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Naples audit bill shocks selectmen

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The local elected officials were none too pleased to hear the results of an audit that should have been done months ago.

One, it was considerably more costly than what had been budgeted. Additionally, the board was not kept abreast of either the hurdles slowing down the completion of the audit or the increased cost.

Ron Beaulieu, the owner of Ron L. Beaulieu & Company, an auditing firm in Portland, explained what happened with the audit. He appeared before the Naples Board of Selectmen during the regularly-scheduled meeting on June 10.

Essentially, there was the case of the Casco-Naples Transfer Station & Bulky Waste Facility. It was discovered that the facility is not technically a legal entity.

Then, there were about 20 accounting errors in the Naples budget that had to be adjusted. Those errors

caused the cost of the town’s audit to more than double.

The town engaged the auditor for an agreed amount of $8,500. Then, the auditor billed the town for another $12,700 in accounting services.

Naples Town Manager John Hawley confirmed these amounts.

“We had budgeted $8,500 for the audit. That was the contracted amount. The $12,762 was for accounting work that is associated with the audit,” Hawley said this week.

“The audit work is they come in and verify that everything we did with our accounting was appropriate.

The accounting services bill is separate” from the audit cost, Hawley said.

During the June 10 meeting, Chairman Jim Grattelo clarified what was being said during the presentation.

“It is safe to say there were a lot of issues. That is one of the reasons we went out to bid for an auditing

firm. For the budget committee, there was a red flag.

We never suspected that there were funds missing,” Grattelo said.

“For the public who is watching this, know it is safe to say we are not dealing with the misappropriations of funds,” Grattelo said.

These were accounting errors that had been on the books for a while.

Auditor Beaulieu described what transpired during the audit.

“The biggest challenge for the auditing firm was the existence of $900,000 in the Town of Naples’ budget for the Naples-Casco Bulky Waste Facility and Transfer Station, which was considered a separate entity.

Additionally, there was a different auditing firm that was hired to do the audit for the bulky waste facility.

“When we were doing the audit of the town, we noticed on the town’s ledger there was a lot of activity around bulky waste,” he said.

As Beaulieu investigated this budget, he discovered that the transfer station and bulky waste was not a legal entity.

“We were hired to audit June 2017; and another firm was hired to audit the bulky waste for the same year,” he said.

The towns of Casco and Naples entered into two

agreements which expired in 2016.

“That was replaced by one agreement. The agreement was not a legal document that set up a new entity,” Beaulieu said.

“Accounting principles are very specific. If they are separate, they have to be their own entity. We thought the transaction would have

to be a trust fund. We considered whether it was a joint venture. It is not a joint venture,” he said. “It became more of you [the Town of Naples] monitoring special revenue. That was reported on your statement.”

So, Beaulieu asked the town manager if he could “talk to the other auditor” AUDIT, Page 8A

Church at end of line

A church in the heart of Bridgton’s downtown is closing.

The Bridgton United Methodist Church on Main Street will hold its final service on Sunday, June 30, at 11 a.m.

“It is with heavy hearts, saddened minds and prayerful souls that we must close our beloved Bridgton United Methodist Church due to unpreventable circumstances,” reported Karen Hawkins, acting as church spokesman. “We have struggled for a few years to

circumvent this happening, but to no avail. An aging, dwindling congregation whose resources (physical and monetary) have arrived at a point where keeping the church open any longer is simply not possible.”

There will be a Memorial Service of Closing on Saturday, July 27, at 11 a.m.

All are invited and welcome to join in this time of sharing memories of faith and friendship “as we say goodbye to the past and invite an opening of our hearts and minds to what God

has in store for our future,” Hawkins said. “We’d love you to bring your memories of the Bridgton United Methodist Church to share.

Please keep our congregation in your prayers as we travel this difficult path.

May we let our love for Christ rise up and spread throughout the world, no matter where we may be.”

While the future use of the building is unclear at the moment, Bridgton Food Pantry director Penni Robbins said early discusCHURCH, Page 8A

UNEXPECTED VISITOR was this snapping turtle, looking to bury eggs, as photographed by Pam Ward of Denmark.

Voters quick on trigger •Bridgton While taxpayers were in a rush to get down to business and get home as quick as they could, they

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Tops in their class

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer What separates the average high school student and the ones who finish four years as owners of the highest grade point average?

Lucien Wallace says the key to his academic success is a love for learning.

Paige Davis put school work ahead of all else.

Mark Mayo said the seeds of success were planted before he stepped foot in Lake Region High School.

These three agree that hard work, sacrifice, possessing the right priorities and a strong desire to earn the highest grade possible put them in position to be the Top 3 of the Class of 2019.

Lucien landed the honor of being valedictorian.

Paige is the salutatorian.

And, Mark is the honors essayist.

The News reached out to the three in this week’s One on One with…

Q. People often wonder, how does a student become the tops in their class? What has it taken for you to achieve this incredible honor?

Lucien: The two biggest qualities that have helped me achieve in school are the love of learning and work ethic. Often, I was

driven to work hard in my classes because I genuinely enjoyed them. That being said, there were many times when there was no better technique than just working hard to get through a tough lesson or section.

Paige: Throughout my high school career, I chose to always put my school work first. I never let myself fall behind in a class or in my studies because of friendships or sports. I have always been very goal-oriented, and I wanted to get into a good college. I knew in order to achieve that, I had to work hard, much harder than I thought I could, to achieve that goal.

Mark: To be at the top of my class, it has taken a lot of hard work, motivation and dedication throughout my entire school career, not just the last four years. I had to be on top of all of my school work and persevere through the tough times.

Q. Young people often have a difficult time balancing school work and other things such as sports, music and social events. How were you able to be involved yet also maintain such high marks?

Lucien: Every time I went from club to club, I would try to focus solely

Valedictorian Lucien Wallace

on that one activity and not dwell on others. That way I could give myself a break from each of them and not become overwhelmed.

Even so, everybody gets stressed and overwhelmed from time to time. The key is to not let it discourage you to the point of quitting.

Paige: Participating in a multitude of clubs, while playing three sports, as well as trying to keep up in school is a lot harder than I expected it to be.

There were many nights where I would stay up all night in order to make up for the studying time I had lost to my extracurriculars.

You just have to really push yourself and remember you are in high school to create the foundation of your future.

Mark: I was able to maintain high marks while being so involved because I had a large supporting cast. These people helped keep me focused and made sure that I was doing what I needed to do so I could succeed to my fullest potential.

Q. What advice would

Salutatorian Paige Davis

Honors Essayist Mark Mayo you give incoming freshmen in regards to finding a good balance?

Lucien: My best advice to give freshmen is to join a club or sport of some kind. This gives you a sort of home base socially so that you have teammates to support you in your future endeavors.

Paige: Make a schedule for yourself. I would have never gotten to the place I am if I did not block out times of each day for TOPS IN CLASS, Page 5A

still remained focus.

Bridgton’s annual town meeting lasted 1 hour, 18 minutes thanks to a decision to move as a block Articles 24 through 41. Maybe it was due to loyal Bruins’ fans not wanting to miss a second of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup. Or, maybe it was simply those interested in enjoying the bright sun, something that has been missing throughout the spring.

But, give the folks credit for not falling guilty of “haste makes waste.”

Greg Watkins picked up on an incorrect figure regarding General Government. The article called for $2,378,423. But, a detailed list of each budget line totaled $2,365,973.

“We proofread it four times and still something was able to get by,” Bridgton Town Manager Bob Peabody said. The lesser figure was the right one.

While on the subject, Watkins asked where the town currently stands on hiring a Community Development Director. The budget line for Community Development is $122,679.

“We’re actively interviewing candidates,” Peabody responded. He noted updates, when they occur, would be posted on the town’s website.

Other budget lines receiving some voter attention included: • One resident asked Bridgton Water District member Todd Perreault to “look more deeply” into possibly adding dry hydrants to some shorefront developments. She said there are 18 homes where she resides, and no real fire protection.

“We pay a lot of taxes,” said

the homeowner, who felt it wasn’t asking much to gain one dry hydrant.

• Joe Gallinari questioned the amount of money budgeted for park maintenance. While he supports having parks, Gallinari was leery that the overall cost is inching toward $300,000.

Officials said some funds were earmarked for a reserve account. Last year, the town had to dip into funding to address “dangerous” trees in Pondicherry Park.

• For the past several years, Jim Cossey has asked town officials to make the public aware of upcoming paving projects by posting notices. None appeared last year, he said.

Manager Peabody admitted the town could do a better job posting updates on the town’s website and its Facebook page, as well as in the newspaper.

Public Works Director Jim Kidder gave a quick rundown of upcoming projects, while Peabody noted that South High Street — a road many pointed to as needing major work — is a state road and state officials have taken a look at it. South High is slated for a 5/8-inch “maintenance mix.”

• Selectmen were questioned why $300 was budgeted for the Sweden Pantry?

The reason: some Bridgton residents utilize that food pantry, likely because they live closer to that location than being able to travel to the Bridgton pantry at the Methodist Church.

• Another question floated by Chuck Renneker regarded the Explorer bus at $8,500. How many people actually ride it? Information MEETING, Page 2A

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Town meetings (Continued from Page 1A) given to selectmen indicated that between Dec. 1, 2017 and Nov. 30, 2018, the bus provided 1,791 rides.

The meeting adjourned at 8:18 p.m.

•Casco

The Bruins game played a factor in the annual town meeting in Casco.

When the town meeting began at 7 p.m., on June 12, moderator Jason Moen said, “If you speak after 8:30 p.m., please give us an update on the Bruins game.”

It wasn’t just any hockey game — the Boston Bruins were playing Game 7 in the Stanley Cup finals.

But, it wasn’t just any meeting either.

The residents of Casco were voting on the budget for Fiscal Year 1920 as well as a handful of ordinance revisions.

In the end, the budget passed without much fuss.

The total municipal budget was about $3,940,003.

Also, residents okayed floating a bond to pay for the $698,000 to cover remaining improvements at the Memorial Field Park.

(For more details on the discussion, see sidebar story on Page 6A.) The Memorial Field Park bond will not factor into this year’s tax rate.

The residents knew which Warrant Articles were likely to get more discussion and they knew the clock was ticking down to

MASON AWARDS — The 16th District Masonic Association awarded $9,000 at the 19th annual awards night at Lake Region Vocational Center on Tuesday, May 28. In the picture are the graduating students who were chosen to receive the awards for his or her school district.

Each student will receive his or her award after successful completion of their first semester of post-secondary education and enrollment in their second semester. Pictured left to right are: Hobie Denison, president of the 16th District Masonic Association; Travis May of the Bruins game.

So, a motion was made to skip ahead to Warrant Article 22, which was the Memorial Field Park bond.

This happened after Warrant Article 7 was heard. The motion passed to skip ahead to article 22.

Warrant Article 22 passed with an overwhelming majority. When the moderator announced that it passed, there was a round of applause from the audience and someone shouted, “Woo-hoo!”

Then, another motion was introduced and passed to skip ahead to Warrant Article 26, which was a

request to build a clubhouse on the town lot for the Crooked River Snowmobile Club with storage space for Casco Days.

After testimony by many people, the vote was close enough to require a hand count by town staff.

Warrant Article 26 passed, 51–33.

Some people objected because there should be better planning for the acreage which residents purchased at town meeting in 2016.

Proponents of the clubhouse said it would offer a warm place and bathroom facilities for families who snowmobile and spend

and sealants from adhering to the boardwalk.

The Naples Board of Selectmen recently learned the precise problems behind the town’s ongoing boardwalk issues.

Naples Town Manager John Hawley mentioned a few things that had been conveyed to him during his discussions with Craig Hurd from the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Hurd was the senior engineer on the Bay of Naples Bridge replacement and Causeway renovation project. Also, Hurd has 29 years of experience with concrete.

First off, the boardwalk on the Long Lake side is made from concrete that is not as strong as the concrete sidewalks on the Brandy Pond side. This information has been mentioned in SPECIALIST, Page 7A

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — The very product that worked like a charm in one situation acted as a culprit in another.

A releasing agent worked in unison with the colored dye to give a wooden walkway appearance to the Naples boardwalk.

However, that same releasing agent in the concrete has prevented stains

Oxford Hills; Ciara Harriman of Lake Region Vocational Center; Meredith Mathieu of Oxford Hills; Brandon Capano of Lake Region Vocational Center; Shania Drew of Fryeburg Academy; and Anna Berry of Fryeburg Academy and Lake Region Vocational Center. The 16th District Masonic Association would like to thank the players and hole sponsors of their annual Golf Scramble. These awards would not be possible without their support. The Association held its 20th annual Golf Scramble on June 1.

money in the area.

Casco Town Manager Dave Morton mentioned to residents that the town would retain ownership of the building. Additionally, there is no cost to taxpayers.

The regular budget item that received the most discussion was the public safety account, which was Warrant Article 7. Casco Fire Chief Brian Cole

explained that the amount increased so that the town could staff the South Casco Fire Station in order to improve response time.

“The largest increase is our payroll budget. We staff two people [in two shifts] 24 hours a day here at this station [the Casco Central Fire Station]. The other station was eight hours a day. I am requesting that we have staff on duty 12 hours a day

at South Casco. We aren’t getting good response times,” Cole said.

“Equipment went up because we purchased the rescue boat, and we have to accommodate for training staff,” he said.

As the clock approached 8:15 p.m., someone made a motion to take warrant articles 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 and 25 as a block vote. That passed and so did the block.

Shawnee Peak ski resort in Bridgton was one of 12 businesses to be awarded a USDA Rural Development grant under the Rural Energy for America (REAP) program, according to U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

The investment of $156,000 in USDA Rural Development funds was granted to Maine businesses. The Rural Energy for America (REAP) program assists with renewable energy development and supports Maine’s rural small businesses. Twelve grants were awarded in Maine; seven in the Pingree’s 1st Congressional District.

“Small businesses are the cornerstone of our rural communities, but high energy costs can tighten margins and make it difficult to operate without economic anxiety,” said Pingree. “REAP grants allow these small businesses to save on energy costs, cut fossil-fuel consumption, and lower their carbon footprint — meaning we’re helping both our local economy and environment with these investments. Our rural businesses benefit so much from this support, and I’m glad to see the USDA continuing their support for the vibrancy and character of

our small towns.”

Congresswoman Pingree sits on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, which oversees discretionary funding for USDA programs like REAP. Shawnee Peak Holdings, LLC, received $12,991 to be used for the purchase and installation of a 20.48 kW roof-mounted solar array. This project will save $3,675 in savings per year and generate 22,971 kWh annually, replacing all the business energy needs.

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Place-based lake learning

By Hannah Sirois As an intern for the Lakes Environmental Association this summer, I am pursing one of my passions: place-based education.

This approach to teaching appeals to me because of the unique way it engages individuals through local connections.

A year ago, I decided to pursue graduate work at McCall Outdoor Science School in Idaho to learn more about teaching environmental science and place-based education. My goal was to improve my skills as an educator and bring back new ideas to my own classroom in Maine.

Part of my graduate work involved outreach in Idaho schools. This provided me the opportunity to immerse myself in this unique teaching style and see the benefits for students and the community. I am now looking forward to building on this foundation.

One of the most exciting parts of my position this summer will be assisting the staff in planning and teaching an immersive three-day field course, which will take place July 16–18. This is a chance for students to explore lake, forest and wetland ecosystems. Students will learn how the local places they visit connect with one

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another and how they are impacted by humans and other living things. The focus will be on hands-on water quality monitoring, ecosystem exploration, and categorization of natural systems. I am delighted to be a part of this project because it will allow me to grow as an educator while expanding my own understanding of our surrounding waters and watersheds.

As I wrap up my master’s degree with this internship, I have been thinking back to the words of Amy Demarest, author of the book, LAKE IS THE CLASSROOM — Students decanting Place-based Curriculum a bottom water sample during one of last year’s Lakes Design: Exceeding Environmental Association field courses.

Standards through Local on, place-based learning. with this course!

LEA’s Environmental Investigations. She empha- LEA has designed excursizes four benefits of this sions that encourage stu- Science Field Intensive style of teaching and learn- dents to explore the field Course will be held July ing. To summarize, she of environmental science 16–18, and will take place explains that local inves- while engaging them in primarily outdoors at the tigations help students to their local surroundings. In Highland Research Forest, deepen their understanding today’s digital world, we Long and Highland Lakes, of a subject, develop per- need more learning oppor- and at the Holt Pond sonal connections, build tunities like this so we can Preserve. It is open to anyholistic understandings, better understand the beau- one at least 16 years old.

To find out more inforand allow for civic engage- tiful and pristine lakes that surround us — and properly mation or to register, conment.

The curriculum for the evaluate threats to them. As tact alanna@mainelakes.

LEA’s three-day course is both a teacher and student, I org or visit LEA’s website: a perfect example of hands- am eager to get my feet wet mainelakes.org

The Woods Pond Water Quality Association is sponsoring a Courtesy Boat Inspector (CBI) training session on Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m., at the Woods Pond boat ramp on Route 117.

The training is aimed at individuals who are interested in volunteering to serve as Courtesy Boat Inspectors, whether at Woods Pond or elsewhere.

Boat owners can learn the new steps in boat inspections to prevent the spread of invasive species, including the spiny water flea. Boat inspectors and CBI volunteers are the first line of defense against these and other aquatic invaders, which are already present in neighboring states.

To limit the transfer of invasive aquatic species, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has a new message to boaters this year: “Clean, Drain, Dry.” This means boaters should wash their boats between lakes, drain and dry water from the bilge and live well and let the boat, anchor and fishing lines dry between different bodies of water.

Courtesy Boat Inspectors do the following: • Ask boaters to drain bilge and live wells to reduce the spread of small-bodied animals like mussels and spiny water flea; • Inspect boats and boat trailers for plant fragments and other telltale signs of invasive aquatic “hitchhikers”; • Discuss with boaters how invasive aquatic species (IAS) spread and promote the Clean, Drain and Dry message; • Show boaters how to inspect boats and equipment for plant fragments and zebra/quagga mussels; • Urge boaters to inspect before and after every launch; • Explain to boaters the Maine laws on transporting IAS; • Distribute the map of known invasive aquatic plant infestations in Maine.

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Fryeburg Police These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, June 10 2:04 a.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Lovewell Pond Road.

7:39 a.m. Animal complaint on West Fryeburg Road.

3:25 p.m. Sexual assault complaint on Molly Ockett Drive.

Tuesday, June 11 12:01 a.m. Assist citizen on West Fryeburg Road.

7:10 a.m. Radar detail Bridgton Road school zone.

2:26 p.m. Animal complaint on Carolyn Drive.

2:27 p.m. Fraud complaint on Stuart Street.

4:20 p.m. Assist citizen on Lovewell Pond Road.

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9:44 p.m. Civil matter on Lovewell Pond Road.

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3:30 a.m. Animal complaint at Walker’s Bridge.

9:34 a.m. Assist fire department on Bridgton Road.

11:40 a.m. Lost and found property on Fish & Game Road.

4:20 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on North Fryeburg Road.

9:28 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Howe Street.

10:33 p.m. Harassment complaint on Smith Street.

Friday, June 14 8:01 a.m. Motor vehicle crash near Walker’s Bridge on Bridgton Road.

2:20 p.m. Welfare check on Fern Lane.

5:02 to 9:26 p.m. Twelve motor vehicle stops on Bridgton Road (4), Portland Street (1) and Main (7) Streets, all resulting in traffic warnings.

Saturday, June 15 9:01 a.m. Traffic complaint Route 302 construction area (traffic lights).

11:30 a.m. Lost and found property on Recreation Drive.

2:35 p.m. Lost and found property on Main Street.

3:58 p.m. Civil matter on Kenerson Drive.

4:52 p.m. Assist citizen on Main Street.

6:55 p.m. Domestic disturbance on Main Street.

9:31 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Main Street.

Sunday, June 16 12:20 a.m. Unwanted subjects at a Main Street business.

5:07 a.m. Assist citizen on Fish & Game Road.

7:05 a.m. Domestic disturbance on West Fryeburg Road.

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Bridgton Police Department These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, June 10 11:58 a.m. Weapons offense (use of a pellet gun) on South High Street; Officer Swiatek responded.

5:48 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Portland Road; Officer Hammond responded.

11:54 p.m. Suspicious person check on Portland Road; Officer Hammond discovered a door of a business was unsecured.

Tuesday, June 11 7:26 a.m. A former motel tenant requested police to unlock a unit’s door so she could retrieve some items.

4:27 p.m. A caller requested to speak to an officer regarding a daughter’s online activities.

4:38 p.m. A caller spoke with Officer Muise regarding ownership of a truck was in question as the result of a relationship breakup.

5:25 p.m. Fraud call from someone claiming to be from Social Security.

7:39 p.m. A caller claimed he was lying in bed when a family member allegedly took $400 out of his pockets.

7:50 p.m. Sgt. Reese and Officer Muise responded to a disturbance on Warren Street. Police learned two males had been involved in a physical altercation, but did not want to press charges.

8:19 p.m. Police received a report of two individuals, who appeared to be intoxicated, arguing while walking on Sandy Creek Road. At 9:11 p.m., police received another report of the subjects “yelling” while in the middle of Portland Road. A female was upset over losing her cellphone.

Wednesday, June 12 5:29 a.m. Report of a snapping turtle that may have been struck on South High Street near the Denmark town line.

12:45 p.m. Speed complaint on Burnham Road.

Thursday, June 13 5:03 a.m. Wellbeing check on Route 302.

10:30 p.m. Assist hospital personnel with unstable patient; Officer Hammond responded.

Friday, June 14 10:49 a.m. Dispute between property owner and cable company employee; Officer Swiatek responded.

Saturday, June 15 1:39 a.m. Wellbeing check on Pond Road.

