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Vol. 145, No. 26

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Bridgton, Maine

June 26, 2014

Water District’s future in doubt

By Emily Gillette Contributing Writer FRYEBURG — Opinions were heated at the Fryeburg Water District meeting on Tuesday, June 17, as trustees decided to proceed with four members instead of the needed five as dictated by the district’s charter.

Only four members currently serve despite Mike Corthell’s win in the June 10 elections due to his recent move from Fryeburg to Demark, which has rendered him ineligible to serve as a trustee.

“Because the district’s charter states there can be five trustees, I don’t think this can legally be done,” said runner-up William Harriman.

“Since I came in as runnerup, I feel I can be sworn in on behalf of people in the district to save the cost of a special election.”

But, the board of trustees did not share this opinion.

District trustees claim it is unable to hold another special election due to a lack of funds. Trustee Dick Krasker says that if the Water District cannot raise $1,000 amount

by February 15, 2015 they will be forced to suspend all activity.

While much of the meeting was spent arguing about whether it was legal to proceed with four members, the meeting ended in a stalemate with little progress and few answers. Concerns and commentary changed throughout the meeting from the number of trustees to questions about Nestlé corporation.

As the meeting drew to a

close, questions about having a special election were raised again.

“There’s no way we could hold an election without the town election because nobody would show up to vote,” Krasker said. “There’s very little interest in the community.”

“It sounds like you could have a special election, but you don’t want to,” said resident Sherri Billings.

Krasker will find out what the Maine Board of Elections says and if there is a need for a special election it will be held, but as of yet there have been no new developments.

The question as to whether the Water District will continue seems to still be up in the air.

In a letter to the editor in this week’s edition (see Page 1D for full letter), Krasker — writing on behalf of Water District trustees John Weston, James Oliver and Jeanette Almy — said, “I have recently talked individually with the other three trustees and we have agreed that change may be due and will plan for this as follows: On Nov. 4, in conjunction with the town and state elections, the Water District will hold a special election for five trustees positions: two for the remaining terms of John Weston and Dick Krasker, expiring in June 2015; one for the remaining term of Jeanette Almy, expiring in June of 2016; and two for the remaining term of James Oliver and the vacant position expiring in June of 2017.” He WATER, Page A

Recount changes write-in vote tally

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer A five-way tie for Bridgton Planning Board Alternate resulted from a recount of the June 10 election, and it will now be up to the Bridgton Board of Selectmen to decide whether to fill the vacancy or not.

The recount was requested by resident Richard Danis, who was a write-in candidate to fill the vacant position of three-year Planning Board Alternate. The original tally had present Planning Board member Dee Miller winning with three votes, with a twovote tie among write-ins Roxy Hagerman, Thomas Harriman, Peter Oberg and Phyllis Roth.

Danis’s name wasn’t listed in the original tally, but when the votes were recounted June

18, Danis received two votes, as did Miller, Harriman, Roth and Oberg. Hagerman received one vote in the recount, which was overseen by Town Clerk Lori Chadbourne.

Planning Board Chairman Steve Collins said Monday that it is the Board of Selectmen, not the Planning Board, that appoints a planning board member to fill a vacancy. The board currently has one alternate, Adam Grant, but board rules call for five regular members and two alternates.

However, said Collins, selectmen may, in this case, simply choose not to fill the second alternate position. The town is checking with the Secretary of State’s office to receive guidance on how to proceed.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Bob Neault has put his “heart and soul” into the Naples Causeway.

While that is not a literal statement, as the Causeway Restoration Committee (CRC) Chairman, Neault has literally logged thousands of hours into the planning and construction process that transformed one of the most visible sections of Naples.

“Everyone in my office knew it had to be this way. I couldn’t half-do this project.

It was all or nothing,” Neault said.

“I cannot even begin to calculate the hours,” he said.

“During the start of it, we met every Wednesday night from 6 to 9 p.m. Then, we had meetings during the day a couple times a week. As the design phase progressed, there were road trips to visit contractors, and see various things. As construction started, there were MDOT (Maine Department of Transportation) progress meetings,” he said.

“There were continuous phone calls. I was always getting phone calls to weigh in on what was coming up,” he said.

“Everyone knew that there would be issues to address.

It was difficult for work product to flow through my office RESIGNS FROM CAUSEWAY COMMITTEE — Bob because of the time I was devoting to the Causeway,” he Neault stands outside his law practice on Tuesday eve- said, adding “I had to adjust my practice.”

RESIGNS, Page A ning.

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Disorderly or not?

Chief preps report on housing complaints

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bridgton Police Chief Kevin Schofield is preparing a report on repeated police calls to an apartment building at 3 Fowler Street that will serve as the basis for a determination by selectmen as to whether its landlord, Anthony Numberg, is in violation of the town’s Disorderly Housing Ordinance.

Nearby neighbor Roxy Hagerman would say the question is a no-brainer.

At Tuesday’s selectmen’s meeting, she said the neighborhood has been suffering for years because of the conduct of certain tenants who rent there. She wondered whether the town was even recognizing the Disorderly Housing Ordinance anymore. The ordinance calls for remedial action if there’s been three or more police calls to the address

in 60 days.

“We’ve had 10 visits in a two-week period,” said Hagerman. She said it’s very upsetting “when you have to live next door to something like this.”

A review of the police log in the past few weeks bears Hagerman out. Most of the calls have to do with loud music being played, but in many instances the caller or callers report that tenants at 3 Fowler are fighting and screaming at one another and appear to be intoxicated.

Hagerman said the problem has been going on for years.

In an interview held 15 months after his arrival in Bridgton, Schofield said he was aware that his department had sent Numberg at least one letter, in 2010, warning him he may be in violation of the Disorderly Housing Ordinance.

But he said Numberg told him he had resolved the problem by talking to his tenants.

Schofield said in that interview that most of the complaints, which he called “quality of life complaints,” aren’t serious enough to be considered disorderly, either under the local ordinance or under the criminal definition of disorderly conduct.

A disorderly house, under the ordinance, is defined as one in which, in three or more instances over 60 days, police have responded to conduct that is “unreasonably disturbing to residents of neighboring properties.” Such conduct, the ordinance states, includes “loud music, excessively loud or unnecessary noises emanating from within the dwelling which is audible outside the HOUSING, Page A

Say goodbye to railroad cars On-street Depot parking dropped

IMPROVEMENT PLAN — Milione & MacBroom, the engineers that produced this site plan of Depot Street improvements, will also be preparing a set of drawings for contractors, when bids go out in the next few weeks.

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer The Narrow Gauge Railroad will be taking back possession of the two train cars now stationed in front of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce building on Portland Road. Railroad Executive Director Donny Carroll told the chamber the cars will be removed on Friday, July 11, between 7:30 and 8 a.m., and taken to their new museum, located in Gray.

The cars were installed on loan in front of the chamber office with much fanfare in 2009 by Bill Shelley, the primary backer of a movement to convince the Narrow Gauge Railroad to relocate their Portland operation to Bridgton.

Shelley believed Bridgton was the best choice because the Narrow Gauge line once went through Bridgton, with a depot on Depot Street at the former Memorial School, that includes a long stretch of the original rail bed, still intact.

Narrow Gauge officials will also be bringing a “track guy” to remove the rails the train cars are sitting on, said Chamber Executive Director Sue Mercer. “This will be an historic event!” she said. Mercer added that once the cars are gone, the chamber plans to landscape the area out front.

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer There won’t be any onstreet public parking in front of the Bridgton Community Center when Depot Street gets a makeover this fall, said Anne Krieg, Bridgton’s Director of Planning, Economic and Community Development.

Engineers from Milone & MacBroom initially thought they could put eight parking spots on the left side of the center as it faces Depot Street.

But, a closer look, said Krieg, revealed issues with setting the grade for such parking, with Corn Shop Brook being so close nearby.

Those eight spaces were the only on-street parking

proposed for the project, which runs from Main Street to Corn Shop Brook. It was incorrectly reported earlier that parking spots were going to be provided next to the first entrance to the town parking lot, but those five spaces are, in fact, owned by Elegance Salon, and are non-public.

Krieg said salon owner Kelly Pike plans to pay the contractor to pave those parking spaces when the six-week job gets underway either the last week in August or the first week in September. Renys, as well, will cover costs for paving its four parking spaces by its side entrance.

Krieg said the owners of commercial buildings across from the Community Center

aren’t upset about the lack of on-street parking, because they have said they would rather have a sidewalk than parking.

The town will be going out to bid in the next few weeks on the project, which will include sidewalks on both sides of the street except from the Renys’ side entrance to Main Street,

where the street is too narrow, she said. Bidders will be asked to give different cost estimates depending on the quality of materials used for the streetscape amenities, such as LED lighting, curbing, benches, street trees and imprinted asphalt crosswalks.

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Bus service extended to Bridgton

NEW ROTARIAN — Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club recently inducted its newest member, Cindi Hooper, innkeeper at The Noble House Inn on Thursday, June 19, 2014. Shown from left to right are Faye Daley (her sponsor), Cindi Hooper, and Holly Dvorak, Rotary Club president.

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Bus service is coming to Bridgton.

Regional Transportation Program will be expanding its Portland-Naples bus service by coming to Bridgton as of Monday, July 14.

“It’s a pretty exciting endeavor and I’m happy it’s happening,” Anne Krieg told Bridgton Selectmen at their Tuesday meeting.

RTP began its 22-passenger bus service in November of 2013 from Naples to Congress Street in Portland, with stops in Casco, Raymond and Windham.

Krieg said reports to date indicate the service is used by a fair amount of commuters, along with some seniors and students.

“At $3 for the ride, you can’t drive to Portland any-

more for $3,” she said.

Pickups and drop-offs in Bridgton for morning and afternoon runs will be from the parking lot beside the Bridgton Community Center.

RTP will also be working with state transportation officials to add more stops along the way.

In other discussions and action at Tuesday’s meeting: • Bernie King was elected as chairman, replacing Doug Taft. Taft will serve as vicechairman. The board also revised its meeting procedures by agreeing that any action that is tabled will be listed as new business at the following meeting, so that additional public comment may be heard. No additional public comment, however, will be taken after a motion is made and seconded.

• The board agreed to allow

the Ecumenical Clergy Group for Bridgton area clergy to use Highland Lake Beach to hold a free supper on three different Tuesdays, July 15, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16, from around 5:30 to 7 p.m. