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Serving Bridgton and the surrounding towns of Western Maine since 1870 Vol. 152, No. 15

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Event barn rules on ballot

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — At some weddings, seating is either on the groom’s side or seating is on the bride’s side.

There is a choice of where to sit. And, a person can only sit on one side.

At the Primary Polls in June, there will two choices on the ballot: the citizen’s petition ordinance and the town’s ordinance. These are two different ordinances governing the same thing: paid-for events such as weddings, anniversaries, retirement parties and family reunions held in a barn on rural property.

People can only vote for one ordinance.

Both ordinances will allow a landowner to build or renovate a barn on the property, and to rent out the structure for events. Essentially, both ordinances would allow property-owners to operate this type of business with restrictions but the details differ.

On Monday night, the public hearing was held for both ordinances as well as about nine other proposed ordinance amendments. The public hearing was held prior to the Naples Board of Selectmen meeting in the gymnasium in order to accommodate a bigger audience.

Essentially, two residents James Willworth and Betsey Enright, consulted with an

attorney and came up with a citizen’s petition referendum — an ordinance which would allow events barns in the Rural and Residential Districts.

Willworth and Enright got the required 198 signatures of registered voters, which is 10 percent of the voter turnout during the most recent gubernatorial election, according to Naples Town Manager John Hawley.

At the same time, the town is crafting an ordinance to allow events barns to exist in zones other than commercial.

Basically, Town Planner Ben Smith, of North Star Planning, will write the language based on public input and board comments.

Therefore, one more public hearing will be held for the town’s proposed ordinance.

Chairman Jim Grattelo explained why the town couldn’t change the language on the ordinance that originated from Naples residents.

“We can’t change this because it is a citizen’s petition. The vote itself cannot be delayed. The citizen’s petition referendum is going to be on the ballot for June 14,” Grattelo said.

“We just received an opinion from legal counsel that states that we still have time to come up with the proposed language to comEVENTS, Page 2A

Grant to help upgrade arena Chalmers Ice Arena has received a significant grant from the Kendal C. and Anna Ham Charitable Foundation that will support exciting upgrades ensuring that the arena remains a resource for the Lake Region and Bridgton Academy communities.

Built in 1998, the arena has been a valuable asset, not just for the Academy’s students, but also area residents, and especially youth.

The Chalmers Ice Arena is proud to have offered programming for the last couple of decades in partnership with Bridgton Recreation, high school hockey teams, and hockey leagues, to name just a few.

A portion of the grant will allow the arena to purchase a new, state-of-the-art skate sharpener that will replace its current unit, which is

more than 30 years old.

“This grant will allow us to better serve all who enjoy the arena,” said Jon Parkhurst, arena manager.

“We sharpen skates for almost every person who hits the ice. This new sharpener will allow us to provide next-level service to our skaters.”

The remaining funds will be used to rehabilitate the locker room bathrooms, which could allow the arena to further broaden its programming.

“We are excited that the grant also gives us the chance to update these facilities,” Parkhust said. “This past year alone, we welcomed more than a hundred students through Bridgton Recreation’s learn to skate program. The goal, once completed, is to welcome ARENA, Page 2A

Full line-up as MoM returns

Music on Main returns for the 2022 season with a full slate of performers lined up for May through October at the 144 Main Street outdoor venue in Bridgton.

Kicking off the new season of free concerts on Saturday nights will be Golden Oak and Jordan Kaulback on May 28. Concerts run from 6 to 9 p.m.

June 25 features Jason Spooner and Caroline Cotter.

July 2 brings Catcha Vibe, B+ and hula-hoop guru Nettie Loops.

July 23 spotlights the Pete Kilpatrick Band and Matt Fournier.

August 27 welcomes the Don Campbell Band along with Small Craft Advisory.

September 24 is headlined by American Ride and Bryan Frates.

And October 22 lands Motor Booty Affair.

FUNDRAISER FOR SAMANTHA, who needs a double lung transplant. This photo was taken in autumn 2020, from left to right, Jonathan DelVecchio and the Mirante family, Elizabeth, the dog Gunner, Francis, Sr., Samantha and Francis, Jr. (Photo courtesy of Mirante family)

Fighting the fight, together Woman wins one battle, now faces lung transplant

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Elizabeth Mirante says that her family has always been close.

That bond has proven invaluable as family members lean on each other while Elizabeth’s mom Samantha Mirante has been going through a health crisis.

Samantha got COVID19 in late December 2021.

In January of this year, respiratory problems led to a trip to the emergen-

cy room and a brush with death as family members were told to say their final good-byes.

But Samantha persevered.

In mid-March, after being there for six weeks, doctors at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston determined that Samantha needed a bilateral lung transplant.

In fact, doctors said that she could not leave the hospital and go home until she received a double lung

transplant.

At that point, she was life-flighted to Massachusetts General Hospital, where doctors have been prepping her for that future surgery.

Meanwhile, the family follows through with daily living and going to fulltime jobs. The immediate family includes Samantha’s husband Francis Mirante, Sr., and her two grown children Elizabeth, 22 and Francis Jr. Any spare time involves trips to Boston to be with Samantha. Last month, Elizabeth and her father were driving to Mass General as frequently as

twice a week, she said.

“Unfortunately, we are unable to spend the night there at the hospital. The pricing for hotels in Boston is so high, and then gas is so high,” Elizabeth said.

“We car pool, and we make our trip once a week now.

And then other family make the trip to go see her so she’s not alone during the week. We take turns.”

While the family focuses on Samantha, the community is putting together a fundraiser to help with the medical bills and associated expenses. That is happening next weekend.

The fundraiser, which FAMILY, Page 3A

Gabby’s rezoning heads to voters

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES —The owners of a business that is located in the rural zone off Route 302 would like to have the lot rezoned commercial.

More than a dozen neighbors worry about the worsecase scenario. If changed to commercial, the property could be sold down the road, and the new owners could do anything that is on the list of approved uses in the commercial zone.

The zone-change proposal to switch Gabby’s Roadhouse BBQ from rural to commercial district was one of several items that were part of a public hearing.

The public hearing was held Monday night before the Naples Board of Selectmen meeting. More than 60 people showed up, although not all of them for this particular issue.

Between 15 and 20 people testified about the rezoning proposal. Those were comments for and against the zone change.

Carlos and Gabriella “Gabby” Oliveira own and operate the restaurant. It is located off Route 302 near the Naples Fire Station and right next to Great Northern Docks.

There was an organized opposition from the abutters. However, at least one abutter, who lives directly across the street, sided with the Oliveiras.

The selectmen were also torn on the topic, resulting

GABBY’S ROADHOUSE BBQ (as shown in this photo taken in early February) will be the subject of a ballot question during the Primary Election. The question is: Should it be changed from Rural to Commercial District?

(De Busk Photo) in a close vote, 3-1-1, to ing change to commercial clothing stores in addition put the proposed rezoning for this establishment. Our to changes in keeping with question on the ballot of the family has been property a New England, small-town Primary Election on June owners and summer visitors vacation destination,” she 14. for over a century. Our his- wrote.

Selectmen Ted Shane, tory in Naples, as so many “This family history is Colin Brackett and Bob other families, has seen not due to ready access Caron II voted in favor logical changes to our land- to bar, nightclubs, batting of putting it on the bal- scape: necessary upgrades cages, Dunkin’ Donut or lot. Chairman Jim Gratello such as grocery, banks and GABBY’S, Page 2A voted in opposition. Kevin Rogers abstained, citing conflict of interest.

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Gabby’s rezoning heads to ballot

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES— There are two reasons that the Oliveira family would like to change the property they’ve owned for 20 years to commercially zoned.

One — refinancing. The bank gives loans with better interest rates if the land is commercial versus rural.

Two — the business next door is commercial.

Carlos Oliveira has been trying to refinance his lot in order to do improvements projects.

“We wanted to refinance the property. We have a three-unit home, residential. We have the business downstairs. The interest rates are incredible because it’s rural and no one wants to touch it. If they do, the interest rates are 12 to 14 percent,” he said. “So, if it’s turned into commercial, the interest rates are better.”

The second reason is right on the map.

“We are stuck right in the spot, we are a business next to a business,” he said.

Great Northern Docks is commercial, but Oliveira’s lot is not.

On Monday, Carlos Oliveira and his wife attended the public hearing for the lot rezoning issue. The Naples Board of board voted, 3-1-1, to put it on the ballot for the June Primary.

“I do feel like I have a chance. I believe the people will vote for it,” he said.

“We were prepared to go out and get the 200 signatures if this didn’t go through. We could petition.

We were confident we would get it,” he said. “We had three selectmen say yes. Only, Jim [Grattelo] who is giving businesses a hard time, was against it.”

“We felt like some of the neighbors snuck that up on us, tried to gang up on us and get their way, evidently it failed,” Oliveira said.

In addition to Gabby’s Roadhouse BBQ, Oliveira owns the business Carl’s & Son Flooring, which employs about 40 people and has a building in Bridgton. The company has contract with UMaine school district.

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that. But other [commercial] uses might apply,” he said.

During the testimony, one person mentioned that adult entertainment was only restricted from the Causeway, and therefore, that is one type of business that could end up on the lot if it were changed to commercial.

Later, another person pointed out that some of the worst-case scenario comments like it could be changed into an adult entertainment business were propaganda against the zone change.

As he has in the past, Grattelo referred to the zone change as a slippery slope.

“Great Northern Docks has been there forever. If we do this, we are going to have someone on our doorstep next. We have to protect the residential areas, and the rural areas in our town. Rural is supposed to be the most protected zone in our area,” Grattelo said.

“I don’t believe that we as a selectboard should allow this on the ballot.”

The other board members didn’t share his viewpoint.

However, they didn’t

express the points of view prior to the vote. Instead, some selectmen made statements during the public hearing. Selectman Ted Shane spoke after members of the public had turns at the microphone.

“There are too many different opinions,” Shane said, asking when Great Northern Docks zone change happened.

The answer came from the town manager: In 2016 the whole property was changed to commercial.

“Me, as a tax payer, it is the last business in that stretch that could be commercial. Therefore, I am in favor of it. For that dividing line, if Great Northern sold it could be Dunkin’ Donuts. It could be almost anything,” Shane said.

Several times, Selectman Caron responded to comment, saying that the town will not allow every commercial use.

“It still has to go through the planning board. Not just any business can go in that spot. Everyone has been saying that any commercial building, any commercial use could go there,” Caron said.

“It still has to be approved by the planning board. It

still has to be reviewed by what the town has in place.

There is a lot of gray area,” he said.

Rogers expressed a diplomatic point of view.

“What is going on started with a request to have music, and not being able to create a level playing field for a business. If this is converted into commercial, that something would change,” he said.

“Whatever the use is would have to still go up with review. We should focus on trying to come up with that compromise. All this started because people wanted music and more potential revenue. How do they get what other restaurants have? There are other residents in or near residential areas that are near places that have music,” Rogers said.

“Come up with a music plan rather than rezoning,” he said.

The outcome of the commercial rezoning will not be known until mid-June — after the election.

Until then, the board of selectmen approved Gabby’s Entertainment Permit. Only indoors music is allowed as part of the permit.

(Continued from Page 1A) pete with this item,” he said.

Probably about a dozen people spoke on the proposed ordinance.

Planning Board member Larry Anton was dead set against it.

“This is the worst proposal I’ve seen in 30 years,” Anton began. “Anyone who is an attendee can stay the night that means we are allowing 199 people occupancy for the night: tents, motor homes.

Imagine having 199 people staying there overnight after drinking and partying and no security.”

An audience member who did not identify himself before speaking questioned the requirement of 30 acres or more for an Events Barn to exist.

“Why is it limited to 30 acres? If you make it 30 acres, and don’t allow people that have less acres. What is the reason? To restrict the people in the rural zone that don’t have 30 acres from making profit on these 84 parties a year,” he said. “The owneroperator needs to live there.

Are they going to keep this in

control? Who is going to be responsibility if the owner is not there?”

“There are a lot of things that I don’t agree with, and it feels like it is getting forced down my throat,” the person said. “I totally disagree with making money in rural area instead of the commercial area.”

Carrie Wentworth, of Lambs Mills Road, said she was involved in the citizen’s petition. She had 83 acres and wanted to be able to use her land for an events barn.

More than a year ago, she asked the town to create an ordinance that would allow this use.

“In order for us to compromise, there needs to be a dialogue between us and the Ordinance Review Committee,” she said.

There were other people who mentioned the town was slow to get an ordinance together, or their ideas didn’t feel included in the ordinance that was being work-shopped by the town.

Wentworth addressed some of the previous comments and questions.

“As far as the acreage, they [potential customers] cannot come and have a wedding barn on two acres. Why would you want to do with that,” she asked. “As far as 199 people [the cap on the number of guests] staying the night, that isn’t going to happen. We would like to build a barn for the bride and groom and a few guests in the wedding party,” she said. “Fireworks— we have no problem with not having fireworks. We have dogs. We don’t want that. Living on site — we live on site and we will be there. We don’t want people coming and trashing our property. We will be onsite at all times.”

Martina Witts, who served on the ORC and also the planning board, shared her thoughts via Zoom.

“Everybody needs to understand— this would affect the entire rural zone.

This change the rules of what can be in the rural zone. That is what makes it so complicated. It isn’t just about an individual,” she said.

The ORC and the planning board have spent

months trying to come up with a thoughtful and thorough ordinance, she said.

“This is a big deal. This petition has to be on the warrant. I would urge the citizens when they vote, that the town is trying to come up with an ordinance that is fair to everybody,” Witts said.

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(Continued from Page 1A) 7-11’s. It is because of our peaceful lakeside community that we all love, and it has only recently come under attack by those who wish only to capitalize on our way of life,” Beatty said.

Chairman Grattelo explained why he voted no.

“I cannot support this and the major reason is the reason I wouldn’t support the Barn and Gary’s. This is the slippery slope. It never ends. There is always going to be a business next door that abuts the zone they’re next to. They want to change to commercial, too.

That is what happened to North Windham,” Grattelo said.

The owners of Gabby’s knew the restrictions when they purchased the business, he said.

“This business was bought knowing it is in rural, knowing it couldn’t have outdoor music. Like everything else in this town, they want to change it,” he said.

He addressed a specific comment made during the public hearing portion of the meeting.

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Illness brings family even closer together

Fundraiser set for Sunday, April 24 at Village Green

a strong bond that it has been emotionally tougher because of that even more so,” she said.

Before her mom got sick, her mom and dad worked a lot of hours at their job.

When they had weekends free, they enjoyed Maine’s great outdoors.

“All their hobbies were paired duos. They ice fished. They snowmobiled, which they didn’t get to do this year. Fishing is their most beloved hobby. Their boats are very important to them,” she said “My brother was going to police academy.

Because mom got sick, he applied for a job at Overhead Door Company to be my father’s helper.

He is huge emotional support for my father. He is with him every day,” she said. “My family has been very close anyway. I think we are spending a lot more one-on-one time.”

“I have definitely learned a lot more about my grandparents and the family tree, which I am thankful for. I’ve learned about all the rocky roads that they’ve been through.

All the medical stuff. I learned that my grandfather was ventilated a long, long time ago. My mother’s father, he is a very old school Mainer and doesn’t say much. His stories are amazing when he does get talking,” Elizabeth said.

Despite the situation, Samantha has been “in good spirits,” she said.

“For St. Patrick’s Day, me and my boyfriend went in and decorated her room green. For Easter, we did the same, we put all the Easter stuff up. It is something that we can do and not have to be heavy 24-7,”

she said.

Elizabeth recalled the roller coaster of health emergencies that her mother has been through since the beginning of the year.

“In January, she went to the Bridgton Hospital. She woke up in the middle of the night. Actually, the dog woke her up. She wasn’t able to catch her breath.

Her oxygen level was so low that doing anything was super strenuous. It was good thing she went to the ER because her oxygen saturation was at 60 percent. Fortunately enough, they were able to keep her stable. I am fortunate that my co-workers and my manager knew the severity of the situation, they allowed us into her room.

At the time, no hospitals were allowing visitors,” she said.

“We went in to say our final goodbye and luckily it wasn’t,” she said.

“Bridgton Hospital saved her life. Every day, I am thankful that she went to Bridgton, and that I’ve had the opportunity to work there and know those people personally who saved her life,” Elizabeth said.

Next, Samantha was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. She was there at least six weeks.

“She went to emergency department in Lewiston for a long, long time because no beds were available.

Then, they finally got a bed open in the ICU,” Elizabeth said. “She has never been ventilated. She is on high-flow oxygen.

That is just before being ventilated,” “She has made it this far, and she can get this transplant,” she said.

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(Continued from Page 1A) is called Samantha’s Flock Lung Transplant Fundraiser, will be held Sunday, April 24, from noon to 4 p.m. The fundraising activities include a barbecue lunch for $12, Karaoke contest for $20, a limbo contest plus a Chinese auction. The fundraiser will be located at the Naples Village Green.

If the weather is nice, the event will take place outdoors. If it rains, the fundraiser will go indoors, inside the Town of Naples Gymnasium.

Elizabeth stressed the THE MIRANTE FAMILY poses for professional photo in autumn 2020: (From importance of recognizing left to right) Samantha, Francis, Sr., Samantha and Francis, Jr. The family dog and thanking the people is named Gunner.

(Photo courtesy of Mirante family) who have taken over organizing the fundraiser.

