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Condom distribution

Clash between values, teen health

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Teens Hunter Banks, Sarah Paul and Emily Burnham point to a school-wide survey as to major reasons why free condom distribution is needed at Lake Region High School.

• 53% of the 399 students responding to a survey indicated they have had consensual intercourse. The percentage is higher than the state figure of 45% as measured in 2012.

• 174 students indicated they had sexual intercourse without the use of a condom.

Rev. Doug Heuiser of Casco and Pastor Jim Marstaller of the Cornerstone Gospel Church in Naples believe the matter of birth control should remain in the hands of parents, not the school system.

The two sides collided Monday night as the SAD 61 school board revisited the question of whether free condom

distribution should be allowed at the high school.

School Nurse Karry Joly brought the proposition to the board out of concern for students’ overall health. Through conversations with teens, Joly discovered many practice unprotected sex, which could lead to unwanted pregnancy, as well as contraction of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). Area medical professionals recently reported at both hearings that they had diagnosed local cases of STDs involving teens.

Directors continue to revise job descriptions, including the school nurse.

If the school board approved condom distribution, the oversight of the free program would fall under the school nurse’s job description.

Under the proposal, free condoms would be provided by the Center for Disease Control. Joly pointed out that there is no plan to offer other forms of birth control. She presently provides

informational pamphlets regarding STDs, as well as includes abstinence as an option when speaking with students about sexual practices.

Earlier in the year, the proposal was presented, but after much debate and comments of concern from parents and community members, the school board tabled action.

Monday’s public hearing at LRHS did draw a bigger crowd, but the battle lines remained the same — whose responsibility is it when it comes to birth control, parents or the school?

Survey says…

When the condom issue was first raised a variety of statistics were presented by supporters of the distribution program.

However, some community members wondered if those figures were accurate regarding rural Lake Region, or were they simply overblown because SAD 61 CONDOM, Page A

Vandals’ act results in change

Lakes Environmental Association’s Holt Pond Preserve in Naples and Bridgton has been expanding since the 1970s and now provides almost a square mile of woods, wetlands and streams for the public and school groups to enjoy.

Unfortunately, vandalism is also increasing.

Last year, spray paint was the tool of destruction as various large rocks were used as the vandals’ easel. But, this spring, vandals took to fire — a far more dangerous threat to the woodlands of the preserve. Torches were used to burn the signs at the entry kiosk on Grist Mill Road in Naples.

LEA has decided to take measures to reduce the van-

KIOSK TORCHED — Vandals caused damage to the Holt Pond entry kiosk on Grist Mill Road in Naples. LEA is offering a $1,000 reward. dal’s access and to try to reward is being offered for flush out the person or per- information that leads to the sons responsible. A $1,000 identification of the person

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — It was like a trip through the wilderness, with twists and turns and talk of critters.

So went the testimony about dedicating money from an Open Space Acquisition Account to help with the purchase of Hacker’s Hill for continued public access.

Similar to so many close calls that might occur during an outdoors adventure, narrow was the margin for the vote on warrant Article 17.

There was a recount for this warrant article during

the Casco Town Meeting on June 12. The final vote was 50-31 to allocate $25,000 so that Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) could pay off the one-year mortgage for the purchase of Hacker’s Hill.

Many residents offered passionate praise for ensuring the purchase of this 27acre tract located off Quaker Ridge in Casco.

Community member Nadia Hermos said the mountain was a place that she enjoyed as much during solo trips as when acquaintances arrived in Casco.

“Every time I have friends

or persons involved.

Anyone with information should contact LEA by calling 647-8580 or by mail (230 Main Street in Bridgton).

Effective immediately, the parking area will be closed at 8 p.m. Anyone on the property after that time will be charged with trespassing.

If the vandals are identified, that restriction will be lifted. But, further acts of destruction will lead to the downsizing of the area available for parking.

LEA officials are hopeful that preserve visitors will rally to provide stewardship for the area so full access can be restored, and help deter future acts of vandalism at the preserve.

Casco: Open space at what cost? visit, I take them to Hacker’s Hill. We see how glaciers have cut the rock and we identify the geological layers. It’s educational. So, maybe you don’t care about that,” she said. “It is the most peaceful spot. Whenever I get in a snit, I go to Hacker’s Hill. Then, I always feel much better.”

Some citizens said they loved the public parcel and had donated personal funds to the land-purchase campaign; however, they were unwilling to put any more tax dollars in that direction. Two years ago, the town allocated $75,000 toward Hacker’s Hill from

the land acquisition fund.

A few community members spoke fervently, expressing the belief that it was better to maintain private ownership of large tracts of land, because potential taxes would not be lost.

When Doug Heuiser pleaded with Casco community members not to donate money to Hacker’s Hill, his words created quite a stir.

“I agree with you that Hacker’s Hill is a beautiful spot,” he began.

He pointed out that “Loon Echo controls” 4,000 acres in the Lake Region and western Maine.

“How much land do we need for Bambi and Bull Winkle?” he said.

Resident Sam Brown interjected, saying the comment was out of line.

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SPEEDSTER Kate Hall (right) placed fourth at the New Balance Nationals over the weekend in North Carolina.

(Rivet Photo)

Casco phenom 4th nationally

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Kate Hall admits she never thrived under pressure in other sports, but when she is on the track, pressure is her friend.

“Pressure pushes me to compete well. It’s become one of my favorite feelings after learning how to cope with it and not let it affect my performance in a negative way,” the now Lake Region High School junior said.

Kate may have felt nerves on the inside over the weekend, as she competed against the best track and field athletes from across the country at the New Balance Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., but she was cool under fire.

Kate is the fourth fastest sprinter in the nation in the 100 meters, earning her All-American status.

Kate closed out an unprecedented track season in these parts with a seventh place finish in the long jump.

In the prelims of the 100 meters, Kate posted a 11.81, which qualified her for the finals. Defending champ Ky Westbrook of Chandler, Ariz. turned in a time off 11.68.

She sprinted to a 11.62 to capture the title. Kate was fourth at 11.74.

“The atmosphere at Nationals was very different from any of the other meets that I participated in this year. It was definitely more official looking; kind of like how it seems on TV during the Olympics, except without as many people watching in the stands,” she said. “The very first time I went to the track, I had the windows open and I could hear an announcer and music blasting before I could even see the stadium. Once the stadium came into view, all I could see was huge stands with lots of people and a big jumbotron that clearly displayed everything that was happening on the track.”

Outside of the track, there were several large tents that were crowded with people purchasing expensive track accessories. Also, music that was blasting outside of the track lured crowds, which enjoyed dancing along to it.

“Once I entered the stands for the first time, I knew that KATE, Page A

CBS back for ‘Dome’ time

BAD MEMORY CELLS — Bridgton Police Lt. Peter Madura shows a CBS film crew the two steel jail cells in the basement of the Oberg building at 48 Main Street, which once housed the Bridgton Police Department. CBS Entertainment spent all day Friday filming in downtown Bridgton to show its viewers the real-life locations that inspired Stephen King’s Under the Dome, which premieres as a TV series at 10 p.m. Monday, June 24 on CBS. (Geraghty Photo)

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer It’s like a relic left behind from the cellar of Stephen King’s mind.

The old Bridgton Police Station, in the basement of the Oberg building at 48 Main Street, still has its two jail cells. The heavy steelbarred doors still clang shut to the forbidding darkness within. The porcelain toilets that rowdy prisoners sometimes tried to bust apart are gone, but the hard cots are still there.

The chief’s office is still the same — the only space in the cellar that even tried to look respectable, with its fake wood paneling. So is the evidence room, the

storage room and the bathrooms. The cement floor is the same, and so are the exposed wiring and the water and sewer pipes running near the ceiling.

“What you see is what you get,” said former Bridgton Police Officer and current Selectman Doug Taft, who revisited the former station last Thursday.

“If you think we’re conservative now, you should have seen us then.”

The police station was located in the 1907 brick building from 1965 to 1987, when the town office was located on the first floor and the courthouse was on the second floor. The station was a must-see PROMO, Page A

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Casco town meeting recap

NEW AT THE NOBLE HOUSE — The Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to announce the new owners of the Noble House Inn, located at 81 Highland Road in Bridgton.

Pictured from left to right: Barbara Clark, executive director, GBLRCC; Charlotte Kelly, Key Bank; Julie Astin and Cindy Hooper, Noble House Inn proprietors; Jane Hamaty of Maine Street Graphics; and Ken Murphy, GBLRCC president.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — More than 80 residents upheld their civic duty and attended the town meeting, despite missing the Boston Bruins play during the beginning of the first game in The Stanley Cup Finals.

At the start of Casco Town Meeting, Moderator Holly Hancock joked that she had been warned by the employees at Lake Region Television (LRTV) that they would stop taping and switch to the hockey game at 8 p.m.

That did not happen.

The town meeting on June 12 lasted only two hours, and was adjourned by 9 p.m.

During that time, Finance Committee Chairman Sam Brown urged citizens to take the approach of spending more money to support services and infrastructure that bring culture and economic development to Casco.

In the end, residents supported allocating $66,770 to the Casco Public Library

— going against the majority recommendation by the Casco Finance Committee.

Also, community members supported a stipend to put an extra firefighter in the station during daytime hours.

That per diem pay will be shared among different individuals who take that singleperson shift at the Casco Fire Department. Currently, two rescue personnel work at the station from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Additionally, residents voted to set aside $35,000 for the demolition of Casco Memorial School.

A year ago, during that town meeting, people had elected to put the future of the vacant school in the hands of the Casco Board of Selectmen.

Since then, the board had approved the structure’s demolition — which is slated for July. However, there was no money to cover the cost of the job. The plan was to send it to town meeting.

full reign.”

“The town in its wisdom decided it wanted to nail (LELT) down, and took the list of current uses, and signed an agreement that we will maintain those uses, and any changes we entered into would go before the board of selectmen,” he said.

“There are many activities that we cultivate and encourage. Hacker’s Hill is for our future, for the animals, and for our kids. I hope you support the additional funding.”

Selectman Ray Grant publicly stated his opposition to Article 17.

“We have already done it. The townspeople have donated $85,000. We have fulfilled our obligation. I am surprised they (Loon Echo) asked for more money. It’s been purchased,” Grant said, proposing LELT finish the fund-raising efforts.

Hermos spoke again, “We

have a fund exactly for this purpose. This is the time to spend some of that fund. It is right here in Casco. And, who is going to get the most use?

For Loon Echo, it isn’t fun doing fundraising these days.

Anyone who has a mailbox knows that everyone is asking for money.”

Another resident Peter Troy spoke in favor of earmarking the money for Hacker’s Hill.

“It may be that Casco has fulfilled that pledge. There is no reason we shouldn’t go above and beyond,” he said. “Is there another place in Casco we should save our money for instead.”

Prior to the passage of Article 17, residents voted in favor of Article 16, which combined the money from a Land For Maine’s Future (LFMF) fund with the Open Space Acquisition Account.

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Casco taxpayers: Open space at what cost?

(Continued from Page A) Casco Board of Selectman Tracy Kimball asked what Heuiser meant by his reference to the two fictitious moose.

“My kids need that land dedicated to Bambi and Bull Winkle,” Kimball later said.

Spontaneous applause followed her statement.

Resident Elaine Heuiser spoke against not only the purchase of Hacker’s Hill, but also against the entire concept of land conversation for public access.

She referred to a Casco open space committee document, in which “7,700 acres have been targeted for acquisition.”

“Open space seeks to acquire private, taxed property. I was told open space isn’t going to be drain on our community,” Heuiser said. “It is land that won’t be taxed. We cannot afford to have any more private land,” owned by conservation groups, she said.

When the private landowner is no longer paying taxes, “It gets more expensive to live here. People cannot afford to pay their taxes; people move out of town, and there are fewer jobs. I think that open space should be shut down. It is taking private property out of people’s hands forever,” Heuiser said, stressing the word ‘forever.’

“The continued growth of open space for the community is a recipe for shutting down this town’s economy.

I refuse to give any money to open space,” Heuiser concluded.

According to resident Connie Cross, LELT does pay property taxes in some towns like Bridgton, while it donates money to Casco in lieu of tax payments.

Earlier, when the article was on the floor, Cross spoke in favor of the purchase, first revealing that she had served on LELT’s board of directors.

She said Hacker’s Hill

has always attracted people because of its spectacular views.

Also, this particular piece of property has been on Loon Echo’s preservation list since the nonprofit agency began, she said.

“It only took 25 years,” she said. “We are so close.

We have worked hard to get where we are. I hope people will help with this,” she said, adding that it benefits the community because traditional uses and the regular hours that the gate is opened have been maintained.

She added, “Without Casco’s donation, the chances are we would have never been able to come this far.

We are thankful to Casco for jumpstarting this campaign.

We are within $30,000 of our goal, and we will need to fundraise for the (maintenance) endowment.”

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Therefore, its residents often benefit the most, or at least have more opportunities to frequent the mountain.

Resident Peg Dilley approached the microphone a few times, speaking in favor of the monetary donation.

“When we decided to buy the property, we wanted to make sure it could be used for all the things it could be used for, use it as we have been using it. Other towns don’t use it as much as we do,” Dilley said.

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June 20, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page A

Help chart town’s future Bridgton’s Comprehensive Plan Committee will hold a public forum at the Tannery Pub at the Magic Lantern on Monday, June 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. in order to get feedback on the updated comprehensive plan, which is nearing completion.

Here’s your chance

to share your vision on Bridgton’s future in an informal setting.

The eight-member committee has been working for nearly two years developing a plan for the town that encompasses natural resources, schools, traffic, businesses and all other

aspects of the town. The committee will be showing some of their conclusions on the big TV screen, and the Pub’s menu of food and drink will be available for purchase. Citizens are encouraged to come and share their thoughts about the plan for the town.

Casco open space debate (Continued from Page A) According to Town Manager Dave Morton, the LFMF Account was creatREAL BONNIE & CLYDE — Bonnie Douglass and Clyde Pierce serve the community. ed 15 years ago in response Bonnie is a server at the Hospital Coffee Shop (Twitchell Cafe) and Clyde is the regional to a program offered by the nonprofit, which is involved Meals on Wheels volunteer. They’re “holding up” the cameraman Peter Bollen. in land acquisition for pub-

lic space. The money in that account was specifically allocated to match grant funding from LFMF. “Going forward in the future, the town created a fund so property owners could sell their land to the town for

open space,” Morton said.

Over time, the LFMF fund had not been used, he said.

“It only made sense to use the money that was already there; and, town meeting was the body to transfer that,” Morton said.

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Students Sarah Paul, Emily Burnham and Hunter Banks felt there was one way to find out just what is happening amongst their peers in regards to sexual activity.

They asked their classmates.

With the help of Student Advocate Jamie Riel, two surveys were prepared — a “paper” poll consisting of 26 pages given to the LRHS student body, and an “electronic” nine-question poll sent out to 1,000 parents via the school’s Infinite Campus system.

“Students insisted on the paper format, as a way to guarantee anonymity,” Riel told the school board. “We felt the electronic survey was efficient, effective and economical.”

The student poll consisted of five sections: communication with parents, sexual activity, sexual activity in regards to condoms, health issues and condom availability.

Thirty students were involved in tabulating the results.

“We emphasized to the students the importance of being unbiased, regardless of their personal feelings about the subject,” Riel said. “We need to give the school board and community good information. We hope this information will be valuable in your discussions.”

are available. Rev. Heuiser wondered if condom distribution is approved would other forms of birth control being offered be next?

School officials claimed there is no plan to offer other forms of birth control.

Millie Howe of North Bridgton asked at what age do students receive sex education? Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kathleen Beecher says sex ed begins in the fifth grade and is touched upon every year after. Discussions regarding STDs, including some graphic photos, occur during health class in middle school.

Brad Boos of Casco questioned why school officials had no written policy in place regarding the condom distribution proposal so the public could review it. Boos asked for a written copy at the first hearing, but months later, one was not available at the meeting nor has it been posted on the school district website.

He also questioned whether the school district could expose itself to a malprac-

tice suit by distributing free condoms. Pastor Marstaller wondered if there would be legal implications if a 14- or 15-year-old were to receive condoms at the school and later have sexual intercourse with a 20-year-old?

“The Pandora’s Box we could be opening here is incredible,” he said.

As emotions started to run high, student Hunter Banks took exception to comments made, which seemed to call into question Joly’s role and her motives. Tearful, Banks said Joly “cares about us” and she is simply being a voice for students who lack the confidence or self-esteem to stand up for themselves on this issue. “She is here for a good reason, the right reason,” Banks said.

After nearly an hour of emotional debate, school board member Elaine Heuiser of Casco suggested the item be tabled again to allow for more discussion. The measure passed by a 9–3 vote.

More discussion will likely occur in the fall.

Free condom distribution debated; action tabled Of the 399 respondents, 207 were female and 192 were male. Meanwhile, 146 parents responded to the electronic poll. Some results: • 292 students said they have spoken to their parents about sex; • 94% of parents responding said they have told their teens that abstinence is a choice to consider.

Meanwhile, 132 students have chosen abstinence over being sexually active; • 291 students were comfortable speaking about condoms with their parents.

When it came to asking parents for condoms, 150 said they would ask while 246 would not; • 174 students said they had intercourse without using a condom; 74 out of 117 females said they had sex without use of a condom, while 60 out of 94 males reported the same; • 105 thought at one point they could have been pregnant; 181 students would likely use a condom if they were available; • 8 students reported having been tested positive for a STD, while a large number of students said they have never been tested; • Barriers keeping teens from using condoms included: too embarrassed, no money and fear their parents would find out.

Based on the findings,

Riel said concerns would be that half of the students are sexually active, sexual activity starts at an early age and too many students practice unprotected sex.

Community response Debate centered on moral values vs. protecting student health.

Nurse Practitioner Mary Stinchfield sees teens on a daily basis, and knows many are sexually active.

“We would like to think if we don’t offer birth control, they are not going to have sex,” she said. “It’s not going to happen. We live in a sexually active society, it’s just the way the world is. We need to protect the children…This is beyond a moral issue, it’s a health issue.”

Pediatrician Wenda Saunders, M.D., said no evidence exists that offering access to condoms increases sexual activity. “There is no downside at all” to offering condom access, she added.

Nurse Deb Pine-Young, who has been employed in SAD 61 for the past three years but who has over 30 years of nursing experience, said “I had no idea I’d have to talk to people about their sex lives” when she became a nurse. Times, she said, have certainly changed.

“We need to help our young people, believe in them…our focus should be to keep kids safe and well,” she said.

Allison Caulfield of Naples pointed out that if the Lake Region was closer to Portland, “this wouldn’t even be an issue” since teens could visit a Planned Parenthood office and pick up free condoms. Here, the confidential resource does not exist.

“Without condoms, kids are playing Russian roulette with their lives.”

Sue Miller of Casco emphasized that the price of a condom, especially if they are handed out at no charge, certainly outweighs costs associated with young mothers having to be supported by welfare programs.

Pastor Jim Marstaller, however, backed the position that schools should focus on education, and leave social issues like birth control to parents. He sees schools creating a division between parents and children if programs such as free condom distribution are enacted. He also promoted “shame” as a tool to discourage sexual intercourse out of wedlock.

“Shame is not a bad thing,” he said. “It keeps a clear and clean conscience.”

Rev. Doug Heuiser of Casco voiced how society is on a course of destruction, and how schools ultimately send a mixed message when on one hand abstinence is mentioned as an option in a teen’s life, yet in the same office, free condoms

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RED HAT MOMENT — Freeport’s Red Hat Society recently visited the Maine Glass Museum in Naples. The Red Hatters are pictured here with museum curator Walt Bannon.

Harrison rejects ‘sands’ HARRISON — Harrison residents voted 156-59 last Tuesday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil’s Portland Montreal Pipe Line, making it the sixth Maine town to publically and officially oppose the proposal.

The 62-year-old pipeline, which stretches 236 miles from Montreal to South Portland, is being considered for the transport of tar sands, a form of toxic, thick oil that is associated with higher incidence of pipeline spills and can be nearly impossible to clean up. The pipeline stretches five miles through Harrison and crosses the Crooked River near the Plains Road. The pipeline also passes through critical wetland habitat along the Crooked River watershed.

“Here in the Lakes Region, our lakes, rivers, and streams are our livelihood and an important part of our economy,” says longtime Harrison resident Ray Sirois. “Tourism

represents the largest sector of Maine’s economy. People come to Maine and the Lakes Region to fish in our clean rivers, to boat on our healthy lakes, and to enjoy peace and quiet. Tar sands is a direct threat to both our environment and economy and that’s what this vote is about; regular citizens not wanting to place it all at risk.”

The resolution stated serious concerns about the environmental and public health hazards of tar sands in the context of a town and region heavily dependent on a clean environment for recreation, tourism, and the economy at large. Concerns about threats to water quality also motivated the resolution.

“A tar sands oil spill in to the Crooked River would be a disaster for Maine people and wildlife,” says Lee Dassler, executive director of the Western Foothills Land Trust. “The Crooked River is a AA water quality river, which is supposed to be the cleanest and most protected

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in Maine. It also provides critical spawning habitat for Maine landlocked salmon.

The Crooked River also provides 40% of the surface water to Sebago Lake, the drinking water supply for one in seven Maine people.”

“My brewing company depends on clean, healthy water from the Crooked River watershed,” says Lee Margolin, owner of Pennesseewassee Brewing in Harrison. “A tar sands oil spill in to the Crooked River would devastate the river ecosystem, homeowners like me along the river, and the many businesses that depend on it like my brewing company.”

The resolution was submitted by Harrison residents who have become increasingly opposed to tar sands oil threatening the local environment and economy. Harrison residents collected over 250 signatures from registered Harrison voters at the polls last November and worked with the town selectmen to put the resolution on last Tuesday’s ballot.

“I am pleased so many Harrison residents took the SANDS, Page A

(Continued from Page A) The Memorial School warrant article was not on the floor for long. There was no discussion, and hardly any “no” votes.

Testimony for the library line item was kept to a minimum. The sum to be earmarked for the library was included in unclassified accounts, which appeared as warrant Article 10.

Casco resident Joanne Painter asked why the finance committee did not support the library, which she had witnessed growing from a small building with novels on the shelves to a place where culture, activities, computer assistance and reading is offered.

Brown answered the question. He said he had been the sole “yes” vote for giving the full financial request to the library.

First, he commended his fellow finance committee members for the tough job of keeping the mill rate low, questioning each expense, and cutting the budget where possible. He said the 1–5 vote reflected the difference of opinions of the committee.

“I personally think this community needs to feel comfortable about spending more money,” Brown said.

“We can go to the next level. This town has a good debt ratio,” he said, listing some of the types of services that contribute to residents’ quality of life. “It requires loosening the purse strings,” Brown said.

Although in previous years, dozens of people have spoken in favor or against dedicating tax money to the library, the discussion was brief this time.

However, there was quite a bit of clarification and comment about the firefighter’s stipend, which was warrant Article 8.

“This is a new appropriation. I am not sure what the purpose is. I am not sure how many fires there are,” one resident asked.

Fire Chief Jason Moen explained. “This position is necessary because we have reached a critical level for fire calls. Let me stress this is a per diem with no employee benefits. It will not be a position for one person; many people will take the shift,” Moen said.

He said 45% of fire-related emergency calls occur between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

“We are at a critical shortage. I would urge you to support this article,” Moen said.

Resident Peg Dilley asked how many fire departments in the area are utilizing the per diem pay program.

Moen said the towns of Raymond, Naples, Sebago and Bridgton have at-the-station positions.

Moen said that without the extra person on staff, there might be a time that a fire call in Casco would not get a prompt response time.

“We cannot guarantee that a truck will roll in to your house. Right now, that truck will get to the scene. We have good relations but we cannot always rely on other towns as well,” Moen said.

A few residents asked Moen to repeat what he meant, and even asked if there had been incidences when a fire truck was not able to respond to a Casco call. He said that it had happened.

Selectman Ray Grant said he opposed the expenditure. “A town of 4,000 doesn’t need this.

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The article funding a firefighter’s stipend passed, with about a dozen people opposing it.

Later in the evening, the public adopted without discussion several land-use and building ordinances — all of which were simply clarifying definitions.

When the adoption of a mooring ordinance was on the floor, it was the second to the last warrant item.

Resident Neil Garston apologized for interjecting his questions so late in the evening, and so close to the end. “In reading the proposed ordinance on abandonment, I could see problems,” he said.

“How about people getting sick, or their boat sinking, or selling their property? How is the Harbor Master going to keep track? If there was a mooring under three feet of mud, how would anyone know,” he said.

Town Manager Dave Morton responded to the questions.

This ordinance “is just making it very clear that it is the mooring owner’s responsibility. If someone is putting in a new anchorage, engine blocks are not acceptable moorings. Neither are toilet bowls full of rock. It is your responsibility to be up to code,” Morton said.

Garston asked if he was in violation because his mooring allowed his marine vessel to swing into his neighbor’s property line. However, the neighbor had given him permission to moor there, and the swing of Garston’s boat did not pose the threat of damage to the neighbor’s moored boat, which was located somewhere else.

“Our boat swings over into the abutter’s water areas, but where they moor their boat doesn’t matter, and we have an agreement. Is that okay,” Garston said.

Morton said that was a question to pose to the code enforcement officer (CEO) but first citizens would have to vote to allow him to speak since he is not a resident of Casco. The public okayed that.

Casco CEO Don Murphy said, “Those are all very great questions. The mooring registration form says that if the abutter gives permission, that is okay.”

Garston said he was concerned about the mooring for a small craft, which he and his wife keep near the shore and use to row to the bigger boat.

“Certainly, Neil, you can row your boat out to your other boat, we don’t have a problem there,” Morton said.

