming will sing her first complete Met performances as the elegant Countess in Richard Strauss’s Capriccio.

Fleming sang the demanding final scene of the opera in a gala opening the Met’s 2008-09 season, but this season’s performances will be her first time singing the full opera with the

company.

Andrew Davis, who led the Met premiere of the opera in 1998, returns to conduct its first revival, which also stars Joseph Kaiser as the composer Flamand, Russell Braun as the poet Olivier, Sarah Connolly as Clairon, Morten Frank Larsen in his Met debut as the Count, Peter Rose as the flamboyant La Roche, and Barry Banks and Olga Makarina as a temperamental Italian tenor and soprano; all are making Met role debuts.

In Capriccio, Strauss uses the romantic indecision of the widowed Countess — who is pursued by both a composer and a poet — as the opportunity for a sophisticated, breezy

(Continued from Page D) of that production later played on access stations all over Maine and was uploaded to a national website for access stations where it has been downloaded from Maine to California.

In addition to performances of her plays, the fundraiser will also offer items for sale that Seger is bringing from Maine like her satiric series, The Telefax Trilogy; The Telefax Box, Aurora Rising and Telefax Acclaimed.

She’s also bringing copies of her film, The Force of Poetry, which focuses on the poetry of her husband, Timothy Victor Richardson.

The Force of Poetry was endorsed by Maine Public Broadcasting, in 2004, which

wrote: “The effect is to inject life and heartbeat into what is often thought of as an inert, hard-to-read art form, and the result is educational and entertaining.”

Seger will also bring “Morning Song,” a CD featuring local actor Jeff Flint’s amazing interpretation of a story by Timothy Richardson.

Everything is available on Amazon.

Rodriquez’ company also submitted Rope of Sands to Manhattan’s Planet Connections Festival where it was accepted and scheduled for performance in June, 2011.

“We think this could be a very exciting year for our company and the talented Ms. Seger,” Rodriquez said.

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examination of aesthetics. The Countess wonders which is more important to musical drama: the music or the written word? The opera’s supporting characters, including the actress Clairon, the stage director La Roche, and the Countess’s love-struck brother, amplify and complicate this central artistic question.

While Fleming sings her first Capriccio at the Met this season, she has sung the Countess to wide acclaim in other venues, most recently in 2008 and 2010 productions at the Vienna State Opera. This is the third Strauss heroine in Fleming’s wideranging Met repertory, which also includes the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and the title character in Arabella; it is the twenty-first complete role she has sung with the company.

John Cox’s production, which updates the setting to the twentieth century, was created for the opera’s 1998 Met premiere. The staging features sets by Mauro Pagano, interior décor and costume design by Robert Perdziola and lighting design by Duane Schuler.

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CHERISH THE EARTH work by Janet Gill is one of several pieces to be exhibited at Gallery 302 in Bridgton now through April 28.

‘Cherish Our Earth’

The Bridgton Art Guild will present an exhibit at Gallery 302 in Bridgton now through April 28, entitled, “Cherish Our Earth.”

Artists have been busy creating works about caring for the earth, going green and loving the natural landscape.

‘Beijing Taxi’

FRYEBURG — Beijing Taxi will be screened on Friday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fryeburg Academy.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors (65-plus) and students. You many purchase tickets online at www.fryeburgacademy.org or by contacting the box office at 935-9232.

Beijing Taxi is a featurelength documentary that vividly portrays the ancient capital of China undergoing a profound transformation. The intimate lives of three taxi drivers are seen through a humanistic lens as they navigate a quickly morphing city, confronting modern issues and changing values.

The three protagonists radiate a warm sense of humanity despite the struggles that each faces in adapting to new realities of life in the modern city.

The film’s director, Miao Wang, will be joining the screening and will be answering questions after the film. With stunning imagery of Beijing and

a contemporary score rich in atmosphere, Beijing Taxi communicates a visceral sense of the common citizens’ persistent attempts to grasp the elusive. The 2008 Summer Olympic Games serve as the backdrop for Beijing Taxi’s story, a coming out party for a rising nation and a metaphor for Chinese society and its struggles to reconcile enormous contradictions while adjusting to a new capitalist system that can seem foreign to some in the Communist-ruled and educated society. Candid and perceptive in its filming approach and highly cinematic and moody in style, Beijing Taxi takes us on a lyrical journey through fragments of a society riding the bumpy roads to modernization. Though its destination unknown, the drivers continue to forge ahead.

The running time is 78 minutes.

Hunter safety

HARRISON — The Western Maine Fish & Game Club and the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Department will sponsor a Hunter’s Safety Course on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Harrison Fire Station.

The cost is $3 per person, and attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will take place beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 16. For more information, call 583-4535.

Members of the Bridgton Art Guild, including those who regularly show their work at Gallery 302, have been invited to participate.

Gallery 302 is located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton.

Gallery hours for March and April are 12 to 4 p.m. daily.

For more information, call 6472787 or visit www.gallery302. com

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HARRISON — Join the Blue Willow Band this Saturday night, April 16, at the Harrison Ballroom for the third annual Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Cub’s “Tax Relief Party.”

The Harrison Ballroom is an actual old-fashioned ballroom with a high, molded tin ceiling and is a great place to perform and dance in. It’s located right in the middle of “the Block” on Main Street in downtown Harrison. There’ll be a cash bar, raffles, and desserts by “Fine Kettle of Fish Catering.”

The dance itself starts at 7 p.m., but at 6 p.m. there will be a free lesson in swing dance

by Russian Professional Dance Instructor Sergei Slussky. Even just watching is really entertaining. He’s quite a character.

And in addition, Sergei and his professional partner will put on a dance demonstration during intermission that you won’t want to miss.

All the proceeds go to benefit local youth programs through the Bridgton/Lake Region Rotary Club. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

For advance tickets, call Sheila Rollins at 583-6074.

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