4:54 a.m. A vehicle collided with a deer on South High Street.

10:37 a.m. Speed complaint involving motorcycles on Harrison Road.

1:36 p.m. Welfare check on Wayside Avenue.

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“We’re not making progress,” said Sen. Diamond in the interview. “Kids are being abused, right now, while you and I are talking. They’re being abused terribly. The only reason we don’t know who they are is because they haven’t died yet.”

The segment, which highlighted the challenges faced by child protective services workers across the country, included an interview with Sen. Diamond and highlighted his bill, LD 1554, “Resolve, Establishing a Commission To Reform Child Protective Services,” which seeks to establish a legislative commission to study and hold public hearings regarding the laws governing the protection of vulnerable children in state care, and propose necessary changes.

Data provided by the Department of Health and Human Services earlier this year shows that since 2017, more than 20 children have died after the state received concerns about abuse or neglect involving their families. Four of DIAMOND’S EFFORTS, Page 6A

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One on One with...Tops in the LR Class 2019 drive to push myself to be the best version of myself I could be.

Mark: When I entered high school, my older brother Douglas was starting his junior year at LRHS. Up to this point, he had been pretty successful, and I did not see that changing. At that point, I challenged myself to do everything either as good or better than he had. I made this goal for myself because I felt that anything that he did, I could do too. There are multiple ways to do any one task, so I knew that I did not have to be exactly like him to make this happen. I did have to steal his work ethic and perseverance because he was good at those and in order to be successful, I would have to be too. The ultimate factor that allowed me to reach this goal was my competitive nature and sibling rivalry. Anyone that has siblings knows that everything is a competition between each other regardless of what it is. While I was at LRHS, I did not really have any regrets because there is not much that I did not do.

Q. We live in such a changing world.

What were the three biggest changes you experienced over your high school days and what impact did they have on you?

Lucien: The change that had the biggest effect on me in high school was probably the shift from a full-time band teacher to a half-time teacher. Music has always been a huge part of my life and not being able to get consistent support was very jarring.

The presidential election of 2016 occurred right at the beginning of high school for me. It was interesting to see how the students and staff reacted to the shift in leadership. It became the center of conversation in many classes and even at the Lucien Wallace, Valedictorian lunch tables.

Town: Sebago As more of a personal Parents: Vanessa and Jeff Wallace change, in sophomore year, School organizations/sports: Math Team, National Honors Society, varsity captain alpine skiing, varsity soccer, I signed up for the ski team created and captain of boys’ tennis team, Band, Jazz Band, and started regularly playPep Band, created Jazz Combo, Chorus, Jazz Choir, Play, ing sports again for the first time in four years. I’m really Musical, Student Council, ASTRA Club Honors: Achievement recognition in Science, Math, English glad that I got back into it because I learned many lesand Music; Varsity Club Award for skiing and tennis sons in all of the sports I’ve played.

Paige Davis, Salutatorian Paige: In the middle of Town: Casco my high school career, the Parents. Scott and Stephanie Davis state of Maine went through School organizations/sports: Math Team, ASTRA Club, Interact, Project Planet, Varsity Club, National Honor a drastic grading system Society, Secretary of Class, varsity lacrosse, varsity field change. As someone who was comfortable with the hockey, varsity alpine skiing older grading system, I Honors: Athlete of the Year, 2018-2019 was somewhat discouraged when what had worked for Mark Mayo, Honors Essayist me was no longer something Town: Bridgton being employed, I really had Parents: John and Amy Mayo School organizations/sports: National Honor Society, to change the way in which I approached school. varsity baseball, varsity basketball, varsity football Mark: One of the changHonors: LRHS Excellence in Language Arts - Grade es that happened while I was 9; Campbell Conference Football Honorable Mention here was the change in our Grades 9, 10; Offseason Football Commitment Award – Grade 9; Campbell Conference Football All Star - Grade grading policy. Our grading 12; LRHS Excellence in Mathematics - Grades 10, 11; changed to a four-point scale LRHS Excellence in Chemistry - Grade 11; Lions Club where students are allowed Student of the Month - Grade 12, October 2018; Maine to remediate their work. I Class B State Championship Basketball Team - Grade 9; found that it did help me Hancock Lumber Player of the Week (Baseball) - Grade in the long run because if I 11, May 2018; Hancock Lumber Player of the Week did poorly on a test, I was (Basketball) - Grade 12, December 2018; Western Maine able to bring that grade up, Conference Citizenship Award -Grade 12, March 2019; where previously I would Campbell Conference Football All Conference – Grade 12; not have been able to this.

Campbell Conference Football All Academic – Grade 12; It did, however, allow me to Western Maine Conference - All Conference Basketball not prepare for tests as well - Grade 12; Western Maine Conference All Academic I did my first two years here.

Another change that hapTeam - Basketball - Grade 12; Western Maine Conference pened while I was here was Senior All Star Team Selection - Grade 12; Western Maine the rise of student Juuling.

Conference - All Conference Baseball- Grade 12; Western While this did not affect me Maine Conference - All Academic Team - Grade 12 personally, as I do not think (Continued from Page 1A) studying or things like practice. I found that when I was without a schedule I would begin procrastinating. Don’t let that be you.

Mark: The advice that I would give is that extracurricular activities will not take them as far as their education will. This is not to say, not to do anything other than schoolwork, but it is more to say that you might need to stay up late or do some work early in the morning, so that you are not stressed when you are doing something that you love.

Q. Speaking of freshmen, what were your goals as you entered high school; how did you make it happen; and any regrets?

Lucien: My main goal entering high school was to achieve at the highest level I could. As I went through high school, I took up every opportunity to challenge myself and tried to make myself a generally versatile person. When I entered high school, I was only 12 years old, so I was too afraid to join sports teams with people six years older than me. Now I realize that I would have had a team to support me and I could have challenged myself more so I definitely regret that decision.

Paige: I always knew I was in school to prepare myself for college. I walked in freshman year knowing that I was here to work hard and get good grades in order to get into the college I wanted. Luckily, I worked hard enough where I got into my first choice and it was all because of my

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it is the smartest thing, it did affect people I am proud of our graduating class of that I interacted with on a daily basis. Some 2019 for exceeding despite the shifts in people are so addicted that they had to leave grading systems, and for the successes class and go to the restroom to get their fix. we’ve been a part of; everything from One final change was the approach peo- WorldQuest to environmental engineering ple have regarding politics. People used to challenges. be able to express their political view and Paige: Winning states with my lacrosse not be attacked or judged because of them. team in 2018.

Today, I see friends attacking each other Getting Athlete of the Year. because their views are not the same.

Finally finishing high school.

Q. What were three most difficult Mark: One thing that I am most proud things you had to overcome during your of are my times as an athlete here while at high school days?

Lake Region. Even though I did not accomLucien: One of the largest challenges at plish much in terms of championships, I am our high school was the shift in grading sys- proud of the memories that I made during tem. I would definitely say that it affected my time as an athlete. I am proud of the the students negatively, however, we were individual honors that I had received as an athlete, as well. Another thing that I am able to overcome.

As I mentioned before, my senior year, proud of are all of my academic accomwe only had a half-time band teacher. This plishments and honors that I have received made it extremely difficult to do musical over the last four years. One final thing extracurriculars, but we still managed to that I am proud of are all of the leadership win awards at states for the Jazz Band and positions I got to hold. I was able to be vice president of the class for the last three the Jazz Combo.

Throughout high school, I needed to years, vice president and president of NHS overcome my inherent urge to procrastinate (National Honor Society), and vice presiand manage my time poorly overall. Doing dent of the Varsity Club for a year.

Q. What three things would you many clubs and sports taught me to do just that, but it wasn’t easy getting to that point. change at Lake Region High School, and Paige: Not being able to spend as much why?

Lucien: I would much rather have gone time with my brothers.

Learn how to complete large school through high school with the traditional 1–100 grading system. assignments on sport busses.

I wish that we had been able to have a Facing the reality that I will not see my class, whom I have grown so close with, for full-time band teacher for my senior year.

I think that the school could benefit a long period of time.

Mark: One of the difficult things that I from advertising smaller clubs such as the had to overcome was almost every year in ASTRA club more.

Paige: Eliminate the freshmen wing. All early spring, I would lose motivation. This happened to me for no apparent reason. of the freshmen take classes in a little wing I would put things off and end up having off the school and it segregates them from to cram in the work all in one night. After the rest of the school. I know it really hindoing this for a while, I would realize I dered me from branching out and making needed to get my act together and do work friends with upperclassmen. in a timely fashion again.

Make every day chicken patty day.

Another difficult thing that I had to Increase athletic participation. There’s overcome was facing the fact that this is my so much talent at our school hidden simply last year of high school before going off to because people choose not to participate in college. It is difficult because these are the sports. last times I will see my friends and family Mark: One thing that I would change is on a regular basis. It was also the last times bring back deadlines. Right now, there are I would step on the field and court in a no deadlines and many students put off their competitive nature in front of the people I work off until the last month of school. This have known for years. I am excited for the is a pain for teachers as they have to pull out opportunities that college will bring, how- work from the beginning of the year for the ever, and I have realized that this change students to do. might not be the worst thing in the world.

Another thing I would change is AB One final difficult thing that I had to block. I would get rid of this all together overcome was deciding where I was going as most students do not take advantage of to go to college. This was difficult for me this time. I would either extend the classes because I had to choose between two very with this extra time or start the day a little different schools at two very different price bit later. points. I realized in the end that the finanOne final thing that I would do is make it cial burden of the more expensive school so that there is more discipline for skipping was not worth it. Now that I look back on classes. I have heard from multiple teachers the decision, I am happy with my decision that students have skipped a great number and I know I will be better off because of it. of times, and as far as they know, they have Q. What were the three things you not gotten in trouble. were most proud of?

Q. What was the greatest lesson you Lucien: I am extremely proud of my learned during your high school days, friend Travis Corson and I for founding and how will it help you in the future? the boys’ tennis team. Although we won’t Lucien: My greatest lesson was defibe around for the varsity season (this year, nitely that if you want to change yourself the squad played a JV schedule), I am or achieve greater things, you need to hold overjoyed with the legacy that we’ve left at yourself accountable and motivate yourself Lake Region.

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Assessor adds $2M in value

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Imagine finding money that was tucked away and forgotten just before a major bill was due.

The Town of Casco’s assessing firm discovered $2 million worth of value in new buildings at Camp Laurel South.

Assistant Assessor Ben Thompson gave a report to the Casco Board of Selectmen on Tuesday.

“Myself and another assessor swept through Camp Laurel South. I went in to check one building permit, and there were five buildings going on,” he said.

“There was some being built without permits. We swept through as assessors,” he said.

“There is a $2 million increase on the property for valuation,” Thompson said.

“We sent postcards to the owners of the property so that they get that before the tax bill,” Thompson said.

Thompson told the board that all the valuation data for Casco has been entered into the computer program. The next step is figuring out the tax bills.

“We have all the data in for Casco. As far as the budget, you are all set,” he said. “We should be ready to commit soon.”

The town engages the services of Cumberland County Assessing, out of Portland. Over the years, Assessor/Director Renee Lachapelle has been a familiar face and she is being replaced by Thompson, who has moved up in title from assistant assessor to lead assessor.

“As far as personnel, we moved Rob Sutherland, who was a new hire in October, up to my position as assistant assessor.

We have put a request out for an appraiser. We filled that with a well-qualified individual. She starts July 8. So, we are well staffed,” he said.

Technically, Lachapelle is the town assessor until July 1.

The board reviewed the contract but did not yet sign it because it is a lengthy document. One major change is that the contract goes from a one-year to a three-year commitment.

“The board wanted to read over this,” Chairman Holly Hancock said, indicating the contract would be revisited during the July 9 meeting.

Casco Town Manager Dave Morton reminded the selectmen that only the board is responsible for hiring the town’s assessor.

“Remember, the assessor is one of a few people the selectmen hire: the assessor and the town manager,” Morton said.

“The contract is important. As Ben pointed out, they are looking for a three-year commitment. When we first started out, it was year to year,” he said.

Selectman Grant Plummer asked Morton how the assessor’s office hours were going at the town hall.

“I have to say it is working very well. I have received no complaints regarding the amount of time we have a person represented in the office. That is three or four different people. All of them take care of business well,” Morton answered.

“If people call up and want to make an appointment, we give them the Portland number. Inquiries can get taken care of during regular business hours,” he said.

“The agreement with County is [they provide in-person services] a day-and-a-half per week. The arrangement is we have them there on Wednesday,” Morton said.

Thompson said it would continue that way.

“After July 4, we are here for a full day on Wednesday until after Labor Day weekend,” he said.

The board discussed what prompts the assessor to review a property. In the case of Camp Laurel South, which is a children’s summer camp on Crescent Lake, a building permit triggered a visit by the assessor.

Point Sebago is also being reviewed by the assessing team.

Lastly, Thompson did mention to the board that it might want to start setting aside money for a revaluation since the last one that Casco did was in 2013.

When Morton asked for some “rough figures” for the cost of a revaluation, Thompson was hesitant.

“I’ll get back to you. I don’t want to throw numbers out,” he said, mentioning the other towns were planning to do revaluations.

“Baldwin is doing a full reval for 2020. Falmouth is doing a full reval for 2021,” he said, adding that Gorham is overdue for one but hasn’t committed to a date.

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Memorial Park scores with voters

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Proponents of improving the Memorial Field Park hit a homerun at Casco Town Meeting last Wednesday night.

The majority of the residents approved a $698,000 bond to wrap up upgrades at the centrally-located baseball field.

Little by little, the Memorial school ballfield property has been improved.

Much of these improvements were accomplished through grants.

Casco Parks and Recreation Director Beth Latsey spoke when Warrant Article 22 was on the floor.

“To give you a little overview: Back in 2014, 2015, there was a vote to demolish the Memorial School. The selectmen formed a recreation committee to come up with a plan for the property,” Latsey said.

The long-term plan for the property was estimated to cost more than $1,000,000, she said.

“We got $250,000 in grants and donations.

That was a critical part — we wanted to ease the taxpayers’ burden,” Latsey said.

The committee was able

to acquire playground equipment. The Army Corps of Engineers put in a concession stand and some walking trails.

“It has been five years since the committee was formed. We are to the point that we need earth work done. If we piecemeal this, it will be more” expensive and difficult, she said.

“We have done our due diligence. It is time to give it to the voters,” she said.

“It was important that the committee had something that is multi-generational from toddlers to seniors,” she said.

Resident Rick Thorpe spoke in opposition of taking out a bond for this project.

“I don’t understand why we pulled this article up. The town, for several years, had a lease agreement for Manning Field in South Casco. For some reason, after putting thousands of dollars into the infrastructure, it was abandoned,” Thorpe said.

“Like the school budget, we all hide behind the façade that it’s for the kids. I’ve heard about the lights, I’ve heard about this, that and the other,” he said.

Prior to town meeting, Thorpe went to the field to check it out.

“Number one: I don’t see any reason to have the lights installed over there. Number two: it has been a long time since I have played ball over there. But, I’ve heard we have trouble [putting together] a 9-man team to play ball,” he said.

“The abandoned Manning Field, the Legion [Plummer Memorial] Field — I mean, come on, have some common sense here.

I am speaking to the taxpayers of Casco. It is an unnecessary expense, the town could do a hell of a lot better with that money,” Thorpe said.

Resident Phil Shane, who also sits on the district’s school board, stepped to the microphone.

“I am for the kids,” he said.

He mentioned if he had known that people would oppose the Memorial Field Park, he would have been less likely to remove the ballfield upgrades that were part of the Crooked River School renovations.

He commented that perhaps the softball and baseball field could do without the lighting “I am for the kids.

Whatever happens, happens.

I think there is a lot of sup-

port for the project,” Shane said.

Another resident to testify was Bob Francis, who has lived in Casco for 44 years.

“There are a lot of activities, a lot of family activities there. The opportunity that we have now is not only for the ballplayers, it is for the seniors, the adults, for all ages. As I gain in my golden years, I am looking forward to the ability to use the walking path, the exercise path, the pavilion,” he said.

“I think it is a golden opportunity for this town to grow in stature and usability of what we have here,” Francis said.

“We have been working on this project for a number of years. It is not something new. A lot of people have supported and talked about it,” he said.

“I invite you all anytime of the day to go up there and see what goes on. It is totally packed full with all kinds of activities,” Francis said.

He implored his fellow residents and voters to support the warrant article.

“Take this opportunity to do something good for this town and for our children’s children in the future,” he said.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Filling the vacancy for a newly-created town planner position might not pan out as planned.

The job opening was advertised shortly after the position was approved during Naples’ Annual Town Meeting, which took place in April.

Recently, Naples Town Manager John Hawley said that the job advertisement did not result in any candidates. However, a few planning firms in the private sector have reached out to the town and offered a solution.

“So the planner position — having advertised for a little over a month now, we haven’t received any qualified applicants,” Hawley said.

“Interestingly enough, I did hear from two planning firms that saw the advertisement and contacted me and said, ‘Look if you cannot find anybody, we can work out a contract and send someone over a couple times a week,’” Hawley said.

“I like the idea. We are not committed to an employee. If it is not working out, I

can call the firm and say it’s not working out. I don’t have to worry about benefits or unemployment insurance.

But, I would still benefit from the expertise,” he said.

Hawley was wrapping up his town manager’s report during the Naples Board of Selectmen meeting. He wanted to see if the selectmen would support a contracted town planner until a suitable employee comes along.

“In the short interim, after July 1st, if I still don’t have a qualified applicant, I just wanted to make sure you guys are okay with me exploring that route,” Hawley said.

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(Continued from Page 4A) those deaths were ruled to be homicides.

The deaths of two children in the state’s Child Protective Services system, Kendall Chick of Wiscasset in December 2017, and Marissa Kennedy of Stockton Springs in February 2018, spurred the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee to open an investigation into the Office of Child and Family Services within the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. The resulting information brief, “Frontline Workers in the State Child Protective System: Perspectives on Factors That Impact Effectiveness and Efficiency of Child Protective Work,” was released in February 2019, and highlighted that the workers in that office were overburdened and did not feel that they could accomplish the job within a normal 40-hour workweek.

LD 1554 has been carried over until the next Legislative Session and will face votes in the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.

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One on One with...LRHS Top 3 (Continued from Page 5A) intrinsically. While having outside support may help, you can’t get better without putting in the effort yourself.

Paige: Things do not always go as planned. I have the, perhaps unfortunate, urge to be in control. In high school, I very quickly realized that was not an attainable reality. When I realized that not everything goes to plan, but everything happens the way it should, I soon became a much less stressed person.

Mark: The greatest lesson that I have learned while in high school is that the way one acts is greater than the accomplishment they receive. While here, I have seen people have many accomplishments, but then have them overshadowed by the type of person they were before or after their accomplishments.

Q. Speaking of the future, what is next for you? Where are you headed; have you decided on a career path, and if so,

what lead you in this direction?

Lucien: I am going to Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

There, I will major in engineering to set myself up for a career working with the environment. Living in the Maine woods has given me first-hand experience with the effects of climate change and I believe it is incredibly important to protect our planet.

Paige: Next year, I will be attending Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. There, I will study as a pre-medicine student with the hopes of one day continuing my education in medical school. I will also be playing on their field hockey team.

I have always known I wanted to study medicine and science in college. Ever since elementary, I have been completely captivated by science, specifically biology and anatomy. Studying pre-medicine was not even something I had to just consider, I just knew that is

what I wanted to study.

Mark: This fall, I will be attending the University of Maine at Farmington, where I will study actuarial science. I also plan to play baseball and basketball while I am there. I made this decision because of the opportunities that I will have both during and after going here.

Q. Finally, give me three people who have been a major influence during your high school days and how have they impacted you developing into the person you are today?

Lucien: I want to thank Ms. Foster for encouraging me to explore different types of music and helping us work as a jazz combo.

I would like to thank Mr. Glennon for doing independent studies with me and keeping my curiosity for language and all things interesting alive.

I also want to thank Ms. Kantro for challenging me in the subject that I find most difficult.

Paige: Obviously my

(Continued from Page 2A) the past. The concrete that makes up the boardwalk is more porous.

“According to Craig Hurd, the sidewalks around the Causeway are two different strengths,” Hawley said.

On the side farthest from Long Lake, the sidewalks are 5000 pounds per square inch (PSI).

“The stamped portion is 3500 PSI, which allows for the stamping. Evidently, you cannot stamp 5,000 PSI concrete,” Hawley said.

The decision to use stamped concrete was made by the Causeway Renovation Committee, which met for more than three years prior to and during the construction project.

MDOT’s Hurd participated in those meetings.

Hawley said, “The committee, at the time, decided to go for the stamped design so that the concrete would have the wooden look.”

“To achieve that look it was a three-step process: color dye, a release agent, and a colored stain.

The three [products] gave the boardwalk the original wood look that everyone enjoyed for that first year,” he said.

“I have the documentation of the three materials that were used to make that

combination. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to replicate that — one of the materials was taken off the market, due to its toxicity,” Hawley said.

“This will make it difficult to get any other materials to stick because some of that release agent was put there, it will release any product we put on there,” Hawley said.

“So, I’ve tried to contact some concrete staining contractors within the tristate area. I haven’t got any calls,” he said.

So, when Caretake America employees applied the sealant to the boardwalk this fall, the releasing agent (and an early snow) was working against them.

Hawley said that Caretake America continues to monitor the boardwalk for signs of peeling product.

Another piece of information that Hawley passed on to the board is that the Causeway committee heard recommendations that the boardwalk get annual maintenance.

“To keep that look, the committee was advised that yearly maintenance would be needed,” he said.

Regular maintenance amounted to sealing the boardwalk at the end of each summer season, he said.