Garston explained that the rowboat’s bow is tied to a dock, but also the back end is tied to an underwater mooring to prevent damage to the boat. He thought maybe that would count as two moorings.

“This is the first time this question has been asked,” Morton said.

“This is a state law. Floating docks and huge blow-up toys — those are all involved because they are considered moorings by state law,” he said.

“Beyond that, each mooring owner who applies will go through the registration form,” Morton said.

Residents made a motion to move the question. The mooring ordinance was adopted without opposition — bringing Casco in line with state law.

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A community effort at FHCC FRYEBURG — During the past month, the Industrial Technology Class at Fryeburg Academy, under the guidance of instructor Mark Strange, constructed a beautiful enclosed building now located near the front entrance of Fryeburg Health Care Center.

The new structure will allow residents to sit outside year round and be comfortable and protected from the rain and snow.

The FHCC Safety Committee helped raise funds for materials, while Clyde Watson Excavation Inc. transported the building from the Academy to the facility. Contractor Ben McInnis prepared the site for a level installation.

“Thank you to Mark Strange, the young men and women that provided the labor to build the structure, Clyde Watson and Larry Grey for transporting, and Ben McInnis for site preparation. It will provide much enjoyment for our residents,” FHCC officials said.

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HIRAM — Jane Sumner and supporters of the Soldiers COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT went into the construction of a new structure at Fryeburg Health Care Center, Memorial Library in Hiram fear that if a plan to sever the which will allow residents to sit outside year round. Pictured are (left to right) Jim Dutton of FHCC, Clyde Watson, institution from town responsibility passes, the future of the Fryeburg Academy instructor Mark Strange, Jacob Drew, Reed Wales, Durland Barker, Evan Armington, Tom library would be in serious question.

Library officials oppose Hiram selectmen’s plans to sever Ackley and Chelsea Stephens; (back row) Wyatt Kimball, David Olsen and Rod Deroche. town ties with Soldiers Memorial. An informational session is scheduled for 7 p.m. this evening, Thursday, June 20 at the town office.

It surely is symbolic of the plight of libraries in many parts of Maine. “We happen to have a library that has a very small endowment and could never survive just by fund raisHARRISON — Taxpayers article warrant was swiftly education and county taxes, for community programs. unanimously passed a $6.4 passed. which accounts for 83% of The anticipated budget ing,” Sumner said. “Most of the other libraries in the area million budget last Wednesday Town Manager George the increase, Finch said. increase at time of commit- — Denmark, Sebago, Steep Falls and Cornish — have very night at the annual Harrison “Bud” Finch said the proVoters approved articles ment in July would bring the healthy endowments and depend on very little from their town meeting. posed 2013-14 budget is asking to raise $309,681 for mill rate in at about $10.70 towns.”

The Hiram library is also the depository for the Hiram A total of 53 voters turned increasing $223,142, or 3.6%, the county tax and $3,735,110 per $1,000 up $.50 or around Historical Archives and is the site for its war memorials. It out at Harrison Elementary over this fiscal year’s total of for education. $50 on a $100,000 home.

School for the 30-minute ses- $6.2 million. The overall budVoters also appropriated “While nobody likes has 3,000 visits a year, granted that many are repeat visitors sion during which the 25- get increase is mainly due to $675,078 from revenues to taxes, let alone tax increases, to use the computers or for various meetings. The library also reduce property taxes and to I am pleased to note that not has Wi-Fi capacity in the parking lot so that people can use earmark any excess funds only is the municipal opera- their laptops when the library is closed.

“Without this institution, this side of town would have for unexpected and deferred tions portion of the budget nothing to sustain any kind of social gathering,” Sumner maintenance projects less than the past year it is added.

Voters also approved also less than it was four The first part of the meeting is a public hearing as to how (Continued from Page A) raising an appropriating years ago with no loss of much to spend to tar Robinson Road — the extension above time to learn the facts about tar sands oil production and $471,041 for administration; municipal services,” Finch Hiram Hill Road. The library informational meeting will $514,866 for Public Works said.

“I greatly appreciate its potential transport through our town and region,” says begin after the hearing.

Harrison resident Mike Dunn. “Every corporation’s number Department; $104,031 for the the support of the board of “We’re hoping that a lot of people who support the library one priority is to make a profit, and that’s OK, but a top pub- Fire Department, $320,231 selectmen, the budget comlic priority must be to have a safe place to live and work. If for solid-waste disposal and mittee, the staff and the citi- will come and just be present so that the selectmen will recsafety is a top priority for the pipeline company, they should operation of the transfer sta- zens as we work to bring at ognize that there is a lot of support to keep this institution welcome an environmental impact review before transporting tion, $167,741 for Parks and least some level of stabil- going,” Sumner said.

The cost to the town is $15,000 a year — $22 a household, Recreation, $171,322 for pub- ity to the taxing systems diluted bitumen through the Portland Montreal Pipeline.”

Sumner said. The town funds to keep the building in good The resolution calls upon elected leaders to help ensure lic safety, $350,000 for road without reducing the basic repair, but the library reimburses the town for utilities and work and $150,000 for the services we provide.

We any tar sands pipeline proposal gets a complete environmeninsurance coverage.

The $15,000 is to keep the librarian on tal impact review, something that can be required by the U.S. Comprehensive Capital and are prepared for whatever as a town employee.

State Department for cross-border pipelines. More than 30 Reserve Fund and $79,920 Augusta does.”

LIBRARY, Page A towns along the pipeline have already passed similar resolutions including Casco, Waterford, Raymond, Bethel and Portland.

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Incidents on Bridgton Police Department blotter These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, June 11 2:20 p.m. A caller reported that a man, allegedly possessing a gun, walked into a Warren Street residence.

Wednesday, June 12 1:40 a.m. A woman claimed she was being harassed by a man who allegedly threatened to cause bodily harm to her.

1:55 p.m. Police were asked to check the wellbeing of an elderly man, known to sleep in his vehicle.

4:54 p.m. A patrolman was requested to check on a teen who had been standing outside a Main Street store for

over an hour and appeared to be “agitated.”

Thursday, June 13 11:05 a.m. Police were asked to check the wellbeing of a male, who reportedly pushed a cat out the window causing it to perish.

1:56 p.m. Robert L. Johnson, 39, of Denmark was charged with operating a motor vehicle while his license had been revoked (habitual offender revocation)

by Bridgton Police Officer Phillip Jones following a stop on South High Street.

8:50 p.m. A caller asked to see an officer claiming the post office had refused to deliver a couple of packages.

Friday, June 14 11:01 a.m. A 2011 Kia

Optima, operated by Louise Gauvin, struck a deer while traveling on Route 93.

4:40 p.m. Kalli J. Pulkkinen, 50, of South Paris was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and operating after habitual offender revocation by Bridgton Police Officer T.J. Reese following a stop on North Bridgton Road. Pulkkinen was released on bail. Tilda A. Kennison, 49, of South Paris was summonsed for permitting unlawful use.

5:04 p.m. A cell phone was stolen while the owner was at work at a local store.

5:24 p.m. Scott E. Holden, 27, of Otisfield was charged with operating a motor vehi-

cle while under the influence and operating after suspension by Bridgton Police Officer Phillip Jones following a stop on North Bridgton Road. Holden was released on bail.

8:05 p.m. Police received a report of a possible runaway from a Portland Road location.

Saturday, June 15 12:34 p.m. A caller asked to speak with an officer regarding illegal dumping off Route 93.

5:36 p.m. A female reported that her ex-boyfriend had taken her vehicle without permission. Police checked North Road. At 6:10 p.m., David L. Neal, 26, of Harrison was charged with unauthorized use of property

by Bridgton Police Officer T.J. Reese. Neal was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

8:35 p.m. Police received a noise complaint (someone using a jackhammer) on Kansas Shores Road.

10:18 p.m. A 2005 Dodge, operated by Kevin

L. Thurston, collided with a deer while traveling on Sweden Road.

Sunday, June 16 10:25 a.m. A motorist asked police to check the wellbeing of an elderly female using a walker on Harrison Road. The woman was offered a ride to a local store to purchase cleaning products and food, but she declined.

12:09 p.m. A caller reported leaving her wallet on the top of her car and driving off from a Main Street gas station. She returned to the area, but was unable to find the wallet.

3:15 p.m. A male claimed a female stole his vehicle after she had “kicked him out.”

Monday, June 17 2:33 p.m. Police responded to a collision in a parking lot on Wayside Avenue involving a 2006 Pontiac Grand Am, operated by Jamie T. Mowatt, and a 2009 Subaru Legacy, operated by Lauren M. Veneri.

5:52 p.m. A caller sought

information regarding laws associated with his underage, sober daughter operating a car containing intoxicated underage passengers.

7:21 p.m. A 2003 GMC truck, operated by Kevin O’Brien, struck a deer while traveling on Sweden Road.

Weekly Recap: This past week, the Bridgton Police Department responded to 133 calls for service, including 57 motor vehicle stops, 3 motor vehicle crashes, 9 disturbance/suspicious activity complaints, 4 animal control complaints, 2 court protection order violations, 1 theft complaint and 1 missing person/runaway complaint.

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(Continued from Page A) “While they (selectmen) say that we can place a yearly article on the warrant for the $15,000, it’s pretty easy to discount that sum in hard times as just one more expense to be cut in half,” Sumner said. “The ability to keep the librarian on as one of the town employees is very important as a function of a town institution.”

Soldier Memorial Library sponsors at least five fundraisers a year and officials and volunteers work really hard to secure grants that will allow the library to make needed structural changes. Groups that use the library outside of library hours contribute toward the library’s upkeep, Sumner said.

“Unlike most of the libraries around us, we have no huge endowment that allows us to be independent of the town,” she said. “Without the support of the town, the library would have to close. And after 98 years of town support, that would be a shame.”

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June 20, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page A

Kate places 4th at Nationals under the pressure,” she said.

“As for long jump, I wanted to make it to the finals and maybe even achieve the AllAmerican status in that event, as well.”

The 100 meters is Kate’s all-time favorite event. She loves the feeling of exploding out of the starting blocks and running as fast as she can for 11.5 seconds.

“At Nationals, I knew that everything in those eleven and a half seconds had to be perfect or else I would lose my chance of making it to the finals. The prelims were slightly intimidating as we all sat in a tent to find out which lanes we were going to run in.

Everyone knew who was in their section before arriving, what their times were, and whom they needed to beat,” Kate said. “After winning my section in the prelims, I knew that I had achieved one of my biggest goals and was happy to just make it to the finals. Four hours later, eight girls were brought out on the track in a line and walked by an official to where the 100-meter dash starts. No one really talked to each other, which indicated they were all business.”

The moment Kate got into the starting blocks, all of her nerves went away as she took deep breaths and looked at the ground.

“It felt like I had one of the best block starts considering I thought I was ahead for a good 10 meters. A couple of girls passed me after 30 meters and I could tell I was losing my form,” she recalled. “The race was very, very close and I didn’t know what place I had come in until looking at the jumbotron. I was ecstatic that I had come in fourth place and achieved

both of my goals for the 100meter dash.”

Kate found it difficult to amp herself up for the long jump after capturing fourth in the 100 meter.

“But, as it got closer to the event, the more nervous I got. My warmups felt fast and explosive, which usually means I’ll have a good day,” she said.

In the long jump on Sunday, Kate advanced as a member of the group of eight with an 18-feet 8-inch effort in the prelims. She landed an 18-8 in the finals, placing her seventh overall.

Courtney Corrin of Playa Vista, Calif. won the long jump in 20-feet 7.25-inches.

Keturah Orji of Budd Lake, N.J. was second at 20-6.25.

Four other girls also jumped 18-8, but Kate’s second best jump of 18-feet 4.75-inches allowed her to compete in the finals. Unfortunately, she was unable to crack the top 6 and earn All-American honors.

Lake Region varsity coach Mark Snow said Kate’s 188 is the second best effort by a Maine high school girl — behind Kate’s own 19-feet 0.75-inches recorded at New Englands last week.

“My first jump was behind the board by a foot, so going into my last two jumps I moved my mark up quite a bit and went for it.

My second jump was still a few inches behind the board, but I jumped 18-8 and made it into finals by one spot. I didn’t jump farther than 188 in the finals and ended up placing seventh. Even though I didn’t set a personal record in the long jump, I was very happy with making finals and placing seventh at Nationals,” she said.

Facing elite athletes on the biggest stage was another major test for the decorated Maine high school champion.

“I admit, most of my competitors were a bit intimidating, as they usually are in these bigger meets. They were

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Deputy Plummer has been a law enforcement officer for 13 years and has been with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office for seven years. K-9 Vegas is 15 months old and was also born in the Czech Republic. Vegas lives with Deputy Plummer and his family. Deputy Plummer and Vegas are also primarily assigned to the Lake Region.

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without a doubt there to win and only to win, especially for the 100-meter dash,” she said. “In contrast, I prefer getting to know my competitors and learning a little bit about their personalities and who they are as people and not just runners. Doing that relaxes me and enables me to enjoy this sport more than I ever thought possible. It’s always a great feeling when a competitor who I know outside of just ‘that fast girl’ achieves a goal, runs well, or wins.”

In the long jump, Kate was able “to experience some of that.”

“Most of the girls jumping were very friendly, outgoing and they definitely made the atmosphere more relaxed and enjoyable for everyone. Some of the girls who I competed against at the New England meet were cheering me on as I jumped and that inspired me to better myself,” Kate said. “I was very pleased with how most of my competitors conducted themselves as athletes and people. I’m already excited to experience that again next year.”

Competing at Nationals overall was one of Kate’s best experiences of her life.

She couldn’t have been more pleased with the outcome.

“Not counting the competing part, having some family time with my dad and brother is definitely something I always enjoy. We made the best out of traveling a total of 30 hours in the car and we even found a way to stay positive when we got lost for a couple hours,” she said.

As for running at Nationals, the atmosphere, the experience, the competitors and competing, itself, are some things Kate will never forget and looks forward to again in the future.

Looking back at a whirlwind season, during which she rewrote several Maine records and emerged as a dominant force on the track, Kate easily ranks 2012–13 “by far my favorite year out of all the years I’ve competed in sports throughout my life, although not because of everything that I achieved.”

“The first thing I think of when I think of the sport track and field is how much I truly enjoy it and the people

QUITE A SOPHOMORE YEAR — After rewriting the Maine record books, Kate Hall placed fourth in the 100 meters at the Nationals, earning All-American honors. involved in it. I can’t say enough how thankful I am for everyone’s love and support.

I didn’t know how much I truly loved this sport until I found out how supportive my coaches, teammates, family, friends and competitors are,” she said. “Also, the community as a whole has played a huge role in inspiring me to do my best and becoming a better person.”

If she were asked to choose one moment that stood out or was most memorable this past year, Kate would “all of the people I got to know better; both my teammates and competitors.”

“This year, I’m most proud of my team. Everyone did phenomenal, both seasons; setting personal records all year and coming in second at the outdoor State Meet. That was a huge highlight of the year and that is something I’ll always remember,” she said. “Also, it’s taken some time to adapt to the pressure of the sport in general. I never thrived under pressure in other sports, although with track, the pressure pushes me to compete well. It’s become one of my favorite feelings after learning how to cope with it and not let it affect my performance in a negative way.”

She has also found herself constantly in the media limelight. Just as she displays a graceful glide down the track, Kate also has become a better public speaker, and now looks forward to speaking with reporters about her races.

“The pressure from the press is weird for me still. It’s weird to think that newspaper reporters from around Maine want to talk to me and ask about my performances, how I was feeling, etc. At first, I would get really nervous and obsess over not messing up, but now I enjoy talking to them and telling them what was going through my mind when I was doing my events,” she said.

How does one top a record-setting year? After some much deserved rest, Kate will resume workouts and prepare her next assault on the record books, which carries her name in the 100, 200 and long jump.

“I already can’t wait for next season. It’ll be nice to have a break for a while, but I know in no time I’ll be itching to get going again,” she said. “As for future goals, I’ll be planning on bettering my times and distances, placing better in bigger meets, and getting to know more people from the track world.”

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9:53 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred on Main Street.

Friday, June 14 5:30 p.m. Police investigated a theft on Witlon Warren Road.

Sunday, June 16 8:55 a.m. Dan M. Patten, 60, of Conway, N.H., was charged with operating a motor vehicle after license suspension following a stop on Main Street.

12:39 p.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident near Eastman Camp Road.

SOUTH PARIS — The Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Western Maine chapter of Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine will hold a basic GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) training from 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday, June 22 at the Oxford County Cooperative Extension office.

Participants will be trained on the basics of GPS, from how to set up a new GPS receiver, to how to find and navigate to locations. The training is free and open to the public, but participants need to pre-register by calling Jean Federico at Oxford County Soil and Water at 743-5789, ext. 111 or e-mail jean.federico@me.nacdnet. net

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(Continued from Page A) even just being there, watching all of the amazing athletes, would be a great experience for anyone to have. The atmosphere was slightly intimidating, although the feeling of being nervous about running in such a meet is one I’ve grown to love,” Kate said.

While heading to Nationals, Kate and her dad, Eric, discussed what her goals would be on the grandest track and field stage.

“I’ve learned recently that I expect a lot from myself.

Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing, it’s true. The goals that I had talked to my father about, going into the meet, were different from some of the goals that I had in mind and also kept to myself. I had decided before the meet that no matter what happened, I would be overjoyed with solely receiving the opportunity of being able to compete at a higher lever than I was used to,” Kate said. “From there, I set some other goals, just in case things went right.

My dad and I decided that if I set a personal record in any of my events or close to one, then I would be happy.

After all, the sport is really about improving upon your very best performances and mostly, bettering yourself as a person along the way and changing lives. Although I’m sure I would have been more than happy with achieving the goals that I had talked about with my father, I set some other ones, as well.”

Her biggest goal going into Nationals was qualifying for the 100-meter dash finals and receiving All-American status.

“I knew that in order to achieve that goal, I would have to run one of my fastest times ever and not break

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CBS films ‘Dome’ promo (Continued from Page A) for a film crew from CBS Entertainment, who came to Bridgton Friday to do a “snapshot” of the real-life small town that served as King’s inspiration for the new 13-part TV adaption of his 2009 book, Under the Dome (The show premieres Monday, June 24, at 10 p.m. on CBS.) CBS Entertainment Producer Robert Winsor spent most of the day in Bridgton, and not only at the police station. He also interviewed Mary Shorey, daughter of the Bridgton News’ late Eula Shorey, who King had in mind when he created Under the Dome’s Julia Shumway, the local newspaper editor and one of the major “good guy” characters. He talked with News Office Manager Elaine Rioux; visited some of the businesses King regularly stops by when he’s in town; and also spent time with outgoing Bridgton Selectman Woody Woodward. The finished piece will be distributed to all CBS affiliated stations nationwide for use after June 24, and will be accessible online at CBS. com, on its Under the Dome web page.

Old police station The similarities are so close between King’s fictional Chester’s Mill police station and Bridgton’s old police station, CBS Entertainment Producer Robert Winsor might have thought he was on a readymade stage set, when he filmed Bridgton Police Lt. Peter Madura giving a tour of the space.

Madura pointed to rows of overhanging pipes leading to what was then the office of Police Chief Bob Bell. They were lettered and painted orange. The first row said, “Duck!” and

the row just beyond said, “Oops!”

“The chief would come in here in the morning with his coffee, thinking he was fine, and then, ‘Bam!’” Madura said with a chuckle, remembering. Taft, who began work at the station in 1977, said it didn’t matter how many times Bell banged his head; he was just too tall.

Both men said the cellar made for some pretty tight quarters, having to accommodate a booking area, secretary’s desk, and space for writing reports.

Madura warmed to his role as on-camera tour guide for the network. When Winsor asked him how he liked working in what was basically an unfinished cellar, he said, “I think it’s pretty much standard for police departments to be in basements. There’s no place else to go. Even now with our new police department, we’re still in the cellar. I guess people would just rather have us down in a hole somewhere, out of the public eye.”

Taft remembered sitting at times writing his police report, and suddenly spotting something moving fast toward him on the cement.

“Sometimes the water spiders used to come in off the (Stevens) Brook, and you’d see one of those creatures scooting across the floor. It was about this big around,” Taft said, making a fist.

Madura said he remembers times when there’d be a big dance in town and police had to arrest and detain eight or so drunk and rowdy revelers at a time.

“We’d have to handcuff them to the pipes (overhead) so they couldn’t bust up the toilets and do damage to the cells.”

The cells were not, as a rule, used for overnight stays, but rather as holding cells prior to court appearances or transport to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

Standing in front of the jail cells, on camera, Madura said, “It’s not a real good place to be. There’s no lights in here. There’s very little heat. When you shut the door like this,” he said, slamming the steel door with a loud clang, “it could get pretty scary.”

“Yeah, it was pretty tight quarters,” Madura told the camera. “But I’ve got to tell you, as an old man once told me, ‘Peter, there’s no question about it; you are in the front row of the greatest show on Earth’.”

Inspired character Eula’s daughter Mary Shorey told Winsor was “thrilled” and flattered when she heard King drew inspiration in creating Shumway from her life as longtime News editor from the 1950s to 1980s. When the book came out, Eula was in her 90s and her eyesight was failing, so she did not finish the book. But if she were still alive, her daughter said on camera, “she would be glued to the TV every week” watching the TV series.

Mary Shorey said her mother was acquainted with King and his wife, Tabitha, when they lived in Bridgton

WATER PETITION DELIVERY — Luke Sekera (front right) with mom, Nickie, other Fryeburg residents, and supporters last week delivered more than 130,000 Change.org petition signatures to Governor LePage’s office in protest of a proposed 45-year water contract between Nestlé and the Fryeburg Water Company. in the early 1970s. “They had a lot of nice conversations. (King) was interested in her work, and he saw how she stood up for what she believed in. She was a strong individual, she was very bright, and she was prolific — and I think he was impressed by her.”

Mary said that if her mother saw Rachelle Lefevre, the actress who portrays Shumway in the TV series, “she would chuckle, because the actress is quite beautiful. And, you know, my dad would like it too.”

Write-ins not tallied Last week’s paper incorrectly reported that there were no write-in candidates for the one vacant seat on the Bridgton Board of Selectmen. Town Clerk Laurie Chadbourne said there were write-in votes for the position, but as a rule “We don’t tally them” or record the names unless the total writein votes exceed the number of votes received by officially nominated candidates. Ken Murphy, the only official candidate, was elected to the seat vacated by Woody Woodward with 341 votes.

Bone marrow drive to support Bridgton woman WINDHAM — It usually takes a serious event in your life or with someone close to you before you really take notice about the serious needs that are out there and that we really can help.

At Windham Weaponry, longtime employee, Karen Moore, suddenly discovered several weeks ago that she had acute leukemia. She went from working every day and planning her summer vacations to fighting for her life. Not only

was her husband, Rob, and the rest of her family fighting it with her, but all the employees she works with at Windham Weaponry have stepped up to support her financially and emotionally as much as possible.

In addition to chemotherapy, Karen will need a bone marrow transplant. Fellow workers hope to help her cause by volunteering to join the “Be The Match” Registry, which is a part of the National Marrow

Donor Program. Not only will co-workers be giving Karen some additional chances to find a bone marrow match, but they could possibly end up being a match for someone else in the country needing a lifesaving bone marrow transplant as well.

Currently there is a need for 10 to 12,000 transplants annually for both children and adults, but only about 5,700 are done due to lack of donor matches. The “Be The Match”

Registry currently has approximately 10-12 million registered donors, but many more are needed to help those that are still on the waiting list. Patients diagnosed with leukemia, lymphomas or other blood cancers make up approximately 72% of transplants facilitated by the National Marrow Donor Program. Seventy percent of patients in need of marrow or blood cell transplant do not have a matched donor in their family.

In support of Karen Moore and the thousands of others that are depending on a match through the National Marrow Donor Program, a Marrow Donor Registry Drive will be held at Windham Weaponry (Roosevelt Drive), which will be open to the public (ages 18-44), on Thursday, June 20, from 2 and 7 p.m. A representative of the “Be The Match” program will be there to help with the three-page consent and information form, and to take a

cheek swab. It only takes 1520 minutes and may very well save someone’s life, maybe even someone you know.

For more information, email BeTheMatch@windhamweaponry.com or call 8932223.

To help with the costs of the Be The Match Registry, organizers will be having a 50/50 drawing. Tickets will be $5 each or 5 for $20. All proceeds will go to the Be The Match organization.

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Gypsy ready to entertain

By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Gypsy, which opens at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, June 21 as Lake Region Community Theatre brings it alive on the stage at Lake Region High School, tells the story of the maniacally-driven Mama Rose, who relentlessly pushed her two daughters, June and Louise, into show business back in the days of vaudeville and burlesque.

For choreographer Pam Collins-Stahle, it’s a musical where real life meets the stage.

“This particular story of a child growing up in show business and trying to find her ‘niche’ is simply intriguing to me,” said Collins-Stahle.

“Transcending the essence of dance during the vaudeville era has also been extremely exciting. So, I delved into classic dance movies for inspiration from stars such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelley, Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple.”

She added, “As the story of Mama Rose and her obsession with stardom gets passed down from generation to generation and is performed across the world on various stages, there are some iconic dance steps that will always remain the same. As difficult as it was, I stayed true to those moves. The dancers have worked diligently to bring these numbers to life. They have learned how to tap, foxtrot, maneuver a cow costume, take chances, and step out of their comfort zones. I am very pleased with the outcome of our work. Be prepared to be entertained as our talented cast walks you into the world of show business.”

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GYPSY CAST — To perform in the upcoming production of Gypsy, are: (top, left to right) Derrek Schrader, Dan Neault, Chris Madura, Pete Lazaron and Brian Harris; (middle row) Abby Lucy, Samantha Scarf, Emma Walker, Savannah DeVoe, Sarah Douglas, Mellissa Mettucci, Kenya DuBrule and Carley Watts; (front row) Liza CollinsSchrader, Polly Vaillant and Abigail Scarlett. (Photo by Leigh Macmillen Hayes) Mary Bastoni. Through the hard work of the actors and actresses, this show will come to life in front of your eyes.

Gypsy will run for six performances over two weekends. Show time is also at 7:30 p.m. on June 22, 28 and 29 and 2 p.m. on June 23 and 30.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for ages 12 and under and may be purchased at Raymond Village Florist, Krainin Real Estate – Raymond and Naples, Casco Library, Naples Library, Bridgton Library, Hayes True Value Hardware, Books N Things in Norway and Papa’s Floral and Gifts in Fryeburg.

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Rufus Porter Museum opens The Rufus Porter Museum will open for the 2013 season on Saturday, June 22 with regular tours Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring its new exhibit, “Folk Art Inspired by the Civil War.” The exhibit will also highlight folk art inspired by American patriotism and will include samplers, paintings, porcelain, weathervanes, and the exquisite eagles carved by Maine native John Bellamy.

This is in conjunction with other museums and historical societies across Maine in a special Civil War Trail. Using a wide variety of items like letters, diaries, photographs, maps, art, weapons, clothing, banners, and quilts, these organizations will present exhibits about the personal experiences of Maine people at the battle front and the home front during the war.

On Friday, June 21, there will be a Preview Opening of the Civil War exhibit at the Rufus Porter Museum from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Special speaker Stephen May will present a lecture after the preview opening at 7 p.m. entitled, “Their Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Art in the Civil War” at the First Congregational Church, 33 South High Street, Bridgton.

Tickets may be purchased in advance for the opening and lecture or at the door for $20.

May is an independent historian, writer and lecturer of art, culture and historic preservation. He has summered in Maine all his life and has a special interest in the state’s art and artists. He has lectured at museums, universities, historical societies, and retirement communities throughout the country. He has written for such periodicals as American Arts Quarterly, American History, Antiques and The Arts Weekly, Art & Antiques, British Heritage, Down East, Early American Life, Smithsonian Magazine, and newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Washington Post and Washington Times.

The Rufus Porter Museum will also participate in Blue Star Museums this season and is one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013.

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The Fourth Wall will be offered by Oxford Hills Music & Performing Arts Association at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the Norway Grange, 15 Whitman St., Norway. FMI: 7396200.

Friday-Sunday, June 21-23

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will premiere at the Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish. The production runs thru July 7, with showtimes of 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and a 5 p.m. Sunday matinee. FMI: 642-3743.

Lake Region Community Theatre will offer its production of Gypsy at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday at Lake Region High School. The show will repeat June 28-30. FMI: www.lrctme.org

Wednesday, June 26

The Met Encore Series presents the opera Il Travatore, from 7 to 9:45 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 935-9232.

FRYEBURG — Experience the comic genius of comedian Tim Sample at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 6, at 7:30 p.m.

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Deertrees: Great concerts

Friday, June 21

Emilia Dahlin is offering a Summer Solstice Concert as a benefit for Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. at the theatre, located at 156 Deertrees Road in Harrison. FMI: 583-6747.

Saturday, June 22

Returning by popular demand, the DaPonte String Quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., Denmark.

Tickets are $12 advance, $15 at the door.

Sunday, June 23

There will be a Benefit Concert for Seeds of Peace by New England Suzuki Institute, 6:30 p.m., Alfond Center, Saint Joseph’s College, Standish.

The Victory Swing Band will appear in concert at 7 p.m. at the historic Bell Hill Meetinghouse, Bell Hill Road, Otisfield.

Tuesday, June 25

INDIE FOLK TRIO, Les Hay Babies, appears at Deertrees on Tuesday, June 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. is quite an achievement.

The Indie-folk trio hails from three small Acadian villages in New Brunswick.

Julie Aubé, Katrine Noël and Vivianne Roy met during a provincial battle of the bands (Accros de la chanson) where they were each performing as solo artists. Then they ran into each other at another music contest, le Gala de la chanson de Caraquet. This time, they realized how well their unique voices and different musical influences meshed together and in November 2011, Les Hay Babies were officially born. Since then, they’ve been busy crafting colorful folksy music with only a guitar, a banjo, a ukulele, powerful lyrics, and of course, warm

harmonies that could melt anyone’s heart.

This award-winning young Acadian trio are here to launch their first U.S. tour and Deertrees Theatre is delighted to welcome them to this part of Maine. Tickets are available in advance and on the night of the show. The curtain goes up at 7.30 p.m. If you believe the theatre’s perfect acoustic reputation needs to be “tested,” the Les Hay Babies are the talent to do it.

As part of the Music into Summer series, tickets for this concert are $18 for adults and $15 for children ages 14 and younger. The Deertrees box office is open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Call 583-6747.

Friday, June 28

The Milltown Road Show will perform their blend of roots, Americana and original tunes at the North Windham Union Church at 7 p.m., as part of the “Music with a Mission” series. Tickets at the door are $12 adults and $10 for students, children, and seniors. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and a part of the proceeds will benefit The Bridgton Community Center. FMI: call 892-7149 or e-mail MWAMconcerts@gmail.com

Saturday, June 29

EMILIA DAHLIN will perform a benefit concert at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison this Friday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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The Naples Summer Concert Series kicks off its season with a performance by a German music band from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Naples Village Green. FMI: 693-3408.

Monday, July 1

Join the Lovell United Church of Christ on Route 5 in Lovell for a concert by the Presbyterian Church in Morristown Bell Choir at 7 p.m. The choir will be directed by Matt Webb.

Saturday, July 6

Beatles For Sale, a New England Beatles tribute band, will recreate the sounds of the Beatles at 8 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Road, Harrison. All ages are welcome to the show, which has been a sellout for the past three years. For tickets, call 583-6747 or visit www.deertreestheatre.org

Rufus Porter Museum opens (Continued from Page B) for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense, with leadership support provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The program provides families an opportunity to enjoy the nation’s cultural heritage and learn more about their new communities after completing a military move.

The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums The museum in the Maine Civil War Trail is part of the commemoration of the war’s sesquicentennial. For more information about the Maine Civil War Trail and all the exhibits see www.mainecivilwartrail.org/home The Rufus Porter Museum is located at 67 North High Street in Bridgton. For more information call 647-2828, or visit the website at www.rufusportermuseum.org

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The Denmark Arts Center will present An Evening of Arabic and Turkish Music, with Alhan Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. at the Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark.

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Les Hay Babies, an Indie-folk trio from New Brunswick, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Road, Harrison. FMI: 583-6747.

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HARRISON — As a build up to the summer season officially opening at Deertrees Theatre, this Friday sees a pay what you can benefit concert in support of the theatre.

Emilia Dahlin, singer/ songwriter, will present a Summer Solstice Concert to boost the building fund of the historic theatre. Suggested donation is $10.

“We are reliant at the moment on the generosity of those supporters and artists who are keen to see the theatre thrive and flourish. We have a number of concerts in the season where artists are supporting by donating their talent, and with the performance this Friday (June 21), we are wanting everyone to get the most out of the evening by having a ‘Pay What You Can Night’ live concert,” said Andrew Harris, Deertrees executive director. “We are so grateful to Emilia for this very kind offer to be a part of the renaissance of the organization. She is an exceptional talent and we are hoping for a great turnout. The audiences are in for a treat.”

Then on Tuesday, June 25, Les Hay Babies take to the stage at Deertrees Theatre.

They were the talk of the East Coast Music Awards this past year and they recently were an instant hit in Europe at the huge Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival. Three continental tours, performing in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium, have recently been undertaken and for three young ladies 19-21 years in age, that

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Landscape artist David G. Hall of Raymond opens an exhibit of his works with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hole In The Wall Gallery on Route 302 in Raymond. The exhibit runs through Aug. 12.

FMI: 655-4952.

A juried Art Show will be held on the grounds of the scenic Poland Spring Inn, on Route 26 in Poland. In addition, visitors may bid on Silent Auction items, and a lobster lunch will be offered. All money raised will go to renovate the Poland Food Bank.

FMI: 998-4227.

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The paintings of birds done by Falmouth artist Sue Shane reflect her keen awareness of their behavior in the wi1ld — come see for yourself at an exhibit at Harvest Gold Gallery in Center Lovell.

Saturday, June 22

An art opening, Underage, with highschoolers Julie Brennan and Thomas Dougherty, will be offered at 5 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. The exhibit runs through July 4.

Tom Murphy’s Laugh ‘Till You Die, will be presented at 8 p.m. at the Celebration Barn Theatre, 190 Stock Farm Road, South Paris. FMI: 743-8452.

The New Gloucester Strawberry Festival will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Congregational Church Vestry, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester.

The Bridgton Methodist Church on Main Street will hold a Smothered Beef Supper from 4:30 to 6 p.m., with potatoes, salads, veggies and pies.

Friday, June 21

WINNING DUCKS — The Naples Public Library held their “Duck Drop” fundraiser this past Sunday, June 16. Over 300 ducks were dropped from a height of 75 feet onto multiple targets below. Q-Team Tree Service of Naples (also d/b/a Cook’s Tree Service) volunteered to drop the ducks from one of their bucket trucks. Top prize was $600.

Author presentation CASCO — Local author James Leamon will present a talk on his latest book this Sunday, June 23 at 4 p.m. at the Casco Public Library.

Leamon grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and after two years in military service, graduated from Bates College in Lewiston. He earned a Ph.D. in American colonial history at Brown University in 1961.

After a brief stint teaching in Iowa and Pennsylvania, he returned to Bates in 1964 as a member of the history department, teaching courses in early American history and historical archaeology until his retirement in 2000.

He has written articles, contributed chapters, and co-edited several books on Maine’s early history. His book, Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine (University of Massachusetts

Press, 1993), won the New England Historical Association’s Annual Book Award the following year.

In 2008, he received the Neal Woodside Allen Jr. Award from the Maine Historical Society for outstanding contributions to Maine history.

His most recent publication is

The Reverend Jacob Bailey: Maine Loyalist: For God, King, Country, and for Self (University of Massachusetts Press, 2012). He lives in Casco with his wife, Nicci, a historical and literary transcriptionist.

Copies of the book will be for sale.

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Saturday, June 22

A Fireworks Benefit Pancake Breakfast is being hosted

by Bridgton Lions, Bridgton Rotary and the Oriental Lodge of Masons from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Masonic Hall on Route 117, Bridgton. The menu is pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage links, juices and coffee, all for $6 adults, $4 children.

The Edes Falls Sewing Circle will serve up a Baked Bean Supper from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Edes Falls Community Hall in Naples.

A Baked Bean Supper will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Sebago Methodist Church, Rte. 114, North Sebago.

There will be a Community Buffet Breakfast & Open House from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the United Parish Congregational Church in Harrison, featuring scrambled eggs, pancakes, home fries, sausage, muffins, fresh fruit and beverages. Donations are appreciated.

Sunday, June 23

There’ll be a Benefit Breakfast for the Brownfield/ Denmark PTA, 7:30 to 9 a.m., Brownfield Masonic Hall, Rte. 160. FMI: 935-1185.

Saturday, June 29

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Tim Sample at LHEPAC (Continued from Page B) albums and a video for the Bert and I company) have sold well over a million copies. For 11 years, he was a correspondent for CBS News and a regular essayist on the Emmy award-winning television show CBS News Sunday Morning, hosted by veteran

Come enjoy a Turkey Dinner from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Bradley Memorial Methodist Church in Fryeburg. FMI: 890-5388.

Friends of the East Conway Community Hall will hold their annual Strawberry Festival from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the hall, located a quarter mile from Sherman’s Farm in East Conway, N.H. There’ll be strawberry shortcake, casseroles, cold cuts, salads and more. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children under 12. FMI: 603-939-2262.

Bradley Memorial United Methodist Church, 454 McNeil Road, Fryeburg Harbor, is holding a Pasta Supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The menu is spaghetti, meatballs, lasagna, chicken parm, garlic bread, salad and brownie sundaes. Price is $7, under 10 free.

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After Dodge’s death in 1982, Tim recorded four albums and a video for the “Bert and I” company. Sample and Bryan have collaborated on a number of projects, including several TV specials, the popular recording How to Talk Yankee and the TV specials Out of Season and Maine Humor Behind the Barn.

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Tim’s national TV appearances include The Today Show and Good Morning America, and he has narrated awardwinning films and books on tape, including Robert McCloskey’s children’s classic Bert Dow Deep Water Man and Stephen King’s The Sun Dog. Over the years, Tim has performed thousands of shows in venues as diverse as the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Mall of America, the New York Yacht Club and the Caribou Performing Arts Center.

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The Bridgton First Congregational Church’s long-running and popular annual Strawberry Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church at 33 South High Street. The breakfast features pancakes, French toast, homemade biscuits, cereal and ice cream, with fresh local strawberries and maple syrup. Cost is $8 for adults, $3 for children ages 5-10, $2 for ages four and younger. FMI: 647-3936.

A Free Community Meal will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Christ Chapel, 37 Northern Pines Road in Raymond.

The menu is pasta and meatballs, soup, casseroles, salads and desserts, continually served, buffet-style.

A Benefit Supper for Jeff Roberts of Lovell will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Center Lovell Fire Station.

There’ll be burgers, hot dogs, beans, coleslaw, chips, desserts and beverages, with a price of $8 for adults and $4 for children.

Tuesday, July 2

A Public Supper will be served at the North Waterford Congregational Church, off Route 35, opposite Melby’s Market in Waterford, with baked beans, chop suey, casseroles, salads, brown bread, rolls, beverages and strawberry shortcake for dessert. Cost is $8 adults, $4 children under 12.

Thursday, July 4

The first Waterford Summer Breakfast of 2013 will be held on Thursday, July 4, at the Wilkins Community House at Waterford Flat from 7:30 to 10 a.m. The menu is scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, home-baked muffins, donuts, coffee, tea and orange juice. Cost is $7 adults, $4 children. An Indoor Yard Sale will be held in the basement from 7:30 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, July 6

A Baked Bean and Chop Suey Supper will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at Sebago Town Hall, to benefit Sebago Fire & Rescue. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children age 10 and under.

An Old Fashioned Bean Supper will be served at 5 p.m., at the First Baptist Church of Paris, with beans, casseroles, brown bread and biscuits, pickles, hot dogs, and homemade desserts. Cost is $7 adults, $3.50 children. FMI: 754-7970.

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Raymond Garden Tour to showcase 11 private gardens Strawberry Festival to follow —

RAYMOND — Gardeners love to share their gardens with interested visitors, to swap stories and information, and to share experiences, trials, and tribulations. So come join in at the first Raymond Garden Tour on Saturday, June 29, and enjoy a summer day discovering the many distinctive ways gardening is interpreted in Raymond.

The self-guided tour will

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Emily graduated from Tiverton High School and from Rhode Island College with a bachelor’s of arts degree in Biology. She also graduated from Bristol Community College with an associate’s degree in Medical Laboratory Science.

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Dana graduated from Lake Region High School and from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He is a Materials Manager in Kingston, R.I. Dana proposed to Emily while staying at a bed and breakfast in Portsmouth, N.H. Their wedding has been planned for October 2013 and will take place in Newport, R.I.

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The garden tour will benefit the library’s efforts to improve its offerings in the areas of technology, education and entertainment. Following the tour, the annual Strawberry Festival will be held at 3:30 p.m. at the historic Hawthorne House, featuring a gardening talk by Judy Paolini, author of The Inspired Garden, along with homemade strawberry

shortcake. Donation of $10 for adults and $5 for children age eight and under is asked.

Please make your reservations before Sunday, June 23 by email to jmanoush@fairpoint. net or call 655-7660.

(Advance payment is not required, but those with reservations will have first priority for the limited seating space). All proceeds of the Strawberry Festival go to preserve and maintain this historic boyhood home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

1st Congo Annual Author to speak Strawberry B’fast Bring on the berries — the First Congregational Church United Church of Christ of Bridgton, will hold its 20th annual Strawberry Breakfast on Saturday, June 29, from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. The church is located at 33 South High Street in Bridgton. Everyone is invited to attend the breakfast, and indoor and outdoor seating will be available (weather permitting).

Bring your family and friends and feast on a breakfast of pancakes, French toast, homemade biscuits, cereal, freshly-whipped cream, and ice cream, all topped with fresh local strawberries and maple syrup. Cost for adult tickets is $8; tickets for children ages 5-10 are $3; and tickets for children four years old and younger are $2.

Tickets can be purchased at the door.

“Nothing beats the taste of just-picked strawberries,” said Sue Rock, who along with Chris Lowell, co-chairs 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 its community outreach programs like Jeanette’s Closet, where families in need can find no-cost clothing, and the “Adopt-a-Child” Christmas program that supplies Christmas gifts to more than 150 children in Bridgton each year.

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SEBAGO — Susan Lebel Young of Falmouth will speak about her new book, Food Fix: Ancient Nourishment for Modern Hungers, at Spaulding Memorial Library this Saturday, June 22 at 7 p.m. as part of the library’s Push Back the Stacks Program.

Food Fix is not a diet book. Instead it’s the story of Sue Young’s journey to overcome her dependence on high-fat, sugary foods. She shares the lessons she learned along the way and recommends tools anyone can use to take control of their health.

A self-professed junk food junkie who has maintained a fifty-pound weight loss and a change of food-frenzy mentality for thirty years, Sue brings a depth of understanding to the complex food issues that entrap and entangle so many of us today.

Find out more about Sue at her website, susanlebelyoung.com

This free presentation is suitable for teens and adults.

Spaulding Memorial Library is located in Sebago on Route 114. For more information call 787-2321.

Push Back the Stacks is a performance series supported in part by the Cumberland County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation and individual contributions.

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Girl Scouts: The agents of change Girl Scout Junior Troop #208 presented two special gifts June 10 to the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library.

Assistant Librarian Rosie White accepted a cookbook and a white rocking chair on behalf of the library.

Both gifts were part of the “Power of Community” in the troop’s Agent of Change Journey. The cookbook consisted of recipes the girls collected over a six-month period.

They designed the book, and their leader Jammie Graves had it published as a hardcover. All this work earned the troop the Bronze Award, an award that hasn’t been presented to Lovell in 10 years.

The girls should be very proud of themselves, as this award is the highest level possible that the girls can achieve.

Many of these 4th and 5th grade girls had taken part in library programs at one time or another, so the gift of a book was greatly appreciated. Troop leaders Graves

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The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will hold the Start-of-the Summer Party on Friday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to noon. This is a dual signup — one for the Library Reading Club and one for the Summer Recreation Programs.

Children aged 12 and under

can join the summer reading program with the theme “Dig into Reading.”

On Tuesday June 25, at 7 p.m., the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will present Professor Larry Goff as speaker. His program will consist of — wait a minute I’ll get it — oh yes, memory loss and retention. A professor at Massachusetts Bay Community College and a resident of Lovell, Goff will help those who are of any age who have difficulty with memory issues, especially those experienced by elderly persons, like dementia and Alzheimer’s. He will have

suggestions on how to prevent memory loss with diet, medicine or brain exercises.

A teacher of psychiatry at the college, he also teaches the subject online. An interesting subject, so I’d suggest you put the date on the calendar so you won’t, hmmm, forget it. There will also be an Art Show on the same date on Tuesday, June 25. There will be an open reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Lovell Historical Society Annual Dinner will be held at Ebenezer’s on Monday, June 24, starting at 6 p.m. This is always a sort of welcoming back of the snowbirds and those arriving for the summer.

The price of the dinner is $25.

When you make your reservation you can decide between the three entrees of baked haddock, breast of chicken or New York sirloin tips. You can call the Historical Society at 925-3234.

There will be a Mother Seton House Benefit Fashion

ROCK ON, GIRLS — With the rocking chair they donated to the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library are Girl Scouts from Junior Troop #208, from left, Julia Vitella, Sinead Lounsbury, Audra Hamlin, Grace Neddenreip, Charlotte Ackerman, Ava Chadbourne, and, in front, Maddie Darling.

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The new Writers’ Group, facilitated by Lisa Winslow, will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, June 26, at 6:30 p.m. All genres are welcome; please bring a small (3-5 page) piece of your work to share, and be prepared for comments and gentle critique.

The deadline is Wednesday, June 26 for children aged 7 and up to register for Archaeology Club, which will meet Saturday, June 29 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Kids will explore what it’s like to be an archaeologist by digging for artifacts and reassembling the clues history left behind. To register, contact the library at 583-2970.

Bridgton Lions marked 87 years of service to area residents at the Lions meeting June. 10. Chartered in 1926, the Bridgton Lions are proud to be the third oldest club in Maine.

Retiring King Lion Al Hayes presented the Gavel of Office to new President Brian Thomas. Other newlyelected officers are First Vice President Elaine Rioux, Second Vice President George Lariviere and Third Vice President Ken Murphy.

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The Met Summer Encore Series Presents: Il Trovatore June 26, 2013 • 7 to 9:45 PM — Verdi’s intense drama stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score.

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Calendar BALDWIN Thur., June 27 — Lecture by historian Stephen May, 7 p.m., “Art in the Civil War,” 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 33 So. High St. BRIDGTON Thur., June 20 — Western Maine Business Resource Workshop, 4 to 6 p.m., Bridgton Municipal Complex, 3 Chase St. FMI: 622-8381.

Fri., June 21 — Summer Solstice Hike up Bald Pate Mountain, meet 5 p.m. at Bald Pate parking area, Rte. 107.

FMI: jon@lelt.org Fri., June 21 — Preview Opening of Civil War Exhibit, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Rufus Porter Museum, 67 No. High St. FMI: 647-2828.

Fri., June 21 — Lecture by historian Stephen May, 7 p.m., “Art in the Civil War,” 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 33 So. High St. Sat., June 22 — Rufus Porter Museum opens for season w/tours Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., new exhibit “Folk Art Inspired by the Civil War,” 67 North High St. FMI: 647-2828.

Sat., June 22 ­— American Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hannaford supermarket, 109 Portland Rd. Sun., June 23 — Dottie Bell, demo with team of working steer

by Bridgton Historical Society, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Narramissic, Ingalls Rd. FMI: 647-5977.

Mon., June 24 — Kids Katering begins, noon, Community Center. FMI: 6473116.

Mon.-Thur., June 2427 — Tent Revival by New Heights Baptist Church, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Mon.-Fri., June 24-28 — Vacation Bible Camp, 9 a.m. to noon, First Congregational Church, So. High St. FMI: 6473936.

Mon-Wed., June 24-26 — Adult Mural Project, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with Nelle Ely, Community Center. FMI: 6473116.

Tue., June 25 — Loon Echo Land Trust Open House, 3-5 p.m., Depot St. FMI: 647-4352.

Tue., June 25 — REACH meeting, 4 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., June 25 — Community Gardens meeting, 5:30 p.m., Community Center.

Wed., June 26 — Bridgton Bookies, discussing Big Russ & Me, by Tim Russert, 3 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Muslim Journeys, The Butterfly Mosque

by G. Willow Wilson, 7 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Pinochle, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Thur., June 27 — Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., Ham Recreation Complex, Brag Way. Fri., June 28 — North Bridgton Library annual meeting, 9 a.m., library.

Sat., June 29 — 4th Annual Ridge Run 5K, begins 9 a.m., Equine Journeys Ring Farm, 551 Upper Ridge Rd. FMI: 6478475.

Sun., June 30 — Storyteller/ dramatist Hannah Shively, The Box, 9:30 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church 368 Harrison Rd. FMI: 647-2027.

BROWNFIELD Sat., June 29 — Dance with the Ridge Riders, 8 p.m. to midnight, Brownfield Lions Den, Rte. 5 & 113. FMI: 935-4617, 935-2911.

CASCO Sat., June 22 — Chamber’s 2013 Lake Region Open, 8 a.m. shotgun start, Point Sebago Golf Club. FMI: 647-3472.

Sun., June 23 — Author James Leamon talk on latest book, 4 p.m., library.

Tue., June 25 — Casco Rec Golf Lessons for adults, 1st of 4 sessions, 6-7 p.m., Point Sebago Resort. FMI: 627-4187.

Tue., June 25 — Community Bible Study starting, 6:30 p.m., library. FMI: 627-4174.

Sat., June 29 — Casco Rec Golf Lessons for Juniors (ages 9-16), 10-11 a.m., Point Sebago Resort. FMI: 627-4187.

DENMARK Fri., June 21 — Moderate hike up Sentinel Mountain in the Ossipee Mountains, meet 8 a.m. Denmark Congregational Church. FMI: 756-2247.

Fri., June 28 — Difficult hike up Mount Chocorua, Albany, N.H., meet 8 a.m. at Denmark Congregational

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Science Show, 10 a.m., library.

Sat., June 22 — Golf Tournament by Fryeburg Area Rotary, 8 a.m. start, Kezar Lake Country Club. FMI: 935-2155.

Sun., June 23 — Annual Luncheon of Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, noon, Severance Lodge.

Mon.-Fri., June 24-28 — Kingdom Rock Bible Vacation Week, Lovell United Church of Christ. FMI: 925-1321, 9251444.

Mon., June 24 — Lovell Historical Society annual dinner, 6 p.m., Ebenezer’s Pub & Restaurant. FMI: 925-3234.

Tue., June 25 — Psychology professor Larry Goff talk on the mechanics of memory, 7 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Writing Group, 1 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Lovell Invasive Plant Committee, 7-9 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Squid Jiggers duo Dave Rowe and Troy R. Bennett at Brick Church for the Performing Arts, Christian Hill Rd., Lovell, 7:30pm. Adults $10, Children $5. Info 9251500.

NAPLES Thur., June 20 — Read to Kendal the Library Dog, 6 p.m., library.

Tue., June 25 — Scrabble Club, 7 p.m., library.

Wed., June 26 — Let’s Talk About It, Invisible New England: Like Lesser Gods by Mari Tomasi, 1:30 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Lego Club, 4 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., library.

RAYMOND Sun., June 23 — Summer Reading Program begins, ice cream social, 1-3 p.m., library.

Wed., June 26 — Book Group, The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obrecht, 7 p.m., library.

Thur., June 27 — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 2 to 7 p.m., Jordan Small School, 423 Webb Mills Rd. Sat., June 29 — Raymond Garden Tour, begins 9 a.m. at library, to 3 p.m., 11 private gardens, Strawberry Festival, 3:30 p.m., Hawthorne House, Raymond Cape Rd. FMI: 6557660.

SEBAGO Sat., June 22 — Author Susan Lebel Young discusses Food Fix, 7 p.m., Spaulding Library. FMI: 787-2321.

Sun., June 23 — Sebago Historical Society, John Ford Jr., on being a Maine Game Warden and Waldo County Sheriff, 1:30

p.m., 347 Convene Rd. Mon., June 24 — Maple Grove Grange Potluck, 6 p.m., election of officers & inspection, 7 p.m., Sebago Center Church, 403 Sebago Rd. Wed., June 26 — Sebago Historical Society, 347 Convene Rd., 7 p.m. business meeting, bring calendar for summer planning.

Sun., June 30 — Sebago Days meeting, 6 p.m., Ellen Heigham’s, 30 Sebago Rd., bring bonus drawing prizes.

WATERFORD Tue., June 25 — Underused Landscape Plants, talk by Eli Goodwin, 7 p.m., library.

Sat., June 29 — Dance with Cold Blue Steel, 8 p.m., Waterford World’s Fair fairgrounds, 36 Green Rd. FMI: 890-7669.

AREA EVENTS Thur., June 20 — Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive in support of Karen Moore, 2 to 7 p.m., Windham Weaponry, Rte. 302, Windham. FMI: 8932223.

Thur., June 20 — Muslin Journeys series begins, 7 p.m., Norway Library, Main St. Sat., June 22 — SWOAM GPS Training, 9 a.m. to noon, UMaine Extension Office, 9 Olson Rd., So. Paris. FMI: 7435789, ext. 111.

Sat., June 22 — Gift card workshop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

Sat., June 22 — Cooking, Preserving & Rug-hooking demo, 10 a.m., Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597 Sat., June 22 — Pickwick Club, Maine’s Dickens discussion group, The Old Curiosity Shop, ch. 1-36, 10 a.m. to noon, Auburn Library. FMI: Alexis, 778-4510, Joanne, 583-6957.

Sun., June 23 — McLaughlin Rose event, “An Afternoon with Roses,” 1 and 3 p.m., home of Xuan Xanh Laurie, Norway.

FMI: 743-8820.

Thur., June 27 — Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne with John Manoush, 7 p.m., Otisfield Community Hall, 292 State Route 121, Otisfield.

Fri., June 28 — Free dance classes for kids, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Art Moves Dance Studio, 13 Cottage St., Norway.

Fri., June 28 — Safe Sitter Class, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Harper Conf. Center, 193 Main St., Norway. FMI: 743-1562, ext. 6951.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., American Legion, Depot St., Bridgton. O/ D MONDAYS Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

Free Tai Chi in the Park, 9 a.m., Bicentennial Park, Denmark (if rain Denmark Arts Center).

Storytime for Preschoolers with Miss Liz, ages under five, 10-11 a.m., Lovell Library.

Baby/Toddler Playtime, 10:30 a.m., Raymond Library.

Storytime, 10:30 a.m., North Bridgton Library.

The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, Every other Monday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Naples Town Hall gym. FMI: 615-3226.

Knotty Knitters, noon to 2 p.m., Soldiers Library, Hiram.

FMI: 625-4650.

Cribbage, 2 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Mousepaint Storytime, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Lovell Library.

Casco Food Pantry, 6 to 7 p.m. third Monday of month, Casco Alliance Church. FMI: 344-5370.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

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Sat., June 29 — Herb Garden Design for the Everyday Cook, workshop, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

Sat., June 29 — District Forest Ranger with Smokey the Bear, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Maine Wildlife Park, Rte. 26, Gray.

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Sat., June 29 — Author Jennifer Wixson talk on Maine’s corn canning industry, 1-3 p.m., Norway Library, Main St. Sat., June 29 — “Light the Garden” celebration w/Silent Auction, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Alan Day Community Garden, 26 Whitman St., Norway. FMI: 743-2423.

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Sat., June 29 — Middle Eastern Percussion workshop with Eric LaPerna, 2-4 p.m., Denmark Arts Center. FMI: 452-2412.

FRYEBURG Thur.-Sun., June 20-23 — Family & Children’s Activities, Fryeburg Fairgrounds.

Fri., June 21 — First Day of Summer Beach Party, starts 5 p.m., Rte. 302 West Smokehouse & Tavern.

Sat., June 22 — Yard Sale, starts 9 a.m., No. Fryeburg Community Chapel.

Sat., June 22 — Awareness event on human trafficking, 5 to 9 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

Thur., June 27 — Fashion Show to benefit Mother Seton House, 7 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 603-520-9828.

HARRISON Thur., June 20 — Sun Print Workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., library.

Sat., June 22 — Homemade Pie Sale by VFW Ladies Auxiliary, 8:30 a.m. until sold out, Town Hall/Library parking lot.

Sat., June 22 — Summer Reading and Math Kickoff Party, 10 a.m. to noon, library.

FMI: 583-2970.

Mon., June 24 — Fun, Friends & Fitness Summer Recreation Day Camp by Harrison Recreation, runs thru Aug. 15. FMI: 583-2241.

Wed., June 26 — New Writers’ Group with Lisa Winslow, 6:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 583-2970.

Sat., June 29 — Archeology Club for ages 7 and up, 2 to 3:30 p.m., library. FMI: 583-2970.

Sun., June 30 — Harrison Lions Club Car Show, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Crystal Lake Park.

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LOVELL Fri., June 21 — Start of the Summer Reading Program Party, 9 a.m. to noon, 10 a.m. program “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” library.

Thur., June 20 — $ A Bag Sale, 10 a.m. to noon Mon., Wed., Sat., Thrift Shop, Lovell Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

Thur., June 20 — Gardening Group, 1 p.m., library.

Fri., June 21 — Sign-ups for Summer Reading Club & Rec Programs, 9 to 11:30 a.m., library.

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TUESDAYS Jeanette’s Free Clothing Closet, 9 to 11:30 a.m., First Congregational Church, Bridgton.

Sebago Food Pantry and Clothes Closet, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 4th Tuesdays, 9 to 11 a.m.; clothes closet Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Chickadee Quilters, 9:30 a.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Tai Chi Maine New Beginners’ Classes, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Naples Food Pantry, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., United Methodist Church, Village Green. FMI: 595-2754 Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Naples Library.

Mother Goose Time, 10:30 a.m., Bridgton Library.

Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Methodist Church, 98 Main St. FMI: 6474476.

Sebago Senior’s Lunchon, noon, Sebago Church of the Nazarene.

Prayer & Meditation Time, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m., First Congregational Church, Bridgton.

Bridge, 1 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Youth/Teen Basketball Open Gym for G. 3-12, 3-5 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Harrison Food Pantry, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 2 Naples Rd. FMI: 583-6178.

AA Step Mtgs., 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 High St., Bridgton.

WEDNESDAYS Lovell Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., beside Wicked Good Store, Rte. 5.

Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

Free Well Woman Clinic, by appt., 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Birthwise Community Clinic, The Birth House. FMI: 6475968, ext. 108.

Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Raymond Library.

“Mini Me” Storytime, for

ages 2 and under, 10:30 a.m., Bridgton Library.

Sweden House Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Sweden Church basement, 137 Bridgton Rd. FMI: 647-4429, 647-5399.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Senior Lunch, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Knitting Group, 1 to 3:30 p.m., Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell.

Discovery Kids, 3 p.m., LEA, 230 Main St., Bridgton.

Cope Group session, 68 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room. FMI: 508633-0159.

Bible Study, 6 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Catherine’s Cupboard Food Pantry, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays, Standish Town Hall, Rte. 35.

Square Dance Lessons by Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club, Caller Ray Hilton, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School, 100 Pine St., So. Paris.

FMI: 782-4050.

Wood Carving Group, 7-9 p.m., Ice Rink building, behind Bridgton Town Hall.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302), Casco.

Adult Children of Alcoholics (& other dysfunctions), 7:30 p.m., Ste. B, Eastern Slope Inn, 2760 White Mtn. Highway, No. Conway, N.H. THURSDAYS Bridgton Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Bridgton Alliance Church, Rte. 117.

Adult Children of Alcoholics, 10 a.m., Waterford Library.

Senior Wii Bowling, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Casco Community Center.

Storytime with Music, 10:30 a.m., Naples Library.

Brownfield Food Pantry, 1 to 5 p.m. third Thursdays, 701 Pequawket Trl. FMI: 935-2333.

Tai Chi Maine Set Practice, 2:30 to 4 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Raymond Food Pantry, 46 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursdays, Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Main St. FMI: 232-5830.

Community Kettle, free supper, 5 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Table Tennis, 5 to 8 p.m.,

Bridgton Town Hall, all welcome, equipment provided free, 7 tables. FMI: 647-2847.

Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., Naples Library.

Al-Anon, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., Open Meeting, newcomers welcome, Naples Methodist Church, Village Green.

Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Narcotics Anonymous Women’s Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd. (Rte. 93) off Rte. 302, Bridgton.

AA Ladies Step-Meeting, 7 a.m. & 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

FRIDAYS Senior Fitness Jumpin’ Janes, 9-10 a.m., Bridgton Town Hall, No. High St. FMI: 647-2402, 647-8026.

Parents and Children Activity Group, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Casco Community Center.

Brownfield Playgroup, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Brownfield Community Center.

Harrison Farmers’ Market, 1-5 p.m., Harrison Town Office parking lot.

Reading with Holly Dog, 3 p.m., Bridgton Library.

Adult Indoor Soccer, 5-7 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

Womanspace, 6 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

FMI: 523-0700.

Bingo, early bird 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Hall #6783, Lovell. Runs until Oct. 26.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Al-Anon, 8 p.m., Gibson Center, Grove St. & White Mtn. Hwy, No. Conway, N.H. SATURDAYS Bridgton Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Depot Street parking lot across from Renys, Bridgton.

Arts and Crafts Sale, Saturdays through Aug. 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bridgton Community Center front yard.

FMI: Diana White, 647-8816.

Adult Indoor Soccer, 5-7 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall.

AA Beginner’s & Group Mtgs., 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

SUNDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church, corner Route 117 and Dawes Hill Rd.

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Everywhere Fun Fair has openings Every kid loves to discover new places. This year’s Vacation Bible Camp at the First Congregational Church of Bridgton will introduce kids to special places all over the world. The weekday, mornings-only “Everywhere Fun Fair” camp runs Monday through Friday, June 24-28.

Pre-registration is required, but the camp is free to children ages four through 10.

Each day, the “Everywhere Fun Fair” camp will take chil-

dren to a global celebration, with the look and feel of a world’s fair. Children will make friends with neighbors around the world and discover that God’s love can be found everywhere, including right in their own neighborhoods.

There will be arts and crafts, music, outdoor fun, science and storytime.

“Kids will learn fun facts about Japan, Kenya, Great Britain, Australia and Mexico,” said Sandy

Wissmann, coordinator of the Vacation Bible Camp and the church’s Christian Education Coordinator. “We expect another great turnout this year and pre-registration is important so that we have enough Tshirts and supplies on hand.”

Vacation Bible camp starts at 9 a.m. and ends at noon each day at the church, located at 33 South High Street. Registration is limited; contact Wissmann at CE@bridgtonucc.org or call the church office at 647-3936.

ANOTHER GREAT TURNOUT like last year’s campers, teachers and assistants, pictured, is expected at this year’s Vacation Bible Camp at the First Congregational Church of Bridgton, to be held June 24-28.

Golf lessons at Casco Rec CASCO — Casco Recreation is offering golf lessons for ages 9-16 and adults this summer at Point Sebago Golf Resort, which

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• Adult golf lessons begin on Tuesday, June 25, from 6 to 7 p.m., and will continue the next three Tuesdays, on July 2, 9 and 16 at the same time. Cost is $40 for residents and $50 for non-residents.

• Junior golf lessons, for ages 9-16, begin Saturday, June 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. and continue the next three Saturdays, on July 6, 13 and 20 at the same time. Cost is $30 for residents, $40 for non-residents.

• Swim Lessons — Casco Rec’s Summer Swimming Program at Pleasant Beach is an American Red Cross program designed to teach and develop the necessary skills of the sport. The swim instructor, Stacy Smith, is a certified swim instructor and lifeguard and has been involved with Casco’s swim program for many years. She looks forward to teaching adults and children of all age levels.

Session 1 runs from Monday, July 8, to Friday,

July 19.

Session 2 runs from Monday, July 29, to Friday, Aug. 9.

Lesson times for both sessions are as follows: adults and seniors, 8:30-9 a.m.; level 6, 9-9:30 a.m.; level 5, 9:35-10:05 a.m.; level 4, 10-10:40 a.m.; level 3, 10:4511:15 a.m.; level 2, 11:2011:50 a.m.; and level 1, 11:55 a.m.-12:25 p.m. Cost is $20 for residents, $30 for nonresidents, family rate $30 residents, $40 non-residents.

• The Farmers’ Market started June 6 and runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Thursday on the Casco Village Green.

• The Summer Lunch Program starts on Monday, July 8, serving at the Community Center at noon.

• Upcoming Senior Trips are to see Les Miserables and visit the Sea Dog Brewing Company, on Wednesday, June 26; and a trip to Cabbage Island on Wednesday, Aug. 14. For more information about any of these programs, contact Beth Latsey, Casco Parks and Recreation director, at 627-4187 or e-mail recreation@cascomaine.org

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Country living

Area Events Summer Solstice Hike

Celebrate the first day of summer with a moderate two-hour hike up Bald Pate Mountain in Bridgton on Friday, June 21, starting at 5 p.m. On this day we’ll also remember Bob Chase, one of Loon Echo’s founders, who loved the mountain and its views of the surrounding ponds and lakes. There is a 300’ elevation gain from the main parking lot, making Bald Pate Mountain a family-friendly destination. Meet at the Bald Pate parking area on Route 107 at 5 p.m. The hike will be cancelled in the event of rain; for more information contact Jon Evans at jon@lelt.org

NO HIGHER HONOR — Bridgton Lions Club member Pat McHatton, left, receives a plaque from retiring King Lion Al Hayes upon receiving this year’s Melvin Jones Fellow Award, the club’s highest honor. Bridgton Lions donated $1,000 in McHatton’s honor to Lions Club International for worldwide relief efforts. (See story on page 5B)

Cruise into mystery NAPLES — Want to solve a crime on a mystery cruise?

Mystery for Hire and the Songo River Queen II are pairing up for three mysterythemed cruises this summer that will set sail from the Causeway in Naples.

“Each cruise has a different theme and guests are encouraged to watch for clues and to solve the mystery by the end of the evening,” said Dan Marois, owner of Mystery for Hire, a troupe that has performed over 500 mystery shows throughout New England.

The first show is the “Bingo Spells Murder” Mystery Cruise slated for Saturday, June 29.

“This show starts out as

a bingo cruise, but quickly turns into an outrageous crime scene,” said Marois. “It is the only “family friendly” show that we’ll be offering this summer.”

On Friday, July 19, Mystery for Hire will host a “Murder at My Class Reunion” Mystery Cruise.

“The cruise will have all the elements of a class reunion mixed in with an unexpected mystery,” said Marois. “Guests are encouraged to wear their favorite attire from the time period when they graduated from high school.”

On Saturday, Aug. 10, the troupe will host a world premiere, “Who Killed Jolly Roger?” — A Pirate Mystery

Free dance classes at Art Moves Dance Studio

NORWAY — The PEP Grant of Oxford Hills is sponsoring free dance classes from Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, at Art Moves Dance Studio, 13 Cottage Street in Norway. From 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. will be for 4th through 6th grade, and from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. will be for teens and young adults.

The first 13 to sign up for each class will be guaranteed a spot. Sign up by e-mailing artmoves13@gmail.com. For more information, go to www.artmovesdance.com

a talk about the life and times of Nathaniel Hawthorne on Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Otisfield Community Hall, 292 State Route 121, Otisfield. Although the famous author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables is usually associated with Salem and Massachusetts, Hawthorne actually spent much of his early years in Raymond, where Hawthorne’s widowed mother built a summer home. And from Raymond, Hawthorne and his uncle often ventured into the wilds of Otisfield to hunt, fish, and socialize with some of the town’s local characters. The event is sponsored by the Otisfield Historical Society.

Come see Smokey the Bear

GRAY — Join a local District forest ranger from the Maine Forest Service at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray on Saturday, June 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Inspect a ranger truck loaded with 1,500 pounds of fire equipment and initial response gear. Forest rangers protect our forests, properties and homes from fires, insects, disease and misuse. A special photo opportunity for the kids is scheduled from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m., when Smokey the Bear will arrive to meet and greet his fans.

There will also be a team of volunteers from the Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project (FPOSP), with an information table focused on invasive forest pests such as the Asian long-horned beetle, emerald ash borer and the hemlock wooly adelgid. There’ll be brochures, pencils, other giveaways; along with insect samples, wood samples, someone in a bug costume and an informational poster display. It’s a great day to learn about Maine’s forests. For more information, call the park at 657-4977.

Cruise written by Maine native, Bob LeBlanc.

Community Bible Study group “All I can say is that you CASCO — A Community Bible Study never know what will happen Vineyard Church group is starting on Tuesday, June 25 at the when a gaggle of pirates set food distribution Casco Village Library at 6:30 p.m. All are foot on a paddle-wheel boat Lake Region Vineyard Church’s Food welcome. This will be a 10-week study of on Long Lake,” said Marois. the Gospel of Luke. Bibles are provided. For Ministry will conduct a food distribution, Guests are encouraged to more information, contact Tom at 627-4174 or open to anyone, on Sunday, July 7, from 1 to dress in their best pirate attire 3 p.m. at 402 Main Street, Bridgton, near the John at 627-4940. for the cruise. ballfield. Prepared food will be available to All mystery cruises leave Life & times of eat in or to take home, along with several perthe Causeway at 7 p.m. on Nathaniel Hawthorne ishable, nonperishable and frozen items. For performance day. Tickets are more information, call Dana at 831-0737.

OTISFIELD — John Manoush will give $29.95 per person, which includes the mystery show and the two-hour cruise. A cash bar and food court are available on the boat.

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Girl Scouts: Agents of change (Continued from Page B) Dress Barn, Gap, Gymboree, Lane Bryant, Old Navy, Reebok, TJ Maxx, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, Wilson Leather and Wooden Soldier, all located within Mount Washington Valley.

The models will be volunteers from around the area, including one of the new moms, Cheyaimie and her baby son Breydan. Along with the Fashion Show, there MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS — Mystery for Hire will host three mystery cruises on will be a raffle and refreshthe Songo River Queen II in June, July and August. Portraying suspects are actors (left ments available. The Mother to right), Bob LeBlanc and Julie Poulin. Mystery for Hire has performed more than 500 Seaton House is a benefit in mystery-themed shows. For tickets, go to www.mysteryforhire.com. its self-supporting of pregnant women and new mothers with new babies. Tickets are $10, which are available at the PAC box office 935-9232 or boxoffice@fryeburgacademy.org, or Ethel Hurst at 925-3226.

Come have a good time and support a worthy cause.

The Junior Golf Clinic to

be held at the Lake Kezar Country Club will begin on Wednesday, July 9, for four weeks from 3 to 5 p.m. This clinic is for children 14 years and under who have an interest in golf. There will be small group lessons from expert instructors, with attention paid to all areas of the game of golf. For those who need a form, you can go to the website www.lakekezargolf.com or pick one up at the clubhouse. Last year there were eight instructors coaching 76 young people, working hard to learn the correct way to play golf. A $10 fee covers the four weeks of instruction.

Don’t forget to sign up for the Bible School Program at the Lovell United Church of Christ for the children of Lovell starting at pre-school from Monday through Friday, June 24-28, from 9:30 a.m.

to 1:30 p.m. at the church.

Please remember that during this period of time the church thrift shop will be closed.

Don’t forget to sign up for the library luncheon, which is on Sunday, June 30 — note that date, as it was wrong in the previously-printed Lovell list of events.

The Ladies Day Thursday morning golf at Lake Kezar Country Club is underway, with a huge crowd showing up for the 9 a.m. tee time. On June 15, there were 24 ladies taking on the course.

Maddy LaBlanc is heading for a great year with a Chip In. Taking First Gross was the team of Pat Gallagher, Gerrie Folds and Dot Noble.

First Net went to the team of Pam Emery, Cathy Duggan and Maddy LeBlanc. If you’re interested in playing sign up at the clubhouse beforehand.

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College notes

Carly Robinson graduated from Suffolk University in Boston, Mass. on May 19, one of 23 Honors Scholars from the College of Arts & Sciences. She received her bachelor’s degree in sociology and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Carly is a 2009 graduate of Lake Region High School and is the daughter of Brian and Susan Carly Robinson Robinson of Naples, and the granddaughter of Gladys Polland of Casco and Ben and Jeannine Robinson of Bridgton.

Andrew O’Neill of Raymond was awarded a bachelor’s of science degree in physics with high distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the university’s commencement ceremony on May 11 in Worcester, Mass.

Timothy R. Morris of Raymond, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.

Harold Sheehan of Lovell graduated from the New England School of Communications (NESCom) in Bangor with a bachelor’s of science degree in Communications on May 11 at the Newman Gymnasium on the campus of Husson University.

At commencement, Sheehan was awarded the Alpha Beta Kappa (ABK) National Honor Society award.

ABK recipients are nominated by their department directors and then reviewed by an ABK committee.

Qualifications for membership include excellence in classroom, studio, and lab and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5. The student must demonstrate leadership, service in class and school activities, and display personal integrity and good moral character.

Colby College graduates Three area residents were among 502 seniors who graduated from Colby College May 26, receiving bachelor of arts degrees at the bicentennial-year commencement in Waterville.

Makayla K. Brown, the daughter of Charles and Kathryn Brown of Naples, majored in economics. She is a graduate of Carrabassett Valley Academy.

Jennie A. Buskin of Brownfield, the daughter of Richard and Helaine Buskin, majored in mathematics and physics. She is a graduate of Fryeburg Academy.

Eliza B. Laamoon of Denmark, the daughter of Mike Limur and Heidi Blake of Yap, F.M. and Heidi Blake of Denmark, majored in East Asian studies. She is a graduate of Fryeburg Academy.

Zachary Tolman of Raymond has been named to the Springfield College Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2013 term. Zachary is studying Communications/Sports Journalism.

Cassandra Gordan of Raymond has been named to the Dean’s List at Providence College for the spring 2013 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade point average with a minimum of 12 credits.

Morgan D. Brown, son of Amy and Lawrence Brown of Casco, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2013 semester at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt. Morgan is a junior Media Studies & Digital Arts major at the liberal arts and sciences.

Students who complete a minimum of 12 credits and achieve a grade point average of at least 3.4 at the end of a semester are recognized for their scholarship by inclusion on the Dean’s List. Morgan is a Lake Region graduate.

William Kavanagh of Bridgton graduated from Villanova University (Pa.) with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration during a spring commencement ceremony, held on Sunday, May 19.

Taylor Duncanson of Raymond was named to the Dean’s List at Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J. for coursework that was completed for the spring 2013 semester.

Christopher J. Solter of Brownfield has been named to the Dean’s List at Western New England in Springfield, Mass. for the spring semester of 2013.

Chris is majoring in Electrical Engineering. Students are named to the Dean’s List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

Marcela Wilk of Sebago received a bachelor’s of arts degree from Drew University in Madison, N.J. on Saturday, May 18 at the university’s 145th commencement.

Stephen Lansing of Lovell has earned a bachelor’s of science degree in Health Science/Pre-Physician Assistant from Springfield College (Mass.) for studies completed in 2013.

Seamus Feider-Sullivan of Brownfield graduated cum laude from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. on Sunday, June 16 during the college’s 219th Commencement exercises. Seamus, a Mechanical Engineering major, received a bachelor’s of science degree.

On the Dean’s List • Two students from Fryeburg have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., for the spring semester of the 20122013 academic year. Nicole Graham earned High Honors, with a grade point average of 3.65 to 3.84, and Chelsea Kiesman earned Honors, with a grade point average of 3.5 through 3.64.

• The spring semester Dean’s List at Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., includes both Sarah Cutting, a Senior in Marketing from Sebago; and Rocco Spizuoco, a Sophomore in Accounting from Naples. Bryant has approximately 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students from 27 states and 54 countries.

At my stop, you stop The annual SAD 61 Bus Safety Poster Contest helps promote school bus safety awareness among students, parents, school officials and the community.

The poster rules are very specific: drawings have to be on an 11-by-17 poster and the theme (“At my stop, you stop”) has to be on the picture.

Twelve winners were picked from the three elementary schools and calenders were made from these winning posters. The posters have been entered into the state competition for judging in July by the Maine Association for Pupil Transportation at Sugarloaf.

The May 20 winners of the National Bus Safety Poster contest are: Stevens Brook Elementary School: Emma Crawford, Grace Ross, Anadelia Zayas, Abigail Littlefield and Melissa Mayo.

Songo Locks School: Casey Berger, Mary Donkin, Shannon Hanson, Logan Parsons, Elijah Morgan and Addison Keef.

Sebago Elementary School: Morrigan DeJoseph (picture was unavailable).

STEVENS BROOK Elementary School bus safety poster winners were: (back row, left to right) Emma Crawford and Grace Ross; (front row) Anadelia Zayas, Abigail Littlefield and Melissa Mayo.

SONGO LOCKS School bus safety poster winners were: (back row, left to right) Casey Berger, Mary Donkin and Shannon Hanson; (front row) Logan Parsons, Elijah Morgan and Addison Keef.

Chalmers adds summer intern

Christian Kuvaja, a junior at Lake Region High School, enrolled in the Vocational Center’s Business Office Technology Class, recently completed a two-week internship at Chalmers Insurance Group as part of a class requirement.

Christian chose to intern at Chalmers after a class presentation about “Careers in Insurance” by Dottie Chalmers Cutter (LRHS ’99). Christian job-shadowed within different departments over the course of his two-week internship, but seemed to find his niche in the Personal Lines Department.

Due to his work ethic and genuine interest in insurance, Chalmers has welcomed him back for a paid summer internship to begin on June 24.

“We are very excited to welcome Christian to the Chalmers CAREER DAY — Lake Region Vocational Center teach- Insurance Group Family,” er John Mayo and Dottie Chalmers Cutter of Chalmers said Dottie Chalmers Cutter.

“Christian will have lots of Insurance Group pose at LRVC’s Career Fair.

hands-on opportunity to work alongside our licensed agents and learn what it’s like to work in the fast-paced world of insurance. This internship will give him the experience necessary to pursue insurance as a future career if he so chooses.”

Dottie Chalmers Cutter is one of the owners of Chalmers Insurance Group and is also chairwoman of the Maine Young Agents Committee.

“My main objective is to educate young students about careers in insurance. We are an aging population,” said Dottie, “The average age of an insurance agent is 55 and we need more young talent entering our industry. By the year 2020, there will be over 400,000 insurance positions to fill, and not enough young people filling these seats. My desire is to raise the profile of the industry to a younger generation, and fill those future job vacancies, INTERN, Page C

Unleashing entrepreneurial spirit FRYEBURG — Five years ago, James Wilfong, former Small Business Administration Assistant Administrator for International Trade under President Clinton, started the Fryeburg Academy Center

for Entrepreneurship to help high school students learn how to develop viable business plans and start their own companies.

Wilfong is working to use entrepreneurship as a means of developing the economy

Fryeburg Academy Center for Entrepreneurship Jim Wilfong (far right) with two of his students, Felix Oblin of Vienna, Austria (FA ‘14) and Norbu Sherpa of Nepal (FA ‘13), following Fryeburg Academy’s 2013 graduation ceremony.

and to help graduating seniors develop the right skills to be successful in today’s job market and economy. The Center puts a focus on businesses that are sustainable, profitwise and environmentally friendly.

Wilfong, an entrepreneur himself who helped start The Atomic Ski Company in the mid-70s, helped originate the program at the University of Southern Maine in 1996 along with former governor (and current U.S. Senator) Angus King and Dr. Valarie Lamont.

He later brought the program with him when he went to work at Fryeburg Academy as an adjunct instructor.

The program involves students developing a creative workable idea and submitting a modified business plan to the headmaster of the school, the Fryeburg Academy Board of Trustees, parents, and local members of the business community. The business plans are structured just like a real business plan would be, minus only the income statement and the balance sheet.

In the past, students have actually carried their business plans through. Last year, a student who proposed an

innovative new skateboard design ended up selling three during his presentation.

A student from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, developed a business plan to build a beach bar and actually went home and did it, netting a $2,500 profit while home for the summer along Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake.

A third student from Kabul came up with the idea of starting a farmer co-op that would enable local access to pasteurized milk. Farm kids from the Fryeburg area helped him develop his business plan.

“The entrepreneurial class is made up of people like Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, who followed his passion to create and… ‘Put a ding in the universe.’ Our country needs people to lead now who think it is important to ‘put a ding in the universe.’

Let Washington, D.C. follow,” says Wilfong.

This year, 15 students (local and international) developed business plans including: A fine furniture-making business; WILFONG, Page C

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School news

Wilfong leads entrepreneurial effort A Chinese student who wants to start a chain of global hotels, with the first hotels being built in her home country; A Jamaican student who wants to start a Jamaican restaurant; And an Austrian student wants to start a small airline to serve small towns in Maine.

Wilfong is currently the chairman of Innovative Applied Sciences and

is an adjunct instructor at Fryeburg Academy. He previously served as the Small Business Administration’s Assistant Administrator for International Trade under President Bill Clinton from 1999-2001 and was elected twice to the Maine House of Representatives in 1974 to 1978.

While working for President Clinton, he got the opportunity to speak in front of the Russian Duma on the

Summer feeding program

SAD 55 and SAD 72 will participate in the USDA’s Summer Food Program.

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was established to ensure that low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session.

Free meals, that meet Federal nutrition guidelines, are provided to all children 18 years old and under at approved SFSP sites in areas with significant concentrations of low-income children.

The following sites will be feeding children: • South Hiram Elementary School at 163 South Hiram Road in Hiram, 625-8116; July 8 to Aug. 1, Monday through Thursday will serve breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Sacopee Valley Middle School at 137 South Hiram Road in Hiram, 625-2450; July 8 to Aug. 1, Monday through Thursday will serve breakfast from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30

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PINNED — Lake Region Vocational Center Heath Occupations students earned their Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) certificates at a pinning ceremony held in the “Great Room” of the vocational center. This event recognizes students for their hard work and thanks the families for their support. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Krystina Robblee, Jasmine Parker, Keisha Cleveland and Michaela Gagnon; (front row) Nicole Marucci and Samantha Marucci. Registration is now open for the fall Health Occupations classes. For more information, contact instructor Kathiann Shorey, RN, at LRVC, ext. 24. a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

• Molly Ockett Middle School at 25 Molly Ockett Drive in Fryeburg, 935-2401; July 8 to Aug. 2, Monday through Friday will serve breakfast from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. and lunch from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.

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Service Learning requires that students use academic skills to implement a plan and help solve a problem within the community.

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(Continued from Page C) as well as successfully recruit a younger generation of insurance professionals by developing a relationship with future employees, such as Christian, at a young age.”

Another way to introduce insurance to young students is through participation in Project InVEST. Project InVEST is a national insurance education program geared towards high school business students to help them understand insurance and money management while introducing them to financially rewarding career opportunities. The program is designed to provide hands-on training in insurance and risk management so students can become a savvy insurance consumer, and gain skills to help them be successful professionally after graduation.

By attending an InVEST class students learn about: managing risk, issues in automobile insurance, personal auto policies, marketing and sales, cost of insurance, business operations, rewarding careers, property insurance, homeowners liability insurance and more.

Dottie recently introduced Project InVEST to Lake Region through working closely with LRHS teacher, John Mayo, and his business class students. John’s students learned how to quote home and auto insurance, through Dottie’s on-site training. They practiced quoting on other high school students, who served as the consumers. The InVEST students ran their own mock insurance agency and picked an agency name, created an agency sign, tag line, business cards, and even put a business plan together.

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He has devoted more than 35 years to business development and public service in the areas of government, international trade, finance, marketing, small business management, entrepreneurship, education, public policy and community organizing.

He is an avid skier and has skied all over the world.

WELCOME TO THE TEAM — Chalmers Personal Lines Team members are pictured here with Lake Region High School intern, Christian Kuvaja (front). Pictured, left to right are: Kate Houston, Gwen Trask, Renee Stevens, MaryAnn Ellington and Dottie Chalmers Cutter.

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Band students from Bridgton, Casco, Naples and Sebago are welcome to join the Lake Region Summer Band Program at Lake Region Middle School this summer.

The program is open to resident band students of the four towns, entering grades 5 to 12. It includes band rehearsals and lessons. The program goes from 8 to 11 a.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, from July 9 to Aug. 1. A Grand Concert will be held on the final day at 10 a.m.

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(Continued from Page C) A Finnish student’s plan to import sporting goods into his home country, starting with lacrosse gear (by doing this, he would be introducing the sport of lacrosse to Finland); A machine that makes 3-D print manufacturing of replacement body parts possible; A specially-designed ski that makes it easier for beginners to learn;

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June 20, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page C

New flags flying Brand new American flags were recently installed at elementary schools in Waterford and Harrison by the Ronald G. St. John VFW Post #9328 in Harrison.

The Post bought the flags after Harrison substitute teacher Debbie Ward told the PTO that the flags needed to be replaced.

Senior Vice Commander Cecil Barker presented the flag to PTO President Florence Ward at Harrison Elementary School, and Post Commander Lou Bernier made the presentation of the new flag at Waterford Elementary School.

Vice Commander Barker assisted third graders John Hatcher and Trevor Ward in raising the new flag during a ceremony on May 30 at Harrison Elementary School, while the students in grades three through six observed.

An enthusiastic Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present. A similar ceremony was held Friday morning at the Waterford school with grades K-2 in attendance.

The events were coordinated through the effort of Muffett Crowell, who serves as a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and is 2nd Vice President of the newlyformed American Legion Auxiliary Post #139.

LRMS trail upgrades (Continued from Page C) classes with Mrs. Capano, and in their social studies classes with Mr. Gillingham, they decided to focus their efforts on hauling wood chips, lining the trail with logs to keep wood chips in place, pruning trees, digging up dangerous roots and rocks that cause tripping, trimming shrubs, and adding roof shingles to a bridge to prevent slipping.

On May 29-30, after partaking in lessons around good citizenship and “paying it forward,” this year’s Kineo students began Phase Two of trail work.

Elijah Simmons, a seventh grader working on the trails, thought that, “doing trail work was fun and exciting.” He said, “I could not get enough of it.”

Student Hunter McDaniel shared that he “cut three trees and trimmed branches so it would be easier to see the entrance sign to the trail.”

Student Robert Crockett added that, “Trail work was fun,” and “It gave us a chance to get outside and use our hands to learn.”

Student Corbin Ridlon agreed that trail work was “good because it took us out of the regular classroom

RAISING THE FLAG — Students John Hatcher and Trevor Ward raise the new flag at Harrison Elementary School.

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SPIFFYING UP THE PATH — Working on a walking trail near Lake Region Middle School are (very top) Will Lidston and Jay Grindel.

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BOOKS FOR CLUB MEMBERS — Lake Region Middle School teacher and author Steven Mercer presented copies of his books to Book Club members at a recent gathering. Pictured with Mercer are Gail Brooks (left), Book Club advisor at Songo Locks School and Cynthia Cook, a fifth grader at Songo Locks.

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By Jeannine Roy Steven Mercer was the featured author at the June 4 Lake Region Schools Book Club Celebration — an annual end-of-the-year gathering of elementary, middle and high school book club members and their advisors.

Students use slideshows to summarize many of the books read for the monthly book club. Speakers were Matthew Mayo, Veronica Messina, Cassidy MacDonald and Cynthia Cook.

Some of the titles shared were Rush by Pete Hauterman, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, Fighting Ground by Avi and Lois Lowry’s Giver and Gathering Blue.

Mercer is known to many as a middle school health teacher, avid hunter and biking enthusiast. Now, he is also known as the author of I Think Through My Thoughts, a book for all ages about AUTHOR, Page C

setting.”

To sum it up, student Classmate Zach Botros Bailey Boody remarked that chimed in saying, “Yeah, it “it was fun to get out and was cool and fun to move work with everyone and help around.” the whole community. That’s Mrs. Dunn, a language what being a Laker is all arts teacher on Team Kineo, about!”

In the future, Team Kineo said “It was wonderful to see students working togeth- students hope that next year’s er to solve problems that seventh graders will pick up make a positive impact on where they left off and conthe community. Many kids tinue service-learning projwho are normally reserved ects that make trails around shined during this type of LRMS more aesthetically work, becoming leaders to pleasing, safe to use, and simply enjoyable for comtheir peers.”

Student Ayden Grass felt munity members to walk and “very accomplished after leave their footprints upon. working on the trail,” and said that his team “made a difference when they worked together.”

(Continued from Page C) Classmate Zoe Silvia be addressed to Paul Greenstone at paul.greenstone@lakereadded, “I loved being out- gionschools.org, or call 649-1850. side and helping.”

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School & sports

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Solstice hike at Bald Pate Friday Loon Echo Land Trust will hold its traditional hike up the Bob Chase Trail at Bald Pate Mountain Preserve in South Bridgton on Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. to celebrate the first day of summer.

A short hike of 20 to 30 minutes, with 300 feet of elevation gain, brings you to the rocky summit of Bald Pate Mountain, which affords views of the surrounding lakes and hills.

Participants are invited to play a musical instrument, read a poem or express a thought about summer or their connection to the environment. Hikers will then take in the beauty while they feast (please bring your own snacks).

“It is a wonderful way to observe the longest day of the year,” said Jon Evans, Loon Echo volunteer and stewardship coordinator. “It is also a great commemoration of Bob Chase, a Loon Echo founding director.”

Participants should plan to

meet in the Bald Pate parking lot in South Bridgton (just past Five Fields Farm on Route 107). Bring water, snacks, hiking boots, a rain jacket and bug spray. The hike will be cancelled if it there is a thunderstorm or moderate to heavy rain. This is an easy to moderate hike, lasting approximately 90 minutes.

Loon Echo preserves over 4,000 acres of land and manages 22 miles of multi-use trails in Bridgton, Denmark, Harrison, Naples, Casco, Raymond and Sebago. Its mission is to conserve the region’s natural resources and character for current and future generations.

Loon Echo hikes are free; however, donations are always welcome and will qualify you for a one-year membership. Find out more about Loon Echo by visiting www.loonecholandtrust.org For more information about this hike contact Jon Evans at jon@lelt.org or call Province Pond, a quiet and pretty spot in the forest.

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“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks,” — John Muir

By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Tucked away in a quiet corner of the White Mountain National Forest is a secluded mountain pond that is well worth a visit.

Bring along the kids for the short, easy hike, and your fly rod as well, for an enjoyable day excursion. There is even an Adirondack-style shelter at one end of the pond if you’d like to make an overnight of the trip.

Province Pond is a pretty little mountain pond in

Chatham, N.H. It is actually two ponds — the original glacial pond on the north end and a beaver pond on the south end. Don’t be discouraged at the first view of the pond’s boggy south end from the trail. This southern half of the pond is more wetland than pond with stumps and standing dead trees harkening back to when there was active beaver activity there.

But, follow the trail along the east side of the pond to the north end, and discover the deeper and lovely glacial pond. The north end also boasts a three-sided Adirondack-style shelter that sleeps six. It was built in the 1930s and is maintained

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Freedom of the Hills: Providence Pond hike

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by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The shelter is available for overnight stays on a first-come, first-served basis for no fee.

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHF&G) lists Province Pond as one of their backcountry trout ponds, twelve acres in size and with a maximum depth of ten feet. The deepest part of the pond is on the north end. The NHF&G regularly stocks it with fingerling brook trout. The NHF&G also built a timber crib dam on the south end of the pond in 1960 to stabilize the water level because of the beaver activity. In 2009, the USFS replaced the older

dam with an earthen and concrete structure, including a concrete spillway.

Province Pond is reached by the Province Brook Trail, an easy 1.6-mile trail with only a 400-foot gain in elevation from the trailhead to the pond. The trail is a well-maintained snow machine trail, the North South Snowmobile Trail, with bridges across the major stream crossings. According to trail guides from a few years back this trail used to be quite muddy, but when the Forest Service replaced the timber crib dam they made major improvements to the road to allow pickup trucks to travel to the dam site with

construction materials. The muddy sections of the road have been stabilized with trap rock fill and water bars to divert the numerous rivulets coming from the side of the trail. These smaller rivulets are easily “walked over” and present no impediment to the hiker.

Province Pond lies on the eastern edge of the 10,325acre Kearsarge Inventoried Roadless Area. Dominating the skyline west of Province Pond are four small mountains — Mount Shaw (2,585

feet), the Twins (Gemini North at 2,519 feet and Gemini South at 2,490 feet) and Peaked Hill (1755 feet).

The view across the pond to these small peaks is impressive. The mountains are an extension of the range extending northeast from Mount Kearsarge North.

According to Steve Smith in his Mountain Wanderer blog, there was a network of trails on the Shaw-Gemini ridge in the 1930s and 1940s.

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(Continued from Page C) loving and losing a pet, and Florence the Fir Tree, about a little tree with a great gift.

Mercer shared his writing process with students and answered questions about where his ideas come from.

All students received a signed and personalized copy of one of Mercer’s books. And, they were also the “first” to get a formal reading of his third book, Good Morning MEETING WITH AN AUTHOR — Book Club members Rylie Merrill of Songo Locks, Tyler Avery of Songo Locks, Adeline Casali of Lake Region Middle School and Cayla Sunshine.

Bardsley, also of Songo Locks School, talk with LRMS teacher and author Steven Mercer regarding his two books and upcoming story.

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Theme: Famous Poets ACROSS 1. Inscribed pillar 6. Make a choice 9. *He claimed that a little learning is a dangerous thing 13. Admit 14. Hawaiian dish 15. Intro 16. Round openings in architecture 17. Reef dweller 18. What #23 Across does out of tree 19. *He hears America singing 21. What Beauty’s Beast couldn’t control 23. Found on pines 24. Do it till you drop?

25. Disreputable vagrant 28. Bulb site 30. Fall asleep 35. Eurasian mountain range 37. Jockey’s leash 39. New York’s Bloomberg, e.g.

40. Customary practice 41. Basic belief 43. Goose egg 44. Former NBA players Archibald and McMillan, e.g.

46. Ripped or separated

47. Units of work 48. Israeli money 50. Century Gothic, e.g.

52. Band performance 53. Snorkeling site 55. Black gold 57. *He urged to not go gentle into that good night 60. *She knows why the caged bird sings 64. Fertilizer made by birds 65. “Casablanca” player 67. Warms 68. Undo a bustle 69. Before now 70. Old-hat 71. Makeup, e.g.

72. Noisy talk 73. Church assembly DOWN 1. *Like time in Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” 2. Georgia ____ 3. Small ornamental case 4. Jaunty rhythms 5. *Subject of Blake’s “The Tyger” or Bishop’s “The Moose” 6. Golf’s U.S. ____ 7. *He loved a maiden named Annabel Lee 8. State of soil for supporting plant growth

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9. On some planes 10. Thick liquid 11. ____ pressure 12. Emergency Medical Services 15. Cheerleader’s prop 20. Separated 22. Long, long time

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25. *His Love is like a red, red rose 26. Husband of Bathsheba in Old Testament 27. Not glossy 29. *Kipling: “Never the twain shall ____” 31. Stupefy 32. Hearings or inspections, as of deeds or bonds 33. Do like a blacksmith

34. *He claimed that nothing gold can stay 36. Potato’s soup mate 38. Infamous Roman emperor 42. Shaped to fit into a mortise 45. Preacher’s address 49. Grazing spot 51. Skintight hose 54. Literary composition 56. Apprehensive 57. Ad jingle, e.g.

58. Chance occurrences 59. “Put a lid __ __!”

60. Crazily 61. Past participle of “lie” 62. ___ von Bismarck 63. Like a hand-me-down 64. Instinctive 66. American Gas Association Solutions on Page 6C

The 2013 Lake Region Open 18 Hole Golf Scramble Tournament, featuring “The Ben Witter Long Drive and Trick Shot Show” will be held this Saturday, June 22 at Point Sebago Golf Club.

The tournament has an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

The “trick show” will be at 1 p.m. on the practice range. The event also features a hole in one contest (new vehicle courtesy of Macdonald Motors) and great prizes.

The tourney cost is $80 per player, which includes Trick Show with lunch and the trick show.

Ben Witter at Point For more information, Sebago Saturday call the Greater BridgtonLakes Region Chamber of Commerce at 647-3472 or info@mainelakeschamber. com Following a successful collegiate career highlighted by earning three-time NCAA All American Status and two NCAA National Long Drive Championship crowns, Ben Witter put his playing skills to the test on the mini tours and PGA Tour Qualifying School pursuing his lifelong dream of playing on the tour.

This pursuit, however, was cut short by a diagnosis of cancer in 1988. After surgery and extensive radiation treatment, he turned the focus of his career toward teaching the game of golf.

As a teaching pro, he earned the CCCPGA’s 1994 PGA Pro of the Year award and has since taught thousands of players his unique philosophy of the power sources that make up the golf swing and the path to effortless power.

During Ben’s stay in the hospital following an extensive surgery and follow up radiation treatment, he would pass the time by bouncing a golf ball off a wedge through the halls at MD Anderson Cancer Treatment Center.

Nurses and doctors would watch as Ben did this little wedge routine and it quickly became part of the daily ritual for both Ben and the hospital staff.

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Freedom of Hills: Province Pond (Continued from Page C) abandoned for decades.

There is an exposed ledge on the north shoulder of Mount Shaw. According to Smith there was a fire on the mountain started by a lightning strike many years ago (Smith quotes Dave Govatski, retired forester and fire officer from the White Mountain National Forest) and signs of the fire are still faintly visible.

The Denmark Mountain Hikers hiked into Province Pond on the last day of May

2013 with a crew of 18 hikers. The weather was warm, but the Province Brook Trail is well shaded and the heat was not uncomfortable. The skies were blue, and there were many different varieties of wildflowers in bloom along the trail. We saw the first lady slippers of the season on the north side of Province Pond, and hiking through the hemlock grove there was magical. Another perfect day for an outing!

Hike facts Province Pond is located in Carroll County, Chatham, N.H. Difficulty: Easy Trail distance: 1.6 miles to the pond and shelter via Province Brook Trail Hiking time: 45 minutes to 1 hour to the pond Elevation: 1,330 feet Vertical gain: 400 feet Coordinates: 44° 06’ 54” N 71° 01’ 08” W Topographic Maps: USGS North Conway East and Chatham 7.5-minute quads Directions to the Province Brook trailhead: From the Fryeburg village post office drive north across the Saco

River on River Road, and at 1.1 miles turn north onto East Conway Road/Route 113 towards Evans Notch.

In another 1.0 mile where Route 113 turns sharply to the right, keep going straight on Green Hill Road/Route 321. Pass the eastern entrance to Hurricane Mountain Road on the left at 3.4 miles, and then at 4.3 miles from the Route 113/321 split turn left on Peaked Mountain Road/ Forest Road 450 at the trail sign. Go 2.4 miles to the parking lot and the trailhead.

Trail information: The Province Brook Trail is a broad and well-maintained forest road, used in the winter as a snowmobile trail.

There are bridges across the major stream crossings. The trail bed is well drained, with trap rock fill in places, and the flow from several small streams diverted across the trail. These smaller rivulets are easily “walked over.” The trail climbs easily, a total of 400-foot elevation gain to the pond. Follow the main trail around the pond’s eastern shore to the north end.

There a small, poorly marked foot trail diverges to the left

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and follows the northern shore to the Forest Service Adirondack Shelter. The shelter sleeps six and is available at no charge on a first come-first, first-served basis.

It is recommended that hikers refer to a trail guide for more details in planning a trip. The AMC White Mountain Guide has more information on Province Pond.

What to bring: Clothes suitable to the season (hat, gloves, jacket), touring poles, sunglasses, water and snacks, personal first aid kit, pocket knife, whistle, matches or fire starter, map and compass, flashlight or headlamp and cell phone. Let someone know your hiking plans before you leave!

Next: The next hiking column will be on Emerald Pool in Evans Notch, N.H. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers’ climb check The Bridgton News community calendar.

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Travel, youth soccer An additional registration day for the Lake Region Travel Soccer program has been scheduled for this Saturday, June 22 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the front door area at Lake Region High School.

The program is open for boys and girls ages 7 to 13 (on Aug. 1).

Soccer Camp Register for the Lake Region High School Soccer Camp, for girls entering grades 3-7.

The camp is from July 8-12 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the high school. Cost is $50. Contact LR varsity girls’ soccer coach Harvey Toews at harvey.toews@lakeregionschools.org

Track & Field camp Lake Region High School track and field coaches Mark Snow and Dana Caron will hold a summer camp designed for boys and girls entering Grades 1-7.

The coaches will be assisted by middle and high school athletes. Campers will learn about the sport of track and field.

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

The camp will be June 19-21 and June 24-28 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the high school track complex. A special reduced cost is being offered this year — $25 per camper or $60 maximum per family, no matter how many days the participant attends.

Payment is expected by the second day of camp or sent prior to June 19 to: Mark Snow, 47 Higgins Hill, Casco, ME 04015 (627-6087 or mark.snow@lakeregionschools.org).

A camp t-shirt and water bottle is included in the fee.

Each camper should wear proper athletic attire: sneakers, socks, shorts, t-shirt.

Harrison youth soccer

HARRISON — Registration forms for the Oxford Hills Athletic Boosters fall youth soccer for Harrison children entering grades 1-6 can be found at the Harrison Town Office, at Crystal Lake Park concession building during the summer day camp, or on the town’s website at www.harrisonmaine.org (click on recreation and follow to youth athletics and download form).

The fee is $35 per child and $50 per family.

The fall youth soccer program starts when school begins so please make every attempt to register your child during this early registration so your son or daughter will be placed on a team.

Team numbers must be submitted in August.

If payment is an issue please speak with Rec Director Paula Holt when you register. Deadline is Friday, Aug. 2.

The Munchkin program — for Harrison girls and boys entering kindergarten — will begin shortly after the Booster program.

Forms for Munchkins can also be found at the same places mentioned above. The fee for Munchkins is $20 and includes shirt and ball.

Questions? Please contact Paula at 583-2241 or by e-mail at pholt@harrisonmaine.org

18-50 DIVISION — Top finishers were Svet Kirtchev CLASS B TOP FINISHERS — Hank Roy of Hookset, of Westbrook (first), Jerry Bacon of North Yarmouth N.H. (first), Herman Low of North Conway, N.H. (second) (second) and Moroslav Dossev of Skowhegan (third). and Brian Jortner of Freeport (third).

Table tennis champs crowned The Maine Games Table Tennis Tournament was held last Saturday, June 15, at the Bridgton Town Hall. The event was well attended by 26 of the best players from Maine and New Hampshire, participating in six classes of competition.

All matches were best 3 of 5 round robin games with single elimination to determine the winners. Gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to finishers of each class.

The 18 to 50 class was won

by Svet Kirtchev of Westbrook; second place to Jerry Bacon of North Yarmouth; and third place to Moroslav Dossev of Skowhegan.

The Over 50 class was won

by Jifa Hao of Scarborough; second place to Sean Farley of Portland; and third place to Irena Stephan of Gray Class “A” was won by Peter Wong of Lewiston;

second place to Jifa Hao of Scarborough; and third place to Sean Farley of Portland.

Class “B” was won by Hank Roy of Hookset, N.H.; second place to Herman Low of North Conway, N.H.; and third place to Brian Jortner of Freeport.

Class “C” was won

by Moroslav Dossev of Skonhegan; second place to Miro Ilinsky of Norridgewock; and third place to Tom Runge of Saco.

“Doubles” was won by Jifa Hao of Scarborough and Shouping Huang of Portland; second place to Larry Labrie CLASS C TOP PLAYERS — Moroslav Dossev of of Milton, N.H. and Bill Preis Skowhegan (first), Miro Ilinsky of Norridgewock (second) of Bridgton; third place to and Tom Runge of Saco (third).

Rick Shea and Peter Wong, both of Lewiston.

Thanks to the Maine Games Organization for bringing this fine event to Bridgton. Also, thanks to the TENNIS, Page C

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Bridgton Highlands The Ladies Day tournament for the day on Wednesday, June 12 was “Partners – Best Ball of Two.” The twosome of Elaine Tinker and Yvonne Gluck won the low gross.

The winning low net winners were Carol Riley and Kathy Blanchard. The pot was fewest putts for the round, won by Carolyn Stanhope, with 16.

In Highlands Sweeps Two Ball on Sunday, June 16, the first gross went to Wayne Kuvaja and Ben Chaine at 74, while the first net went to Bill Holden and Ken Gibbs with a 59.

Nearest the pin on Hole 8 was Cliff Walker at 10-feet 8-inches. Nearest the pin on Hole 10 was Mike Stuart at 21-feet 5-inches.

Lake Kezar CC, Lovell In Tuesday Social League play, the team of Dick Day, George Bassett, Pat Johnston and Art Faulk captured first place with a score of 93.

Closest to the pin were Bob Bean at 23-feet 4-inches on Hole 5, and Ed Jelik at 25-feet 6-inches on Hole 16.

Greenie: Corey Douglas, Bob Spanglo, Harry Roberts and Mike Tarentino.

DOUBLES TOP TANDEMS — Jifa Hao of Scarborough and Shouping Huang of Portland (first); Larry Labrie of Milton, N.H. and Bill Preis of Bridgton (second); Rick Shea and Peter Wong, both of Lewiston (third).

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Nationals: No walk in the park

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Silas Eastman (left) is pictured here with his Fryeburg Academy Nordic ski coach John Weston.

Eastman named Athlete of Year FRYEBURG — Silas Eastman has done something no other Fryeburg Academy athlete has achieved.

He is Maine’s “Male Athlete of the Year.”

Eastman became the first Fryeburg Academy Athlete to be named the Portland Press Herald’s “Male Athlete of the Year” during a ceremony on Sunday — “arguably the biggest (award) of his career to date,” said varsity cross-country ski coach John Weston.

Starting in 1988, the Portland Press Herald has chosen the top male and female athlete from each of the 14 Maine Principals’ Association sanctioned high school sports throughout the state.

Earlier this spring, Silas was named as the “Skier of the Year,” which was his second time earning this recognition, in addition to being named the cross-country “Runner of the Year” two years ago.

This year’s All-Sports Awards Ceremony was held in Portland and Silas was given the highest honor, Athlete of the Year. The group that decided this included the staff and sports writers of the

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer As Kayla Gray prepared for the mile race walk at the New Balance Nationals, she found her competitors to be “really nice.”

When the gun sounded to begin the event, Gray discovered a quick change.

“They were very intimidating during the race. I didn’t expect the others to be so fast!” said the recent Lake Region High School graduate. “I was definitely amazed by the sub-8 walkers!”

Gray’s first appearance on the “national” stage was both memorable and highly competitive.

Going into nationals held over the weekend at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, N.C., Gray was seeded 13th out of 32 girls.

“I also knew that seeds 6 through 14 were all within less than 10 seconds of each other. My goal was to have a strong race and come in sixth, which would get me a podium and All-American finish,” she said.

Another goal was to beat girls from Maine that Gray hadn’t raced against before.

“I really wanted to go sub8 minutes because my coach, Tom Menendez, had told me that race walkers aren’t taken seriously unless they go sub-8, so I really wanted to go sub-8 to prove how seri-

ous I was,” Gray said.

Gray placed 15th overall in 8 minutes, 33.17 seconds.

Annica Penn of Westhampton Beach won the race walk in 7:29.87.

“Coming into the race I was extremely nervous.

During my race, I felt really strong up until the third and last lap, where I felt dead,” she said. “I hadn’t gotten to train as seriously the two weeks before Nationals because of senior activities etc, so I predicted I wouldn’t do as well as planned, but I was hoping all of my training and hard work would pay off, but it didn’t!”

To be a top race walker, Gray says one must be “extremely focused and dedicated to the event.”

“I put in more effort in every aspect of race walking.

I made a lot of sacrifices so that I would be guaranteed success. It didn’t matter what I would do each day at practice, either a hard workout, an easy workout, or strength training. Regardless, I would always ask myself what my competition was doing that day,” Gray said. “That one question made me even more dedicated to my training. All in all, if it hadn’t been for the support of all of the track coaches, my teammates, friends or family, I wouldn’t have been as good as I was!”

Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, as well as a group of coaches, athletic directors and officials from around the state.

Silas joins the prestigious list of Athlete of the Year that includes professional athletes like current Team Saucony runner Ben True, former WNBA player Cindy Blodgett and current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mark Rogers.

Silas will attend Colby College in Waterville in the fall.

In other FA news, the Raider varsity girls’ lacrosse team received the Class B West Sportsmanship Banner on Saturday during the state championship game.

OAKLAND — Allison Morse belted an RBI double and Ashley Clark went 2-for-4 to lead the Maine Panthers to a 7-4 victory over Bangor in the opening round of the ASA tournament at Messalonskee High School Saturday.

The Panthers rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a pair of runs in the third inning. Brittany Perreault reached on an error followed by singles from Casey Simpson and Clark.

The Panthers took a 3-2 lead in the fourth as Kylie Martin reached on an outfield error and Kolby Wood dropped a bunt to score the run.

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FRYEBURG — Athletes recognized for outstanding spring sports seasons at Fryeburg Academy include: Raider Plaques Boys’ Lacrosse: Paul Dostie and Hannes Schneider.

Girls’ Lacrosse: Kendra Fox and Kiley Jolicoeur.

Boys’ Tennis: Alex Lazic

and Jamie Berned.

Girls’ Tennis: Alicia McDonald and Sasha Azel.

Girls’ Track: Anna Lastra and Jamie Gullikson.

Boys’ Track: Eric Hannes and Njemile Philip.

Baseball: Ian MacFawn and Walker Day. Softball: Carla Tripp and

Panthers on prowl

NATIONALS WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE for Kayla Gray (above), who placed 15th overall in the racewalk at the New Balance Nationals held in North Carolina over the weekend.

Raider spring sport athletes honored Maddie Pearson.

Headmaster Award: Kendra Fox. Presented with blankets from the Boosters Club for being 12 sport athletes (participated in a sport every season): Sasha Azel, Ellen Bacchiocchi, Kendra Fox, Ian MacFawn and Tyler Saunders.

• Girls’ Lacrosse was presented with the Class B West Sportsmanship Banner.

• Silas Eastman was named “Male Athlete of the Year” by the Portland Press Herald.

The statewide honor was a first for a Fryeburg Academy athlete!

All Academic

Girls’ Tennis: Sasha Azel, Jovana Jeremic, Alicia McDonald and Megan Vitters.

Boys’ Tennis: Brandt Jin. Girls’ Lacrosse: Kendra Fox, Alexis Delacruz, Kiley Jolicoeur, Eliza Neidlinger and Samantha Sgroi.

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Table tennis

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Remember, Table Tennis (summer schedule) is played every Thursday afternoon from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Bridgton Town Hall with seven tables, paddles and balls. All people with a basic knowledge of the game are welcome to come and play. Bring a friend. It is great exercise and it’s lots of fun!

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Drive for kids

Panther recaps (Continued from Page C) Bangor regained the lead with a pair of runs in the fifth, but the Panthers stormed back with four runs in the sixth keyed by RBI singles from Casey Heath and Clark.

Martin earned the pitching victory allowing just four hits over six innings (tournament games were timed, 1 hour 40 minutes), striking out five.

• Facing a potent Maine Attraction offense, the Panthers (U-16) gave up five runs in the second inning, dropping a 6-1 decision.

Elle Burbank scored the lone Panther run in the sixth, reaching on a hit batsman and later scoring on an Attraction throwing error.

The Panthers managed just three hits — singles by Casey Simpson, Casey Heath and Brittany Perreault.

Panther starter Kolby Wood gave up 10 hits to the U-18 Attraction squad, but struck out 14.

• In the elimination game against U-18 Black Diamonds from Messalonskee, the Panthers took a 2-0 lead in the third inning, but were unable to hold on in the 3-2 loss.

Elle Burbank walked and scored on Savanna Morin’s double to right. Casey Simpson followed up with a scorcher down the left field line for a RBI double.

The Black Diamonds scored twice in the fourth, and took advantage of a throwing error to take the lead.

The Panthers had a chance to tie the game in the seventh as Simpson doubled with two out, but the Messalonskee pitcher snared a hot drive up the middle by Casey Heath to end the game.

Other Panthers recording hits were Casey Heath and Kylie Martin.

• The Panthers include: Ashley Clark, Casey Heath and Brittany Perreault of Lake Region; Elle Burbank, Kristen Chipman and Allison Morse of Fryeburg Academy; Kylie Martin, Emily Whittemore and Kolby Woods of Poland; and Savanna Morin of Oxford Hills. Maddie Morse doubles up as a courtesy runner and bat girl. The team is coached by Wayne Rivet. The Panthers travel this weekend to Hudson, N.H.

COACH OF THE YEAR — Varsity girls’ tennis coach Kim Peterson was selected as Coach of the Year, which was announced during the Lake Region Athletic Boosters Just Desserts awards night. Kim is pictured here with her sons, Kurt (left) and Kyle, who presented her with flowers after the announcement.

(Rivet Photo)

Macdonald Motors of Bridgton helped raise $630 in funding for Stevens Brook Elementary School with Chrysler brand’s Drive for the Kids™ program.

The fundraising event was held on May 18 in conjunction with the elementary school’s base ball games.

Participants earned a $10 contribution to the school on their behalf from the Chrysler brand by taking a brief test drive in a 2013 model Town & Country minivan, as well as other Chrysler vehicles made available for test drives thanks to the Macdonald Motors dealership.

At the conclusion of the program, the school with the highest number of test drives in each one of the five geographic regions (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Central, and West) will win an additional $5,000, for a total of $25,000.

Raider spring sports honors Baseball: Tyler Saunders.

(Continued from Page C) Girls’ Track: Jamie Boys’ Lacrosse: Topi Gullikson, Jen Perry and Laakso.

Softball: Ellen Ashannah Tripp.

Boys’ Track: Aldi Dinoshi.

Bacchiocchi.

All Conference Softball: Carla Tripp, first team; Sarah Harriman, first team; Maddie Pearson, second team; Kylie Locke, second team; Sydney Charles, honorable mention.

Carla Tripp was named the

Western Maine Conference Senior Player of the Year.

Baseball: Ian MacFawn, first team; Tyler Hill, first team; Billie Rascoe, second team; Tyler Saunders, honorable mention.

Track and Field: Liz Grzyb, first team; Jamie Gullikson, first team; Forrest Stearns, second team; Bright Amoako, second team; Will Price, second team.

JV softball report

RAIDER JV SOFTBALL TEAM members included: (front, left to right) Jeanette White and Allison Morse; (middle) Renae Fournier, Faith Pelkie, HayLeigh Mulligan, Megan Fuller and Alex Walker; (back) Coach Kris Stevens, Karylann Walker, Amanda Gillette, Mikayla Centamore, Dimitra Katsigiannis, Shelby LeBlond and Runiary Infante.

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy junior varsity girls’ softball ended their season with a successful 10-2 record.

Big wins for the Lady Raiders included victories over Gray-New Gloucester, Lake Region, Greely and Cape Elizabeth (in nine innings).

Freshman dominated the squad with four in starting positions: Meghan Fuller (left field), Renae Fournier (second base), HayLeigh Mulligan (right field) and Jeanette White (pitcher).

Newcomer to the program was Allison Morse, who

showed her talents behind and at the plate.

Returning players that contributed timely hitting and steady field play included; Shelby LeBlond, Amanda Gillette, Dimitra Katsigiannis and Karylann Walker.

Other team members included: Faith Pelkie, Alex Walker, Mikayla Centamore and Tori Mailman; all contributed positively to the game.

Three Star Jackets Sulo Burbank, Patrick Carty, Mike Dandaneau, Walker Day, Kristen Dostie, Paul Dostie, McKenna Gerchman, Hunter Griffin, Sarah Harriman, Tristin Harvie, Oriagna Inirio, Mohammad Islam, Kiley Jolicoeur, Lexi L’HeureuxCarland, Alexis Maddocks, Njemile Philip, Julia Quinn, Hannes Schneider and Wesley Trembley.

Bocce

HARRISON — In Week 4 of the Harrison Bocce League, Ruby’s beat Caswell 3-2; Ace’s rolled past Long Lake 4-2; Henry’s edged Worster’s 3-2; Scott’s and Mentus tied 3-3.

North Division: Ruby Slippers +4, Mentus +3, Ace’s +2, Caswell House -3.

South Division: Scott’s +2, Henry’s +2, Worster’s 0, Long Lake -5.

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Opinion & Comment

June 20, 2013, The Bridgton News, Page D

My growing concern

In my soon-to-be awardwinning program to shrink the size of the federal government and make you important again, or at least as important as the rest of us can stand, I offer Part Two of “Saving the Federal Government From Itself.”

Last week, we solved the energy crisis by getting the feds out of the subsidy loop, primarily by knocking the underpinnings out from the hundreds of billions of dollars going for free to the fossil fuel industries. This would open the energy field up to innovation and honest competition, and free individual Americans and small companies to investigate sustainable alternative energy options, in fair competition against the planet-killers. You’re welcome.

This week, let’s apply a

My Irish Up

by Mike Corrigan BN Columnist similar democratic-capitalist tactic to agriculture.

Now, it so happens I know a lot about agriculture, having gone to a 4-H meeting once. (Pomona Grange #5, Shelburne, N.H., June, 1959, you can look it up.) At that meeting, I learned all I ever wanted to know about rototilling goats and harvesting Doritos, and other tricks of the trade. Later in life, I was told that my hard-earned knowledge could be shelved because agribusiness had my

Small World

by Henry Precht BN Columnist

Solo performers

If you didn’t know it before, you understand it now: The power of a single individual, acting alone, can decisively influence the behavior of the world’s strongest government.

Edward J. Snowden taught us our most recent lesson in political science by, according to a top intelligence official, inflicting “great harm” on our national security.

A quiet, withdrawn computer nerd, Snowden was inspired not by some fanatical, divinely ordained, violence-relishing movement, but by his conservative belief in the American Constitution (especially the Fourth Amendment). Public debate, informed by previously hidden facts and a government responsive to the will of its people were, he said, what drove him to leak super sensitive documents. In consequence, elaborate plans were ruined, untold treasure was lost and the perfidy of Washington was exposed. But no lives were ended — at least, not yet.

Snowden acted in the tradition of past big-time leakers, SOLO, Page D

Letters Lack of action

To The Editor: I am deeply concerned that Congress is not taking action to protect defined benefit pensions and pensioners, as intended when the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was signed into law in 1974. Congress needs to strengthen ERISA in order to make sure that companies with a continuing pension plan can only offer lump sum payments; or purchase Group Annuity Contracts (GACs) within the pension plan in lieu of traditional monthly benefit payments to retirees.

What pension plan sponsors and insurance companies are calling “de-risking” is, in fact, a shifting of risks from pension plan sponsors (former employers) to the retirees by purchasing third-

party annuities outside the defined benefit plan insured by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) under ERISA. Plan sponsors avoid the obligation of properly funding and insuring the payment of vested pension benefits and retirees receive their benefit payments from an insurance company, rather than the plan, and those payments are no longer secured by the PBGC. While insurance companies may currently be financially sound, the recent history of the demise or bailouts of firms that were once considered “too big to fail” illustrates the risks being shifted to retirees. Also, it would seem these risks could be compounded if or when a GAC is sold to a less-safe insurance provider. Verizon, Inc., General Motors, Ford and other companies have already implemented the “de-risking” strategies.

I urge all pensioners to contact their Senators and Congressional representative to urge them to call on the Secretary of Labor and

back, along with their partners in crime, the U.S. Congress.

And agreed, the agricultural-industrial complex does a better job than I would, especially on those Doritos — only not as good a job as real farmers would do, if we’d let them.

Here are a few facts, none of which I made up, for once: • Ten percent of American farms receive three-quarters of federal subsidies. A good many large farms get hundreds of thousands of dollars

not to plant crops. What a country! Some receive millions. There’s an economy of scale to this no risk-butreward-anyway system that drives small farmers out, and enriches big farmers, and it’s not fair.

• The “alternative energy” corn ethanol program is basically a garbage in/garbage out endeavor; it requires roughly as many Btus to make the corn ethanol as Btus produced by burning the fuel. More government waste, in other words. It’s a harmful scam, too. That corn could be feeding animals and people.

• The larger farms that produce most of the food that shows up in local supermarkets, Maine to California, must be shipped all over the PERCHED — With a snack in its beak, this Eastern map to get there. The energy Phoebe was spotted near Woods Pond in Bridgton.

(Photo submitted by Thomas Piffath) GROWING, Page D

Fatherhood – Joy handed down Views from the Uppermost House

by S. Peter Lewis BN Columnist Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary describes the word “father” as a noun and defines it simply as “a man who has begotten a child.” Okay, and the Atlantic Ocean is merely “a whole bunch of salty water piled up just east of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.”

As a hopelessly sentimental romantic, I say the emotionless Vulcans over at M-W.com got it wrong; or at least they didn’t give us the whole story. Sure, they’re supposed to be dispassionate and disinterested, mere citers of distilled fact, but in this case I think they’ve boiled one of the most beloved, most meaningful, one of the richest words in the English language all the way down until there’s nothing left in the bottom of the bucket but the viscous sludge of biology.

Father, my friends, is no mere noun; it is also a very much a verb — it is that challenging, exhausting, invigorating, joyful, hard, easy, heartbreaking, heartwarming, happy, sad,

the director of the PBGC to exercise their authority to immediately impose a moratorium on any such actions in order to determine whether it is harmful to pension plan participants and thereby contrary to the legislative intent when ERISA was originally enacted. Also, to request that the PBGC insurance continues to protect retirees and that there are sufficient regulatory safeguards to ensure that any proposal is in the best interest of retirees.

Brian Thomas Bridgton

Father’s Day event

To The Editor: At 1 p.m. last Sunday at the Naples Village Green, it rained yellow ducks for the first Duck Drop in support of the Naples Public Library.

After a team of volunteers helped sell all 504 ducks, they were dropped from a height of 75 feet LETTERS, Page D

frustrating, fulfilling, loud, quiet, peaceful, rambunctious, firm, tender, humbling, loving thing a man does for the rest of his life after his child is born; it is that which he wouldn’t trade for ten million dollars and for which he would step in front of a careening bus to defend.

To father, to daily step into the shoes of a dad and live out that verb, to “train up a child in the way he should go” is the most wonderful of hardest things.

A few short days from now, I will be a grandfather. I have not been a grandfather before, and I am not prepared. When I became a father for the first time, I had not been a father before and I was not prepared. No man is. The child arrives all slippery and squealing, you hear the starting gunfire, and somehow your new offspring has a big head start. And as far as I can tell, you never do quite catch up.

I’ve contemplated for months the letter that I will write my son on the eve of his impending fatherhood. Full of cheer and encouragement. Wit and wisdom. Warnings, admonitions and advice. “Learn to enjoy changing diapers,” I will write. And, “Yes, it’s okay to adventure-sleep under the dining room table.” And, “No, running around in the rain doesn’t cause pneumonia.” And, “Yes, you will fall asleep all crumpled up under the covers reading Winnie-the-Pooh stories.” And, sure, you will (more than once) stare befuddled at your wife and say, “What. Have. We. Done?” And my trite little list goes on and on and ends up not being very useful.

I’m sure it won’t be very useful because my father said the same sorts of things to me and I remember thinking (but not JOY, Page D

Undermining healthcare

By Wenda Saunders, M.D. and Maureen Harpell, Nurse Practitioner Guest Columnists President Obama’s massive overhaul of the nation’s health care system — known as the Affordable Care Act — holds out hope that we will finally get health care costs under control, that people will have better access to health care and that those who can’t afford the high cost of health care will get help from our government.

But, a proposal being put forth by Anthem and MaineHealth will undermine the president’s goals and take health care in exactly the opposite direction.

Anthem — Maine’s largest provider of health insurance — and MaineHealth — Maine’s largest health provider with a network of providers and hospitals that includes Maine Medical Center — have applied to the

state for permission to cancel current health insurance policies and replace them with new plans that were cooked up in a secret, backroom deal. Taxpayers will subsidize these plans as part of the ACA health exchange starting in January 2014. However, in central and western Maine, Anthem will only offer a very limited network of providers and hospitals. As far as we can tell (because Anthem is not releasing the details), this network will only be composed of MaineHealth and their “affiliates.”

That means that if you’re an Anthem policyholder who lives in central or western Maine, where nearly all the providers and hospitals belong to a different network of providers, such as Rumford and Bridgton Hospitals, you may find that you are no longer covered for medical expenses at your local hospital or family phy-

sician you’ve been seeing for years. You will be forced to change providers and hospitals. Patients will end up traveling long distances to find basic medical care.

Less access and fewer choices: this is exactly counter to what the Affordable Care Act was supposed to provide.

It would be nice to know why Anthem and MaineHealth are proposing this plan. But unfortunately, they are keeping everyone — including their own policyholders and patients — in the dark. They’ve kept the details under wraps and argued that even their application to the state itself should be a secret. We (Central Maine HealthCare) filed to intervene in the Maine Bureau of Insurance review by the June 12 deadline, but we still lack basic information necessary

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drastically raising insurance premiums in many states, including here in Maine by 40%. Forbes reported that Ohio’s will go up 55 to 85%.

The president promised that rates would go down, remember? Medical schools report a severe shortage of primary care doctors, especially in rural areas like here in western Maine where I live. The good news is that more doctors are eschewing health insurance altogether and dealing in cash — and that’s driving down costs: $3 for a cholesterol test instead of $90 and $400 for an MRI instead of $2,000. Prior to WWII, almost all medical transactions were that way — no middleman. Time to go back?

Political Correctness — It’s way out of control. The federal government is snooping into virtually everything Americans do in the name of protecting us from terrorism.

And from where does most terrorism come? Muslims, obviously, yet mosques in the United States — where homegrown terrorists breed — have been off limits to FBI investigators thanks to a lawsuit by CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) and the ACLU.

CAIR was an un-indicted co-conspirator in a Dallas, Texas terrorist-funding case.

No wonder they missed the Tsarnaev brothers. What’s next? Exempt Muslims from searches at airports?

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — It’s been repealed for homosexuals in the military, but now it’s driving Christians and conservatives into the closet. Master Sgt. Nathan Sommers, a 25-year Army veteran and conservative Christian based at Fort Myer in Washington, was ordered to remove Republican, antiObama bumper stickers like “Political Dissent is NOT Racism,” “NOBAMA,” and “NOPE2012” from his privately-owned car and disciplined for reading books by conservative authors like David Limbaugh and Mark Levine. “Tolerant” progressives are the most intolerant of all.

Mainstream Media — They’re back to “see no evil” mode. Last week, neither CBS nor NBC had a single story on the Obama Administration’s IRS Scandal targeting conservatives. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was interviewing John Boehner and asked one question about

The trustees of the Naples Public Library wish to express their sincere appreciation to the many supporters of the Duck Drop, as well as to Robert Fogg of Q-Team for providing the aerial equipment needed for the ducks to make a spectacular landing.

We continue our summer

fundraising events including the Pizza Tasting at the Black Bear Cafe on July 11, Annual Yard and MiniArt Sale at the town hall on July 13, and the Paddle Art Auction at the Naples Country Club on Aug. 3.

Call the library for details.

Diane Monaco, Treasurer Naples Public Library

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To The Editor: On behalf of the Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group, I would like to thank everyone for supporting our organization over the years.

An estimated 2,000 people attended the June 1 grand opening over the course of

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When reminiscing, many people like to think back to the times before cell phones, social networking and e-mail.

These were much simpler times where people would have one phone with one answering machine and if they needed to send a letter they would do so via the post office.

Nowadays, technology is one of the most used modes of communication and on any given day you may see people carrying around multiple technological devices including laptops, cell phones, global positioning systems (GPS) and much more.

While these things can be very helpful and resourceful for conducting research, contacting colleagues quickly and staying in touch with loved ones near and far, it is also necessary to remember that this type of communication can also pose great hazards; especially for children and young adults who are not yet aware of the dangers of the Internet.

It is understandable that the general public usually assumes that children and teens are the only ones that are victimized technologically. This is due to the fact that most young kids and teenagers do now use cell phones and Facebook accounts. Since these things are so readily accessible, they are also significantly abused. For instance, a young teen may be contacted by a stranger on a social network like Facebook and feel that the person is friendly and harmless, when in reality that stranger may be a person who is aiming to claim a young victim. However, we must recognize and understand that a very large amount of adult victims are abused by means of technology. For instance, adult victims of intimate partner violence are sometimes terrorized by their abusers through harassing voicemails, text messages or the threat that they will disclose personal information about the victim on the Internet.

Statistics have shown that many offenders abuse technology to maintain control over their victims by means of limiting the use of technology by the victim in order to better isolate them and also by using technology to stalk their victims and maintain knowledge of their victim’s whereabouts. It is important to recognize this connection because PROTECT, Page D businesses and community members, the Moose Pond Land Trust, and the Town of Bridgton.

There is still much work to do to the complex over the next few years to complete the vision (tennis courts, playground, basketball courts and lighting). BRAG still needs volunteers, materials, equipment and funding to complete this vision, but I have all the confidence that our community will make it happen.

If you or anyone you know is interested in joining BRAG or helping out with some of our events please contact me at bmacdonald@ todaysbrag.com Bill Macdonald President Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group

In all fairness

To The Editor: I just read The Bridgton News and was very disappointed about the Lake Region (graduation) news.

All I saw about graduation was the three speeches made

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To The Editor: It is tax time. Open you wallets!

We now know that our taxes are going to increase approximately 5.3% this year. Ever wonder why our taxes consistently increase each year? Anyone in attendance at (or who watched) the most recent Bridgton town meeting can figure it out with ease.

The majority of those in attendance voted to follow the recommendation of the board of selectmen and give $25,000 from the Moose Pond Trust Fund to the Town of Denmark to purchase land LETTERS, Page D

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and the awards/scholarship recipients. Not to take anything from them, they all deserved to be honored, but I just think every graduate should have had their names printed in the paper. They worked just as hard as any of them.

Come on, Bridgton News, give everyone their moment in the news.

Danny Lord Naples

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The Naples Board of Selectpersons will hold a Public Hearing at their regular meeting on July 1, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at the Naples Municipal Offices located at 15 Village Green Lane, Naples, Maine. On the agenda: Renewal of a Liquor License Permit Application and a Special Amusement permit for Village Side Restaurant, submitted by Larry A. Morton.

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the day. It was a great sight to see so many people attending games and events in one location. It really emphasized what a great community we have and the scale of events we can hold.

There are many who deserve thanks for making this a reality and I would specifically like to name a few: The Kendal and Anna Ham Charitable Trust, the family of Laurie Carter-Bergen, the family of Roger and Mary Macdonald, the Rolfe family, Major League Baseball’s Tomorrow Fund, Major League Baseball’s Player’s Trust, the Cap Memorial Trust, Andy Madura and his staff at Lake Region High School, Lyn Carter, the past and present BRAG members, all of our suppliers and vendors, all the local

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it June 11. That’s why I was so surprised when on last Sunday’s Today Show NBC’s ultra-liberal apologist Andrea Mitchell declared that the American people have lost confidence in their government. That really surprised me. It’s quite true, of course, but I almost fell over to hear her say it. CBS’s Scott Pelley declared, “What we’re offering at the evening news is, within 30 minutes we’re going to tell you about the 12 most important things that happened in the world.”

I don’t think so Scott. Not after your network muzzled Sharyl Attkisson’s reporting on “Fast and Furious” and the Benghazi scandal.

Portland, Maine Parade — Channel 13, the local CBS News outlet, announced the 7th annual “Dyke March” on Congress Street to kick off the 27th annual “Southern Maine Pride Parade and Festival” weekend in downtown Portland. It being only 10 minutes from our South Portland house, I drove over to take in some local culture. Watching from the sidewalk, it was over in two minutes. In front of the large “Dyke March” banner were “Dykes on Bikes” revving their deafening Harleys.

Following were lots of husky women, one topless, and a sign declaring “Homophobia is Patriarchy’s Crutch.” I was home before eight. I skipped the rest of the weekend festivities and bicycled around Peaks Island with my wife.

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Syria — It might have made sense to intervene six months ago before rebel leaders became dominated by al Qaeda. Now, we have radical Shiite Muslims allied to Iran (the Bashar Assad regime) fighting radical Sunni Muslims allied to al Qaeda (the rebels). Our enemies are killing each other and that’s a good thing. It makes no sense to do anything now, unless it’s to give weapons to both sides.

Chicago — Thirty shot, seven killed over Father’s Day weekend by fatherless young black men. Remember how the late Senator Moynihan (D-NY) described what was happening in the black family in 1965? I do — fathers abandoning their children who are then condemned to poverty. President Johnson’s “War on Poverty” made it worse by subsidizing single mothers as I observed last week. Now, it’s epidemic in whites as well.

Thirty shot, seven killed in a city with some of the strongest gun control laws in the whole country. And Obama spent 20 years there as a community organizer? We know what doesn’t work for Chicago — Democrat rule for 83 years in a row. Maybe they’ll try something else, like pre-Sixties values perhaps?

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(Continued from Page D) they indicated they were purchasing with or without the contribution from Bridgton.

The widely held belief is that money spent from this fund does not impact our tax rate. We did, in fact, hear this very statement from a member of the Loon Echo Land Trust.

The reality, however, is that this same $25,000 could have been used for park maintenance, which is normally funded by tax dollars, thereby lowering the tax rate. I raised this point at the meeting and Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz’s response, in part, was that it would only add 2.5 cents to our tax rate.

Selectman Paul Hoyt said we can “only” take 4% from the fund each year and that we could not use the money that had been earmarked for the gift to Denmark for another purpose if the voters reduced the warrant by $25,000. So, the alternative

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would have been to leave it in the fund and let it grow…

Hmmm. He also indicated that we would be “helping a neighbor” by gifting them $25,000. How about helping the taxpayer? Isn’t that your job?

Our taxes go up every year because of the mindset of many of our elected and hired officials. Not just here in Bridgton but in Augusta and in Washington, as well.

We continue as a town, state and country to marginalize spending by saying it is “only” 2.5 cents. Say it is “only” 2.5 cents ten times and you have added 25 cents to the tax rate. Taxpayers everywhere are at the limit.

As we heard at town meeting, residents are struggling to keep their homes.

We now have a new board of selectmen. I would ask that they never use the word “only” or otherwise try to minimize any amount of spending, no matter how small, when they are making decisions on how our tax dollars are spent.

We find ourselves in a vacuum where each year every level of government

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is looking for more from us while returning less to us. We have arrived here by years of saying it is “only 2.5 cents.” It is time we start reducing the burden on our taxpayers by cutting spending and controlling costs and it needs to begin right here in Bridgton. We cannot rely on Augusta or Washington to take the lead.

If you become angry when you open your tax bill, then do something about it!

Start coming to the board of selectmen meetings, start attending the town meeting and get involved in making the decisions relative to how your tax dollars are spent. If you do not get involved, you can surely expect a larger tax bill next year.

Mark Lopez Bridgton

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To The Editor: After reading Senator King’s speech to the graduates of Lake Region High School, I want to commend

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him for giving some excellent advice.

The one problem I had was his lecturing on honesty. This advice was coming from a man that campaigned as an independent voice for Maine and then jumped squarely into bed with the Democrats as soon as he arrived in Washington, not exactly my opinion of honesty. Also, he voted to give the United Nations the power of gun control over the United States (which fortunately was voted down by the majority of Senators) and has as far as I can tell voted in favor of every gun control issue brought before him after having sworn to uphold the Constitution of which the Second Amendment (the right to keep and bear arms) is a part of, again not exactly what I would call honesty.

This of course is my opinion of honesty, and everyone may not agree with it, so I looked up the definition and here it is: “Fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, adherence to the facts: sincerity.” So, if Senator King should read this I hope LETTERS, Page D GARAGE DOORS

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By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor An observation stay is different from an inpatient stay in a hospital. In order to be considered a hospital inpatient under Medicare, you must have been formally admitted into the hospital by an attending physician. If you have not been formally admitted, you are considered an outpatient and that is called an observation stay.

During an observation stay, you receive outpatient medical services to help the hospital doctor decide whether you need to be admitted as a hospital inpatient or whether you can be discharged. Observation stays often occur when patients go to the emergency room and have symptoms that require hospital physicians to monitor them. These stays typically last no more than 24 to 48 hours, but could last longer.

Keep in mind that services you receive during an observation stay are covered under Medicare Part B rather than Part A and consequently there may be co-insurance charges that will be billed to you or to your supplemental insurer. It is oftentimes difficult to know whether the hospital considers you to be an inpatient or outpatient. If you stay overnight in the hospital, it may be helpful for you to ask hospital staff whether you are considered an inpatient or outpatient. This will help you understand the costs for your hospital stay and any skilled nursing care you may need.

According to the Center for Medicare Advocacy, if a hospital determines that a patient’s inpatient stay is not medically necessary and should be reclassified as outpaNUGGET, Page D LP GAS

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4t22x ESTATE SALE — Ca. 1865 farmhouse items: Sunday, June HEAP HAULERS — Towing 23, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 286 service. Cash paid for junk cars. BisbeetownRd.,No.Waterford,ME Call 655-5963. tf12 (3 miles off Rte. 35/118). Antiques, furniture, dolls, glassware, dishes, LOOKING FOR HOUSES — early 1900’s,Victoria, Zenith radio, or camps to paint for 2013 season. sewing machine, toys, old books, Fully insured, free estimates. collectibles, antique tables and Dirigo Custom Painting, 743- chairs. Something for everyone!

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8t24x 1t25x DEN­MARK HOUSE — GARAGE SALE — Saturday, Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior June 23rd, 9 to 4, 14 Moose Paint­ing. Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 Alley, off King Hill Road, Naples. years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call Household items, dishes, pictures, for esti­mates. Call John Math­ews, furniture and much more. 1t25x 207-452-2781. tf49 BRIDGTON HOSPITAL WANTED GUILD — Thrift Shop accepts ONE HORSE TO BOARD — in your “after-yard sale” items. Your Naples. Trails, and dirt road to ride support will help all community on close by. Horse will share large members. Tax receipts available. paddock with my mare. Will have Located next to Renys on Main 12t19 own night stall and a day stall to Street. Thank You. get into. Phone number 207-6931038.

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PART-TIME SALES/CASHIER — position available. Apply in per- FIREWOOD — Seasoned or son to: Sportshaus, 103 Main St., green. Cut, split & delivered. Call tf24 Wendell Scribner at 583-4202. BRIDGTON — 1-2 bedroom Bridgton. 647-5100.

10t24x apartment, with large deck looking EXPERIENCED MANUAL — Machinist wanted. Prefer expe- SPEEDBOAT — 1966 Century at Shawnee Peak. Central heating rience in deep hole drilling, lathe mahogany 16’ 185 gray marine. & air conditioning. Heat & electric work, milling and trepanning both 888 original hours. Needs some included. 1 year lease & security large and small products, NOT plank restoration. 1988 trailer. deposit required. $735 month. Call tf22 CNC. Must be versatile and have $7,500. 693-6701 Sonny 04055- 671-7075 or 647-8052.

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13t23x common sense. Send resume to LOVELL — 1-bedroom in-law Dearborn Bortec Machinist, P.O. SAILBOAT HUNTER 212 — apartment with spectacular view.

Box 310, Fryeburg, ME 04037, fax Heat, electricity, cable, WiFi, snow/ to 207-935-2515 or e-mail to hr@ Trailer, 2HP Honda, extra set of trash removal included. See it at: new sails. $7,600.00.

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The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. SOUTH BRIDGTON — 3-bed3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, SACO RIVER CANOE — & $125.00 each. Telescope Patio 42” room, 1-bath apartment, heat and or publish, or cause to be made, printed, glass top table, in good condition Kayak is looking for dependable or published any notice, statement, or lights included. Beach rights and delivery drivers who have a good $100. Telescope Casual Primera a great view. $995 per month. Call advertisement, with respect to the sale, or Sling Two-Seat Glider, if bought rental of a dwelling that indicates any prefdriving record and are able to inde207-310-3960 FMI. 1t25x erence, limitation, or discrimination based pendently load and unload canoes. new would cost $700.00, sell for on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, $200.00. Get special pricing on all NAPLES — Large, attractive, If you enjoy working with the familial status or national origin, or an public, and don’t mind having fun six items. Phone: 207-256-8056. furnished one-bedroom basement intention to make any such preference, 2t25x studio. All utilities plus tv & Wi-fi while you work, then come see us. limitation or discrimination.

Send resumes to Saco River Canoe ARTS AND CRAFTS SALE — included. $500 a month, single oc& Kayak, PO Box 100, Fryeburg, held at the Bridgton Community cupancy. No smoking or dogs. Call ME 04037 or e-mail info@sacoriv- Center (all donations benefit BCC) 310-8664. tf24 tf18 every Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ercanoe.com BRIDGTON — 16 South High June 8th thru August 31st, 2013. Street. Non-smoking, no pets. 1 WORK WANTED & For information or to request an bedroom on ground floor. Quiet, CONTRACTOR — Semi-re- application, please contact Diana safe building. Includes heat, hot tired, looking for plumbing and White at 207-647-3523 or e-mail water, off-street parking. WalkPart of the Chalmers Group electric work in the local area. Call thewhitefarm207@yahoo.com ing distance to Main Street, town tf45 647-8026.

4t22 beach, church. Coin-op laundry 100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 CAMP/RENTAL/HOME— Of- VEHI­CLES FOR SALE on site. $650 month. First, last and security requested. References fice cleaning. Locally owned ecoPhone: 207-647-3311 tf20 friendly cleaning service. Great 2001 PT CRUISER — Limited checked. 207-632-8508.

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4t23x used auto parts. National locator. quired. No smoking or dogs. Call on our website at NO EXTRA Most parts 2 days. Good used cars. 310-8664. tf24 CHARGE! www.bridgton.com IF YOU NEED ANYTHING Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 — cleaned up or hauled off to the Bridg­ton, 207-647-5477. tf30 NAPLES — 2-bedroom mobile HELP WANTED transfer station, my trailer is 6’-xin small park. Clean, bright, large FOR RENT 10’. Chuck’s Maintenance, 743rooms. No pets. $600 month plus DRAFTSMAN WANTED — to 9889.

8t24x utilities. FMI 221-3423. tf25 hand-draw mechanical drawings, EMPTY NESTING —or just NO CAD. Please submit resume LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING — ready to downsize? Lovely, clean HARRISON — 3-bedroom trailand cover letter to Mail Attn: Will clean office, home, or camp and bright 2-bedroom home in qui- er, off-road, pets okay. References, Draftsman to Bortec, P.O. Box for $10 per hour. Call 207-583- et location yet convenient to village $600 a month & utilities & heat.

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2t24 travel. Site work, foundations dug, basement, W/D hookups, FHW, tage for rent. Family cottage on Paback filling, septic systems, sand, walk-in shower, tile & berber. Very poose Pond. Kitchen, living room, FULL- OR PART-TIME — boat loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, efficient to heat. $875 month plus bathroom, 2 bedrooms, screened tf44 utilities. No pets/smoking. Call porch, private sandy beach. $700 delivery & sales position. Must be 653-4377 or 627-4560.

18+ and have a clean driving re(207) 452-2441 FMI. tf25 per week. Available June 1 - Sept. cord. Weekends a must. Apply in INT. & EXT. PAINTING – Deck 22. 207-232-8291.

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Quality person to: Sportshaus, 103 Main HARRISON — Very large 1-bedtf25 work at affordable rates. Kevin, room apartent, 1,000+ square feet, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE St., Bridgton 647-5100.

8t21x available July 1. $725 per month, 693-3684.

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3t25 River. .27 acres of land, 110’ water NAPLES — Off Rte. 35, quiet, frontage with electric, water, septic.

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(Continued from Page D) he will keep these words in mind as he moves forward as Senator for the state of Maine.

Roger Hale Naples

It depends

To The Editor: Perhaps, I should not to be so horrendously affected by those who wish to render me at worst “collateral damage” and at best, one to seduce just enough so that I keep my mouth shut — except when I can fortify the old ego of those in established positions of authority who write with far more skill than myself to prove themselves in the right and do what they can to encourage me to “go along to get along.”

Tom, I guess some would call me a “liberal.” I usually feel more resonance with liberals than conservatives, although when it comes to things like family values and/or hating cumbersome bureaucracies, hypocrisy, and/or collusion with the gambling going on at the top of the hierarchical system, I am about as conservative as they come. So far, I can dress myself and tie my own shoes, but I have people in my family who cannot do this — not because they just love to be

dependent and adore government handouts. I speak for them and their caretakers — many so overwhelmed by both the dependency and neediness of others and expectations to keep doing better — even with a speeded up technology and increased polarization between the rich and the poor, at times just getting through life seems overwhelming.

I have great empathy for caretakers who seem stretched in all directions and simply do the best they can.

I don’t believe you have to be successful to be rich and in positions of power. Jesus wasn’t.

When you, Tom McLaughlin, speak about dancing with your granddaughters and teaching them how to become independent, I am with you. However, when you conclude from watching your granddaughters fight for more independence that it’s increasingly evident that Americans today can be divided into two categories: those proud to be independent like your granddaughters are becoming, and those who not only fear liberty but crave dependency and/or it’s the former who built this country and defended it for two centuries, it’s the latter who are running it into the ground, I believe you are the most arrogant, simplistic idiot that ever lived in these parts and harmful to others.

And yet, I would support you

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if anyone wants to squash your voice and your opinions — which I disagree with for the most part. I only wish to have the opportunity as an ordinary citizen to express my own opinions with the same degree of respect, support and consideration you and other bullies receive.

Don’t you ever try to label or categorize me or I will fight back forever but only with words. You see, I am an independent thinker as are others. And yes, I called you a bully, which is a label. I apologize, but not too sincerely.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

Finding the real news

To The Editor: This evening, I finally had a chance to read the June 6 edition of The Bridgton News. I have to say I was thoroughly disappointed with your coverage of the Class B state track and field championship. While the second-place finish by the Lake Region High School girls track team was impressive and well worth a headline and a prominent story, the utter lack of news judgment regarding the truly historic performance at the state meet has left me dumbfounded.

I’m referring to Kate Hall’s remarkable performance at the state meet. The Lake Region sophomore broke two of the most noteworthy records at the state meet — the 100 meters and the long jump. I realize this is a sports story, but this is still an important and compelling local story — especially for a “community” paper like The Bridgton News.

So, where was this big story? Was it on 1A (the front page)? No? Was it on 1C (the School News front page)?

Nope. Was it even in the lead of the Class B track story?

Not even close. Kate Hall’s record-breaking performance wasn’t mentioned until the 13th paragraph of the Class B story on Page 7C. The 13th paragraph. Really? Guess that’s what they call “burying the lead.” I will admit, that I don’t know Kate Hall.

But, I do know a notable story when I see it. And, this was a rather notable story.

Arguably, Kate Hall’s performance at the state meet was the most impressive athletic performance by a Lake Region athlete in quite some time. Kate’s performance deserved its own story. Kate’s performance deserved a couple of photos.

Kate’s performance deserved a highlight box showing us the details on the records she broke (whose records did she break? How long have they stood? How many other

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LHRS athletes have won multiple records at the state track meet?).

And the rest of the Lake Region girls’ team deserved a separate story that chronicled its effort as a team at the state meet. There was a lot of area to cover here. And The Bridgton News missed every angle.

Lastly, this story deserved to be played on Page 1A. I know it’s a sports story, but guess what… sometimes sports stories are the best stories. And judging from what you had on the front page on June 6, it’s pretty clear that what Kate did in Bath was the week’s most notable local news story. Where’s the news judgment? You missed a great story. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again.

Dan Dinsmore Casco

No amnesty

To The Editor: At this moment, Congress is debating a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would grant amnesty to tens of millions of illegal immigrants. Both Senators King and Collins have supported it. With a single stroke of the pen, this bill transforms illegal immigrants into “legal residents” and as such rewards them with Medicare, Social Security and 80 other government programs funded by your tax dollars and mine.

The Heritage Foundation estimates that each “legal resident” will receive $590,000 worth of benefits in their lifetime.

Ironically, this bill provides these lawbreaking individuals with more rights, lower taxes and more opportunities than American citizens. For example, the bill would exempt “legal residents” from the Obamacare tax imposed on all citizens, like you and me. They simply won’t have to pay it.

And because of their “legal resident” status, businesses will not be forced to pay the Obamacare tax penalty imposed when insurance benefits are not provided to employees. Therefore, there will be a financial incentive for an employer to hire a “legal resident” over an American citizen.

Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to push this through and both are running commercials to sway public opinion. Don’t be fooled. The insidious negative implications of this bill will echo throughout our country for generations to come; and financially, we may never recover from its impact. Please call your Senator and urge them to oppose the comprehensive immigration reform bill.

Donna Dodge Denmark

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To The Editor: I would like to thank all the businesses and individuals that made the Bridgton Kendall and Anna Ham Sports Complex Grand Opening a great event.

A big thanks goes out to past and present Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group (BRAG) members, Ham board members, Troop #149, Tux Burke, Western Maine Dance and Gymnastics, Rick, About Time Graphics, parents and players of lacrosse, Minor, Major and Babe Ruth baseball and girls’ softball.

Thanks to the concession crew: Sarah Davis, Willie Angelino, Alan Carter and Denise Noone.

Thanks to the grounds crew: Larry and Dave Carter and Troy Morse.

Thanks to the bouncy house and refreshments

To The Editor: School is out, next week the Bridgton Literacy Taskforce volunteers start reading aloud to kids at Highland Lake Beach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day until Aug. 23.

The BLT needs volunteer readers.

It’s fun. The child picks out the book, you read it together, then you give the book to the child. Yes, to keep. The BLT has 1,000 books to give away around Bridgton this summer, but we need help giving books to Bridgton kids.

Anyone with just an hour to spare is urged to call the beach coordinator, Bill Brucker, at 647-5209 or text to 203-444-0901.

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To The Editor: The North Bridgton Public Library thanks the many organizations and community members who supported our annual Book, Bake & Plant sale over the Memorial Day weekend.

While the weather didn’t encourage people to stay outside, the library was still able to have a successful fundraiser due the efforts of many, including Paris Farmers Union, Kimball’s Greenhouse, Tree House Farm, Bridgton Academy, the First Congregational Church, Maine Morning Coffee, Lake Region Nursery, Audrey MacIntyre, Jack Sands, Avis Madan, Mary Whitworth, Nancy Corbeil, Shelley Thurlow and many, many other individuals who donated superb baked goods, wonderful books and beautiful plants.

We are extremely grateful to you all for your loyalty to our village library and offer our many thanks.

Susan Cole Board of Trustees North Bridgton Library

volunteers: Valerie Bennett, Diane Hunter, National Honor Society students, Jan Landry, Kristin Curley and Shena.

Thanks to the umpires for all games worked.

Thanks to LRTV, Bridgton News, Lake Region Weekly, Kevin Murphy, Wayne Rivet, businesses that were on display, Lampron’s, Muddy River, Rex Rolfe, Hayes True Value, Lake Region High School Maintenance Department, Andy Madura, and the staff for help and use of mowers and bleachers.

Thanks to the cleanup crew: Jon Evans, Larry and Dave Carter, Seth Landry and Mike Noone.

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Harlow A. Lazott

Bruce L. Hatch

FALMOUTH — Harlow Albert Lazott, 93, of Falmouth, died on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

He was born on Feb. 2, 1920, in Nashua, N.H., the son of Gertrude (Taylor) and Harlow E.A. Lazott. He attended Worcester, Mass. schools and graduated from South High School, Class of 1937. He was one of 200 applicants to be accepted in a class of 30 for admission to the Massachusetts Nautical School. Upon graduation, he applied and received a berth with the Grace Steamship Line on its South American run.

In 1940, he reported to the USS Salamonie, was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, was discharged as an LCDR in 1945 and entered the Navy Reserve. He was recalled to active duty for the Korean War and was discharged a commander. He returned to the Reserve in 1953 and retired as a captain, USNR. In January 1944, he had the good sense to marry his school sweetheart, Margaret Barnes Phipps, in New York City. After the war, they returned to Worcester and they would have two sons, Russell and David. Bud began work with IBM as a customer service engineer in the office products division. Still with IBM, after “Korea,” he became customer engineering manager for Maine until 1968 when he became field manager in Boston. In 1975, he opted for early retirement and he and Margaret moved to Waterford.

Life for Bud on Lake Keoka was ideal. He built a log home for his family to enjoy. Just about any day was a good day on the lake. Sailing provided a “spiritual” connection with water and he organized many lake regattas. Declining health would force him to move to Falmouth.

Bud is survived by his wife of 69 years, Margaret Lazott of Falmouth; his sons, Russell Lazott of San Diego and David Lazott of Worcester; as well and numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery this summer.

Please visit www.lindquistfuneralhome.com to share condolences, memories and tributes with Bud’s family.

Bryant B. Tribou Jr. LEWISTON — Bryant B. Tribou Jr., 80, of Turner, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Central Maine Medical Center of double pneumonia.

He was born April 11, 1933, in Portland, the son of the late Bryant Bertron Tribou Sr. and the late Irene (Berry) Tribou. He attended local schools and entered the U.S. Air Force and served his country in Alaska.

After an honorable discharge in 1958 from the Air National Guard with the 144th Transport Sq. with the rank of technical sergeant, he homesteaded in Alaska and made his home there for many years.

He earned his pilot’s license and flew many places there and had many interesting and enjoyable stories of hunting and fishing in Alaska. Upon returning to Maine, he built his home in Turner and worked for many years at the Libbey Mill in Lewiston.

In the past, he was a Brigade leader at the East Auburn Baptist Church and a Boy Scout leader in Turner, teaching many outdoor skills. He was a lifetime member of the NRA and a member of the American Legion Post 111 in Turner.

He is survived by his two sisters, Natalie Marshall of Hartford and Elaine Szott of Harrison; three nephews, three nieces, many grandnephews and grandnieces.

Messages of condolence may be sent to: www.finleyfuneralhome.com Funeral services with full military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 1, at the Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery Chapel, 163 Mount Vernon Road, Augusta.

If desired, contributions in his memory may be sent to: Turner Rescue, P.O. 135, Turner, ME 04282.

Arrangements by Finley Funeral Home, 15 Church Street, Livermore Falls.

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She was born on Feb. 23, 1930, the daughter of Albert and Margaret (Conley) Tetrault. She attended Portland schools, graduating from Portland High School in 1948.

Margaret worked for over 30 years as a bookkeeper for Hannaford Brothers. Margaret enjoyed playing poker with the “Club Girls” and especially enjoyed the Thursday night get-togethers with her daughter.

Margaret is survived by her husband of 61 years, Alexander Pallang III; their children, Timothy Pallang, Alexander Pallang and Margaret Trefethen; her brother, Robert Tetrault; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

At Margaret’s request, there will be no services at this time. A celebration of her life will be planned at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of A.T. Hutchins Funeral and Cremation Service, 660 Brighton Avenue, Portland. To offer words of condolence and share memories with the family, please go to www.athutchins.com

Michael T. McFarlin LOVELL — Michael Todd McFarlin, 57, passed away at home on Saturday, June 1, 2013. He was born March 12, 1956, in Bridgton.

Mike was the youngest of four children. He was known for his sense of humor and practical jokes. He had a caring and loving heart. He helped find homes for many stray and neglected dogs. He had a special talent and passion for carpentry work.

He could spark up a conversation with anyone and always put a smile on your face. The “red-headed Fred” enjoyed spending time playing softball with his brother Marty and with his dogs Jack and Lucky.

Mike was predeceased by his parents, Fred D. McFarlin and June E. (McAllister) McFarlin. He is survived by his three children, Michelle, Sarah and Joshua; three grandchildren, Liam, Declan and Amelie; three siblings, Judith McMahan of Rockland, Ricky McFarlin of Castlebury, Fla., and Marty McFarlin of Fryeburg; and his best friend Ralph Farrington of Lovell. Uncle Mike will be missed by his cousins, nieces, nephews, siblings, children, grandchildren and friends.

Services will be held Saturday, June 22 at the Lovell United Church of Church, Route 5, Center Lovell, Maine at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, 1389 Bridgton Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037.

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HARRISON — Bruce L. Hatch, 58, of Harrison passed away June 15, 2013, after a long illness.

Bruce was born in Beverly, Mass. to Lorraine and Leonard Hatch on June 27, 1954. He grew up in Massachusetts and spent part of his life in South Carolina and surrounding states before moving to Maine. Bruce married Pauline Hatch on Oct. 9, 1999.

Bruce was a man of many interests and talents. He loved working on vehicles and was known for his ability to rebuild transmissions. He owned and operated Bruce’s Automatic Transmissions in Oxford and Harrison for a number of years.

Bruce shared his love of deep sea fishing with his stepchildren and grandchildren, inviting them to get up very early in the morning to catch a ride on a charter boat for a day of adventure.

Cooking was another passion of Bruce’s. He was happiest when he had a houseful of people that he was sharing his talent with. No one turned down an invitation to eat when he was making his spaghetti sauce, prime rib or Zuppa di Pesce!

Bruce also enjoyed camping, especially when his grandchildren were able to go with him and Pauline. They spent many vacations at Jonesport, Rockwood, Moosehead Lake and camping at Fryeburg Fair.

Bruce is survived by his wife Pauline; her four children; their six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He is also survived by three brothers, Fred of Harrison, Brian (Bruce’s twin) of Waterford and Robert of Massachusetts; a sister, Shirley Clark of Harrison; and an Aunt. Bruce will be missed by his two special collies Buddy and Charley.

He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Stephen.

Arrangements are made by Dolby Funeral Home in Windham.

At Bruce’s request, no services will be held.

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WEST FRYEBURG — Priscilla E. Barton, 73, of West Fryeburg, died June 13, 2013, at home with her family by her side. She was born Oct. 3, 1939, the daughter of Edward W. and Gladys Stinson Buzzell. She was a lifelong resident of Fryeburg, and graduated from Fryeburg Academy.

She and her husband of 43 years, Alfred H. Barton, operated their farm, raising dried beans, squash, pumpkins, apples and more for their farmstand, which was a fall attraction for many families. All were greeted by her bright smile and artfully-displayed fall produce. She was involved in many local groups: Fryeburg Homemakers Extension, Christmas Club, Chatham Prayer Shawl Group, Bradley Park Committee, and she was a Girl Scout Leader when her daughters were younger. She attended North Fryeburg Community Chapel and enjoyed her many friends and family.

Priscilla was a talented painter, craftswoman, homemaker and gardener, and was willing to share her gifts and talents with others, often teaching projects at extension.

She was predeceased by her husband Alfred in 2001, and a daughter Valerie Barton Royer in 2006. She is survived by two daughters, Victoria Berry of West Fryeburg, and Jodie Hesslein and her husband Gregg of Brownfield; a brother Edward C. Buzzell of West Fryeburg; a sister Sylvia Butt of Camp Ellis; and two granddaughters, Shelby Hesslein and Anna Berry.

A graveside service will be held at the family farm at a later date.

Donations may be made in her memory to the North Fryeburg Community Chapel, P.O. Box 204,. Fryeburg, ME 04037. Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

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TOPSHAM — William “Bill” E. Traver II, 93, died peacefully on Friday morning, June 14, at his home in Topsham.

He lived many happy, vigorous and productive years at the center of a large and loving family of six children and 17 grandchildren.

Bill was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on April 4, 1920, the son of Clarence H. “Doc” Traver and Margaret Madden Traver. He grew up in Wellesley Hills, Mass., graduated from Amherst College, Class of 1942, and served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the war years. In 1946, Bill began teaching at Governor’s Academy in South Byfield, Mass., and in 1950 married Belle Hart, his beloved wife and partner of 63 years.

In 1952, Bill joined Citizens Bank in Providence, R.I., where he had a long and successful career, rising to senior vice president of Investments before retiring at age 65 in 1985. During these years, Bill and Belle lived in Barrington, R.I., where they raised their family.

An avid competitor throughout his life, Bill passed on his love of tennis, golf, skiing and all outdoor pursuits to his children and grandchildren. He skied on the Amherst College ski team in the 1930s and his first date with his wife-to-be was spent spring skiing on Mt. Washington. In the mid-sixties, Bill and Belle bought land in Sweden, and built a small second home there. Escaping to Maine for weekends of skiing at Pleasant Mountain (now Shawnee Peak) was his passion. During the summers, Bill and the family planted several thousand Christmas trees, repaired stonewalls and improved the fields and forest. Over the years, they made many friends in Sweden.

They retired to Sweden in 1986 and became active members of the growing congregation of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Bill served on the committee that found and acquired the land where the new St. Peter’s Church now stands. Bill joined the Sweden Planning Board, and was a member and board member for many years of the Small Woodlot Owners Association of Maine, where he contributed his time, considerable energy and brainpower to land stewardship and conservation in southwestern Maine.

Well into his 90s, you could find Bill cutting new trails through the woods in Sweden, cross-country skiing on winter afternoons and even hitting the slopes at Shawnee Peak. In the summer, he was almost never without a rake or a pair of pruning shears in hand.

In his later years, Bill moved with Belle to North Bridgton, where he was a founding shareholder of the Bridgton Highlands golf club.

For the last eight years, they have enjoyed living at the Highlands retirement community in Topsham, being part of the Grace Church congregation in Bath, and continuing their active, engaged lives surrounded by many friends.

Surviving are his wife, Belle Hart Traver of Topsham; their six children, Ann Swardlick of Portland, Terry Traver of Westerly, R.I., Timothy Traver of Taftsville, Vt., Sarah Ellis of Campbell, Calif., Peter Traver of Hollis, N.H. and Belle McDougall of Waterbury, Vt.; 17 grandchildren; and his brother, David M. Traver of Knoxville, Tenn.

A memorial service was held on Tuesday, June 18 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 1100 Washington Street, Bath. Interment was in the Church’s Memorial Garden immediately following the service.

Memorial donations may be made to Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF), 1536 Loomis Hill Rd., Waterbury Center, VT 05677.

Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal Street, Brunswick, where memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com

Thomas D. Barbour ALBANY, N.H. — Thomas D. Barbour, 73, of Albany, died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Born in Conway, N.H., the son of Harold “Scotty” Barbour and Mildred (Jackson) Hansen, he was a lifelong resident of the valley.

He graduated in 1958 from Kennett High School in Conway, and had worked for several different businesses until he went to work at the former Kearsarge Metallurgical Corp. in Conway. He owned and operated Tom’s Repair in Albany for over twenty years prior to retiring in 2002, and after retiring he worked part-time at Importech in Conway.

Tom Barbour had also been a selectman in Albany for several years.

Tom was an avid hunter and fisherman and he holds the state record for the largest Splake Trout, which he caught in 1981. He was a member of the Carroll County Fish, Game and Shooting Club in Madison.

Tom was a loving husband, father and grandfather. The family includes: his wife of 51 years, Arlene J. Barbour of Albany; three sons, Thomas D. Barbour Jr. and his wife Therese of Albany, Michael S. Barbour and his wife Jill of North Conway, and Joel P. Barbour and his wife Taeri of Bartlett; and his grandchildren, Hillary, Jacob, Riley, Taylor and Chase Barbour.

Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.

The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway, N.H. is in charge of arrangements.

Arlene E. Bardsley NORWAY — Arlene Elizabeth Bardsley passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, on her 95th birthday. She was born Arlene Elizabeth Sheehan in North Andover, Mass. on June 15, 1918, to William J. and Amelia Bruce Sheehan. She attended schools in Lowell and graduated from Lowell High School. Her mother passed away when she was young and she and her sister Alice went to live with an aunt in N.H. Summers were spent in North Bridgton, where her father was a chef at Long Lake Lodge. She met and later married Clayton Bardsley of Bridgton in 1935, and made her home there. Clayton, or “Pezo,” a nickname many knew him by, was an avid sportsman and introduced her to the outdoor opportunities the area offered.

She developed into an excellent marksman and was State Pistol Champion for two years. They enjoyed hunting and fishing for many years at their camp off the Saco River in Fryeburg. As her husband’s health began to fail she helped run the family business, J. T. Bardsley, Co., on Main Street in Bridgton. After Clayton’s death in 1978 she moved to Naples, where she enjoyed life until her own failing health forced her to live at Norway Rehabilitation and Living Center.

Arlene was predeceased by her husband Clayton; her parents Amelia and William; and her sister Alice.

She is survived by two sons, Joseph and wife Susan, and Thomas and wife Diane; grandchildren, Ursula Jillette, Samuel Bardsley, Joshua Bardsley and Kyle Bardsley; great-grandchildren, Caitlin, Cayla, Campbell, Camryn, Jacoby, Drew and Kara.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday, June 24, 2013 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, South High Street, Bridgton, with a reception downstairs immediately following the service. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Bridgton Public Library. Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

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Rene P. Drouin NORTH WINDHAM — Rene P. Drouin, 80, of North Windham, entered into eternal peace and the love of God’s care on June 12, 2013 surrounded by his family.

Mr. Drouin was born in Portland on April 24, 1933, the son of Blanche C. and Gideon A. Drouin. Rene’s passing marks the end of a generation.

Mr. Drouin graduated from Westbrook High School in 1948 and completed some post-graduate studies while in the military. He was a Korean War veteran, where he served in the Finance Division of the U.S. Army. Upon his return to civilian life, Rene was employed by S.D. Warren (SAPPI) where he retired nearly 45 years later.

Mr. Drouin was known for his volunteer work, he gave countless hours of his time and talent to the communities of the Lakes Region.

As a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church for over 40 years, he handled many church suppers, headed up church council, established CYO, and was a Eucharistic minister. Rene quietly supported many individuals and organizations, mainly the American Red Cross and The Good Shepherd Food-Bank. He was known as “Coach” to many Windham Little Leaguers in the 80s, as well.

Rene will be well remembered by family, friends, former colleagues and acquaintances.

Rene will be remembered as a versatile athlete during his youth and was awarded “Mr. Westbrook” for his athleticism in 1948. In his mid-life, he was an avid angler, outdoorsman and “jack of all trades.” Rene always enjoyed spending time with his family and lifelong friends, boating on Big Sebago, and just kicking back for some friendly conversation and sparring! In his later years, he would strike up a conversation with anyone he ran into and as his geography for living became smaller, he looked forward to family gatherings more and more. Throughout his life, Rene had a strong faith in God and walked quietly in his own spirituality and was covertly charitable to those who needed it.

He shared 56 years or marriage with his surviving wife, Cecile E. Drouin. He was the father of John G. Drouin of Litchfield, N.H., Roxanne D. Gagne of Raymond and Paula R. Drouin of York; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; several loving friends, neighbors, nieces and nephews.

Services were held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in North Windham on Tuesday, June 18 at 10 a.m. Online condolences may be expressed at www.blaisandhayfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: The Windham Rescue Unit — District 2, 8 School Road, Windham, ME 04062.

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Brief Local Note: The death last week of Charles Westly Brown adds another name to the long list of Bridgton’s dead for 1905, seemingly carrying many more names than any year that has preceded it. A Civil War veteran, he is the fourth that has passed away this year, of members of Farragut G.A.R. Post, and two of them past commanders.

After an illness of short duration — a couple of weeks — Mr. Brown died Saturday at his home on Kennard Street, in the neighborhood where the family has resided for many years. He was sixty years, three months of age.

He was born in Sweden, the son of Moses and Mehitable (Skillings) Brown. For more than a quarter century, the family have resided in Bridgton, and the deceased, a genial, affable man, industrious at his calling, and of wide acquaintance, became one of the familiar characters of our village life.

Brief Local Notes: Joseph Sawyer is critically ill at his home on Church Street. His granddaughter, Mrs. James Coulton, has been called to Bridgton by reason of his illness.

Dr. P.S. Burns, who has been passing the holidays here, has returned to his duties at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Local Post: A Bridgtonborn young man — a college graduate — now traveling man for a New York Daily, in going about keeps eyes and ears open. In a recent private letter to a relative, he says this, among other interesting things: “Last week I made a trip into Western Connecticut and up among the Berkshire Hills in Massachusetts. I covered thirty-two towns. If ever I saw a good argument for the Maine Prohibition Laws, I saw it in Connecticut. Every city and town had a liquor saloon on every corner; and after dark the streets of those towns were filled with dirty, sordid, unkempt looking men. I was in such cities as Derby, Ansonia, Winsted.

The saloons went well with the rest of each town, for dust and slack habits were apparent on every hand. The people did not look neat, nor as if they saved their money, the town looked unkempt,

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and the saloons were in keeping with the surrounding. No-license towns presented an exactly opposite appearance.” The Maine liquor laws, enforced, are good enough for the friends of sobriety; and Maine will make no change until forced to do so after the bitterest contest ever fought in the State of the Pine-Tree.

News Item Excerpt: John Keene, employed at the saw mill of the Bridgton Machine & Lumber Company, met with a painful accident one day the latter part of last week, catching his hand in a buzz planer and clipping off the ends of a couple of his fingers. As soon after the accident as possible, he sought medical attendance, and the wounds were dressed.

It is thought that he will lose only a portion of the fingers, one of them being clipped off near the end and the other above the joint.

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The downtown self-guided historical walking trail, which highlights some of the fine examples of Bridgton’s heritage and architecture, is ready for the public to enjoy.

The one-mile trail starts near the rear entrance of Renys at the newly installed bulletin board built by the students of Lake Region Vocational Center. Brochures with descriptions of the 26 homes and businesses, that are participating in this first phase, are located at the bulletin board. Brochures can also be obtained at the local Chamber of Commerce and at the town map on Main Street.

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NORWAY — James E. Baker, 87, of Norway passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at his residence.

He was born in Alfred on Nov. 9, 1925, a son of E. Arthur Baker and Hazel Proctor Durant.

Jim graduated from West Paris High School in 1943 and served two years in the Air Force Cadets during which time he attended the Air Force Cadet School.

Upon his discharge, he participated in many jobs, including working in the woods, delivering ice, mining feldspar, production work at Oxford Paper Co., selling Grossman Homes and owning the West Paris General Store.

He married Carolyn Nevers on June 21, 1953, and would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 21.

Jim returned to school at Gorham Teachers College, where he earned a bachelor’s of science and master’s degree in education. He taught social studies and psychology at Oxford Hills High School from 1966 to 1989.

He loved the outdoors: camping, hunting and fishing. He and Carolyn made five trips to Alaska.

He was a member of Oxford County Retired Educators, StoneSmart Legion, Oxford County Shrine Club, W.P. Masonic Club, Second Congregational Church in Norway, Maine Association of Retirees, Weary Club and a life member of NEA. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn (Nevers) Baker; daughters, Pamela Brodis of Hope, Carol Baker Roux of Lyman and Debra Ladner of Harrison; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Patricia Thurlow of Woodstock and Christine Kennison of Harrison; brothers, Larry Baker of Voluntown, Conn. and Leon Baker of Norway; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www. oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 20, at the Second Congregational Church in Norway, followed by graveside services at 1 p.m. at Lakeview Cemetery, Watson Road, Norway.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim’s memory to the Second Congregational Church’s Kitchen Fund, P.O. Box 164, Norway, ME 04268 or Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Arrangements by Oxford Hills & Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main Street, Oxford.

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— YEAR ROUND & SEASONAL PROPERTY WATCH —

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Opinions

Solo performances

(Continued from Page D) Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning — men who saw our government behaving badly (or, more exactly, not in accord with their opinions).

They acted without the guidance of some dominating figure — except maybe Thomas Jefferson.

Ellsworth and Snowden’s work has been abetted by major organs of the media. Manning is standing trial with support only from dissident media outlets although much of the press has put his Wikileaks to use on page one. The initiatives of the three men has/will change the course of government policies Now for a moment, let me jump to the other side of the barricades to present the perspective of the loyal and diligent public servant — as I once was. In my time in the State Department, it became almost impossible during a crisis to plan and to communicate under the constant threat that your cables of instructions to the field or memos of recommendations to superior officers would appear the next day on page one of the Washington Post.

If the foreign “foe” knows what you are up to, it becomes unlikely that your maneuver has much chance of succeeding. And your foreign friends will be dismayed by the lax handling of sensitive data. Foreign officials sometime succumb to the temptations of diplomats or bribes of intelligence agents to spill their beans; Americans are led to betray secrets by convictions and strong egos.

The leaker is not, of course, the only solitary saboteur of policy. Violence is a more dramatic device for grabbing the public’s attention and affecting policy. The most recent incident of that

variety was the Boston massacre in which two brothers, unhappy in their lives in the United States and weakly inspired by anti-Russian terror gangs in their home country, taught themselves how to manufacture bombs, planned where to plant them and envisioned more of the same — all by themselves. No terror cell, apparently, stood behind them to guide and help.

Aggrieved youth, acting alone — or virtually so — have also seized headlines with acts of violence in England, France and Afghanistan.

This is not to say that groups like al Qaeda don’t count; they do. It does mean that the task of preventing or blocking terror plots has become infinitely more difficult. Spending upwards of $80 billion on a multitude of intelligence agencies — as the United States does — seems to be aiming at — and missing — the solitary, determined actor.

We worry and pontificate about Islamic terrorists; we should spare a wrinkle on our collective brow for the aggrieved and alienated loner.

If we put into the same basket of “terrorists” those distraught gunners who have ended more American lives in recent years than certified terrorists, we would have quite a different problem. The killing of innocents in Newtown, Santa Monica and Colorado were, I submit, acts of terror. We also need to pay attention to lonely guys like those gunners who are increasingly disrupting our lives.

Early background checks might help identify those gunners.

PRETTY BLOOM — This colorful snapshot was taken by Alexa Hathaway of Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Naples.

Officer.

Undermining better healthcare for Maine (Continued from Page D)

hearing on the plan scheduled for June 28.

This lack of transparency

by Anthem and MaineHealth has forced other health care providers to file Freedom of Access requests to get the details of their scheme. We are asking very basic questions: Why is this being proposed? What will it cost? How does it help consumers? How can it be partly subsidized by tax dollars but exclude some taxpayers from participating?

Or is it just a scheme by

MaineHealth to grab a larger share of the health care market, with Anthem going along for the ride? If so, why are they putting profits ahead of people?

From what we do know, Anthem describes this new policy(s) as a “narrow network,” but there’s nothing “narrow” about it. Statewide, 32 of the state’s 38 hospitals are included in the plan.

Excluded are the hospitals of Central Maine HealthCare (Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton

and Rumford Hospitals) along with Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, York Hospital and Mercy Hospital.

This proposed “narrow network” also is inconsistent in its approach. All hospitals from Waterville north are included even in towns with two hospitals such as Waterville and Bangor. The “pick and choose” approach in this part of Maine is an obvious direct result of MaineHealth creating its own self-serving network.

The plan is not based on lower costs. Central Maine Healthcare is the lowest cost system in the state. Bridgton and Rumford (both Critical Access hospitals) are the two lowest cost hospitals in Maine, while CMMC in Lewiston is the lowest cost tertiary hospital. So if lower cost is the goal, why have they all been excluded from the new Anthem plan?

The plan is not based on better quality for health care consumers. CMMC was recognized as the safest hospi-

tal in Maine by Consumer Reports last year and received and “A” from the Leapfrog Group for 2013.

The only common thread connecting the hospitals and providers that are excluded from Anthem’s plan is that they compete with MaineHealth or their affiliates for patients or have opposed them in the past. Anthem and MaineHealth are trying to manipulate the taxpayer subsidized health exchange for their own gain — higher profits and increased share of the

market.

Our providers and hospitals oppose Anthem’s plan and are asking Maine people for their help. Come to the hearing in Augusta on June 28 to add your voice. Tell the

Bureau of Insurance that we need health care coverage that is affordable and accessible for all.

Let’s put people before profits.

Wenda Saunders, M.D., of Naples is a local Pediatrician and Maureen Harpell of Bridgton is a local Nurse Practitioner.

My growing concern: Just couldn’t help myself

(Continued from Page D) costs of transportation are high, and a lot of fossil fuels are burned, if not so many calories. If that system breaks down, the typical American town has only three days’ supply of food on its supermarket shelves. Then what?

• Genetically-modified food concerns some people.

A more sinister byproduct of agri-bigness (not counting my

expanding waistline) is species diversification, or the lack of it, what with the single-minded promotion of bug-resistant crops and the artificial selection of limited favored species; these choices are made not for nutritive value, but for efficiency’s sake. Consider: If all the corn in the world is of one species, and a new specialized predator comes sashaying down all the corn

rows of the world and proves impossible to eradicate, well, there goes all the corn in the world. Concern you?

Local farms, which are a foundation of diversity just because of their size and isolation, have made a slight comeback in this decade.

We’ve seen a rise of the farmers markets, even here in the Lake Region. Small local farms could provide local jobs

and honest work for those squeezed out by the worldwide hegemony of the industrial/commercial sector.

Local farms and local shops, with local people producing a good portion of what the local community needs — what a vision for America!

And local farmers won’t need any federal help, beyond the good people at Cooperative Extension Service, if the big boys don’t get their subsidies.

Remove the feds from energy

and farming; let the real markets work. Democracy and small capitalism over plutocracy and rigged capitalism — what a concept!

Nowadays, as with the rest of corporate America, agribusiness prizes efficiency over quality. Agribusiness does not care not about your health.

(Or your waistline.) You’ll eat pink slime because that’s how the big boys make their money. You’ll eat low-value junk food because Madison

Avenue will make you want it, and it can be mass-produced, and there’s more profit in it.

Giganticism is killing America. Which is ironic, because right now giganticism is America. You ask me, it’s a clear case of national suicide.

Next week, since as an American you’ll want to get in on the ground floor, Mike will tell you how to apply for your own corn ethanol subsidy.

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(Continued from Page D) saying), “Yeah, Dad, but you were clueless, I totally have this,” and then my tiny new boy barfed in my lap.

So, I probably won’t tell my son any of those things.

Instead, I will repeat the simple marching orders I was given when I was the little

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boy standing next to the big man and contemplating for the first time the enormous rope swing down at the lake: “Just grab on right here and jump.”

According to the robotic dictionary people, my son and his wife will “love” their new daughter; they will have

“strong affection for (her) arising out of kinship or personal ties.” They may even live long and prosper. Oh, I’m certain they’ll do much more than that.

She’s due on the Fourth of July.

Her dad is my best friend.

Her name is Sophie.