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www.bridgton.com Vol. 143, No. 22

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Bridgton, Maine

May 31, 2012

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Loon Echo set to close on ‘Hill’

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — The Hacker’s Hill Campaign recently received a $10,000 fundraising boost — just weeks in advance of the purchase of a 27-acre tract to be set aside for public access. The closing date is June 14.

The Casco Fire Association handed over a check for $2,500 (money raised from Casco Days 2011) as well as continued pledges to total $10,000. When that money and the fire association’s promise was passed into the hands of Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) Executive Director Carrie Walia, clapping erupted from the sizable audience attending the Casco Board of Selectmen meeting on an Election Day evening.

Walia has reason to clap, curtsy and bow.

“In two weeks, Loon Echo Land Trust will become the proud new owners of Hacker’s Hill and a $100,000 mortgage on the property,” Walia said via an e-mail on Tuesday.

She added that the mortgage must be paid off completely by June 2013 — a year after the impending land purchase.

The property was appraised

at $700,000 — a price to which landowners Jeff and Conrad Hall were agreeable. LELT’s fundraising goal includes an additional $100,000 that would be set up as a perpetual care endowment fund. Also, there will be real estate expenses for surveys and paperwork fees, Walia said.

“We are enthusiastically anticipating the closing date after one year of successful community fundraising,” she wrote.

“Although, the thought of a continued capital campaign while simultaneously becoming managers of the property is a bit daunting,” she said.

“Thankfully, the Halls and their current caretaker Don Fowler have indicated that they will be available to assist Loon Echo this year to give our staff and volunteers the time to become acquainted with the property and their current management techniques,” Walia said.

On May 15, the Land for Maine’s Future board voted to release $220,382, hinging on a project agreement that will ENJOYING A MOMENT — George Tinkham, a former Sebago selectman and current Lions’ Club member (left) shares a always allow public use of the moment with Herb Lehmann, one of two surviving Sebago WWII veterans during Monday’s Memorial Day Service held at (Photo by Allen Crabtree) property including hunting — “a Sebago Elementary. More Sebago photos on Page 2A. HACKER’S, Page A

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer At night, Bridgton sleeps, but the beavers in downtown Shorey Park are busy.

Heedless of the human habitat they live within, the beavers leave the safety of their lodge on the waterway between

Highland Lake and Stevens Brook. Then they do what busy beavers always do.

They chew. And chew. And chew.

How does a beaver know which tree to cut down?

Whichever one he chews.

In the past year these rodent

Medcalf appeals to officials — Give beavers chance engineers have changed the park’s landscape by chewing down trees with their sharp front teeth. Evidence of their nocturnal industry is seen in tree trunks, sheared off or halfeaten; it’s seen in higher water levels caused by flows blocked by a wall of felled branches and

trees; most noticeably, it’s seen by a new structure, the wooden dome they call home.

Some humans see only damage to their beautiful park, and say it’s time for the beavers to be either trapped and relocated or destroyed. But Bridgton resident Lega Medcalf sees an

Teacher finds writing natural fit

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer NAPLES — Steve Mercer never intended to write a Christmas story in the middle of a hot summer.

Florence the Fir Tree seemed to take control over the Lake Region Middle School health teacher.

“This was the first book that I had ever written. I had never had the thought to write a book, but it was truly something that took control over me,” Mercer said. “I know that the old saying in the book-writing field is to, ‘Write what you know,’ but the books that I have recently written are from the saying, ‘Write what you feel.’”

Florence was written a little at a time during the summer of 2006. It was intended to be a gift to Steve’s family, but over time, the book took on a life of its own and now is going to be shared with many others.

“It truly is surreal to suddenly have two children’s books published in the same year,” said Steve, who is also the author of I Think Through My Thoughts, the story of dealing with the death of the family dog.

With both books available locally and online, The News recently caught up with the busy school teacher and now published author, and asked for his thoughts on the two children’s books and what is ahead: Book Description 1, I Think Through My Thoughts. This book is from the perspective of a young child, who has recently lost a beloved pet dog. It was inspired by the recent passing of Steve’s beautiful little beagle, that was part of the family for more than 13 years.

“Upon her passing, I found myself deeply affected as we began to adjust to life without her. The many routines that come with our pets such as feeding, letting them in and out, walking in the woods or simply playtime become glaringly obvious when they suddenly stop,” Steve said. “As our family worked through our loss, I found myself asking the question, ‘If a grown man can be affected so profoundly and have so many questions about the spirituality of the animals that we invite into our families then what thoughts must our young children be having as they wonder where their friend has gone?’ The instinct of the teacher in me took over and I grabbed a piece of paper.”

Rhymes flowed from Steve’s heart and in a short time the story was complete.

“I have been told by many who have read this book that it is appealing and healing for both young and old,” he said. “I believe that this story will help anyone who has experienced this loss to be able to have a smile on their face and a positive feeling AUTHOR, Page A

urban park that’s become home to a native species, and that “makes me very excited.” On May 22, she pleaded with the Bridgton Board of Selectmen to consider using human engineering to modify beaver engineering, and allow beavers and humans to co-exist.

“Just today I saw a man at Shorey Park, taking pictures of the beaver lodge,” Medcalf told the board, as she gave them a PowerPoint presentation of proven methods, used in Augusta and other Maine communities, to mitigate damBEAVERS, Page A

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — On Wednesday, June 6, Naples’ 2012–13 budget will come before the residents at the annual town meeting. The assembly starts at 7 p.m. in the large meeting room in the Naples Town Office.

The proposed municipal budget totals $2,836,985.

Additionally, in warrant Article 41, community members will consider a bond to complete planned road

reconstruction.

According to Town Manager Derik Goodine, it is strategic planning for the town to take out a bond (capped at $750,000) for those infrastructure improvements.

“I am looking at it from a mil rate perspective. That is why we had the discussion to push it off until next year.

The bond won’t be due until next year’s budget,” Goodine said.

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By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer Three School Administrative District 72 schools have won bronze awards in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s HealthierUS Challenge — the Brownfield-Denmark Elementary School in Denmark, New Suncook School in Lovell and the Charles A. Snow School in Fryeburg!

The schools join the ranks of an elite group recognized

for health, nutrition and fitness excellence, as only three percent of 101,000 schools in the nation have achieved HealthierUS status at the Bronze, Silver, Gold or Gold Distinction levels.

School-wide assemblies were held in all three winning SAD 72 schools on Friday, to accept the bronze awards and celebrate these tremendous accomplishments, as HealthierUS awards are one of the nation’s highest

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SAD 72 schools win health awards

PUBLISHED — Steve Mercer, a teacher at Lake Region Middle School, has published two children’s books.

(Rivet Photo) About the Author Name: Steven A. Mercer Town: Naples. “I have lived in this area for most of my life,” Steve said.

Schools: 1978 graduate of Lake Region High School, and a 1986 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelor’s degree in Health Education.

Work: Health teacher at Lake Region Middle School for the past 25 years.

Passions: family, cycling and hunting. “I also enjoy a good campfire with friends and family telling the special stories of their lives,” Steve said.

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Memorial Day in Sebago

SHOWING THEIR RESPECT — (Top, left) Placing the wreath at the war memorial in Sebago were Trevor Thorne (left) and Bobby Charette; (top, right) Lions Club members Ben Bowditch, David Crawford and Jim Libby led the parade to the Veterans’ Park; (bottom, left) Sebago Youth Athletic Association players at attention and holding flags; (bottom, center) Don Johnson, Lions Club master of ceremonies applauds comments made; (bottom, right) Pastor David Suitter of Sebago Church of the Nazerene gave the Invocation and Closing Prayer.

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Naples budget ready for voters (Continued from Page A) The road bond would be scheduled for a five-year payment plan with 2% interest, which would tack on an additional $45,600 cost during that time period, according to Goodine.

Good news for tax-paying property owners: Tax-increment Finance (TIF) funding is permitted to be applied to a number of capital improvements including the fire suppression pipes installation; the construction of the building that now houses the Naples Museum, Naples Historical Society and tourist information center; matching funds for a grant to extend underground water pipes; and to make payments on a Causeway renovations bond. TIF funding will also cover community events like the grand opening for the Bay of Naples Bridge that occurred in mid-May as well as $8,000 for the fireworks display on Independence Day. During the upcoming town meeting as articles are opened for discussion, residents may increase or decrease the proposed budget amount.

At a recent meeting of the Naples Board of Selectmen, the town manager and budget committee disagreed on the amount to allocate for the Naples Public Library.

Selectman Rick Paraschak noted the library had asked for $74,000 in town funding for the upcoming fiscal year.

Selectman Bob Caron, Sr. queried about the amount of money in the library trust fund, which he said was probably more than $1,000,000 at this point in time.

According to Diane Monaco, NPL Board of Trustees Treasurer, that was true and the library used $30,000 from the interest on its endowment fund to cover 2011-12 expenses. Another $35,000 was derived from fundraising, she said.

“We want to jump our fundraising goal to $42,000. We don’t want to go any further with the endowment, or with the town,” Monaco said.

Goodine said he advocated for a higher library budget amount than the finance budget because, “I thought they made a compelling argument for more hours of operation.”

Budget Committee Chairman Marie Caron explained the group’s vote, “I cannot speak for myself, because I am not the majority. (People thought that) the hours of operation, and the number of staff wasn’t going in the right direction.”

“We thought providing more time on the computer was more important,” Marie Caron said.

Monaco said human beings were necessary to provide technical support to the people using the computers.

“Technology is changing all the time. And, we are trying to offer that to the community — with computer classes.

Also, we moved a person who was part time to ‘there all the time’ when the library is open,” she said.

“We need more people there to support the people walking through the door with computer questions,” Monaco said.

Chairman Christine Powers said although she was “originally recused” as a library employee, she could vouch for how technology questions have been keeping the staff busy.

“A person was applying for a job, and didn’t have an email. A librarian had to help him set up an e-mail account,” she said, adding the person later landed the job and thanked the librarian for the assistance.

“It is consistently technology that takes up most of the time,” Powers said.

For the proposed library budget, Goodine has recommended $74,000 while the budget committee favors $72,750.

Residents who are interested may view the warrant articles on the town’s website, townofnaples.org. To view the budget and warrant information, copies are posted at the Naples Town Office, the Naples Post Office, the Naples Public Library, A2M, and at Tony’s Foodland.

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MARCH ON WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sally Chappell of Bridgton (right) joined two dozen Mainers and others from around the country to form the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals.

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By Sally Chappell Guest Writer Everywhere we go-o-oh; people wanna kno-ow; who we a-are; so-o we tell them, We are the people; mighty, mighty people; fighting for children and toxic refor-rm!

The words were different, but the cadence was unmistakable, harkening back to my days in the Women’s Army Corps at Fort McClellan, Ala. I was 22 then in 1969. The enemy was the Viet Cong, and I knew I was part of a big mission.

A very loose platoon formation of two dozen Mainers, mostly moms, echoed the command voice of Jonathan Hillier of the Maine People’s Alliance as we strode from the Metro to the U.S. Capitol last Tuesday, May 22. Ours was the largest state contingent of roughly 200 participants representing 31 states. Collectively, we were

the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals. We joined other participants talking informally with Senator Dick Durbin (D-ILL) as we waited for the rest of speakers to arrive. Soon they came —Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), Hannah Pingree, former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and a proven leader in the politics of chemical reform, Polly Schlaff, a young widow from Michigan whose husband had died from a non-genetic form of cancer, and finally Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ). Last year, he introduced the Safe Chemicals Act, a proposed update to the ineffective Toxic Substances Control Act passed in 1976.

Our gathering’s mission was to catalyze momentum for chemical reform and prevent the Safe Chemicals Act from languishing into oblivion

as a result of the deep pockets of the American Chemistry Council, the trade organization of the chemicals industry. Lautenberg’s leadership in shepherding S.847 through the Senate is crucial. Do you appreciate smoking not being allowed on airplanes? Frank Lautenberg is largely responsible for that benefit despite the formidable opposition of the tobacco industry.

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We dispersed for meetings with Rep. Chellie Pingree’s and Rep. Mike Michaud’s staff members relating personal stories and reasons for coming to Washington. Later in the afternoon, we met with Senator Susan Collins and Senator Olympia Snowe armed with 2,572 petition signatures from CHAPPELL, Page A

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By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Among items discussed at the Bridgton Board of Selectmen’s May 22 meeting are as follows: Temporary signs Keith Mcdonald of West Bridgton wondered why, it seems, that the temporary sign provision in the town’s Sign Ordinance wasn’t being enforced. He noted that The Gazebo, an ice cream parlor on the Portland Road, had recently put out a temporary sign.

“It just needs to be enforced,” Mcdonald said. “If the CEO can’t do it (for lack of time), then he needs to be backed up.”

Selectman Woody Woodward said Mcdonald is right; indiscriminate use of temporary signs presents a negative public image about the business climate in town. “We want it to look like the businesses are going to stay,” he said.

Selectman Paul Hoyt agreed with Woodward that it might be time to put some teeth into the ordinance to force compliance by businesses. “I understand the need to be business-friendly, but the velvet gloves are not working, because new (temporary signs) are going up,” even though Code Enforcement Officer Robbie Baker has been ordering removal of some of the older signs.

“It’s simple,” Hoyt said. “We have a rule, and it needs to be enforced. After 14 days they need to take (the temporary sign) down, and if they don’t, we start levying fines.”

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Three candidates seek Fryeburg selectman position

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer FRYEBURG — Three candidates — Cliff Hall, Angelo Milia and Paul Naughton — are seeking the one, three-year term on the Fryeburg Board of Selectmen, as incumbent Ed Wilkey has decided not to seek reelection.

Attempts to reach candidate Hall were unsuccessful.

Candidates Milia and Naughton explain why they are seeking the three-year term as selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor.

Municipal elections will be held on Tuesday, June 12 at the American Legion Hall on Bradley Street.

Angelo Milia “After consulting with my family, and in keeping with my commitment to public service, I have decided to run for Fryeburg town selectman,” Milia said. “My career in public service began as a young man when I decided to become a police officer — working a beat, while putting myself through college and providing for my family, at Boston’s Northeastern University, attaining a bachelor of science in Criminal Justice.

I developed an appreciation for hard work and for playing by the rules.”

Milia said he believes in giving back to the community.

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and my family, and I have always felt it was my duty to give back to this community,” said Milia.

“My wife Carol is an assistant coordinator for the Pequawket Kids Association, after school program at Brownfield-Denmark School, also a substitute teacher in SAD 72 district. Two of my three daughters graduated from our own Fryeburg Academy.

Our family has a deep appreciation for Fryeburg, its people, and shared values. It is my deep appreciation for our way of life that has informed my decision to seek elected office.”

Serving on the Fryeburg Board of Appeals for over a decade, Milia said, “Thirteen years ago, I was appointed to the town’s board

of zoning appeals and I currently serve as the board’s chairman.

During my tenure, I have tried to treat all applicants appearing before the board with dignity and respect. In addition to my service on the board of appeals, I represent the town of Fryeburg on the Eastern Slope Regional Airport Authority. While serving on the airport commission, I fought for the establishment of an on-site jet fuel depot that has resulted in a fixed base operator signing a service agreement with the airport.”

Saying he believes he is qualified for the office of selectman, Milia stated, “I believe that a selectman has to have excellent judgment and have the courage

to act in the town’s best interests.

Those of you that I am privileged to know personally, know that I am not someone who backs down easily or will cut and run when the going gets tough. If elected, I promise to put my proven judgment to work for you and your families. My door, and my mind, will always be open to the residents of this great town. Thank you for your consideration, and I look forward to serving as your next town selectman.”

Paul Naughton Paul Naughton has resided in Fryeburg for 19 years and has served on the Fryeburg Budget Committee for three years and as a trustee of the Fryeburg Water

Downtown revitalization workshop

What’s the best way to revitalize downtown Bridgton? Is it a matter of making sidewalk improvements, bringing in new businesses, or getting more customers to existing businesses?

Bridgton’s Community Development Committee wants your ideas. They are holding a

Downtown Revitalization Public Workshop on Thursday, May 31, at 6:30 p.m. in the Selectman’s Room at the Bridgton Municipal Center.

“Do you stand in the downtown and say, wow, this place has great character and charm, we just need to take it up a

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notch?” asks Anne Krieg, director of planning, economic and community development, who is lending staff support to the committee’s efforts. “Or (do you say), this downtown has good bones, we just need to fill it in? Well, I do!” Krieg said.

The workshop will be a time

District for six years, where he is treasurer. He and his wife, Laura, have three children and “two-and-a-half” grandchildren.

Naughton is employed at Sabre Yachts in South Cascso.

Naughton said he wants to have a seat at the selectmen’s table, in order to help Fryeburg and its citizens.

Said Naughton, “I am running for the open seat of selectman in the Town of Fryeburg for the following reasons: I believe that I can bring a fresh voice to the table of our town government. I’ve never been the most out spoken of people, which is why some of you may not know who I am. But, that doesn’t prevent me from speaking when I feel I have something that’s worth saying or standing up for what I believe to be right. If you want to be heard, you have to participate in the discussion. If you want to participate in the discussion, you have to have a seat at the table. I want to be heard. I want to be a participant in the discussion. I want that seat at the table.”

Naughton said further, “If elected, I would not take lightly the responsibilities entrusted to me as a selectman. I believe that I can be counted on to make decisions that have the best interest of all the taxpayers of Fryeburg in mind.

Over the last 10 years, our town’s budget has grown by more than $1,000,000 dollars. The amount we spend annually on debt service is not only concerning, it’s impacting the town’s ability to Political Advertisement

maintain existing programs and services, and eliminating its ability to make improvements without a negative impact to the taxpayers.

While we have taken some good steps in the last year to lessen the impact of this debt, there is still a lot of work to be done. As a selectman, I would encourage continued work with this effort. I grew up in a family with 10 brothers and sisters. I know the reality of having to stretch a dollar; I know the reality of having to do without because the money wasn’t there,” said Naughton.

“My wife Laura (a teacher here in town) and I raised our three children here in Fryeburg, Naughton said. “In that time, we’ve utilized many of the programs and resources the town has to offer — be it the School, the Recreation program, the Library, the Beach, or any of the other many great resources this town has. Through these programs and activities I have had the opportunity to meet a diverse cross section of Fryeburg’s citizens. From this, I feel I’ve gotten a good sense, not only of what people’s expectations are, but of the value that these programs offer to the community. Fryeburg is great town with a lot of great people.

It has been a great place to live and raise children. I would like nothing more than an opportunity to contribute in a way that helps Fryeburg continue to be that great town. Please consider me when voting.”

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Chappell to D.C. (Continued from Page A) concerned Mainers and a resolution signed by Senate President Kevin Raye (R-Washington) and House Minority Leader Emily Cain (D-Orono) calling on the federal government to protect citizens with an updated chemical law.

Activists from the other states visited their senators and representatives as well. At this point, the Safe Chemicals Act needs Republican co-sponsors to move it to a vote.

In addition to our personal reasons affecting either ourselves or immediate family members, many of us presented concerns of the society as a whole to the senators. Bettie Kettell, drawing on her experience of 46 years as a nurse, noted that over the years she has seen a proliferation of ailments such as asthma that are placing heavier burdens on our healthcare system. Three groups in particular — the poor, children and minorities — bear a far greater portion of the chemical burden than the rest of us, a concern I expressed for the faith community as a volunteer for the Maine Council of Churches.

For a comprehensive summary of the day’s events in Washington, go to www.mainemoms.org.

People are discovering that chemicals building up in the environment and in our bodies are linked to the diminished health of Americans. We can celebrate the successful passage of the Kid Safe Products Act here in Maine; now we need to urge Senators Snowe and Collins to join their fellow lawmakers in passing the Safe Chemicals Act for all Americans. Better chemicals and better health are tantalizingly close.

Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, toxic chemicals have to go!

The amazing day was capped off with a few of us visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial. I gazed at the enormous carving of a man who knew all about struggle for justice and who laid down his life for it following the example of Jesus Christ. How many more people will have to suffer and sometimes die at the hands of the chemical industry; an industry that does not have to disclose its ingredients; an industry that does not have to prove the safety of its products; an industry that consistently resists any governmental regulation?

It’s important to know your enemies and to love them. I do a different kind of soldiering at this point in my life. Weapons are still needed for the mission, but nonviolent ones, like the “pen” I’m using now and the best one of all — prayer — in this case prayer that differences can be solved. Toxic chemicals should not divide us politically.

“The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally, it reaches the opponent and so stirs their conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality,” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Sally Chappell is a resident of Bridgton. She coordinates the writers of “Earth Notes,” a column published in The Bridgton News.

May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page A

Dittmeyer killer pleads guilty, sentenced to 50 years

By Lisa Williams Ackley Staff Writer OSSIPEE, N.H. — The man who cold-bloodedly killed 20year-old single mother Krista Dittmeyer in New Hampshire last year by submerging her taped-up body in a snow-making pond at a ski resort in North Conway in late April 2011 says he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven for what he did, so he didn’t ask for forgiveness.

Anthony Papile, 29, of Ossipee, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Carroll County Superior Court on May 24, and was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison, of which seven and one-half READY TO MARCH years will be suspended, as long as — Scouts line-up prior to Papile completes drug and alcohol the Naples Memorial Day counseling and also earns both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. parade.

Dittmeyer, who grew up in

Emergency meeting on fire tanker truck Bridgton Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz announced late Tuesday afternoon that the Bridgton Board of Selectmen will be holding an emergency board meeting tonight, May 31, at 6 p.m.

The reason?

“I have discovered that the question to be placed before the voters at the (June 13) town meeting regarding the purchase of a (fire department) tanker truck did not get onto the warrant articles,” Berkowitz said, in a May 29 memo to the board.

The town manager said he had spoken to Selectmen Chairman Arthur Triglione about the procedure to amend

the approved warrant articles “and he has concurred.”

Tonight, the selectmen will amend the existing warrant articles, Berkowitz said.

“We will add the article authorizing the board of selectmen to acquire the tanker truck and to either lease-purchase or borrow the difference, whichever is in the best interest of Bridgton. As treasurer, I will also have the necessary statement for the warrant article.”

“In accordance with the law, I will post this (emergency) meeting, as well as inform The Bridgton News and Lake Region TV of this meeting,” Berkowitz stated. “Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.”

the purpose of reviewing project requests, he suggested, adding that a decision needs to be made by July 1.

CDC member Chuck Renneker said, “The CDC is working on these issues on your behalf every time they sit down at the table. A standing committee doesn’t have that knowledge.”

Tarantino agreed with Renneker, and pointed out that the CDC only makes recommendations, and works closely with Planning, Economic and Community Development Director Anne Krieg. Hoyt said Krieg’s involvement in the pro-

cess is the most important. “We have Anne, that’s what her job is,” he said.

No butts about it Selectmen unanimously approved a resolution brought forward by Recreation Director Tom Tash to establish “tobaccofree zones” at all town parks, beaches and recreational areas.

Prohibited are cigarettes, cigars, snuff, dip (moist smokeless tobacco) or chewing tobacco.

Tash said there might have been some misunderstanding when he first proposed the ban.

Smokers will still be allowed on other non-recreational town property such as the Bridgton

Bridgton and graduated from Lake Region High School, was residing in Portland the night she drove her car, with her infant daughter in the back seat, to meet Papile and two other young men at an apartment in Ossipee, N.H. The prosecutor, Senior New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Jane Young, said Papile told investigators that he, 30-yearold Michael Petelis and 25-yearold Trevor Ferguson had planned to steal drugs and money from Dittmeyer on the night of April 22, 2011 and that Papile sent her a text message asking her to call him when she was on her way to meet them. Petelis and Ferguson have both been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in the Dittmeyer case, however neither has been indicted, nor have their cases been set for hearing.

Young said the investigation showed that Papile “was lying in wait” for Dittmeyer, when she arrived there.

“As Ms. Dittmeyer ascended the stairs, the defendant struck her approximately three times over the head (with a rubber bat),” said Young.

Papile then bound Dittmeyer’s upper torso, arms, hands and mouth with duct tape, according to Young, who said Papile’s fingerprint was found on the duct tape.

Papile then placed Dittmeyer in the trunk of her own car and drove it to the Cranmore Ski Area.

The autopsy determined that Dittmeyer died from “prolonged cold water submersion after having been bound with duct tape,” Young said. She pointed out that Papile told investigators he believed Dittmeyer was already deceased when he submerged her bound and gagged body in the pond at the base of the Cranmore Ski Area. Her young daughter was found safe in the back seat of

Dittmeyer’s Nissan Sentra, with the motor idling and the door ajar on April 23. Dittmeyer’s body was discovered in the small pond four days later, on April 27.

Saying he knows he has become “a monster in their lives,” Papile said he was sincerely sorry that he killed the mother of 14-month old Aliyah (now over two years old), who was also a beloved daughter and sister.

“My actions have left a family without a daughter, a sister and a mother,” Papile said, prior to Judge Steven Houran pronouncing sentence upon him. “The pain of knowing what I have done, changed so many people’s lives… her daughter Aliyah will never know her mother.”

“I’m going to live with the pain and the shame of being a monster in their lives,” Papile said further. “I hope that someday the nightmares will stop for this family, because I know they will never stop for me. I’ll never ask for forgiveness, because I’ll never deserve it. My actions are atrocious and inexcusable. There’s not a moment in my life I don’t wish I could change what I’ve done…I hope someday the nightmares will stop for Krista’s family — I know they’ll never stop for me.”

Dittmeyer’s mother, LaNell Shackley, told the court her daughter Krista was a loving mother to her young daughter, but that now she will never have the opportunity to watch her grow up — to see her child’s first day of school or be able to attend her wedding — and that little Aliyah will only know her mother from the memories and recollections shared by surviving family members and close friends.

Stated Shackley, “I don’t know hat to say to her when she looks at a picture of her mom and asks me, ‘Where’s Momma?’”

Municipal Complex, providing they extinguish the tobacco before entering the building.

Bridgton’s ban is similar to state law that requires all common areas in state parks and historic sites to be smoke-free.

Bridgton’s resolution includes a list of the smokefree parks, beaches and recreational areas as follows: Woods Pond, Highland Lake, Shorey Park, Junior Harmon Field, Plummer’s Landing, the Skate Park, Town Common, Farragut Park, Town Hall and Ice Rink complex, Depot Street Park, Ryerson Park, Sandy Creek Park, Main Street Park next to the House of Pizza, and the common/public areas at Salmon Point Campground/Beach.

The ban also applies to any recreational area acquired by the town in the future, including Pondicherry Park and the BRAG sports complex.

Campground lease policy The board’s May 8 decision to allow only one person’s name on a site lease at Salmon Point Campground will require changes to the language of the lease, Berkowitz told selectmen. He asked selectmen to review his suggested changes over the next month, prior to voting on a revised lease.

If only one name of a mar-

ried couple, or domestic partners, is allowed on the lease, and that person dies, the town should allow the surviving partner to continue to lease the site for that season. The surviving partner would then have the option to have only their name on the lease, once they provide documentation that the other partner has died.

Divorces, or dissolution of a domestic partnership, are less straightforward. If a couple divorces, the town will only acknowledge the single name on the lease, even if that person no longer is staying at the campground. In such cases, the town would need to see a divorce decree, along with written permission by the partner no longer wishing to be on the lease to have his or her name removed. Then, the spouse or partner who wasn’t named on the lease originally would have a 30-day option to have their name put on the lease.

Recap: Bridgton Board of Selectmen meeting notes began receiving an annual allotment of CDBG funding, a standing committee was created to come together once a year to conduct the state-required review. While the membership of the CDBG Committee has changed over the years, Berkowitz said “Some of the ad-hoc committee members have consistently participated,” and have remained committed to the process.

At the same time, Berkowitz acknowledged that “vetting projects will become more involved, as the sewer needs are less.” The two committees could consolidate into one for

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Incidents appearing on the Bridgton Police blotter R. Knight, 43, of Bridgton, for domestic violence assault and violating conditions of release.

Knight was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

11:33 p.m. The Bridgton Police Department assisted the Bridgton Fire Department with a fire in the bakery at Food City on Main Street.

11:49 a.m. A caller at an apartment on Main Street reported their daughter was bitten by a dog a few days ago.

8 p.m. James E. Decilla, 35, of Denmark, was charged with illegal possession of a useable amount of marijuana, following a traffic stop at the intersection of South High Street and South Bridgton Road. Decilla was released on personal recognizance.

9:11 p.m. A theft was reported at a supermarket on Portland Road, and Erica LaPlante, 22, of Bridgton, was charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. LaPlante was released on personal recognizance.

11 p.m. A caller reported trespassers on Side City Road, saying five or six four-wheel all-terrain vehicles were on the property. Buck R. Shepherd, 45, of Portland, was charged with operating an ATV while under the influence of an intoxicant.

Shepherd was released on personal recognizance. Scott A. O’Neil, 49, of Sanford, was charged with operating an ATV while under the influence of an intoxicant. O’Neil was released on personal recognizance.

Saturday, May 26: 9:59 a.m.

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Hutchinson review denied

PORTLAND — The man who was convicted in 2007 of murdering single mother Crystal Perry in her Bridgton home 18 years ago has had his petition for a post-conviction review denied by a Cumberland County Superior Court judge.

Justice Thomas Warren last week denied Michael Hutchinson’s claim that his legal counsel did not seek a plea bargain from the Attorney General’s Office for less than a life sentence, thus alleging his lawyer ineffectively represented him. Justice Warren also rejected Hutchinson’s claim via testimony that he was amenable to accepting a plea agreement, as he had always maintained his innocence in the first place.

Hutchinson has 21 days from the May 23 decision to appeal the judge’s ruling.

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10 a.m. A burglary at a camp on Wildwood Road was investigated and a report made.

2:08 p.m. A 2002 Buick Century operated by Scott A. Morse, of Bridgton, left the roadway on Willett Road.

3:20 p.m. A domestic disturbance at an apartment on Main Street was responded to and investigated.

9:50 p.m. No injuries were reported, when a 2007 Jeep Liberty operated by Victoria L. Bell, of Naples, left the roadway on Kansas Road.

Tickets: During this reporting period, police issued 14 summonses and 64 warnings.

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Monday, May 28: 4:16 a.m. Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Starlight Drive.

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6:29 p.m. A caller reported a male subject who went up to the caller’s son when the youth was riding his bicycle on Kansas Road. The matter was investigated.

Sunday, May 27: 1:52 p.m.

A report that a dog was locked inside a car on Main Street was investigated.

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The theft of catalytic converters from vehicles at a Portland Road business was reported.

5:28 p.m. A caller from Sweden Road reported that a politician gave them a sign to put on their property and someone stole the sign.

8:06 p.m. A caller from North Bridgton Road said there was an intoxicated female standing at the end of the caller’s driveway.

7:25 p.m. A caller reported that “for over a month they have been smelling a chemical type smell coming from the Fowler Street area” near the intersection of Main and Fowler Streets.

10:20 p.m. Tracy Love O’Brien, 33, of Bridgton, was arrested at Sawyer Circle for failure to pay a fine and was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

Wednesday, May 23: 10:48 p.m. A caller reported a very young dog “has been tied to a tree since last Friday” on Walker Street.

7:55 p.m. The local hospital reported a patient who was bitten by a dog.

Thursday, May 24: 3:25 p.m.

No injuries were reported, when a 2000 BMW Z3 operated by Joseph M. Cetrullo, of Bridgton, was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Summit Drive off Upper Ridge Road.

Friday, May 25: 12:36 a.m.

Police officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Cross Street and arrested Melleoney

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Medcalf: Give beavers a chance

(Continued from Page A) age by beaver colonies. “He seemed to be very charmed by the lodge.”

Medcalf said one method to control flooding caused by beaver dams is to install bafflers in the water made of pipe or metal mesh fencing formed into culverts. The bafflers disperse the flow of water in such a way as to decrease dam-building activity by the beavers, who are stimulated to repair breaches in their dams by the sound, feel and sight of running water.

The bafflers cost around $2,500 each, which Medcalf realizes isn’t cheap. But she said she’s willing to lead a donation drive, and also seek funding through grants. She has already organized an educational “Beaver Festival,” with movies and talks by wildlife experts, planned for Saturday, June 16. The event is being hosted by both the Bridgton Public Library and the Bridgton Community Center.

“In other communities where people have welcomed beavers, there are a lot of positive benefits” in terms of tourism and an eco-friendly public image, Medcalf said. “I would love to see us try to co-exist with our wildlife,” she said, and have the town of Bridgton “be known as an animal-friendly town.”

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Woody Woodward said it seemed reasonable to look into what other towns have done to address the problem. Public Works Director Jim Kidder said the town has already wrapped a lot of the park’s trees, at the direction of Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz. Medcalf said the best way to protect trees is to surround their trunk with galvanized wire, set 6½ inches away from the tree.

Trapping and relocation isn’t the answer, Medcalf said, because sooner or later a new colony of beavers will simply take its place. If no trapping takes place after a colony moves to a new location (as is the case at Shorey Park), the beaver population may peak, but it eventually drifts down to a sustainable level.

Relocated beavers rarely stay in the area where they’re released, Medcalf added. If the town drives them out of Shorey Park by destroying their dam, the beavers may well decide to build downstream on private property — thereby shifting the problem to a property taxpayer.

Chuck Renneker owns the downstream building that’s home to Beth’s Café, where an inviting space with tables and chairs awaits customers down by the brook. He said there are trees on his property that are

30 feet tall, and he would want to be “notified of the danger to my property” if beavers are removed from Shorey Park.

Medcalf agreed that the beavers have done a lot of damage to trees in the park, and she acknowledged that “sometimes they need to be trapped and killed.” But she said she wanted the board to at least consider, “if there is a way to humanely handle the problem” instead.

Selectman Doug Taft, a licensed trapper, was silent throughout Medcalf’s presentation. Then, he said, he couldn’t help himself; he had to speak up. He said the technology of today’s trapping methods is “very humane,” and that sometimes beaver damage is only controlled through “responsible harvesting.”

Taft said, “There is a concern by a lot of people on Highland Lake” about flooding and other damage done by beaver colonies. He told Medcalf, “You will find there’s not a lot of people who are warm and fuzzy about beavers.” The crops of farmers along the Saco River are destroyed when beavers dam up the tributaries,” Taft pointed out. He said, “You have to trust the guidelines of the state to handle nuisance beavers,” and those guidelines suggest trapping as the most efficient method.

Woodward said he has also received a lot of calls from residents concerned about the damage caused by beavers in Shorey Park. He said his property at the Highland Lake Resort has had its own share of trees decimated by beavers.

In the audience was Peter Lowell, executive director of the Lakes Environmental Association, and he was asked to join the debate. He said trapping takes place at Holt Pond, a nature preserve, but for the most part the trappers and nature seekers have coexisted fairly well.

“We ask (the trappers) to leave at least one colony” for visitors to enjoy, Lowell said.

Beavers have created some problems to the boardwalk that winds through wetlands, but LEA hasn’t done any management of beaver colonies in the preserve. Along the Stevens Brook Trail, beavers have constructed three or four dams downstream from the Magic Lantern, said Lowell, who noted that LEA has not had to deal with the town’s issue of beavers in a “highly visible town park.”

Berkowitz told Medcalf the town currently has “no plans to touch anything at Shorey Park,” and that beaver nuisance issues in town are handled on “a case-by-case basis.”

FRIEND OR FOE? — Some certainly frown upon the work done by beavers in Shorey Park, while Lega Medcalf hopes town officials can find a humane way to handle the problem.

Medcalf said she was “satis- beaver lodge in the midst of fied that everyone understands downtown, she said. the big picture,” and thanked It just may be that, if allowed the board for hearing her out. to stay, these industrious crea“If they leave, they leave,” tures could teach much to she said of the Shorey Park humans about building a better beavers. People like seeing a downtown.

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“You should take her outside to play with you,” Deegan replied. “She needs to run around!”

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Mrs. Emerson told the young students at Brownfield-Denmark Elementary School Friday morning, “I am the food service director. I am the person who plans what you eat. A dietician teaches students about how food works in the body, and I want you guys to be healthy and learn to do well in school. Nutritious food helps to give you energy, helps your body grow and also helps you learn. The reason we’re receiving this award is to honor the work that Mrs. McGonagle and Mrs. Wentworth do every day.”

Deegan told the youngsters, “Being healthy is not only about food but also how active you are — you need to move and have fun things to do, and you need to eat well — so, we work together.”

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Author Steve Mercer says kids’ books a ‘natural fit’ (Continued from Page A) in their heart as they answer the question, ‘Where do our pets go when the leave us behind?’”

Illustrations were created by a Publish America staff illustrator, who gave Steve the opportunity to share the story with the world.

“I requested that the drawings be done as if a young child had created them and that is exactly what they gave me,” Steve said.

This was Steve’s first book to be released, but it was the second book that he had written. Steve submitted this book for publication as he awaited the illustration of Florence the Fir Tree (and the angels of the forest).

Book Description 2, Florence the Fir Tree (and the angels of the forest). This book is a story of family, love, heredity, the true meaning of Christmas and the magical happenings in the dark Maine forest. It was inspired by the life of Steve’s grandmother (Florence Knight), who was truly an exceptional woman, wife, mother and grandmother.

“It is also inspired by the birth of my niece, Lauryn, who I hope will be motivated by this story to live a positive life filled with love and caring for others around her,” Steve said.

“While this story comes from my ancestry, I hope that it will connect any reader to the roots of their family tree.”

The magical story line takes the reader on a journey that connects a young girl to her ancestry as she receives a gift that happens once every 100 years. It is a story of the angels, who live amongst us, but are often unrecognized as we live our busy lives.

Is it possible that a Christmas Tree could come to life on Christmas Eve? Is it possible for us to truly connect to the

loved ones in our lives even if we never had the opportunity to meet them in our lifetime? This story will answer these questions and more as the reader is reminded of the true meaning of the Christmas season.

This book was also published and illustrated by Publish America. In fact, the Christmas tree’s “face” is a likeness of Steve’s grandmother.

“I requested that the illustrations have a feeling of warmth and tradition. I believe that they have honored this request,” Steve said. “To me, the most important picture is when Florence the Fir Tree comes to life and shares her gift. I like to think that the essence of all grandparents can be seen and felt in that moment. The illustrator captured that for me.”

Q. Why did you choose to write children’s books?

SM. This genre seems to be a natural fit for me. Having a special connection with kids has been part of my life as I have had the honor of teaching them at the middle school level for the past 25 years. My son, Nolan, and my wife, Heidi, have also helped me to keep the little child alive inside as we enjoy many childhood traditions around the holidays.

Q. Challenges you faced?

SM. I did not find great difficulty in the actual writing of the stories. To me, it felt like the stories were already written and just came pouring out. One point of challenge for me was in the editing phase. I can now tell my students about how I had to pay $200 for a letter “R.” On the back cover of I Think Through My Thoughts in the first sentence of the synopsis is the word “Furry.” Somehow it made it to the printing stage spelled as “Fury.” The meaning of the two words could not be more different and I panicked!

The publisher reminded me that I had final say in the print version edit and charged me a penalty for the oversight.

Q. What do I like most about each book?

SM. I like to think that each book is quite unique. I have had several people thank me for providing a book that will help their family heal from the loss of their pet. They have looked around for just such a book and have not found many choices. One friend even told me that they have turned the book into a keepsake album as they have chosen to write in special memories on the pages that inspire them.

Both books have a spiritual message that each reader can personalize as they remember their connection to any person or animal for which they have deep feelings. I am also proud of the positive messages that each story holds.

Q. Did you make any real changes before putting your final stamp on each book?

SM. In regards to any changes along the way in the process of publishing, one thought stands out for me. The original title for the book I Think Through My Thoughts was Where Do They Go? Just before printing, the publisher contacted me with the message that they already had a book in print with that title and asked if I would consider changing my title. In hindsight, it was a blessing in disguise. I believe the current title fits the book and conveys much more feeling.

There were no changes to Florence the Fir Tree, as it is exactly as I hoped it would be and more.

Q. What did you learn from the first book that helped with the writing of the second book?

SM. That it is important

to acknowledge the creativity inside. Let your passions in life run away with you once in awhile. Having the first book accepted by a publisher gave me confidence to try again.

While neither book is a great literary classic, I learned that others like to hear what I have to say. I hope that this continues as others share these stories.

Q. How did you fit writing of books into your busy schedule as a teacher?

SM. While I was writing these books, I found the process to be very enjoyable so I made them the priority as they came into my heart and mind.

While Florence took approximately two months to complete, I Think Through My Thoughts was completed as published in about two hours.

Q. What do you see on the horizon in regards to writing?

SM. I have been “thinking through my thoughts” and a couple of ideas keep coming to mind. I will soon be adapting the story of Florence the Fir Tree to a script form. I don’t know if others will agree, but I feel that it would make for a sweet, one-act, holiday stage play for local community theaters.

I also have an idea for a story about a boy, who has a unique way of overcoming the obstacles in his life. It is kind of like Charlie Brown meets Little Johnny Everything.

Q. How have the books been received so far?

SM. I have not done much publicity at this point so any feedback has been from close friends, family and co-workers.

The comments have been positive on both books. I recently found out that each book has been picked up by Barnes and Noble, as well as Amazon.com.

If anyone decides to purchase

the books and would consider writing a review on either website it would be greatly appreciated. I have also had the opportunity to share these stories with some of my students, as well as a local Girl Scout Troop. They have also given me positive feedback.

Q. How did you go about having the books published and where can people purchase them?

SM. Once I decided to “put it out there,” I researched on the Web and in the State of Maine.

I specifically looked for a feel of a publisher being friendly to a first-timer like me. I sent a

(Continued from Page A) focus of the state grant program,” according to Walia.

During last year’s Casco town meeting, voting residents rallied around the purchase of property on the mountain. Voters appropriated $75,000 toward the Hacker’s Hill land purchase.

The allocated money is contained in the town’s land preservation account, which was set up almost a decade ago.

During a May 22 Casco Board of Selectmen meeting, board members asked for a legally binding guarantee that traditional uses would continue on Hacker’s Hill.

LELT had amassed a list of all the activities that people engaged in when they visited Hacker’s Hill, and those ranged from dog walking to weddings and family reunions, from watching and identifying birds to exploring snowmobile and cross-country ski trails.

“We wanted something in

writing that would guarantee the use that was listed there — forever. We haven’t seen a signature,” Selectman Ray Grant said.

Later, Selectman Tracy Kimball mirrored Grant’s concerns, saying, “We are just wanting to protect our interests. We don’t want to release the money” and then have uses subtracted from the list.

Kimball asked for a clarification of what legal document could be drafted that would “let the board feel comfortable,” and “would protect the community’s traditional uses.”

According to Town Attorney Natalie Burns, the town could “do a letter agreement that would say these are proposed base uses and a provision” to give power of sanctioned activities to the selectmen.

“I think the board doesn’t want to see any uses taken away entirely. So, the list cannot have anything deleted without board’s permission,” Burns said. “I don’t

think it has to be very complicated at all.”

On Tuesday, Walia said attorneys representing LELT and the Town of Casco “are currently working out the agreement language that will confirm both parties desire to have the historic uses continue at the hill. The agreement will give LELT the flexibility to manage the public use guidelines and reasonable restrictions on the uses, (and)

will require board of selectmen’s approval if any of the uses are proposed for removal in the future.”

While the legal aspects are being ironed out prior to the land deal deadline, fun fundraising promises to take place after LELT takes over.

Loon Echo has in the works “several fundraising events this summer season, including a four-mile run and walk that will

end at the top of the hill, and an acoustic music evening at sunset.”

She added that dates, times and other details would be available on LELT’s website “after the closing has taken place.”

To donate to the public land purchase, go to www. loonecholandtrust.org and click on “Hacker’s Hill project” on the left hand side of the webpage.

GLAD TO MEET YOU — Steve Mercer built his first book, “Florence the Fir Tree,” around a meeting between his grandmother, Florence Knight (whose likeness was included in the above illustration) and his niece, Lauryn, who never met her.

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sample of Florence to Publish America and they asked to see more. After sharing more, they asked for the entire story and a few days later they gave me the call. The second was accepted more quickly as we had some history at that time.

The books can be purchased at barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com and Bridgton Books is currently stocking a couple of copies of each book and are more than willing to order the books for anyone interested.

Florence the Fir Tree is hardcover only and I Think Through My Thoughts is available in either softcover or hardcover.

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Naples library news NAPLES — The Naples Public Library announces the arrival of Kate Johnston, recently of SAD 52 in Greene, as the new Children’s Librarian.

Miss Kate will be leading the regular schedule of children’s programs: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.

Storytime; Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Storytime with Music and at 6 p.m. PJ Storytime; and the Lego Club on the second and fourth Thursdays at 4 p.m.

Registration for the Summer Reading Program begins for all levels on Tuesday, June 19!

In the Children’s Library, the theme is “Dream Big” and for teens “Take Back the Night.”

In the Adult Library, the theme is “Between the Covers.” For participants 18-plus, there will be a weekly drawing of prizes.

The criteria will be to come in to check out a book or program, like them on Facebook or follow them on Twitter.

Maine Lemonade Sunday is set for Sunday, June 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come help Miss Liv raise money for Naples Public Library, Songo Locks School and her trip to South Dakota to meet her pen pal and see Mount Rushmore. The event is supported by Tony’s Foodland.

“The Muppet Movie” will be shown at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5.

Family Art Night will be Thursday, June 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The Scrabble Club will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, June 12 and June 26.

Greg Semple will teach an Online Safety Course for adults on Tuesday, June 26, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sign-up is required and limited to 10 participants.

Retired Bates Professor James S. Leamon will facilitate the Let’s Talk About It Book Discussion Series beginning Wednesday, June 27, at 1:30 p.m. in The Gathering Room.

The Maine Humanities Council has provided the library with The American Revolutionary Generation Collection which includes: The American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood, Benjamin Franklin

by Edmund S. Morgan, The Minutemen & Their World by Robert A. Gross, Women of the Republic by Linda K. Kerber and Setting the World Ablaze by John Ferling. Register today to reserve your books and seat for this interesting discussion.

The library and the Historical Society would like to jointly

organize a “Friends” group for the benefit of both facilities.

Anyone interested may contact Christine Powers at the library.

Mark your calendar with upcoming NPL events: Annual Yard Sale will be Saturday, July 28, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the town gym.

Donations may be dropped off at the gym from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, July 27. The library cannot accept clothing, car seats, mattresses, paint, encyclopedias, electric blankets or electronics (including computers, fax machines, humidifiers, printers, stereo systems, speakers, TVs, typewriters or telephones).

The House Tour will be Thursday, Aug. 2. Tour a variety of homes in the area and the new Naples Historical Society Museum. Tickets will be on sale at the beginning of July.

Library hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays from 2 to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. From June 29 through Aug. 31, the library will be open an additional day, Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For further details, calls the library at 693-6841 or check the website Holding hands and waving flags in Naples as we remember those who stood up for our freedom at www.naples.lib.me.us and paid the ultimate sacrifice.

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Life guard training Increasing access to midwifery care STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College will offer a Lifeguard Training Review course on Friday, June 15, from 5 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Harold Alfond Recreation Center on the Standish campus (both classes must be attended).

Participants must have successfully completed an American Red Cross Lifeguard Training course within the last four years and must have successfully completed a CPR/ AED for the Professional Rescuer course within the past two years. Proof of prior training is required at the start of the class.

Participants must also be able to do: 300-yard swim with 100 yards of front crawl, 100 yards of breast stroke, and 100 yards of either front crawl or breast stroke; 20-yard back-andforth swim with surface dive to retrieve a 10-pound object from a depth of 7 to 10 feet, in under 1 minute and 40 seconds.

The cost for the review course is $100 and a $27 Red Cross certification fee. Please contact 893-6615 or e-mail rdaigle@sjcme.edu for more information or to register. If a class is needed on a different day, Saint Joseph’s can create a class at another time if there are four interested people.

By Tiffany N. Carter Special to The News As a student midwife, I hold many special memories of my work with women and of their births.

I can recall dancing with a woman as she swayed to the rhythm of her contractions.

I have felt the raw power of a woman’s determination course through her body as she leaned back into my arms and pushed with all her might to birth her baby.

My favorite memories are when women have gently birthed their newborns into my hands as their family watched her with pure awe on their faces. Not only have they just witnessed the birth of a new baby, they have witnessed the “birth” of a new mother, as well. Since each member of Historical Museum on Route the human race enters this world through their mother’s womb, 302 in Casco.

All are welcome! For more pregnancy and birth have always information, visit the website at: been normal, elemental human www.raymondcascohistory.org experiences in family life.

Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of babies are born each day — most of whom are lovingly “caught” by a midwife.

In fact, the majority of births in from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting developed countries are attended Saturday, June 16. Until that by a midwife and these coundate, it will be open Saturday tries have birth outcomes that and Sunday, June 2-3 and June supersede those seen in the 9-10. For more information, call United States. By contrast, less Jean Hunt at 647-5383. than 20% of births in the United States are attended by midwives,

Daily life in the 1800s CASCO — The RaymondCasco Historical Society presents John Manoush, who will be speaking about local history, on Monday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at the Raymond/Casco

Summer hours correction

An events brief in last week’s paper had wrong information about the summer opening hours of Bridgton Arts & Crafts on Depot Street. The nonprofit collective of artists and crafters will be open seven days a week,

according to a 2010 National Vital Statistics Report. Despite advances in technology, specialized training and large healthcare expenses, the U.S. consistently lags behind in the maternal-neonatal health care statistics. In an excerpt from her book, Into These Hands: Wisdom from Midwives, Geradine Simkins, the executive director of Midwives Alliance of North America, tells us, “The United States has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the modern world, ranking about thirtieth among developed nations…The safety, reliability, price and performance of our current maternity care system are issues of grave concern.”

Midwives respect pregnancy and birth as a normal, healthy part of life for women. Throughout the childbearing year, midwives provide holistic care to address a woman’s physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. Because midwives acknowledge that pregnancy and birth can become vulnerable to complications, midwives are trained to manage emergencies, to refer to specialized providers and to use technological and pharmacological

interventions when there is an indication to do so. It is true that an intervention can provide myriad benefits, but midwives recognize that every intervention also carries the potential for harm and utilize the least amount of intervention as necessary. Divergent perspectives on the potential benefits and harms of routinely interventive perinatal care that has become standard in the United States is one of

the areas that often distinguishes midwifery from obstetrics.

The practice of midwifery is supported by a comprehensive body of knowledge regarding the normal reproductive health of women. Obstetrical practice is also supported by comprehensive knowledge of women’s health; however, there is more emphasis on the management of complications. As you can imagine, there

HARRISON — The June meeting of the Harrison Historical Society will feature Harriett Thoms, who will tell about managing the operations of a large dairy farm. The program will be presented at the society’s museum on Haskell Hill Road on Wednesday, June 6, at 7 p.m.

The Thoms farm, located on Maple Ridge in Harrison, is the last dairy farm in town, and uti-

lizes modern methods that were completely unknown to many of us only a few years ago. This program should appeal to many people who grew up on a farm and who are engaged in farming today or were many years ago.

There will not be a business meeting. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. For more information, call Gerry Smith at 583-2213.

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SUPPORT BRIDGTON’S FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS $6500 must be raised by June 27th to cover 4th of July fireworks in Bridgton.

All funds must be raised as the Town of Bridgton is not funding the 2012 program.

Please make checks payable to: BCC-Fireworks Please send your donation to: The Bridgton Community Center 15 Depot St., Bridgton ME 04009 The Bridgton Community Center is a 501(c)3 organization and your donation is tax deductible.

This is what it means to be an “American,” let’s make it happen!

In the Neighborhood

May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page B hearing the rattle, rattle of the metal bridge. I think the contractors have done a wonderful job.

I have yet to take a walk on the Causeway, but will do so soon.

Can’t wait to check out under the bridge. Wondering how parking will be on the Fourth of July for the parade and fireworks? Time will tell.

I want to send condolences to all of my family at the passing of my Aunt Hazel Ellis. She was my mom’s sister and the baby of the family, 10 years younger than my mom. She would have been 89 on May 28. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

Now, she, Mom, Uncle Buster, Gram and Gramp Morton are back together again. God bless.

I just figured out that Aunty and my mom were both 88 when they passed. That’s really eerie, don’t you think?

Happy birthdays to Patience Parady, who turned 2; and to Chuck Morton and Ricky Robinson. Special Happy 99th Birthday to Betty Maxfield. She was Mom and Dad’s good friend.

She and Dad graduated from Bridgton Academy the same year. Their birthdays were the same day, as well.

Hope your Memorial Day was a pleasant one. God bless our fallen heroes and those who fight for our freedom today. The Red Sox won. I’m sure someone had apple pie. We love the USA.

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by Cheryl Harmon Naples Correspondent 693-1040 chicomomma33@gmail.com

By Cheryl Harmon Naples Correspondent I am without Internet at this writing. I will have it back soon.

Changing companies, so if you need something in the paper, call my cell phone (210-7337) or send me a note. You would need to call me on Sunday for the Thursday ahead or I need the note sent so I would get it on the Friday before.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Team Eldridge and the Angels of Hope are preparing for their ninth Annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life. This year, they are walking at Windham High School on June 30. They are geared up to make this their best fundraising year. They had a yard sale over Memorial Day weekend.

As always, they are selling luminaries for $10 each and they may be purchased “In Memory” of a friend or loved one that has passed away from cancer or “In Honor” of someone that you know that has survived or is battling it now.

At 9 p.m. on Saturday night,

they light all the luminaries and read all the names of the people to be remembered and honoring those surviving. Everyone walks the track. It is a breathtaking sight.

If you would like to purchase a luminary, make a donation online or for more information go to main.acsevents.org/goto/Team Eldridge. You can call Connie at 831-0890.

I want to thank Laurel Cebra for taking Poppies to the grand opening of the new bridge. You can also get one at the town office. Remember that our veterans make these Poppies to honor fallen comrades from all wars.

All proceeds are all given back to them. A donation of any amount is graciously accepted. Thank you.

The American Legion Auxiliary takes on this responsibility each year. You can get a Poppy all through the year. Someone will have a Poppy can during the Fourth of July Parade.

I rode across the new bridge last Sunday. It sure is strange.

It almost felt like this had been here forever, but it was weird not

Benefit dance for Paul

NAPLES — A benefit dance for the family of Darren and Jodi Paul will be held on Saturday, June 30, at the American Legion Hall on Route 11 in Naples from 8 p.m. to midnight.

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organ and both churches offer special music every Sunday of the summer.

The invitation is open to one and all, and remember, no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, “You are welcome here!”

Come join the fun and entertainment.

Darren is battling stage four rectal cancer. He was born and raised in the Naples area. Darren and Jodi are the parents of three daughters, ages 13, 14 and 19.

Friends and family are raising money to help with some of the expenses related to his illness.

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EAST RAYMOND — The East Raymond Chapel UCC, a historic little summertime congregation on Route 85 across from the Raymond Town Hall, will be opening on June 3 for Sunday morning services.

The Chapel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, holds services at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday during the summer months. Built in 1890, it has been a Raymond landmark for 122 years.

is overlap between the two specialties that can allow midwifery care to serve as a compliment for women who require obstetrical management.

This spring, the Birthwise Community Clinic has established a care model where women can receive either solely comprehensive midwifery care or free complimentary midwifery care for women who desire midwifery care, but require obstetrical management. Birthwise Community Clinic firmly believes that every mother and baby deserves a midwife and staff members are doing

The cost is $10 per person. A cash bar and light refreshments will be available for purchase.

The $1,000 raffle will be drawn at 10 p.m. If you would like to purchase raffle tickets or have questions, please call 286-1247 or 650-4244 (Bridgton).

A Tea Cup raffle will also be held the night of the dance.

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World’s Fair begins improving grounds WATERFORD — Volunteers are busy getting ready for the Waterford World’s Fair, which is less than two months away, on July 20-22. One of the projects is construction of a deck to the side of Vi’s Food Shack.

The inside seating was just not large enough, so fair directors decided to move the eating area outside on a new deck. Picnic tables and several umbrellas

will provide comfort, whether it’s sunny or raining.

On May 20, several projects were started, including pouring a base for the Blacksmith’s Shop and building a new lunch counter on one side of the livestock office. R.E. Lowell Lumber of Buckfield donated all the boards for both sides of the livestock office and lunchroom, for the inside of the

building. Also planned is an ATV and antique tractor-pulling track where the campers were last year; there will be a new camping area near the barn. The secretary’s office has a new double glass door and a new window to help encourage more fair-goers to come inside and see all the items that will be auctioned off at the end of the fair.

Summer dance schedule NORTH WATERFORD — It’s time to get together with your friends and make plans to listen and dance to some great music at the Waterford World’s Fair Fairgrounds this

summer.

The first dance will be Saturday, June 2 from 8 p.m. to midnight with the Rockin’ Roadrunners Band, a band from Buckfield that is noted

Church homecoming United ParishCongregational Church of Harrison and North Bridgton will be celebrating Homecoming on Sunday, June 3 with worship at 9:30 a.m. and a picnic afterward at Crystal Lake Park.

Homecoming welcomes those who have been away for the winter, and gives an opportunity for anyone who has ever been a part of the church a chance to visit.

Membership in the church will be recognized with certificates for those who are fiveyear, 10-year and much longer members. Records have been checked and someone has been a member for 60-plus years.

A group photo of everyone present will be taken after the service.

The United Parish was formed when the Calvary Community Church of Harrison and the North Bridgton Congregational Church joined as one congregation. In 2006, the North Bridgton church building was sold to Bridgton Academy. The United Parish is located at 77 Main Street in Harrison, across from Crystal Lake. Rev. Franklin Anderson was installed as pastor and teacher in October 2011. He had served as the transitional minister starting in January 2010.

for some of the best dancing rock music in southern Oxford County. This is a BYOB dance and the charge is $10 per person. The snack bar will be open for light refreshments and free ice. The fairgrounds is located at 36 Irving Green Road (just off Route 35) in North Waterford.

The dates and bands for the rest of the summer are as follows: • June 16 — Monsta • June 30 — Blue Steel • July 28 — Ridge Riders • Aug. 18 —Brazen Cane • Sept. 1 — Ridge Riders • Sept. 15 — Roadrunners For more information, call Lisa Scribner at 890-7669.

Mark your calendar as well for the Waterford World’s Fair, which will be held Friday through Sunday, July 20-22 with plans for a bigger and better fair this year.

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CHECK OUT THESE CLASSICS — The annual Car Show sponsored by the Pleasant Mountain Chapter of the Maine Obsolete Auto League will be held on Sunday, June 3 at Stevens Brook Elementary School. The rain date is June 10. There will be 24 classes with three awards per class plus a Best of Show. Registration starts at 8 a.m. The fee is $5 for the show car driver and one passenger. Spectators fee is $2 and children 12 and under are free. The award presentation will begin at 1 p.m. This year’s event will feature craft vendors with the following items: dried floral arrangements, home decorations, jewelry, wooden signs, scrapbooking materials, nature paintings and much more. The Bridgton Lions Club will be selling food and beverages. There will be raffles and prizes. Mark your calendar and come join the fun. For more information, call Don at 693-4678.

Sawmill open for tours HARRISON — The 2012 schedule for tours of the historic Scribner’s Sawmill and Homestead has been set for the summer season, beginning Saturday, June 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Tours continue on the first and third Saturdays throughout the summer months, ending on Labor Day weekend Saturday, Sept. 1.

When open, there will be

demonstrations of barrel assembly and shingle making. In the 1849 Scribner Homestead museum, visitors will learn about the five generations of Scribners, who operated or worked in the mill and take a peek into the life of the Scribner family.

Entrance is free. However, all donations go toward the permitting process to establish a low head dam with a fishway for the operation of the water-

driven mill machinery.

Scribner’s Mill is found one mile south of Bolster’s Mills from Jesse Mill Road just over the bridge in the town of Harrison. Or, follow the Maine State directional signs found at Carsley Road from Route 35 north or Maple Ridge Road from Route 117 to the mill. For more information or to schedule a visit, call 583-MILL (6455).

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Fryeburg artist’s works on display

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Fryeburg artist Cindy Spencer is the featured Artist of the Month for June at the Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association’s Downstairs Gallery at 16 Norcross Place, North Conway Village, N.H. “Light in Retirement” is primarily traditional watercolors, but also includes some recent experiments with watercolors on different surfaces and some acrylics. Originals, prints, and note cards are available at this exhibit.