With no contractors call-

ing him back yet, the town manager said he was seeking direction from the board on what steps to take next.

“I am at an impasse here.

I have hit a brick wall,” Hawley said.

Chairman Jim Grattelo stressed the need to repair the boardwalk since it is the gateway to Naples for many travelers and tourists and because so many people enjoy walking and taking photos there.

“I can tell you from a monetary standpoint that if we end up going somewhere else to resolve this issue, we are going to have to deal with the rebate, with the company that we paid.

If we have to go a different direction, which is fine, we are going to need to settle up with that company,” Grattelo said.

“We’ve got to get this fixed,” he said.

Selectman Bob Caron II expressed his concerns about the maintenance needs not being fit into the budget.

“I am concerned that the committee at the time knew that yearly maintenance would have to be done to it.

But, it never went anywhere beyond the committee. The select board didn’t know it. The budget committee didn’t know it — that X amount of money [would be SPECIALIST, Page 8A

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mother. Watching her go against the status quo my whole life inspired me to do the same. There is no doubt in my mind I would not have gone as far as I have without her. She believed in me even when I no longer believed in myself and for that I am eternally grateful for.

My two brothers have also pushed me really hard, sometimes too hard, in order to ensure that I would reach my greatest potential. They set the bar really high for me and I was, and still am, willing to go to great lengths in order to make them proud.

Mark: Both my parents and grandparents have been major influences during my high school days. They all wanted me to do the best I could in everything that I did, and also be a good human being. My siblings have also been influences on me during high school as they have pushed me to be the best person that I could be because, they are always trying to be the best versions of themselves and I wanted to live up to that standard.

step? We e-mailed you our business plan. We know that this is something that is new, an emerging industry. And, an ordinance has to pass in order to open a storefront,” Garcia said.

Chairman Holly Hancock spoke.

“We will put it on an agenda in the future,” she said.

Another individual walked to the microphone during the public participation period and introduced

himself as Josh Appleton.

“I have been before you multiple times in the last year-and-a-half. We had talked about getting it at town meeting vote,” Appleton said.

“Are you just shelving this or trying to do something about it,” Appleton asked.

Chairman Hancock explained that the board has been trying to get someone who has the answers schedPOT LAW, Page 8A

Town planner (Continued from Page 6A) potential contracted candidates could be interviewed.

“We’ll see what they can offer and maybe go from there,” he said.

He stressed the importance of not putting this position on the back burner just because there is lack of candidates.

“We have ordinances that we have got to get cleaned up. As you know, we are running into these conflicts all the time and it is just getting old,” Hawley said.

Chairman Jim Grattelo was enthusiastic about the proposition and wanted to be part of the selection process.

“With the select board’s permission, I want to sit in on those interviews since I have been spearheading the planner project, and so I have a comfort level,” Grattelo said.

“I agree with John — this might be a good approach,” he said. “We cannot ‘do nothing.’ We cannot say, ‘We don’t have anybody.’”

Selectman Bob Caron II agreed as well.

“We have allocated the funds. [We should] at least get someone for this summer,” Caron said.

Caron added that at a later date, the board could review the position and see if the salary was too low and what might be needed to entice a year-round planner.

Hawley said the salary was not advertised.

Selectman Jim Turpin asked if the individual from the firm would be the same person each time.

“That is what I am shooting for. The same person so the same consistency and so the person gets to know Naples,” Hawley said.

In the end, most of the selectmen said they wanted to be part of the interview process.

Hawley said he would proceed with getting proposal from planning firms.

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Other than that, the board has not had any discussions about the topic.

Casco Town Manager Dave Morton fielded the question(s) brought up by Garcia during public participation.

“To date, the board has had similar requests. We have had three requests.

There hasn’t been an overwhelming interest for or against providing the opportunity” for people to start pot-based businesses, Morton said.

“We have gone through and drafted an ordinance based on Portland’s ordinance. The board dropped it because of a lack of interest in the general community,” he said.

“Alex [Sirois] was under impression it would be allowed on Route 302,” Garcia said, adding he was advised to talk to the selectmen.

Morton said, “The problem is the selectmen cannot approve it. It is a town meeting issue.”

The voting residents at town meeting are the governing arm. Items such as adopting ordinances or buying and selling town land can be done only via residents’ approval at town meeting.

Garcia spoke again.

“So, what is the next

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Individuals hoping to open marijuanabased businesses along Route 302 in Casco are feeling steamrolled by the municipality.

One person who is a Casco resident has appeared before local selectmen at least three times in the past 18 months. He learned that the annual Town Meeting has come and gone. The town meeting could have addressed the passage of a local pot law.

Another group of business owners went elsewhere.

On Tuesday, another individual came before the Casco Board of Selectmen asking when it planned to pass an ordinance.

“I was told there isn’t the infrastructure or the ordinance set up for this kind of industry,” said Andrew Garcia, a statelicensed medical marijuana provider.

Garcia’s business is The Lone Tree Craft Cannabis and he hopes to open a store in the building next to Chute’s Bakery.

After having a discussion with the Casco Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) Alex Sirois, Garcia learned the town has not addressed recreational marijuana by putting an ordinance into place.

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Selectmen: Dragging their feet on pot law?

(Continued from Page 7A) uled on the agenda. She said Selectman Mary Fernandes has been trying to arrange that.

“It’s the governor’s office on marijuana policy,” Fernandes said, after explaining that communication thus far has been “playing phone tag.”

Fernandes has been push-

ing to get this issue on the agenda.

“Obviously, we just had a town vote and I didn’t hear anything,” Appleton said.

Selectman Grant Plummer took the floor.

“Ordinance adoption is tricky. We are trying to lean on the state for the right language,” he said, adding that it is happening rather slowly

Naples audit bill

(Continued from Page 1A) about the status of bulky waste.

“I told the other auditor, ‘It is not a legal entity. He said the notes from the prior year said they were. He looked into it and said, ‘Yeah, you are right,’ ” Beaulieu said.

“We cannot give the Town of Naples an opinion on those financial statements,” he said. “It means the auditor cannot give a positive statement. There is no activity because there is no legal entity. That became a milestone.”

“This has to be set up properly with all the accounting rules that are out there,” he said.

“We helped you re-issue financial statements showing this activity as a special fund. The leftover money of this special fund is restricted. It is a pretty lengthy legal document,” Beaulieu said.

“All the activity is accounted for on the financial statement for 2017,” he said.

“When we did your audit, there were a lot of areas that needed corrections. We made more than 20 corrections, moving items from one area to another,” Beaulieu said.

Chairman Grattelo asked, “Were these 20 adjustments due to the previous audit firm or the town not adjusting?”

Beaulieu said, “Maybe a combination of the two.”

Selectman Bob Caron II had questions about why the audit firm hadn’t contacted the town sooner.

“We went out to the taxpayers. Our bill was $8,500. The firm should have come back to the town and said “X-Y and Z has happened. Let the selectmen know we are up to $10,000 and it might be higher,” he said.

“We are sitting in front of the taxpayers, spending $12,700 on an audit that was budgeted at $8,500,” Caron said.

Grattelo clarified that the total bill is actually more than $100,000 for both the audit and the accounting services.Caron said that communication would be appreciated in the future.

Later in the discussion, Beaulieu said that some time was taken up getting the correct authorization to move from the role of auditor to accountant.

“I cannot do correction unless I am authorized to do that.

As an accountant, I had to get another authorization letter from the town,” he said.

Selectman Jim Turpin said, “My question is: Is there any consideration to giving the customer a monthly bill?”

Beaulieu said it was possible “if I had marked our computer system to do that.”

Turpin responded, “It would be helpful for our budgeting purposes.”

“at a municipal pace.”

At the end of the meeting, during the selectmen’s comments, Plummer took the opportunity to ask about how an ordinance can be developed. He brought up the citizens’ initiative referendum, also known as the petition.

Morton provided the details of those methods.

An ordinance can be created “one of three ways.

One: The selectmen can initiate an ordinance. Two: The planning board can recommend an ordinance and it still has to come to the select board,” Morton said.

The third way “is the referendum process, where someone can get a petition and get signatures.

[The number of signatures required] is 10 percent of the people who voted in the

last gubernatorial election,” Morton said. “That forces it to go onto town meeting.”

He said the town clerks can help people with doing the citizens’ initiative correctly.

“The only way to make it happen sooner [than next Annual Town Meeting] is if the select board is willing to

make a special town meeting,” Morton said. “The town has often in the past scheduled or initially scheduled a special town meeting in January to deal with any issues that have cropped up or are important to resolve.

The selectmen can call for special town meeting with just 10 days’ notice.”

The odd rule about the citizens’ petition is the “petition requires the board to put it on the agenda, but doesn’t require the board to schedule a special town meeting,” he said.

“The select board is in the driver’s seat in terms of selecting things for town meeting,” Morton said.

(Continued from Page 7A) needed] to seal it every year, Caron said.

“Boy, you’d think someone inside should have known that going forward” the boardwalk would have maintenance costs, Caron said.

Grattelo said the boardwalk is one of many town issues that haven’t been dealt

with in a timely manner.

“I think John has come across several issues of things that didn’t get done the way they should have.

We have been spending a lot of money and a lot of time in the last year-and-a-half dealing with these issues.

The audit is a perfect example,” he said.

He returned to the topic

of the boardwalk.

“At this point, it sounds like getting this colored look may not be something achievable,” Grattelo said.

“Right now, we need to fix the sidewalk so it stops falling apart. We need someone who deals with these types of sidewalks. This is not the only stamped sidewalk in the U.S.”

(Continued from Page 1A) sions with church officials have been positive regarding the continued use of the space by the pantry.

Robbins said the pantry is serving between 130 to 145 families on a regular basis. The church basement is equipped with several large standup refrigerators and freezers to store food items, as well as display racks and tables. Robbins said the church has been the ideal location for the pantry due to its central location and available parking.

Look back The very first Pastor on record was Charles Andrews, who led worship services at the Bridgton United Methodist Church from 1852 to 1853. Fifty-six pastors have provided pastoral leadership since then.

There have been countless baptisms, wedding, funerals and transfers in and out of the beloved church.

“For many years we were delighted to offer Sunday school activities and vacation Bible School to local children and teens,” Hawkins reported.

On a local level, the UMW (United Methodist Women) put on many delicious church suppers. They sent out cards to folks and visited shut-ins or those with illness that prevented them from attending church services.

“We invited children from Bridge Crossing to personalized Christmas parties, taking into consideration their needs. We’ve opened the church for people to come in, get warm, use the facilities and have a bite to eat during local events in the cold of fall (Halloween) and winter (Festival of Lights),” Hawkins wrote.

During the annual Fourth of July parade the church was open for people to use the facilities; a tent was set

up for shade and cold drinks passed out to help spectators remain cool as they enjoyed the local parade. Over the years, many people utilized the downstairs vestry for personal celebrations (birthday parties, family reunions, celebratory get-togethers).

During the winter months, the Bridgton Farmers Market sets up their wares to sell there.

In 1987 or 1988, Reverend DanaBeth WellsGoodwin was instrumental in creating a food pantry in the church; serving a few local families in need of help. That small outreach mission has grown into a weekly mission that now serves between 130 to 145 families (1,339 individuals) every Tuesday. The pantry has 12 to 15 volunteers, who assist with a variety of necessary functions — transporting food, organizing the pantry shelves, sorting food the

day of the pantry, assisting folks utilizing the pantry and whatever else might need to be done.

On a global level, the Bridgton church sends monetary support to the Heifer Project (an outreach program that helps agricultural communities become sustainable) and UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief), an organization that brings God’s hope, healing and renewal to people whose lives have been disrupted by war, conflict or natural disaster. UMCOR provides humanitarian relief and disaster response to people in more than 80 countries, including the United States.

This organization is usually the first to arrive at a disaster situation with assistance for those in need. All donations go directly to the actual workings of the project and not to pay for administrative costs.

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LEA June activities

The Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) will host a couple of activities to round out the month of June.

Amazing Wetlands On Friday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Leigh Hayes from Greater Lovell

Land Trust will join LEA for a partner program to explore some different wetlands in the LEA and GLLT service areas. Discover wetland ecosystem functions and how these important spaces are vital to the greater picture of global change and biodiversity. Also learn how to protect these essential yet fragile places.

There will be some carpooling, wet wading, boot sucking, and discoveries galore!

Milling about Stevens Brook Join LEA and the Bridgton Historical Society from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, June 26, for a morning delving into the rich history of Bridgton’s mills and learn how Stevens Brook was used to generate electricity and remove waste. Bridgton would have been a very different town indeed without Stevens Brook. Meet at the Historical Society on Gibbs Avenue (next to the fire station) at 9 a.m. to look at maps and Sundew, an amazing wetland plant. photos while vehicles are organized to head down the trail to Long Lake to view mill ponds, foundations, and remnants of the town’s earlier days. All are welcome.

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RAYMOND — On Saturday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m., the Hawthorne Community Association presents its annual Strawberry Festival at the Nathaniel Hawthorne House, 40 Hawthorne Rd. in Raymond. The evening begins with “Taverns, Shanties and More,” a presentation by Terry Christy, followed by a social hour featuring a local Raymond treasure: the absolute BEST homemade strawberry shortcake. Coffee and punch are included in the suggested donation of $10 per adult, $5 per child (eight and under).

Did you know that the Hawthorne House had an incarnation as Colonel Scribner’s Tavern in the mid-1800s? Come learn about the time when canal boats and stagecoaches were the most modern means of travel and people needed places to rest for the night.

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All proceeds from the event go to preserve and maintain this historic home.

Although walk-ins are welcome, reservations are helpful for planning purposes. Please make Strawberry Festival reservations before Monday, June 24, by calling 655-7660, texting-756-9260, or e-mailing jmanoush@twc.com

So many strawberries…so little time! (Kevin Murphy photo)

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“Nothing beats the taste of just-picked strawberries,”

said Kim Howlett-Phillips, chairperson for the event.

“It’s a great way to enjoy the first taste of summer with your friends and neighbors.”

This long-running event is one of the church’s most popular fundraisers and supports the church’s community programs like Jeanette’s Closet, where families in need can find no-cost clothing, and the “Adopt-aChild” Christmas program which supplies Christmas gifts to more than 150 children in Bridgton each year.

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More than 80 people from Waterford and nearby towns volunteer to make these breakfasts happen. More volunteers are always welcome for kitchen, dining room, or cleanup shifts as well as working with the breakfast crew.

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For more information go to www.jtturner.org/our-programs

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The Bridgton Historical Society invites the public to the Bridgton Community Center on Depot St., Saturday, June 22, at 2 p.m., for an illustrated presentation on the long history of hotels and summer visitors. From a hotel and bowling alley on top of Pleasant Mountain, to a luxurious four-story hotel at the top of Main Hill, to lakeside camps and cottages, Bridgton

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Lions Club car show HARRISON — Attention classic car enthusiasts and anyone looking for something to do on a Sunday with your family! Come join the Harrison Lions at their car show on Sunday, June 30, at Crystal Lake Park in Harrison. Enter a car or just come and look. Registration is $5 per car and is open from 8 to 11 a.m. There are 20 classes in the show including antiques, best of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s and up, as well as motorcycles, 2- and 4-wheel drive trucks, foreign cars, Mustangs/Cougars, and Camaros/Firebirds. If you have a special car and don’t know where to enter it, the Odds & Ends category will take care of that problem.

Live music will be provided by guitarist Christian Martin and concessions will be available.

This event is free and open to the public. All proceeds will be used for community programs such as senior luncheons, Christmas for Kids, scholarships, eye screening for children, and the local food pantry.

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Sage Creedance Ostrom and Evan Paul Ostrom of Bridgton, Maine, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Tate Duncan Ostrom, on June 8, 2019, at 11:24 a.m. at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H. Tate Duncan joins an older sister, Macy Ostrom. Maternal grandparents: Donna and John Hennessy of Chatham, N.H. Paternal grandparents: Joy and Scott Ostrom of Woodbury, Minn.

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Edes Falls Sewing Circle ladies are gearing up for the next supper on Saturday, June 22, featuring red and white beans, coleslaw, “tater” salad, jellied salads, “pink stuff,” hotdogs, homemade biscuits, beverages, and yummy homemade pies of all varieties. There will be two sittings — the first at 4 p.m. and the second at 5 p.m. This will be the last supper until the fall so get it while you can!

The first day of summer is this Friday! We’ve been having some nice days this week and it seems to be going to continue, with intermittent rain that we need. One thing we don’t need is all the pollen in the air. Bad news for those of us who have breathing problems. Be careful outside.

Congratulations to the Lake Region High School class of 2019. May all your wishes come true. I think the only one I know graduating is Samantha Pond, who I have known since she was a wee baby. Time sure flies. I hope all her dreams will come to fruition.

Patience Parady is here with us until sometime in July, about a month all together. Then she will be back in August before returning to school. She’s growing up so fast — she is a big help with the boys. She goes outside with Kayleb to play and frees up a few minutes for Nichole so she can get other things done. It’s nice to have her spend time with us, her dad, Nichole, Aunty Jo, and myself (Grammy).

The last I heard, Dana Watson is at Norway Rehabilitation in Norway and he is steadily getting better. Everyone, including myself, will be glad when he can come home.

Happy June birthdays to Dale Parady, Nichole Parady, Dusty Adams, and Danielle Bennett. I hope you all had wonderful days.

Hope everyone has a beautiful week.

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FRYEBURG — Everyone is invited to the 6th Annual Wellness Craft and Vendor Fair and Chinese Auction to support the Bishop Family on Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fryeburg Fair Grounds BEANO hall.

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has hosted summer visitors of all types since the mid-1800s.

BHS Executive Director Ned Allen and assistant, Mike Davis, will illustrate the development of tourism and show images of the grand hotels and less grand rustic establishments, with engaging stories from the times.

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WATERFORD — The 66th season of Waterford summer breakfasts gets underway on Thursday, July 4, in the Wilkins Community House at the foot of Plummer Hill Road, next to the Waterford Congregational Church. A breakfast of freshly-baked muffins, eggs, pancakes, donut holes, coffee, tea, and orange juice will be served from 7:30 to 10 a.m.

Waterford’s Thunder Hill Farm supplies the real Maine maple syrup and Melby’s Market and Eatery in North Waterford provides the eggs, bacon, and sausage. All muffins, including gluten-free, are made from scratch.

In addition to July 4, future breakfast dates are Wednesdays, July 17 and 31, and Aug. 14. Mark your calendars! The price for each breakfast is $9 for adults, $4 for smaller portions, and free for children under five years old.

Something new this year: at each of the Wednesday breakfasts there will be coffee and muffins “to go” for $3 available at the kitchen door between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.

July 4 is always a wonderful morning in Waterford

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Karen Feld captures journalism kudos

Longtime Bridgton summer resident, Karen Feld, picked up four national awards this month for Excellence in Journalism. The Society of Professional Journalists presented her with a Deadline Award for best feature in a weekly newspaper for her story on Michelle Obama.

The National Federation of Press Women honored Feld with three awards in their annual Communications Contest. She captured first place for online feature story: “Washington Relationships: Capitol Pressure Puts Pressure on Capital Love.” She was previously awarded the prestigious Communicator of Achievement award from that organization.

Feld, who writes on diverse topics, also picked up awards in Specialty Categories: Sports (“Pickleball: A Popular New Karen Feld with her tea- Sport”); and Travel (“Solo Getaway: Unique East Coast Inns”) features.

Dave Kobrenski playing the Fulani flute. cup poodles.

Feld, who you see around town accompanied by her teacup poodle, Bellini, a trained medical service dog, is a talented writer, editor, broadcast personality and engaging public speaker. Her website: www.karenfeld.com Link to winning entries: https://georgetowner.com/articles/2018/11/15/latest-rock-star-michelle/ http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2018/05/08/washington-relationships-capitollife-puts-pressure-on-capital-lov/ http://www.nycitywoman.com/pickleball-popular-new-sport/ LOVELL — Dave studying traditional music http://www.nycitywoman.com/solo-getaway-unique-east-coast-inns/ Kobrenski, Jed Wilson, in the Niger River valley and Craig Bryan collabo- in Guinea for 10 years. rate to bring together tra- His lively stories from his ditional West African and adventures explore social contemporary American and cultural issues that musical styles and create a make an argument for why vibrant and eclectic musi- cultural diversity may be cal ecosystem at the Brick one of the most important Church for the Performing human assets on the planet.

On Friday, June 28, from families and learn about eduThere is no fee to sell items Arts in Lovell at 7 p.m., Jed Wilson has been per11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will cational classes and learn- at this sale. Please contact on Thursday, June 27. forming since his teenage be a sale of used homeschool ing opportunities in the local Jen Larabee at 583-5033 for Kobrenski performs on tra- years in Portland, Oregon. curriculum materials at the region. details or to reserve a table. ditional African flutes and He received a degree in Bridgton Alliance Church, string instruments, accom- jazz performance from the 368 Harrison Rd. (Rte. 117) panied by Wilson on piano New England Conservatory, in Bridgton. and Bryan on drums. where he formed a longHomeschoolers are invited Artist, musician, and standing musical partto come buy, sell, or swap author Dave Kobrenski nership with jazz vocalnew or used textbooks, workwill demonstrate many of ist Dominique Eade. The books, math manipulatives, the instruments he learned two toured widely, and in LOVELL — Four Maine a brief slideshow presentascience materials, readers, to play while living in 2006 released a criticallyauthors will present their wiltion followed by a Q and novels, and learning kits.

West Africa, including the acclaimed CD that appeared derness writing and publishA session.