Also, her mom’s mom or grandma Kimberly Emerson was a person high up on her thank you list.

“I really want people to know how much [Kimberly] has helped in this situation. She has a

By Dawn De Busk son to being very sick.” very busy household. She Staff Writer Mirante is a graduate of Lake Region dedicated a lot of time NAPLES — When someone in the High School who along with her husto help, especially with community is going through a tough time, band raised two children, Francis Jr., and me learning health insurespecially a medical emergency, people Elizabeth, 22, who also both graduated ance and all the adulting who care put together fundraisers. from LRHS. Samantha lives in Naples. responsibilities,” she said.

A fundraiser is in the works for Naples She is employed as a nail technician at Pulling together as resident Samantha Mirante who has been Lucinda’s Day Spa in Falmouth. a family at Massachusetts General Hospital awaitSamantha’s daughter Elizabeth said she Elizabeth has a backing a double-lung transplant for almost a was blown away by the kindness of people ground in the medical month. She tested positive for COVID-19 in the community when she heard that field. She is employed in December. Since January, she has been a fundraiser was being arranged for her as a technician in the ER at three different hospitals. In mid-March, mom. department at the Bridgton she was life flighted to Mass General.

“All the wonderful ladies and gentleHospital. So, family memThe fundraiser, lovingly called men who are helping to throw the fundbers have relied on her to Samantha’s Flock because of her love of raiser hold a special place in my heart for make sense out of medical Flamingos, will take place from noon to doing that. I would have never asked. That terms and to keep everyone 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, at the Naples is really generous of them,” Mirante said. updated.

Village Green.

“Joanna Moore and my cousin “I am the only one in “The event is going to go on, whether Marquetta Vaughn — they are the ones the medical field. I am her it’s raining or not,” according to Joanne who started it for my family,” she said. daughter. I jumped to be Moore one of the organizers “It’s one “I didn’t reach out to anyone in the comher advocate. I would do location. We reserved the Naples Village munity. I never asked. I guess I was too anything for my mother,” Green as well as the Grange Hall and the humble.” she said. “Sometimes, it Gymnasium in the town hall. If we do it “But once I heard about it, I asked to be has been hard. Everyone indoors, it will be in the gym. If it is a nice a part of it. I asked to be involved. I made turned to me to figure out day, we will be outside.” the flyers for it and handed them out,” was going on and to relay Next Sunday’s fundraising event will Mirante said. “Everything else — I have what was being said.” include a barbecue meal for $12, a Karaoke been very fortunate that they took the lead Samantha, 44, is a gradcontest and a limbo contest — both of with the fundraiser.” uate of Lake Region High which cost $20 for people to compete.

Moore provided details about the fundSchool (LRHS). After There will be a Chinese auction during raiser, which promises to have a flamingo high school, she met her which time people buy raffle tickets and theme. future-husband Francis place the tickets with the item they went The barbecue lunch will be served, startMirante. He had been to win. Winners are decided by drawing ing at noon. The meal is $12 and includes born and raised in Bethel, ticket instead of than whoever bids the barbecued chicken, hamburgers, salads, Connecticut. They raised highest price. desserts and a choice of beverages. their children, Francis, Jr., “I can’t wait to see people in the com“DJ Dan, a professional out of Portland, and Elizabeth in the Lake munity come out and support this woman. will be the emcee of the whole event. He Region.

She is going through a lot. She is a young will run the Karaoke contest,” Moore said.

Samantha is employed woman, only 44 years old,” Moore said. “He is going to play music for all ages at Lucinda’s Day Spa in “She has been hospitalized since Jan. 3. while we are eating and he is going to keep Falmouth as a nail techniShe cannot leave the hospital until they the event flowing.” cian. find lungs for her. COVID-19 damaged her Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for people to Elizabeth observed that lungs. She went from having a full-time view auction items. the family bond has been a working position and being an active perHELP, Page 5A double-edged sword.

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Bridgton Police These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, April 4 8:27 a.m. Traffic hazard (dead deer) on Hio Ridge Road.

11:36 a.m. Welfare check on Kansas Road.

2;18 p.m. Utility vehicle off the road and stuck on South High Street.

4:48 p.m. Family argument on Pleasant Street.

11:12 p.m. Suspicious person in vehicle on Kimball Road.

Tuesday, April 5 9:35 a.m. Officers responded to a 9-1-1 hangup call on Portland Road; staff was being harassed by a client’s child.

12:13 p.m. Two-vehicle crash on Harrison Road; one vehicle disabled; no injuries reported.

6:49 p.m. Citizen assist on North High Street.

Wednesday, April 6 8:17 a.m.

Officer responded to multiple complaints about a citizen littering at the intersection of Main Street and Harrison

Road. Subject warned for littering.

12:45 p.m. Welfare check on North High Street; subject transported to the hospital.

5:28 p.m. Welfare check on Depot Street.

Thursday, April 7 9:48 a.m. Home on Main Street was broken into and vandalized. Incident is under investigation.

7:51 p.m. Car-deer collision on South High Street.

Friday, April 8 4:48 a.m.

Officer responded to a possible disturbance on South High Street. No action taken.

10:11 a.m. Report of driver operating erratically on Willett Road; vehicle stopped, no action taken.

12:51 p.m. Theft complaint at a Main Street department store; investigation ongoing.

1:03 p.m.

Officer responded to a call for prescription drug disposal.

2:20 p.m. Welfare check on Willis Park Road.

3:31 p.m.

Officer attempted to make contact with subject on Portland

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ILLEGAL DUMPING — Rather than take these televisions to the transfer station, someone used Willis Park Road as their dumping spot. Bridgton Police Chief Phil Jones said fines for illegal dumping are based on “the weight of the litter” and amounts are stipulated under the state’s litter control law. For total weight of 15 pounds or less, the fine is not less than $100 or not more than $500; more than 15 pounds, the fine is $500 plus the possibility of community service.

There is no transfer station fee at these rates; so dispose of unwanted items appropriately!

Road to issue a trespass notice; unable to locate.

8:48 p.m. Criminal mischief at Bridgton Memorial School building; damage noted; no suspects located.

Saturday, April 9 5:48 a.m.

Citizen requested to speak with an officer regarding a domestic assault arrest, which was out of BPD jurisdiction; cit-

izen instructed to meet with the appropriate agency.

9:28 a.m. Suspicious person on Sam Ingalls Road property (videotaped on a surveillance camera).

9:48 a.m. Welfare check on Maple Street.

5:16 p.m. Domestic situation on Portland Road; one individual was arrested.

8:30 p.m. Officers responded to a disturbance

on Portland Road; one person was charged with assault, criminal mischief and obstructing justice.

Sunday, April 10 10:43 a.m. Noise complaint at Holden Hills; citizen plans “to contact legislature” regarding ongoing noise complaints.

11:26 a.m. Report of lost wallet at Portland Road gas station.

Don’t feed the bears

Bears are waking up, and to avoid conflicts with black bears, it is strongly suggested that homeowners take these precautions: Birdfeeders — Take down bird feeders between April 1 and Nov. 1. Rake up and dispose of bird seed on the ground. Store remaining bird seed indoors.

Garbage — Keep garbage cans inside until the morning of trash pickup.

Keep dumpster lids closed

and latched. Never overfill dumpsters. Dumpsters with plastic lids aren’t bear proof and should be kept in a secure building or protected by fencing.

Grills — Remember to burn off any food residue, dispose of wrappers and clean the grilling area after use. If possible, store grills inside when not in use. If you’re having bear problems, stop grilling for one to two weeks so that the

bear will move on Pet and Livestock Foods — Store pet and livestock foods inside. Feed pets and livestock inside.

If feeding animals outside, cleanup any uneaten feed daily Protect your livestock with fencing and bring them inside a secure building at night.

By taking these precautions, homeowners are more likely to prevent

conflicts that could pose a danger to human life or require corrective action such as moving or killing a

bear. Removing these food sources will also limit other backyard visitors (raccoons, skunks, etc.).

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES— One town road that was paved this past fall failed to get any complaints this spring.

Everyone has been quiet

about Middle Road.

However, about three weeks ago, a local selectman brought up that some stretches of the pavement did not appear to measure up to the two inches of top

pavement requested by the town in the bid.

Selectman Ted Shane said he had driven on Middle Road and he had observed that the pavement was wider, 21 inches instead of 20 inches. Therefore, the pavement might be stretched out and thinner along some stretches. During a meeting on March 14, he estimated that some spots might be less than two inches thick.

“I’m guessing it’s not 2 inches. The only way to test it is with core sample,” he said.

On Monday, the results from a bore test samples of the pavement on Middle Road were made public during the Naples board of Selectmen meeting.

At the board’s request, Town Manager John Hawley hired the engineering firm of SWCole.

“They took ten samples at random locations, approximately 500 feet from each other. The thicknesses ran from 1.62 inches to 2.3 inches. Eight of the 10 samples were greater than 1.75, and two that were less, 1.6 and 1.7. There was an area of excessive voids indicating poor compaction with pavement depth of 2.12. In the area where the cracks can be found the pavement thicknesses were 1.62 and 2.3,” Hawley said.

“Road width was primarily 20 feet wide until getting closer to the end at Chaplin’s Hill, where the road measured 21 for a short distance,” he said.

Hawley said he hired the engineering firm of SWCole at the board’s request.

“Based on those statistics, we got a fair paving job,” Hawley said.

Shane put forward a plan to make sure the town got the best product.

“We did want 2 inches on the road. What can they do to correct it? Seal the cracks. It’s cracked now.

The new pavement is not going to go down through the cracks. It is going to

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These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, April 4 2:04 p.m. Radar detail at Molly Ockett Drive.

8:30 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Pequawket Lane.

Tuesday, April 5 1:22 a.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Hemlock Bridge Road.

4:38 a.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Pequawket Village Road.

5:06 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Bradley Street.

6:31 p.m.

Assist Fryeburg Rescue at Fryeburg Academy.

Wednesday, April 6 4:33 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.

Six motor vehicle stops (Bridgton Road 2, Main Street 2, Portland Street 2); six warnings issued.

Thursday, April 7 6:50 a.m. Motor vehicle crash on Bridgton Road (Harvest Hills Animal Shelter).

2:31 p.m. Radar detail at Molly Ockett Drive.

Friday, April 8 11:39 a.m. Welfare check on North Fryeburg Road.

2:51 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Pequawket Lane.

4:05 p.m. Traffic complaint on Main Street.

4:30 p.m. Civil matter on Stuart Street.

4:45 p.m. Theft complaint on Main Street.

6:22 p.m. Criminal trespass on Wilton Warren Road.

8:55 p.m. Assist county deputy on Old County Road in Brownfield.

Saturday, April 9 2:41 a.m. Responding to a disturbance on Wicks Road, police charged Robert Wentworth, 31, of Fryeburg with domestic violence assault.

9:16 p.m. Suspicious activity on Bridgton Road (Fryeburg Plaza).

Sunday, April 10 1:10 a.m. Assist citizen at transfer station.

7:52 p.m. Non-reportable motor vehicle crash on Spring Drive.

Monday, April 11 4:57 a.m. Radar detail on Portland Street.

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April 14, 2022 The Bridgton News, Page 5A

Playwright to perform original work

Chalmers signs as presenting sponsor

DENMARK — Harrison resident Gail Phaneuf — playwright, educator, composer, actor and director, and artistic and executive director for Maine’s Deertrees Theatre — debuts her one-woman play Kippy, Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living! on Saturday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at Denmark Arts Center, 50 W. Main Street, Denmark.

Admission is $10, available at the door.

A talk back immediately follows the performance, featuring the playwright and members of the Lake’s Region Recovery Center staff on topics explored in the performance.

Phaneuf’s inventive Kippy story is expressed as a onewoman imagining of a conversation with the late Kip Tiernan, social justice hero.

Kippy was an extraordinary character and force of nature who changed the face of social justice in Boston, Mass.

Passionate and salty-tongued, she engendered outrage and empathy for the plight of poor and homeless women. As the founder of Rosie’s Place in 1974, she launched the firstever homeless sanctuary for women in the United States.

Kippy later went on to establish the Greater Boston Food Bank.

The first production of the play was postponed in Boston in 2020 due to the pandemic. During that period, Phaneuf created and edited a film version of Kippy, which won awards from both the Doctors Without Borders

and LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festivals.

Gail Phaneuf has devoted her entire career to theatre.

As a playwright and composer, Phaneuf has penned three full musicals and sixteen plays, performed at venues around the world. Her award-winning Monsters! A Midlife Musical Meltdown, premiered in Boston, and subsequently produced at Deertrees Theatre, among others. Her play Breakfast with Mary premiered at Deertrees in 2011. Her teen musical The Love Note was produced Off-Broadway in 2014 and continues to be performed around the globe. Other works include Memorize You, a songcycle, and several one act plays. Phaneuf founded G.P. Technologies/Productions in Boston, Mass., and served as former president of Boston’s Playwrights’ Platform. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and earned a master’s degree in Theatre Education from Emerson College. She

The Bridgton 4 on the Fourth Road Race Committee recently announced Chalmers Insurance Group will act as the Presenting Sponsor for the race. Chalmers is a longtime sponsor of the race, and many family members over the years have both participated in it and volunteered for it.

Race Director Bill Graham is thrilled about Chalmers Insurance Group’s decision. “Last fall, the Race Committee decided to look for a Presenting Sponsor for the first time, and they immediately suggested approaching Chalmers.

Even though we are one of the largest races in Maine, we have always thought of it as a local, family-centered event.

Who better embodies those qualities than Chalmers, a highly successful, fourth generation business right here in Bridgton.”

Chalmers Insurance Group is an independent insurance agency with a history that stretches back 165 years.

Community involvement has always been at the heart of the organization.

“We believe in Bridgton. As the Presenting Sponsor for the upcoming 46th annual 4 on the Fourth, our agency continues to make giving back to our town a priority,” says Jim Chalmers, fourth generation co-owner of Chalmers.

“Chalmers Insurance has proudly sponsored this event since its inception, and will continue to for years to come.

It brings racers from all over the country together; spotlighting this wonderful small town, with proceeds going to the Bridgton Public Library, our town’s ‘heart’ and epicenter,” says Dottie Chalmers Cutter, fourth generation co-owner of Chalmers.

GAIL PHANEUF, playThe Bridgton 4 on the Fourth will be running its 46th wright, educator, composroad race on July 4, 2022. The four-mile competitive race er, actor and director. attracts over 2000 runners and walkers from across the country and world. In 2001, New England Runner magazine named it New England’s top race, and in 2010, the race was inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame. Since 2016, the event has included a Kids Fun Run/Walk, which takes place on July 3.

Chalmers Insurance Group is located in eight communities serving Maine and New Hampshire. Since 1857, the family-owned and operated business has helped neighbors secure their finances and protect their individual KIPPY, Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for and business assets by pro- the Living takes the Denmark Arts Center stage on viding trusted insurance and Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1.

Michelle Luce risk management advice.

Luce promoted by Norway Savings Bank

FRYEBURG — Norway Savings Bank has announced eight promotions, including Michelle Luce as Fryeburg Branch Manager and Mortgage

Loan Officer.

Luce started her career at Norway Savings Bank in 2019 as Assistant Branch Manager at the Fryeburg location with nearly 30

years of banking experience. She quickly learned the market and acclimated to the Fryeburg community supporting the lending needs in the area.

“Michelle is an avid supporter of the bank’s culture and serves on various committees,” NSB officials said.

also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering. As an educator, she served for more than a decade as the Playwright in Residence, Senior Lecturer, sound designer and theatre director at Curry College. To learn

more, visit gailphaneuf.com.

For more information about the Kippy performance, visit denmarkarts.org, e-mail info@denmarkarts.org, call 207-452-2412 or follow Denmark Arts Center on Facebook.

DOO WOP CELEBRATION at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg on Saturday, April 30.

Upcoming shows

FRYEBURG — Upcoming performances at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, located on the Fryeburg Academy campus: Saturday, April 30, 7:30 p.m., The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue. The national touring Corvettes are returning for another all-out Doo Wop celebration! The band’s incredibly entertaining show and comical stage antics have left many a happy audience screaming for more. Some of the timeless hits you might hear at a Corvettes Doo Wop Revue show include Twistin’ the Night Away, Earth Angel, Rock Around the Clock, and so many more! From New Hampshire to New Orleans and Virginia to Vegas, The Corvettes perform the great music of the Doo Wop era with a fresh, new energy. Don’t miss the Kustom Kruisers Club of Maine’s car show at 5:30 p.m., featuring a selection of incredible customized classics on display outside on the LHE/PAC patio.

Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $10 for students. Order online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac, or call the box office at 207-544-9066. The LHE/PAC is located at 18 Bradley Street in Fryeburg.

Thursday, May 5, 6:30 p.m. No Man’s Land Film Festival. The Fryeburg Academy Girl Up club is excited to bring the 2022 No Man’s Land Film Festival to the LHE/PAC. No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF) aims to un-define feminine in adventure and sport through film. The goal of this festival is to connect like-minded individuals who are actionoriented, wish to support a shared vision of gender equality, have a desire to experience their passions and environments through a uniquely feminine lens, and above all, love adventure.

A $10 suggested donation supports the F.A. Girl Up club.