Spencer started painting in oils in early adolescence. When she and her family relocated to North Conway in 1979, she began her teaching career at John Fuller School. Inspired by the beauty of the valley and the work of local artists, Spencer became fascinated by watercolors. The fresh, transparent mingling of pigment on paper captured her interest. She joined Friday Painters, then led by Nan White. Spencer began painting “plein air” (setting up her easel and painting outside landscapes). White has remained a

major influence on Spencer’s work. During their Friday art critiques, one of White’s first questions often was, “Where is the light coming from?”

Spencer currently lives in Fryeburg. She loves to paint mountain scenes, lakes, Maine’s coast, and garden flowers.

Spencer’s work can be seen at cindyspencerart.com, Gallery 302 in Bridgton, Papa’s Floral and Gifts in Fryeburg, Vintage Frameworks in North Conway, and at most MWVAA exhibits.

As Spencer continues to develop in her art, she is learning that the light comes from inside — from her passion as an artist. Come meet or visit the artist at the opening reception on Friday, June 1, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Children are always welcome. This exhibit can be viewed Monday through Friday starting June 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until June 22; and on Saturdays through June 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association at 16 Norcross Place in North Conway Village.

Area Events Family Fishing Day in Fryeburg FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Fish & Game Club will hold a Family Fishing Day on Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Round Pond in Fryeburg. There’ll be lots of fun and food, and all equipment will be provided free — bait, poles (if needed) and canoes. No fishing licenses are required. Call Jim Holt at 935-2625 if directions are needed.

Harrison Library Book, Bake and Plant Sale HARRISON — The Friends of Harrison Village Library will hold their annual Book, Bake and Plant Sale at the library on Saturday, June 2 from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Gently used books, homemade treats and plants from local gardens (including the library’s own) will be available.

The proceeds from this sale help fund special programs and activities sponsored by the Friends, including this summer’s weekly Movie Night. For more information, please call the library at 583-2970.

Lovell Thrift Shop holding $1 a bag sale LOVELL — The Lovell Thrift Shop of the Lovell United Church of Christ on Route 5 in Center Lovell is holding a great $1 a bag sale from Saturday, June 2 through Saturday, June 23. The shop hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Following the sale, the shop will be closed June 25 and June 27 during Vacation Bible School. The shop will reopen on Saturday, June 30.

Perennial Plant Sale and Open House OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Volunteer Firefighter Association is having a Perennial Plant Sale on Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Spurrs Corner Fire Station, Route 121 in Otisfield. Proceeds from the sale will help fund the Otisfield Winter Carnival. The Perennial Plant Sale is offering hundreds of large established perennials, many potted since April. There will also be a raffle, with a variety of garden theme items. The East Otisfield Free Baptist Church will be providing refreshments, with donations accepted. The Otisfield Volunteer Fire Department will be having an open house during the sale. For more information, call Noreen Edwards at 627-7033.

Annual Strawberry Festival EAST CONWAY, N.H — The annual Strawberry Festival to benefit the East Conway Community Hall will be held on Friday, June 29 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the hall, located a quarter-mile from Sherman’s Farm. There’ll be strawberry shortcake for sale, along with casseroles, cold cuts, salads and more. Cost is $8 for adults, and $5 for children under 12. For more information, call 603-939-2262.

LOVELL — This March, Sweden resident Jane Gibbons visited Turkey with her husband Patrick Wood. Istanbul, Ankara, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Troy are some of the places they visited. They tried to follow in the foot steps of St. Paul and St. John, who made this pilgrimage back in the 1st Century.

The tour gave them a deeper understanding of how the political-cultural context set the stage for early Christianity in the Roman world. It also gave them insight as to how this country, that straddles two continents, helps us understand the precarious nature of east-west relations today.

Jane will present a brief amateur slide show of her photos and GRANDPALS’ DAY AT SES — Sebago Elementary School celebrated Grandpals’ Day with a share the knowledge she gathered carnival theme last Friday, May 25. Mr. and Mrs. Sheehan brought their organ (second grade on this trip on Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte Hobbs twins Payton and Keegan Owens pose with the organ.

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Camp Sunshine programs CASCO — Camp Sunshine has released its summer schedule of programs for children afflicted with cancer, blood diseases, lupus, solid organ transplant and other life-threatening illnesses.

Camp Sunshine offers children and their families a one-ofa-kind camp experience, providing the entire family the opportunity to connect and rebuild relationships strained from the pressures of the illness. There is no charge to participating families. Interested families are encouraged to contact Camp Sunshine at 655-3800 or www. campsunshine.org Last year alone, more than 700 families from across the United States attended one of the Camp Sunshine’s 25 sessions held throughout the year.

During each family’s stay, a doctor specializing in the disease being served will be on site 24 hours. In addition, a hospital with full-time emergency room physicians and pediatricians is only 25 minutes from Camp.

“We are pleased to be offering these 13 summer sessions, and a total of 27 sessions throughout this year, which will allow us to serve as many as 800 families in 2012,” said Matthew Hoidal, executive director of Camp Sunshine. “This is a chance for families to meet others that are experiencing the same journey.

Families frequently leave here saying it was one of the best decisions they have made since their child’s diagnosis. Camp Sunshine truly offers a muchneeded break for everyone participating.”

Here is a breakdown of the 13 sessions offered this summer: May 24-28, Bereavement June 17-22, Oncology June 24 -29, ShwachmanDiamond Syndrome July 1-6, Oncology July 8-13, Diamond Blackfan Anemia

July 15-20, Brain Tumor July 22-27, Brain Tumor July 29-Aug. 1, Renal/Solid Organ Transplant Aug. 3-8, Oncology Aug. 10-15, Fanconi Anemia Aug. 19-24, Lupus Aug. 26-30, Oncology, Spanish Speaking Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Oncology, Off Treatment Interested families can access an application to print out and then return via fax or mail by visiting www.campsunshine. org/programs/family_application/index.php Camp Sunshine also offers programs throughout the fall, winter and spring, including Bereavement, Brain Tumor, Hematology/Oncology, Sickle Cell and Mixed Diagnosis sessions.

Camp Sunshine recently received a coveted four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading independent charity evaluator. The rating placed Camp Sunshine 39th in the country — and first in Maine — out of thousands of charities that were exhaustively analyzed for financial oversight, management and transparency.

Founded in 1984, Camp Sunshine, located in Maine’s

Sebago Lake region, provides a camp vacation at no charge to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.

The camp is one of the only programs in the nation whose mission is to address the impact of a life-threatening illness on every member of the immediate family. While attending the various weeklong camps, families are able to rebuild relationships together and meet other families facing similar challenges.

Camp Sunshine is in the midst of a $14.5 million endowment campaign to help expand and improve programs. Over the years, Camp Sunshine has hosted families from 44 states and 15 countries, and provided a camp experience for more than 30,000 family members.

Open air Zumba A Zumba fundraiser will be held Wednesday, June 6, to raise money for Lake Region High School’s Project Graduation 2012.

Dubbed “Open Air Zumba,” this event will be led by instructor Vicki Toole and hosted aboard the Songo River Queen II. Cost of the fundraiser is $10 at the door. The price of your ticket will include entry into a raffle to win a ride for you and some friends aboard the Moose Landing Marina’s Pirate Ship.

The event will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Seeking local artists NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The big tents will go up again in Schouler Park on Saturday, July 21 for Art in the Park, a signature event for the Village of North Conway, run by the Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association. The theme of this year’s event is “White Mountain Artists — Yesterday and Today.”

The show is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

A special, one time “Procrastinator’s Plan”’ will allow juried artists to sign up between now and Friday, June 8, at the early bird registration rate.

Download the registration form at mwvarts.org or stop by the gallery at 16 Norcross Place.

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Vendors are needed

Vendors are needed for a Craft Fair that the Bridgton Methodist Church is planning for Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To sign up, call Beverly at 6933476.

There will be a Public Breakfast fundraiser at the Masonic Hall on Route 117, June 16 from 7 – 10 a.m. to help defray the cost of the Bridgton fireworks. If you want to make a donation to this year’s fireworks, make your check payable to BCC Fireworks Fund. Your

donation will be tax-deductible.

National Trails Day on June 1 will be celebrated with a cleanup of Pondicherry Park trails, meet at 9 a.m. behind the Magic Lantern.

The Pleasant Mountain Chapter Car Show will be held on Sunday, June 3 at the Stevens Brook Elementary School, with a rain date of June 10. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and awards will be presented at 1 p.m. The Bridgton Lions Club will be selling food at the car show.

Army Pvt. Daniel E. Foss has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Foss is the grandson of Pearl Morse of Hollis Center. He is a graduate of Lake Region High School.

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FRIDAY: Beef taco w/chips, topping bar, diced pears, milk.

SAD 61 Middle School Monday, June 4 – Friday, June 8 MONDAY: Stromboli, chicken nuggets w/dipping sauces, assorted sandwiches, Goldfish, pears, milk.

TUESDAY: Beef tacos w/ topping bar, assorted sandwiches, cookie, applesauce, milk.

WEDNESDAY: Chicken, fish, veggie, lettuce, tomato, pickle, assorted sandwiches, Cheetos, pineapple, milk.

THURSDAY: Meatball sub or hot dog on bun, baked beans, assorted sandwiches, salad bar, peaches, milk.

FRIDAY: Pizza, assorted

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RAYMOND — The National Alliance on Mental IllnessLake Region (NAMI) Support Group will meet on Monday, June 4 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Raymond Public Safety Building/Fire Barn (Route 302 in Raymond).

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Kirby Lee Vaughn is pleased to announce the engagement of his mom, Alexa Hathaway to Ronald Baumgardner.

Alexa is a 2009 graduate of SAD 61 and is currently employed as a teller with TD Bank.

Ronnie is a Navy veteran and is currently employed at the Curran Company.

Kirby also welcomes his two new stepsisters, Ashely and Brittany.

The couple are planning for a Fall of 2013 wedding.

ANOTHER FARMERS’ OUTLET — A variety of produce, meat products and other items can be found on Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Bridgton Paris Farmers’ Union parking lot.

Farmer’s Market at PFU

Some dedicated, local farmers will band together Wednesday afternoons in the Paris Farmers’ Union parking lot (corner of Sandy Creek Road and Route 302) in Bridgton to offer their quality home-grown wares.

From baked goods to bison, raw milk to rutabaga, farmers The alliance is a monthly will be selling from 2 to 6 p.m. support group for families, who are dealing with a friend or Those present will include: Bill family member battling a mental illness. It is a confidential group that understands the challenges and rollercoaster days.

The Better Business Bureau The meeting will be held in the upstairs room. For more offers the following tips: First, know your rights. If information, call Eileen at 655you’re contacted by a debt col4193. lector, the first thing to do is to go to www.ftc.gov and read the Federal Trade Commission’s legal rules for debt collection.

Many people are frightened by debt collectors who call on the phone and speak rudely or harshly to them. But according to the FTC, a debt collector may not “harass, oppress or abuse” you in the process of

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and Darcy Winslow of High View Farm in Harrison, offering raw milk products; Bandana Billy Fitch of Fitch Farm Kitchen and Maine Garden Shed, offering baked goods, hot sauces and condiments, plants, herbs, veggies and farm and nature art; Samantha Stevens of Green Roots Farm, offering natural goats’ milk soap, seed-

lings, eggs, veggies, perennials and herbs; Doretta Colburn of Beech Hill Bison Farm, offering grass-fed bison products (ground bison, steak, sausage and jerky), maple and apple syrup, mini-seed tins and country greeting cards.

Some other local farmers are expected to join the ranks as the summer progresses.

collecting a debt. A good option is to send the collection agency a certified letter — keep a copy for yourself — telling them they may contact you only in writing. This does not prevent them from attempting to collect a legitimate debt, but it does stop them from calling you.

Debt collectors may not: • Call you at work if they know your employer does not approve; • Use obscene language; • Contact you at inconve-

nient times or places, such as before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m., unless you agree to this; • Repeatedly use the phone to annoy someone; • Claim that you will be arrested if you don’t pay; • Deposit a post-dated check early.

Debt collectors must: • Prove (in writing) that you owe this debt, including the name of the creditor you owe, how much you owe, and how to proceed if you don’t think you owe it; • If you’re contacted by a collection agency and you know you don’t owe, send a certified letter within 30 days of being notified about the debt. The collection agency must prove you owe in order to collect or to report you to the credit reporting agencies; • If you think a debt collector has violated the law, you have one year to sue them in state or federal court.

You can file a complaint about a legitimate debt collector with the Better Business Bureau, your state Attorney General’s office, and the Federal Trade Commission at 877-FTC-HELP. Be aware that many scams begin with a phony debt collector trying to scare you over the phone into giving them money, usually by saying there is a warrant for your arrest.

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TUESDAY: Crunchy fish sticks, oven-baked French fries, corn, applesauce, Jell-O w/topping, milk.

WEDNESDAY: Turkey & cheese sandwich, Goldfish, baby carrots, orange, milk.

THURSDAY: Personal pan pizza, fresh salad bar, pineapple

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LESSON IN BRUSHING — Dental hygienist, Cathy Kasprak, IPDH, of Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, caringly shows Mrs. Phillips’ kindergarteners at Stevens Brook Elementary School how to brush properly. Packages of dental care items were distributed thanks to Mountain View Dentistry, Bridgton.

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Raymond Library news RAYMOND — News from the Raymond Village Library: At a Glance Saturday, June 9, Plant and Paperback Book Sale, 7 a.m. to noon, at the library.

Sunday, June 24, Summer Reading Program begins.

Wednesday, June 27, Book Group, 7 p.m. at the library.

Plant/Paperback Book Sale Saturday, June 9 is the day to get up early and be at the Raymond Village Library for the Annual Plant and Paperback Book Sale. It begins at 7 a.m. and continues until noon. There will be perennials, groundcovers, bedding plants, annuals, vegetable and herb seedlings at very reasonable prices, just in time for your spring gardens.

Be sure to come early for the best selection.

All those who are donating plants are asked to bring them to the library Friday, June 8, the day before the sale, from 4 to 6 p.m., so they can be priced and arranged. Remember the plant sale when you are working in your gardens by saving the extra plants you will be thinning out or removing for the plant sale. It would appreciated

if you would label them, making it much easier for everyone.

For more information on donating plants, please call Marie at 221-0568.

After you have purchased your plants, you are invited to visit the library and select some summer reading from the collection of paperback books for sale.

Summer Reading Program This year’s summer reading program will begin on Sunday, June 24. The theme for this year is, “Dream Big — Read.”

Those who have signed up, will be able to pick up their packet at the library on June 24.

Book Group For the month of June, the book group will be reading, Show Me Good Land, by Shonna Millikan Humphrey.

This novel is set in fictional Fort Angus, Maine and is the story of a small rural town struggling with poverty and decay after decades of prosperity. Loosely linked through a grisly murder, its characters must navigate the decline of their community. It is a moving, sometimes melancholy, funny story about family, com-

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munity, loss, redemption and coming home. The book will be available upon request at the library.

The group will meet at the Raymond Village Library on June 27 at 7 p.m. As always, all interested readers are invited to join in. The library especially extends an invitation to our returning summer residents and visitors. For more information call the library at 655-4283.

Storytimes The last Storytimes for babies, toddlers and preschoolers will be Wednesday, June 6.

Watch for the August newsletter for new times this fall.

Annual Book Sale This much-anticipated event begins on Sunday, July 8 at 9 a.m. It will continue until 7 p.m. and will be ongoing throughout the summer during regular library hours: Sunday, Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. All readers look forward to the wonderful choices, low prices and great fun that happens at this annual event.

The selection is varied and eclectic. There are books for light beach reading, some recent fiction, great non-fiction and classics, as well as cookbooks, books on gardening, sewing, carpentry and many other books of interest. There are also many children’s books for all ages. There will be puzzles, audio books, music, CDs and videos for sale.

The generosity of the library’s patrons who make contributions of new and gently used books, videos, DVDs, audios and puzzles throughout the year, is greatly appreciated and make these major

The Fryeburg/Lovell VFW Post 6783 held Memorial Day ceremony in Lovell Village.

Post Commander Richard King introduced the individuals taking part. The national anthem was sung by Anna Williams and the invocation was by Rev. Alison Jacobs.

John McCann, retired Coast Guard Commander, was the guest speaker. John gave the most stirring oration I’ve ever heard, so appropriate for the day. He expressed the need that Memorial Day be celebrated not for the famous heroes, but for the young men from little towns across our great land, who gave their lives for freedom.

He spoke about his Uncle Bart, who died in Normandy at age 23, so that our nation could be free. It’s so sad that too many forget the sacrifice given by these veterans.

The ceremony ended with the playing of Taps by Brent LaCasce.

As I was listening to John, his words reminded me of the images I remembered while visiting the Arizona in Pearl Harbor on my trip to Hawaii. If you haven’t been to the site or seen it in pictures, it’s probably the most dramatic memorial I’ve ever seen. Out in the bay, the white structure gleaming in the hot sun takes your breath away and brings tears to your eyes.

My niece, 20 years younger, asked me why it was there. I told her that 1,500 crewmem-

bers died when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a day that would live in infamy. As this attack pushed the United States into WWII, there was no thought of how to recover the men until the war was over. Both officials and family members, after much debate, decided that they all worked together as the crew of the ship, died together and should remain together as a reminder in history of what happened that day. For those crewmembers who survived the attack, many have chosen to be interred in the ship when they die to be back with their mates.

These sacrifices that John spoke about were clearly evident at this impressive memorial.

The Lake Kezar Country Club will be offering Lovell community organizations a unique opportunity to hold a fundraiser. In going over the attendance figures, it was found that Sunday afternoon has very light participation and there are tee times available that aren’t being used. It was suggested that a community organization could use this time period, 1 to 3 p.m., as a fundraiser by choosing a specific Sunday. The organization would be responsible to organize a group of people to sign up to play golf.

The fee with cart or not will be figured out and those taking part must pay in advance.

Green fees would be shared by the organization and the coun-

fundraisers so successful.

Encyclopedias, textbooks or Reader’s Digest condensed books are not accepted. For more information about donations, call the library at 6554283.

Maine Wildlife Park Although the library has received donations to purchase a Community Pass to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, www. maine.gov/ifw/education/wildlifepark, they are still a bit

short of the $225 necessary.

Even a small donation would help make it possible to offer this discount pass available by June 15 to coincide with school and summer vacations.

The Park is a wonderful place for families to visit and to bring summer company, especially grandchildren who are visiting. You can bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the picnic area before or between visiting all the wonderful animals.

try club, a win-win situation.

This is a good neighbor policy on the part of the country club, hoping this fundraising opportunity will help different groups in the Lovell community. For more information, you can contact Bill Bisset, club general manager, at 925- 2462.

The Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell is pleased to present Heather Masse and Jed Wilson in concert on Thursday, June 7. This concert will kick off the season for the Brick Church. Heather is no stranger to Lovell as she lived here and graduated from Fryeburg Academy. Jed is also not a stranger, having appeared in concert with Heather before.

This is a special concert with special performers to raise money for the next phase in the rebuilding of the church, the belfry. This will be an expensive project, which needs to be done as soon as possible.

With a concert starring Masse and Wilson, the Brick Church will hear the best jazz, folk and blues. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. As this is a special event, the tickets are $15.

Don’t forget to sign up for both Scotch Doubles on Wednesday and Ladies Golf on Thursday at the clubhouse.

For those who were unable to sign up for Lovell Rec programs on May 21 and 25, you can sign up this Saturday, June 2 at the Lovell Rec Building at the Village Fire Station on Smarts Hill Road from 8 to 10 a.m. and then on Friday, June 22 at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library from 1 to 3 p.m.

The United Church of Christ Thrift Shop will be running a $1 bag sale starting on June 2 to June 23. There is a huge inventory of summer clothes to choose from so visit and shop.

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Arts and Entertainment

Levitt to show at Gallery 302

Melanie Barash Levitt Gallery 302 is pleased to have Melanie Barash Levitt as guest artist for the month of June.

Ms. Levitt will be showing watercolor monoprints.

There will be a public wine and cheese reception this Friday, June 1 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Melanie has been an artist all her life, since she first picked up a crayon to draw. She always knew that she wanted to pursue a career in the arts and was lucky enough to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, where she received a bachelor of fine arts degree in Graphic Design.

Melanie worked at various design firms in Boston, Mass. on projects including redesigning school textbooks for Houghton Mifflin and as part of the creative team for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. Melanie was always fascinated with Asia and, in 1992, moved to Japan for an art teaching position at St. Joseph’s International School in Yokohama. While residing there, she had the opportunity to work with a sumi-é master (brush stroke painting) and became immersed in the cul-

ture and beauty of Japan. The time she spent in Asia has had a great influence on her life and work as an artist.

Upon returning home, Melanie moved to Jackson, N.H., and started her own graphic design business. She also taught art in the public school system.

After having her own children, she developed Jackson Art Exploration as a way to expose young children to art.

Since then, it has expanded into Jackson Art Studio & Gallery, a working studio with classes taught by multiple instructors for all ages and abilities. There is also an attached art gallery presenting both her work and that of other local artists.

For the last decade, Melanie has been continuously drawn to the process of watercolor monotype. Printmaking gives her the flexibility to work in a very loose way with floating washes, or, in a thicker way, layering paint in an impasto technique. When she is working on a print, she goes into a meditative state where the journey becomes more important than the outcome. Each print has its own story where color and form take shape in her mind and are transferred to the glass plate. The process of pulling the print is always exciting and different than she expects, as it is a mirror image of what was created on the plate.

The beauty and magnificence of the White Mountains that surround her are the inspiration for Melanie’s work. She hopes you can find a piece of your own life within some of her pieces of art.

Gallery 302 is located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton.

June gallery hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 647-2787 or visit www.gallery302.com

LRCT presents Oliver!

ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD will perform at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m.

White-hot blues is coming to Maine FRYEBURG — The “Royal Southern Brotherhood” will perform at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, June 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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The theater is located at 18 Bradley Street on the Fryeburg Academy campus. Parking is free.

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Some say rock ‘n’ roll is dead, but they are wrong. Right now, in 2012, there’s something in the air, as the Royal Southern Brotherhood drag their thrilling new brand of blues-rock and white-hot musicianship from the Southern States onto the world stage. The South is rising again. Come along for the ride.

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NORWAY — Children’s book author Toni Buzzeo will be at the Norway Memorial Library on Wednesday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Toni has written over 15 books for children and will be presenting her story, No T Rex in the Library. She will also discuss her writing process. A representative from Books N Things will be at the library selling Toni’s books so that children can get them signed.

Please call the Norway Library to register for this program at 743-5309.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birthday and Lake Region Community Theatre is paying him tribute by producing the lively musical, Oliver! derived from his novel, Oliver Twist.

The play is based on the music, lyrics and book by Lionel Bart. Oliver! is produced by licensed arrangement with Oliver Productions, Ltd. and Oliver Promotions, Ltd. Norway Savings Bank and Hancock Lumber are once again the proud sponsors of this LRCT production.

With a cast of 62 the show, directed by Mary Bastoni, follows the exploits of a young workhouse boy who dares to ask for more food. You’ll easily recognize memorable songs including Consider Yourself, As Long as He Needs Me and Where is Love? From the opening number with the workhouse boys to those that follow with Fagin’s Boys and the ensemble, the production is fun to watch.

This is Mary’s third show with LRCT’s musical performances. Besides being a private voice teacher in Fryeburg, Mary directs shows for Arts in Motion in North Conway, N.H. Pam Collins-Stahle is the choreographer. Oliver! is produced by Jyselle JoplingWatkins, Janet Ver Planck and Lew Krainin. Set design is by Greg Harris. Michelle Brenner is the costume designer. Mary Brown and Patrice Foley-Olsen are in charge of props.

Performances span two weekends, from Friday, June 22 through Sunday, July 1.

Curtain time for Friday and Saturday shows is 7:30 p.m., while Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. Tickets, priced at $15 for adults and $12 for children ages 12 and under, are available in advance at various locations throughout the area.

Check the website at www.lrctme.org for more information.

All shows will be at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center in Harrison.

Before the show, enjoy dinner at Tom’s Homestead, The Black Horse Tavern and Ricky’s Diner in Bridgton or 76 Pleasant Street in Norway. Show your ticket and you’ll receive a discount. See the ad in The News for more information.

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May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page B

Tardy Brothers at Wildlife Park

GRAY — The popular local Maine duo of Matthew and Jason Tardy will present a onehour high energy juggling show at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray.

You may have seen juggling acts before, but you haven’t truly experienced it until you’ve seen the explosive, inventive juggling of brothers Matthew and Jason Tardy in their show, TWO: High Energy Juggling.

TWO has been touring professionally at theaters, colleges and resorts for over 17 years with such highlights as the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, the Golden Phoenix Casino in Reno, Nev. and even The White House in Washington, D.C. three times! Matthew and Jason have also been seen on “CBS Sunday Morning”, “Inside Edition”, and “David Letterman.”

The Maine Wildlife Park has over 30 species of native wildlife on display, plus wildlife gardens, nature trails, a fish hatchery and other interactive

exhibits and displays. The park is open daily now through Nov. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; visitors must exit the premises by 6 p.m.

Admission to the park is free for ages 3 and under; $5 for ages 5-12; $7 for adults; and $5 for seniors. Groups of 15 or more are $3.50 per person.

Bring a picnic and spend the day! Family and Community Season Passes are available, and are an incredible bargain for families and groups that visit the park several times over the course of the summer.

The Maine Wildlife Park is owned and operated by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The park exists to promote an understanding and awareness of the wildlife, conservation and habitat protection programs and projects of MDIFW. For more information about any of these programs, please call the Maine Wildlife Park at 657-4977; or visit online at www.mainewildlifepark.com

Deertrees Theatre concert June 9 HARRISON — Deertrees Theatre will present “Juventas” in concert on Saturday, June 9 at 3 p.m.

Experience the bold musical styling of today’s young composers. The refreshing compositions of Florie Namir (Israel), Piotr Szewczyk (Poland), Polina Nazaykinskaya (Russia), Ian Dicke (USA) and more take

attendees on a journey celebrating music and cultures from around the world.

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Raymond library news (Continued from Page B) ing for more gardens for next summer’s Garden Tour. If you would like to have your garden considered for the Tour, please contact Elissa Gifford, 6553399, ewoodgiff@hotmail.com

or make your request known at the Raymond Village Library’s Plant Sale on June 9.

Evaluation of gardens for the Tour will begin at the end of June this year, so please let them hear from you soon.

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Bridgton: Saluting those who bought our freedom

HONORING VETERANS FROM THE BRIDGTON AREA — on Memorial Day were members of the Lopeman-Potts American Legion Post. Veteran Peter Manchester (shown) placed an American flag on the veterans’ monument in Post Office Square next to the Magic Lantern, then the Post’s Honor Guard fired off a salute to veterans past and present.

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1:06 p.m. A caller reported that someone trespassed on their property on North Fryeburg Road.

3:04 p.m. Corey J. Warren, 26, of Fryeburg, was issued a summons for theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

Wednesday, May 22: 5:41 p.m. A police officer responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence on Harbor Road.

Thursday, May 23: 2:11 p.m. A police officer responded to a report that teenagers were trying to pull a stop sign from the ground near the intersection of Ice House Road and Howe Street. The group was asked to move along and the responding officer found no indication that anyone had tampered with the stop sign.

Saturday, May 26: 12:21 a.m. A building check by a patrolling police officer found that a potted plant in a ceramic

vase had been taken from a business there and smashed in the middle of Portland Street. A witness observed two juveniles who ran off when they realized they had been spotted.

1:09 a.m. A police officer responded to a 9-1-1 hang-up call on Little Chatham Road where the caller had said he had a headache and did not know his location. The Fryeburg police office located a subject lying in a ditch on the Chatham, N.H., side of Little Chatham Road. The subject was transported to the hospital and the New Hampshire State Police responded, as well.

9 a.m. During a river patrol on the Saco River: Craig W. Carpenter, 27, of Thompson, Conn., was issued a summons for operating a watercraft without safety equipment; Ryan J. Lagace, 28, of Mapleville, R.I., was issued a summons for operating a watercraft without safety equipment; and Joshua Oftedahl, 28, of Dover, N.H., was issued a summons for illegal importation of alcohol.

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Jessica R. VanRoekel, 27, of Austin, Texas, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, following

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7:32 a.m. A police officer responded to a report of an assault at a campground off Route 5 that was determined to be unfounded, after the alleged victim declined to pursue any further legal action.

9:50 p.m. A report that a nineyear-old boy was hitchhiking with his bicycle on Route 113 near the Brownfield town line was determined to be unfounded, after the area and surrounding roads were checked.

County arrests The following individuals were arrested and charged with crimes allegedly committed in the Lake Region and were transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland: Eric J. Ridlon, 35, of Casco, at 1:28 a.m. on May 26 in Naples by the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear in court.

James Matthew Anderson, 52, of Raymond, at 4:36 a.m. on May 26 in Raymond for aggravated assault, domestic violence assault and obstructing the reporting of a crime.

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May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page C

One game to go, then it’s playoffs

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When Fred Apt was asked by a daily newspaper writer about his thoughts regarding yesterday’s match-up between Fryeburg Academy and Greely, the coach simply said, “Our next big game is Freeport.”

“All season our girls have done a good job of simply looking to the next game on our schedule,” Coach Apt said. “We don’t look ahead.”

The Raiders ran their win streak to 12 straight with a 7-0 win over the Falcons. FA was set to meet Greely Wednesday in a rematch in Cumberland.

The Rangers, who moved ahead of the Raiders for the top spot in Class B West, defeated Fryeburg 8-1 back in late April.

With one game left on the regular season schedule, local teams were still jockeying for playoff positioning. If the Raiders beat Greely, FA would enter the tourney as the top seed.

Meanwhile, Lake Region

has a shot of jumping past Oak Hill in the ninth spot with a victory over Wells. The Lakers could either face Cape Elizabeth or Mountain Valley in the first round — both games would be on the road.

On the baseball front, Fryeburg Academy sits at 11 th , riding a three-game win streak. An upset of topranked Greely would move the Raiders up the chart. If FA stays put, the Raiders could face either Freeport or Maranacook in Round 1, on the road. FA beat Freeport 2-1 last week.

For Lake Region, the finale is a chance to pull themselves out of the Class B basement.

Here’s a recap of last week’s action: Softball Raiders 7, Freeport 0: Sarah Harriman struck out eight and allowed just a third- MASON KLUGE-EDWARDS of Lake Region (right) is in a title battle during recent hurdle competition held at Sacopee

(Photo courtesy of Brea McDonald) inning single as Fryeburg Valley High School in South Hiram. blanked the Falcons.

Maddie Pearson belted a home run in the first inning as FA scored three times. Bri PLAYOFFS, Page C

Wells blitzes LR in final lax period In an incredibly foggy and very warm Friday night game, Lake Region lost to Wells 10-7 in varsity boys’ lacrosse action.

“The fog was so thick it was very difficult to see the orange ball from one sideline to the other,” LR Coach Don White said. “We used orange balls for the first time due to the fog and the night game. It didn’t work all that well so we went back to white colored balls at halftime.”

The first three quarters were back and forth with Lake Region holding the largest lead at 6-3.

Tyler LaPlante had an excellent game in his first varsity appearance as a goalie. LaPlante made 22 saves throughout the game doing a great job blocking shots from the top of the box, as well as point blank shots from right in front of the crease.

“After making a save, Tyler was able to quickly find the open man or carry the ball up himself outrunning the Wells attackmen until he found an open teammate,” Coach White said.

Lake Region enjoyed a

Gray, Bedell set record paces

lead four different times in the game, and it was tied on five other occasions.

LR started off the fourth quarter with a lot of enthusiasm, but was unable to sustain the lead.

“We lost the face-off and could not gain possession of the ball before Wells was able to tie the game,” Coach White said. “We played hard the entire game, and really showed a tremendous effort all night. We are really looking forward to playing Wells again this Wednesday at home.”

Wells’ Alex Croach had six goals including the last five.

He scored four goals in the fourth quarter compared to none for LR. Two of Croach’s goals were on man-up, including the 6-6 tying goal and the last goal of the game.

On seven man-down plays, Lake Region held Wells to only two goals and was able to score two goals.

LR also had seven man-up plays and was held to only two goals as well.

Scoring summary First quarter: LR 1-0 at 7:31. Ryan LAX, Page C

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Kayla Gray and Corinn Bedell find themselves on opposite spectrums.

Kayla knows how to walk really fast.

Corinn knows how to run really fast.

Each athlete posted record times at the Western Maine Conference Track & Field Championships last Saturday at Yarmouth.

At the start of the season, LR athletes looked at events in which the team had no entrant.

Gray decided to pursue racewalking, along with other events.

“Kayla always asks what she should do that day for the racewalk. Even when the day called for an easy run, Kayla still included some walking drills in her workout. She did a lot of core exercises to help in her conditioning,” LR Coach Mark Snow said. “After Kayla broke 10 minutes, we started to write goal 200 meter splits to help with pacing. Like all of our athletes, the workout times and distances were keyed in to the goal race pace.”

BRIGHT AMOAKO of Fryeburg Academy tries to clear the While conditioning was a high jump bar during recent track and field competition. key to success, Kayla’s drive (Photo courtesy of Brea McDonald) and focus to break the LR

school record proved just as important. On Saturday at the WMC championships, Kayla was “way ahead” of projected splits.

“With 600 meters to go, she was 25 seconds under our goal time. At that point, she decided to go for the win,” Coach Snow said. “She went into the lead with 500 meters to go and pulled away from the entire field over the last 500 meters.”

Kayla broke the LR record by 30 seconds — 8:48.59 — and won the Lakers’ only conference title.

“Kayla showed us many things this season, especially that racewalking is not a joke; don’t be afraid to try new events; train with a purpose at every practice; and increasing your knowledge and preparation for your event can be very beneficial,” Coach Snow said.

The previous LR record was held by Stephanie Athanosios at 9:18.12 set in June 2005.

“Stephanie displayed the same work ethic and drive to succeed that Kayla has shown,” Coach Snow added.

Coaches Snow and Dana Caron were pleased with the teams’ efforts, especially how the girls rallied around the loss WMC TRACK, Page C

Fryeburg snares ‘ultimate’ prize

FRYEBURG — Glory belonged to the Fryeburg Academy Ultimate Frisbee team last Saturday when they won the State Championship, beating Cape Elizabeth 15-12 in the finals.

This was the Raiders’ first state title in the four-year history of the program. FA placed second behind Falmouth last year.

The Fryeburg Ultimate Frisbee team, known as FAtal, was proud to host 16 teams from all over Maine at Tib Airfield. Space for the tournament was generously donated

by Don Thibodeau and Green Thumb Farms. Around 250 players participated in the tournament, which began at 9 a.m. and lasted all day.

Combining the non-stop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football, a game of Ultimate is played by two seven-player squads on a field similar to football. The object of the game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone. A player must stop running while in possession of the disc, but may pivot and pass to any of the other receivers on the field.

Ultimate is a transition game in which players move quickly GREAT GRAB — Fryeburg Academy senior Tyler Stankiewicz reaches out to grab the Frisbee from offense to defense on turnduring last Saturday’s Ultimate Frisbee State Championships. Fryeburg won the school’s first overs that occur with a dropped state crown with a 15-12 victory over Cape Elizabeth. pass, an interception, a pass out

of bounds, or when a player is caught holding the disc for more than 10 seconds. Ultimate is governed by Spirit of the Game™, a tradition of sportsmanship that places the responsibility for fair play on the players rather than referees.

Heading into the state tournament, FAtal had a 12-6 record in regular season play. The team traveled to the Cumberland Fairgrounds, where they played in a weekly league of 21 teams.

They also participated in the Cumberland Invitational on May 6 and the St. Johnsbury Invitational in Vermont from May 19-20, where they brought home second-place honors for their division.

FAtal began play in the State Championship Tournament seeded second. The format for the tournament was a 16-team single-elimination playoff with each game played to a score of 15 or a time cap, whichever came first.

In the first round game, FAtal faced Falmouth High School’s B-team, winning 15-1.

The quarterfinal match-up against Freeport High School was another FAtal victory by a score of 15-4.

The semi-final round saw a rematch between FAtal and last year’s state championship team from Falmouth High School. In another decisive victory, FAtal won 15-10 and headed into the

finals against top-seeded Cape Elizabeth.

In three previous contests in the regular season, FAtal had won twice and lost once to the Cape squad.

With both sidelines packed with Fryeburg supporters, FAtal allowed Cape to begin the game with a 3-0 run. Taking a moment to regroup, FAtal quickly turned the game around and went on an 8-1 scoring run, taking an 84 halftime lead. After halftime, Cape Elizabeth came back and tied up the score at 11-11.

In the final minutes though, it was all Fryeburg. The quick-paced play that has been FAtal’s trademark this season was in full evidence as the team ran up the score. With a 14-12 lead and only one point separating them from victory, six of FAtal’s seven seniors took the field with junior and captain Ian Shea. Senior and captain Paul Kurnick made a throw to the end zone and Shea reached over two Cape defenders to bring down the winning point.

Fryeburg Academy’s Bteam also competed in the tournament. With a 2-2 record for the day, they finished 13th.

FAtal will travel to Connecticut to play in the New England Regional Tournament this weekend, where they will face top teams from each New England state.

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POINT BLANK SHOT — A Waynflete player fires a shot toward the Lake Region goal and netminder Joe Turnbull during Monday’s action.

(Photos by Greg Van Vliet/www.LakeRegionPhotography.com)

(Continued from Page C) Chute with assist from RJ Legere. Legere fed Chute from up top to the lower left of the crease. Chute beat the goalie with a sidearm shot between his legs.

Wells 1-1 at 1:57, scored on a delayed whistle after a slash called on a Lake Region defender.

Second quarter: LR 2-1 at 11:38. Chute scored with an assist from Zach Tidd. This time, Tidd found an open Chute for an identical shot that beat the goalie to the near side.

Wells 2-2 at 7:50.

LR 3-3 at 4:18. Dakota Russo scored with a drive HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? — Lake Region’s RJ Legere (right) battles for the ball during down the middle and a jump varsity boys’ lacrosse against Waynflete this past Monday. The Flyers beat the Lakers. shot over the defender.

(Photo by Greg Van Vliet/www.LakeRegionPhotography.com) LR 4-3 at 1:13. Chute from TJ Leach. Leach took off on a fast break and made a long 35-yard pass to Chute, Hancock Lumber’s who took off toward the goal reaching his stick out low for PLAYER OF THE WEEK the catch near the crease. The Wells goalie came out to block Chute as he was able to get his balance and wrap a shot around the goalie for the score.

By Wayne E. Rivet Third quarter: Staff Writer LR 5-3 at 9:54. Leach scores, short handed. Lake Region When the Lakers needwas able to pick up a loose ball in its defensive end while ed a spark last week, Emily being a man down. Leach received the ball at the top left Bartlett delivered. corner, dodged his defender and then dodged two more as they Emily went 3-for-3 with 4 slid to him to block his shot. Eventually, Leach was in front RBI in the final home game of the goalie for the score. of the regular season to rally LR 6-3 at 8:47. Leach scored another short-handed goal the Lakers past Poland 8-4. one minute later.

In recognition of her Wells 6-4 at 8:25. strong work ethic, deterWells 6-5 at 7:22. mination, commitment and Wells 6-6 at 3:42. good sportsmanship, Emily LR 7-6 at 0:31. Tidd found Drew Shane open up top for is this week’s Boosters and a goal. Shane stepped right to get his hand free from the Hancock Lumber “Player defender’s stick and was able to get a hard shot off from the of the Week.” Each week, a top right of the box.

Lake Region athlete is recFourth quarter: ognized for his/her dedicaWells 7-7 at 10:15. Goal by Alex Croach. tion (does more than what Wells 8-7 at 9:46. Goal by Croach.

Emily Bartlett is asked), work ethic, coachWells 9-7 at 5:38. Goal by Croach. ability and academic good least? EB. The long rides.

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Byron Bartlett Q. What would your School Activities/Sports: dream moment be? EB. Soccer and softball Improving as a team. I would Q. Why did you choose love to see our team work as softball? EB. I’ve played for a whole unit. The moment multiple years and thorough- when we all work together ly enjoy the sport. You are fluidly — that will mean the able to push yourself indi- most to me. vidually, but also be part of Q. What has the sport a team. taught you? EB. To conQ. What do you hope stantly work on improving to accomplish this season? yourself. You are as good EB. I would love to be able as your last game. You can to improve our record from always work at making yourlast season, and prove to the self better. league that we are here to Q. Who has inspired stay. you? EB. My grandfather, Q. What do you enjoy the Donald Erickson, is a conmost? EB. I enjoy the feel of stant inspiration. He was an a great hit, the moment when amazing baseball player, and you connect the bat to the always helps me with my ball, and you can feel it just technique. He challenges me fly. to be a better player, and also Q. What do you like the a better person.

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Playoff picture: Teams vye for seedings Pearson.

(RBI) and Kylie Locke.

(Continued from Page C) Maggie McConkey went 3Lakers 8, Poland 4: Emily Pelkie knocked a RBI single.

FA added four runs in the sec- for-4. Players with hits includ- Bartlett had three singles and ond behind a 2-run single by ed Carla Tripp, Harriman four RBI for the Lakers (77), who used a five-run fifth inning to pull away from the Knights (7-7) at Naples.

Christina Morton added two singles and an RBI. Allison Clark earned the victory. Abby Craffey had a double.

Gray-NG 6, Lakers 2: Maggie Chaplin scattered seven hits to lead the Patriots (11-4) past the Lakers (7-8) at Gray. Chaplin struck out seven and walked one. Rachel Wandishin and Kristina Morton each doubled twice and an RBI for the Lakers.

Baseball Raiders 11, Waynflete 1: Tyler Hill hit two singles and a double, and Bill Rascoe added two hits (double) for the Raiders (6-7), who scored five runs in both the third and fifth innings to beat the Flyers (8-4) at Portland. FA pitcher Tanner Wentworth picked up the win to even his record at 1-1.

Raiders 2, Freeport 1: Ian MacFawn struck out 15 and homered in the fifth inning to lead Fryeburg Academy (8-7) to a nine-inning win against the Falcons (10-5) at Freeport.

After Bill Rascoe’s basesloaded walk scored Andrew

Berg with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth, MacFawn struck out the side looking in the bottom of the inning.

MacFawn (4-4) allowed seven hits and four walks. He also had a double.

Poland 14, Lakers 2: The Lakers dropped their fourth straight game as they managed just four hits off Poland pitching. Chris Gerrish had a double.

Gray-NG 8, Lakers 2: The Patriots (9-6) put together two multiple-run innings against the Lakers (3-12) at Gray. The Patriots scored three in the second and five runs in the fifth inning.

(Continued from Page C) of top scorer freshman Kate Hall, who did not compete due to “precautionary reasons.”

“I cannot put in words how impressed and proud Coach Caron and I are of the team,” Coach Snow said. “The girls exceeded what we were seeded for by so much that had Kate been healthy and held her seed, we would have finished second in the meet. The girls’ team has not done that well since 1985. So yes, we are extremely pleased. It was a great effort and a spectacular day.”

Notable efforts included: Molly Hook again proved that she excels when the meets get bigger, tossing the javelin eight feet farther for a personal best and a fifth place finish.

“She was seeded not to place,” the coaches pointed out.

Hook had a seasonal best in the discus with a toss of 88-feet 5-inches to claim third place.

Coaches debated which events to place Kelsey Winslow in. She placed in the javelin and 300 meter hurdles, and was a member of the top relay teams.

Same dilemma with Sydney Hancock, and the same result as the junior placed in her individual events and ran strong legs in both relays.

Hannah Perkins showed some Ironwoman in her, running and scoring in the 400 and 800 meters.

“This is not an easy task because the events are close to each other,” Coach Snow said. “She responded with a season best in the 400 meters — good for third place — and almost held on for third in the 800 meters. This ‘double’ combined for 10 points, which is equivalent to winning an event.

Hannah also ran strong legs on the two relay teams.”

Top performers were: Elizabeth Schreiber 4x400 split (1:11.2) Kelsey Winslow 4x400 split (1:02.4); 300m hurdles (49.76) Sydney Hancock 4x400 split (1:04.5); 300m hurdles (49.05) Hannah Perkins 4x400 split (1:03.2) Aime Worcester shot put (25-10.25) Meghan VanLoan shot out (25-2) Molly Hook javelin (81-2) Boontarika Kittiwirayanon shot put (18-6.25) Maude Meeker 800m (2:43.08); 4x800 split (2:52.1) Julia Carlson 4x800 split (3:03.5); javelin (72-5) Courtney Yates javelin (5311) Brianna Gallinari 4x800 split (3:15.5) Michaela Gagnon 100m hurdles (21.65) Ashton Cutting long jump (10-0) Mark MacDougall 4x400 split (1:02.8) Gaelon Kolczynski 200m (27.84) Gino Cobb discus (67-10) Bedell ties all-time mark Meanwhile, Fryeburg Academy senior Corinn Bedell tied the all-time record for the fastest 400 meters ever run by a girl in the State of Maine.

She now shares the honor with Cuyler Goodwin of Mt. Ararat with a time of 57.17.

Other Raider top performances included: Kyle Barboza cut a minute off his time to qualify for the State Meet in the racewalk.

The girls’ 4x400 repeats as WMC champions. The foursome included Jamie Gulikson, Laura Pulito, Sage Hennessy and Corin Bedell.

Western Maine Conference Championships Yarmouth High School

Girls’ Division Team standings: Greely 152, York 101, Falmouth 83, Fryeburg Academy 79, Poland 74, Lake Region 63, Gray-New Gloucester 32, Cape Elizabeth 3.

100 Meters: 1. Emma Turton, Poland, 12.91; 2. Sage Hennessy, FA, 13.22.

200 Meters: 1. Emma Turton, Poland, 26.09; 2. Corinn Bedell, FA, 27.00; 3. Sage Hennessy, FA, 27.13.

400 Meters: 1. Corinn Bedell, FA, 57.17; 2. Sage Hennessy, FA, 1:01.02; 3. Hannah Perkins, LR, 1:03.40.

800 Meters: 1. Jessica Wilson, Greely, 2:28.01; 4.

Hannah Perkins, LR, 2:35.18; 9. Laura Pulito, FA, 2:39.90; 11.

Maude Meeker, LR, 2:43.08; 20. Kayla Gray, LR, 2:56.81.

1600 Meters: 1. Kirstin Sandreuter, Greely, 5:11.31; 7.

Jacqui Black, LR, 5:46.64.

3200 Meters: 1. Kirstin Sandreuter, Greely, 11:36.98; 7.

Jacqui Black, LR, 12:55.51; 15.

Briana Gallinari, LR, 14:48.18.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1.

Emma Turton, Poland, 47.11; 2.

Sydney Hancock, LR, 49.05; 4.

Kelsey Winslow, LR, 49.76; 13.

Christina DiPietro, FA, 56.09.

4X100 Relay: 1. York 52.36; 2. Lake Region 52.69; 5.

Fryeburg Academy 56.57 4X400 Relay: 1. Fryeburg Academy 4:17.17; 2. Lake Region 4:21.31.

4X800 Relay: 1. Greely 10:11.52; 4. Fryeburg Academy 10:46.32; 6. Lake Region 11:53.27.

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Pole Vault: 1. Abby Bonnevie, Greely, 9-6; 3. Jamie Gullikson, FA, 8-6.

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Elizabeth Shreiber, LR, 130.25; 14. Kristen Dostie, FA, 12-2.50.

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WMC track championships results (Continued from Page C) Aime Worcester, LR, 25-10.25; 11. Meghan VanLoan, LR, 252; 17. Boontari Kittiwirayanon, LR, 18-6.25.

Discus: 1. Jenna Serunian, Falmouth, 95-3; 3. Molly Hook, LR, 88-5; 5. Bailey Friedman, FA, 75-2; 15. Calli Buzzell, LR, 57-0; 19. Jennifer Perry, FA, 48-1; 21. Alex Sargent, LR, 44-6; 25. Elizabeth Dyer, FA, 41-9.

Javelin: 1. Kierstin Stritch, Gray-NG, 95-8; 2. Elizabeth Grzyb, FA, 93-0; 4. Kelsey Winslow, LR, 81-9; 5. Molly Hook, LR, 81-2; 6. Bailey Friedman, FA, 78-7; 7. Julia Carlson, LR, 72-5; 15. Jamie Gullikson, FA, 63-0; 17.

Courtney Yates, LR, 53-11.

1600 Meter Racewalk: 1.

Kayla Gray, LR, 8:48.59; 5.

Ashannah Tripp, FA, 10:28.67.

Boys’ Division Team Standings: York 184,

Falmouth 175, Greely 86, GrayNew Gloucester 58, Fryeburg Academy 39, Cape Elizabeth 38, Poland 9, Lake Region no score.

200 Meters: 1. Jacob Buhelt, Falmouth, 22.84; 6. Forrest Stearns, FA, 24.08; 16. Sullivan Briggs, FA, 26.44; 17. Andrew Emery, FA, 26.62; 22. Gaelon Kolczynski, LR, 27.84.

400 Meters: 1. Josh Brooks, York, 51.14; 3. Forrest Stearns, FA, 53.48; 15. Sullivan Briggs, FA, 1:01.51.

800 Meters: 1. Nestor Taylor, Greely, 2:00.91; 5.

Silas Eastman, FA, 2:05.22; 11.

Tyler O’Keefe, FA, 2:14.45; 20.

Dacota Griffin, FA, 2:25.83.

1600 Meters: 1. Will Shafer, Gray-NG, 4:19.76; 2. Silas Eastman, FA, 4:28.01; 17.

Thomas Rose, FA, 5:03.87; 18. Mark MacDougall, LR, 5:05.86; 32. David Fulton, FA, 5:33.56; 39. Kyle DeSouza, LR,

RELAY HAND-OFF — Lake Region’s Hannah Perkins (left) hands off the baton to teammate Kasey Huntress during recent relay competition.

(Photo by Brea McDonald)

Ultimate Frisbee rosters

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Fryeburg Academy’s Ultimate Frisbee “A” team included: Blaine Andreoli, Wyatt Andreoli, Adam Armington, Ben Bailey (captain), Chris Demiranda, Khalil Fair, Austin Gerchman, Logan Gerchamn, Paul Kurnick (captain), Kelsey Liljedahl, Laura Monegro, Patrick Moody, Geraphy Reyes, Ian Shea (captain), Connor Sheehan, Zachary Sheehan, Tyler Stankiewicz and Austin Ward (captain).

“B” team members: Rodrigo Araujo, Donavon Brown, Sang Cao, Anh (Jessie) Duong, Catie Gillette, Thinh Huynh, Francesca Llanos, Alec Perry, Seth Reil, Wayne Smith, Luke Spencer, Elias Titcomb, Dat Vu, Chenghao Wei and Stanford White.

5:45.92.

3200 Meters: 1. Timothy Follo, Falmouth, 10:07.33; 11.

Thomas Rose, FA, 11:54.70; 13.

David Powers, FA, 14:21.62.

110 Meter Hurdles: 1. Reid Pryzant, Falmouth, 15.69; 8.

Mason Kluge-Edwards, LR, 22.13.

300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Tom Reid, York, 40.38; 10. Mason Kluge-Edwards, LR, 54.34.

4X400 Relay: 1. York 3:31.43; 4. Fryeburg Academy 3:52.21; 7.

Lake Region 4:21.08.

4X800 Relay: 1. York 8:30.30; 3. Fryeburg Academy 8:45.77.

High Jump: 1. Elijah Locke, Gray-NG, 6-4; 12. Bright Amoako, FA, 5-2; 15. Divine Dockery, FA, 5-0; 17. Milos Todosijevic, FA, 4-8.

Pole Vault: 1. Patrick Thornton, Falmouth, 10-6; 13.

Dacota Griffin, FA, 7-6.

Long Jump: 1. Nick Maynard, Greely, 20-7.25; 15. Liuke Yang, FA, 15-9; 20. Ashton Cutting, LR, 10-0.

Triple Jump: 1. Nick Maynard, Greely, 39-7.50; 10. Bright Amoako, FA, 35-3.75; 12. Mason Kluge-Edwards, LR, 34-11; 14.

Milos Todosijevic, FA, 33-0.25.

Shot Put: 1. Andrew Lavallee, Cape Elizabeth, 46-9.50; 4. Scott Pelkie, FA, 40-5.50; 6. Edward Price, FA, 40-0; 11. Zachary Frank, FA, 37-4.25; 12. Andrew Lyman, FA, 36-9.50; 25. Liam Fenton, FA, 28-3; 26. Joshua Brecker, FA, 27-10.50.

Discus: 1. Ryan MacDonald, Falmouth, 115-4; 6. Edward Price, FA, 104-9; 8. WalkerJames Mallory, FA, 102-10; 14. Scott Pelkie, FA, 88-8; 21.

Joseph DeRemer, FA, 72-2; 23.

Gino Cobb, LR, 67-10; 26. Reid O’Brien, FA, 64-8; 29. Alrajhi Sappair, LR, 61-4.

Javelin: 1. Matt Kingry, Falmouth, 163-1; 8. Zachary Frank, FA, 125-5; 9. Mark MacDougall, LR, 124-9; 15.

Edward Price, FA, 113-0; 21.

Kyle DeSouza, LR, 95-8; 23.

Hunter Griffin, FA, 86-0; 24.

Lionel Rutabayiro, FA, 82-5; 27.

Wesley Trembley, FA, 71-1.

1600 Meter Racewalk: 1. Ian Marshall, Gray-NG, 8:46.65; 3.

Kyle Barboza, FA, 8:53.59.

Trail help needed

Loon Echo Land Trust needs volunteers to help with a National Trails Day effort to improve Bald Peak Trail on its Pleasant Mountain Preserve.

Be part of the 20th Annual National Trails Day on June 2 and help Loon Echo prepare the Bald Peak Trail for the busy summer hiking season.

“National Trails day is a great time to get outside and celebrate our natural surroundings” said Loon Echo’s Stewardship and Volunteer Coordinator Jon Evans. “Trail maintenance is a great way to do just that and give back to our outdoor refuges!”

The work will involve cleaning drainage ditches, clipping brush and trail hardening. Some TRAIL, Page C

SET TO LAUNCH — Fryeburg Academy’s Bailey Friedman is set to fire the javelin. She finished sixth at the WMC Championships.

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Punt, Pass & Kick Boys and girls, ages 6 to 15, are invited to compete in the third annual Maine Games/Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic Punt, Pass & Kick competition, presented

by Biddeford Youth Football, on Saturday, July 21 in Biddeford.

The event is free, but preregistration is strongly suggested. Space is limited. The competition will be held at Waterhouse Field beginning at 9 a.m.

For more information, go to www.nflppk.com and use the zip code “04005” to register or to learn more about this exciting and fun event.

The top two finishers in PUNT, Page C

Fun & games

May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page C

Fairway chips

This week’s puzzle: Finish the Lyrics

ACROSS 1. Short attention _____, pl.

6. Semi 9. Like Usain Bolt, e.g.

13. Shakespearean “ergo” 14. To do this is human?

15. Specialty 16. *”I see friends shaking hands.... sayin’ how do ___ __?”

17. Activity at Heavenly in California 18. Perfection 19. *”Boy, you’re gonna carry that ______” 21. *”Well, we’re all in the mood for a ______” 23. He sang “Hit the road Jack” 24. Dirty air 25. ___ Holbrook 28. Left after deductions 30. Water nymphs 35. Flightless birds 37. Famous flood survivor 39. On spouse’s side 40. “A” in A.D. 41. _____ alert 43. *”No he can’t read my poker ____” 44. Excessive sternness 46. Famous scat singer 47. Killer whale 48. Tapeworm 50. Cocoyam 52. Spanish sea 53. *”Video killed the radio ____” 55. Octopus’ defense 57. *”Girl, we couldn’t get much ______” 60. *”Stand up for your ______” 63. One born to Japanese immigrants 64. Street in Paris

Bridgton Highlands In Ladies play last Wednesday, the tournament for the week was “Yellow Ball.” The winning team consisted of Elaine Tinker, Linda Munger, Mary Ellen Taggart and Yvonne Gluck.

Nearest to the pin on Hole 8 was Carolyn Stanhope.

Lake Kezar Country Club In Tuesday Social League play on May 22, the threesome of Corey Douglas, Daryl Kenison and Larry Farmer claimed first place with a score of 106.

Closest to the pin were Daryl Kenison on Hole 5 at 2-feet, 1-inch and Art Duggan on Hole 16 at 8-feet, 1-inch.

Greenie: Dick Trapani.

Super Skin: Hole 17, Team 6 (Bill Wapenski, Mike Caron and Mike Tarentino).

Tee for Two Tourney Players and auction item donors are needed for the fourth annual Tee for Two Charitable Organization golf tournament set for Saturday, June 23 at Lake Kezar Country Club.

Registration for the scramble, as well as breakfast, starts at 7 a.m. A shotgun start is set for 8 a.m., rain or shine.

Tourney proceeds benefit breast cancer and prostate cancer patients. The fee is $225 per team or $60 per person, which includes prizes for the first and second team gross, first and second team net, skills contest and lucky loser winner. Lunch will be served under the big top. A silent auction will also be held. The tourney has a 25-foursome capacity. Sponsorships are available from $50 to $500 and up.

For more information regarding donating auction items or to sign up, call 925-3154 or 925-3253. To date, Tee for Two has donated $26,500 to the Outpatient Cancer Care Fund at Bridgton Hospital.

Youth Football benefit The 2012 Lake Region Youth Football Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, June 9 at Naples Golf and Country Club with a shotgun start at 2 p.m.

Proceeds benefit youth football to assist with the purchase of equipment.

Fee is $65 per person, which includes cookout, prizes and a chance to win one of two door prizes — $100 gift certificates for 100 gallons of heating oil donated by Lampron Energy.

Prizes will be awarded for first, second and last place.

For more information, contact tournament chairman Harvey Price Jr. at 693-6364 ext. 104 or 595-0602. Sign-up deadline is June 1.

66. Leaves out 68. Runs in neutral 69. Egyptian cobra 70. Make another map 71. Potato and ____ soup 72. “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” band 73. Athlete’s domain

DOWN 1. *”Say Say ___” 2. Front part of vessel 3. Chills and fever 4. Rock bottom 5. “Just do it,” e.g.

6. Catch your breath 7. Irritate 8. Tale-spinning brother 9. Popular dog name 10. Breezed through, as in test 11. One-horse carriage 12. ___ Aviv 15. Large Indian antelope 20. Laughing predator 22. Long time 24. Quarterback great Kenny _______ 25. *”Total eclipse of the _____” 26. Embryo sacs 27. Foot-forward squat 29. Large book 31. Information 32. It often snoozes 33. Capital of Bangladesh 34. *”Take my hand, we’ll make it I _____” 36. In the near future 38. ____ in captivity 42. Halves of diameters 45. Hindu sages 49. “___ it up” 51. Fluffy sweater material 54. Orderly arrangement 56. _____ Rouge 57. Cow skin, e.g.

58. Small island 59. Oddball 60. Twelve of one set in exercise 61. *”Time after ____” 62. Baseball great Musial 63. Zilch 65. Function 67. R&R spot

Game solutions on Page 6C

Bocce league scores HARRISON — In Week 1 of the Harrison Bocce League, Caswell House edged Mentus 4-2, while Ruby Slippers tied Scott & Co. 3-3 and Henry’s was deadlocked with Ace’s 3-3.

Caswell took Game 1 12-11 and Game 2 12-8; Ruby Slippers won Game 1 12-7 but dropped Game 2 12-10; Henry’s had the early 12-11 edge on Ace’s, but lost Game 2 12-10.

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Maine families who never before have camped have just a few more days to enter the First Time Campers raffle, sponsored by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands.

The deadline for entering the program, now in its fifth year, is today, Thursday, May 31.

The First Time Campers program will randomly select 44 Maine families to win a free weekend of camping. The raffle is open only to Maine families who have never before gone camping. Each selected family will get the free use of camping equipment, receive gifts from sponsors and be supported throughout the weekend by park staff.

One of those fortunate families also will be the grand-prize recipient of a $1,000 gift certificate from the program’s major sponsor, L.L.Bean.

The unique program, part of BPL’s “Take It Outside” initiative, is designed to encourage Maine families to experience the rewards of summer camping at Maine state park campgrounds. This year, the program is sponsored by L.L.Bean, Kittery Trading Post, Hannaford, and Wicked Joe Coffee. The selected families will get the use of camping equipment for the weekend, plus receive up to four sleeping bags to keep, Hannaford gift certificates and complete support from park staff in setting up, using and taking down camping equipment.

Participants must provide their own provisions for the weekend.

Raffle applications are available online. They will be accepted until May 31. The recipient families will be chosen in a random drawing held on Friday, June 1, with the families notified the week of June 4. There will be four weekends of camping from which the lucky winners can choose, from July 13-14 to Aug. 3-4.

The state park campgrounds include: Bradbury Mountain, Pownal; Rangeley Lake, Rangeley; Aroostook, Presque Isle; Camden Hills, Camden; Sebago Lake, Naples; Mt. Blue, Weld; Cobscook Bay, Edmunds Township; Lamoine, Ellsworth; Peaks-Kenny, DoverFoxcroft; Lily Bay, Beaver Cove; and Lake St. George, Liberty.

For more information about the First Time Campers program or to get an application, call Fritz Appleby, park manager, Bradbury Mountain State Park, at 688-4712.

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CASCO – ±2-acre lot in good family neighborhood. Property needs to be surveyed and soil tested. Only $24,900. MLS #1043706 CASCO – ±2 acres of land with a ROW to Thomas Pond for Only $37,900. Great price and place to build that home. Survey TBD. MLS #1043632

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NAPLES – Nice buildable lot located on cul-desac in small subdivision with protective covenants and restrictions. Other lots and house packages available. $19,900. MLS #1053092

NAPLES – Large buildable lot on nice cul-desac in small subdivision with protective covenants and restrictions. Other lots and house packages available. $26,900. MLS #1007022

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Page C, The Bridgton News, May 31, 2012

Registration for travel soccer set Do you love to play soccer?

Why not join the Lake Region Soccer Club this fall for travel soccer?

The Lake Region Club is look-

ing for boys and girls ages 8 to and coaching expertise.

12 (must be at least 8 years of Cost is $125 per player. age by Aug. 1, 2012). The Club Payment plans are available. The is also looking for new coaches fee must be paid in full by July 1. interested in upping their game The program calls for two

practices per week beginning in August (seventh graders may not have as much practice time). The schedule includes eight regular season games on Sundays — four at home and four away — with the first game set for the end of

August. There will also be one or two tournaments at the beginning and end of the season.

Registration will be held: Sunday, June 3 at Kansas Road Field, Naples from 5 to 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 5 at Crooked River School field from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Friday, June 8 at Stevens Brook Elementary School from

4 to 6 p.m.

Call or e-mail for more information to: Robin Leavitt at 6536614 or photoartworks2000@ yahoo.com; Harvey Toews at 310-0831 or 647-3985 or harvey. toews@lakeregionschools.org; Don White at 321-1882 or kdavis24@maine.rr.com; Jeff Juneau at 655-5903 or jsjuneau@fairpoint.net

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Bridgton – A quiet condo community located on Long Lake. 1600 ft. on the lake with gorgeous sandy beach. 3+ bedrooms, 4 baths, fireplace, deck and much more! $385,000.

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Bridgton – Long Lake Condo, furnished.

2-unit building. Full basement, sandy beach and tennis courts. $325,000.

Kate Loverin 776-8589 (MLS 1009242)

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Sally Goodwill, 693-7290 (MLS 1049206)

Denmark – Well-kept 1-owner, 2bedroom Ranch with 2-car garage.

Wood and tile flooring. Screen gazebo, pretty lot with mature trees. $149,900.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1052464)

Harrison – Alpine Village on Long Lake. 4-bedroom, 2-bath, log-sided chalet with open kitchen and living room. Nice shared access to Long Lake! $219,000.

Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane 838-5555 (MLS 1030728)

Harrison – Fabulous East Shore Long Lake cottage. Open concept, granite kitchen, wood floors, wide water views and finished basement. A must see! $549,900.

Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane 838-5555 (MLS 1045265)

Harrison – Great Summit Hill farmhouse. 14 acres, views. “Lodge” has massive stone fireplace. Too much to list. This is a must see! $249,000.

J.R. McGinnis 693-7272 (MLS 1028814)

JOIN THE TRAVEL TEAM — Coach Harvey Toews (back, middle) is pictured with members of the Lake Region Soccer Club U-14 Travel Team. Registrations for the upcoming travel season have been scheduled. See story on this page.

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Harrison – Great summer property!

Large home with lots of room, 4+ bedrooms and in-law apt. Level beach area on Cape Monday Cove with own docks and attached garage. $459,000.

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Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1054425)

Harrison – Beautiful home with incredible Long Lake view! Floor plan for families and entertaining. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, stone fireplace. A must see! $319,000.

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visualtour.com #0275-8147 Naples – Conveniently located 3-bedroom, 3-bath home with 4-season sunroom and deck with hot tub to enjoy lake views! Great assoc. beach and boat slip on Brandy Pond. $339,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1041218)

Naples – Waterfront Condo – Long Lake – Sandy beach, patio. Motivated sellers! Wooded area. Priced to Sell. $149,500.

Kate Loverin 776-8589 (MLS 1013682)

Naples – Waterfront home on Sebago Cove. Custom-built with hardwood floors, cherry cabinets, walkout basement, own dock. 100’ frontage. $389,000.

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Naples – Excellent opportunity to purchase a 4-season condo. Owners are motivated to sell. Great lake & mtn. views, deck, sandy beach, tennis courts, clubhouse, close to village for golf. 3+ BR, 2.5 BA, finished room in walkout bsmt. $200,000.

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Naples – A perfect dream vacation home on Long Lake. ±4,000 sq. ft. of living space, 3+ bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, sunroom, game room, rear patio and 3car garage. $850,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1049412)

Bridgton – This home has it all! Amazing panoramic views of Mt. Washington and Pleasant Mtn. combined with convenience of Bridgton Highlands Country Club 1st tee just across the street! Many, many updates and renovations. Upscale and beautiful! Granite counters, 3 fireplaces, wood floors, 6.7 acres in desirable neighborhood. Must see! $495,000.

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Sebago – Very nice 3-bedroom, 2 1/2bath home, nicely set on wooded 1.84acre lot in conveniently-located neighborhood. $152,900.

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Standish – Contemporary home on 4 private acres. Many recent updates.

New roof, kitchen and heating system.

Inground pool. $295,000.

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LAND • LAND • LAND Bridgton – Very pretty lot close to Shawnee Peak, area golfing and lovely lakes. Lot has stone walls and small pond. $19,900.

Nancy Hanson, 838-8301. (MLS 982129) Casco – ±4.9-acre lot in a quiet neighborhood of nice homes.

Possible views of Sebago Lake! $49,900. Nancy Hanson, 8388301. (MLS 1045252) Harrison – Attention Hunters & Campers – Lovely wooded area for your home or getaway. Peaceful wooded area has 2 campers and hunting cabin (shed). Well on property. Septic design available and installed. $39,900. Kate Loverin, 7768589. (MLS 1022664) Naples – BIG SEBAGO – Beautiful 2.95-acre lot with 124 ft. of sandy frontage on Big Sebago. Surveyed, soil tested and underground utilities. Private and absolutely gorgeous! $499,900.

Sally Goodwill, 232-6902. (MLS 1028391) Naples – Motivated Sellers! Perfect location on Cessna Way to build your new home. Six lots still available, just a short distance from Naples Causeway. Starting at $16,900. Lauri Shane Kinser, 310-3565. (MLS 1045161)

Bridgton – Rustic Maine cottage on desirable Woods Pond. Very private for that getaway retreat or build new with 30% expansion. Bunkhouse adds to expansion potential. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $270,000.

Otisfield – The perfect getaway for folks who like lots of wood, high ceilings and wide open spaces! This utterly charming Ward Log home boasts 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, porch, deck, paved drive, large serene back yard, full finished walkout basement and more. Move-in ready. $199,500.

Bridgton – Immaculate 4-bedroom cape with new deck, lg. screened porch, fireplace, new windows, new septic, new bath, updated heat system and lighting. Full walkout basement houses systems, and association offers beautiful beach and docks on Highland Lake. Adorable. $199,500.

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Fryeburg – Very charming, fully-dormered cape with 20 acres! Local mountain views, lovely wide-planked hardwood floors, bright kitchen with lots of windows, brick fireplace, and nice built-ins. $179,900.

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Naples – Very clean Triplex on 2+ private acres. Two 2-bedroom units and one 3-bedroom unit. Built in 2003. Low maintenance, needs nothing. $299,900.

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Denmark – Updated contemporary cape offering 4 bedrooms, kitchen/dining/living room and 2 new beautiful baths.

Whole house redone, including roof and siding. Cozy and comfortable, on a nice lot with big back yard. $199,000.

Naples – Great level building lot. 2.15 acres, trees and close to the lake. Private. A great spot for your new home in the Lake Region. $27,500. J.R. McGinnis, 393-7272. (MLS 923936) Naples – 1+ acre building lot with ROW to Brandy Pond that gives boat access to Sebago and Long Lakes as well as the Songo River.

Mooring and dock privilege available. Surveyed. Great Deal! $59,000. Wendy Gallant, 615-9398. (MLS 1047286)

Bridgton – Hilltop family retreat located at the peak of a private, winding road with unparalleled, panoramic mountain views. Only 5 minutes to Shawnee Peak.

The interior features 3 levels of living space specifically designed to hold a crowd, yet maintain the privacy of its occupants. Giant master suite complete with his/hers office space, oversized bath, double closets, craft room with skylights!

9' ceilings, hardwood floors, multi-level deck, lovely porch and much more. The lower level boasts 1200 sq. ft. guest quarters with private patio perfect for in-laws or visiting families! $375,000.

Raymond – NEW LISTING – Raymond Pond – Wonderful 150 ft. waterfront lot facing southwest with sunset views.

Gated community with 51 acres common land. $249,900. Bob Blake, 693-7277.

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Call us for more HOME, LAND and WATERFRONT LISTINGS at 207-693-7000, toll free at 1-800-639-2136 or visit our website: www.lakesproperties.com

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Harrison – 3-great affordable home sites to build that first home or for retirement in small subdivision. Site was previously cleared, surveyed, soils tested and power in at street.

Protective covenants. 1.95 acres at $27,900, 1.45 acres at $24,900 and 2.42 acres at $29,900.

Harrison – Beautiful 8-acre lot with stunning views of Mt. Washington, Shawnee Peak and more in quality subdivision with paved road. $75,000.

Bridgton – Water access! 3/4-acre parcel in Knights Hill waterfront community. Amenities include inground pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, beach and marina. Only 5 minutes from Shawnee Peak Ski Resort. $28,000.

Bridgton – Great opportunity to own acreage on Hio Ridge Rd., bordered by stone walls.Approx. 17.26 acres, to be surveyed by owner. $50,000.

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Regional sports

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2012 brings changes to Bridgton Highlands C.C.

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn,” — John Muir in Our National Parks, 1901

By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer There are two mountains named Sabattus in Maine.

One is in Androscoggin County near Lewiston and the other is in the Lake Region near Lovell.

Mount Sabattus in Lovell was named for Jean Baptiste Sabattus, an Abenaki Indian of the Pigwacket tribe who lived in the Fryeburg area in the 1700s. One legend about Sabattus involves him killing a panther or a lynx, depending on which story you believe, while he was hunting on the mountain that bears his name.

Another, better documented story, involves Sabattus and John Patrick at the summit of Mount Sabattus on the May 21, 2010 hike of the Denmark Mountain Hikers. his two wives.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) Sabattus had two Abenaki wives. His second wife was and moved to Mount Hope onto a dirt road for 0.6 miles Molly Ockett, a well-known in Sanford. From the sum- to the trailhead and a small Indian healer and herbalist for mit, there are views to the parking lot marked with a big both natives and white set- south of Mount Tom, Pleasant brown trail sign.

The trails are well marked tlers in the Andover, Fryeburg Mountain and Kezar Lake. and Bethel areas. Sabattus The ledges on the south side and signed. The loop trail and Ockett had several chil- of the mountain have many junction is a short distance dren together and reportedly “steps” and are known locally from the parking lot and hikers may ascend by one side also had a stormy relation- as the “Devil’s Staircase.”

This was the first hike the of the loop and return by the ship. When his first wife returned from Canada in 1783 Denmark Mountain Hikers other. We usually take the right to lay claim to him, the two took as a group on May 21, hand loop to climb directly to women fought over Sabattus 2010. The group revisited the the ledges in about 0.8 miles. in a match on Fish Street in mountain on May 25, 2012 From there, follow the yellow paint blazes for about 0.3 Fryeburg that was witnessed during a foggy cool day. miles along the ledges to a Trail facts

by Mrs. Wiley, the wife of a Mount Sabattus is located large white quartz rock, then local settler. Sabattus calmly watched the fight while sit- in Oxford County in the Town turn left and follow the trail back down to the trail junction ting on a woodpile smoking of Lovell. for about 0.8 miles and then to Difficulty: Easy his pipe. Sabattus’ first wife Trail distance to the sum- the parking lot. won and, weary of his “intemWhat to bring: Good perate habits and quarrelsome mit (one way) – 0.8 miles disposition,” Molly Ockett (right loop), 1.1 mile (left boots, rain or wind gear, touring poles, tick and mosloop) left him.

Hiking time to the summit quito repellant, sunglasses, Mount Sabattus (1,253 water and snacks, personal feet) in Lovell is an easy hike (one way) – less than 1 hour first aid kit, matches, map and Elevation: 1,253 feet with a loop trail that allows compass and cell phone. Let Vertical gain: 503 feet hikers to ascend on one leg Coordinates: 44 10 55 N someone know your hiking of the loop and return on the plans before you leave! other. Climbing the western 70 51 06 W Up next: The next hiking Directions to the trailhead: (right hand) trail hikers will encounter the cement foot- Follow Route 5 from Lovell. column will be about Caribou ings of a former fire lookout Just past the Center Lovell Inn Mountain in Evans Notch, ME. For the next Denmark tower at the top of the cliffs and the Lovell Town House, and an iron bench dedicated turn right onto Sabattus Road. Mountain Hikers climb, check to Melody Ritchea. The fire Follow this for 1-1/2 miles The Bridgton News community tower was taken down in 1963 to a fork. Take the right fork calendar.

2012 has been a year of change at Bridgton Highlands Country Club, reports Club President, Jim Cossey.

Wayne Hill, club manager since the course opened as an 18-hole layout in 1994, moved on in April.

The clubhouse interior has been redecorated and rearranged, and three of the four tennis courts are being leveled, resurfaced and re-marked.

Former coach at Lake Region High School and longtime Assistant Club Manager, Art Kilborn, has assumed the manager’s position until the club completes its search for a new club manager.

Course Superintendent, Ken Burlinson, and his maintenance staff continue to make improvements in course conditions.

Janet Montgomery, an artist who has played an active role at Gallery 302 for the last three years, is managing food service operations at BHCC, bringing new energy and new menu items to the snack bar. The snack bar and deck overlooking the golf course are open daily, and the public is welcome.

There are also several other new members of the clubhouse and snack bar staff, including Matt Dunckel, Karen Lewis, Jennifer Brown, Alex LaClair, Alisson Sands and Krista Spera.

Golf lessons are avail-

Club Manager, Art Kilborn, is pictured at the pro shop desk. able from former-pro Alyssa (Munger) McIntyre and Terry Holden.

Terry also will guide the play of the Wednesday afternoon Twilight League at 5 p.m. each Wednesday during the summer.

The club’s name — Bridgton Highlands Country Club — is thought by some to convey a private club. Cossey points out this may have been the case when the club was established in the 1920s, however, no one currently remembers the club being

anything other than an “open-tothe-public” facility. There are 33 local owners.

“We believe we have a great place to enjoy,” Cossey said.

“A terrific facility and staff, a beautiful course in great condition that is challenging without being intimidating, with one of the best views in western Maine of Pleasant Mountain and the Presidential Range. I hope everyone will come up and enjoy both our services and the view from the deck.”

ple from across New England and beyond offers something for everyone. Choose between a 25, 50 or 100-mile bicycle trek through breathtaking farm fields, lakes and mountains or enjoy a six-mile hike across the ridge of Pleasant Mountain with gourmet rest stops along the way.

New this year will be monthly training rides held at 8 a.m.

on the first Sunday of each month. These rides will take you along various routes, which tour Loon Echo preserves and promise to be beautiful while offering excellent training. Visit www.loonechotrek.org for more information Back by popular demand will be the “taste trek,” which will offer hikers various snacks TREK, Page C

Trek: Save money & land

Western Maine is best known for beautiful landscapes and endless recreational opportunities. Help protect both and register by July 1 to receive the reduced registration rate for the 2012 Loon Echo Trek scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15 at Shawnee Peak.

This popular annual benefit for Loon Echo Land Trust that attracts hundreds of peo-

June, July hikes planned June 1, Difficult, Mt. Chocorua, Conway, N.H. 7.8 miles round trip if we take the Liberty Trail (2,700 feet climb) and 7.6 miles round trip if we take the Champney Falls Trail (2,250-foot climb). Summit elevation is 3,500 feet. The challenges to climbing Chocorua are the summit ledges, which can be dangerous when wet. This hike will take between 3.0 and 3 ½ hours to summit.

June 8, Easy, Bald Pate, South Bridgton – 1.6 miles round trip, 1,150-foot elevation.

Easy climb to the open ledges at the summit with several trails to choose from.

June 15, Moderate, Mount Crawford, Crawford Notch, N.H. — 5.0 miles round trip, 3,100-foot elevation (2,100-foot climb).

Hiking time via the Davis Path to the summit is 3 ½ hours. Nice views of Crawford Notch.

June 22, Difficult, Mount Kearsarge North, Conway, N.H. – 7.6 miles round trip, 3,268-foot elevation (2,600-foot climb).

Hiking time to the summit is 3.0 hours and the trail is uneven and rocky in places. There are great views from the old fire tower at the summit.

June 29, Easy, Iron Mountain, Jackson, N.H. – 1.8 miles round trip, 2,726-foot elevation (800-foot climb). Easy climb via the Iron Mountain trail to fine north outlooks and a side trip to old iron mines on the mountain.

July 6, Moderate, Peaked Mountain, Conway, N.H. – 4.2 miles round trip, 1,734foot elevation (1,200-foot climb). 1 hour 40 minutes book time to the sharp, rocky knoll of Peaked Mountain with fine open stands of red and pitch pine along the trail. In the Green Hills.

July 13, Easy, Tri-centennial Hike! Peary Mountain, Brownfield – 2.0 miles round trip, 958-foot elevation. Celebrate 300 miles under the boots of the Denmark Mountain Hikers – potluck treats and John’s homemade corn chowder. Everybody is invited!

All hikes meet at the Denmark Congregational Church at 8:30 a.m. (8 a.m. starting June 22) on Friday unless other arrangements are made.

If you have questions about the difficulty of a climb, or for any other information please call John Patrick at 207-756-2247 or e-mail to johnfp@earthlink.net

Help needed for trail work (Continued from Page C) tools will be supplied, but you should come prepared with work boots, gloves, water and energy-rich snacks. Interested volunteers should meet Loon Echo staff at the Bald Peak trailhead on Mountain Road off of Route 302 in Bridgton at 7:45 a.m.

Loon Echo Land Trust protects land in the northern Sebago Lake region of Maine.

Its mission is to conserve the region’s natural resources and character for current and future generations. Currently, Loon Echo protects over 4,000 acres of land, and Pleasant Mountain Preserve is one of

six preserves that are open to the public.

Find out more about Loon Echo by visiting www. loonecholandtrust.org. For more information about trail maintenance day or other Loon Echo events, contact Jon Evans at jon@lelt.org or call 6474352.

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School news

College notes Kelsey Bryn Nadeau of Raymond and Laura B. Sanborn of Raymond were named to the Keene State College (N.H.) Dean’s List for the spring semester 2012.

The Dean’s List designation is bestowed to those Keene State College undergraduates enrolled in a degree program who have completed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester, receiving no failing or incomplete grades. A 3.5 or higher grade point average on a 4.0 scale is required to earn the Dean’s List honor.

Nathan Major of Raymond earned a bachelor of science degree in Business Administration in Marketing from Bryant University (Smithfield, R.I.) during its 149th Commencement on Saturday, May 19. Natani Katherine Butler of Naples was awarded a bachelor of science degree in Nursing during Salve Regina University’s (Newport, R.I.) 62nd commencement on Sunday, May 20.

Thomas Hamilton and Joanna Sinsabaugh, both of Naples, have been named to the Dean’s list at Thomas College (Waterville) for the spring 2012 semester. Elizabeth Garland of Bridgton has been named to the Cedarville University (Ohio) Dean’s Honor List for the 2012 spring semester.

Elizabeth is a sophomore, majoring in Psychology. She is the daughter of Glen and Kathy Garland of Bridgton.

CINDERELLA TONIGHT! — Stevens Brook Elementary fifth graders will present “Cinderella” tonight, May 31 at 7 p.m. Grace Chute (right) is the stage manager, while classmates (above, left) Isabella Wears plays the role of the evil stepsister Lulu Lolly, (middle) Madison Rock is stepmother Snaggle Bones and Savannah Silke takes on the part of stepsister Bella Bomb. The play is under the direction of teachers Allison Sands and Jeffrey Brundage.

Graduates & Dean’s List Erica M. Webb of Bridgton received her diploma from Husson University in Bangor at commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, May 5 and May 12, 2012. Erica received her bachelor’s of science degree in Kinesiology.

Nicolaus B. Fox of Fryeburg received bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Vermont (Burlington) during the 209th commencement cer-

emonies on May 20.

Kelsey D. McLaren of Harrison received a bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Movement Sciences from the University of Vermont (Burlington) during the 209th commencement ceremonies on May 20.

Hannah S. Strauss of Waterford received a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics Nutrition & Food Sciences

from the University of Vermont (Burlington) during the 209th commencement ceremonies on May 20.

Janelle Berry of Harrison was named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Haven (Conn.) for the spring 2012 semester. Full-time undergraduate students must have a 3.50 or better cumulative grade point average for the semester to be eligible for the Dean’s List.

(Continued from Page C) from local vendors and the improved finishers “nest” where trekkers are treated to free Allagash beer, massages offered by HealthSource, a technical t-shirt created from recycled plastic bottles by Atayne and the always delicious barbecue meal catered by Blizzards Pub. “The Trek has really taken on a fun and family friendly atmosphere with the festive ending at the base of Shawnee Peak,” said Event Manager Carol Meader.

Loon Echo Land Trust protects over 4,000 acres of land in the Northern Sebago Lake region. Executive Director

Carrie Walia says she looks forward to the trek every year.

“It’s wonderful to share such an amazing day outside with so many people who care about land conservation. The Trek also funds a significant portion of our annual operating budget, which allows staff to identify and negotiate new land purchases such as the beloved Hacker’s Hill in Casco,” she said.

While fundraising is optional, trekkers are encouraged to raise additional funds for the Land Trust. Peak fundraising prizes include; ski passes, sailing lessons, and bed and breakfast weekends donated by local businesses.

The 2012 Loon Echo Trek platinum sponsors include Shawnee Peak Ski Area, 93.5 WMWV, 98.9 WCLZ, Magic 104 FM and Integrated Forest Management; Gold sponsors include Migis Lodge, Norway Savings Bank, and the Appalachian Mountain Club.

Additional silver and bronze sponsors can be found on the Trek website.

Registration is now open and people are encouraged to sign up for the “Early Bird Special” before July 1. For more information, visit www.loonechotrek. org. Volunteers are also needed for the Trek and are encouraged to e-mail trek@lelt.org or call 647-4352.

Trek: Save money & land

MAY STUDENT OF THE MONTH — Samantha Cormier smiles at the camera while sitting next to her Business Office Technology Instructor from Lake Region Vocational Center. Sam was chosen as the Masons’ Vocational Student of the Month for May during a recent ceremony. She is a senior, and the daughter of Michael and Nora Cormier of Casco.

LRVC STUDENT OF THE YEAR — Jesse Bell, a student at Lake Region Vocation Center, was honored at the Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE) Student of the Year ceremony held on May 5, 2012. Jesse is an exceptional business student who has taken complete control over his education. Over the past two years, Jesse has done everything from diagnosing computer problems, reformatting computers to installing parts.

He has also had to use his creative skills to create and print posters and programs for the high school art and music shows. He has also created several banners, calendars and posters that are displayed throughout the school district and the community. Along with these extra projects he holds down a part-time job and takes a college algebra class through Southern Maine Community College. Jesse is Microsoft Office Certified in Word and Excel. He is a member of Future Business Leaders of America. At the recent FBLA State Conference, Jesse placed in all three of his competitive events. In the fall, Jesse will be attending Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in Network Administration. Jesse is the son of Eric Bell and Jenny Hibbard. Pictured above (left to right) is U.S. Congressman Mike Michaud; LRVC Business Office Tech Instructor, Audrey Langley; Student of the Year Jesse Bell; and LRVC Business Management Instructor, John Mayo.

Opinion & Comment

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Medicare Nuggets

Views from Augusta

by Paul LePage Governor of Maine

Standing bravely for freedom

The following is the transcript of Gov. Paul LePage’s weekly radio broadcast made on Saturday: September 11, now ingrained as 9-11 in our minds, revealed an unthinkable tragedy and the beginning of modern day war.

As we take time out of our busy schedules this Memorial Day weekend for barbecues and ball games, let us pause to pay tribute to those who have fought in the defense of our freedoms. Let us remember those who have sacrificed their all.

Mainers have fought in many battles since the Civil War — the Spanish-American, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the two Gulf Wars, and Afghanistan, among others. Thousands of lives have been claimed to the perils of war — 51 brave souls since 9-11 alone. They all served with honor, integrity and courage. I ask you to take this moment of silence with me to remember every Maine Soldier, Sailor, Coast Guardsman, Airman and Marine who has died on the front line or otherwise.

(Moment of silence) This Memorial Day weekend, I extend my thanks to the families of our fallen military men and women. We are forever indebted to your loved ones’ service and sacrifice. It is fitting, that this weekend, Mainers from across our state will remember and honor those who have passed with a powerful statement. Thousands of American flags will be placed by volunteers near each grave at Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemeteries.

The first lady and I will visit the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Augusta to commemorate our heroes with this unmistakable sea of red, white and blue. The sight is remarkable and will provide you with a sense of just how meaningful Memorial Day really is.

I encourage everyone to take the time to visit one of our Veterans’ Memorial Cemeteries. We have two in Augusta and one in Caribou and Springvale.

Speaking at the dedication of the Monument to the 20th Maine on Oct. 3, 1889, Gettysburg, Pa., Joshua Chamberlain said, “In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays.

Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field to ponder and dream.”

It is because of these great sacrifices, we as Mainers, are able to live the American dream. It is because of these selfless sacrifices, we are afforded freedoms that enrich our lives and inspire us to become a better people.

On this Memorial Day, let us not forget the true meaning of freedom and everything our fallen heroes, from the past to present, have sacrificed for us.

God Bless the United States of America.

WILLING TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED — When Nancy Campbell turned the corner near Lakeside Condos, across from Shawnee Peak, she saw this beautiful fox meandering across the field. “I loved his intense stare,” Nancy said. The fox was part of a pair. He was willing to have his photo taken.

Choking on memories Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin News Columnist

Eulogies are hard, for me at least. Though I’d never done one before, I’ve been asked three times in the last year to speak at a funeral and to sum up someone’s life — it is a daunting thing.

The first was for the man who became the other grandfather to one of my grandchildren. I met him at my daughter’s wedding. We talked often at holiday gatherings and at our mutual grandson’s birthday parties. Doug Kimble was easy to like. He died suddenly of a heart attack and his two sons took it hard, as one might expect. I told my son-in-law that if there was anything I

could do, please ask.

The brothers knew they’d be too emotional to speak at the memorial service, so my son-in-law asked me to say a few words. I said I hadn’t known him very well and he said that was okay.

Doug Kimble was a private guy, a surveyor, who kept to himself most of the time. He was in very good shape for his age, except for his cholesterol. We had discussed this in one of our last conversations because it’s one of the things 60-something guys talk about.

He indicated that his was high and that he wasn’t intending to do anything about it.

My garden: Slow farming Earth Notes

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By Joyce White Remember “The Garden Song” popularized by Pete Seeger, the one that starts, “Inch by inch, row by row”?

Somewhere in those lyrics — composed by Dave Mallett — are the words, “All you need is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground.”

I’ve always liked the song, but anyone who has actually gardened recognizes the lines as metaphor rather than reality.

It does remind us that gardening can be simple and satisfying.

It is not the inexpensive process that it was when I grew COOLING OFF — Kirby Vaughn, age 3, is ready to jump my first 4-H garden in 1942. into summer! With the arrival of nice weather, many area Garden seeds then were five cents a packet, I think. Fertilizer youngsters broke out their pools!

(Photo by Alexa Hathaway) was manure from our cows. We had to buy lime but that was pretty cheap. We were organic gardeners before the term was Brighten coined.

So, even though gardening Your Sum mer is no longer simple and inexSmile! pensive, it doesn’t need to be as fancy and expensive as garden catalogs would have us believe. Liz Como describes their approach to growing food All ages welcome as “slow farming.” With husband Andy Chakoumakos and Cleanings • Peridontal • Prenatal five-year-old Sofia, they use Sealants • Oral Inspections • X-Rays innovative ways to grow organic vegetables, herbs and flowNo referral necessary ers in their rustic setting in Assessments with All Cleanings Stoneham.

In the limited space claimed We accept MaineCare, Northeast Delta Dental from the surrounding woods and most other major insurances. to accommodate their house, We accept Visa, MC, Discover, AmEx they have created raised beds PHS, IPDH from three-foot lengths of clay drainage pipe from a farm in Registered Dental Hygienist Greenville, the former Outward 171-B Portland Road, Bridgton, Maine Bound base. She salvaged them from there, bringing some home www.bdhc.me 207-647-4125 info@bdhc.me

Catherine Kasprak,

Mine had been high too, but I told him I was taking Lipitor, which brought it way down.

We discussed ways of dying — advantages and disadvantages. He said the advantage of heart attacks was that they were usually quick — and that’s how it was for him a year hence. One of his sons found him in bed at his lakeside cottage this time last year where he’d been reading. A bit early at 67, but not a bad way to go.

My sister, a nurse/practitioner who works with the chronically ill, told me only 10% of deaths are sudden like that, but 90% of us linger. I’d watched a lot of people die, having worked as an orderly in a geriatric/chronic-care hospital on the second shift when I was in college. People didn’t get better and go home from there. They went out horizontally, and one of my jobs was to put on the toe tags and the bring bodies down to MEMORIES, Page D

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after each course she led there one summer.

“Folks thought I was crazy but I couldn’t see a good resource thrown away,” Liz said.

So she rescued them from a landfill fate and stood them on end, side-by-side in the ground to form attractive and unique raised beds.

To clear more area around their house, rather than hire an expensive bushhog for a day, they borrowed two pigs, Spotty and Mary Ann, from a friend last summer. In two and a half months, Liz said, they turned over the soil, pulled out stumps and rocks and fertilized the area with their manure.

Mary Ann is visiting again this summer, clearing another area.

She apparently recognized it as a good place to be, Liz said, because she got out of the trailer enthusiastically and went right to work.

This spring, Liz noticed an interesting phenomenon.

She had brought sweet pepper plants inside last fall to see if the small peppers would mature and by November, they had edible-sized peppers. They stayed green all winter, Liz said. “I was just kind of curious to see what would happen.”

Those plants presented a nice surprise this spring. They began flowering as soon as the days grew longer, sometime in March, Liz said. By mid-April small peppers had formed and they’re still growing. She has repotted them into larger pots and added more soil and compost.

She didn’t know they would

do that — nor did I — but the Garden Alive Library site with Mike McGrath reminds us that peppers are perennials in their native habitat with warmer winters than ours. Mike describes a complicated method for bringing peppers inside, saying they should grow under a shop light 24/7, not plant lights which he considers too dim.

But, Liz and Andy have, without knowing it is possible, wintered their pepper plants over just using the light from the sun through their south-facing windows and the heat from their new radiant-heated floors.

Using their unique “slow farming” method and creative innovation, Liz and Andy, with help from Sofia, grow some of their own food even while working at regular jobs. Liz, a licensed massage therapist and RN, teaches at the massage school in Bridgton and works as a nurse at Bridgton Hospital.

Andy works at Patagonia. They organize their work schedules as much as possible to share in the care of Sofia. They also raise sled dogs, now down to 12 from the 20 they had for several years. When there is snow, they take people on sled dog runs.

They can be reached at sleddogs@fairpoint.net Joyce White is a resident of Stoneham.

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor On May 15, the Maine Legislature signed a budget bill that could remove hundreds of Maine seniors from a program called the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) or what state officials call the “buy-in.”

The bill reduces the monthly income guidelines for eligibility in the MSP by almost $100. That is the bad news. The good news is that these reductions are subject to approval by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (under the rules of the Affordable Care Act) and there is a strong possibility that the Feds will not give Maine a waiver to allow the cuts. Of course, if the Supreme Court dismantles the Affordable Care Act — Maine will not need a waiver. In any event, even if allowed, the new MSP income limits will likely not go into effect until October 2012.

There are three levels of MSP benefits: QMB, SLMB and QI.* All levels cover: 1. The Medicare Part B premium; 2. Part or all of the Part D premium; 3. The Part D deductible; 4. The Part D “donut hole” and; 5. Some or all of drug co-pays. The QMB level also serves as Medicare Supplement insurance, covering co-pays for medical services. If people who have QMB lose it, they will have a 90-day guarantee period to buy a Medicare Supplement plan. Unfortunately, good supplement plans are not inexpensive. You can see that people who lose their MSP benefit can be seriously damaged financially, and their health care will certainly be jeopardized.

The monthly income limits for one and two people under the new state budget would be: QMB at $1,378/$1,865; SLMB at $1,565/$2,118; QI at $1,704/$2,307. The income level for another program, Drugs for the Elderly & Disabled (DEL), would be reduced to $1,629/$2,207 (the change in DEL limits could happen in August).

If the reader is interested in the method used to establish the income limits, read on. The limits for MSP were calculated by multiplying the monthly Federal Poverty Guidelines ($931 for one person and $1,261 for a couple) by factors: 1.5 for QMB, 1.7 for SLMB, and 1.85 for QI. The legislature’s cuts would change the multipliers to 1.4, 1.6, and 1.75 respectively.

There is also a small “disregard” added to the final number: $75 for a single person, $100 for a couple. The “disregard” does not apply to DEL. * QMB = Qualified Medicare Beneficiary; SLMB = Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary; QI – Qualified Individual Stan Cohen, a Medicare Volunteer Counselor, is available for free, one-on-one consultations at Bridgton Hospital on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 11 a.m. No appointment is necessary. Alternatively, call the Southern Maine Agency on Aging (800- 427-7411) and ask for a Medicare advocate.

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Bird Watch

by Jean Preis News Columnist

Bird songs

My eyes are still closed when I hear catbird filling our backyard with a rich, complicated jumble of his favorite songs, squeaks, and squeals. It is 4:15 a.m. and lying in bed listening to a seemingly endless variety of his cheerful sounds, I think there is no more glorious way to begin a day. Catbird’s songs exuberantly announce his gender and species, and his ownership of a particular piece of real estate. Earlier in the spring, he would have sung to attract a female, but we have seen two catbirds darting in and out of the thick shrubbery where they nest every year, so we think his mate has arrived and they are already nesting. His song this morning more likely is directed at any potential rival males, telling them to move along out of his territory.

Birds use a wide variety of sounds to communicate. Turkey vultures are mute, lacking a voice box. When they have something to say, they hiss. Many species have a simplified voice box that allows them to vocalize, but not sing. According to Paul R. Erlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye, authors of the classic Birder’s Handbook, A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds, woodpeckers communicate by distinctive calls, and by drumming with their bills on various surfaces or hollow tree limbs to produce different sounds.

Crows and ravens can call, but not sing, and they clack their bills to make sounds. A few species even make sounds with their tail or wing feathers. During courtship flights, the American woodcock and Wilson’s snipe spread out specialized feathers, causing the air rushing past them to make whistling sounds. The male ruffed grouse makes loud booming sounds by striking the air with cupped wings, which he flaps rapidly forward and upward.

In order to sing, birds need a complex vocal apparatus called a syrinx, which allows them to control the volume and pitch of sounds, and even to produce more than one sound at a time. Unlike the human voice box or larynx, which is located at the top of the windpipe, or trachea, the syrinx is a bony sac located at the bottom of the bird’s trachea. Often located deep within the breast of the bird, the syrinx is a resonating chamber controlled by specialized muscles, and surrounded by a resonating air sac. The muscles controlling the syrinx control the tension on highly elastic vibrating membranes that act like the skin of a drum. Each side can be controlled independently, allowing some birds to produce two simultaneous sounds. The birds we know as songbirds are divided into two groups, depending on where and how the syringeal muscles are attached. One arrangement allows certain species, including catbird, to sing complicated and elaborate songs. Another arrangement allows other species to produce flutelike or whistling types of songs. According to Donald Kroodsma, author BIRD, Page D

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Letters True friends

To The Editor: A special thank you to “Friends of Gregg,” Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg Academy alumni, the Town of Fryeburg and surrounding towns, and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

There is a saying that goes, “Small town communities are always there for ‘one of their own’ when the need for help arises.”

It could not have been said any better for all that came forward to support my son, Gregg Sanborn, in his need to find a stem cell match. Having been diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma last fall, it was recently determined that to win this struggle, Gregg would need a stem cell transplant. Not finding a donor match immediately, a group of Gregg’s friends realized the need to encourage more individuals to be tested for the National Donor Registry. With a tremendous amount of dedicated work, diligence and persistence, “Friends of Gregg” organized a benefit dinner, auction and raffles, and other fundraising efforts. The money raised would help to offset the costs of testing and registering people the following day at the Donor Registry Drive.

At this time, I wish to thank the hundreds of friends, family members, organizations and businesses that made this such a tremendous success. I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support that has been given to my family and to me. The words “thank you” sound so very simple, but please know that I do thank each and every one for the kindness, love, prayers and support that you have so generously given.

Blanche Sanborn Fryeburg

Selectman to consider To The Editor: As many of you know, Doug Taft is already a selectman in our town. I have come to know him over the last few years and I feel he deserves another term in office. Now, I don’t make my recommendations lightly.

Mr. Taft has proven to be a person who watches those warrants before signing them when it is his turn to analyze where the money is going and what the money is being spent on.

While I was on the Comprehensive Plan Committee, he was one of a couple selectmen who not only would appear at our meetings as often as he could, but he supported the work that we were doing.

We need more selectmen like Mr. Taft who can keep his cool and try to find a middle ground, as well as pay attention to the bottom line.

Peter Morrison Bridgton

Thank you To The Editor: I would like to thank everyone who supported and continues to support the Maguire family, who lost their home and all of their belongings April 25 to a fire. The community support has been tremendous and so many people are working to help this family get back on their feet.

I would like to thank the entire Bridgton Fire Department along with all of the surrounding towns for their courage and effort to put out the fire. I also would like to thank the Bridgton Police Department who offered support and kept everyone safe.

A special thank you to the Huot family of Fryeburg who offered the Maguire’s a temporary home to live in and to the Little Mountain Store who have been working around the clock

receiving donations and preparing for a benefit.

Thanks to: Dan Harden for volunteering his DJ services and time to prepare for the benefit; Food City for currently placing a donation jar in the store to help. There are so many people to thank for their generosity and support. Clothing, furniture and monetary donations poured in shortly after the fire was put out. I would like to thank Varsity Beverage and all of the local merchants who pulled together to help the Maguires.

I know there are a lot of people behind the scenes planning dinners and a benefit dance. I would not be able to name them all, however, just know how truly thankful and grateful we are to have you all in this community. I will try to meet each and every one of you at the benefit dance, and then I can thank you all personally. Donations are still being accepted at the Little Mountain Store and a fund has been set up at Norway Savings Bank: Maguire Fund, Norway Savings Bank, P.O. Box 200, Bridgton, ME 04009, c/o Jennifer Damon.

Thank you all once again.

Caroline McCarthy Christopher Maguire Angela (Andrews) Maguire Gabriella Maguire Kaylee Maguire Emily Maguire

True agenda?

To The Editor: Avesta says that they want to come to Bridgton because there is a need for them to be here. However, they also say that they can not guarantee that Bridgton residents will get any special consideration, which means that they might not satisfy the need that they claim is bringing them to town. The only need that Avesta is satisfying is profitability.

The town cannot pursue the preference issue because of the legal expenses incurred pursuing the changes in the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. There is a claim that these changes were

not for Avesta in particular, but to enhance the ability to develop the business district. This was done in an unusually rapid manner not often seen in town.

The site on Main Street is in the heart of the business district and should not be the place for low-income housing.

This should not be one of the first things that visitors to town should encounter.

Dave Crowell Bridgton

Murdering the economy

To The Editor: Either Barack Obama is a complete ignoramus when it comes to the economy, or he is perfectly willing to destroy the greatest economic engine the world has ever seen in order to bring about his utopian vision of what America should look like.

The nation has been out of recession for three years now, yet new job formation has been extremely tepid, at best. Starting with the moment he took the oath of office, this president has waged unrelenting war on the business community and on anyone fortunate enough to have been financially successful.

With so much uncertainty swirling around this president and his lapdog administration, is it any wonder that those who own a business do not dare to risk capital to grow their companies for fear of what they will be hit with next by an out-ofcontrol government?

Literally every day, the Obama administration concocts new schemes to further burden those that create the vast majority of new jobs in this country.

For Democrats, central planning is the Holy Grail. It sure worked wonders for Russia and Cuba, didn’t it?

Obama comrade in the Congress, Nancy Pelosi, epitomizes to a “T” all that is so painfully wrong with our political system. Who can forget the LETTERS, Page D

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Memories are easy to choke on

(Continued from Page D) the morgue where undertakers picked them up. I’d gotten away from death for 36 years teaching young people, but now I’m involved with it again.

Didn’t think I’d be emotional speaking at Doug’s funeral, but I was. It came on all of a sudden. It was the solemnity, the finality, the love in the room. I told people how I remembered him and invited others to do the same.

Then, my cousin called a few months ago and asked me to eulogize my Uncle Joe. Now Joe, I’d known my whole life, and I loved him.

He was a great man and I was

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honored to be asked, but I didn’t feel I could do the job adequately. I hesitated, and my cousin told me I could say “no,” but I really couldn’t. I said “yes” and then decided make Joe’s eulogy my column for the week.

Writing it wasn’t as difficult as I thought, but delivering it was harder. Again, I was in a room full of people who loved him, only this time I was one of them and his casket was right beside me. He was 93 and had been mostly bed-ridden for the last several months, so death wasn’t unexpected. I thought I was okay with it, but I wasn’t.

Fear doesn’t make me cry,

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but sadness can put me off center. When genuine love is expressed in my presence, however, I can get emotional and in this case sadness and love combined. I choked up as I delivered Joe’s eulogy and that’s very hard in public.

My younger brother died shortly after that and my sister-in-law, Vicki, asked me to deliver his eulogy too. Again, I hesitated because by then I knew how I was likely to get. She sensed it and said I didn’t have to, that she could get someone else, but again I agreed. Dan was my brother.

I loved him. We were two of eight. We all have several

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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ALARMS WAM-ALARM Systems Installation, Service, Monitoring Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Free Security Survey 647-2323

APPLIANCE REPAIR Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC Quality service you deserve All major brands jonesappliances@aol.com 595-4020

CATERING A Fine Kettle of Fish Catering Personal chef service/catering Sheila Rollins 583-6074 www.finekettleoffishcatering.com

CHIMNEY LINING The Clean Sweep LLC Chimney Cleaning Service Supaflu and Stainless Steel Chimney lining and relining Dana Richardson 935-2501

CLEANING SERVICES First Impressions Cleaning Inc. Residential & Commercial Seasonal 647-5096

Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA 132 Main St. P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 647-8360 Hastings Law Office, PA 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com Robert M. Neault & Associates Attorneys & Counselors at Law Corner of Rte. 302 & Songo School Rd. P.O. Box 1575, Naples 693-3030

Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 TLC Home Maintenance Co. Professional Cleaning and Property Management Housekeeping and much more 583-4314

COMPUTERS EEcomputer Services Small business specialists eecomputerservices.com 603-733-6451 Ms. C’s Computer Repair Virus and spyware removal PC repairs 207-228-5279 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton

North Country Home Watch “We’ll be there when you can’t” www.nchw.us 207-713-0675

CONTRACTORS Dan’s Construction Homes/cottages/garages Siding/rep. windows/roofing Insured/ references/ 25+ yrs. exp.

No job too small – 625-8159

Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION Sheila Rollins Private/instrument/multi-engine instructor Flight training – Ground school Flight review 583-6074

FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896

GARAGE DOORS Naples Garage Door Co. Installation & repair services Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480

HAIRDRESSERS Victoria’s Hairitage

HARDWARE

DOCKS Great Northern Docks, Inc. Sales & Service Route 302, Naples 693-3770 1-800-423-4042 www.greatnortherndocks.com Scott Docks Inc. Sales and Service Floating and stationary docks Jason Kelman Kevin Whitney 207-647-3824 Simply Docks Installation and removal Affordable rates 207-256-0359

ELECTRICIANS All Service Electric John Schuettinger Licensed Master Electrician Residential, Commercial Alarms Bridgton Phone 647-2246 A to Z Electric “The Boss Does The Work” David S. Gerrish, Master Electrician Residential/Commercial/Industrial 30+ yrs. exp., Naples 693-6854 D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012 J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Bridgton 647-9435 McIver Electric “Your on time every time electricians” 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton 647-3664 www.mciverelectric.net

COPIES

The Printery Black & White/Color Copies Special discounts for large orders Fax: Sending and Receiving Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

Dee’s BodyCraft Personal Training, Aerobics, Pilates Certified – Experienced Bridgton 647-9599

(top of Packard’s Hill – Rte. 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Complete oral hygiene care-infant to senior Tami Prescott, Nail Specialist Most dental insurances, MaineCare accepted 647-8355 207-647-4125 email: info@bdhc.me

Douglass Construction Inc. Custom Homes/Remodeling/Drawings R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor 30 years exp. in Lakes Region CARPENTRY Phil Douglass, 647-3732 - Jeff Douglass, 647-9543 24 hour Emergency Service Sweden Rd. Bridgton Residential & Commercial Robert E. Guy Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882 General Carpentry – Additions Flint Construction Repairs – Remodeling Roofing – Siding – Carpentry David K. Moynihan www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net Fully insured – Free estimates Master Electrician Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell) 207-210-8109 Licensed ME & NH Jerry’s Carpentry & Painting Bridgton 647-8016 Jeff Hadley Builder Carpenter & General Contractor New homes, remodels, additions Stanford Electric Log homes – decks – remodeling Commercial, Industrial and Fully insured – Free estimates – 207-527-2552 Painting, drywall, roofing, siding Kitchens, tile & wood floors Residential Wiring – Generators Northern Extremes Carpentry Fully insured – free estimates Naples 693-4595 Custom Decks – Additions 27 yrs. experience 207-583-4460 Remodeling – Free Estimates Tuomi Electric Log Hunting and Fishing Camps Newhall Construction Chip Tuomi, Electrical Contractor Insured Bridgton 647-5028 Framing/roofing/finish Residential & Commercial Cellulose insulation – drywall Harrison 583-4728 CARPET CLEANING 743-6379 798-2318 McHatton’s Cleaning Service EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Quality Custom Carpentry Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specializing in remodeling & additions Bonney Staffing & Training Center Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Jeff Juneau Naples Temporary & Direct Hire Placements Certified Technicians Call us with your staffing needs Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 207-655-5903 Rte. 302 Windham 892-2286

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DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES One Beavercreek Farm Rd

Mountain View Dentistry Dr. Leslie A. Elston Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry 207-647-3628 MountainViewDentistryMaine.com

Naples Computer Services PC repair/upgrades – on-site service

By The Book Bookkeeping Services Virus and spy-ware removal 12+ years QuickBooks experience Home and business networking A/P, A/R, Checkbook/bank reconciliations Video security systems Tax preparation – References available 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746 207-749-1007, businessonlinellc@gmail.com

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

The Ballroom Dance - Exercise - Yoga - Aikido Main St., Harrison, Maine 207-583-6964

Lake Region Cleaning Residential and commercial Cleaning for the lakes region 807-6092 www.lakeregioncleaning.com

BOOKKEEPING

CARETAKERS

DANCE INSTRUCTION

Fryeburg Family Dental Preventative Dental Hygiene Services 19 Portland Street / PO Box 523 207-256-7606 www.fryeburgfamilydental.com

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Paul Spencer Brown, Architect Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water 30 yrs exp, Member AIA & LEED Certified Technicians Any project – Maine license – Insured Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 781-640-7413 PaulSBrown.AIA@gmail.com Razzl Cleaning WardHill Architecture Home – office – rentals/all your needs 25 yrs. exp.-Residential/Commercial 20+ yrs. exp. – Reasonable rates Custom plans, Shoreland/site plan permit Honest – Reliable 583-1006 Design/Build & Construction mgmt. wardhill@roadrunner.com 807-625-7331 Servicemaster

Shelley P. Carter, Attorney Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA 110 Portland Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com

Ellia Manners, LCPC In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted www.elliamanners.com 207-647-3015 Bridgton

John’s Cleaning Service Meticulous cleaning service Prof. carpet cleaning, windows Local family business. Exc. references 207-393-7285

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES McHatton’s Cleaning Service

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children and four of us have grandchildren as well, including Dan, and he was the first to go on to the next life. Vicki sent me pictures of him at all stages of life and his was the hardest to write and to deliver.

After writing it, I recited it to my wife and choked up. She suggested I recite it again. I was able to get through it. I thought I’d be fine when the funeral Mass came, but I wasn’t. His was hardest of all.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a retired U.S. History teacher. He can be reached at tommclaughlin@fairpoint.net

EXCAVATION K.S. Whitney Excavation Sitework – Septic Systems Materials delivered Kevin 207-647-3824

L. M. Longley & Son Hardware/Plumbing/Heating/Metal Shops Electrical/Welding supplies/Housewares Main St., Norway, ME 743-8924

HEATING A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Cleanings and repairs, Boilers Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks New installations, 24 hr burner service Licensed and insured 207-693-7011 Bass Heating Oil Burner Service Sales and Installations Waterford (207) 595-8829 Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

INSULATION Western Me. Insulation Inc Batts, blown or foamed Over 30 yrs experience Free estimates – fully insured 7 days a week – 693-3585

INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home/Auto/Commercial 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745 Chalmers Ins. Agency 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Harrison Insurance Agency Full Service Agency 100 Main Street, Bridgton 583-2222 Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Southern Maine Retirement Services Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Life and Long-Term Care Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340

KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

LAWN MAINTENANCE Chapman’s Lawn & Yard Works Mowing - Cleanup - Brush Cutting Debris removal – Bark mulch Blaine Chapman 647-5255 Dawn’s Lawns & Landscaping 25+ years experience Fully insured Dawn Munn-Latendresse 583-4793 Durgin’s Lawn & Landscape Commercial-Residential-Fully insured Mowing-Landscaping-Seasonal cleanups 207-739-9022

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029 Country Gas, Inc. LP Gas Bulk/Cylinders Box 300, Denmark Tel. 452-2151

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Bird songs

(Continued from Page D) of The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong, songbirds, with highly complex voice boxes, and highly developed brains, are the master singers, capable of learning songs.

Other birds, approximately 1,100 species, also sing, but have less complex vocal mechanisms, and sing less complicated songs. According to Kroodsma, these birds are incapable of learning songs. The songs they sing are inherited, passed down from one generation to another in their genetic material, and these songs do not change. The eastern phoebe, that nests in our yard, belongs to this group. His songs are hard-wired in his genes, and they are the songs he will always sing, with no variations.

A catbird, that is capable of learning and inventing new songs, occasionally adds to his repertoire. Two crows caw loudly from somewhere high in the white pine tree, clacking their bills rapidly as if they were castanets, and by the time phoebe starts belting out the same few familiar phrases of his ancestral song, we are all fully awake, and ready to begin a new day.

LP GAS Maingas Your Propane Specialist 1-800-648-9189

MASONRY D & D Masonry Chimneys/fireplaces/walks/etc.

Fully insured Free estimates Darryl & Doug Hunt 693-5060

MOVING Bridgton Moving Residential & light commercial bridgtonmoving@verizon.net – Glynn Ross 240 N. High St. – 647-8255 – 671-2556 (cell)

MUSIC LESSONS Up Scale Music Studio Piano Lessons – All Levels Composition-Theory-Transcription Evan 647-9599

OFFICE SUPPLIES The Printery General line of office supplies In stock or special orders Rubber stamps - Fax Service - Labels Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

OIL DEALERS Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton McBurnie Oil/Casco Oil Delivery and Service Denmark, Maine Tel. 207-452- 2151

PAINTING CONTRACTORS Bob Champagne Painting/papering/some carpentry Small jobs – reasonable rates Lead safe certified 26 Zion Hill Rd, Bridgton, 207-647-5571 Frank’s Painting Interior/exterior – 25 yrs experience Sheetrock-taping repairs-deck stain Free estimates 207-452-2038/207-595-5987 George Jones Quality Painters Interior/Exterior – Fully Insured Free Estimates Excellent References 207-318-3245 www.georgejonespainters.com Gotcha Covered Painting Interior/exterior-deck refinish-powerwash Serving the Lakes Region over 15 years Free estimates Kevin 693-3684 Jerry’s Painting Service Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior Fully Insured – Free Estimates 207-527-2552

PLUMBING & HEATING A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029 Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436 Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423

PRINTING The Printery Single Color to Multi-Color Business Cards - Letterheads Brochures - Forms - Booklets Wedding Announcements Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Organic lawn & garden maintenance Shoreline restoration Creative stonework, property watch Snowplowing & sanding 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com

REAL ESTATE Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Coldwell Banker Lakes Region Properties “At the Lights in Naples” Waterfront, Residential Commercial & Land 207-693-7000 Oberg Agency Residential, Business,Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

RUBBISH SERVICE ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up Container Service Tel. 743-5417 Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Serving Bridgton Weekly & 1 time pick-ups Tel. 207-595-4606 The Dump Guy Insured - Junk removal Basement and attic cleanouts 207-450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com

SELF STORAGE Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 647-3206 JB Self Storage Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage 207-925-3045

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Bridgton Septic Pumping Free Estimates 647-3356 329-8944 Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

SURVEYORS F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bliss & Associates Surveying, Land Planning P.O. Box 113, Route 5 Lovell, ME 207-925-1468 Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Land Information Services P.O. Box 485, Harrison, Maine Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr., P.L.S. Over 10,000 surveys on file Pioneer Surveying & Mapping Services Boundary/topographic/construction surveys Commercial/residential Kenneth Farrar PLS PO Box 368, W Paris ME 04289 674-2351

THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS Equine Journeys @ Ring Farm Therapeutic Riding & Driving A Path Intl. Center in Bridgton 647-8475 551 Upper Ridge Rd.

TOWING Stuart Automotive Free Junk Car Removal 838-9569

TREE SERVICE Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Crane-licensed & fully insured Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Complete tree service – free estimates Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Licensed and insured – Utility and Landscape Arborist Waterford ME – 583-2474

VETERINARY N. D. Beury, DVM Spay/Neuter – Well-pet care North Bridgton For Appointment 583-2121 Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244 Norway Veterinary Hospital Naples Clinic Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd.

By Appointment 693-3135 Rozzie May Animal Alliance Low-cost spay/neuter www.rozziemay.org - Conway, NH By appointment 603-447-1373

WELDING Iron Man Welding/Metal Sales Fabrication and repairs No job too small 53 Mt. Henry Rd., Bridgton 647-8291

YOGA STUDIOS The Maine Yoga House Public/private/therapeutic yoga classes Teacher training certification 18 Beaver Creek Farm Rd, Bridgton 207-650-7708 – MaineYogaHouse.com

Classifieds FOR SALE

FOR RENT

EXPERIENCED CARPENTER FREE FREE FREE FREE — — Frame to finish skills. Call 583- Metal removal - we also clean out 2642.

2t21x basements, attics and garages. 207651-3173.

20t4x HOUSECLEANER — Needed.

Change-over for Sebago Lake cabins. GENERATORS — 2 - 5,000 watts, Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., June 16 6,200 surge, $400 each. Excellent - Sept. 8. Call Ken at 908-343-4371. condition. Call 508-380-1815 or 508 3t22x 872-2110.

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Classified advertising is sold in this space at the rate of $3.50 for 20 words or less and 15¢ a word over 20. All ads are payable in advance.

Repeats are charged at the same rate as new ads. Ads taken over the phone must be called in by Monday with payment arriving by Tuesday. A charge of $1.00 per week extra is made for the use of a box number if requested. A Charge of $1.00 per classified is made if billing is necessary. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriams are charged at the same rate as classified ads. Poetry is charged by the inch.

Classified display is sold at $6.25 per column inch. Classified advertisers must furnish written copy.

The Bridgton News assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements other than to reprint that part of any advertisement in which a typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the business office promptly of any errors that may occur, phone 207-647-2851.

DISHWASHER NEEDED — No GREEN FIREWOOD — $200 per experience necessary. Apply in person cord, minimum 2 cords for delivery. at Merced’s, Naples, Me. tf17 Call 925-1138. tf21

WORK WANTED

EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will travel. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 6534377 or 627-4560. tf44

LIONEL POP-UP CAMPER — 7’ x 8’ hard top. 16’ set up, 2-3 person.

Sink, stove, heater. No stains, does not smell. Needs little TLC. Easy to tow. First $500. Uncle Henry’s Barn.

329-7007.

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FIREWOOD — $175 cord, green; SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR $225, dry. Also tree removal, brush — looking for plumbing and electric cutting and chipping. Call 595-4016. work in the local area. Call 647-8026.

2t21 tf45 SCREENED LOAM — Please GOTC’HA COVERED — Paint- contact Ron between 5 and 8 p.m. ing. Interior, exterior, deck-staining, 647-5173.

19t17x power-washing, quality workmanship at affordable rates. Free estimates. FIREWOOD — Seasoned or green.

Kevin 693-3684.

25t12x Cut, split, delivered. Also half cord deliveries. Call Wendall Scribner, HOME REPAIR — /Maintenance. 583-4202.

10t21x Excavation, light tree service, camp openings. 30+ years experience. Fully SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL — insured with references. Call Scott at Logger and heat with carbon neutral 207-890-6820, leave message. 3t20x wood or wood pellets. Purchase a Central Boiler outdoor wood furnace MAINTENANCE — Lawns mowed, on sale, EPA qualified to 97% efficient. raking done, garage/basement clea- 603-447-2282.

11t16x nouts and light hauling. Call 6274649.

4t19x VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

CHALMERS INSURANCE &

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Part of the Chalmers Group

100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-3311 Fax: 207-647-3003 www.chalmers-ins.com BN 22

HELP WANTED

ART INSTRUCTOR — needed at a residential girls summer camp in the Lake Region. Experience with painting, drawing and ceramics.

Live-in. 21+. Contact laura.monica@ camparcadia.com or 207-627-4605.

2t21 HOUSEKEEPER — needed for home in North Bridgton. References required. Call 647-2113.

2t21 HANDYMAN NEEDED — needed for Sebago Lake property, 3 weeks in June and Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. through September. $10 - $15 per hour. Call Ken at 908-343-4371.

3t22x SEASONAL KITCHEN HELP — needed. Experienced preferred. Call 787-3838.

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TEENAGER TO BABYSIT — in 2003 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE your home. CPR certified. Call 207- — 4 x 4, 123K, silver, V8, power 838-7301.

4t21x sunroof, tow package, excellent condition.$4995. (207) 647-2514.

A QUASNEL COMPANY — 2t21x Construction Services. Construction old & new, remodels, hardscape, JESUS IS LORD – new and used cleanup, cleaning, painting, auto parts. National locator. Most excavation, drainage, utility installs, parts 2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s property management, facilities Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton, maintenance. Free estimates. Griz 207-647-5477.

tf30 207-415-9463 or grizgrent@aol.com.

FOR RENT

2t22x NORTH SEBAGO — Rustic, twoFOR SALE bedroom lodge. There is a public beach $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag less than a mile away. The lodge sits on when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x 9 acres with mature flower beds and 5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, lawn in front and wooded land behind.