Copies of their Educational games, CDs, Fulani flute, kamale ngoni on many of that year’s topbooks will be available for ing experiences in Writing the flashcards, and sports equip(a 10-string Mande harp), ten album lists. Jed has ment will also be available, Wilderness at the Charlotte sale. djembe, and more. He com- also performed extensively A representative from Hobbs Memorial Library in as well as art supplies, music bines music, storytelling, with singer/songwriter Maine Authors Publishing Lovell on Saturday, June 22, and fine arts curriculums, and visual art, and photography Heather Masse across North will also be available with much more. Something for from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. into an entertaining and America, including multiple information for prospective The event features local every grade level and family. informative cultural experi- appearances on NPR’s A Meet other homeschool wilderness writers Laurie Maine authors.

Apgar Chandler, Thomas This event is free and ence based on his exten- Prairie Home Companion.

Percussionist Craig Bryan Jamrog, Kim Camery open to the public. For more sive travels in West Africa, Millick, and Jake Morrel dis- information about this topic cussing the process of writ- please call or e-mail Jenn ing about their wilderness Dean at Maine Authors experiences and then taking Publishing, 594-0091, or the next step to publish their jenn@maineauthorspublishwork. Each author will give ing.com A previous announcement incorrectly stated that the yard sale to be held at CASCO — Jump on the Song Toboggan the Caswell Conservancy Hometown boy and sing along with Matt Loosigian of Earth on Saturday, June 29, was returns to Jams at the Casco Public Library, 5 Leach an “Indoor Yard Sale.” The Naples Legion Hill Rd., on Tuesday, June 25, at 5:30 p.m. yard sale is an “Outdoor Matt Loosigian is a Brunswick-based — David Yard Sale” that will run from folk singer, guitarist, and songwriter speLapointe & Ana 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. In case of cializing in playful, funny songs about ecolinclement weather, the yard ogy and being green. Join him as he works sale will be moved inside the his musical magic in this interactive and building. For more informafun music show. Loosigian has the unique tion or to reserve a table call ability to capture and keep the attention of 850-501-2709. children, from babies through elementary

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ages. Inspired by his incredibly dynamic voice and charismatic performances, participants will sing, play, and dance along as this musical wizard pulls giggles out of his guitar.

It is clear that Matt has a great love of music, fun, and children and he wants to transmit that love to the families. He believes “that every child has a seed of music inside. If we nurture those seeds by teaching them to exercise their musical muscles from a young age they will blossom into enthusiastic musical beings. I demonstrate how easy and fun it is to make

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your own music. Hooray!”

Loosigian has been spreading musical joy around Maine and New England for 12 years. With a deep background in choral, solo and a cappella singing, today he performs at school assemblies and family concerts, and leads workshops for teachers.

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His early career consisted of hard rock and the Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra while still in high school.

This early musical dichotomy was just the beginning of a very diverse career spanning a wide range of genres including a three-year stint with Cuban percussionist and singer Roberto Olivero in Arizona. Currently, Craig performs with multiple rock and jazz groups in the Mount Washington area, and teaches band and chorus at The Molly Ockett School in Fryeburg.

Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and will be available at the door. The Brick Church for the Performing Arts is located on Christian Hill Road in Lovell and it is now air-conditioned. For more information call 9251500, or go to www.lovellbrickchurch.org or visit the BCPA Facebook page.

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A delicious recipe for healthy kale

Arthur Migliazza at the HAYLOFT The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton presents an evening of blues and boogie woogie piano with Arthur Migliazza on Saturday, June 22.

Award-winning blues and boogie woogie pianist Arthur Migliazza began playing the piano professionally at age 13 and came under the wing of mentors and teachers such as Henry Butler, Ann Rabson, and Mr. B. Arthur has been inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame and was a finalist at the 2010 and 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.

In his more than 20 years of performing, he has been privileged to play on some of the world’s greatest stages, including Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow as part of the sold-out Kings of Boogie Tour, the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, and the Benaroya Hall in Seattle, as well as on National Public Radio in the United States.

In 2014, Arthur received the Best of the Blues Award

for Best Keyboardist in Washington State and his 2014 album “Laying It Down” resided at number one on the Roots Music Report charts for Washington State during the summer of 2014 It also reached number 20 on the national chart and appeared on the Entry List for the 2015 Grammy award nominations. Arthur released his latest album, “Bumble Boogie,” independently in January 2018.

As a star of the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway show BOOGIE STOMP!, Arthur performed at the Elektra Theater in Times Square, New York City, in 2015. His first instructional book, How to Play Boogie Woogie Piano, published by Hal Leonard, is considered a benchmark in blues and boogie woogie piano instruction.

Arthur currently resides in New York City.

Tickets for the show are general admission and cost $35 each. They are available at the door or at https://www. brownpapertickets.com/

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First concert of the summer The Bridgton Community Band begins its summer concert season on Wednesday, July 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the bandstand behind Rite Aid and will feature patriotic music as a prelude to the annual fireworks display. The concert is free and open to the public — be sure to bring a chair and insect repellant. And bring a friend, and a picnic too!

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2 tablespoons minced garlic Salt and freshly ground black pepper ½ cup dry white wine or vegetable stock 1 cup chopped ripe tomatoes (drained, canned is fine) ½ chopped kalamata olives 1 small red onion, minced for garnish Directions: 1) Cut the halves of each kale leaf off the stems: reserve stems. Keep the leaves intact so you have at least a dozen long, wide kale ribbons. Roughly chop the stems. Cut the feta into sticks about 2 inches long and as thin as you can without crumbling.

2) Put 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a deep skillet or casserole with a tightfitting lid over mediumhigh heat. Add the garlic and chopped kale stems and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the kale is beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

3) Lay out a ribbon of kale, put a piece of cheese on the end, and roll it up loosely. Put it in the pan on top of the garlic and kale stems.

Repeat until all the kale ribbons and cheese are used, nestling the rolls in next to each other in a single layer. Pour the wine over all and top with the tomatoes and olives. Return the pan to medium-high heat. When the liquid begins to boil, cover and turn the heat down to medium-low.

4) Cook, undisturbed, for 10 minutes, then check and make sure the kale is tender and the cheese is hot.

Garnish with the red onion and several grinds of fresh black pepper. To serve, scoop the rolls out and top with the bits of vegetables and pan juices. Pass more olive oil at the table for drizzling.

Enjoy!

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(Continued from Page 1B) field biologist for many years and conducted research throughout North America. She has tracked Canada lynx and crawled into bear dens in the North Maine woods, live-trapped grizzly bears in Yellowstone, banded puffins in Downeast Maine, and advocated for the conservation of old growth rainforest in southeast Alaska.

This is a free presentation sponsored by the library. The library is located at 282 Sebago Rd. (Rt. 114) in Sebago.

For more information call 787-2321.

event/4030232. Doors open at 7 p.m., the show starts at 7:30 p.m. This is a BYOB event.

The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn is located at 95 Sanborns Grove (off Highland Ridge) in Bridgton.

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By Nancy Tripp Maine Morning Micro Roasters Kale is at the top of the list of superfoods, making it a super, superfood. It is packed with gut healthy fiber, calcium for bone health, iron, manganese, and vitamins K, E, C and omega 3 fatty acids. Eaten raw, the nutrients are at their strongest, and while cooking reduces the benefits a bit, substantial amounts of vitamins A, C, K, manganese and fiber still remain.

When I say I’m serving kale at my house I get the big eyeball roll.

It’s not a favorite, so I look for creative and tasty ways to serve this healthy veggie. The sneakiest way is to chiffonade the kale and use it in salads, slaws, soups, and cooked dishes with meat and other vegetables. Blending a handful of kale into a banana and fruit smoothie is delicious, quick and easy.

Kale chips are fun and the kids love these crispy green treats. I love any salad recipe using baby Kale in the greenhouse kale, dressed with avocado, olive oil, and lime.

And a saute of kale, collards, and spinach sprinkled with a flavored vinegar makes a lovely side. Cook the kale the longest and add the spinach last.

Last week I found this recipe by Mark Bittman. I really like its simplicity. The addition of kalamata olives with their slightly bitter brininess against the creamy saltiness of the feta and the brightness of the kale sauteed in wine makes this a winner in my book. I hope you like it — I did!

Rolled Kale with Feta and Olives, from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman (Serves 4) Ingredients: About 8 large kale leaves, washed 8 ounces feta cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling

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are available for loan at both For more information Casco and Naples Public about “Let’s Talk About It” Libraries. Please call either and the work of the Maine Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), by the Maine Humanities library — Casco 627-4541 or Humanities Council, go to and many copies of the five Council will facilitate the dis- Naples 693-6841 —to register www.mainehumanities.org or books in the series are avail- cussions. and come in to pick up the call the office in Portland at able at both libraries. All are “Exploring ideas and first book of the series.

773-5051. welcome to join any or all of issues through literature has a the discussions. unique and fun way of creatBooks to be read and dis- ing community,” said Nicole cussed in this series include: Rancourt, director of Let’s The Maine Woods by Talk About It. “We find that Henry David Thoreau; The there is great interest among Thursday, June 20 Wilderness from Chamberlain adults in getting together to Community lunch, doors Farm: A Story of Hope for discuss what they’ve read open 11:30 a.m., lunch served the American Wild by Dean with others. Having a discusat noon, Caswell Conservancy, Bennett; Fly Rod Crosby: the sion leader like Adam-Max 42 Main St. in Harrison. Meal followed by games and bingo. No Woman Who Marketed Maine Tuchinsky of the University set fee, donations accepted. FMI

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Saturday, June 22 Rekindled by George S. ings and skilled in facilitating, Edes Falls Sewing Circle supper, sittings at 4 p.m.

Kephart; and We Took to the can help to deepen this experiand 5 p.m., Edes Falls Community Center, 319 Edes Woods by Louise Dickinson ence.”

Falls Rd., Naples. Menu includes red and white beans, Rich. A scholar provided Books for the program coleslaw, “tater” salad, jellied salads, “pink stuff,” hotdogs, homemade biscuits, beverages, and yummy homemade pies of all varieties. Adults $8.50, children $3.25. All welcome.

Baked bean supper, 5 – 6 p.m., North Sebago Methodist Church, 820 Sebago Rd., North Sebago.

Sunday, June 23 Church supper followed by music program, RAYMOND — The Raymond Village Library will 5 p.m., South Bridgton Congregational Church, 16 sponsor a Garden Tour on Saturday, June 22, from 7 Fosterville Rd. Tickets $10. Call Karen at 693-2652 a.m. to noon. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 on the for reservations. day of the tour, and can be obtained through the library, Tuesday, June 25 which is located at 3 Meadow Rd., in Raymond.

First church supper of the summer, 5 – 6:30 p.m., The library will also hold its annual Book & Bake North Waterford Church (Route 35, opposite Melby’s Sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday, Eatery). All you can eat of homemade casseroles, July 6 and 7. For further information about either event baked beans and brown bread, salads, rolls and call 655-4283 or e-mail rvldirector@gmail.com gingerbread for dessert. Adults $10, children $4.50.

All are welcome!

Wednesday, June 26 Free community dinner, 5:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 42 Sweden Rd. (Rte. 93). No charge, all welcome. FMI 647-8549.

1st Church “Let’s Talk About It” book group summer hours

The First Congregational Church of Bridgton, U.C.C. will be starting its summer hours on Sunday, July 7, and they will run through Sept. 1.

Summer worship will now be at 9 a.m. The church is located at 33 South High St., in Bridgton and everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information call the church office at 647-3936.

CASCO and NAPLES — The Casco and Naples Public Libraries have been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer “Let’s Talk About It,” a free reading and discussion group with copies of books available through the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book, in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

The series, Defining Wilderness, Defining Maine, begins at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, at the Casco Public Library. Meetings will alternate between CPL, 5 Leach Hill Rd., and NPL, 940

First concert of the summer

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(Continued from Page 5B) courtyard. Moving “downtown” will hopefully attract larger audiences and offer an exciting summer event for residents and visitors alike.

The band is directed by returning, outstanding conductor, Steven Sweetsir. Rehearsals are held each Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Stevens Brook Elementary School. All players are welcome to join the band. For more information contact the Band President, Dick Albert, at dickalbert43@gmail.com

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Saturday, June 29 Jonathan Sarty, classic Americana, doors open 6:30, show starts 7 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., Denmark. Tickets $8 – 15, concessions available. FMI and to purchase tickets call 452-2412 or go to www.denmarkarts.org Sunday, June 30 Music on the Green, Preston & Curry duo, country and ‘70s classics, 6 – 7 p.m., Naples Village Green. In case of rain concert will move inside the Naples Methodist Church.

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Saturday, June 22 June Bug Show, noon – 4 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., Denmark. Free and open to public.

Friday, June 28 Artist reception, Sarah Shepley Images from Ecuador, 5 – 7 p.m., Gallery 302, 112 Main St., Bridgton. Artist talk about Ecuadorian Arts Initiative,w 4:30 p.m. Talk and reception free and open to public, all welcome. FMI 647-2787 or gallery302.com Saturday, June 29 Exhibition opening, Mary Bastoni Reflections — 25 Years in Watercolor, 12 – 2 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., Denmark. Come meet the artist and view her work. Free and open to the public.

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(Continued from Page 4B) preschools, and he teaches parent/child music and movement classes. In 2009, he released a solo album, “Hungry for the Sun,” featuring songs about ecology and being green, which received a Kids Music Award.

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the whole family to experience the magic of song with Matt Loosigian! This concert is free and open to the public. All are encouraged to attend. To learn more about Matt go to www. earthjams.com For more information about the concert call the library at 627-4541.

LAKE REGION GRADUATION * 2019 June 20, 2019, The Bridgton News, Page 1C

Senior Awards Maine Principals’ Association – Lucien Wallace Western Maine Conference Citizenship Award – Paige Davis, Mark Mayo Honor Awards – Emma Brown, Samantha Berard, Nate Bragdon-Clements, Emily Colson, Gabrielle Crockett, Amber Doyle, Shayla Dunn, Travis Corson, Samuel Cowan, Jessica Engstrom, Haley Fernald, Corbin Figueroa, Andrew Gianattasio, Brooke Harriman, Devyn Hatch, Timothy Holbrook, Janessa Lavoie, Neva Leavitt, Jordan Magiera, Jarod Maher, Liam Opie, Samantha Pond, Adam Ranco, Madison Rock, Brandon Ross, Dawson Smith, Lucus Suitter, Olivia Thompson, Ryan Walker, Alyvia Wilson High Honor Awards – Kennedy Brake, Ethan Caulfield, Paige Davis, Emily Lake, Matthew Mayo, Mark Mayo, Han Mei, Veronica Messina, Olivia Toole, Lucien Wallace Honor Essayist – Mark Mayo Salutatorian – Paige Davis Valedictorian – Lucian Wallace Excellence in the Visual Arts – Sonya Waligora Outstanding Achievement in Visual Art – Cheyenne Bell Excellence in Instrumental Music – Lucian Wallace Outstanding Achievement Instrumental Music – Matthew Mayo Excellence in Manual Arts – Cody Doucette Outstanding Achievement Manual Arts – Douglas Ross Excellence in Choral Music – Samantha Pond Outstanding Achievement in Choral Music – Matthew Mayo Excellence in Humanities – Madison Rock Outstanding Achievement in English – Corbin Figueroa Excellence in Latin – Samuel Cowan Excellence in French – Caterina Lucconi Outstanding Achievement in French – Neva Leavitt Excellence in Mathematics – Lucian Wallace Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics – Han Mei Golden Globe Social Studies Award – Samuel Cowan Excellence in Science – Lucien Wallace Outstanding Achievement in Science – Paige Davis National Honor Society members – President: Mark Mayo, Secretary: Paige Davis, Treasurer: Emma Brown, Sergeant at Arms: Matthew Mayo, Emily Colson, Samuel Cowan, Shayla Dunn, Devyn Hatch, Emily Lake, Neva Leavitt, Jordan Magiera, Han Mei, Samantha Pond, Madison Rock, Dawson Smith, Olivia Thompson, Olivia Toole, Veronica Messina, Lucien Wallace, Alyvia Wilson Class Marshals – Devyn Hatch, Ciara Harriman Class Officers – President-Emily Colson, Vice President-Mark Mayo, Secretary-Paige Davis,

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SENIOR, Page 3C

LRHS Class of 2019 scholarship recipients Alpha Delta Kappa – Samantha Pond Betty & Sumner O. Hancock Scholarship Fund – Cheyenne Bell, Samantha Berard Betty & Sumner O. Hancock Scholarship Fund/Lois Varney Award – Paige Davis Betty & Sumner O. Hancock Scholarship Fund/K. David Hancock Award – Alyvia Wilson Betty & Sumner O. Hancock Scholarship Fund/Richard Frank Award – Oliver Attwood Betty & Sumner O. Hancock Scholarship Fund/Casco Fire Association Award – Jordan Magiera

Brian Keith Stuart (Award) – Samantha Berard Bridgton Lions Club Scholarship – Mark Mayo • Bridgton Scholarship Foundation: George Riley Memorial Scholarship & Whitney Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Arey Milton S. McKeen Jr. Scholarship & Donald Beal Memorial Scholarship – Devyn Hatch George N. Abbot Memorial Scholarship & Lebovitz Memorial Scholarship – Timothy Holbrook Carl & Esther Kilborn Memorial Scholarship & Eli Kroot Memorial

Scholarship – Janessa Lavoie George M. Oberg Memorial Scholarship & John T. Gyger Memorial Scholarship – Matthew Mayo Thomas Willins Memorial Scholarship & Lillian S. Willins Memorial Scholarship – Mark Mayo North Bridgton Congregational Church Scholarship & Bynn Davis Memorial Scholarship – Cameron Meserve Henry Shorey Memorial Scholarship & Andy Sanborn Memorial Scholarship – Veronica Messina Raymond Allen Memorial

Scholarship & R. William Foster Memorial Scholarship – Han Mei Kendall Ham Memorial Scholarship & Frank Pike Jr. Memorial Scholarship – Madison Rock Blynn Davis Memorial Scholarship – Susan Rose Lillian S. Willins Memorial Scholarship – Peter Vigna Thomas Willins Memorial Scholarship – Ryan Walker Bridgton Hospital Guild Scholarship – Nate BragdonClements, Emily Colson, Paige Davis Dr. Charles J. McDonald Memorial – Emily Lake

Dr. Christina L. Chaplin Scholarship – Dawson Smith Dr. John Bischoffberger Scholarship – Kayah McLean Evelyn M. Kelley Scholarship – Brooke Harriman Evora Jordan Positive Action Committee – Madison Rock Hancock Lumber Scholarship – Samantha Berard, Francis Mirante Hazel F. Cook National Honor Society Scholarship – Emma Brown, Mark Mayo Jeff Flanigan Memorial Scholarship – Devyn Hatch Kendal C. & Anna Ham SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 4C

Lake Region Graduation

Page 2C, The Bridgton News, June 20, 2019

Lake Region Class of 2019

Tohru Ahlemeyer, South Casco Dylan Allen, Naples Logan Anderson-Smart, Naples Jacob Arey, Bridgton ^ Luna Atallah, Casco Oliver Attwood, Casco William Austin III, Bridgton Kristian Bartlett, Casco Cheyenne Bell, Casco * Samantha Berard, Casco Zachary Boucher, Bridgton Jeremy Bourgoin, Bridgton Shaniya Bowman, Naples * Nate Bragdon-Clements, Casco ** Kennedy Brake, Naples +* Emma Brown, Naples Joshua Bueler, Bridgton Cimantha Carchidi, Casco Royce Carver, Naples ** Ethan Caulfield, Naples Jacob Chaplin, Naples Shyniece Cleveland, Bridgton Herizen Clifford, Naples +* Emily Colson, Casco Patrick Connolly, Naples * Travis Corson, Casco +* Samuel Cowan, Bridgton * Gabrielle Crockett, Sebago +** Paige Davis, Casco Christopher DelVecchio, Bridgton Cody Doucette, North Bridgton Johnathan Downey, Naples * Amber Doyle, Bridgton Elijah Drew, Sebago +* Shayla Dunn, Naples Shea Durgin, Bridgton Julia Dyer, Naples Coty Edwards, Sebago Caleb Emery, Casco * Jessica Engstrom, Naples Emma Fagone, Naples Christopher Ferguson, Bridgton * Haley Fernald, Bridgton * Corbin Figueroa, Bridgton Cassandra Flower, Casco Alexander Freeman, Bridgton Keiser Garcia, Bridgton * Andrew Gianattasio, Naples Jonathan Grant, Casco Monica Grover, Casco

Tia Grover, Casco Ericka Guffey, Bridgton Jens Hansen, Casco * Brooke Harriman, Sebago Christopher Harriman, Sebago Ciara Harriman, Sebago * Devyn Hatch, Bridgton Tyler Hewson, Casco Destinee Higgins, Bridgton * Timothy Holbrook, Bridgton Zachary Horne, Bridgton Jasmine Jackson, Bridgton James Johansen, Casco Noah Johnston, Sebago Seth Kalinyak, Casco Brooke Keene, Naples Benjamin Kelly, Naples Tristan Kollander, Bridgton Tyler Kyllonen, Sebago McKayla Lacerte, Naples Christian LeBlanc, Bridgton +** Emily Lake, Naples * Janessa Lavoie, Bridgton +* Neva Leavitt, Casco Christian LeBlanc, Bridgton ^ Caterina Lucconi, Casco Cassidy MacDonald, Bridgton ^ Juan Macias-Romero, Sebago +* Jordan Magiera, Casco * Jarod Maher, Sebago Riley Malia-Fraser, Casco Mya Market, Naples +** Mark Mayo, Bridgton +** Matthew Mayo, Bridgton Kayah McLean, Casco +** Han Mei, Bridgton Alexia Merrill, Bridgton Cameron Meserve, North Bridgton +** Veronica Messina, Bridgton Dexter Mills, Bridgton Francis Mirante, Naples Malinda Murphy, Bridgton McKenzie Murch, Naples Justin Mushrow, Bridgton Noah Neal, South Casco Molly Nichols, Casco Bridgette Norman, North Bridgton Leanne O’Brien, Naples THE GRADUATES, Page 4C

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‘Mark we left’

Lucien Wallace LRHS Valedictorian Good afternoon family, friends, faculty and staff, and congratulations to Lake Region’s graduating class of 2019!