Saturday, May 7, 1 p.m. Met Opera Live in HD: Opera Turandot. Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska performs the role of Puccini’s icy princess — seen live in cinemas. Tenor Yonghoon Lee is the bold prince determined to win Turandot’s love, alongside soprano Ermonela Jaho as the devoted servant Liù legendary bass Ferruccio Furlanetto as the blind king Timur. Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring score. Estimated run time: 3 hours, 15 minutes. For tickets, go to www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac or call 207-544-9066.

Opera enthusiast Joe De Vito will be hosting his Opera Lecture Series on Thursday, May 5 at 3 p.m. in the LHE/PAC Seminar Room. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Thursday, May 12, 7 p.m. Fryeburg Academy Spring Concert. The Fryeburg Academy Band and Chorus present their annual Spring Concert. Free admission.

Middle Road paving

(Continued from Page 4A) complaints about Middle town manager reported the Road this spring,” he said. extreme inflation in paving crack again,” Shane said.

In related business, the prices, which will impact “But we did not have any how many projects can get done.

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If people do not have Sunday free to attend the fundraiser, they can donate to Samantha by buying other items.

“We are selling pink flamingo tumblers. We are selling bracelets with the lung transplant ribbon on them. We are selling little green ribbons.

We have t-shirts for sale,” Moore said. “Donations can be made to Samantha Mirante through Venmo, too.”

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School news

2 thumbs up for ‘Addams Family’

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As a youngster, I rushed off the school bus, grabbed a snack, sat down and tackled homework so I could watch my two favorite TV shows — The Munsters and The Addams Family.

The characters were odd, yet captivating to a kid’s mind.

While monsters and vampires often scare children, characters like Herman, Grandpa and wolf-face Eddie Munster along with Lurch, Wednesday and Pugsley were creepy yet likable.

So, when Lake Region’s Drama Club decided to bring The Addams clan to the stage for two weeks of performances, I was all in to see how these young actors and actresses would bring those spooky and kooky characters of my youth — only seen in black and white — to the stage in full color and song.

After two long years of public separation due to the pandemic, this show was exactly what my wife and I need — a night out, a chance to laugh, and an opportunity to support a group of highly talented high school students who had worked for months memorizing lines, tuning their voices and perfecting their stage moves.

We were treated to an incredible performance, which checked every box I could think of when considering writing this review. I don’t usually do reviews, but in this case, I couldn’t resist. Why? Reviews generally hit two notes — praise and criticism. I found plenty reasons to praise the efforts and execution by the Cousin It cast (one regret I had was I was unable to take in a second performance to see the Thing Cast), while very little to criticize.

So, let’s start with those little nit-picky points, and get them out of the way. There were a few times Ancestor characters couldn’t be heard (we sat in the upper part of the auditorium, near the sound booth). They do not wear microphones, so they were challenged to “project” their voices. #2, like any high school musical, one will hear a wide range of voice talent. Yes, there were some

Review

The Addams Family

INDEED, THUMBS UP for the performances given by the casts — Thing and Cousin It — of The Addams Family. Pictured Kathryn Rose as Wednesday and David DelVecchio as Gomez. up and down moments, as one might expect. But, here is where I move from criticism to praise. I can hardly carry a tune, so I can imagine the amount of courage these kids possess to stand before strangers and belt out a song. Having coached varsity softball, I know teens struggle finding the confidence to go all out, because they fear failure — be it falling short personally, or making a mistake that hurts the entire team. It takes a lot of inner fortitude to keep singing and not reverting to a whisper when one’s voice is off-pitch. I marveled at the determination these performers displayed, whether they were on key or not. They all should be proud of conquering the moment.

Now, the best part — the praise, and there is a lot to pass around. Editorial space is limited, so here’s a quick scorecard: Music — As expected, the Pit Band created the right atmosphere and rhythm, led by Director Brian Tingdahl. It was good to see long-time HS music director Paul Greenstone back in the house. He was joined

by John Waldie, Phoebe

Payne, Allison Baker, Sam Fickett, Gary Fuller, Linda McVety and Ian Smith.

Set and costumes — Fabulous. The veteran group included Michelle DelVecchio (costumes), Melissa Dodge (make-up design), Kelly Winslow (prop master), Chris Madura (set design and construction). They took the lead, but there were many others who pitched in behind the scenes to make this play a true hit.

A tip of the hat to you, as well.

Direction — Props to producer Janet Ver Planck, director Brian Tingdahl and choreographer Karen Montanaro.

Their guidance, motivation and detail-driven approach brought out the best in these young performers.

The Cast — I think a key to any performance is to cast people in the right roles. The powersthat-be nailed it. David DelVecchio was suave, confident, stylish and charming as Gomez. He brought a strong presence to the stage.

Alice O’Connor as Morticia was like the TV character I once watched — mysterious, stylish and one who carries herself

with grace and command.

Annie O’Connor was outstanding in portraying two personalities — the tough, “crazier than you,” and hard-edged Wednesday Addams, and at times, the softer, I’m in love with Lucas character who was willing to cast aside her wicked ways to win over her future inlaws.

Shannon-Marie Goguen was the playful Pugsley; Sydney Mushrow was superb in her role as the crazy, cheery, Grandma; and Payton Vogen, Jenna Jordan and Tyler Stuart — as the Bienekes — successfully transformed from the uptight, stuffy, disconnected threesome to finally letting go of being overly cautious and discovering/ rediscovering a wild side that had been deeply buried.

Like the original TV series, I always got a kick out of Uncle Fester and Lurch. Tyler Lafontaine was the perfect Fester, with a taller frame and wearing a bald cap and black criss-cross tights, he certainly stood out as a scene narrator and overall jovial character. Walker Lavoie played the stoic, slowmoving Lurch. Because he carried a low-key demeanor and grunted rather than spoke words for most of the show, Walker drew plenty of laughs when he had an unexpected flirtatious “moment” with Mrs. Beineke, and near the conclusion, had a chance to speak and smile. Well done!

The Ancestors, although dead brought plenty of life to the stage either through dance or song. They included Ash Armstrong, Leah Edwards, Emma McKenney, Finley Parritt, Brody Watkins, Kaytrien Hall (who played Morticia in the Thing Cast), Kathryn Rose (who played Wednesday in TC), Eva Fickett (who played Pugsley in TC), Payton Vogen, Jenna Jordan and Tyler Stuart.

While there was nothing normal about “The Addams Family,” getting a chance to enjoy a night out with others from the community and thoroughly be impressed by the young talent on stage finally brought a degree of normalcy back to my life — for that I gratefully thank the entire Addams Family cast and all those behind the scenes.

THE COUSIN IT CAST: The Ancesters in white, left to right, Emma Mckenney, Kaytrien Hall, Brody Watkins, Eva Fickett, Kate Rose, Leah Edwards, and Ash Armstrong. Main characters (top) Annie O’Connor as Wednesday, Alice O’Connor as Morticia, Walker Lavoie as Lurch, David DelVecchio as Gomez, Shannon-Marie Goguen as Pugsley, Payson Vogen as Mal Bieneke, Jenna Jordan as Alice Bieneke, Tyler Stuart as Lucas Beineke, Sydney Mushrow as Grandma and Tyler Lafontaine Full-service payroll – Direct deposit available. as Uncle Fester. (The BN will publish the Thing Cast Designed for small businesses to make your life easier! photo next week).

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Each month, area Lions Clubs recognize a Lake Region High School senior who has excelled academically. The recipient is presented a monetary award.

Parent: Kathryn T. Rose Siblings: Susan Rose, Allyson Rose, Micheal Rose Activities: Drama Club, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Tennis, Newspaper Club Community activities: Lake Region Community Theater Hobbies: Singing, volunteering, reading, and hiking Future Plans: It is my hope to continue to further my education throughout college, and eventually study and conduct sociological research abroad.

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What is your favorite class? Sociology courses have been some of my favorite classes over the past few years because they force me to challenge my perspective and beliefs

Kathryn Rose about the world around me.

What is your toughest class? I would say my toughest class was definitely microeconomics since it involved so many steps that required a lot of focus not to make any simple calculation errors.

How do you balance your class work and your extracurricular activities? I make sure I give myself plenty of time to dedicate to things nonschool related, that way when I study I am not feeling burnt out.

What is the biggest challenge high school students face today? I feel that a major obstacle both students and teachers are facing today is the transition to full-time school after adapting to a primarily isolated environment over the past two years.

Who has inspired you educationally? I would have to say my sophomore and junior year English teacher Mrs. Fournier. She helped me see past my initial disdain for writing and helped me find passion in my subject choices.

Rotary Club’s Good Citizen Brianna Sargent of Naples has been selected as the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club’s “Citizen of the Month” for April.

Each month, the Rotary Club recognizes a Lake Region High School student who displays good citizenship and contributes to the school community.

The recipient is presented a monetary gift.

Parents: Catherine Mulkern, Michael Sargent Siblings: Brandon Sargent, Mikala Sargent, Madison Sargent Activities: Soccer, basketball, lacrosse Community activities: Casco Day volunteer, Youth Soccer, Youth Lacrosse, Back to Basics (basketball) Hobbies: Playing sports, hanging with my friends, spending time with my family.

Future Plans: Going to college to college for two years to get my Medical Assistant degree Schools that you have or will apply: Central Maine Community College, Southern Maine Community College, University of Southern Maine, Saint Joseph College, Thomas College, University of New England What do you consider as traits that make someone a good citizen? I believe that being a great leader and being involved in your community is a great trait that makes someone a good citizen. I also believe that being responsible for

Brianna Sargent

your actions and taking accountability for your actions is a big thing to be a good citizen and helping others in your community.

Who has inspired you to be a good citizen?

My parents have inspired me to be a good citizen because they taught me how to be responsible and hold myself accountable for my actions. They have also made me become a great leader and be involved with my community.

What have you done to make the school community a better place?

I am very involved with things in my school like sports and activities that will help our school and make the school environment fun.

Why is volunteerism important? Volunteerism is important because you are doing good for others and the community.

In the future, what do you see yourself doing to make the world a better place? In my future, I see myself making everyone feel a part of the community and mean something to the community.

Regional Sports

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Spring preview BASEBALL Head Coach: Andrew Stacy, 7th year Assistant Coaches: Chris Small, Cody Allen The Roster: Seniors Noah Duprey (3B/SS), Matthew Aker (P/1B/3B), Grady Garland (P/OF), Brody Sandberg (1B/RF), Mike Chase (P/RF), Jacob Smith (C), Ian Carras (1B); Juniors Jacob Chadbourne (SS/P), Dexter Thayer (RF/LF); Sophomore Evan Duprey (2B/P); Freshmen Brock Gibbons (CF/P), Caiden Hall (C), Sethlen Lester (OF/P), Landon Ross (C/UTIL), Caleb Coombs (OF), Noah Peterson (OF/P), Matt Ross (INF).

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: Our experience from last year I think will be a huge advantage.

Each of those older guys went through a tough learning experience of varsity baseball on the job, so having that year under their belt is going to be a big thing for us. We have 5 to 6 really solid pitchers giving us the flexibility to not rush any guys too fast. Adding some young pieces like Brock Gibbons is going to help solidify those few spots that were missing and give us a very well-rounded group of individuals.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: Can we take care of business off the field, so we can handle our business on the field. Can we stay healthy, can we stay focused on our grades? I think if we can take care of both of those things, we will be tough.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Holding opponents running game back, situational baseball (with some new people in spots), and staying focused on the WE not the ME. • What do you like most about this group: Attitudes plus effort; from Day 1 they showed up ready to go, no excuses, no looking beyond practice. Good workmen-like atmosphere, especially with such a young group of freshmen, they have come in and really molded to that tone.

• Finish the following, “I will consider this a successful if…(If fully healthy/eligible) we play solid baseball by games 10 on, improve on our mistakes and make a run in the playoffs. This group has the depth and talent to do it, we just need to make sure we take of A, B and C before we worry about X, Y and Z. Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, at Traip Academy, 4 pm First Home Date: Monday, April 25, Yarmouth, 4:30 pm SOFTBALL Head Coach: Shawn Rock, 3rd year Assistant Coach: Daryl Fernald JV Coach: Gary Colello Top Returnees: Seniors Hailey Gove (INF), Caydence Riley (INF), Sadie Tirrell (C), Sabrina Lopez (OF); Juniors Melissa Mayo (P/INF), Emily Rock (C/INF/P); Sophomores Reiyn Hart (OF/INF), Lyla Levesque (OF), Kylie Myers (INF/OF), Mallory Smith, (P/OF).

The Varsity Roster: Reiyn Hart, Hailey Gove, Lyla Levesque, Sabrina Lopez, Melissa Mayo, Kylie Myers, Hannah Reed (Sr/OF), Caydence Riley, Emily Rock, Mallory Smith, Sadie Tirrell, Margo Tremblay (Fr/OF/ INF).

“This early in the season, there are still a number of Varsity spots to be earned. The rest of our team roster may, at any time, earn a varsity spot,” Coach Rock said of his roster.

• Team strengths: Their willingness and capacity to learn. They are all able to put their personal expectations aside and embrace what is best for the team.

• Biggest question marks: Key positions being ready for the season despite injuries and ailments. There are some key positions being filled by new players. Their ability to be versatile will be a key to our success.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Staying healthy.

Everyone needs to stay conditioned and be ready to play different positions with little notice.

• What do you like most about this group? This team is very positive and comes to practice with a great work ethic. Everyone really supports one another.

• I will consider this a successful season if…Softball is a game where even the best players fail two thirds of the time. So, when every athlete on the team is comfortable going all out to make a play, knowing there’s the potential for a mistake, and knows their teammates will support them in that moment no matter what – we will be successful.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, at Traip Academy, 4 pm First Home Date: Thursday, April 21, Brunswick, 12 pm TRACK & FIELD Boys’ Head Coach: Mark Snow, 25th season Girls’ Head Coach: Dana Caron, 14th season Assistant Coach: Heather Blake, 4th season Girls’ Roster: Senior Leah Plummer (high jump & sprints); juniors Lizzie Brewer (sprints), Reannah Dingley (sprints); sophomores Izzy Apovian (throws & middle distances), Hailey Brewer (sprints), Susie Butler (throws & middle distance), Leah Edwards (throws), Campbell Johnson (high jump & sprints), Samantha Kilgore (throws & sprints), Sadie Plummer (middle distance), Abigail Roberts (middle distance & jumps); freshmen Sage Cormier (sprints), Ava Johnson (sprints), Jonalisa King (sprints).

Boys’ Roster: Seniors Jacob Gilmore (high jump & sprints), Alex Kuvaja (throws), Keegan Owens (sprints), Payton Owens (sprints), Jacob Stone (middle distance), Gavin Thayer (sprints); juniors Tristan Cormier (distance), Alex Freitas (hurdles & sprints), Ezra Gronlund (high jump & middle distance), Grady Kemp (distance), Colin Murphy (sprints & pole vault); sophomores Robert Cash (sprints), Michael Clarke (sprints), Domenico Falcon (sprints), Calvin Kestner (throws & sprints), Alex Smith (sprints), Bhavnish Tucker (middle distance); freshmen Lucien Bassett (sprints), Ethan Kutella (sprints), Sam Laverdiere (distance), Brayden Morasse (throws), Sean Noble (sprints & throws).

READY TO SWING AWAY, FA’s Camden Jones.

OUT IN FRONT, FA’s Eliza Thorne.

UP AND OVER, LR’s Colin Murphy.

BREAKING FREE, LR’s Brianna Sargent.

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: The girls’ strength will probably be in the middle distances and throwing events. There is a small, young, and talented group in both disciplines. They are good workers as well.

Aside from some individual efforts, the boys’ strength will be in the distance races and sprints. That is where we will have our most entries. Points will be difficult to earn though.

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BASEBALL Head Coach: Greg Allain, 2nd year Assistant Coaches: Stew Frost, Colin Micklon The Roster: Noah Grant (senior, P/2B), Dameon Doe (senior, OF), Camden Johnson (junior, P/OF), Bryce Richardson (junior, P/2B), Caleb Micklon (junior, C), Bryan Martinez (junior, P/OF), Tom Ontengco (junior, 1B), Ethan Lord (sophomore, P/3B), Colton McCarthy (junior, P/OF), Michael Malia (freshman, P/3B/OF), Sean Davis (sophomore, P/OF), Austin Warren (sophomore, OF), Gunnar Saunders (sophomore, P/SS).

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: Pitching and defense will be very strong this year. The roster is full of athletes.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: We are a young team and our players need to adjust to varsity level play.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Timely hitting.

During our scrimmages, we have gotten players on base, but didn’t get the big hit. If we get some timely hits this season, we’ll have a good year.

• What do you like most about this group: I like the fact that our team is athletic and versatile. We are fairly deep pitching wise and very strong defensively.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful season if…if we make a deep playoff run.

Opening Date: Friday, April 15, at Greely, 4 pm First Home Date: Thursday, April 21, York, 12:30 pm SOFTBALL Head Coach: Mackenzie Buzzell, 1st year The Roster: Seniors Camden Jones, Brooke Emery, Emily Walker, Katy McIntyre, Shelby Purslow, Emma Rydman; Juniors Ally Southwick, Alegra Bartlett, Brooke Gerry, Keyshaw Winters, Abby Ontengco; Sophomores Maya Mahan, Ana Maillett and Jilyan Byrne.

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: We have a lot of versatility on our team this year.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: How quickly we can learn the ins and outs of the game.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: We have to improve our knowledge of the game and start understanding all the different situations that happen in game.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful if…we learn how to come together as a team and have everyone buy into the team first concept.

Opening Date: Friday, April 15, at Greely, 4 pm First Home Date: Wednesday, April 27, Gray-NG, 4 pm GIRLS’ TENNIS Head Coach: Chris Chaffee, 13th year Coach’s Outlook: I’m very excited and thrilled to be back again. We had 28 girls come out for the tennis team this year, which is the most ever we had. It is a good sign that there is a high interest in tennis in the Valley. I believe the game of tennis is growing. I will be keeping all of them on the team. It’s really wonderful to see the enthusiasm of all the girls wanting to play for their school and be on a team.

We have a few returning key players, but also a lot of new additions. I’m looking forward to helping them improve their game, stay motivated, and remain sharp on the mental side.

We have a few key goals every year. Those goals are to give our best effort and make the most of each given opportunity and situation.

Our team chemistry is our key to success. It is crucial and vital. I’ve been lucky, especially the last two years, in having a group of girls that show a lot of respect, integrity, compassion, and kindness on and off the court. They will each other and all get along really well. The team has a strong positive energy and who all feed on that energy and use that energy has fuel. It helps inspire and it helps motivates the players on our team.

The Roster: Our captains this year are senior Naomi Harper, senior Riley Miller, and senior Alana Cini. Each captain has a different strength to help guide the team.

Namoi shows leadership, Riley determination, and Alana shows compassion. Their personalities are also not the same which helps. Naomi is reserved, but has a strong moral compass. Riley wears her heart on her sleeve. Alana is more outgoing, outspoken, and is a good listener and communicator.

A newcomer this year playing at the top singles spot is junior Kate Halpern from Florida. Kate attended IMG tennis academy and brings a lot of talent and impressive shot making to the team. It gives us a strong and solid number one player.

At number two singles is Daryna Serediuk from Ukraine. Daryna is a senior and last year played number one singles for us. She has the competitive experience and consistency that makes her a tough competitor.

Number three singles is Naomi Harper, who has been the third singles player every year she has been on the team. A senior this year, Harper is a real leader who displays a lot of maturity, class and grace. She is backboard when she plays tennis and never beats herself.

Our doubles squad are seniors Riley Miller and Mimi Albert. Riley played number two doubles last year and really put in a lot of work and effort in the offseason. Her heart and determination will mix will with newcomer to the team Mimi Albert. Mimi has one of the best attitudes on the team. Her mental strength, persistence, and her positive energy is a weapon.

Rounding out at two doubles is the same dynamic duo from last year playing this year are juniors Chloe Sartory and Ainsley Foster. Chloe and Ainsley were the most improved players on the team last year. They picked up doubles very fast and their chemistry is second to none.

Having played the best doubles teams last year at number one, will benefit them this year, by making them even better. I expect a lot of matches coming down to them and they have the ability to come thru. They displayed a lot of heart and perseverance last year that they can use this year too.

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(Continued from Page 7A) of the team willing to learn a few technical events? There are fewer competitors in those events and we’re sure team members would have success. Or, is the team content with what they are doing?

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Finding the time for those technical events.

Also having as many athletes as possible understand the workout lingo – if the practice plan reads “do 2 x 20m, 30m, and 40m w/fly-in & crouch starts; then do a few 20m on, 20m float, 20m on; end with 4 block 20s” you need to know what that means or have a knowledgeable teammate.

• What do you like most about this group: We have seen good leadership in all areas. The groups do not need a coach there 100% of the time; just a good leader.

The team has been dedicated to the hurdle mobilities and strength training thus far.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful season if…our roster size stays above 35 and every athlete has fun and sets numerous PRs. Points and wins are secondary.

Opening Date: Friday, April 15, at Yarmouth, noon First Home Date: May 28, Western Maine Conference Championships, 10 a.m.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE Head Coach: Lindsey Keenan, 1st season Assistant: Nicole Toomey Top returning players: Seniors Rebecca Caron (mid), Abby Elsaesser (attack), Gwen Gagnon (goalie), Elle Hall (def), Katie Keenan (attack), Brianna Sargent (mid), Brooke Toole (attack); Junior Maddy Pond (def).

Top Newcomers: Senior Shelby Sheldrick (def) and freshman Bella Smith (mid).

• Team Strengths: We have a very strong group of multi-sport athletes. Our seniors have done a great job stepping up and leading the way. We have a lot of speed with this group, they are very competitive, and we are already building great chemistry.

• Question marks/challenges: After losing a few starters from last season, we are learning to play together with new additions to the team. We are seeing who is stepping up into the leadership roles.

• What do you like most about this team? I love the energy that the girls bring to practice every day. They are such a fun

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(Continued from Page 7A) Our strengths this year is our team chemistry, our depth, and our effort. We will fight for every point and give our best in every match. We will get after it as a team together with a positive mindset and a willing heart.

Our only question mark really is just about staying healthy. If we can close out the close matches. We can always improve. Every practice, every match we can improve, and grow to get the best out of ourselves. I will consider this a successful if we keep waking up with a meaningful purpose and goal of being persistent.

First Home Date: Wednesday, April 27, Gould Academy, 4 pm BOYS’ TENNIS Head Coach: John Waldie, 3rd year Start-of-season ranking: 1. Sergi Ballester Massague, Freshman 2. Chris Kwon, Junior 3. Allessandro Poma, Senior 4. Alex Joubert, Senior 5. Ethan Nemeth, Senior 6. Jacob Indeck, Junior 7. Brian McCarthy, Sophomore Rest of team — Austin Dorner (sophomore), Brian Lucy (sophomore), Kevin Lucy (sophomore), Owen West (senior), Albert Miller (sophomore), Jordi Gimeno Massot (freshman) Coach’s Outlook: With the pandemic hopefully coming to an end, Fryeburg is back to playing the Private School circuit this year, which is a new experience for the coach and players alike. Many new, talented boarding students have made it a challenge for last year’s starting seven, as only two have cracked the lineup. After having no seniors on the squad last year, this year is a good mix of upper and lower classmen. I’m hoping to build on last year’s successes while making a good showing against the elite private schools in Maine.

Next Home Date: Tuesday, May 3, Hyde, 3:30 pm TRACK & FIELD Coaches: Kevin McDonald, 12th year and Trevor Hope, 4th year The Roster: 44 athletes on the roster and it could be a powerful team especially on the boys’ side.

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group to be around, and are always encouraging each other to be better.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful season if…we continue to maintain the positive culture that was built in the previous years. Being able to learn from our mistakes made, and always supporting each other. In addition to keeping the ball off the ground, communicating, and working together as a team. Yet, most importantly having fun, and continuing to build the program.

Opening Date: Tuesday, April 19, at Cheverus, 1 pm First Home Date: Tuesday, April 26, Waynflete, 4 pm BOY’S LACROSSE Head Coach: George Lawson, 2nd year Assistant Coaches: Don White, Ryan Vogel The Roster: Juniors Aundrew Edwards (goalkeeper), Braden Coyne (mid), Taylor Spearrin (def), Zachary Vogel (attack), Colby Chadwick (def), Logan Allen (def), Aiden Bourgoin (mid), Ryan Stoker (mid), Landen Emery (mid), Josiah England (def); Sophomores Seth Gilmore-Merritt (attack), Jacob Lemery (attack), Gabe Lunt (mid); Freshmen Braden Lamontagne (mid), Chris Caron (mid), David Webster (mid), Raymond Tucker (mid), Kale Jingst (mid).

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: We have a very tough defensive end with a phalanx of juniors including goalie Aundrew Edwards, defenders Josiah England, Taylor Spearrin, Colby Chadwick, Logan Allen and LSM Braden Coyne. We have several shooters in the midfield and attack including juniors Aiden Bourgoin and Zachery Vogel and sophomore Jacob Lemery.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: Our total number of players is low, and we have a nice group of first-year players, so we are putting a lot of pressure on the more experienced boys. For me, I wish, hope and pray that a few more players will join the team so that we can support a junior varsity team. We are close, but we need a couple more to step up, be brave and play lacrosse. Some have already done that, but we could use a few more. If you are brave, we have a spot for you.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: We need to keep the ball on offense and set up good shots for our shooters. Secondly, we need to get as much experience as possible for the newer players.

• What do you like most about this

group: This is not just a group of boys, this is a group of young men. They play hard, they play clean, they are respectful, but they play tough. Any school should be proud of this group.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful if… I already consider it a success. Playing each day with this group of young men is a terrific reward. We do want to take it to Freeport at our opening game on April 14. We want to beat all the teams that we know we can.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, at Freeport, 6 pm First Home Date: Tuesday, April 19, Gray-NG/Poland, 4 pm GIRLS’ TENNIS Head Coach: Jenny Dunn, 2nd year The Roster: Kate Rose, Shivani Prado, Sarah Solomon, Ava Smith, Kasey Johnson, Lucia Schauenberg, Michelle Macrelli, Kiley Cohoon, Lauren Berge, Annie O’Connor, Regina LeRoy. • Team Strength: The girls bring great energy every day and are eager to learn. While this is a brand new sport for many of them, they are motivated to progress each day.

• Biggest question mark: A lot of these girls are brand new to the sport so learning basic techniques and putting that into match play may prove difficult. But, they are ready!

• Areas to improve upon: As I mentioned, this is a new group, they are improving each and every day.

• What I like most about this group: These girls come with such high energy every day and we have fun. Tennis is a life-long sport and these girls are making it fun each and every day.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful season if…every player gets to play in a varsity match” Opening Date: Tuesday, April 26, North Yarmouth Academy, 3:30 pm BOYS’ TENNIS Head Coach: Joe Dorner, 3rd year varsity, 5th overall The Roster: Seniors David Delvecchio (captain), Sam Brown, Ian Smith, Tyler Stewart, Sam Fickett, Justin Jackson; Junior Payton Vogen; Sophomores Shane (Abe) Richards (captain), John Kimball (captain), Hunter Martin, Kolbie Kaeser, Wes Martin, Brady Emery, Josh Legere; Freshman Maxwell (Max) Shorty.

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: From what I have observed so far, it has been the positive support that

every player gives to others. Those that have more experience are helping players with less experience and also promoting positive enthusiasm.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: From my standpoint, it is trying to figure out where players are seeded in the ladder play. Trying to establish the top three singles players is a question mark. Then trying to find who should play with whom in doubles play. I really need the full team present as we haven’t had one day where everyone has been on the court yet so I want to know what everyone can bring to the team.

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Honestly, it is just taking more time to play the sport of tennis! The players need to play as much as they can. I arrange for skills/ drills during every practice and then apply this in play matches during practice so it is just the repetitive action of playing more and building upon the experience.

• What do you like most about this group: I like the mix of seniors and sophomores that make up the team. A couple of the seniors have been with me for most of the program and it is nice to see the growth and abilities improve over the years. We have a young core of players to build off of. Some of the returning freshmen from last year have taken on leadership and experienced roles that will bode well for the future.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful if... we trust the process of supporting each other, being positive, and grow together as a team! I would like to see us challenge other schools in our matches and give everything we have in order to complete.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, Waynflete, 4 pm

Top girls include: Eliza Thorne 400 and 200 meters, Isabel Macht 400 and 800 meters, Enna Carbone 400, 800 and 200 meters, Nyla Charest sprints and relays, Alana Nataluk 800, mile and relays.

Boys’ side includes: Jacob Adams, sprints, long jump and relays, Arkie Baptista distance and relays, Bruno Brandow sprints and relays, Luke Dupuis distance and relays, Zack Emery hurdles and relays, Lenny Essisma javelin, high jump, sprints and relays, Tim Eulenberger distance, Denali and JoJo Jensen 300 hurdles, sprints and relays, Padric and Brody McGrath throws, Roy Mugabe sprints and relays, Jayden Victor sprints, relays and discus.

Coach’s Outlook: We will do well if we can avoid injuries and stay consistent with attendance. We are losing our facility (the track is undergoing redevelopment including a turf field), so that requires innovation on our part and the athletes. We should transfer out to States very well as we are a small team but a quality team.

Trevor and I are very excited with this team, we have athletes. This year presents a unique situation for us and I feel this team is ready for it. The Raiders are ready to Rumble.

Opening Date: Tuesday, April 26, at Kennett HS, 3:30 pm GIRLS’ LACROSSE Head Coach: Chris Gaskin, 1st year Assistant Coach: Ardelle Buck The Roster: Seniors Maddie Foreman (mid), Adriana Gil (attack), Jillian Lindgren (mid), Adriana Mas Soto (def), Eden Voter (goalkeeper); Juniors Cami Camacho (def), Mercedes Camacho (def), Grace Murley (mid/def), Anna Plessinger (mid); Sophomores Aina Bresoli (attack), Lainey Rousey (attack), Agueda Ruiz Perez (mid), Gabriela Ruiz Perez (mid), Heather Shackford (attack); Freshmen Grace Audette (mid), Greta Grant (attack), Gwen McDougall (def), Catie Nippins (def), Phoebe Sartory (mid).

• What appears to be the team’s strengths: We have a lot of newcomers to the sport and team this year, however we have great team energy and work ethic. A willingness to learn and grow as well as a desire to help one another improve.

• Biggest question marks, at this point: With so many new players, just picking up

the intricacies of the game!

• Areas you will need to improve upon: Becoming comfortable with stick skills and the fluidity of the game.

• Finish the following, I will consider this a successful if…Each day we are together we have fun, learn, improve and ultimately at the end of the season we can look back and be proud of the growth and experiences that we’ve made.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, at Traip Academy, 4 pm First Home Date: Wednesday, April 20, St. Dom’s, 4 pm BOYS’ LACROSSE Head Coach: Robert Hodgman-Burns, 7th year Assistants: Liam Harriman, Will Galligan Bruce Irwin The Roster: Dana Hamlin, Tyler Day, Job Fox — senior defense Rohan Hikel, Gabe McKenney, Owen Galligan, Myles Garland, Chandler Thorne, Patrick Drosa, Owen Reinbach — Middies Paddy Harris, Aidan Clement — Goalies Haden Fox, Tyler Bartick, Nick Turner, Sebastian Drosa — Attack On the varsity roster: Julian Brito, Russell Carbonaro, Seamus Coleman, Holden Edenbach, Brayden Greaney, Bobby Hallam, Nolan Harriman, Zechariah Hoeft, Reid Irwin, Asher McKenney, Peyton McMurtray, River Pullan, Noah Reed.

• Strengths: Depth, strong freshman class, experience.

• No question marks • Finish the following, I will consider this a successful season if… we compete every time we step on the field and get through a complete season improving every day.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 14, at Traip Academy, 4 pm First Home Date: Tuesday, April 26, Wells, 4 pm ULTIMATE Coaches: Ben Darling and Dylan Jennings, 2nd year Coach’s Outlook: Our coed team is fairly new but consists of close to a dozen athletes from some four-year seniors to first time sophomores and juniors.

For our seniors, we have Taylor Gunther and Aaron Zakon who are providing not

only their skill but leadership to our team.

Athletes like Sebastian Mull and Isaac Twombly-Wiser are returning renewed for a new season while new additions like Sam Vallee, Stacy ThunderHorse, David Rider, and James Harrison look to bring their enthusiasm to the field. Our small band of competitive athletes hope to make an impact in the league while having some fun along the way.

Overall, because of our size, I think our team has developed a close-knit bond amongst one another. Small practices where athletes get to interact consistently with one another forms strong connections that will benefit them once we start to compete against other teams. In addition, the energy and enthusiasm our athletes bring to the field daily propels them to be constantly improving and honing their skills whether it be throwing a disc or juking a defender on a specific cut.

I think because our team is fairly new, our players are still having to work on the fundamentals. All good teams in some way do the little things correct and ours strives to be no different. But as we focus on making sure our athletes are strong on the fundamentals, this makes it difficult to work on some of the strategic elements which go into the game. And with students balancing so many different priorities these days, getting consistent practice time with all of them can be a challenge Overall, I think we have a great group of athletes in front of us and one’s hungry and ready to participate this season amongst our fellow western Maine compatriots. Our league matches will be on Wednesdays from now until the end of May. Next match: Wednesday, April 27, 5 p.m. at Wainwright Complex, S. Portland.

April is distracted driver month (Continued from Page 4A) that dropped item, pull over to a safe place, park, and conduct your business. No call, text, or other distraction is worth risking your life or taking someone else’s life” said Bureau Director Lauren Stewart.

More than 3100 people lost their lives due to distracted driving in America in just 2020. Over the past decade, distracted driving

has become one of the leading causes of vehicle crashes on our nation’s roads.

According to MeBHS, each year in Maine, on average distracted driving results in more than 3446 crashes, more than 535 injuries and approximately 45 deaths. No text or phone call while driving is worth your life.

Law enforcement agencies around the state will be on the lookout for distracted

drivers while supporting the national campaign beginning April 7 and ending on April 11. Violating Maine’s distracted-driving laws can be costly. A first offense will be $50 but the second and subsequent violations will be $250.

Many drivers are guilty of a “double standard” when it comes to distracted driving.

In its 2018 Traffic Safety Culture Index, the AAA

Foundation reported that while nearly 96% of drivers believed it was very or extremely dangerous to read a text or email while driving, yet 4 out of 10 drivers admitted to doing so within the previous 30 days. Do you fall into this category? The Bureau offers some tips for a safe driving experience: • Ask your passenger to be your “designated texter.”

Allow them access to your

phone to respond to calls or messages.

• Also, ask your passenger to be on the lookout for other drivers who may not be paying attention.

• Do not engage in social media scrolling or messaging while driving.

• Cell phone use is habitforming. Struggling to not text and drive? Activate your phone’s “Do Not Disturb” feature, or put your phone in the trunk, glove box, or back seat of your vehicle until you arrive at your destination.

The Maine Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Highway Safety urges drivers to JUST DRIVE when behind the wheel. Your life or someone else’s could depend in it.

Opinion & Comment

April 14, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 1B

Guest View

by Leslie D. Gregory, PA-C Executive Director Right to Health

The Slap felt ‘round my world — and yours

When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in front of the audience at the Academy Award ceremony I, like undoubtedly many people of color who saw it, felt a remote and intangible sorrow and trauma born of generations of marginalization in this country.

My body tensed, my teeth gritted and my heart broke a little. These two prominent men carried, and we bore witness to, pain they likely couldn’t even express. Neither could we, the witnesses.

The pain was felt by all who saw and yet none could understand, though opinions flowed like water from the press, the theater community, and pundits across our nation.

The sadness, though, is that no one specifically spoke to the collective trauma and healing strategies that could’ve been beneficial to this divided and traumatized country. That is what we antiracist, nonviolent advocates seek to do. It requires maturity, nuance and a love of country and fellow man that isn’t taught in our current education system.

This is what we call trauma-informed awareness. This is what we need to be truly inclusive and diverse. This is what is a clinical approach to institutional racism as a public health crisis and what CDC refuses to do. This is what CDC is tasked as their control and prevention mandate. This is how their refusal to do so literally defines gas lighting as Camara Jones and other clinical antiracists have asked of them. This is what we as a nation must demand.

It is not enough to castigate Will Smith, who only responded after feeling his wife’s pain and disdain, channeling the degradation of generations of black women, nor to commend Chris Rock for channeling his quasi-privilege of the generations of black entertainers as each of them carries more than their individual experience in that moment. These speak to traditions of maladaptive behaviors conditioned out of necessity in the face of oppression.

It was directly indicative of our nation’s oversimplification of these complex phenomena and criminality and concurrent victimization by a false narrative of entitlement and torture. How might the ethnicity and gender of these men have impacted their behavior and our interpretation of their actions?

The “blacklash” we saw after Obama’s administration that led to Trump’s election was another symptom of this institution unique to America in its brand of racism and the “John Henryism” weighs on Black people from generations of chattel slavery and Jim Crow. It makes for a petri dish breeding unconscious bias, systemic inequity, and hate-driven illness for black and white citizens alike.

It’s not enough to decry the damage; how do we heal? I am Black, I am a woman and mother, and I am a frontline healthcare clinician. I can tell you that this approach can be directly correlated with that of COVID-19, and lessons learned from it.

1. Politics has no place in healing.

2. Thought errors can be deadly.

3. Bringing healing into community keeps vulnerable patients out of clinical environments.

4. Resources must be diverted and prioritized to those most vulnerable.

5. Fear will obstruct progress, so courage is needed even when most difficult.

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To The Editor: I want to publicly thank all the neighborhood and church friends and professional caregivers who helped me and my family in so many ways while my husband, Roy H. Barnacle, was in the hospital, at-home hospice, memory care, and finally hospice house care. From snow-blowing the driveway, to taking our bags to the transfer station, bringing not just food but gourmet dish after gourmet dish, calling and visiting Roy here at home and in the care facilities, and generally sharing love with us. With so much thoughtful neighborli-

ness, you all wrapped me and my family in a warm, glowing light.

Sara Barnacle Harrison

Article 41 Water Study

To the Editor: On April 28 at 6 p.m. at Lake Region High School, the citizens of Naples will have an opportunity to accept or reject Article 41, a standalone budget article.

This article asks for $30,000 for the purpose of having an outside agency conduct an updated study to improve the current water/ fire suppression system in Naples.

At present, the Town is served by two steel tanks, each with a 10,000-gallon water capacity and each are approximately 35 to 50 years

SPRING REFLECTION — A male mallard, whose reflection can be seen, swims on a pond on Little Mountain in West Bridgton. (Photo by John Schoenfeld of Little Mountain Lane)

Ducks at the lake in April

April is unpredictable, a time of change when winter is finally pushed aside by spring. Sun-warmed rocks along the lakeshore melt the edge of the ice, opening a narrow band of water that gradually widens, creating a safe place for migrating Ducks to stop over for a few days. A couple of weeks ago, pairs of Wood Ducks began to arrive, lured by the shallow water, and the protection of trees that grow close to shore.

They look up, as if checking our trees for nest cavities, but they prefer to nest near a wetland where they can raise their offspring safely, and they know our lakeshore is not a suitable place. We see them fly toward the woods, where there is a wetland, but then they return to the lake long enough to grab a bite to eat in the shallow water.

Over several days, as more open water appears on the lake, Mallards visit the cove, and four American Black Ducks stop here for a few hours. On another day, two pairs of Common Mergansers swim into the quiet corner of the cove, probably attracted by the privacy, and by low rocks where they can perch close to the surface of the water. All four of them clamber up onto a low flat rock to preen their feathers.

Using the bill, each bird works on its back feathers, tail feathers, and the clean white feathers on the breast. They rub their heads on their backs, then stretch out their legs and feet, and when they finish cleaning and rearranging their feathers to their satisfaction they take a nap.

Hooded Mergansers visit the cove. The grayish female’s plumage is subtle, with reddish feathers that stick out styl-

by Jean Preis BN Columnist ishly behind her head. The males show off their hoods, an impressive white crest on the head that can be raised or lowered. Decked out in brown, white, and black, the males are among the most magnificent creatures anywhere, rivaling even the male Wood Duck for beauty.

In April we are mesmerized by changes to the lake ice.

This year, a fierce north wind blew for days, opening up narrow leads of water in the ice sheet. Those gradually widened, and in some places the ice broke up into huge slabs that drifted and bumped into each other as the wind pushed them down the lake. Pounded by wind-driven waves, the edges of the ice sheet crumpled up into a wide margin of crushed ice that rose and fell with each wind driven wave, sparkling in the sunlight as it undulated.

Out near the edges of the ice, small flocks of white Ducks seemed to spend as much time diving, and underwater, as DUCKS, Page 2B

Bridgton’s Cure-All: Opodeldoc

Howdy neighbor!

Well this time of year, what with the coming of the April rains after long months of cold, many of us will have no doubt begun to notice we’re a good bit stiffer than we were last summer. Muscles are tighter, less fitted for yard-work — my grandmother used to say it came from the inactivity of the winter months, combined with the cold; why come spring time her neck was always ‘pinched up,’ so she’d say. Yes, these things pass as the warmth of spring comes — but O how slowly! — so for more immediate relief she’d often turn to some sort of tonic or supplement, Opodeldoc, made at the which now a’days are never top of Choate’s Hill by quite what they’re cracked up to be, and speak in revSimeon C. Knights old. These tanks are located behind the fire station and are used for fire suppression.

Fire trucks are filled from the station hydrant. The other hydrant system currently serves the Causeway from the fire station to Moose Landing.

The present system cannot go beyond Moose Landing.

The tanks, at only 20,000 gallons, have reached their capacity. There is not enough tank elevation to provide gravity flow water pressure.

A higher elevation and tank capacity will be required.

It was recently discovered that an excessively large number of parts per million of sodium chloride (salt) has

Typical current political mindset: I’m right, I’m done listening and thinking, but not talking.

Jon Chappell Bridgton Typical current political mindset: I’m right, I’m done listening and thinking, but not talking.

Jon Chappell Bridgton

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been detected in the water that feeds the tanks. This salt could lead to a corrosion of the aged tanks. The future life of these tanks must be considered. This water could also be corroding the storage tanks of the fire trucks making costly replacements possible.

A worse-case scenario would be the necessity of finding a new water source with a possible relocation of the holding tanks.

It has been suggested that if there is a water failure, the fire department can just return to the days when the department filled trucks from Long Lake and chopping holes in the ice to access water from the frozen lake, both options wasting precious time on fire calls. As growth and improvements have been added to the Causeway, these options have been severely curtailed.

The Budget Committee has not recommended the study and the Select Board has also not recommended (3-2 margin) the study.

I am deeply concerned this Article 41 is not being supported by our town leaders. This article is a responsible action that will look at current and future water/

In Ye Olden Times

by Michael Davis BHS Assistant Director

erent tones for the sort of medicines she’d known in her youth, as her mother and her mother’s mother had relied upon in the old days. Things such as Mile’s Nerving Tonic, a sharp-smelling mix of lord knows what substances, sold door-to-door by travelling salesmen of questionable repute, which for all its concerns never failed to relax away this or that ache and pain.

I am sure many of my readers will know of medicines such as these, but it may come as a surprise to learn that Bridgton once had its own patent-medicine, made right at the top of Choate’s Hill in South Bridgton. Its name, Opodeldoc.

Its manufacturer; the charming Simeon C. Knights. Knights made the selling of his Opodeldoc, which he billed as a wondrous cure-all, the whole of his lifetime career, and did very CURE-ALL, Page 2B fire suppression needs. Any application for a grant to apply toward water/fire suppression cannot be pursued without an independent engineering organization study.

Article 41 is the last article on the Town warrant, but it is a small starting price to pay for a more reliable water/ fire suppression system in our town.

As a 40-year member of the Naples Fire/Rescue, now retired, I strongly urge my fellow town residents to approve this article.

Thank you to the town for all the generous support past, present and future for the fire department.

Hope to see you at the Town Meeting.

Ed Cash Naples

A Special Thanks

To The Editor: As this year’s snowmobiling season draws to a close, the Bridgton Easy Riders Snowmobile Club would like to thank all the landowners who make it possible to enjoy our local network of snowmobile trails. More than 500 miles of snowmo-

bile trails are spread across Bridgton and neighboring towns, and most of those cross private land. Our local Lake Region Snowmobile Trail Map is available at local businesses in Bridgton and surrounding towns. Without the generosity of landowners, there would be no trail system for snowmobilers to enjoy.

Volunteers from Maine’s 280 snowmobile clubs work hard to create their local trail systems, get landowner permission, put up signs, print trail maps, raise money for grooming equipment, and of course, groom the trails. In the entire State of Maine, there are 14,000 miles of snowmobile trails, about 95% of which are on private property, and those trails exist, thanks to landowner permission.

Bridgton had one of the first organized snowmobile clubs in the State of Maine, starting in January, 1966.

But, not many people know that Bridgton was visited in December, 1966 by snowmobilers who had ridden all the way from British Colombia, on their way to Portland, Maine. Those snowmobiles were equipped with wheels, LETTERS, Page 2B

Page 2B, The Bridgton News, April 14, 2022 photo, in a Bridgton News article on Dec. 29. 1966 (above). Today, you could recreate that trip on snowmobile (Continued from Page 1B) trails, starting in Bridgton, just by heading north on ITS since there were no snowmo89 and making a left on ITS bile trails at that time.

80. That trail leads to New This was described, with

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Ducks at the lake in April

(Continued from Page 1B) they did on the surface. They were Common Goldeneye, small diving Ducks that winter throughout most of the US. and now are migrating north to nest in tree cavities in the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska. According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology (www.allaboutbirds.org), they are usually found around fresh water, where they dive from the surface to catch and eat aquatic invertebrates and fish. Males are bright white, with a dark head, a distinctive white spot on the side of the head behind the bill, and a handsome pattern of white on the dark back. Females are grayish with a contrasting brown head. Both males and females have bright golden eyes, and a triangular shaped head with steeply sloping forehead.

April is a month of wonderful variety, as spring overtakes winter, waters north of here open up, and migrating ducks move on. On one warm day, we enjoy our lunch outdoors, and watch the dark blue lake shimmer in the sun. The next day is chilly, and sleet is mixed with the rain. Then, the sun comes out, and we see the first Loon on the lake. It’s Spring.

Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

AUCTION NOTICE

Lake Region Safe Storage Online Auction

Lake Region Safe Storage will be having an online auction for storage units #707 – Arant and #314 – Gonzalez, starting April 21, 2022, to satisfy all liens due to default of payment. Contact Lake Region Safe Storage at 803-8497 for more information.

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Opinions Hampshire, Vermont, New York, etc., etc. — and all of those trails have landowner permission! Remarkable!

Over the years, many private landowners have allowed snowmobile trails to be created and maintained on their land. To the landowners, we do our very best to treat your land with respect. Thank you!

Bridgton Easy Riders Snowmobile Club members, Bill Preis, Club Correspondent

Paying the price

To The Editor: America is careening toward an economic catastrophe of epic proportions. A trip to your favorite grocery store has become a horrifying experience for the average working-class shopper as prices on every product category have skyrocketed. It is not unusual to see an item that one purchases regularly to increase in price weekly.

Inflation is spiraling out of control with no end in sight. President Biden insists it is all Putin’s fault. The country is beset by staggering problems at every level, yet the commander in chief never accepts responsibility for anything.

In point of fact, Biden and his tab of incompetents are to blame for the numerous disasters that are staring Americans in the face. From day one, Biden’s decisions have not been to do what is best for all Americans, but to appease the radical far left zealots that comprise the bulk of the Democratic Party.

Biden has flooded the economy with trillions in debt, which has not only fueled inflation, but if it continues unabated will bring America

to the point of collapse and all but guarantee future generations a greatly diminished standard of living, placing us at the mercy of our debtors, which will almost certainly be China.

Many politicians have long had business dealings with China, so they will do just fine, unlike their countrymen.

Thousands of food pantries across the country are keeping millions of American families from becoming food deprived and descending into abject poverty as food and fuel costs go through the roof.

President Biden has surrounded himself with advisors who were chosen not for their expertise, but for the number of “woke” boxes they could check off. The nation is paying a fearsome price.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

Destroy our country

To The Editor: The Biden administration has announced their intention to end Article 42, which was initiated under the Trump administration and allowed border agents to turn back migrants seeking asylum in the United States. There are currently 7,000 to 8,000 illegal aliens crossing our border each day with many getting cell phones paid for with our tax dollars.

According to DHS, that number could surge to as many as 18,000 per day if Article 42 is rescinded. The numbers are scary. The population of Bridgton would cross the border in eight hours and the population of Maine would cross in less than 11 weeks. These illegals will continue to be flown or bused to our state and our

town under the cover of darkness. Their arrival will strain the education system, welfare system and health and safety departments to name a few.

President Biden is betraying the American people and appears intent on ruining our way of life. The administration, left unchecked, will destroy our country. Midterms in seven months!

Mark Lopez Bridgton

Time to step up

To The Editor: For those of us who have been around for a while, it seems that Russia has been continually fomenting problems for our country and other democracies. Since 1945, the Russian Berlin Blockade, supplying arms and planes to China during the Korean conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, interference in our elections, hacking into our computers and now this invasion of the Ukraine.

Like it or not our country has had to respond peacefully so as to not offend the Russian despots who may resort to nuclear attacks against us.

So far during this current crisis, all we hear from our administration is what we will do to provide defensive armaments and humanitarian aid. Sounds great, but in reality, Ukrainians are dying while we are promising and delaying. This reluctance by our weak leader will do nothing to prevent Russia’s continuing offenses. What country would now call on us for help against future expansions by the Russian Bear? Our country has lost its position as a world leader and where there is a void, some

other country will become the leader, ostensibly China.

“Come on Man,” let’s help the Russian people establish a real Democratic government and become a friend to our country instead of being a foe as they have for the past 75 years…One can only hope!

Bob Pelletier West Bridgton

Try switching styles

To The Editor: Can the Rev really expect us to join him in expressing frustration and disbelief when, and I quote him, “my interpretation of economic, political, morality, sex, war, peace and other issues differ from others” and thereby generate an inimicable response? His premise that we are all entitled to our own unfettered opinions (at least in this country) is sound.

However, since in his case he is never content to simply state “in this particular set of circumstances, this is how I see it,” but consistently makes abundantly clear his absolute certitude that anyone not in complete agreement with him is without worth, intellect or standing in the human race, he has stretched beyond credulity any puzzle or basis for complaint.

So, it’s real simple Rev, if your psyche is bothered by folks having the temerity to disagree, switch your writing style from aggressive, bombastic and pejorative to a more Socratic one.

The world will be a better place.

Don Vose Naples

Public Notice

Board of Appeals Meeting

TOWN OF NAPLES

1069 Main Street, Lovell, ME 04051 Phone: 207-925-6272 Fax 207-925-1710

The Naples Board of Appeals will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 6 p.m. at the Town Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda:

Public Hearing

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a. Administrative Appeal for a dock denied by the Planning Board on 4/05/2022 located at 40 Woodland Shore Drive (Tax Map U45 Lot 13) owned by Stephen and Michelle Bailey.

Plans may be viewed online at www.townofnaples.org The public welcome to attend. Masks are recommended.

Any questions or comments may be directed to Jennifer Leeman via e-mail at jleeman@townofnaples.org 1T15

LOVELL PLANNING BOARD Ordinance Planning Workshops April 20, 2022 On April 20, 2022, at 7 p.m., the Planning Board will be conducting a workshop to discuss Ordinance development and Land Use Tables. Additional workshop dates if required are: May 18, June 15, Sept.21, Oct. 19. Additional dates will be published if required.

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A public hearing will be held on Monday, April 25, 2022, at 6 p.m. at the Naples Town Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: • A Liquor License Application for 678 Roosevelt Trail (Gary’s Olde Towne Tavern) • An Entertainment Permit Application for 678 Roosevelt Trail (Gary’s Olde Towne Tavern) The public is welcome.

Zoom meeting info will be added to the event on the Municipal Calendar found at: townofnaples.org/calendars

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Absentee Ballots

TOWN OF NAPLES Annual Town Meeting

Absentee Ballots will be available on May 4, 2022 for the June 3, 2022 Municipal Election

Public Notice

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Select Board – Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee Workshop

Voters may make a written request for the voter’s own ballot, or that of an immediate family member by mail, in person or via fax.

The Naples Annual Town Meeting will be held at 6:00 PM on Thursday, April 28, 2022.

Copies of the Warrant and proposed budget will be available at the meeting. Copies can be obtained in advance at townofnaples.org/notices or by visiting the Town Office.

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Absentee ballots may be turned in any time prior to the closing of the polls on Friday, June 3, 2022.

Polls will be opened, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the Municipal Building Community Room (Downstairs) on June 3, 2022, for people wishing to vote in person.

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Public Notice

TOWN OF NAPLES Planning Board Meeting

The Naples Planning Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The meeting will be in person at the Naples Town Hall Board Room located at 15 Village Green Lane starting at 6:00pm. On the Agenda: 1. New Business a.Preliminary Application for a Minor Site Plan Review for Shipping Container Self-Storage located at 236 Roosevelt Trail (Tax Map U05 Lot 24-1A) submitted by Jones Associates on behalf of Denis Laliberte.

Plans may be viewed online at www.townofnaples.org.

The public is welcome to attend the meeting. Masks are recommended.

Any questions or comments may be directed to Jennifer Leeman via email at jleeman@townofnaples.org 2T14

The Casco Selectboard/Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing at The Casco Community Center Meeting Room, 940 Meadow Road, Casco Maine on Tuesday April 19, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following: A proposed modification to the Resource Protection areas. Watkins Shores Road along Thomas Pond to Valley Road Intersection. This modification would remove these areas from RP (Resource Protection) and Re-Zone as LRR (Limited ResidentialRecreational) Information is available for viewing at the Casco Town Office by appointment only. All interested individuals are invited to attend at the above place and time to present any concerns for discussion.

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The meeting will take place at Lake Region High School located at 1877 Roosevelt Trail. Please park in front of the High School and enter through the front doors. All other doors will be locked.

To request an absentee ballot, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at (207) 452-2163; Mail requests to: Town Clerk, ATTN: Absentee Ballot Request, 62 E. Main Street, Denmark, ME 04022 or fax to 207-452-2333. Please include your name, telephone number, residence address, signature and the address that you wish the ballot to be sent to.

A workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 6 p.m. at the Naples Town Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. Discussion items: • Event Venues in the Rural Zone • Setbacks in the Village and Commercial Zones The public is welcome.

Zoom meeting info will be added to the event on the Municipal Calendar found at: townofnaples.org/calendars

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April 14, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 3B

Down the Garden Path

The Greening of our Yards

On April 4 of this year, The Washington Post published an article titled, “The Rise-and Beauty-of the Native Plant” written by Chris Moody. As I read the article, it was the first time I had ever thought about when and how the practice of growing lawns began. Personally, I never remember a time when lawns were not in front of each home in most neighborhoods. In my youth, I pushed the manual lawn mower on my aunt’s small patch of lawn. I recall the attention my aunt paid to using her forked weeding tool to pluck dandelions so that the lawn was uninterrupted in its green color. I also recall being admonished when I blew the white dandelion puffballs so that I could watch the wind carry the little para-

Obituaries Lorene B. Hebert

NAPLES — Lorene B. Hebert, 71, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, after a brave and courageous battle with cancer.

Lorene was born on July 28, 1950, in Portland, the daughter of Robert and Eleanor (Fogg) Hauser.

Lorene graduated from South Portland High School in 1970.

Lorene worked for The Casco Inn as a CNA for many years and had recently gone back to work before the pandemic. Her passion was taking care of the elderly and enjoyed working with her co-workers. She was dedicated and hardworking. She considered her patients part of her family.

She enjoyed being a member of the Edes Falls Sewing Circle, where they had many baked bean suppers for the community. She enjoyed helping arrange the HoHoHo Sale, Craft and Bake Sale, and coat giveaway. She was proud to be a member of a nonprofit organization that gave back to the community and the proceeds went to help maintain the Edes Falls Community Hall.

She enjoyed spending time with her family. Many beautiful summer days and evenings at her brother’s camp on Sebago Lake, boat rides with David and his wife Lisa or with Larry and his wife Gail. Boat rides on Sebago Lake was an all-time favorite where she spent many days boating with her late husband Tommy, the love of her life. She enjoyed going shopping, getting her nails done and spending the weekend with her sister Alayne and her husband Scott. She enjoyed spending time with her niece Jamie and her husband Frankie, great-niece Annalyce and great-nephews Jeremiah and Noah, including helping them with remote learning two to three times a week. She also enjoyed the time she got to spend with her stepsons and her late husband’s family. She kept herself busy, that was for sure.

She cherished the time she spent with many dear friends. She enjoyed traveling, watching birds, reading, crossword puzzles, and her TV shows.

Her smile and laugh will be greatly missed by all.

She was predeceased by her beloved husband Thomas O. Hebert; parents Robert and Eleanor Hauser; sister Sharon Littlefield; brother Robert Hauser Sr.; and grandparents James and Edna Fogg.

She is survived by sister Alayne Grover and her husband Scott of Limington; brothers Larry Hauser and his wife Gail of Standish, and David Hauser and his wife Lisa of Scarborough; stepsons, Tommy and his wife Lisa of Westbrook, Jason and his wife Melanie; and many nieces, nephews, great niece and nephews, and extended members of the family.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at Maine Health Cancer Center and to the staff at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House for their loving care.

A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 1 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to Hobbs Funeral Home, South Portland.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to: Hospice of Southern Maine, 390 US Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074.

Richard E. Kiper Richard E. Kiper, 88, of Bridgton passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, after surgery.

He was born on Sept. 23, 1933, in Williamsport, Pa., the son of John F. Kiper and Coral Mae Pittenger Kiper.

Richard served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged in 1955. Richard worked at the Bridgton Shoe Shop. Richard was Bridgton’s Berry Man, selling berries every summer on the corner of Main Street and Gibbs Avenue in Bridgton. He volunteered at the Bridgton Food Pantry, made jams, pickles and canned tomatoes for friends. He spent many hours at Ovide’s Used Cars between berry seasons keeping them on their toes.

He loved babies and crocheted beautiful baby clothes. He loved dogs, from his beloved Boxer Samantha to his friend Lori’s Basenji, that he always lovingly claimed as his own.

Richard will be sorely missed in our community.

He is survived by brother Donald D. Kiper and many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Bridgton Food Pantry or the Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

To make an online condolence please visit www.chandlerfunerls.com. Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton.

by Nancy Donovan, Ph.D., PT Master Gardener Volunteer Height: 3-6 feet Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: average, wet Common Name: Yellow wild indigo Botanical name: Baptisia tinctoria Color of bloom: Yellow Height: 24-36 inches Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: dry, average Common name: Scotch Bellflower or Harebell Botanical name: Campanula rotundifolia Color of bloom: purple Height: 6-12 inches Growing conditions: sun Moisture condition: dry, average Common name: Boneset Botanical name: Eupatorium perfoliatum Color of bloom: white Height: 4-6 feet Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: wet Common name: Bee Balm Botanical name: Monarda didyma Color of bloom: red Height: sun, part shade Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: average Common name: Bergamont Botanical name: Monarda fistulosa Color of bloom: pink/lavender Height: 2-4 feet Growing condition: full sun, part shade Moisture condition: dry to medium Common name: Spotted Bee Balm

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Church Services

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC, BRIDGTON Maundy Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m., A reflective and contemplative Tenebrae Service of music, readings, and Holy Communion. Service will be streamed online.

Good Friday, April 15, 12 p.m., a service of scripture, prayer, and music offered by Jan and Glen Jukkola on violin and piano. This service will be in-person only with no online streaming.

Good Friday, April 15, 12:30 to 3 p.m., the sanctuary will be open for quiet prayer. All are welcome to come and sit in the pews at any point during these hours.

Easter Sunrise, April 17, 5:45 a.m., we gather at the Knights Hill Beach in the first hours of the day as the sun rises over the water and we proclaim together, “Christ is Risen!” This service will be in-person only with no online option.

All Ages Outdoor Service and Easter Egg Hunt, April 17, 9 a.m., join us on the church lawn (rain or shine!) for a 15-minute child-focused service followed by an Easter Egg Hunt! This service will be in-person only with no online option.

Traditional Easter Worship, April 17, 10 a.m., we gather in the sanctuary and online to celebrate resurrection and declare that love wins! Children are warmly welcomed to remain in the sanctuary for the whole worship service (there is no childcare at this service).

ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BRIDGTON 42 Sweden Road, Bridgton For more information, please call 207-647-8549 Maundy Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m. The Washing, Institution of the Eucharist. Stripping of the Altar. Departure in Silence.

Good Friday, April 15, Noon. The Passion and Solemn Collects.

Easter Sunday, April 17, 10 a.m. Choral Festival Eucharist. All are welcome to join.

Warren’s Florist

~ Always Fabulous Florals ~ ~ Fruit & Gift Baskets ~ ~ Ganz Plush Animals ~ Balloons ~

SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH, BRIDGTON & ST. ELIZABETH ANN SETON, FRYEBURG The Holy Thursday Mass 6 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Fryeburg and 6 p.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway.

Good Friday services planned for April 15 include praying the Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, Bridgton and at St. Mary Church in Oxford.

Good Friday” Passion of our Lord” services which include veneration of the Cross, will be held at 6 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Church in Fryeburg and at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway.

Saturday, April 16 is the Easter Vigil Masses this year will be at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph in Bridgton and Our Lady of Ransom in Mechanic Falls.

Easter Sunday Masses Sunday, April 17 will be at 8:30 a.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna in Norway, and at St. Joseph in Bridgton. There will also be Mass at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Ransom, Mechanic Falls and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Fryeburg.

Questions about the parishes and these events can be found by calling the parish office at (207) 743-2606.

WATERFORD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH A Maundy Thursday Service will be offered on Thursday, April 14 at the Waterford Congregational Church on Plummer Hill Road. The service will begin at 7 p.m., with the Rev. Doretta Colburn officiating.

Easter Services on Sunday, April 17. Sunrise service at the Waterford Town Beach on Keoka Lake will begin at 6 a.m. Easter Sunday Service begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Church. The Rev. Colburn will officiate. Her sermon title is “Amazed.”

LOVELL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Wednesdays during Lent, 12 to 7 p.m., dedicated time of prayer for the people of Ukraine.

Easter Morning Worship, Sunday, April 17, 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Elizabeth (Beth) Gleason will lead the service. All welcome.

UNITED PARISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HARRISON AND NORTH BRIDGTON UCC 77 Main Street, Harrison In-person worship on Easter Sunday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m. If you are unable to come in person please contact the church office at 207-583-4840 before Sunday. Someone will contact you and let you know how you can join via zoom or telephone.

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chutes around the yard. I thought it was fun but the look of consternation from my aunt indicated to me that she did not share my joy.

In the article cited above (can be found at https://www. washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/04/04/native-plantsclimate-change/), the author wrote, “In Europe hundreds of years ago, when food was not nearly as ubiquitous and accessible as it is today, a lawn used exclusively for pleasure was a sign of immense prosperity. The landowner was presumably so rich, he could afford to devote precious space to mere leisure, instead of employing it for production. Immigrants brought those notions of wealth with them to their new home country, along with seeds to plant those foreign turf grasses.”

As I explored the history of lawns on the Internet, I found an article on the Worldhistory.us website that was titled, “The history of the American Lawns.” The article informed that, “Before the Industrial Revolution, most American homes did not have lawns. The typical front yard consisted of a patch of hard dirt and maybe a small cottage flower garden. Whatever land was available out back was used to grow vegetables, fruit trees, and maybe to keep a chicken or two.”

As I reported in an earlier column, I made the decision when I built my home to not plant grass. Slowly but surely, I am planting perennial gardens. I feel happy when I take the time to observe the birds, bees and butterflies that are attracted to the colorful and fragrant blooms for the nectar and pollen that the perennials provide. Also, I would rather spend time plucking out the occasional weed versus mowing. And, while I like the color green, I much prefer the many colors that perennial gardens provide.

As promised, this week I am providing a list and description of native plants that will bloom to support pollinators for the months of June, July, and August. This will continue for the next couple columns.

Common name: Sunflower Botanical name: Helianthus divaricatus Color of bloom: Yellow Height: 2-4 feet Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: average, dry Common name: Jewelweed Botanical name: Impatiens capensis Color of bloom: orange Height: 2-5 feet Growing condition: part shade Moisture condition: wet Common name: Turk’s cap lily Botanical name: Lilium superbum Color of bloom: orange

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Opinions dent of this town the last 22 years; and is one of our bestknown and most successful citizens. To pile all the bottles of his medicine which he has made in this third of a century into a pyramid, would build a rival of that of Cheops. Although he is supposed to have considerable money always with him on his journeys, yet, stage to say, he has never been molested nor seen any signs of attempt… One thing is sure, if any footpad should attempt to make him ‘stand and deliver,’ he would find the Bridgton Yankee a decidedly hard customer!”

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Bridgton’s Cure-All: Opodeldoc

(Continued from Page 1B) well by it. He would make it during the winters, package it in little bottles with bright orange labels, and in the spring, just about this time of year, he would hitch up his bright red medicine wagon to his team of white horses and set out on routes through Maine into New Hampshire and Vermont, or northwards into Canada to sell his famed elixirs, usually with a young boy for assistant who’d dropped out of high school for a year or two to join him. What could be more noble, when peddling a tonic he knew could cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Stiffness of Joints, Lameness, Toothache, Diphtheria, Spinal Paralysis, and Spasmodic Croup, among other dreadful afflictions. No one ever got the formula out of him, but it was some sort of greyish-blue powder mix which he dissolved in copious quantities of ammonia.

While roaming he would proclaim his wares at every country door side, in every public square, and his assistant, ever ready with can of paint and horse-hair brush, would daub rogue billboard advertisements for Knights Opodeldoc on every large boulder, covered bridge, or wayside fence they passed. He started up just before the Civil War, and continued on until his death in the 1910s — barring a few years in the late 1890s when a local child had the bad sense to actually drink some, rather than simply rub it into their skin as he carefully directed, and was subsequently struck blind. That definitely hampered business for a time. But then, in his old age when money ran low, with the dawn of the 20th century, Knights was back as eager as ever, going abroad again as in the olden days to peddle his patent medicines from here to Winnipesauke. One day, we hope to give a special talk on the life of this fascinating man, but for now I want to share with you a typical account of his business from The Bridgton News of April 14, 1893. O and, one more thing, if ever you’re in an old house or estate sale and find a flour barrel of spent medicine bottles tucked away in some attic or carriage house, I would urge you to look through it with care, as I have done before. You may be rewarded with one of Knights’ little bottles, whose orange label will have faded to a dull brown, and perhaps it will even still be corked. Inside, all the ammonia now evaporated away by time, the dregs of his Opodeldoc will have concentrated themselves down, back into that mysterious greyish powder which he once compounded in

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his secret lab. If this happens, do me a favor — absolutely don’t try it! Call poison control or, barring that, the Bridgton Historical Society, and we’d be glad to take it off your hands.

It’s not the 19th century anymore; remember, the FDA exists because of people like Knights, however well-intentioned they were.

“Mr. Simeon C. Knights, of South Bridgton, is preparing, as usual in the snow-bound months, immense quantities of his famous Opodeldoc, with which he will soon start on his annual tour. His circuit this season will embrace not only a part of Maine, but portions of New Hampshire and Vermont. He travels with a nice span of horses, and is accompanied by some smart, reliable youth, who serves as general-utility man. For the past six years, the Cleaves brothers have filled this role: Richard, Lincoln and Prentiss, each two years. This year, it will be Master Dan Bartlett, also of this place. RELIEF BASKETS — Funding from the Walmart Foundation has provided His tours occupy from five to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine in Norway to again make and six months, and he averages distribute “COVID Relief baskets” containing cleaning and paper products and about fifteen miles a day. He personal hygiene items to cancer patients located in western Maine. Seventycarries several thousand bot- five baskets have been distributed so far, including a supply of baskets to the tles in his cart, and has quanti- Oncology Divisions at Stephen’s Memorial, Rumford and Bridgton Hospitals, ties of them shipped to vari- who will distribute them to patients who would benefit. “Food stamps do not ous points on his routes, so as cover many of these items — all of which have been essential during the COVID to keep up the supply. He also pandemic,” said Diane Madden, Executive Director of the Cancer Resource deals in extracts. Mr. Knight Center of Western Maine. Providing these baskets has also been an opportunity has been a manufacturer and for our staff to call and check-in with patients to see how they are, any barriers dealer in his Opodeldoc for they are facing, and if they need any comfort items (hats, afghans, shawls, etc.)

32 years. He is a native of which we then include with their basket. Baskets are either picked up at our Waterboro; first carried on the Center or delivered in person by volunteers.” For more information please call business in Biddeford, begin- 207-890-0329. ning in 1861; has been a resi-

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19. *Like submarine 21. *Abbey Road location 23. Lobe location 24. Per person 25. To the ____ degree 28. *”Twist and Shout” endearment 30. English confection 35. Wraths 37. Swarm like bees 39. Not taken and taken 40. Skiing helmet manufacturer 41. Homework assignment 43. Kamakawiwo’ole’s strings, pl.