Windham, 893-0339. tf46 The front room is 20’ x 33’ with a cathedral ceiling and a magnificent BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE stone fireplace that accommodates 4’ — dining room table and chairs. logs. There is an eat-in kitchen with a $2,000. Call 803-2041 for an 3’ soap stone sink, stove, refrigerator/ appointment. tf16 freezer and upright freezer. A stackable PLEASE CONSIDER – donating washer and dryer hookup is located your leftover garage sale items and just off the kitchen. A wrap-a-round your attic, basement and closet porch makes this a most enjoyable overflow to Harvest Hills Animal home. A one-year lease commencing Shelter. Go to our website www. June 1 is available at $875 per month. harvesthills.org for details or call 935- Two months security and first month’s 4358, ext. 21 tf3 rent due at signing. Call 501-6274803 for an appointment to view this FIRE­ARMS – Sup­plies. Buy, sell, exceptional home. tf21 trade. Wan­ted, firearms, ammunition & mili­tary items. Swe­den Trad­ing HARRISON — Mobile home, Post. 207-647-8163. tf43 country setting. Utilities not included, $550 month. First, last & security CAMPERS FIREWOOD — ½ needed, references required. No pets, cord loads. Please call Ron at 647- no smoking. Call 583-4740 or 3295173 between 5 and 8 p.m. Thank 0062.

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23t17x BRIDGTON — Furnished 1-bedroom apartment. Heat & utilities included. $200 per week plus security deposit.

Call 647-3565. tf38

RNs, LPNs, CNAs

Sweden, Maine Homecare Nurses Needed

To apply, please call (207) 362-5252 or visit www.homehopeandhealing.com

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Home, Hope and Healing is looking for compassionate caregivers to share in the pleasure of caring for an older gentleman with a wonderful sense of humor.

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CASCO — Completely furnished rooms, heat, lights & cable TV included. $120 weekly. No pets. Call cell, 207-650-3529 . tf44

LOVELL — Serene. Quiet. Very large apartment: 1 bedroom, full kitchen & bath, and living room with fireplace in new carriage house. $995 month includes electricity, laundry NORTH BRIDGTON — Nice one- hookup, and 50% of heat. Mountain bedroom apartment, easy access, great views and Kezar Lake access. No location. Non-smokers, no pets. $650 pets/no smoking. 1 year lease/first per month, heat included. 617-272- and security deposit/reference check 6815.

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5t18x WEST BRIDGTON — Quiet 1- BRIDGTON — 1850s renovated bedroom apartment. Available June. farmhouse. Three bedrooms or two Private entry, porch, views of Beaver bedrooms & office, open kitchen Pond. $525 month includes heat. w/cathedral ceiling, 2 wood-burning Call Suz at 781-631-6731 or 207- stoves, 2 decks, attached barn. $895 647-2142. tf21 month. Call 978-387-6640. tf22 NORTH BRIDGTON — 1-bedroom NORTH BRIDGTON — Upstairs apartment, short walk to public beach, apartment $725 month. Heat included. no smoking, no pets, $425 per month 207-358-0808. tf18 plus first, last & security. 647-4436.

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Non-smoking, no pets. Efficiency unit on second floor. Includes heat, hot water, rubbish service, off-street parking.

Coin-op laundry on site. Quiet, safe, building close to village. $500 month.

First, last and security requested. References checked. 207-632-8510 tf17 SEBAGO — 1-bedroom apartment, carpeted, fireplace, covered patio, lake view, beach nearby, quiet, no smoking indoors, no pets. Includes heat & electric. $765 month plus security. 7872121.

4t22 BRIDGTON — 3-bedroom, 2-bath home for rent. New energy efficient windows and furnace. Front porch and back deck with large yard. $1,000 month plus utilities. Walking to stores, beach, and post office. Call 693-3968.

Available June 1st.

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NAPLES — 3-bedroom mobile home with huge master addition. Very bright with many updates. Large yard, not in a park. On Kansas Rd. $750 a month & utilities & deposit. Available 7/1. Call 221-3423. tf22 FRYEBURG — 1-bedroom efficiency apartment, gorgeous mountain views, a/c & cable provided. No pets. $595 month plus utilities. Call 207415-1444.

3t20 BRIDGTON — Roommate wanted in a nice quiet neighborhood in a new home. All utilities included, own private bathroom. $500 a month. No pets. 595-2969.

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TOOLS FOR RENT — Sheetrock tools, baker’s table, stilts, sheetrock jack. Also furniture dolly. Uncle Henry’s Barn, Denmark. Call 3297007 4t21x HARRISON — Main Street, sunny 2nd floor 2-bedroom apartment, fully -applianced in “like new” condition.

Available now at $895/month heat included. For information or to apply, contact Susan at Heritage Rentals at 207-583-6001. tf42

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WANTED

WANTED — Bridgton High School yearbooks (Coronas). 1955, 1957, 1958. $20 each. Call Phil at 6478308.

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HEAP HAULERS — Towing service. Cash paid for junk cars. Call 655-5963. tf12 B & L ROOFING — 20 years experience, fully insured. New roofs and repairs. Call 207-256-2636. tf20

DENMARK SELF-STORAGE 10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

Paying TOP DOLLAR for Junk Cars

STUART SALVAGE

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No. Bridgton, ME 04057

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Green Assorted Hardwoods Loose Thrown Firewood Cut, Split and Delivered • State-Certified per cord if you LOCK in NOW* $

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Pine Camp Wood Available

NOTICE OF POSITION VACANCY Long Lake/Salmon Point Campground CAMPGROUND MANAGER The Town of Bridgton, Maine, seeks a qualified and experienced person/couple for the position of campground manager for the summer 2012 camping season ending October 15, 2012. Interested persons should go to the Town’s website www.bridgtonmaine.org and follow the link for additional information. Please submit an Application for Employment and a resume to the Bridgton Town Manager, 3 Chase Street Suite #1, Bridgton ME 04009. The Town will continue to accept applications until the position has been filled. The start date is immediate. The Town of Bridgton is an equal opportunity employer.

LOST — on Lower Moose Pond, Denmark. Large, white with blue, rowboat. Has red, white and blue oars. Please secure. Call 452-2513.

Reward.

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M&J FIREWOOD

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Deadline: June 5, 2012.

RON PERRY CARPENTRY — Renovations and new construction. 35 years of experience, no job too small or too big. Bridgton, Me. 978-5027658.

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207-452-2157

Buying and Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion

• We Buy Standing Timber • Crane Work • Firewood

• Tree Removal • House Lot Clearing • Pruning • Brush Mowing

For a Part-Time Dump Attendant For the Lovell Transfer Station.

J. C. HURD — Property Management/Caretaking.

Home/cottage, building and repairs, lawns, fields, trees and road driveway maintenance.

Lovell & surrounding towns. Call 207-925-6125. tf12

BUSINESS SERVICES

838-9569

NOW HIRING

DEPENDABLE PAINTING — & Roofing. Interior and exterior, 35 years experience. Reliable, affordable, professional. Call Linwood at 5778440.

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DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing.

Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call for esti­ mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452NAPLES — 5-bedroom with full in- 2781.

tf49 law apartment, dock on Sebago, rights to 3rd beach. $390,000. Call Chris, CHUCK’S MAINTENANCE — If 207-693-4408. tf15 you need anything cleaned up or hauled off to transfer station, my WATERFORD — 4 and 5 acre trailer is 6’ x 10’. Call 461-2525. lots with mountain and lake views.

9t22 Paved road/power. $65K up. Owner financing. www.LandMaine.com: YARD SALES Tel: 207-743-8703.

1t22x YARD SALE — Saturday, 6/2, at 5 NAPLES — Lot in Dingley Brook Green St., Bridgton. 8-2. Household Development across from LRHS. Sits items, kids toys, etc..

1t22x by a brook. 1 1/2 acres, quiet setting.

YARD SALE — Sunny Hill Rd, Lot for $34,000 or complete building package; 26 x 40, daylight basement, Casco, off 302 near Top of the Hill ranch for $168,000. Call 207-650- Grill. Saturday, 8-2. Riding mower, 5696.

3t22x snowblower, Scanoe, household, kids etc.

1t22x NORTH BRIDGTON — 1/2acre cleared corner lot (with two YARD SALE — Saturday, June stone walls) in desirable residential 2, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., East Conway neighborhood of Holden Hills. Close Community Hall (1/4 mile from to Long Lake and Bridgton Academy. Sherman’s Farm) FMI 603-939-2446.

No association fees, town maintained Benefit the East Conway Community 1t22 road, ready to build on. $15,000. 583- Hall building renovation.

1095.

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NAPLES CAUSEWAY — Business location, 2-bedroom with loft over garage/shop and deck. Great location for home business. All appliances and furnished. Non-smoking, pets wel- LONG LAKE (EAST SHORE) comed with deposit. $900 plus utili- — Harrison. 4-season home. 75’ ties. 603-382-0516.

3t21x from water on flat lot. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, guest cabin, 2-story barn/ NAPLES — Second floor, one-bed- garage, screen porch & open porch room apartment. All utilities included, overlooking lake. Large boat dock. $700 per month based on single oc- $649,000. Call for details, Bob. 7814t19 cupancy. No smoking. Furnishings 789-4110. available. Call 310-8664. tf21 LAKEFRONT — 2.18 acres, 184 HARRISON — Studio apartment. feet of shorefront. Mountain Road, All inclusive. No pets. First month Firelane #56, $350,000. 207-452plus deposit. $650-$680. 583-9965.

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Mitchell A. Berkowitz, Town Manager

Now Hiring

~ A Diamond of Supports ~

• Log Truck Driver with Experience Operating

Good Neighbors Inc. is looking for

Direct Support Professionals

a Center Mount Log Loader

Good Neighbors, Inc. is taking applications for people interested in joining our team of Direct Support Professionals. We are in need of per diem, full- and parttime employees. We provide supports to adults with intellectual and physical disabilities in their home and community. Good Neighbors, Inc. offers an excellent training program, very competitive benefits and a great working atmosphere. To qualify, you must be 18 years of age, have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and a high school diploma or G.E.D. For more information call 647-8244 ext 15, or stop by our 119 Sandy Creek Rd., Bridgton location and pick up an application today! Applications must be received by June 20th to be considered for orientation on the 12th and 13th of July.

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• Experienced Heavy Equipment Mechanic *Applicants for driving positions must have a valid Class A CDL, Medical Card, and clean driving record.

We offer competitive wages and a complete benefit package that includes: • Health Insurance • Paid Holidays • Simple IRA Retirement • Paid Vacations • Uniforms Qualified applicants should apply within at 65 Bull Ring Road, Denmark ME, 207.452.2157

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NOTICE OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN The Town of Bridgton, Maine is requesting financial assistance under the Community Development Block Grant program for a project known as the Rufus Porter Museum — Exterior Renovations at 121 Main St., Bridgton, Maine 04009.

If implemented, the proposal will result in the exterior renovation of an existing building including removal of asbestos roof tiles and installation of a new roof; scrape exterior paint and repaint; and replacement of windows in existing window openings. The impact of these activities is anticipated to be minimum and short-term. The building is currently unused, but with its successful renovation it will become the future home of the Rufus Porter Museum. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the proposed project is located in a floodplain. The Town of Bridgton is conducting a floodplain impact evaluation to determine if there is a practicable alternative to this proposed development by considering alternate sites, alternative actions, potential mitigation to minimize impacts, and restoration or preservation of the site.

Information on the proposal is available for review on Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Bridgton Municipal Complex, 3 Chase Street, Suite 1, Bridgton, ME 04009. Any person may comment on the proposal by sending comments to Anne Krieg, Community Development Director, 3 Chase Street, Suite 1, Bridgton, ME 04009, telephone 207-647-8786.

TAI CHI IN THE PARK — For the fifth year, Tai Chi Maine will be holding free beginner classes in Denmark’s Bicentennial Park. People of all ages and skill levels are invited to attend this annual summer series. Every Monday starting June 4, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., a group of committed practitioners of Moy Tai Chi meet throughout the summer. This is a great opportunity to get some exercise and fresh air while meeting new friends. The Moy Tai Chi form is a gentle, stress-relieving exercise designed to improve balance, circulation and flexibility. It also promotes mental wellbeing by helping one to focus on breathing and being “in the moment.”

In the event of rain, classes will be held at the Denmark Arts Center across the street. For more information call Tai Chi Maine at 452-2239.

Letters

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TOWN OF SEBAGO

Public Notice

The Town of Sebago Planning Board will hold the following Public Hearings on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sebago “Old” Town Hall Building (Lower Level):

Site Plan Review

George Anderson & Sons Inc. requests a Site Plan Review for their Gravel Pit located on Sebago Tax Map 14, Lots 29 & 31

Subdivision Review

K&W Timberlands LLC requests a Subdivision Review for their Bald Pate View Estates Subdivision located on Sebago Tax Map 17, Lots 2 thru 2-13.

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The Naples Board of Selectpersons will hold a public hearing on June 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building located 15 Village Green Lane.

On the agenda: Renewal of a Liquor License for The Galley Restaurant & Pub, Naples Pizza Dugout, LLC. And The Inn at Long Lake and a Special Amusement Permit Application for The Galley Restaurant & Pub. 2T21 Public welcome.

Derik Goodine Naples Town Manager

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Casco Planning Board

Public Hearing

June 11, 2012 Casco Community Center 940 Meadow Road 7:00 P.M.

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1. Approve Minutes of April 9, 2012 2. Doug Scott has submitted an application for an Amendment to Approved Subdivision to split property known as Map 9, Lot 43-3 into two lots. Said amendment will permit Doug Scott to retain 2.68 acres and gift 2.20 acres to his son, Shaun Scott. The property is also known as 196 Poland Spring Road, and is in a Residential zone.

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There will be a public hearing on the proposed Dog Park to be located on State Park Road in Naples, on June 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town of Naples Municipal Building.

This is a chance for the public to make comments on this project.

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Board of Selectpersons Public Hearings

The Naples Selectboard will be holding public hearings on the following items at their June 4, 2012, Selectboard meeting.

Alteration of Liquor License — Premises to include outdoor seating for Doc’s Saloon; Alteration of Liquor License — Premises to include outdoor seating for Black Bear Cafe; Liquor License and Special Amusement Permit for Merced’s Restaurant Street Vendor Permit for Naples Lions Club — location of event Augustus Bove House.

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TOWN OF NAPLES PLANNING BOARD

The Planning Board will meet on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by WP MANAGEMENT, LLC to BLUESTONE CAPITAL, LLC dated JULY 30, 2008 and recorded in the CUMBERLAND County Registry of Deeds, Book 26245, Page 23, of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, PURSUANT TO AND IN EXECUTION OF SAID POWERS for breach of conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same there will be sold at

before thirty (30) days from date of sale, otherwise deposit shall be deemed liquidated damages. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale; to convey to the next highest bidder upon default of the successful bidder to complete the sale; to reject any and all bids; and to announce further terms at the time of sale. The successful bidder will be required to execute a memorandum of sale. The mortgagee will convey the property to the purchaser by a quitclaim deed without covenant.

PUBLIC AUCTION all and the singular premises AS CONVEYED

BY SAID MORTGAGE DEED TO WHICH REFERENCE MAY BE HAD FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION THEREOF. THE SALE WILL TAKE PLACE ON June 21, 2012 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, said place of sale being located on the premises known as 117 Woods Pond Drive, Bridgton, Maine 04009.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

Additional information regarding the sale may be obtained by contacting the auctioneer: James R. St. Jean, 45 Exeter Road, Epping, NH 03042, (603) 734-4348.

Date: May 22, 2012 Bluestone Capital, LLC, by its Attorneys, s/Alexander S. Buchanan, PLLC Alexander S. Buchanan, Esquire 30 Temple Street, Suite 201 Nashua, N.H. 03060 (603) 882-5129

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Terms of Sale: $10,000.00: cash, certified or bank check or other funds satisfactory to the mortgagee to be paid at time of sale, and the balance to be paid on delivery of deed on or

Board of Selectpersons Public Hearing

The Town of Naples Annual Town Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Town of Naples Municipal Building Gymnasium.

Copies of the Town Meeting Warrant and related documents will be available at the Town Office and on the town website at www.townofnaples.org under the Town Meeting Tab on May 28, 2012.

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economists have put forward policies that would have a great chance of reviving our economy, but this president and his party are so held captive to the unions, environmentalists and a myriad of other special interest groups that they are literally paralyzed by the fear of not being re-elected.

In all likelihood, the election of 2012 will decide the fate of America, and right now, things are not looking good.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

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(Continued from Page D) smirk on her face as she condescendingly gloated that “You will have to wait till the health care bill passes to see what’s in it.” It did pass after billions were doled out in bribes to members of Congress and numerous special interest groups that had much to gain from the bill’s passage. We now know that Obamacare is going to wreak havoc on the American health

care system and is going to add trillions to our already staggering deficits and debt.

The Obama administration has perfected the art of ramming through massive bills that grant an ever-expanding amount of control and power to the federal government without proper discussion and debate.

No wonder unforeseen consequences are sprouting like May flowers from every piece of legislation passed by this radical, far left administration.

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Obituaries

Page D, The Bridgton News, May 31, 2012

Donald L. Rice

Donalda Poulin RAYMOND — Donalda (Donna) Poulin, formerly of Livermore Falls, died May 6, 2012 at Fallbrook Woods.

She was born in Wilton, Nov. 7, 1927, to Donald and Nellie Welch Knapp. She married Leonard Poulin, May 1, 1947. They built their home in Livermore Falls, where they raised their family and resided until 2008, when they moved to Portland to be closer to their daughter and family.

She was a woman of unlimited talents. No challenge was ever too big for her, whether it was remodeling their home, experiencing her dream vacation of traveling across country, or being a dedicated caregiver to her husband.

Her most cherished role was as a loving mother, grandmother and devoted wife to her husband of 63 years.

Surviving is daughter Barbara Jackson of Portland; two granddaughters and a grandson; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard in August 2011; and beloved son, David in 1989.

To offer words of condolence and share memories with the family, please go to the obituaries section at www.athutchins.com

Donita M. Hazelton Donita M. Hazelton, 54, of Bridgton died Friday, May 25, 2012 at her home.

She was born in Norway, Oct. 13, 1957, the daughter of Warren and Marie Griffin Hazelton.

Donita was very expressive and over the years developed her own language that was understood by her family and caregivers. She enjoyed her M&Ms and Pepsi.

She is survived by her parents of Westbrook; brothers and sisters, Warren Jr. of Bedford, N.H., Bethany Guion of Fitzwilliam, N.H., Lisa Collins of Norway, David of Manchester, N.H., Julie Baither of Westbrook, Megan Hazelton of Parkersburg, W.Va., and Morgan Hazelton of Ocala, Fla; several nieces, nephews; and greatnieces and great-nephews.

She was predeceased by a sister, Cindy Leroux.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. yesterday, Wednesday, May 30, at the Church of Christ, Paris Hill Road, South Paris. Interment will be later at Pleasant Pond Cemetery, West Sumner.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Ganderbrook Christian Camp, 310 North Raymond Road, Raymond, ME, 04071.

The Bridgton News Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris.

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Names of spouses of surviving relatives will not be included. In most cases names of the grandchildren, nephews and nieces will not be listed, just the number of each. However, if the deceased individual’s only connection to the area is a nephew, niece or grandchild, that person will be identified. The News reserves the right to edit all free obituaries.

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Contact: The Bridgton News, P.O. Box 244, 118 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009. Tel. 207-647-2851, Fax 207-6475001, Email: bnews@roadrunner.com

Virginia E. Mitchell

PORTLAND — Jeanne Mary Woods, 78, of Portland, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough.

She was born May 31, 1933 in Brunswick, a daughter of the late William and Lucille (Bouchard) Paiement.

Jeanne enjoyed knitting, crocheting, rides in the rain and especially visits from her grandchildren. She will be remembered as a faithful viewer of “The Young and The Restless” and “The Bold and The Beautiful.”

Her favorite hobby was playing cribbage and board games with her husband, Skip. Skip and Jeanne would have fierce tournaments at home. They were so competitive that her line was always, “I wouldn’t let God win!” Well, now that she is with him, the family is sure that they are playing a competitive game together.

Jeanne is survived by her children, Skip Woods Jr. of Old Orchard Beach, Robin Woods of Portland, Andrew Woods of Standish, Dale Woods of Portland and Elisa Bartlett of Buxton; siblings, Joseph Robert Paiement of Casco, Lorette Marshall of Portland and Dick Paiment of Portland; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ammie “Skip” Woods Sr.; baby boy at birth, Jimmy; and her two sons, Gerald and Robert Woods.

Family and friends are invited to a graveside service at 11 a.m., today, Thursday, May 31, 2012 at New Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.

Following the graveside service, a gathering will be held at her daughter Robin and son Dale’s home, 27 Veranda Street in Portland.

Arrangements are under the care of Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home, 199 Woodford Street, Portland. Please visit www.jonesrichandhutchins.com for additional information and to sign Jeanne’s guestbook.

Donations may be made to: Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074.

Virginia E. Mitchell, 69, of Bridgton, died on Friday, May 25, 2012 at Bridgton Health Care Center.

She was born in Fayette on May 4, 1943, the daughter of Donald and Shirley Seaman Grover. She attended schools in Bridgton and had been employed at Paris-Glading Co. in South Paris and at the shoe shop in Bridgton.

Virginia was a member of the Norway Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking, baking, going for walks and was an avid beano player.

Survivors include sons, Robert and Troy, both of Bridgton; a daughter, Rhonda Mitchell of Gorham; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; a sister, Linda Thompson of Harrison; two brothers, Donald Grover of Conway, N.H., and David Grover of Bridgton; several nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may attend funeral services on Thursday, May 31, at 1 p.m. at the Norway Baptist Church, Cottage Street, Norway. Interment will follow in Forest Hills Annex Cemetery, Bridgton. Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, 45 Main Street, South Paris. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

Timothy M. Smith STOW — Timothy Michael Smith, 52, of Stow, died peacefully with his family by his side after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born in Brookline, Mass., a son of Francis and Carolyn Hayes Smith. He was educated in Medway schools. He had been employed by New Suncook School in Lovell for many years. His last job was working for Dearborn Corporation in Fryeburg.

Tim will be remembered by many for his hobbies and his smarts.

Tim was a lifelong learner and was always excited to share what he had learned with his kids and his wife. He enjoyed working in his garden, photography, sports, camping, hiking, writing and he loved fixing anything that was broken. Tim had a gift of being able to strike up a conversation with anyone he met. He had a very witty sense of humor that was contagious.

He is survived by his wife Sherry Smith of Stow; three sons, Kenneth Smith of Stow, Martin Smith of Fryeburg and Frederick Smith of Stow; a daughter, Christine Smith of Conway, N.H.; three brothers, Frank Smith of Medway, Mass., Bruce Smith of Millville, Mass. and Christopher Smith of Oppenheirn, N.Y.; three sisters, Linda Leonte of Medford, Mass., Deborah Smith of Dracut, Mass. and Sandra Simmons of Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, May 26 at the Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg.

Mark S. Margeson LOVELL — Mark Stephen Margeson, 58, of Lovell, passed away on May 24, 2012 after a courageous fight against cancer.

He was born May 29, 1953 in Woburn, Mass., the son of Edward Mark and Phyllis Margeson.

On Aug. 30, 1979, he married the love of is life, Phyllis Thompson, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He served in the Coast Guard for nearly five years, running a lighthouse in Alaska. Afterwards, he enlisted in the U.S. Army for four years, proudly serving as a sergeant. He received a degree in business management from North Shore Community College that led to his future career with Philips Lighting Company.

His passions included stamp collecting, woodworking, enjoying the outdoors, reading, and his immense love for the word of God. Mark also served as a missionary in Mississippi and Missouri. He will always be remembered as a loving husband, and amazing father, proud soldier and devout Christian.

He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Phyllis; his sons, Jason and Nathaniel; his daughter, Kelly; and a sister, Sharon Hayward of Danvers, Mass.

Visiting hours will be held Saturday, June 2, from 12 to 2 p.m. at Fryeburg Assembly of God with a funeral service beginning at 2 p.m. Directly following the service, his burial will be at #4 Cemetery in Lovell. A reception to celebrate his life will be held afterwards.

Please send cards and flowers to Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. woodfuneralhome.org

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NORWAY — Donald L. Rice, 68, of Waterford passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 at Stephens Memorial Hospital with his loving family by his side.

He was born in Rumford, on June 1, 1943, son of Rufus E. Rice and Mary (Clough) Kenniston.

Don graduated from Gould Academy in 1961. He worked as a bridge engineer for the State of Maine for 40 years, retiring in 2001, after which time he assisted in the operation of Rice Tree Service of Waterford.

He was a member of the Mt. Tir’em Lodge.

He was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting and trapping. Another joy was fishing trips to Moosehead Lake and Lost Pond with Merritt and Bertha Kimball. He enjoyed tropical vacations with his family, and meticulously caring for his home and gardens.

Dear to his heart were his beloved grandchildren, whom he watched faithfully at their various sporting events. Always devoted and loyal to his family, he never missed the opportunity to plan and be a part of family gatherings.

Don is survived by his sons, Adam Rice of Augusta and Sheldon Rice of Waterford; four grandchildren; a brother, Douglas Rice, of Guildford Conn.; a sister, Donna Rice-Howe of Waterford; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was predeceased by his parents; and sister, Sally Rice-Twitchell.

Visiting hours were held on Thursday, May 24, at Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main Street, Route 26, in Oxford.

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Anita R. Buswell FRYEBURG — Anita Rebecca Buswell died May 24th after a short battle with lung cancer. She was born Feb. 16, 1927 in Chatham, N.H. to the late Dean and Evangeline Charles. Anita was the second of 11 siblings. She lived most of her life in Fryeburg. She worked in a number of jobs in the Fryeburg area, and married her first husband, Howard E. Brown, in 1950. They moved from Fryeburg, living in Portland and Buxton, Maine. Howard died in 1967 and Anita and her four children moved back to Fryeburg in 1968. In 1979 Anita married her second husband, Ronald “Ponk” Buswell. The two were married for 31 years until Ponk’s death in 2010.

She was an avid crafter, and enjoyed crocheting, knitting and pressed-flower art. She participated in a senior’s bowling league until the age of 81. She is survived by her sisters, Doris “Dot” Ela and Norma Dipiero; her son, Philip Brown and his wife Pat of Poland; a daughter, Gail Graves and her husband Peter of Fryeburg Harbor; a son, Rodney Brown of Marblehead, Mass.; and son, David Brown and his wife Carol of Acton, Mass.; her stepchildren, Catherine Wood and her husband David, Lorraine McDonald and her husband Peter, Sharon Buswell, Frances Dooan, Cynthia Kenerson and her husband Wayne, Veronica Lambert; five grandchildren, Peter, Lyndsay, Patrick, Jenn and Becky.

She is predeceased by her brothers; Madison Charles, Dean Charles, George Charles; her sisters, Ruth Dyer, Betty Burnell, Sadie Day, Lorraine Guy and Mary Charles.

Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, May 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg, Maine. A funeral service will be held Thursday, May 31st, at 3:30 p.m. at Fryeburg Assemble of God, Drift Road, Fryeburg. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1 Bowdoin Mill Island, Topsham, ME 04086. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

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Horace Freeman “Jeremy” Burr, 92, of Ashland, Ohio, passed away Tues. afternoon, May 22, 2012 at Brethren Care Village following a lengthy illness.

Jeremy was born Oct. 25, 1919, in Augusta, Maine. He was the fifth and last child born to Freeman Foster Burr and Lois Southwick Ives Burr. Jeremy graduated from Colby College, Waterville, in June 1940.

Jeremy served on active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve during two periods: World War II: September, 1941 to March 1945; at sea on the USS Indiana, Lake Champlain and Norris; called back to duty during the Korean War, where he served ashore as Potomac River Naval Command, and as a Training Officer and Special Asst. to the Chief of Naval Research, Naval Reserve. He served on active duty in ranks of Ensign through Commander; and was selected Captain on his Retirement.

Jeremy’s civilian life included Scoville Mfg. Co., Waterbury. Conn.; General Motors Milwaukee, Wisc. and Warren, Mich. Upon early retirement from GM he returned to government employment as a civilian, as Contract Officer, first in Warren, Mich. and finally with the U.S. Navy at Sperry Corporation in Great Neck, N.Y. During a training session at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, in April of 1980, Jeremy rode his bike 35 miles to visit Aullwood Audubon Center near Dayton, where he met Marian Richmond Nixon, a volunteer for Aullwood’s Spring Open House.

Jeremy and Marian were married at Aullwood on Sept. 6, 1980. They settled in Manhattan, New York City, where they lived until retirement in Dec. 1984. They then moved to Bridgton, in the Lake Region of southern Maine. There they lived life to the fullest in a little green cottage at “Knight’s Hill” on Moose Pond, where they canoed, cross-country skied, watched and identified birds and climbed nearby Shawnee Peak at Pleasant Mtn. All of this was not new to Jeremy; he had climbed Kilamanjaro in Africa in early 1980 with his sister, Jean Burr Smith and family! Growing up in Maine, Jeremy was an avid skier, as well as experienced canoeist. He and his family climbed Mt. Katahdin, in Maine, for many summers of his life. Jeremy just lived to be outdoors.

Jeremy and Marian joined the Elderhostel group and enjoyed many trips in the United States, including Alaska, and to England, Ireland, and Scotland, birding and learning. Then in December of 1992 they moved to Ashland, Ohio, where winters were a bit milder.

Jeremy was a member of Christ United Methodist Church where he was active with the Missions Committee, and he also became a trained Stephens Minister. He served as a volunteer for Hospice for a number of years.

Midway through life, Jeremy became a poet — it was at this time that he took the name of “Jeremy” — from then on writing poetry, setting words to music which he played on his guitar — and being called “Jeremy” became a permanent part of his life!

Jeremy is survived by his loving wife, Marian; by his four children from a previous marriage: Christopher P. Burr (Dale), retired United Church of Christ Minister, Lexington, N.C.; Stephen I. Burr (JD) (Taryn), Boston, Mass.; Emily J. Burr Croxall (Ian), Salem, Ore.; and Jennifer S. Burr, Research Librarian, Rochester, N.Y.; two stepchildren: Thomas L. Nixon, Penngrove, Calif.; and Pamela Nixon Coller (Mark), Irving, Tex.; Eleven dear grandchildren; and seven precious greatgrandchildren. He is also survived by many dear nieces and nephews, most in Maine, and one great-great-niece in Ohio, Sandy Burr Bartter (Wayne) and their children Becky, Jenny and Alex.

Jeremy was preceded in death by his parents; brothers: Richard S. Burr and Foster I. Burr; sisters: Barbara Burr Flynt and Jean Burr Smith, all of Maine.