It is an honor for me to speak to you today, and I would like to express my appreciation to the teachers and administrators, who made this possible. I know that everyone is excited to get their diplomas, so I will keep this short and sweet.

Today is the day that marks the end of our high school careers and is a day to be thankful. Thankful of the teachers and staff who have devoted countless hours to each student; the coaches who have supported every team and team-member, win or lose; the custodial and cafeteria staff and bus drivers who have come to work every day with a smile on their face despite receiving much less recognition than they deserve; and the community organizations, such as the Lions and Rotary clubs, that have encouraged our ventures in and out of the classroom since day one.

When I arrived here four years ago at age 12, I

Lucien Wallace Valedictorian was understandably afraid that I would not fit in. But within the first few months of school, I realized how easily one could become a part of something bigger here. Whether it is by joining a nationally-ranked World Quest team, one of many service organizations devoted to giving back to the community, like the ASTRA and Interact clubs, or a dedicated musical group or sports team, each student was given the opportunity to become part of a greater community.

These kinds of chances are not available at every LUCIEN, Page 4C

‘Make change’

Paige Davis LRHS Salutatorian Good afternoon and welcome again family, friends, teachers, administrators and, most importantly, the graduating class of 2019.

I am Paige Davis and I had the rather unfortunate honor of delivering today’s salutatorian speech. On behalf of my classmates, I would like to thank all of those who are in attendance today. It is safe to say if you are here that each and every one of you has had a profound, distinct, impact on this class that does not go unrecognized or unappreciated.

Especially your mom.

As I discussed this speech with my classmates and friends, I received one piece of advice.

“Paige keep it short — we have heard you talk nonstop for four straight years.”

And as per usual, I will not be taking that advice.

Unlike my classmates, I didn’t believe I was ready to graduate the day I walked into the building freshman year. I actually didn’t realize I was ready to graduate until last night when I diagnosed myself with a very serious case of senioritis as I was writing this speech. Yes, you heard me. As I was writing this speech. Last night.

I believed I wasn’t ready to graduate because I was, and still fully am, amazed by the community we were all so lucky to have grown up in. A community where

Paige Davis Salutatorian being different is not only tolerated, but encouraged.

While many may argue that Lake Region did not give us much, it is not up for debate that Lake Region gave us perhaps one of the most valuable life skills one can have in today’s society. Acceptance. After today, many of us will be venturing away from the safety and comfort of our homes to begin the next chapter in this book of life. To a place where others may not be so welcoming and kind. It is important to remember not to stray from embracing the foundation we were given here.

Lin Manuel Miranda, an American composer and playwright most notably recognized for creating the Broadway hit, “Hamilton,” perfectly wrote: “Get your education, don’t forget from PAIGE, Page 4C

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‘All of us have found our way’ Mark Mayo LRHS Honors Essayist “It’s not about where you are Game One of the season. It’s about where you are Game 16.”

This was Coach Stacy’s message to the baseball team at the beginning of this season. Although his message was meant for baseball, one can apply it to life’s journey. Game One is the beginning. Some people’s journeys started earlier than others, some of us started in the NICU, while others made their parents wait for weeks before making their grand entrance. Some of our journeys started across the Atlantic, in places like Africa, Germany, Spain, Italy and China, while other journeys started only minutes or hours away. Once the journey began, some of us had to start alone at first, while others had a twin or older sibling to help along the way.

The first few years of our journeys were not that memorable to us, but they were very memorable to the ones that cared for us. They remember the little details, like when we started walking and talking, our first words, how good or bad we acted, and when we started sleeping through the night. After five or six years, we started on the path called elementary school. For some of us, this path was easy, and for others more difficult. Some were able to skip ahead, while others took a little longer. This is when we also started taking side roads and explored things such as sports, scouts, band, chorus, video games, TV and

hanging out with friends.

We came from Stevens Brook, Songo Locks and Sebago Elementary to our new path called middle school where we were united as Lakers. This path was also harder for some than others, but it was exciting because we met new people while continuing along with some of our old friends.

We continued exploring side roads, but also tried new ones. It is here that we found school dances, pep rallies, boyfriends, girlfriends and laptops. As we moved along this path, we wanted less guidance from our parents and took on more responsibility for ourselves. We started to figure out what was important to us, and who we wanted to be.

No sooner did we think we had it all figured out, when we began the path called high school. On this path, we continued to meet new people and made some more discoveries, such as driving, summer jobs, homecoming, winter carnival and prom. Some people left and came back, while others joined us along the way. In the middle of this path, some people opted for a detour, to pursue their passion on the vocational path. At this point in the journey, most of us started thinking about what path we would be taking once this one has ended. Some decided on college, others the military, while the rest decide to enter the workforce or take a gap year.

Before we take the next path in our journey and start the next season of our lives, all of us have found our way here at the end of the

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Mark Mayo Honors Essayist high school path. Today, it doesn’t matter where you were born, whether you were born early, late, breezed through or struggled in your classes, whether you were an athlete, musician, actor or gamer, skipped a grade or two, or took a year or two longer.

Today is our Game 16, and we made it! Congratulations to the Class of 2019!

(Continued from Page 1C) Treasurer-Emma Brown, Publicity – Samantha Pond Class Advisors – Mrs. Amy Mayo and Mrs. Lynn O’Donnell Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year – Lynne Harrison Outstanding Staff Member of the Year – Linda White Foreign Exchange Students – Luna Atallah of LeBanon, Caterina Lucconi of Italy, Elena Re of Italy, Juan Macias-Romero of Spain, Hannah Simon of Germany Most Improved Student award – Molly Nichols Crooked River Academy Awards – Most Improved to Paige Yesucevitz; Student of the Year to Leanne O’Brien Cords presented for participation for four years in nonathletic extracurricular activities: 1 Cord: Tohru Ahlemeyer – Drama; Gabrielle Crockett – Art Club; Timothy Holbrook – Drama; Neva Leavitt – Interact Club; Jordan Magiera – Math Team; Mark Mayo – Math Team; Matthew Mayo – Drama; Han Mei – Math Team; Leanne O’Brien – Drama; Liam Opie – World Quest; Adam Ranco – World Quest; Madison Rock – Interact Club; Susan Rose – Drama; Olivia Thompson – World Quest; Sonya Waligora – Art Club; Alyvia Wilson – Interact 2 Cords: Andrew Gianattasio – Drama, World Quest 3 Cords: Kennedy Brake – Drama, Pep Band, Jazz Band; Samantha Pond – Drama, Pep Band, Jazz Band; Lucien Wallace –

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Lake Region Graduation

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Valedictorian Lucien Wallace

(Continued from Page 2C) school; often students are left to their own devices and form cliques.

At Lake Region, we’ve always had an overarching sense of community to rely on. This is what sets us apart from other schools and has allowed us to compete against schools with budgets two or three times the size of ours.

And don’t get me wrong, high school hasn’t been a breeze for our class. It’s seems that every month we’ve had a different grading system. It went from a “3” being one of the worst grades, to an exceptional grade, to an acceptable grade. But even through each of these phases, you could always be sure that every teacher and counselor were just as confused as you were, but still determined to help prepare us for our future.

From Freshman Awareness to Senior Awareness, our class has gotten closer together every day. Whether decorating the gym or participating in winter carnival games, we have

always found a way to work together as a team.

One of things that I am most proud of is the mark that we’ve left on the school. During the last four years, we’ve won the state lacrosse

championship, multiple state World Quest competitions, created a tennis team, won a statewide engineering competition, and were awarded medals at state and regional music festivals.

We are a class of athletes, musicians, engineers, volunteers and, most importantly, team members.

All of the amazing things that we have accomplished as a class have come with the support from our community, and our hard work as a team.

And we’ve done this while celebrating the diversity of our class.

So, I hope we all remember that no matter the path that each of us takes, be it college, the service, or the workforce, working as a team will allow you to exceed your expectations. And you can use the skills you’ve learned here to build and nourish a community wherever you go. But remember, you will always be a part of the Lake Region community.

Congratulations graduates, thank you for being a part of my life.

Salutatorian Paige Davis

(Continued from Page 2C) whence you came, and the world is going to know your name.”

I give the same advice to all of you.

Today, we will be given a diploma that will serve as a catalyst to beginning our future. But slowly, without realizing it, Lake Region and its people have been giving us the building blocks to our future all along. As we leave our friends, our family, our peers, we must not forget who and what built us to be the great people we are today. If we remember what built us, we cannot be destroyed, and we will be given the opportunity to build others — a mission I hope we all take on.

Proceeding today’s ceremony, a majority of us will most likely never see each other again. We would be remiss if we did not take this time today to reflect back on the memories, the bad and the good. Thank the person next to you, thank your best friend, thank your teachers, thank your parents, thank the person you made awkward eye contact in the hall with, but never talked to, for making these four years a time to remember. Thank them for setting you up for the rest of your life.

All of you are bursting with potential and, if used correctly, every single one of you have the capabilities to

make a change.

Anne Frank once wrote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

To the class to 2019, you will never see today again, so seize this moment, and start the change right now. Go on and teach the world the ways of Lake Region and create a society that you want to be a key part of.

I give all my love and wish the best of luck to you guys. I most certainly will be cherishing these final moments we have with each other throughout the rest of this ceremony. Thank you for listening to me one last time.

LRHS Scholarship recipients (Continued from Page 1C) Charitable Foundation – Jacob Arey, Devyn Hatch, Tim Holbrook, Jasmine Jackson, Janessa Lavoie, Mark Mayo, Matthew Mayo, Han Mei, Cameron Meserve, Veronica Messina, Madison Rock, Susan Rose, Ryan Walker Kendal C. & Anna Ham Scholarship Grant – Mark Mayo Lake Region High Alumni Scholarship – Matthew Mayo, Han Mei Lake Region Community Theater – Matthew Mayo Lake Region Teachers’ Association – Emma Brown Mary Lou Smith Fund Memorial Scholarship – Emily Colson MELMAC Richard W. Tyler Principal’s Scholarship – Emily Lake Mitchell Institute Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship – Han Mei North Sebago United Methodist Ladies Church Circle Award – Lucas Suitter, Lucien Wallace P.E.O. STAR Scholarship – Paige Davis Rotary Club of Bridgton – Lake Region Academic Scholarship – Samantha Pond Rotary Club of Bridgton – Lake Region Vocational Scholarship – Samantha Berard

Russ Haggett Memorial Scholarship – Paige Davis, Lucien Wallace Sabre Leadership Scholarship – Ryan Walker Sebago Elementary School Scholarship – Gabrielle Crockett, Brooke Harriman, Jarod Maher, Lucas Suitter, Lucien Wallace Sebago Lions Club – Lucas Suitter, Jarod Maher, Lucien Wallace Sebago Volunteer Association – Lucas Suitter, Lucien Wallace Songo Locks School Scholarship – Francis Mirante, Samantha Pond, Alyvia Wilson The Alfred N. Frazier American Legion and Auxiliary of Naples, Casco & Raymond Scholarship – Samantha Pond The CAP Memorial Scholarship – Emily Colson, Madison Rock The Reny Charitable Foundation Scholarship – Cheyenne Bell, Tim Holbrook, Veronica Messina Theodore E. Nutting Scholarship – Emma Brown, Jarod Maher West Oxford Agricultural Society Award (Fryeburg Fair) – Devyn Hatch White Mountain Orthodontics/Dr. Burton L. Rankie and family Scholarship Fund – Samantha Berard

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More people and dogs turned out for the Denmark Mountain Hikers outing to Lord Hill in Evans Notch on Friday, June 7, than we ever see on a hike at the same time. We had 26 hikers and four dogs on this hike, and only once before in the 435 hikes that the Denmark Mountain Hikers have done since the group was formed 9½ years ago have so many hikers hit the trail. That other time was on Oct. 23, 2015, when 26 hikers climbed Notch Mountain in Brownfield on a gorgeous fall day.

Large numbers on our hikes are really an exception, and since the group was formed, we have only had 15 other hikes with 20 hikers or more. We are averaging nine hikers per hike so far in our 2019 outings.

Hiking Trips & Tips

When we are hiking in National Forest Wilderness Areas, we limit the size of our group to a dozen hikers or less, to reduce the impact of our boots on the trail and to enhance the wilderness experience by reducing trail chatter. Even if not in a wilderness area, we will divide a larger group of hikers into smaller groups of eight or 10 each, with a lead hiker and sweep for each group.

This is also important when there are several potentially confusing trail junctions to navigate, and also to keep a larger group from stringing out on the trail making any response to a trail injury more difficult.

With our record 26 hikers on our Lord Hill outing, the trail is well-marked and we had strong leads and sweeps, so we hiked as one

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by Allen Crabtree group. Still, keeping everyone more or less together was a bit like herding cats, and in retrospect a couple or three smaller groups would have been less stressful on the hike leaders.

The Hike We have hiked to Lord Hill and the Quarry as a group only one time in the past, but it had been several years and for most of the hikers this was their first time here. The weather for the hike was warm and skies were sunny with a few clouds. Mercifully, the black flies were gone, but they were replaced by hordes of

hungry and aggressive mosquitoes. Head nets and bug dope were the uniforms of the day. I didn’t pick up any ticks, and I didn’t hear of anyone else with them either, but I’d be surprised if we didn’t acquire a few hitchhikers on the hike.

The approximately 2.0mile hike to the summit and quarry is a good leg stretcher and took a little more than an hour. Since we were last here, the trail to the summit of Lord Hill has been rerouted taking you directly to an open ledge with an overlook MINERALS — There are many different types of minerals scattered about the Lord Hill Quarry. to Horseshoe Pond.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) The primary attrac- tion of Lord Hill is the old quarry near its summit and the opportunities for rock hounds to collect a variety of minerals. Where in the past it was a bushwhack to the quarry from the main trail, the trail to the quarry is now well marked and easy to find. After digging through the stones in the quarry for souvenirs and taking the obligatory group shot, we headed back down the mine access road to the trailhead and reached the cars at noon after 1 hour and 10 minutes of hiking. Along the way, we found both a pink and a white lady slipper — the first ones we’ve seen on our spring hikes so far.

Lord Hill and the Quarry There are three small mountains in Stoneham, Maine, at the southern end of Evans Notch that are easy to climb and offer fine views from their summits. Lord Hill (1,297 feet), Pine Hill (1,250 feet) and Harndon Hill (1,395) are clustered close together and there is a network of trails allowing SIDE TRAIL to the quarry on Lord Mountain is now well-marked.

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Record number of hikers (Continued from Page 5C) one outing if desired.

Ancient volcanic activity created semi-precious stones, including smoky quartz, garnet, tourmaline, beryl and topaz in a pegmatite matrix. The ice-age glaciers wore the mountains down, exposing the minerals, making the Lord Hill Quarry one of the favorite mineral collecting sites in Maine. Twenty-four minerals have been identified at Lord Hill, including finds of large crystals of white, light blue and colorless topaz, and giant smoky quartz crystals.

While most of the large HORSESHOE POND from the ledges of Lord Mountain. crystals have been found

(Photo by Allen Crabtree)

and collected over the many years the quarry has been worked, there are still a large variety of minerals to be found by the serious rock hound.

The Lord Hill was originally known as Harndon Hill, but the name was changed about 1917. It was known as a mineral collector’s site as early as the late 1870s, and in the early 1880s Nathan Perry and Edgar D. Andrews opened a quarry there. By 1882, Nathan Perry was the sole operator, extracting several different minerals including feldspar, a raw material used in glassmaking and ceram-

ics. The quarry was idle for several years until Col. Joseph Pollack of Harrison, Maine, operated it for topaz in the 1970s. There is also a history of feldspar mining

here then, but it apparently wasn’t profitable because of the distance to the nearest processing mill. So, for most of its existence, Lord RAMBLES, Page 7C

Fairway chips (Continued from Page 8C) Carlson, Kyle Piatoni, Chet Hanson, Pete Thompson and Dick Ford. Second net by matching cards with a 23 was Jim “Bionic” Semple, Jim Macklin, Frank Wall and Brian Wall.

NTP on Hole #13 was Cliff Walker and NTP on Hole #10 was Stephanie Brown.

The annual Men’s Association Twilight League began Wednesday with the M & N Services President’s Cup slated to begin the match-play championship series Saturday.

Nick Stuart is the defending champ from a year ago.

This week’s puzzle theme:

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12. Pyle of “The Andy Griffith Show” 13. Willow twig 14. *”The Stars and Stripes ____” 19. What pertussis patients do 22. Johnny Cash’s boy with unfortunate name 23. En ___, or all together 24. Watcher 25. a.k.a. Pleasant Island 26. *State on Old Glory 27. “That is,” Latin

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No glass slipper for this Cinderella

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer PORTLAND — The magic finally ran out on the Lakers Saturday.

When the clock struck 2 p.m., the Lakers’ Cinderella girls’ lacrosse story turned into a pumpkin as their bid to repeat as Class C champions came up a tad short at Fitzpatrick Stadium.

St. Dom’s gained a little revenge with an 11–8 victory behind senior Avery Lutrzykowski’s eight-goal performance. The Saints (10-5, the tourney’s third seed) held off a second half Laker charge to end an incredible late season surge

by Coach David Keenan’s blue and gold squad.

“I am really proud of the girls. A month ago, an awful lot of people were doubting us, even internally, the girls

the turning point.

“We lost that game.

They’re a phenomenal team.

We were even going well into the second half. Once we saw that — against one were doubting themselves of the best teams in the state that we could come back and — we felt we could do this. make this. I knew we had the We started winning after talent, but it is hard to replace that,” Coach Keenan said. nine starters — those seniors Win, they did. that had played together for Top-seed and undefeated years. It took about a half a Winslow was the first victim season for the girls to jell, — a comeback win by the fill in those spots, and real- comeback kids. ize ‘It’s my turn. I can do LR followed that upset this.’ That’s why they played with a convincing victory so well the last part of the over Lincoln. Then, they ralseason,” said Coach Keenan, lied once more for a thrilling whose Lakers entered the 11–10 victory over North tourney as the #9 seed, the Yarmouth Academy in the final playoff spot. semis behind a season-high How did the team that seven-point game by sophohad a 4–8 regular season more Shauna Hancock and record threaten to bring two goals by senior Emma home another state title? The Brown. With seven minutes Cape Elizabeth game was left and down two goals, senior goalie Emily Lake delivered some key saves and it sparked her teammates. LR outscored the Panthers 4–1 with freshman Katie Keenan netting the game winner.

The Lakers seemed to carry that momentum forward when Hancock scored at the 19:19 mark to give them a quick 1–0 lead over the Saints. But, the Saints regrouped as junior Mia-Angelina Leslie scored at 17:57 and 16:05.

Lutrzykowski made it 3–1 before the Lakers responded at 8:54 on a Mackenzie Siebert goal.

By consistently winning the draws and capturing the loose ground balls, the Saints dominated territorial play much of the first half. LR defenders had a difficult time cutting off Lutrzykowski’s rushes to the net, either allowing quality shot chances or drawing an infraction CUTTING OFF A SAINT ATTACKER’S PATH resulting in reposition opporto the goal are Laker defenders Rene Carver and tunities near the cage.

“You just can’t give them Rebecca Roy (right).

(Rivet Photo) close shots like that. You

Saints 11 Lakers 8

PULLING THE TRIGGER in front of the St. Dom’s cage during second half action is Laker sophomore Mackenzie Siebert as teammate Katie Keenan looks on. The Lakers fell a little short of repeating as Class C champs. (Rivet Photo)

Senior Rambles hike (Continued from Page 6C) Hill Quarry has been a rock hound hotspot. There are two distinct pits to the Lord Hill Quarry, an east and a west pit. There is also a large tailings area with waste rock from the earlier commercial operation of the quarry Today, Lord Hill and the Lord Hill Quarry are located within the White Mountain National Forest, and any mineral collecting must be noncommercial and done with hand tools only. No permission is needed to collect minerals here.

Lord Hill in Oxford County, Stoneham, ME Difficulty – Easy Trail distance – 2.0 miles

to Lord Hill summit Hiking time – 45 minutes to 1 hour to Lord Hill summit Elevation – 1,257 feet to Lord Hill summit Vertical gain – 1,167 feet Coordinates – 44° 13’ 27” N 70° 57’ 10” W Summit of Lord Hill 44° 13’ 26’’ N 70° 57’ 11’’ W Lord Hill Quarry Topographic Maps – USGS Center Lovell 7.5-minute quad Directions to the trailhead: The most direct route to the Lord Hill summit and the quarry is from the south. Starting at the junction of Routes 93 and 5 in Lovell, head north on Route

5 for 2.4 miles. Turn left on West Lovell Road, cross the Kezar Lake Narrows and after 2.7 miles from Route 5 turn left on Foxboro Road for 1.5 miles. At the next fork, go straight (the left fork is New Road). At 0.6 miles, there is another road fork — go straight (the road to Horseshoe Pond goes to the right). Trailhead parking is 0.1 mile further on the right – there is room for about six to seven cars.

There is no trailhead kiosk or trail sign. The trail, Fire Lane 48, to Lord Hill and the Quarry follows the dirt road northwest, passing the old Lord cemetery on the left.

PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENT of reaching the state title game are LR seniors holding the runner-up trophy (left to right) Shayla Dunn, Paige Davis, Emily Lake and Emma Brown.

(Photo by Dena Dunn) have to move your feet rath- means we had to beat them worked until the horn sounder than check. We were a to the ground balls and get ed — their calling card that little sloppy, and they made the draws. We didn’t win enabled them to get back us pay for it,” Coach Keenan those two areas. Once we to the title game, something said. “It’s almost impossible had it, we were actually few thought was possible.

“Having a young team to stop some of those (in- quite effective.”

After the Saints tacked on and on this stage, it is tough close) shots. Emily took it hard on herself. It wasn’t two goals to open the second to make the right decisions her. We really shouldn’t be half, the Lakers started to at key moments. That’s why allowing shots in that close. settle into their game and seniors have the advanThey’ll score nine out of looked to rally. Freshman tage because they’ve been 10 times. She made some Katie Keenan jump started through it. This group, I’m big saves in the second half the comeback with a score at telling you, is going to to keep us alive. We don’t 18:16, assisted by Hancock. be amazing next year, the normally let teams do that. Siebert, who blew past two year after that and the year Today, we were playing a Saint defenders with a quick after that, it’s going to be little bit tentative, and try- burst, tallied at 15:40 and incredible. We have amazing not to make mistakes — added another goal at 10:37. ing athletes. They can do which is a recipe for disaster. The Lakers had a chance to it. It’s just a matter of havkeep rolling but was unable ing confidence and getting You have to take chances.”

LR had a chance to close to secure a loose ball along experience,” Coach Keenan the gap in the final minute, the sideline, and the Saints said. “We will learn from but missed a point-blank got the benefit of the offi- today’s game. They have shot, which could have cut cial’s call, saying the ball come so far in every catthe deficit to 5–3. Instead, the deflected off a Laker. SD egory from the beginning Saints made a quick push up was then able to run a few of the season. They jelled the field, and scored with 4.7 minutes off the clock, which as a team; they’re competiproved critical as the Lakers tiveness peaked as the year seconds left for a 6–2 lead.

“We knew we could scored three times down the went on; and I couldn’t be come back because we have stretch — Keenan twice, and more proud of the girls. The scoreboard is what it is, but done it before. We were still Hancock once.

As the final seconds a month ago, very few peoup at halftime. We just had to relax and play our game. ticked off the game clock, ple thought we would be Control the ball, win the the heart and hustle of these here. This was a very sucfaceoffs. Once we had the Lakers never waned. They cessful year.” ball, we were okay,” Coach Keenan said. “We just needed to have the ball, which

Season in Review • Seeded #9, 4-8 NYA 12, Lakers 10 Lakers 13, Oceanside 2 Yarmouth 15, Lakers 4 Lakers 14, Wells 2 Windham 13, Lakers 5 St. Dom’s 6, Lakers 4 Biddeford 10, Lakers 9 Lakers 16, Fryeburg 6 Lakers 12, Morse 2 Greely 13, Lakers 7 Waynflete 8, Lakers 2 Cape 10, Lakers 5 Home: 3-3-0 Away: 1-5-0 Playoffs: Prelim Lakers 15, Lincoln 5 Quarterfinals Lakers 9, Winslow 6 Semifinals Lakers 11, NYA 10 Championship St. Dom’s 11, Lakers 8 The Roster Seniors #2 Emma Brown, attack #3 Emily Lake, goalie #6 Neva Leavitt, midfield #15 Shayla Dunn, defense #27 Paige Davis, midfield Juniors #11 Gabriella Hall, attack #13 Kendyl Ridlon, defense #17 Leah Clavette, defense Sophomores #5 Rene Carver, defense #8 Rebecca Roy, midfield

#12 Shauna Hancock, attack

#14 Bella Russo, midfield

#16 Mackenzie Siebert, mid

#21 Cierra Grover, attack #22 Allison Vogel, defense #23 Leah Brogan, attack Freshmen #9 Grace Gagnon, attack #10 Rebecca Caron, mid #18 Brianna Sargent, mid #20 Elle Hall, defense #25 Gwen Gagnon, defense #26 Katie Keenan, attack #40 Abigail Elsaesser, attack

#43 Brooke Toole, midfield Coach: David Keenan

HAVING SOME FUN at the post-game celebration get together at LRHS are (left) Allison Vogel and Shayla Dunn.

(Photo by Dena Dunn)

GOOD MOMENT...TOUGH MOMENT — Above, Katie Keenan gives the thumbs up at the start of the title game; below, Shauna Hancock absorbs a high hit near the St. Dom’s goal cage.

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LITTLE ROOM TO OPERATE — St. Dom’s played some tight defense in the Class C State Championship game Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. Left, Paige Davis looks for some help; top, Shauna Hancock manages to get off a shot between two SD defenders.

(Rivet Photos)

Summer camps School is out for summer vacation, but now kids in need for something to keep them busy can put their attention to developing skills in their favorite sports.

Lake Region is offering a variety of summer sports camps.

They include: Back 2 Basics Basketball Camp for girls is July 15–18 at the high school. The session for girls entering grades 3, 4 and 5 will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m., while girls entering grades 6, 7 and 8 takes place from 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Fee is $50. Checks payable to: LR Athletics.

Mail to: LRHS, 1877, Roosevelt Trail, Naples, ME 04055, attn: Paul True.

Include: name, shirt size, address, home phone, cell, emergency phone and name, insurance name and number, family physician name and phone number.

Laker Basketball Camp for boys entering grades 3–9, under the direction of new varsity coach Ryan Martin, will be July 15–18 at the high school. Tuition: $75.

Registration due by Friday, June 28. Either e-mail Coach Martin for registration form or stop by the LRHS athletic office.

Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Camp includes: skills and drills from 10 to 11:30 a.m., lectures/lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and games from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Areas of focus: shooting, ballhandling, passing, post play, individual and team defense.

Contact: ryanmartinhoops33@gmail.com LR Track & Field Camp for boys and girls entering grades 1–7, directed by varsity coach Mark Snow along with LRMS and LRHS team members.

Focus: Campers will learn about the sport of track & field.

Skills and concepts to be covered including sprinting, endurance, throwing, jumping, relays and overall fitness.

Dates: July 1 to July 12 (off July 4) from 9 to 11 a.m. at the high school track complex. Each camper should wear proper athletic attire — sneakers, socks, shorts, t-shirt.

Cost: $30 per camper (no matter how many days attended) or $70 maximum per family. Includes camp t-shirt and water bottle. Payable to Lake Region Track & Field. Payment expected by second day of camp or sent prior to July 1.

For a registration form, contact Coach Snow at mark.snow@ lakeregionschools.org

Fairway chips

Bridgton Highlands The Bridgton Highlands Ladies Golf Association played a scramble format on Wednesday, June 12. With a field of 15 players, the group occupied about half of the course, which likely annoyed somebody, somewhere. The ladies enjoyed some cloudy weather, but happily, no rain.

After some excellent play, the ladies enjoyed lunch and held their opening meeting of the season. First place winners were Donna Bleakney, WINNING DESIGN — Grace Marshall of Denmark Christine Bradbury, Lauren displays her winning logo for this year’s Lovell Old Packard and Gail Ramage.

Home Days 5K. Grace is pictured with Fryeburg The remaining three groups tied, which proves it’s any Academy instructor Steve Pullan.

Logo to ‘grace’ race t-shirts

LOVELL — Grace Marshall, who just finished her sophomore year at Fryeburg Academy, submitted the winning design for the 15th Annual Lovell Old Home Days 5K Run t-shirt.

This is the second consecutive year that Grace’s artwork was selected by the committee. Grace lives in Denmark and has been drawing since she was very young. She likes to draw both people and animals. For creating the winning design, Grace receives a $100 prize, as well as the pleasure of

seeing her artwork on shirts around town! Steve Pullan, the Academy’s art teacher, assisted the committee in making the selection.

As part of the competition, Fryeburg Academy art students are asked to incorporate the themes of Lovell and running into their artwork.

This year’s run is on Saturday, July 20, at 9:45 a.m. Only the first 100 registered runners are guaranteed a t-shirt, so remember to sign up early. Applications are available in local stores or by contacting race director

Stan Tupaj at stan@kezarrealty.com or 207-925-1500.

Registration is also available online at Running4Free.com.

Visit Lovell5k.com for more information, photos and past records.

The 5K run precedes the Old Home Days Parade and begins the day’s festivities.

Family members are encouraged to cheer the runners along the route, enjoy the parade and participate in all of the activities at the Lovell Athletic Field, including the popular (and free) Lollipop Run for children.

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Nearest to the pin on Hole #2 was Donna “Launch-It” Bleakney. Nearest to the pin on Hole #8 was Suzie “Blasto” Kinney.

Men’s Golf: Warmer weather brought out brighter spirits, friendly course conditions, more players, and ultimately lower scores for the 2019 Fathers’ Day Weekend events. In Saturday Sweeps, savvy veteran Jim Thombs was the big winner, taking home low gross with 74 and the NTP (nearest to the pin) on Hole #8 at 15-feet, to push himself well up the leading money ladder. Sweeps coordinator Mike Stuart shook off his routine early morning accounting challenges to post a nifty net best 68. Bob Holden and Jim Macklin combined to earn top honors in the team gross with a 181.

It was a family affair on Sunday as Andy Thombs showed his pops he had been paying close attention as a kid and rode the “Thombs School of Golf” to a smooth 73 low gross victory, narrowly defeating Cliff Walker (74). Blaine Chapman was on “fire” and despite a few hiccups (“birdie-ten-birdie”) shot a net best 63 that is sure to cut a few strokes from his weekend handicap. Cliff Walker and George Sawyer earned the team quota win, finishing one ahead of Russ Sweet and Dave Crowell.

George Sawyer proved the old adage “two weeks off is a good thing” by adding to his winnings with a carefully-surveyed NTP #10 at 3-feet 8-inches, prompting the group behind him to request a video replay reminiscent of this year’s inquiry that marred the Kentucky Derby fiasco.

With the evening “Scrambles” reduced to one night last week due to rain, the team of Jake “Longball” Huntress, Dan Plummer, Cliff Walker and Stephanie Brown earned first gross with a 30. Second gross with a 32 went to the squad of Seth Bridge, Steve Vachianno, Pete “make the Harley days count” Gately and Dave “Father Time” Crowell. First net with a 22 was won by the team of Dan FAIRWAY, Page 6C

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Earth Notes

“Earth Notes” is an outgrowth of a deep ecology discussion group. Writers reflect a delight in, and concern for, the earth and are individually responsible for opinions and information.

Community members are invited to submit articles. E-mail beepbeep207@roadrunner.com for details.

The Pointillist Season is here

By Alice Darlington Spring has finally come — so welcome after the long, icy winter. I call it the pointillist season, when trees start to bud and the landscape resembles a painting by GeorgesPierre Seurat. First, the almost imperceptible glow of rose among the treetops as the first red maple flowers peek out, soon to be scattering the ground below with tiny spent blooms. Then teardrops of yellow as forsythias start to flower. Bit by bit leaves begin to poke out and uncurl on some hardwoods. All this as the world wakes up and the spring mating dance begins, though foxes have already left their scented valentines among the trees and started their new families. A yellow-bellied sapsucker has been pounding on the metal edge of my roof to broadcast his availability and I hope he is successful soon as my retriever hides when the pounding begins! Goldfinches are now wearing their glorious gold and the ducks and geese in the cove have paired off and are now fairly invisible as they stay among the reeds to attend to their eggs. Peepers and wood frogs have been chorusing in the evenings along with American toads. So much going on!

I am grateful every day for this beauty around me and for the fortune I have to live here. Lately I have been reading more about this country’s founding and the extraordinary Constitution that defines what we have and it becomes ever more clear that, as Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

Benjamin Franklin, when asked what we had after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 had ended, a republic or a monarchy, answered, “A republic if you can keep it.” Can we? Every day it seems that ever more people are flirting with socialism in a quest for ‘fairness,’ for cutting down the one percent and distributing all sorts of goodies — free college, free health care, free, free, free whatever to the rest of us. However, to quote Edmund Burke, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” Is the history of the 20th century so far removed from us that we don’t know about the Soviet Union, Mao’s China, or Cuba? Don’t they see the present-day disaster of Venezuela that has indeed happened in a generation? When I ran a school in Mexico I had a student from Venezuela, then a very wealthy country.

She, no doubt, no longer lives there, just as a Cuban classmate of mine in boarding school now lives in Miami. They are fortunate; however; most Cubans and now Venezuelans don’t have the option of leaving. Venezuelans voted for Hugo Chavez but I doubt they imagined what they were getting as they are now facing bullets and vehicles running them over, freedom extinct, and their country dominated

by Cuba.

When has life ever been ‘fair’? Life is life. You get what you get and it’s up to each person or creature to deal with it. I think of Charles Krauthammer, paraplegic as the THE POINTILLIST SEASON, Page 2D

Views from Augusta

by Janet Mills Governor of Maine

Recommitting to children priority

In my Inaugural Address, I made a promise to the people of Maine. I said, “There is no higher priority than our children, and with so many young people at Long Creek, with children waiting for critical mental health services, and some even losing their lives to violence in their own homes, it is high time we put children’s health and safety first. I am starting with one simple step — calling together the Children’s Cabinet for the first time in years to tackle these issues.”

This week I kept that promise and I officially reconvened the Maine

Children’s Cabinet, with our new cabinet members of course, for the first time in almost a decade.

Governor Angus King founded the Children’s Cabinet in 1996 as a forum for government agencies to collaborate on good policy for Maine children and youth and the Legislature enacted it into Maine law in 2001. In keeping with its lofty mission, the Children’s Cabinet was formed of the Commissioners of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, Public Safety, and Corrections, in addition to the governor’s office

Lovell artist Erin Keanneally captures this “dandy” little red barn, located in Fryeburg on a recent photo safari. You can capture one of her works of art or photography at the upcoming Art in the Park.

Press doesn’t cover aslylees

It says: “Comments are disabled on some stories about sensitive topics” at the bottom of articles about hundreds of African “asylum seekers” coming into Portland, Maine on busses from San Antonio, Texas. That tells me the Portland Press Herald, Maine’s largest newspaper, knows illegal immigration is unpopular with Mainers and millions of other Americans across the country. The paper wants only its view presented and restricts opposing views.

Press Herald coverage is full of anecdotes about the hardships endured by African families from Angola, Congo, and Cameroon who travel to Brazil, then Central America, and through Mexico to arrive at the Texas border demanding asylum. There’s no investigation into who supported them on that long journey. Who paid their passage across the Atlantic? Who fed, clothed, and housed them on their months-long journey? Who told them to ask for asylum immediately after crossing the border so they could be bussed to Portland, Maine? Photographs of them arriving in Portland don’t depict people worn out after a harrowing journey. Many are overweight.

A Swiss journalist named Urs Gehriger tried to interview these “asylum seekers” on the streets of San Antonio about how they got there. According to Fox News: “… he met hostility from people who didn’t want to share details about their experiences, conflicted each other, and had rolls of $100 bills. They offered conflicting answers

Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin BN Columnist

and contradicted each other.” They had crossed the Rio Grande illegally but immediately became “legal” after asking border officials for asylum because of the federal law congressional Democrats refuse to change. So, we can expect “asylum seekers” to just keep coming and they’re not illegal aliens; they’re “aslylees.” Gehriger believes the illegals were coached on giving answers to authorities. “I had the impression that somebody told them not to speak about it,” and acting like “now we’re here, you have to help us, give us money,” he said.

Hundreds of Africans have arrived and as many as 1,500 more are expected. There’s no hint in the PPH coverage about why so many Mainers believe Democrats support open borders and are unhappy about spending their tax money on people from anywhere in the world PRESS DOESN’T COVER, Page 2D

Celebrating D-Day over time

The 75th anniversary of D-Day was celebrated on June 6. On that day, more than 150,000 Allied soldiers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, thus starting the final stage of World War II in Europe, which ended on May 4, 1945, with Germany’s unconditional surrender.

I followed the war as a six- and seven-year-old watching the MOVIETONE newsreels on Saturdays at the local movie theater. I went there to watch Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and “Hoot” Gibson, and I ended up with a front row seat to history.

We were living in Providence, R.I., at the time and, like everyone else in the country, the war effort required the involvement of every citizen, even young Robert. My job was to take Campbell soup cans filled with bacon fat to the local grocery. They would pay me two cents a pound, and they would then ship the cans off to factories to be converted into soap.

It did have its rewards. I would do the shopping and, on the way back home, I would open the loaf of freshly-baked white bread and treat myself to a slice. We didn’t know it at the time, but they processed all the nutritional value out of the bread and it wasn’t until the 1950s that they added nutrients back in, turning it into a plus by claiming that Wonder Bread “builds strong bodies eight ways.”

How has D-Day been recognized over the years? This isn’t comprehensive, of course, but let me give a few examples, the first being coverage in two history books. and various staffs. The Children’s Cabinet began its work with four measures of success in mind: that Maine children succeed in school, that our youth are prepared to enter the workforce, that families are living safe and healthy lives, and that Maine communities are keeping CHILDREN, Page 2D

Letters Memorial Day let down

To The Editor: When I go to the Hiram, Maine Memorial parade and ceremony I always felt and it left me with small town memories of freedom and with God in my heart.

This year, however, lacked an integral part of which Memorial Day is all about.

The ceremony leader was superb as were the speakers and soloist. They told it from their hearts. They were wonderful and experienced.

Congratulations to them.

But what was missing was the commitment of the school band and chorus. They need to be a part of the community and their leadership needs to lead by example and commitment.

BLUES AT NIGHT — Jim Hall provided this photo of the Maine Blues Festival at A number of people in the crowd felt that same way. night from the Naples Causeway this past weekend.

On My Corner

by Bob Casimiro Contributing Writer

A People and a Nation, Volume II: Since 1865 was copyrighted in 1986, and reflects the intensity of the invasion with reference to troops “scrambling ashore;” “soldiers… pinned down by fire from cliffside pillboxes;” “the fighting was still ferocious.” One soldier felt like a “pigeon at a trap shoot.”

On the other hand, the textbook used in Weymouth (Mass.) High School while I was living there was appalling.

The book, America, Pathways to the Present, Civil War to the Present, includes, for example, the following: “The Allies, under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower, were thus able to land safely on the beach.”

Safely? Come on, there were 10,000 casualties, including 2,500 who died.

It goes on to say: “In the course of the first week, they placed 326,000 soldiers, 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of supplies on the French coast.” Placed? Even after the CELEBRATING D-DAY, Page 2D We, as taxpayers, have a lot to give to our schools out-of-pocket. Giving back to your school and community is giving of yourself in a very important, memorable way to honor lives that were shed for your freedom.

Let’s hope next year and the years to come will reflect what President Kennedy, a very powerful president said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.”

Sue Parent Bridgton

Thank you voters

To The Editor: To the voters of Bridgton, Heartfelt thanks for returning me to a second three-year term on the Planning Board. I am immensely pleased to be given the opportunity to continue to serve Bridgton as the town develops and grows, and takes on the challenges associated with such. Thank you for your confidence to entrust me with this impor-

tant responsibility. I will put the best of my mind, my energy, and skills to work in the best interests of Bridgton.

Deb Brusini Bridgton

Now doing their share

To The Editor: I believe it to be entirely fitting and proper that the ultra-progressive faction that is now Portland, Maine, begins the process of absorbing its fair share of the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants that are currently besieging America’s southern border.

As one of the most vocal proponents of open or even no borders, Portland has a moral obligation to assume some of the tremendous burdens that border states have been dealing with for decades now.

Housing, feeding, clothing, schooling and providing medical care for an estimated 22 million people who have entered America illegally, LETTERS, Page 2D

Opinions

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The Pointillist Season

(Continued from Page 1D) result of a diving accident, yet finishing medical school and later becoming the most articulate political and general commentator of the past 30 plus years. His accident wasn’t fair. It just was and he dealt with it.

The turtle that lays her eggs in my yard just to have them dug up and consumed by a fox doesn’t complain; the tiny tree shoot that takes root in the forest shade and can’t grow unless some tall tree nearby falls and clears its way to sunlight; the tom turkey whose display is ignored by the females he is wooing doesn’t complain that another tom has better luck with a more impressive display;

the chickadee finding a nice tree cavity to nest in; the golden-crowned kinglet that flies into my window, unaware of glass; not fair, any of it but survival is up to us taking responsibility for our own lives. Animals aren’t thinking about fairness. They just go about the task of living.

It sounds so compassionate for people to want to help, to even life out through government. But who decides? The enlightened, the educated who think they know what is best, trapping others in dependency through their arrogant paternalism?

It doesn’t work. It never has. It never will.

Look to Venezuela. Look to Nature.

Celebrating D-Day

(Continued from Page 1D) beachhead was secured, putting ashore all those troops and equipment could hardly be referred to as “placed.”

They might have just said: “D-Day occurred on D-Day.” What about newspaper coverage on June 7, 2019, the day after the D-Day anniversary? What to expect?

First off, those who fought there, with coverage of the cemeteries and/or those veterans still alive, and who

attended the ceremonies.

Also, we would expect to see the President of the United States in Normandy representing the whole nation.

The front page of the conservative New York Post had a photo of President Trump with the veterans.

The liberal New York Daily News front page had a picture of President Trump and President Macron of France watching a flyby of jet fighters. No vets.

The Boston Globe’s front

Letters

(Continued from Page 1D) with few or no skills while not speaking the language, has been an overwhelming challenge to states along the Mexican border.

It is painfully obvious that neither major political party has any intention of a return to the rule of law and order to the daily disaster and tragedy that now defines our border with Mexico.

Republicans delight in the army of cheap labor that will settle for wages that no American would dream of working for.

Democrats are salivating over the millions of people that will be added to

page had a photo of the veterans. No President Trump.

Of Maine newspapers’ front pages, the Lewiston Sun Journal had a picture of a veteran at the Bayeux War cemetery in France. No President Trump. And the Portland Press Herald, no coverage at all; no picture, no nothing.

The only thing this does for me is to verify a long held belief and practice — to have multiple sources for news and information.

Tree Talk Guest Column

by Robert Fogg

Pondering Leaves and Needles

The leaves or needles on a tree have many functions and purposes. They absorb energy from sunlight, draw oxygen and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and pull water and nutrients from the soil, the combination of which enables the tree to add layers of growth cells. They also act as shelter and screening or camouflage for small birds and animals. Leaves serve as food for various browsing animals, even as buds, during the winter and spring before they mature into leaves.

The shape of each leaf dictates how it will react to weather conditions. Have you ever seen and heard Quaking Aspen LETTERS, Page 3D leaves rustling in even the slightest breeze? Have you PUBLIC NOTICE ever seen maple leaves turn upside down, exposing their lighter underside, as a telltale sign of an approaching BRIDGE CLOSING thunder shower? Every tree species has its own signaFOSTERS BRIDGE ture leaf pattern, enabling ON FERN DRIVE us a clue to identification.

No two species’ leaves are IN LOVELL, MAINE identical. And, come fall, the WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL colors are just as different.

FURTHER NOTICE. Apparently, each species of 1T25 leaf has its own taste, too, as evident by the preferences of PUBLIC NOTICE certain insects. I’ve always marveled at the fact that a Gypsy Moth caterpillar prefers pine needles to maple OFFICE HOURS leaves. If I’m ever given a choice between eating pine The Casco Town Office will close at 3:00 p.m., on needles or maple leaves, you Thursday, June 27, and will reopen on Monday, July 1, can bet I’ll choose the maple at 9:00 a.m. The Town Office will be closed on Friday, leaves. Wouldn’t you?

June 28, for fiscal year end processing. The Town Robert Fogg is general Office will also be closed on Thursday, July 4, for the manager of Naples-based Q-Team Tree Service and a 4th of July holiday.

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Press doesn’t cover aslylees

(Continued from Page 1D) who make their way to Maine claiming “asylum.” How do “asylees” know that in little Portland, Maine they can get free food, medical care, housing, and education?

When they arrive in Texas, they ask to be bussed here. Government officials in San Antonio also know Portland offers more free stuff for “aslyum seekers” than almost anywhere else in the country.

When Democrats controlled Maine and Portland gave illegal immigrants and “asylum seekers” General Assistance (welfare), the state reimbursed the city for 90 percent of it. Then former [Republican] Maine Human Services Director Mary Mayhew said in 2015: “For too long, legislators in Augusta have taken Maine citizens’ tax dollars and prioritized welfare dollars for illegal aliens over aid to elderly and disabled Maine citizens.” Former Governor LePage [also Republican] cut off state reimbursement for payments to illegal immigrants and “asylum seekers” in spite of efforts by thenAttorney General Janet Mills [a Democrat] to stop him. Now Democrats are back in control of Maine’s government and Janet Mills is governor. Expect them to restart the gravy train very soon.

It looks like they’d pay for any number of people from anywhere in the world, yet they deny they support open borders. Yes, it’s nice to help people who are fleeing war and oppression, but is that the case with all of them? Many Mainers (including this one) doubt it. Life in America is better than most places in the world and, according to

TOWN OF NAPLES Public Hearing

The Board of Selectpersons will hold a meeting on June 24, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., at the Municipal Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: 1. An application for a Liquor License for Captain Jack’s located at 34 Naples Marina Lane.

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(Continued from Page 1D) children and families at the heart of all their decisions.

The last time the Cabinet met in 2010, it submitted a report summarizing its work to the transition team of the then-incoming administration. Since its inception, the Cabinet had achieved remarkable success towards its goals. In its report, the Cabinet also outlined areas where it had fallen short and where it hoped the next Children’s Cabinet would succeed.

In its goal of ensuring every Maine child succeeds in school, the Children’s Cabinet urged state government to focus on reducing youth drop out, recidivism, and incarceration rates. The Cabinet also recommended

PUBLIC NOTICE

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1.) An application for a modification to the dock plans for Brandy Crossing Subdivision found on Tax Map U24, Lot 1.

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a Gallup poll a hundred fifty million more would like to come here. How many of those should we pay for? A million? Ten million? Fifty million? Ask a Democrat official and you won’t get a straight answer.

Portland’s social services infrastructure cannot handle the ones we have already so local officials reach out to surrounding communities like South Portland where I’m a taxpayer.

According to the Washington Examiner, Catholic Charities pays to bus the “asylum seekers” around the country. A ticket to New York for a family of five to seven cost $2,000. Why would they do that? Is it because most of their budget comes from the federal government for resettling refugees and asylum seekers? American Catholic bishops support open borders and, according to newsmax.com: “Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services [in the USA] received $202,000,000 and $426,943,000 respectively in 2016.”

There are at least 3,000 asylum seekers in Maine who wait two years for their cases to be heard by an immigration court.

However, US Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan reported earlier this month that 90% of asylum seekers in the country never show up. Is that because their asylum claims are phony? They all become illegal aliens again and McAleenan says very few will ever be deported.

Quite a racket, huh? Expect to read none of this in the Portland Press Herald.

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a retired middle school U.S. History teacher.

Recommitting to children

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Public welcome.

HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS — Commander Ethan McKenney of American Legion Post 139 of Harrison along with Jeremy Wentworth (Master of Ceremonies, left) and Steve Wentworth (Past Commander, right) presented the Order of St. Maurice to Harrison native Col. Errol Briggs of Barre, Vt. on Monday, May 27.

The Order of St. Maurice is presented to those combat veterans who have made a significant contribution to the U. S. Infantry. It is signed by the Commander of the Infantry and has been presented to the likes of Gen. Colin Powell and Gen. Hal Moore. Col. Briggs served in the Infantry in Vietnam.

Sealed bids must be received at the Town Office no later Thursday, June 27th, at 2:00 p.m., at which time all bids shall be opened.

The Town reserves the right to waive any informalities in the proposal process and will award the contract(s) based upon those proposals that meet and are in the best interest of the Town of Bridgton.

Inquiries should be directed to: Jim Kidder, Public Works Director at 207-647-2326. 1T25

that future members would lead in expanding quality and accessible early child care and education. At the time, 46 percent of all Maine preschoolers were entering school not meeting school readiness standards. That is not to mention the stark childhood poverty rates. Back in 2010, 37 towns of the top 50 with the highest poverty rates in New England were located in Maine.

So, while we have made some progress, almost a decade since those challenges were issued by the former Children’s Cabinet has gone by with no focused, substantial state action to improve the life of children in Maine. Now, one in six Maine children still lives in poverty. Now, the number of children suffering substantiated child abuse is up 25 percent just from 2017 to 2018. And, while all of this is alarming to me, both as a mother and grandmother and your governor — I am deeply concerned about the 50 percent increase over the last five years in child and teen suicide in Maine. Those are kids ages 10 to 19.

We’ve got to act. We are recommitting our state government to making our children a top priority and we’ve set two key goals for the Children’s Cabinet to

work on over the next few years.

First, creating a comprehensive early child care and early education system in Maine that targets kids before they enter school.

The goal is to employ a two-generational strategy by addressing both the needs of children and their parents. The Children’s Cabinet will consider how to expand quality home visiting; how to improve the quality of child care and early childhood programs; how to align systems, including workforce opportunities, across state agencies; maximize state and federal funds; and direct early funds toward children and families who need it the most.

Second, we are going to improve access to community-based services and improve programming for vulnerable, at-risk older youth and their families, especially older youth at risk of being involved in the juvenile justice system, or experiencing homelessness, or those in the child welfare system.

I know that our state is up to these challenges and our efforts to improve the lives of young children and youth who are struggling will pay enormous dividends for our state’s future and for these kids.

Letters / Obituaries

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(Continued from Page 2D) America’s soaring welfare rolls, thereby greatly enlarging their base with a legion of voters who will blindly support any and all schemes to greatly expand the reach of government, which is what the Democratic Party owes its existence to.

Along with most Americans, I am deeply saddened by the plight that has befallen billions of the world’s poorest people.

Poverty, corruption, disease and rampant crime are the norm for far too many of our fellow human beings.

America has no peer when it comes to extending a helping hand to those folks around the world that are hurting so badly.

We can do more and I am confident we will.

We are a nation teetering on the brink of insolvency, as we mortgage our future generations under a mountainous debt of $22 trillion that is escalating at the unsustainable rate of another $3 billion a day.

It appears that the next election will be a landslide of epic proportions for the Democratic Party, as millions of Americans embrace the siren call of free everything for everyone that is the mass appeal of Socialism as it sweeps across America.

The really sad part of what we are doing to our beloved nation is that it could have been prevented but for our insatiable thirst for decadence, debauchery and immorality.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

Simple Yes or No

To The Editor: Maybe someone can answer why this hotel matter is not for the whole Town to find a day and vote, as this is the American way? Vote “YES” or “NO,” and be done with it.

Calendar BRIDGTON Fri., June 21 — Special summer solstice open house, activities all day, barbecue noon to 2 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 8038707.

Fri., June 21 — Art of Floral Arranging, bring vase and flowers of choice, 1 to 4 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 803-8707.

Mon., June 24 — Bridgton Community Band rehearsal, 7 – 9 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School.

All who play an instrument are welcome. FMI Dick Albert, band president, dickalbert43@gmail.com Tues., June 25 — Food pantry, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, 225 S. High St. All welcome.

FMI 647-2334 or 743-2606.

Fri., June 28 — Free STD testing, 10 a.m. – noon, Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 803-8707.

Sat., June 29 — Recovery unplugged musical jam session, 2 – 4 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 803-8707.

Sat., June 29 — Come watch a Red Sox game, 1 – 5 p.m., Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 803-8707.

Sat., June 29 — Corn hole tournament, 2 – 4 p.m., bring your own lawn chairs, Lake Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., behind old Bridgton Hospital. FMI 803-8707.

Mon., July 1 — Bridgton Community Band rehearsal, 7 – 9 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. All who play an instrument are welcome. FMI Dick Albert, band president, dickalbert43@gmail.com DENMARK Fri., June 21 — Denmark Mountain Hikers, arduous hike: Moat Mountain

The Planning Board knows that they represent the people of Bridgton. They know that, when a proposed plan is made that will affect the people of the Town, they are to examine all aspects, present and future, to be sure that laws, ordinances, and important matters not yet covered thereby, are satisfied and positive for the Town.

After the plan is discussed and revised, if possible, a majority of Board members, by vote, will determine its compliance with the Town’s standards.

On most matters the Board’s vote is accepted as representing the whole Town.

For good order and so that the whole Town doesn’t have to vote on more or less routine plans two or three times every month, the Board has received that authority. But how can that authority extend to a proposed plan that will definitely change the Town on almost every level of its existence? Who could think that this “final” authority is given over to the Planning Board, or any Board for that matter and, thereby, negate the basic birthright of people’s governance as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence? The tax base, the priorities and character of the Town as a whole, our future negative or positive prosperity, the relocation of neighborhood residents and the realignment of a section of downtown, and a hundred other unknown events that will surely occur, are all too major to the people of this Town to be left to the mindset of a few, no matter how well informed. And don’t think most Town citizens haven’t given much consideration to the matter — pro and con.

It’s their right to be able to express what they think.

So, the question: Can anyone answer why this hotel matter should not be determined by a vote of all the citizens of Bridgton? And by vote is meant a day-long vote, available to everyone who wants to participate. Then, Bridgton will be done with it — in the American way.

Walt Horton Bridgton Traverse (3,196 ft.), North Conway, N.H. Easy hike: Diana’s Bath (789 ft.), North Conway, N.H. Meet at the Denmark Congregational Church 8 a.m. FMI 7562247.

HARRISON Thurs., June 20 — Lake Region Republican Committee meeting, 6:45 p.m., Harrison Fire Department, Edes Falls Road. Shawn and Christy Moody guest speakers. Free and open to public. FMI 583-9028.

Sat., June 22 — Outdoor public yard sale, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Caswell Conservancy Center, 42 Main St. In case of rain, sale will move indoors. FMI and to rent a table 850-501-2709.

SEBAGO Sat., June 22 — “Landscaping for Wildlife in Your Garden, Backyard, and Beyond,” presentation

by Deb Perkins, 7 p.m., Spaulding Memorial Library, 282 Sebago Rd. (Rte. 114). Free and open to public, All welcome to attend. FMI 787-2321.

AREA EVENTS Sat., June 22 — Pickwick Club meeting, 10 a.m. – noon, Auburn Library, 49 Spring St., Auburn. Book: Charles Dickens’ Sketches

by Boz, Characters and Tales, moderated by Joanne Morse. FMI 583-6957 or 779-8979.

Wed., June 26 — Jazz History series with Mike Sakash, “Kind of Blue” by Miles Davis, 5:15 – 6:30 p.m., Journey Church, near corner of Rtes. 302/Eastman Rd. and 113 ONGOING WEEKLY DAILY Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trail, Raymond.

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

FMI 647-2402.

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Melvin L. Jeffords

Eugene Reed Hawkes

INMAN, S.C. — Melvin L. Jeffords, 92, of Naples, died Sunday, March 31, 2019, in Inman, S.C. He was born Feb. 4, 1927, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., one of 12 children of Mabel Jeffords. Father was John E. Ripson.

Melvin was in the U.S. Navy from 1945-1960, was a Navy Seabee, Seaman First Class, and a World War II veteran. He has been across the equator and back twice. He was a member of the American Legion in Gorham, Post 60.

He is survived by his nine children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Melvin will be buried with military honors at Southern Maine Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Springvale on Monday, June 24, 2019, at 1 p.m.

NAPLES — Eugene Reed Hawkes, 72, of Naples, passed away after a short illness on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at the Gosnell House.

He was born May 13, 1947, in Gray.

He was predeceased by his parents, Bradford and Ethel Hawkes; and brother, Kenneth Hawkes.

He is survived by his life partner, Gisele Perry; son, Charles Hawkes; daughter, Marsha Hawkes; two brothers, Russell Hawkes of Gray and Charles Hawkes of Fayette; as well as five grandchildren.

Per Eugene’s wishes, there will be no visitation or services. A private burial is planned at the VA Cemetery in Togus at a future date.

Arrangements are in the care of the Westbrook Chapel of Dolby Blais & Segee, 35 Church Street, Westbrook. To express condolences or participate in Butch’s online tribute, please visit www.DolbyBlaisSegee.com.

Wayne E. Jordan GRAY — Wayne E. Jordan, 59, died after a battle with cancer on Monday, June 10, 2019.

He was born April 16, 1960, son of Richard and Jane Jordan of Cape Elizabeth.

Wayne earned the rank of Eagle Scout, which made his mother proud. He lived on Raymond Pond for many years, enjoying all the lake activities with his two children, Brian Jordan and Vanessa Jordan. In 2005, Wayne married the love of his life, Lisa Purington Jordan, and gained two bonus children, Kimberly Bickford and Andrea Laskey.

Wayne worked in the door business for over 30 years, owning his own company, Mainly Doors. Wayne most recently worked for Allied Cook Construction, where he built many impressive buildings.

However, these accomplishments were not Wayne’s biggest mark on this world. Wayne never met someone he didn’t know or like. He cared deeply for his family and friends, gifting his time, energy and expertise, expecting nothing in return.

Wayne was the proud owner and Captain of Summer Breeze, and he enjoyed taking anyone he could rope into a sail out on Casco Bay. He was a long-time member of the Gray–New Gloucester Dart Association and a member of the American Legion Post 86. His other lifetime hobbies included golf, drag racing, mountain bike racing and bowling.

Wayne was predeceased by his daughter, Vanessa; and his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Lisa of Gray; son, Brian of Gray; daughters, Kim of Harrison and Andrea Laskey of Bowdoin; his two grandchildren; and his brother, David Jordan of Raymond.

A celebration of Wayne’s life was held at the American Legion Post 86 in Gray, on Friday, June 14, 2019.

Please visit www.advantageportland.com to sign Wayne’s guestbook and leave memories and condolences for the family.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Wayne’s name to the: American Legion Post 86, 15 Lewiston Rd., Gray, ME 04039.

Caroline Longley CASCO — Caroline May Longley, 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at her farmhouse on Mayberry Hill.

She was born in Boston, Mass., on July 14, 1933, to parents Elliott and Elizabeth May. She was preceded in death by her three loving husbands, George “Pee Wee” Erwin, Warren “Bud” Darrell, and John M. Longley; as well as her sister Phoebe Lindholm.

She is survived by her sister Dr. Mary Donald and stepbrother Elliott May; daughters Georgine Dodds and her husband Tom, Cathy Erwin and her husband Kevin Gallagher, Caroline Erwin and Alfred Costa; grandchildren, Kirsten Karchov, Jake Dodds, Matthew Dodds and Jett Gallagher; great-grandchildren, Cydney Dodds and Mikha Karchov.

She graduated from St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas, then went on to attend Middlebury College in Vermont, spending one year studying abroad in Germany before graduating with a BA in German. Growing up she traveled the world extensively.

She was a versatile athlete, excelling in skiing, horseback riding and tennis.

After college she worked at TWA as a translator, and soon thereafter got married and had three daughters. She earned her Masters degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She was a teacher in public schools as well as private instruction for children too sick to attend school.

She cherished all the relationships in her life but her greatest joy came from being a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be missed. A memorial service will be held in the fall. Online condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhome.net

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Carol A. Rixford June 17, 1939 – May 31, 2019

WELLINGTON, FLA. — Carol Ann Rixford (Ethier), 79, of Wellington, Fla., and formerly of Marlborough, Mass., and Naples, Maine, passed away after a very brief struggle with cancer on Friday, May 31, 2019.

Born and raised in Marlborough, she remained a resident there until retirement age, after which she resided first in Naples, Maine, and then in Wellington, Fla. She was well-known for her crafting abilities and operated a small craft store in Maine during her retirement years. She was both proud and humbled to amaze the medical community as a long-term, complication-free Type 1 Diabetes survivor for over 50 years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Richard E. Rixford, in 2015, and by her parents, Edward and Regina (Dion) Ethier, both lifelong Marlborough residents.

She leaves behind her two children, son Scott E. Rixford of Wellington, Fla., and daughter Jodi E. Rixford of South Paris, Maine; her brother Edward (and wife Delma) Ethier (of Marlborough, Mass.; her sister-in-law Sylvia (Rixford) Almada of Hudson, Mass.; and nieces and nephews. She also leaves behind cherished, lifelong friends in Massachusetts, Fla., and especially Maine, along with her beloved dog, Sophie, who was a true center of her world.

A Funeral Service will be held at St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church, 409 Hemenway St., Marlborough, Mass., at 10 a.m., on Saturday, June 22, followed immediately by burial at Evergreen Cemetery in Marlborough.

A Mass of Remembrance will also be held in Florida at 5 p.m., on Sunday, June 30, at Saint Rita Catholic Church, 13645 Paddock Drive, Wellington, Fla. In her memory, the family suggests donations may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation in its continuing quest in funding research leading to a cure for Diabetes.

Michael O’Brien Redfield Michael O’Brien Redfield, of Bridgton, 49, passed gently from this earth on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Michael’s children, Anthony, Michael and Morgan, his stepchildren, Crystal and Chris; a cherished grandson, Anthony Jr.; and his mother, Kay Brooks, were nearby during his last days.

Michael was an avid reader of histories, an interest he shared with his brother Dave. He spent hours playing his guitar. Michael was generous with his time for his children and friends. He became a patient Lego builder with his grandson, Anthony Jr. Michael will be missed by family and friends, and will be remembered forever.

A thank you to all members of the Special Care Unit at Maine Medical Center, who took such great care of Michael and his family.

John Watkins John Watkins, 73, of Bridgton, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2019, after a long battle with cancer.

He was born Feb. 17, 1946, a son of Russel and Edna Watkins. He loved watching NASCAR racing and going to different local tracks.

He raced at Oxford Plains Speedway, where he met some wonderful friends.

He is survived by his wife Donna; sons Rusty, Scott and wife Tabi; grandchildren, McKenzie, Brittany and husband Jordan and Justin; brothers, Darryl and wife Carol, Reg and wife Esther; cousin Gwen and three special ladies, Kim, Nicole and Meghan; several nieces and nephews; extended family, the McDaniels; and many special friends.

He was predeceased by his parents.

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Calendar

(Continued from Page 3D) Taoist Tai Chi beginner class, 9 – 10:30 a.m., 41 Depot St., Bridgton Sebago Food Pantry, 9:30 – 11 a.m. (also 4 – 6 p.m. on 4th Mon.) Nazarene Church, Rte. 114. FMI 7875105.

Lovell Thrift Shop, 10 a.m. – noon, Lovell United Church of Christ.

Yarn Activity Groups, 1 – 3 p.m. Caswell Conservancy Center, Main Street, Harrison.

Bridge, 1 p.m., Bradley St., Fryeburg. Runs yearround.

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

Kids After School Book Club, 3:30 p.m., Harrison Village Library, 4 Front St. FMI 583-2970.

Celebrate Recovery, Christ-based 12-step recovery program, 6 – 8 p.m., Lake Region Vineyard Church, 402 Main St., Bridgton. FMI 647-5439.

Bible Study, 6:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m.. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous,

7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

Ping Pong, 7 – 10 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street, seven tables, equipment provided free.

Bring sneakers.

TUESDAYS Taoist Tai Chi continuing class, 9 – 11 a.m., Harrison Congregational Church.

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

Veteran Service Officer Kelly Ela office hours, 9 a.m. – noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Tai Chi Maine, 10 a.m., set practice, Town Hall, Bridgton.

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

Tunes for Tots, 10 – 11 a.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Naples Food Pantry, 10 – 11:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, Village Green. FMI 595-2754.

Technology Help, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Bridgton Public Library Storytimes, 10:30 a.m., Casco Public Library, 5 Leach Hill Rd, Casco.

All Recovery, 11 a.m., Lakes Region Recovery

Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Methodist Church, 98 Main St., FMI 647-4476.

Community Lunch, noon, Sebago Nazarene Church, $3.50 suggested donation.

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

Cards/Board games, noon – 2:30 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room.

Adult Knitting, 1 – 3 p.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Scrabble Club, 1:3– 2:30 p.m., Soldiers Memorial Library, Hiram.

FMI 625-4650.

LEGO Club, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Storybook Club, 4 – 5:30 p.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Yarn Junkies, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Casco Public Library.

Harrison Food Bank, 3 – 6:30 p.m., VFW Hall, 176 Waterford Rd. FMI Sandy Swett 647-3384.

Al-Anon Bridgton, 7 p.m. Newcomers Meeting, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Open Meeting, St. Joseph Catholic

Church.

AA Step Mtgs., 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

WEDNESDAYS Free Breakfast and Fellowship, 7:30 – 9 a.m., Naples United Methodist Church, Village Green, (snow date Friday, same time). FMI 693-6594.

Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 – 10 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street.

FMI 647-2402.

Taoist Tai Chi beginner class, 9 – 10:30 a.m., 41 Depot St., Bridgton Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Denmark Public Library, Rte. 117.

Strength in Serenity, 10 a.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Lovell Thrift Shop, 10 a.m. – noon, Lovell United Church of Christ.

Kids’ Knitting, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Bridgton Public Library Sweden Food Pantry, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Sweden Community Church. Rte. 93.

First and third Wednesday of the month only.

Senior Lunch, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Men’s support group, 11:15 a.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Art Wednesdays, 1 – 7 p.m., Harrison Village Library, 4 Front St. Otisfield Sewing & Craft Group, 1 – 3:30 p.m. (every Wed, except 3rd Wed. of mo.), Community Hall.

Ping Pong, 1 – 3 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room.

Mah Jongg, 1 – 4 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Conversational Spanish, 4 – 4:45 p.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Grief, Loss, and Transition support group, 4:14 – 5:15 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr. FMI 803-8707.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 5:30 p.m., BHPG conference room, old Bridgton Hospital, 25 Hospital Dr. FMI 615-7680.

Over 40 Pickleball, 5:30 – 7 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI 583-2241.

Bible Study, 6 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25

Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 – 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

THURSDAYS Rotary Club Meeting, 7:15 a.m.

Bridgton Community Center.

AA Step-Meeting, 9 a.m., Step Sisters 6 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

Veteran Service Officer Kelly Ela office hours, 9 a.m. – noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Taoist Tai Chi beginner class, 9 – 10:30 a.m., 41 Depot St., Bridgton Tai Chi Maine, 10 a.m., new beginner class, Town Hall, Bridgton.

Gathering Place for Seniors, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Lovell United Church of Christ, Rte. 5. FMI 9251321.

The Academy Collects, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

Read to Teddy the certified therapy dog, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., Casco Public Library, 627-4541.

All Recovery, 11 a.m., Lakes Region Recovery CALENDAR Page 5D

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Contact Winona Camps at 207-6473721. information@winonacamps. com Spencer Ordway.

2t25x LIFEGUARD — full-time and part-time position available from June 16 to August 14. Camp Tapawingo in Sweden, Maine. For more information contact JD at 207647-3351 1t25

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PART-TIME COOK — Evenings, Mon., Tues., Sat., and every other Fri. Contact American Legion 155, Naples, 693-6285. tf24 HELP WANTED — Anticipated and current employment opportunities Maine School Administrative District 72, Fryeburg, Me. Posted on our website: www.msad72.org tf5

CLEANERS NEEDED — Jordan Rentals in Sebago is looking for two experienced cleaning people to join our team on Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., cleaning cottages and homes during the summer.

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HOUSEKEEPER — needed to join our dedicated team at Camp Tapawingo in Naples. Good salary plus meals, full-time or part-time.

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NIGHT WAITSTAFF — Night cook. Full-time year-round. Apply in person. Punkin Valley Restaurant (Rte. 302) 1270 N. High St., Bridgton. 647-2784. tf6

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Camp Tapawingo in Sweden, Maine. For more information contact JD at 207-647-3351.

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Full-time. Mid-June through midAugust. Contact Ellen DonohueSaltman at 617-325-1541 or ellen@ encore-coda.com tf14 TREE WORKERS WANTED — Experience a plus. Must have valid driver’s license. Apply online at QTeam.com/JobApp tf50

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Classified display is sold at $6.50 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.

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BOAT — Lowe 12’ with oars, electric motor and battery. $425.00.

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TYPING — Transcribing and accounting services. Experience in medical, legal and all business services. Proficient in Word & Excel.

Will pick up and deliver work. No job too small or too big. Please call Judy at 207-239-8969 or e-mail at jgreen107@maine.rr.com 3t23

QUIMBY FIREWOOD — Green $210.00. Seasoned $245.00. Buy off the little guy. (207) 935-6302.

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ODD JOBS — By the hour, day, week or job. Power washing, light trucking. Free estimates. Call 6274649.

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FOR SALE — Goulds ½ HP shallow well jet pump, 115 or 220 volts. Brand new $175.00. Haul Master panel hoist, new condition $100.00. Samsung window air conditioner, 8,000 BTU, brand new $100.00. Ethan Allen t-cart, heirloom, nutmeg maple colonial, excellent condition $195.00. 207452-2514.

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IF YOU NEED — anything cleaned up or cleaned out, my trailer is 7’x12’. Chuck’s Maintenance.

743-9889.

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RED’S FIREWOOD — Cut, split and delivered. Any amounts. Call 615-6342 for details. tf16

NFI NORTH, INC.

Full-time position

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Must a have a Master’s degree (M.A.) in Social Work or Mental Health field and be licensed in the state of Maine as a LCPC, LCSW, LCPC-C or LCSW-C. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: clinical services and case management, treatment plan development, staff training and clinical supervision. Coordination of treatment services with youth, family and providers for the residential and day treatment services.

TOWN OF RAYMOND, MAINE FULL-TIME DEPUTY CLERK The Town of Raymond is seeking a full-time Deputy Clerk. This position is 34 hours per week and requires working until 7 p.m., on Tuesday night. The deputy clerk works closely with the public, must be courteous, and work well with other people. Some of the responsibilities include: registering motor vehicles, snowmobiles, boats, and dogs, issuing hunting/fishing licenses, vital records, collecting tax payments and other duties as assigned. The successful candidate must have customer service experience, organizational skills, the ability to multitask and to maintain confidentiality. Accuracy is a must, as well as good telephone and communication skills.

Graduation from high school or the equivalent is necessary.

Experience with TRIO Systems or municipal government is a plus.

The Town of Raymond offers competitive pay and benefits including medical and dental insurance and a deferred compensation plan.

Application, cover letter and a current resume are required.

Applications are available on our website, www.raymondmaine.org, or at the Raymond Town Office. Completed application, cover letter, and resume can be e-mailed to rita.theriault@raymondmaine.org, faxed to 207-655-3024, or sent to the Town Office by 4 p.m., on June 21, 2019: Rita Theriault, Human Resources Officer, 401 Webbs Mills Road, Raymond, ME 04017.

The Town of Raymond is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

FOR SALE

Clinical Coordinator

HELP WANTED

Bridgton, Fryeburg, Lovell, Dixfield, Carthage, Standish

WORK WANTED

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NATURAL NICE LANDSCAPING — Landscaping. Yard cleanups and lawns mowed. Call Tony at 5955485 or 647-2458.

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NFI North is a private, nonprofit human service agency and national leader in providing an array of services such as in home and community treatment, case management, counseling, foster care, special education schools and residential services. We are looking to fill the following positions:

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HELP WANTED

NIGHT WATCHMAN — needed in Naples. $17.00 per hr. for 7 p.m.

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A National Leader in Human Services

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We offer an excellent benefits package with health and dental, generous paid vacation, sick and holidays. New full-time employees start with three weeks vacation, 11 holidays, and seven sick days annually Other benefits include tuition reimbursement, retirement match, excellent training, career growth and supportive work environment. NFI North pays for all Training, CEU’s, and Licensure Renewals!

NFI North is a proud partner with Southern New Hampshire University and College for America, an accredited, nonprofit college designed to develop working adults through cost-effective, competency-based higher education. As such, we offer our employees and their family members accredited bachelor and associate degree programs completely online at your own pace for $5,000 a year or less.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Program Director 15 Wayside Avenue Bridgton, ME 04009 Or e-mail Amysiebert@nafi.com

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Team atmosphere. Must be hardworking, honest, and punctual.

Must have your own transportation, a clean driving record and own the required tools needed to perform your daily duties. Pay range $14-$20 per hour.

Benefits: Paid Holidays, Dental + Vision, Earned Paid Time Off.

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FOR SALE

ANTIQUES — Buffet, mirror, wooden wheels. Need refinishing.

Best offer. Leave message. 5836358. 2t24

GREEN FIREWOOD — cut, split and delivered. $200 a cord.

Call 207-515-0779.

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FOR SALE — Kayak, canoe, aluminum rowboat, small chest freezer, top freezer/refrigerator, Broil King grill, men’s and women’s golf clubs, household goods, Christmas cards, candles and decorations. Best prices. 6478466. 1t25x

$5 FOR TATTERED — U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag &

Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46

FOR SALE

DRIED FIREWOOD — Dried twelve months. Selling seasoned hardwood year-round. One cord $260, cut, split, delivered. Call 207-595-5029; 207-583-4113. westermainefirewood.com 52t22x

VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

2016 CHRYSLER — Town & Country, 41k miles. Excellent condition. $16,000.00. 207-6473629. 184 Sweden Rd. Bridgton.

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Most parts 2 days. Good used cars.

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

Green firewood $200 per cord, minimum two cords for delivery.

Order online at westernmainetimberlands.com or call 207-925-1138

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FOR RENT

BRIDGTON — 2 bedrooms, full bath, split level apt. Trash and snow removal. Lawn care, water and sewer included. Screen porch and large yard. $800.00 mo. First month and security required. 603-4940325. tf24

BRIDGTON — 1 bedroom apartment, 1st floor. $875.00/month.

Utilities included. References a must. No pets. 1-month security.

Call Victor at 207-650-8071. 8t23x

BRIDGTON — Rooms for rent. $125 per week furnished with Internet. Substance-free building. Call David at 207-321-9908. tf37

OFFICE SPACE — for lease in prime Main St. location. Historic bank building. 2nd floor, 2 1-room offices - $300.00/mo., 1 6-room office - $1600.00/mo., includes heat, AC, electric, parking, snow removal & WIFI. Contact Oberg Real Estate Agency at 207-647-5551 or 207-647-6558. 4t23

FRYEBURG — ME/NH LINE – Great location. One-bedroom apartment. Utilities & cable provided. $850.00/month. No pets. Call 207415-1444. 3t23x CASCO — Rooms for rent. $125 per week furnished with Internet and laundry onsite. Call Tommy at 207-595-4946. tf9

DENMARK SELF-STORAGE

BRIDGTON — Lot for sale, 2 acres. Harmon Rd. Call 647-3028.

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BUSINESS SERVICES

10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

LIGHT TRUCKING — mulch, loam, brush cutting, hauling and more. Call (207) 595-8321. 5t22x TF51CD

207-452-2157

BILL’S STUMP GRINDING — Bush hogging, rototilling. Willard Goodwin, 207-595-8628, e-mail: willardgoo@icloud.com 20t18x EYE CARE — Comprehensive adult and child eye exams. 2-year eyeglasses warranty, contact lenses.

Sacopee Valley Eye Care, 91 Maple Street, Cornish. 207-625-3700. sveyecare.com 10t21x DENMARK HOUSE PAINTING — Since 1980. Interior and exterior painting. Free estimates. Call John tf40 Mathews 452-2781.

LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER — Rozzie May Animal Alliance, dedicated spay/neuter nonprofit serving N.H. and Maine. Cats $70-$85.

Dogs at Conway clinic, starting at $100. Military discounts, N.H./ Maine plans. Register online www.

RozzieMay.org or call 603-4471373. tf18

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Work Outside for the Summer!

Flaggers make $13–$14/hour and work locally.

PLEASE CONSIDER — donating gently used furniture, household items and more to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. FMI, go to our website www.harvesthills. org for details or call 935-4358, ext.

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YARD SALES

BRIDGTON — Saturday & Sunday, June 21 & 22, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 207 North High St., one mile from the old town hall. Cleaning out. Everything must go.

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Turner, Bridgton, Fryeburg

BARN SALE — Saturday & Sunday, June 22 and June 23. Something for everyone. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 234 N. High Street.

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For more info call Marie 207-989-1990 EOE

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COMMUNITY FLEA MARKET — Fryeburg Fairgrounds every Sunday through September 1st. 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. General merchandise, collectibles, antiques, tools, sports cards and more. Vendor spaces available, 603-447-2679.

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FOR SPRING & SUMMER

Umbrella Factory Supermarket & UFO Discount Beverage Store Positions Available for Spring & Summer

The Umbrella Factory Supermarket is now hiring parttime help for our Area 51 Dairy Bar located inside the “UFO,” Umbrella Factory Outlet in Beautiful downtown Naples, Maine. Featuring Gifford’s hard ice cream, an out-of-this-world ice cream experience.

Open now thru November 2, 2019.

Reflections — 25 Years in Watercolor

DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St. in Denmark, is pleased the present “Reflections — 25 Years in Watercolor,” the work of Mary Bastoni, which opens on Saturday, June 29 with a reception from noon to 2 p.m.

Perhaps better known for her local musical endeavors, Mary Bastoni is also an accomplished artist who works in oils, acrylics, watercolor, alcohol inks, and pastels.

Although her background is in music with a master’s degree in classical vocal performance, she has spent the last few years developing her skills as a painter. Her interests include plein air study, animals, and nature as well as capturing the mood of a

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moment. She has attended workshops with Michael Chesley Johnson and Lian Quan Zen. Mary is thrilled to present some of her art, which includes representation of 23 years of shows directed for the summer musical theater camp program at the Denmark Arts Center, which she founded and continues to this day.

Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided at the exhibition opening, which is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Some of the proceeds from art sold will, in part, benefit the Denmark Arts Center.

For more information call the DAC at 452-2412 or go to www.denmarkarts.org

Jean Franz Miller at Harvest Gold

LOVELL — Center Lovell is lucky to a year before starting a family and transiboast another painter, Jean Franz Miller, tioning to selling her artwork. as a resident. Jean and her husband Martin Several of her paintings can be found moved to the forests near Kezar Lake at the Harvest Gold Gallery. They are easy after 54 years of visiting friends in the to identify by their playful titles, such as area. Harvest Gold Gallery is fortunate to “Cheerio” and “Here’s Looking at You continue displaying her paintings and, just Kid,” and by the depictions of plants and this week, the gallery acquired a new one. landscapes, particularly big, old trees.

Like so many of her other paintings, “Full Come visit Harvest Gold to celebrate Bloom” captures the serene, quiet beauty this accomplished Lovell-based artist. Call of nature.

925-6502 to let us know you are coming, Jean has used nature as a motif over or visit www.harvestgoldgallery.com the many years she has been an artist. Originally from Maryland, she attended Saturday art classes at the Maryland Institute of Art and took the Carnegie Art Course at Gettysburg College, where she majored in English and graduated magna cum laude.

Throughout her college years, Jean focused on life drawing, oil and watercolor painting, and was largely inspired by landscapes, flowers, and still-life.

Jean taught art in a primary school for Full Bloom, a new painting by Jean Franz Miller

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“Hummingbirds,” watercolor by Mary Bastoni

(Continued from Page 4D) Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Knotty Knitters, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Soldiers Memorial Library, Hiram.

FMI 625-4650.

Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

PTSD group, 5:30 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Chickadee Quilters, 6:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Pickleball, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Gym. FMI 627-4187.

FRIDAYS Coffee Call, 8 – 11 a.m., Caswell Conservancy Center, 42 Main St., Harrison.

Jumpin’ Janes Senior Fitness, 9 – 10 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., Bridgton Town Hall, North High Street.

FMI 647-2402.

Tai Chi Maine, 10 a.m., beginner practice, Bridgton Town Hall, North High

Street, Bridgton Preschool Storytime, 10 – 11 a.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Harrison Farmers Market, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., located at the turnout on Rte. 117, just before the bridge.

Over 40 Men’s Basketball, 4 p.m., Brownfield/Denmark School.

Pickup Volleyball, 6:30 – 9 p.m., Casco Community Center gym, 940 Meadow Rd., Free, all levels welcome. Bring sneakers, water, knee pads.

Call 627-4187 FMI and to reserve a spot.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org SATURDAYS Bridgton Farmers Market, 9 a.m. – noon, United Methodist Church, 214 Main St., Bridgton Sebago Clothes Closet, 9 a.m. – noon.

Free clothing, footwear, and bedding for Maine citizens. Warming hut next to Church of Nazarene, Rte. 114, Sebago. FMI 787-2177.

Taoist Tai Chi continuing class, 9 – 11 a.m., 41 Depot St., Bridgton Lovell Thrift Shop, 10

a.m. – noon, Lovell United Church of Christ.

Storybook Club, 10 – 11 a.m., Bridgton Public Library.

Pickleball, 9 – 11 a.m., Harrison Elementary School, Naples Road.

Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell.

Bible Study, 11 a.m. – noon, Caswell Conservancy Center, Main Street, Harrison.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org AA Meeting, O/BB/D/ A/L, 7 – 8 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, 1174 Main St. AA Beginners & Group Mtgs., 7 – 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 1311 Roosevelt Trl., Raymond.

SUNDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 p.m., Lakes Region Recovery Center, 25 Hospital Dr., back of campus, make right at ambulance garage. FMI lrrcbridgton.org Read to Teddy the certified therapy dog, 4 – 5 p.m., Casco Public Library, 627-4541.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church

Arts & entertainment

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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival 2019

HARRISON — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival is pleased to announce the artists and programs for its 2019 concert season featuring world-class performers in spectacular programs. These extraordinary chamber music concerts will be performed by 27 internationally-acclaimed musicians at the historic Deertrees Theatre in Harrison.

Designed by the festival’s music director and renowned pianist, Mihae Lee, these diverse, high-quality concerts have been a summer highlight for many residents and visitors in Maine. All five programs are filled with favorites, new discoveries, and some instrumental surprises. Among this year’s favorites are three wonderful masterworks by Dvořák. The new discoveries include the Romantic works of three brilliant women composers — Amy Beach, Louise Farrenc, and Clara Schumann. There are also some unexpected instrumental combinations in Vivaldi and Haydn. As an added treat, Boccherini takes us to Spain with his Guitar Quintet, guitar appearing in the festival for the first time.

Come join the Festival’s 47th season on Tuesdays from July 16 to Aug. 13, and enjoy the splendors of chamber music.

Season subscription holders for all five concerts will receive many benefits, including savings on tickets, invi- SCENIC LOOK at Shorey Park in Bridgton as photographed by Pam Ward of Denmark. tations to open rehearsals, post-concert receptions for the musicians, and a vintage CD from past concert performances.

For more information including ticket purchases, programs, and artists’ bios, please visit www.sebagomusicfestival.org NORWAY — The public is invited to in Maine with Out of the Box Theater come audition for “American Dreams: Company, Community Little Theatre, Immigration Stories” by Maine playwright Freeport Community Players, and the Linda Britt. “American Dreams” features Stonington Opera House. They have also monologues based on the experiences of been performed in California, Washington, immigrants from multiple countries, as Massachusetts, and New York. told in their own voices. The stories focus Auditions for the play will be held on different aspects of immigration, from Wednesday, June 26, from 6 to 7:30 the motives of those who undertook the p.m., and Sunday, June 30, from 2 to 4. journey, to the difficulties in the crossing, Both sessions will take place at the First to their experiences in the United States.

Universalist Church (UU), 497 Main St. One true-to-life account features a refuin Norway. The show is a staged reading, gee from war-torn Syria, another tells the so there will be very few rehearsals and story of a Cuban immigrant who came by no memorization necessary. Performances boat in the 1980s. Yet another character, will be on Saturday, Aug. 10. For more from France, won the diversity lottery. No information, or if you cannot make the set two stories are the same and no two immi- “American audition times, please contact the director, Dreams: Violinists Min-Young Kim and Philip Palermo, violist grants had the same experience.

Joanne, at jandpcosmac@gmail.com Immigration Stories” Laurie Kennedy, and cellists Eliot Bailen and Bonnie Britt’s plays have been performed poster Thron.

American Dreams auditions

Gearing up for Annual Book Sale in July will accept donations of previously-loved books only through Wednesday, July 3. Please bring them as soon as possible because all items need to get checked and sorted. Donations can be dropped off any time the library is open; please do not leave donations when the library is closed.

If you miss the deadline for this sale, the library is happy to accept donations for next year’s sale after Monday, July 22.

The library is looking for people who can volunteer at the book sale and/or help with setup on Friday afternoon or Saturday

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morning. Those interested in volunteering should e-mail andrea@ northconwaylibrary.com. Bakers are also needed for the bake sale, which takes place at the same time as the book sale.

The sale will be held, rain or shine, on the library’s property on Main Street in North Conway Village, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14, inside and outside under huge tents.

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NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The North Conway Library is gearing up for its gigantic Annual Book & Bake Sale on the weekend of July 13 and 14. This is the biggest book sale in the White Mountains!

Any unwanted and gently-used books, music CDs, or DVDs may be donated and dropped off at the library now. The books should be in excellent condition — no textbooks, encyclopedias, or Reader’s Digest condensed editions, please!

Books on CD, music CDs, and DVDs should also be in good, sellable condition. No VHS tapes, please!

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