44. Thermonuclear weapon 46. Type of list 47. Frost residue 48. “God, We Praise You” (2 words) 50. Redecorate, e.g.

52. What Carl Lewis did

53. Doctor’s order 55. December 31st, e.g.

57. *”Whisper words of ____” 60. *”Please ____ Me,” 1st album 63. Amusement 64. Rage 66. Scary movie consequence 68. ____ del Carmen, Mexico 69. Corn spot 70. Reach a goal (2 words) 71. Unit of heredity 72. Cry of alarm 73. Wipe out DOWN 1. Cough syrup amt.

2. Greeting at sea 3. Blood vessel network 4. Ownership document 5. NASA’s first space station 6. All over again 7. Retired, abbr.

8. Aussie bear 9. *”I want to ____ your hand” 10. Editing arrow 11. Bank holding 12. Acronym, abbr.

15. Mister in Brazil 20. Speak from a podium 22. Month X 24. Hideous sight

25. *”It’s been a hard day’s ____” 26. Social group 27. Roman king of Judea 29. *Starr’s predecessor 31. *Fabulous number 32. Faquir, alt.sp.

33. Swelling 34. Ruhr’s industrial center

36. Not all 38. Like a full-fledged Mafia man 42. Cry of the Alps 45. The enlightened one 49. Barn sound 51. Nervous (2 words) 54. Inflict a blow 56. Truth or Dare player?

57. ____ E. Coyote 58. Persian Gulf country 59. Eye infection 60. Peephole glance 61. ____ ____ good example

62. Chows down 63. Frugal driver’s acronym 65. Fish eggs 67. Unidentified Jane

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Bridgton Lions News

Following opening ceremonies and a delicious catered repass, the Bridgton Lions were called to order

by KL/President John Schuettinger.

Carl Talbot introduced guest speaker Bill Macdonald representing the Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group (BRAG). Macdonald, who now serves as treasurer was previously the president of the BRAG board for 10 years.

His presentation was to inform the Lions of details of the July 1 transfer of the facility to the Town of Bridgton.

He explained that the complex board is attempting to complete work on the concession stand before the transfer; partial plumbing and electrical work is still unfinished.

Last June, the Lions Club donated $500 toward

this project; Macdonald, in part, was making a progress report. The floor was opened for questions and answers of which there were several good inquiries. Macdonald explained that some of the early dreams, such as tennis courts, had to be omitted due to cost of construction and maintenance. However, he did go on to say that some of the complex was “over built” – meaning additional playing fields were added.

The 16-acre complex has been and will be an excellent addition to the Bridgton community as the facility grows and is used.

The business meeting was an opening of the club’s corporate wallet as the members approved several funding proposals.

Lions Clubs International has been in a five-year cam-

CHANCE TO EXPLORE — The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Innovation launched an experimental program for elementary school age children in 2018 called “Camp Invention.” The camp proved to be an immediate success. After two years at SBES, the pandemic forced the camp online in 2020; however last summer the event hosted 77 kids back at the school “live.” This year’s session will be held from July 11-16, again at the school, using the theme “EXPLORE.” Rufus Porter Executive Director Carla Rider is shown here accepting a Bridgton Lions Club check representing three camp scholarships for a total of $810 from club president John Schuettinger. Looking on at right is Margaret Lindsey, who originated the Camp Invention idea and presently serves as the scholarship coordinator; Lion Carl Talbot, left, is the club’s project liaison. Lindsey said, “Bridgton families seeking scholarship support for the July camp should contact the museum for aid as soon as possible.”

paign, delayed somewhat by the pandemic, to raise a total of $300,000,000 for its numerous charitable programs and goals. The capital drive is slated to end on June 30. Appeals have been received by local Lions Clubs, including Bridgton, to join in the effort to make the campaign a success.

One suggestion has been that each local club become a “100% Member Club.” The goal — each club donate an equivalent of $10 per member. In the case of Bridgton, a total of $420. Following a brief discussion, the members passed a motion to donate $500 toward the foundation’s goal.

The club then went on to approve a request received from the Rufus Porter Museum, which sponsors the annual Camp Invention for elementary kids housed at Stevens Brook Elementary School. Now in its fourth very successful year, the Lions were first year sponsors. This year, the club was asked for three $270 scholarships. Again, after a brief discussion, $810 was approved by the membership.

Approval was given to a regular annual budget item — adding an additional $300 to a previous donation of $200 and forwarded to the Iris Network in Portland.

Also, $224 was sent to the Lions Diabetes Foundation from recent bottle collection sites.

It was announced that nine nominations had been received for the second annual “Al” Glover Nonprofit Leadership Award. A selection committee will announce the annual winner sometime in mid-April.

Chair Pat McHatton stated that public generosity had provided $523 in receipts from bottle collection at the transfer station during February.

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SLLMF on Maine Stage

Rotary continues to support food bank Rotarian Jesse Walsh (shown above) is a member of the newest team making home deliveries for Harrison Food Bank.

Every Tuesday morning, four teams of Rotarians and Friends of Rotary arrive at the Harrison Food Bank and pick up boxes for their four to eight home deliveries in Norway, Oxford and South Paris.

The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club is in its third year providing this service for the food bank clients, many of whom are

housebound for various reasons.

If you would like to work with this program even on a temporary basis, contact Carol Madsen at carjmad@hotmail. com. All those who provide this service find it rewarding.

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Rotary makes hybrid work After nearly two years exclusively on Zoom, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club is adapting well to the hybrid option when the majority of members are meeting in person.

“Each meeting, the Hybrid Option is working better and better,” exclaimed Jessica Putnam, president for the Club. “This past week, we had three speakers, two in person and one virtual.

About 12 Rotarians and guests attended the meeting

in person at Stella’s on the Square. Another six attended virtually. We are making it work, even with slide shows and speakers both in person and virtually. The benefit of hybrid is that members who are out of town, checking in from work, or not yet comfortable meeting with others indoors, are able to participate. And those choosing the fellowship that in-person gatherings affords are able to do that as well. We are excited that it is working so

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This past Thursday, representatives from Kismet Rock Foundation, a 20-plus year old organization that nourishes the physical, intellectual and emotional development of rural and urban children throughout New England before they enter their perilous teen years, spoke before the Club.

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Parsnip, Date & Hazelnut Loaf

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I’m looking for a good Parsnip, Date and dessert for Easter dinner.

Hazelnut Loaf Cake Something special, but uncomwith Meyer Lemon plicated and seasonal, and I do Glaze want it to be really good. I had Josh McFadden been thinking of a pound cake Butter, for the pan with fresh fruit, but what is 1¼ cups all-purpose flour, seasonal in fresh fruit in Maine plus more for dusting right now? Nothing. So, I went 2 tablespoons fresh lemon searching and found this loaf cake in Josh McFadden’s Six Seasons, A New Way with juice 1 cup powdered sugar (sifted) Vegetables cookbook. Parsnips are a sign of spring and I 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest (or more) have made many carrot cakes, zucchini cakes, pumpkin Freshly ground black pepper breads and most recently a chocolate beet cake (which I ½ pound parsnips, cut into 1-inch pieces LOVE and will make again…next winter!).

1 teaspoon baking soda This cake has a fine crumb, is dense and sweet without 1 teaspoon kosher salt being heavy. The dates and nuts are a great addition, even ½ cup chopped dates though I used toasted cashews that I had available. I found 2 large eggs it took a lot longer to bake than the suggested time. I think ¾ cup granulated sugar it’s our oven. The lemon glaze is a perfect drizzle and I ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar added more zest than called for as I really love an intense 1 teaspoon vanilla lemon flavor. My glaze was not as pretty as Josh’s but it ⅔ cup extra-virgin olive oil sure was delicious. If you want to use this as a breakfast ¾ cup hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped quick bread leave off the glaze.

Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Generously butter 8 x 5 I plan to make this again for my family this weekend because it is so darn good. Maybe I will find the hazelnuts loaf pan. Add a few spoonfuls of flour and shake to coat

Calendar of Events

Friday, April 22 Earth Hike, 9:30 a.m. to noon, along a Greater Lovell Land Trust trail that will take us around a small portion of the Earth, pausing at viewpoints to pay reverence to it with prose or poetry. You are welcome to share something you’ve written or read.

Register online at gllt.org.

Saturday, April 23 Earth Week Clean Up. In honor of Earth Day, join Greater Lovell Land Trust at your leisure to pick up debris from Routes 5 and 93, or any local roadside. Be sure to take a photograph of you and your findings. GLLT will share them all via their Earth Day map. E-mail photos: leigh. hayes@gllt.org. Co-sponsored

by GLLT and Sweden Conservation Commission.

Monday, April 25 Harrison Climate Action Group meeting, 6 p.m. at the Caswell Conservancy (Main Street); or join on Facebook or e-mail Andrea at harrisonmaineclimateaction@gmail. com Tuesday, April 26 Diabetic Shoe Clinic at the Bridgton Community Center by appointment from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Are you diabetic on Medicare? If so, you are entitled to one pair of therapeutic shoes plus inserts each calendar year, paid for

by Medicare. Come pick a shoe style and get measured at the clinic. No money out of pocket. All widths available.

Important: Please bring the following: Medicare Card; primary doctor’s name, address and phone number; and primary/secondary insurance card (if you have one). Please call 647-3116 for appointment or for more information.

Thursday, April 27 Myles Felch, curator and geologist at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, will answer your questions as he joins the Hobbs Speaker Series on Zoom at 7 p.m. Myles will also provide

an introduction to the Maine state mineral, tourmaline, its geologic origins, where it is found in Maine, and how it is used. His interests include lithium-bearing pegmatites and Northern Appalachian geology. To join this free event, visit www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link.

Saturday, April 30 The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue, at 7:30 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg (on the Fryeburg Academy campus, Bradley Street). The national touring Corvettes are returning for another all-out Doo Wop celebration! The Corvettes perform the great music of the Doo Wop era with a fresh, new energy. And don’t miss the Kustom Kruisers Club of Maine’s car show at 5:30 p.m., featuring a selection of incredible customized classics on display outside on the LHE/ PAC patio. Ticket info, website: www.fryeburgacademy. org/pac Cat Coalition craft fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oxford Advent Christian Church, Roue 26, 1130 Main Street in Oxford. Spaces will be $30 and a donation of an item CCOWM can sell to continue our TNR program. You must provide your own tables and chairs. This is an outdoor event. Contact Pamela Dillingham to sign up. 3123859.

Responsible Pet Care ticket auction, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris, bidding 5 to 6:30 p.m., winners drawn at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $5, $10 and $20, also bonus tickets. Over 250 great items. Food and refreshment available.

Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1 One-woman play “Kippy, Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living!” featuring Gail Phaneuf of Harrison on Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at Denmark Arts Center, 50

W. Main Street, Denmark.

Admission is $10, available at the door. “Kippy” story is expressed as a one-woman imagining of a conversation with the late Kip Tiernan, social justice hero. Kippy was an extraordinary character and force of nature who changed the face of social justice in Boston, Mass. Passionate and salty-tongued, she engendered outrage and empathy for the plight of poor and homeless women.

Thursday, May 5 5K Trail Run/Walk. Greater Lovell Land Trust and Lovell Rec are co-hosting a Cinco de Mayo 5K Trail Run/Walk from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $12 pre-registration or $15 on the day of the race. The 5K route (more or less) will leave from Parking Lot 4 of GLLT’s Heald & Bradley Ponds Reserve and circle the Hemlock and Whiting Hill Loop Trails, finishing near the foundations on the Homestead Trail. There’ll be roots and rocks, ups and downs, and a bit of mud. Registration at gllt.org includes an aluminum water bottle for the first 50 to sign up and chips and salsa for all at the finish line, not to mention fabulous prizes!

No Man’s Land Film Festival, 6:30 p.m. The Fryeburg Academy Girl Up club is excited to bring the 2022 No Man’s Land Film Festival to the LHE/PAC. No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF) aims to un-define feminine in adventure and sport through film. The goal of this festival is to connect likeminded individuals who are action-oriented, wish to support a shared vision of gender equality, have a desire to experience their passions and envi-

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Saturday, April 16 Easter Egg Hunt for children up to fifth grade, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Naples Town Beach. There will be story times, door prizes, face painting and a chance to have a photo taken with the Easter Bunny; presented by Naples Recreation and the Naples Public Library.

Easter Egg Hunt, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Easter Bunny promises to hide eggs at Kezar River Reserve (Route 5) in Lovell. Come find a few. No registration required.

Co-sponsored by Greater Lovell Land Trust and Lovell Rec. Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m., Crystal Lake Park in Harrison, for kids ages 12 and younger, sponsored by Harrison Rec. Don’t forget your Easter baskets!

Pie Sale, 9 a.m., at the Denmark Congregational Church; 10-inch pies, $15.

Texas Hold’em Tournament, presented by the Harrison Lions Club at the Lions’ Den (located at the back of the Block Building on Main Street in Harrison).

There will be a $60 entry fee. Doors will open at 12 p.m. with a start time of 1 p.m. Please bring your masks.

Great food and refreshment are available. Proceeds will be used to support the Harrison Food Bank and the Harrison Summer Rec program.

Edes Falls Baked Bean Supper with all the fixings including “Pink Stuff,” at the Edes Falls Community Hall on Edes Falls Road, Naples.

Two settings: 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Adults $10, children $4.

Thursday, April 21 Annual Awards Ceremony, Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, 5 p.m. at Shawnee Peak. Keynote speaker, Kimberley Moore, director of the Bureau of Employment Services. Catered by Lake Region Caterers. Contact the Chamber for tickets.

all surfaces, and tap out any excess.

Stir together the lemon juice and powdered sugar in a bowl. Stir in 1 teaspoon of the lemon zest and several twists of pepper. Set the glaze aside.

Put the parsnips in a food processor and process until they are finely chopped, like the texture of couscous: you want to have about 1½ cups. (If you don’t have a processor, you can grate the parsnips.) Return the parsnips to the processor if you have taken them out to measure.

Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Add the chopped dates and toss until the dates are coated with flour so they don’t clump together.

To the processor, add the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and remaining teaspoon of lemon zest and pulse until smooth and well blended. Pulse in the oil to make a creamy consistency. Pour the parsnip mixture into the dry ingredients and fold in until blended. Add the hazelnuts and fold until there are no more bits of flour.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until slightly risen and a pick or a thin knife blade inserted into the center comes out clean. 35 to 40 minutes for a metal pan, longer for glass or ceramic. Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release from the pan. Set the warm cake on a rack set over a tray to catch the glaze. Drizzle the glaze all over the cake while the cake is still warm.

The Bridgton Farmers’ Market is located at The All Roads Hub (the old Macdonald Motor Building) at 4 Nulty Street and runs every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, now through April 23.

For a full list of vendors and information on ordering visit https://www.facebook.com/BridgtonFarmersMarket/ or contact BFM at bridgtonfarmersmarket.me@gmail.com BFM will not accept credit cards or EBT until the Summer Market begins. Individual vendors do accept credit cards or Venmo for their business at their tables.

ronments through a uniquely feminine lens, and above all, love adventure. A $10 suggested donation supports the F.A. Girl Up club. The PAC is located at 18 Bradley Street in Fryeburg, on the Fryeburg Academy campus.

Saturday, May 7 Pancake breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m., Lake Region High School cafeteria, to benefit the Lake Region baseball program. Cost $5 for children and students (under age 3 free), $10 for adults, $20 for family (group of four or more with parents and/or grandparents).

Met Opera Live in HD: Turandot at 1 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg (on the Fryeburg Academy campus, Bradley Street) Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska performs the role of Puccini’s icy princess—seen live in cinemas on May 7. Estimated run time: 3 hours, 15 minutes.

Opera enthusiast Joe De Vito will be hosting his Opera Lecture Series on Thursday, May 5 at 3 p.m. in the LHE/ PAC Seminar Room. The lectures are free and open to the public. Box Office: 544-9066.

Ticket info, website: www. fryeburgacademy.org/pac Shredathon, 8 a.m. to noon, at the First Congregational Church, 33 South High Street, Bridgton. Bring your confidential documents to be shredded on-site. Donations benefit six local libraries. No appointment needed. Bag or box. For more information, please call Joanne Cohn at 617-306-1956.

Bird Workshop. Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District has partnered with Maine Audubon to

bring you an exciting workshop! Join the WCD and Maine Audubon from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. to learn about managing woodlands with birds in mind. All are welcome, and this workshop may be of particular interest to landowners, loggers, foresters, and land trust members. The group will be meeting at the Tenmile River Demo Forest in Brownfield. This event is free, but pre-registration is required. Please register no later than 2 p.m. on Friday, May 6. To learn more and register, please visit the website at oxfordcountyswcd.org/ workshops.

Thursday, May 12 Fryeburg Academy Spring Concert, 7 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The Fryeburg Academy Band and Chorus present their annual Spring Concert. Free admission.

Friday, May 13 Faces of Founders: Hiram, Maine the MOVIE, a partnership of Hiram Historical Society and the High School TV 2 Class of SAD 55, will be shown at the Hiram Arts Center at 8 Hancock Avenue at 6 p.m.

In this production – unique in the state of Maine — the teacher/moderator presents the context of 15 founders – men, women, children – students follow in costume with photographic backgrounds and portray each settler briefly telling what it was like to live in the nascent settlement 1774-1830, voicing opinions unbound from restraints of the book “Faces of Founders: Hiram, Maine.” Professional musicians, Hiram residents, perform Hiram music. Free to all.

Country Living

Lions News

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(Continued from Page 5B) The club will host the May 19 “Kettle Dinner” at the Bridgton Community Center; it is expected that service will be by both inside seating and drive through.

The Fourth of July Parade theme will be “Maine’s Five Seasons.” Hopefully comic relief will be provided with floats depicting “mud season” according to longtime parade chairman Bob McHatton.

As is Lion’s custom, the meeting ended with a couple of jokes from the club Tail Twister, Cliff Tuchon.

Following a good laugh, the adjournment was declared.

— Submitted by Carl Talbot

HELP WANTED

ATTENTION

Classified line ads are now posted on our website at NO EXTRA CHARGE! www.bridgton.com

HELP WANTED

SEASONAL HELP WANTED — at Wyonegonic Camps in Denmark: Full and part-time kitchen positions including meal cook, assistant/prep cook and general kitchen assistants; part-time housekeeping; full or part-time grounds maintenance/driver; part-time office administrative support. Position start dates available May 30-June 20 and ending August 18-31. Online preliminary application available at Wyonegonic.com; compensation commensurate with experience. Call 207-452-2051 to arrange local interview.

9t9 ENERGETIC PERSON — To do landscape maintenance. Mowing, trimming, clean-up etc. Call John (207) 461-1539 4t14x

RETIREES WANTED! — Pass on your knowledge of fishing, boating, carpentry, outdoor living skills, etc. to boys ages 7-15 this summer. Camp Skylemar has parttime or full-time positions available for those interested in making a positive difference for youth. Call 207- 693-6414, or e-mail info@ skylemar.com 5t13 SEASONAL HELP WANTED — at Camp Tapawingo in Sweden: Full and part-time kitchen positions including cooks and general kitchen assistants; full or part-time maintenance. Kitchen positions start in early June and end in mid to late August. Maintenance positions are spring and/or summer seasonal.

Compensation commensurate with experience. E-mail JD@camptapawingo.com or call 207-6473351.

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HELP WANTED

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ­— spring through the fall for lawn care maintenance which includes mowing, trimming, cleaning and some other odd jobs. This is for 40plus hours a week in Bridgton and the surrounding areas. 207-6475255. Must be very reliable. 4t12x NAPLES — Landscape crew. $18-$20/hr. Call 787-3976. 3t15x

MSAD72 SCHOOL DISTRICT ­­­— (EOE) in Fryeburg, Maine, has immediate openings for the following positions: Van Drivers (no CDL required), Custodians, Bus Drivers (CDL required), Substitutes. Visit www.msad72.org, call 207-9352600 or pick up an application today at Door #10, 25 Molly Ockett Drive, Fryeburg, ME tf15 FUTURE LEADERS WANTED — Q-Team Tree Service in Naples.

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ARIES Landscaping & property Maintenance All aspects for your peace of mind.

Green Firewood $250 per Cord

Mowing, Raking, Spring & Fall cleanups. Plowing & Sanding.

Small Home Remodeling, Painting. Just ask.

Minimum two cords for delivery.

Cell: 207-461-1539

Order online at wester nmainetimberlands.com or call 207-925-1138

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BRIDGTON — Jack or Jill for all trades. Mid-April through September. Please call 647-5048. 4t12x

WORK WANTED

LOOKING FOR — houses or camps to paint for 2022 season.

Fully-insured. Free estimates. 34 years experience. Dirigo Custom Painting. 743-9889.

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FOR SALE

DRIED FIREWOOD — Dried twelve months. Selling seasoned hardwood year-round. One cord $300, cut, split, delivered. Call 207-595-5029; 207-583-4113. maineseasonedfirewood.com 52t31x

PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX

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Henry’s Concrete Construction is looking to hire for a few positions: concrete laborer, concrete floor finisher, and Class B boom truck operator.

Please DO NOT respond if you: are unable to set your alarm, text out sick once a week, have to find a ride to work, or think checking social media every five minutes is part of your daily tasks.

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DO REPLY if you are a dependable hard worker that doesn’t whine, is able to be part of a team that provides quality work, you don’t mind working 50+ hours a week earning great pay, staying fit and getting a great tan and have a never give up attitude.

Please call or text 207-557-2801

DENMARK SELF-STORAGE 207-452-2157

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Town of Sweden Code Enforcement Officer The Town of Sweden, ME is seeking highly qualified applicants for the position of Code Enforcement Officer. The person in this position reports directly to the Board of Selectmen and is responsible for administering and enforcing the Town of Sweden Zoning Ordinance.

The CEO is required to report to BOS by attending the Selectman’s meeting at the Town office on the second Tuesday of every month at 6 pm and submitting a written report of all activity from the prior month in the established format. The CEO also submits a copy of the report to the Planning Board (PB) and is required to attend the meeting which meets at the Town office on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

A bachelors degree in a related field preferred and/or a minimum of 3-5 years training and/or experience in Code Enforcement; certification as a Maine Code Enforcement Officer or ability to become certified within 12 months of appointment.

The position is part time. To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and references to: Town of Sweden Selectmen 147 Bridgton Road, Sweden, ME 04040 or via email to: adminassistbos@swedenmaine.org 2T14

$5 FOR TATTERED — U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46

VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

PAYING TOP DOLLAR — For unwanted vehicles. We also buy copper, brass, wire, aluminum, batteries and much more. Call (603)323-7363 26t14x JESUS IS LORD — new and used auto parts. National locator.

Most parts 2 days. Good used cars.

Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton, 207-647-5477. tf30

BUSINESS SERVICES

DK PROPERTY MAINTENANCE — Property watch/caretaking.

Mowing, trimming, tree/brush removal. Light tractor work, gravel/ stone, driveway repair. Dan Knapp 207-713-0779.

9t13x KIMBALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE — Spring cleanup, Bark mulch, loam, aggregates installed. Brush removal, chipping available and more. Fully Insured.

Call 207-595-8321.

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DENMARK HOUSE PAINTING — Since 1980. Interior and exterior painting. Free estimates. Call John Mathews 452-2781. tf40x

FOR RENT

ROOMS FOR RENT ­— in Casco, Maine. Call Everett Blakelund at 978-502-9019 for all questions/ showings.

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NOW HIRING

COOK & WAIT STAFF

Searles Excavation Inc. Searles Excavation is looking for dependable, motivated, experienced equipment operators, CDL truck drivers with current medical card and laborers. Competitive pay rates commensurate with experience. Paid health insurance for employee. Paid holidays and vacation time.

Please call (207) 583-4948 or e-mail resume to searles@keokabeach.net

Town of Sweden TREASURER The Town of Sweden, ME is seeking qualified applicants for the part time position of Treasurer. The position requires attending The Board of Selectmen’s meeting the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.

The person in this position is primarily responsible for the bookkeeping for the Town. Experience in Municipal Accounting and TRIO software is preferred however, we are willing to train the right candidate.

Please submit a letter of interest, resume and references to: Town of Sweden Selectmen Attention: Rose McKenzie, 147 Bridgton Road, Sweden, ME 04040 or via email to: adminassistbos@swedenmaine.org Equal Opportunity Employer 2T14

Popular Lovell landmark restaurant looking for Grill Cook and Seasonal Wait Staff. Various shifts available.

Good pay plus tips.

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E-mail: Erin@LovellCommonLoon.com

1069 Main Street, Lovell, ME 04051 Phone: 207-925-6272 Fax 207-925-1710

HELP WANTED The Town of Lovell is seeking applications for a cleaning person to clean the Lovell Town Office. The candidate must have a positive attitude and be a team player.

This is a 2 to 3 hour per week position.

Please submit a letter of interest, resume and references to: Town of Lovell Attention: Selectman 1069 Main Street Lovell, ME 04051 or via e-mail to: tol@fairpoint.net The Town of Lovell is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Town of Sweden TAX COLLECTOR The Town of Sweden, ME is seeking qualified applicants for the part time position of Tax Collector. The person in this position is primarily responsible for tax collection. Experience in TRIO software is preferred however, we are willing to train the right candidate.

Please submit a letter of interest, resume and references to: Town of Sweden Selectmen Attention: Rose McKenzie, 147 Bridgton Road, Sweden, ME 04040 or via email to: adminassistbos@swedenmaine.org Equal Opportunity Employer 2T14

The Umbrella Factory Supermarket

Up to $4,000 Sign-on Bonus!

HELP WANTED

Planning to reopen our Crazy Stallion Pizza Pie Factory Soon!

Experienced Help Welcome Apply in person Full & Part-time Positions Available In All Departments Ask for David Allenson • 207-693-3988

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LITTLE GUYS FIREWOOD — Cut, split, delivered. Prompt delivery. 603-960-2537 or 9356302. Fryeburg area $210 cord, over 20 miles add $10.

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FOR SALE

Cook, Pizza Chef, Wait Staff

10' x 10' Unit – $75/mo.

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HELP WANTED

LAKE REGION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS MONITOR POSITION

Call to to order: order: 207-452-2157 207-452-2157 Call

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The Bridgton News has an opening in Advertising. Knowledge of the local area is important. Must be able to bring the customers advertising requests from concept to print in a timely manner. Computer proficiency in a MAC-based system is critical. Send letter of interest to: bnews@roadrunner.com

DEADLINE: April 22, 2022 EOE

FOOD SERVICE PERSON — needed to oversee special diets at summer camp in Naples, June 20-August 6. Ideal for one with experience in either a school, medical or restaurant setting. Could also be a parent with experience handling food allergies. Call 207-693-6414, or apply online at www.skylemar. com 5t13

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Rotary makes hybrid meetings work (Continued from Page 5B) on the children they serve over a four-year period.

The Foundation’s success in redirecting the path and supporting the potential of children is accomplished by providing scholarships for a comprehensive education in technical rock climbing within the context of a stable and loving familylike atmosphere. Twelve and 13-year-olds come into the program for a one-week intense learning and loving family-like setting. They then return with the same youngsters for the next three years. They become a family.

Program Manager Ara Morton spoke to the work

Rotary Club President Jessica Putnam and speaker Mike Jewell of Kismet Rock Foundation.

they are planning under his leadership. Krissy Fraser, recently appointed as Executive Director, shared

how they will bring more effort to fundraising by developing relationships with foundations commit-

ted to youth.

“A huge thank you to all those who are helping to make this work, especially George Szok, our King of Zoom, and Skip Sullivan, who makes all things technical work. Nick Orgo purchased a large screen television for us to hook into.

New mics and speakers are making it work better every week,” Putnam said. “We couldn’t be happier!”

For more information about the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club, go to https://lakeregionrotary.com or check out the Facebook Page. To reach Jessica directly, e-mail her at lakeregionrotary@gmail. com

The Slap felt ‘round my world

(Continued from Page 1B) 6. We must not let economics, politics, class, or gender obscure the multifaceted approach needed.

This is precisely why the approach needed is clinical and data-driven rather than emotionally contaminated by our history. It is why even while our care teams are burned out and overwhelmed, we need their compassion and de-escalation work to intercede and be supported.

How do we accomplish these things? We listen to frontline workers, and most acutely, Black healers and mothers.

We go to those for whom these have been missions for the longest. We avoid fallacies of logic, especially gaslighting, straw men, appeal of authority, bandwagon, hasty generalization, black and white (literally), and slippery slope— among others.

We must as a nation begin to mature past these thought errors as they have, like our planet’s evolution, become more costly with each generation. We can learn from these errors and from our very natural environments how to elevate the conversation from pettiness and false narratives to heal us all.

But it will require a clinical approach such as we’ve seen with COVID-19 and it will require humility at a time when we are just coming back together after two years of sequestration.

This will be difficult as emotions are running high and fear threatens us at nearly every turn. So much turmoil contaminates emotions and steals attention.

The question is: Will we deem it necessary for our children, our planet, our culture, and our legacy? Time will tell and the cost is high if we continue to ignore these traumas and the measures requisite to healing them.

Those of us on the front line of this health crisis are offering our expertise, our vulnerability and our investment. Will you meet us? Will you listen? Will you elevate the voices of

these frontline workers or will you let this virus continue to spread to our detriment?

We are here. We are engaged, sad witnesses to this folly.

Where are the spiritual leaders who should be standing in the shoes of Martin King? We are missing the voices of the ecumenical community in this struggle. We are here calling for unity, strength, faith, and peace in this critical time.

Yes, this is a lot from witnessing one Black man slap another. But all of us carry triggers with deep histories.

Can yours and mine meet to move forward in a new light together?

Leslie Gregory is a PA-C focusing on Preventive Cardiology and is Executive Director, Right to Health.

The Greening

(Continued from Page 3B) Botanical name: Monarda punctata Color of bloom: pink and tan dark-spotted petals Height: 24-36 inches Growing condition: sun, part shade Moisture condition: average, dry Common name: Evening Primrose Botanical name: Oenothera biennis Color of bloom: yellow Height: 3-5 feet Growing condition: full sun, part shade Moisture condition: med-ium Dr. Douglas Tallamy, who has written two often-cited books about the importance of planting native plants that support pollinators to prevent their extinction (Bringing Nature Home published in 2007 and Nature’s Best Hope published in 2019) was interviewed for the Washington Post article and he is quoted as saying, “People don’t realize that their two acres of lawn have just wrecked the watershed, killed all the pollinators, not sequestered enough carbon and destroyed the food web.”

In his book Nature’s Best Hope, Tallamy encourages each landowner “… to convert half of his or her lawn to productive plant communities” and each parcel of converted space would become part of a “…Homegrown National Park.”

Since dandelions are a food source for bees in the spring months, I am not going to pluck them from my gardens. In fact, I may also twirl around as I blow the white puffballs and watch the seeds parachute to the ground. I must remember to twirl slowly so that I do not experience any dizziness. I suspect that my aunt watches from above, now with a smile.

HIRING

PARTY Saturday, 4/16/22. 11:00am - 3:00pm

BOUNCE HOUSE

EASTER BUNNY

FACE PAINTING

You are cordially invited to a Hiring Party at Point Sebago! Enjoy a day filled with free food and fun and, hopefully, leave with an amazing job!

Point Sebago is one of Maine’s premiere outdoor vacation destinations and we’re currently hiring: • Activities & Entertainment

Local Happenings Texas Hold’em tournament

HARRISON — The Harrison Lions Club will be holding their Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, April 16 at the Lions’ Den (located at the back of the Block Building on Main Street in Harrison). There will be a $60 entry fee. Doors will open at 12 p.m. with a start time of 1 p.m. Please bring your masks. Great food and refreshment are available. Proceeds will be used to support the Harrison Food Bank and the Harrison Summer Rec program.

Chiurch Pie Sale Saturday

DENMARK — The Denmark Congregational Church will hold a Pie Sale at the church driveway this Saturday, April 16.

“We ask that you drive in the middle entrance and head to the church. There will be two lines. It is a firstcome, first-served entrance. You stay in your car until the first two leave, you pull forward and then you can get out of the car and come to the tables to choose your pie or pies. You return to your car and drive out and next two pull forward. Easy, right? It worked really well last year,” said Fundraising Committee member Pam Hale.

All pies are 10-inches, homemade and in a nice window box for traveling. Each pie is $15. The sale starts promptly at 9 a.m.

Climate Change Action Group

HARRISON — Interested in Climate Change but don’t know what to do?

Join the Harrison Climate Action Group! Help activate our town for climate mitigation and adaptation.

Meetings will be held the second and fourth Mondays at 6 p.m., at the Caswell Conservancy (Main Street). The next meeting is April 25. This is a nonpartisan group.

Masks are encouraged.

Interested but can’t attend? You can participate without attending meetings: join the Facebook group at Harrison Maine Climate Action or e-mail Andrea at harrisonmaineclimateaction@gmail.com

MYLES FELCH will answer your questions about minerals and gems in Maine at Charlotte Hobbs Library on April 27 at 7 p.m.

Tourmaline in Maine Presentation

LOVELL — Do you have questions about minerals and gems in Maine and where to find them?

Myles Felch, curator and geologist at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum in Bethel, will answer your questions as he joins the Hobbs Speaker Series on Zoom on Thursday, April 27 at 7 p.m.

Myles will also provide an introduction to the Maine state mineral, tourmaline, its geologic origins, where

it is found in Maine, and how it is used. His interests include lithium-bearing pegmatites and Northern Appalachian geology.

To join this free event, visit www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link.

For a phone link or queries, contact the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at 207-925- 3177. The Hobbs Library Speaker Series is supported in part by a generous contribution from Norway Savings Bank.

WOOD-FIRED PIZZA

PARTY Saturday, 4/16/22 11:00am - 3:00pm Point Sebago Welcome Center 261 Point Sebago Road Casco, ME 04015

• Food & Beverage • Office, Safety, and Housekeeping • Marina, Sports Center, and Water Park • Maintenance & Grounds

SEE AVAILABLE POSITIONS & APPLY

• Golf Course Bring your resume. Bring your family.

Bring an empty belly to fill with free pizza.

Can’t make it on Saturday?

See the available positions and apply online.

pointsebagojobs@covecommunities.com Casco, ME

www.pointsebago.com

LATE ICE on Long Lake photographed by John Sundborg of Harrison.