Memorial services will be held on Friday, June 8, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church in Ashland, Ohio with the Rev. James Cox officiating. Friends may visit with the family following the memorial service at the church. Burial will be in the Synagogue Cemetery. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to Christ United Methodist Church, 1140 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH 44805, or to Hospice of North Central Ohio Inc., 1050 Dauch Dr., Ashland, OH 44805. For those not able to attend, online expressions of sympathy, or to light a candle, may be done using the funeral home website: www.dpkfh.com Jeremy was truly a gentleman in every sense of the word and a man 1T22X for all seasons.

Obituaries

May 31, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page D

Leatrice J. Record

Douglas A. Remington

George G. Mattheson

AUBURN — Leatrice June (Millett) Record, 82, of South Paris, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Hospice House in Auburn with her loving family at her side.

Leatrice was born June 13, 1929, in South Paris, the daughter of Bertrum F. Millett and Elva G. (Chapman) Millett. She lived in East Waterford most of her childhood and attended school in Waterford. She was a sharp student, an outstanding softball player and she played basketball at Bridgton Academy, where she graduated in 1946 at the age of 16.

On Jan. 24, 1948, Leatrice married Edwin H. Record. They were married in a double wedding with her close childhood friend, Geneva Foster, who married Harold Springer.

In her teen years, Lea worked at a summer camp on Keoka Lake in Waterford. She worked for many years in the apple business, picking and packing apples for Wesso Orchards and later Cooper Farms of West Paris.

She liked working in the orchards during the fall harvest. She looked forward to her summers off to spend time with her family and help raise her grandchildren.

She loved going “up to camp” in the Rangeley Lakes region, where she enjoyed fishing, snowmobiling and the outdoors. Leatrice enjoyed children, baking, dancing, quilting and playing cards. She was an excellent housekeeper. She had a great sense of humor and was known for her witty one-liners. She looked forward to laughing it up or “YawHawing” as she put it with her friends, “The Girls,” on their lunch excursions and outings.

Leatrice lived a long and fulfilled life with her husband, Ed, close family and their many good friends.

She is survived by her brother, Roger Millett of Turner; her caring husband of 64 years, Edwin; sons, Bradley Record of South Paris and Douglas Record of North Haven; a grandson and two granddaughters; a step-granddaughter; three great-grandsons; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com Family and friends are invited to attend visiting hours from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May, 31, at Oxford Hills funeral services, Route 26 in Oxford. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. on Friday, June 1, at the First Congregational Church, 27 East Main Street, South Paris.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Hospice House 236 Stetson Road, Auburn, ME 04210.

SCARBOROUGH — Douglas A. Remington passed away peacefully on May 27, 2012, at Gosnell House in Scarborough surrounded by family, after a long courageous battle with esophageal cancer.

Doug was born on March 5, 1954, in Irvington, N.J., to Joan and Leslie Remington. He was the eldest of three children. He graduated in 1972 from Governor Livingston Region High School in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He received a BA in Civil Engineering from New England College in 1976.

He married Mary Bartlett in Oct. of 1983, after which they had a son, Philip. He married Sue Love Cooker in April 2001, to whom he was married at the time of his death.

Doug had many passions in life including aviation, for which he held his private pilot’s license, weather, travel, firefighting, and Emergency Medical Services. Doug and his wife Sue enjoyed traveling the world with many trips to Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, to name a few. He recently traveled the U.S. with Sue and puppy Kady in their motor home. They spent 66 days traveling 10,000 miles visiting 21 states. He also cherished a recent trip to Alaska with his son Phil.

Doug worked as a State Licensed Paramedic for multiple services, beginning with Fryeburg Rescue in 1984 where he served as an officer for a brief time. He received his Paramedic license in 1991. He worked as director of Pace Ambulance in Norway.

He also worked for Falmouth Fire and Rescue as well as EMS Chief for Windham Fire and Rescue. At the time of his death he had recently retired from Northeast Mobile Health Services where he was the Senior Vice President of Operations for many years, as well as a Fire Fighter Paramedic for Scarborough Fire Department.

Doug is survived by his wife Sue; his son, Philip Remington of Fryeburg; and stepson, Matthew Seamon of Norway. He is also survived by his father, Leslie Remington of Hendersonville, N.C.; his brother, Dale of Ashville, N.C., and his sister, Karen Carpenter of Cambridge, Wis. He also had many aunts, uncles; cousins; nieces and a nephew. He was predeceased by his mother Joan; and maternal and paternal grandparents.

A visiting hour will be held from 1 to 2 p.m., with a memorial service to follow at 2 p.m., on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the First Congregational Church of Scarborough, Black Point Road, Scarborough. Arrangements made by the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Maine Cancer Foundation.

SCARBOROUGH — George G. Mattheson, 74, of Portland, died on Monday, May 28, 2012, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House. He was the husband of Joanne (Marshall) Mattheson.

He was born in Machias on Oct. 13, 1937, the only son of the late George Mattheson and Priscilla (Cox) Mattheson of New Gloucester. He grew up in Edmunds, attending local area schools and graduated from Dennysville High School.

After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving four years before returning home. He married Joanne on June 21, 1969.

After serving his country he became a driver for Burns Fencing in Westbrook and then for Scarborough Auto Glass before having to retire due to illness in 2000.

Although he was not a fan of the water, he enjoyed fishing as well as hunting.

Besides his mother and his wife he is survived by two daughters, Stacy Brichetto of Portland and Michelle Mattheson of Raymond; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to a time of gathering and celebration of George’s life on Thursday, May 31, 2012, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Wilde Memorial Chapel in Evergreen Cemetery, 672 Stevens Ave., Portland. Arrangements are under the care of Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services, 981 Forest Ave., Portland. Please visit www.advantageportland.com to sign George’s guestbook.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to: Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Rd., Scarborough, Maine 04074.

Richard M. Bisbee WAITSFIELD, VERMONT — Richard M. Bisbee – 82, died at his home on Thursday, May 18, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Montpelier, Vermont on June 21, 1929, son of the late Clarence and Dorothy (Savage) Bisbee. Richard married Emily A. Holton in Erwin, S. Dak., on June 17, 1951. Emily, Richard’s wife of 59 years, predeceased him on June 1, 2010.

Richard attended public schools in Waitsfield, Vt., graduating from Waitsfield High School in 1947. He also attended Mount Hermon, a prep school in Mount Hermon, Mass., for nearly two years, at which time his older brother, David, was killed in WWII, so Richard returned home to be with his parents. Richard continued his education at Yankton College, Yankton, S. Dak., where he graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956. From August 1950 to August 1954, he served with the U.S. Air Force, spending one year of duty in the Korean Conflict. His Air Force duties included radar mechanic airborne and later in personnel. He returned from active duty and finished his undergraduate studies at Yankton College where he began his teaching career at Yankton High School in 1956. He received his Master’s of Arts degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, S. Dak., in 1959. During this period, Richard was a member of a group who wrote the English Course of Study for the South Dakota Public High School System. He helped author several books concerning the teaching of the Humanities in high schools and colleges. In 1972, he received a grant from the Endowment for the Humanities to pursue a doctorate program at Michigan State University. He completed his course work in 1980. Richard was on the faculty of Worthington Community College from 1960 to 1991, where he taught English, Literature, History, Philosophy, Speech and Theater. He was Faculty President several times, Faculty Representative to the State for several years, and twice appointed Interim Dean of Worthington Community College. Richard also served on several state and national Humanity Commissions. He directed theater at the college for 25 years and founded and directed the Grassroots Community Theater for 20 years. He was a Sunday School Superintendent at the Presbyterian Church in Worthington for 15 years, scoutmaster for 10 years.

He taught five years at Yankton High School, one year at Woodstock (Vt.) High School and, in 1960, began his college teaching career in Worthington, Minn.

In 1961, the family moved to Worthington. From 1961, Richard began a summer career teaching in summer camps in Maine. He was a reading teacher for seven years at Camp Ticawa in Harrison, Maine. In 1968, he became a teacher at Long Lake Lodge, North Bridgton, which was a summer tutoring camp for high school students. Richard became director of this camp and President of the Board of Directors for 18 years. He was Director and Stockholder of this camp when it was sold in 1986. Through these summer periods the family went to Maine, where Richard and Emily had a summer home.

Richard has lived in many communities. He grew up in Waitsfield, went to Yankton, S. Dak. at age 18 where he lived for 13 years. While in the service he was in Tex., Miss., Crestview, Fla., Korea, Denver, Colo., later living in Worthington, Minn., Woodstock, Vt., Harrison and North Bridgton, Maine, and Waitsfield, Vt. Richard and Emily spent 14 winters in New Smyrna, Fla. Richard retired in June 1991 and moved to Waitsfield, Vt., his hometown. His major retirement project was to write a second volume of the History of the Town of Waitsfield 1789–2000. He completed this book, which was published in 2006 and available for sale. He has remained interested in the town’s changing face over the years.

He is survived by five children, eleven grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter: Dorothy Nelson and daughter Anna of Portland, Ore.; David Bisbee and his wife Tamara of Stowe, Vt. and daughters Megan, Clare and Jaime; Barry Bisbee and his wife Ruth of Stewartville, Minn. and children Emily, Tyler, Molly; Ronald Bisbee and his wife Jan of Winterport, Maine and sons Wyatt and Tanner; Martha Powers and her husband Michael of Chaska, Minn. and daughters Michaela and Katelyn; and great-granddaughter, Sophia.

Graveside interment services will be held from the Waitsfield Common Cemetery on Aug. 5, 2012 at 1 p.m. To send online condolences please visit us at www.perkinsparker.com and Facebook.

Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury, Vermont. Anyone wishing to send cards may send them to Martha Powers, 9311 Rhoy Ave., Chaska MN 55318.

Mary F. Rolfe NORWAY — Mary F. Rolfe, 68, of Albany Township, went to be with her Lord on Monday, May 28, 2012.

She was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on June 9, 1943, the daughter of James, Sr. and Nettie (Langford) Day. She married Harold (Hank) Rolfe on August 5, 1989 She worked in customer services and for many years was a bookkeeper and housewife.

Mary was a very giving and caring person and always placed others ahead of herself. She loved her dogs, Mikki and Lacy, taking care of her yard and her pool.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking large meals, camping and going to yard sales.

She is survived by her husband, Hank of Albany; children, Jennifer Bassett, Laurie Herndo, Jackie Morin, Danny Rolfe and Lorrie Hatstat; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; siblings, James Day Jr., Betty Bachman, Georgia Stevens, Chris McCormack, and Nancy Hill.

She is predeceased by son, Christopher James, and her parents, James and Nettie Day. Family and friends are invited to attend visiting hours on Friday, June 1st from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main St., Rte. 26, Oxford. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at the North Waterford Congregational Church. Interment will follow at the Woodlawn Cemetery on the Five Kezars Road in North Waterford, followed by a reception at the North Waterford Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary’s memory to Stoneham Rescue, P.O. Box 42, East Stoneham, ME 04231.

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Gary was born in Bridgton on May 8, 1958, the son of the late Merton and Carolyn (Stone) Warren. He married Lisa J. Allen on June 4, 1983 in North Conway, N.H. Gary was the Vice President of Engineering at Johnson and Johnson.

He enjoyed golfing, running, music and ‘RVing.’ Gary especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends.

Gary is survived by his wife, Lisa; children, Tiffany Brevik and Gary Warren Jr.; siblings, Liz Norman, Marcia Gilkey and Bruce Warren; and several nieces and nephews.

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Patricia E. Curtis SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Patricia Ellen (Scribner) Curtis of Harrison passed away Wednesday, April 25, in Springfield after a four-year battle with breast cancer.

She was born May 24, 1934, in South Paris, the daughter of Guy Bernard Scribner and Addie (Nile) Scribner.

A graduate of Gould Academy, she worked various jobs including as a telephone operator at the Bryant Pond Exchange in Maine.

She was united in marriage to Lewis Curtis, whereupon the couple moved to Indianapolis.

There she worked and retired as a billing clerk for McLean’s Trucking Company and became a lifetime member of the Teamsters, Local No. 135. She moved back to Maine in 1998, where she was housekeeper for her brother-in-law, Richard “Dickie” Rose, until she was no longer able.

A member of Grace Fellowship in Oxford, she enjoyed quilting and competing in various fair competitions. She also loved knitting, square dancing and staying in touch with family.

She is survived by five children, Richard Curtis of Springfield; Jonathan Curtis of Gaston, Ind., Katrinka (Curtis) French of Memphis, Tenn., Timothy Curtis of Indianapolis, Ind., and Christopher Curtis of Avon, Ind.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by two sisters, Harriet Hay of Woolwich and Charlotte Brian, of Harrison; and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by both parents; four sisters, Shirley Thomas, Norma DeBevoise, Montress Wiles and Lois Rose; brothers, Erland Scribner and Kendric Scribner; a daughter, Kendra Curtis; and a son, Alan Curtis.

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. June 9 at Grace Fellowship in Oxford. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Grace Fellowship, 29 Poplar St., Oxford, ME 04270.

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ELLENTON, FLA. AND RAYMOND — Grace V. Parker Peterson, 88, of Ellenton, Fla., and Raymond, passed away on May 13, 2012, following a long illness.

She was born on Jan. 10, 1924, in Macon, Ga., the second of five children, to James Daniel and Iris Rosa Thomas Parker.

She is survived by sons, David A. Peterson III of Springville, Utah, and Dr. Paul P. Peterson of Pocatello, Idaho; daughters, Pamela R. Gray of Raymond, and Karen A. Lewis of Whitsett, N.C.; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and a brother, James Daniel Parker Jr. of Provo, Utah. Grace was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, David A. Peterson Jr.; and her sisters, Doris Wendelboe, Vera Jones and Edna Jean Woodhousel.

Grace graduated from A. L. Miller High School for girls in Macon, Ga., and received a scholarship to Wesleyan College for Women in Macon.

With the events of WWII, she met David A. Peterson Jr., who was a Staff Sergeant at Camp Wheeler near Macon and they were married on Sept. 13, 1942. She followed him from base to base, until his deployment to England preparing for D-Day. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints all of her life, serving in various leadership and teaching roles. Grace enjoyed all of the arts and was found, in later years, singing, dancing and performing in various productions at Tidevue Estates where she resided.

Visiting hours will be on Friday, June 1, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Rd., Windham. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 755 River Rd., Windham. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.

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BRIDGTON May 31, June 7 — Greater Bridgton Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church.

May 31 — Transportation Committee, 10 a.m., Community Center.

May 31, June 7 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

May 31, June 7 — Continuing Tai Chi, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Town Hall.

June 1, 4, 6, 8 — Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 to 10 a.m., Town Hall. FMI: 647-2402.

June 1 — National Trails Day, cleanup of Pondicherry Park trails, meet 9 a.m. at kiosk behind Magic Lantern.

June 1, 8 — Tai Chi Maine beginners’ class, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Town Hall.

June 1, 8 — Mother Goose Time, 10:30 a.m., library.

June 1 — Wine & Cheese reception of Melanie Levitt Monoprints, 5-7 p.m., Gallery 302, Main St. June 1, 8 — Read to Holly Dog, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., library.

June 2, 9 — Bridgton Farmers’ Market open for season, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center parking lot.

June 2-3 — Bridgton Arts & Crafts open, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 10 Depot St. June 2, 9 — Table Tennis, 14 p.m., Town Hall. All welcome, equipment provided. FMI: 6472847.

June 3 — Pleasant Mountain Chapter Car Show, registration starts 8 a.m., awards 1 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. FMI: 693-4678.

June 4, 11, 18, 25 — Basic Computer Skills Class, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

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June 4 — Tot Time, 10 a.m., No. Bridgton Library.

June 4 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

June 5 — Tai Chi Maine Beginner Practice, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Town Hall.

June 5 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

June 5 — Tunes for Tots, 10:30 to 11 a.m., library.

June 5 — Bridge, 1 p.m., Community Center.

June 6-9 — Homeschooling Days, many activities, various locations. FMI: 647-4459, www. oldhomeschooldays.com June 6 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

June 6 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

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June 9 — Bridgton Hospital’s “Everyday in a Family’s Life” Health Fair, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Stephens Brook Elementary. FMI: 647-6055.

June 9 — Book Sale by Friends of Bridgton Library, 9 a.m. to noon, Library Courtyard.

June 10 — Girl Scouts Open House, 1-4 p.m., Camp Pondicherry. FMI: 1-888-9224763.

BROWNFIELD June 1, 8 — Playgroup, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

CASCO May 31, June 7 — Casco Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Casco Village Green, 940 Meadow Rd. FMI: 627-4199, 329-4598.

May 31, June 7 — Senior Wii Bowling, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

June 4 — Mens’ over 25 Basketball, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Community Center.

DENMARK June 6 — Storytime, 9:30 a.m., library.

FRYEBURG May 31-Aug. 18 — Art exhibit, “Strangers & Others,” 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. M-F, Pace Galley, Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 935-9232.

June 1 — Veterans’ Service Officer, 9 a.m. to noon, American Legion.

June 2 — Family Fishing Day

by Fryeburg Fish & Game Club, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Round Pond. FMI: 935-2625.

June 2 — Yard Sale to benefit Mother Seton House, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Rte.5.

June 4 — Fryeburg Bridge, 1 p.m., American Legion.

HARRISON June 1, 8 — Harrison Farmers’ Market opens for season, 1 to 5 p.m., Harrison Town Hall parking lot.

June 2 — Annual Book, Bake and Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, library. FMI: 583-2970, 583-4503.

June 3 — United Parish Congregational Church Homecoming, worship 9:30 a.m., picnic to follow at Crystal Lake Park.

June 6 — Harrision Historical Society, Thoms dairy farm, 7 p.m., museum, Haskell Hill Rd. FMI: 583-2213.

LOVELL June 1, 8 — Bingo, early birds 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Post #6783.

June 2 — Art Group, 9 a.m. to noon, library.

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June 2 — Chair-ity Auction Event to benefit Sweden House Food Pantry, 1-6 p.m., Lovell VFW. FMI: 935-3631.

June 4 — Preschool Storytime, 10 a.m., library.

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

June 5 — Talk by Jane Gibbons on her trip to Turkey, 6:30 p.m., library.

June 6 — Lovell Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rte. 5 beside Wicked Good Store.

June 6 — Cribbage, 9:30 to noon, library.

June 6 — Open Air Zumba aboard the Songo River Queen II, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Causeway.

June 7 — Benefit concert with Heather Masse and Jed Wilson, 7:30 p.m., Brick Church for the Performing Arts, Christian Hill Rd. FMI: 925-2792.

NAPLES May 31, June 7 — Naples Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FMI: 928-2187.

May 31, June 7 — Musical Play Group, 10:30 a.m., library.

May 31 — Exhibition of art

by K-12 students, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Lake Region High School.

May 31, June 7 — Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., library.

May 31 — Lake Region High School Pops Concert, 7 to 8:30 p.m., LRHS. June 2 — Songo Garden Club Annual Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Village Green.

June 5 — Storytime, 10:30 a.m., library.

June 6 — Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., play starts 6:30 p.m., American Legion.

June 9 — Bean Supper by Edes Falls Sewing Circle, 5 p.m., Edes Falls Community Hall.

RAYMOND June 4 — Storytime for Babies, 10 a.m., for Pre-schoolers, 11 a.m., library.

June 4 — National Alliance on Mental Illness-Lake Region (NAMI) Support Group meeting 7-8:30 p.m., Raymond Public Safety Building/Fire Barn.

June 5 — Annual Town Meeting, 7 p.m., Jordan-Small School.

June 6 — Storytime for Toddlers, 10 a.m., library.

June 9 — Annual Library Plant Sale, 7 a.m. to noon, library.

June 9 — Great Maine Yard Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Raymond Village Main St. FMI: 892-4301, 655-4670.

June 9 — Spaghetti dinner and sale to benefit Scott Linscott, sale 3:30 to 6 p.m., dinner 4:30 to 6 p.m., Christ Chapel, 37 Northern

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June 9 — Historical Society Building open for research and browsing, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

WATERFORD June 1, 2 — Camping Weekend Fundraiser for Waterford World’s Fair w/motorcyle ride, dance, bonfire, check-in 3 p.m. Fri., checkout 11 a.m. Sun., fairgrounds, 36 Irving Green Rd. FMI: 461-5466.

June 2 — Dance with Rockin’ Roadrunners, 8 p.m. to midnight, Waterford World’s Fair fairgrounds, 36 Irving Green Rd. FMI: 890-7669.

June 4 — Socrates Cafe, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., library. FMI: 5836957.

June 5 — Edith Ellis on English-style gardens, 7 p.m., library.

AREA EVENTS June 1, 8 — Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:15 a.m., Rec. bldg., King St., Oxford. FMI: 783-4153, 743-9153.

June 1 — Ham and Bean Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Second Congo. Church, Norway.

June 1 — Juried Art Show

by Western Maine Art Group, 5-7 p.m., Matolcsy Art Center, 480 Main St., Norway. FMI: 7437813.

June 1-23 — Art exhibition by Cindy Spencer, reception 5:30 to 7 p.m. June 1; viewing 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. M-F, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., gallery, 16 Norcross Place, No. Conway Village, N.H. June 2 — Pancake Breakfast 7-9 a.m. West Baldwin United Methodist Church, Rte. 113, West Baldwin.

June 2 — Yard Sale to benefit East Conway Community Hall renovation, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., East Conway Community Hall. FMI: 603-939-2446.

June 2 — Perennial Plant Sale

by Otisfield Volunteer Firefighter Association, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Spurrs Corner Fire Station, Rte. 121, Otisfield. FMI: 627-7033.

June 2 — Calligraphic Card Workshop using Shaker herbs, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

June 2 — Electronic Recycling event by Windham Hill Church, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Windham Mall, Veterans Memorial Drive next to Friendly’s FMI: 653-5989.

June 2 — R & R Spinners skill demo and creations, 10 a.m., Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

June 2, 9 — Beginning Knitters, 10 to 11 a.m., Soldiers Memorial Library, Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

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Singers singing gathering, 1 to 4:30 p.m., Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 9264597.

June 2 — Documentary, Making of West, 7:30 p.m., Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. FMI: 929-5412.

June 4 — Author Jim Salmon on The Rime of the Ancient Underwriter, 7 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. FMI: 603447-5552.

June 5 — Plant Propagator class, 2-4 p.m., McLaughlin Garden, Main St., So. Paris.

June 5 — Conway Library Writers Group, 4:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. June 6 — Knotty Knitters, noon to 2 p.m., Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main St., Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

June 9 — Mount Etna Grange, Rte. 107. East Baldwin, Pot Luck supper 6 p.m., meeting 7 p.m.

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June 9 — Chair Caning Workshop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester.

FMI: 926-4597.

June 9 — Canning Primer Workshop, 10 a.m. to noon, Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester.

FMI: 926-4597.

June 9 — Blacksmithing skills demo by Tim Greene, 10 a.m., Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

June 10 — Maine Ole’ Opry Show and Induction, meal at noon, show 1 p.m., Westbrook American Legion Post #197. FMI: 490-1232, 247-4611, 418-8390. ##### AREA FOOD PANTRIES BRIDGTON — Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tuesdays, Methodist Church, 98 Main St. FMI: 647-4476.

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

CASCO — Casco Food Pantry, 4 to 6 p.m. fourth Thursdays, Casco Alliance Church.

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

FRYEBURG — Food Pantry, Fryeburg Assembly of God, by appointment, 8 Drift Rd. FMI: 935-3129.

NAPLES — Naples Food Pantry, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, United Methodist Church, Village Green, FMI: 838-9045; The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, 1st & 3rd Mondays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Naples Town Hall gym, FMI: 615-3226.

RAYMOND — Raymond Food Pantry, 4-6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursdays, Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Main St. FMI: 232-5830.

SEBAGO — Sebago Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 4th Tuesdays,

9 to 11 a.m.; clothes closet Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

Wednesdays, Standish Town Hall, Rte. 35.

SWEDEN — Sweden House Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Sweden Church basement, 137 Bridgton Rd. FMI: 909-208-6377, 2567380. ###### 12 STEP MEETINGS BRIDGTON Monday through Friday — Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., American Legion, Depot St. O/D Monday — Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Tuesday — Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 High Street.

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

CASCO Monday — Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

Monday through Sunday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

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

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

Thursday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., Ladies StepMeeting, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

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

HARRISON Sunday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church, corner Route 117 and Dawes Hill Road.

NAPLES Thursday — Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m. Beginners Meeting, 7:45 p.m. Open Meeting, Naples Methodist Church, Village Green, side door entrance down stairs.

NO. CONWAY, N.H. Wednesday — Adult Children of Alcoholics (& other dysfunctions), 7:30 p.m., Ste. B, Eastern Slope Inn, 2760 White Mtn. Highway, No. Conway, N.H. Friday — Al-Anon, 8 p.m., Gibson Center, Grove St. & White Mtn. Hwy, No. Conway, N.H. WATERFORD Thursday — Adult Children of Alcoholics, 10 a.m., library.

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Plan to combat Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s disease takes a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family.

As someone whose family has experienced the pain of Alzheimer’s too many times, I know that there is no more helpless feeling than to watch the progression of this dreadful disease. It is an agonizing experience to look into the eyes of a loved one only to receive a confused look in return.

An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease — including more than 25,000 people in Maine, more than double the number in 1980. If nothing is done to change the current trajectory, 13.5 million Americans over the age of 65 will have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050.

In addition to the suffering

it causes, Alzheimer’s costs the United States $183 billion a year, primarily in nursing home and other long-term care costs. This figure will only increase exponentially as the baby boom generation ages. If nothing is done to slow or stop the disease, Alzheimer’s will cost the United States $20 trillion over the next 40 years.

At a time of mounting deficits, the increasing number of Alzheimer’s cases has dire implications for our federal budget as well. The average annual Medicare payment for an individual with Alzheimer’s is three times higher than for those without the condition. For Medicaid, average payments are nine times higher. Failure to achieve progress in the fight against the disease will

result in Alzheimer’s costs to Medicare skyrocketing more than 600 percent and costs to Medicaid growing more than 400 percent by 2050.

Despite these alarming projections, we did not have a national strategy to defeat Alzheimer’s, and our efforts to combat the disease lacked coordination and focus. I am delighted that this is changing. In 2010, along with former Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), I authored the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. Our bill, which was signed into law by the president in January 2011, required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a coordinated, strategic national plan to combat and effectively treat Alzheimer’s. As a result of our efforts, HHS this week

unveiled an ambitious new plan to improve care and support services for Alzheimer’s patients and their families, and to accelerate research to develop treatments that would prevent, halt or reverse the course of Alzheimer’s.

In addition, a new website, www.alzheimers.gov, will serve as an important source of information and advice to support caregivers.

Our investments in Alzheimer’s research have begun to pay dividends. New treatments are tantalizingly within our grasp. Moreover, if scientists can find a way to delay the onset of this devastating disease for even five years, our nation will save more than $60 billion every year in Medicare and Medicaid costs, and an incalculable amount in human suf-

Legislation to help our veterans

Veterans are often on our minds at the State House. This past weekend, we celebrated Memorial Day, and as I was thinking of the sacrifices our veterans have made, and that the members of our armed forces continue to make, I thought it would be a good time to talk about some of the things we did at the legislature his year to help make life a little easier for our veterans, and to remember and honor their service.

These bills include:

• The establishment of “Veterans’ Treatment Courts.”

This is probably the most important veteran-related bill we passed. Because of their experiences in combat, veterans can have legal issues that require special understanding.

If treated appropriately in their first exposure to the criminal justice system veterans can have much better long-term results.

To help provide the necessary understanding, the

“Veteran’s Treatment Courts” will be held at specific times when trained veterans’ advocates will be available. These advocates will help make sure that any special circumstances facing the veteran, such as PTSD, are understood, and taken into account.

• A bill to help the Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department work together to make sure that veterans are receiving all the services and benefits they are entitled to due to their service.

Often, veterans don’t realize the benefits they qualify for from the government, and this cooperation between DHHS and DoD will smooth the path for veterans getting linked to the most appropriate services.

• A bill to streamline the process for returning veterans to get professional licenses based on training they received in the military. Currently, there are difficulties and roadblocks in having licensing boards recognize military training. This legislation will ease and speed

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If we are to keep up the momentum we have established, however, we must increase our investment in Alzheimer’s disease research and our commitment to caregiver support. We have made tremendous progress, but this is no time to take our foot off the accelerator. That is why I am pleased that the legislation we authored led to this new dedication of resources.

As the Senate co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease, I am committed to conquering this devastating disease that has caused such pain for so many American families. This national plan will help us focus our efforts to combat Alzheimer’s and accelerate our progress toward better treatments, a means of prevention, and ultimately even a cure.

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by Bill Diamond State Senator, D-Windham

up the process, helping recently discharged military personnel get appropriate jobs in the civilian sector.

• Legislation to allow returning veterans to get temporary registration for their vehicles.

• To recognize past service we also passed bills to ensure proper care of veteran’s graves, make it easier for towns to update and maintain municipal honor rolls for veterans, and set up a plaque in the Hall of Flags

at the State House honoring all who have served honorably in the military.

Mainers have always been at the forefront when it comes to defending our country, and we in the Legislature appreciate that very much.

State Senator Bill Diamond is a resident of Windham, and serves the District 12 communities of Casco, Frye Island, Raymond, Standish, Windham and Hollis.

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Gas saving scams With gasoline prices climbing throughout the United States, and expected to soon top $5 per gallon in some parts of the country, Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning consumers to be wary of gas-saving claims that empty your wallet, instead of saving you fuel.

Although there are practical steps you can take to increase gas mileage, many websites make unbelievable claims for various aftermarket automotive devices (fuel-line magnets, air bleed devices and retrofit gadgets) and oil and gasoline additives that supposedly increase gas mileage for automobiles.

The Federal Trade Commission found many of these claims to be either false or overly exaggerated.

Before adding any fuel saving devices to your vehicle, check with your mechanic. You may end up with a voided manufacturer’s warranty and serious engine problems by adding aftermarket devices to your engine.

What you spend at the pump is influenced by how you drive and what type of gasoline you use to fill your tank. Here are some tips on what you can do to save fuel consumption: Keep your engine tuned.

Studies have shown that a poorly tuned engine can increase fuel consumption by as much as 10 to 20 percent depending on a car’s condition. Follow the recommended maintenance schedule in your owner’s manual; you will save fuel and your car will run better and last longer.

Don’t let your engine run at idle any longer than necessary. An engine actually warms up faster while driving. With most gasoline engines, it is more efficient to turn off the engine than to idle for any period longer than thirty seconds.

Drive more efficiently. Stay within the posted speed limits.

The faster you drive the more fuel you use. Set your cruise control on highway trips. This can help maintain a constant speed.

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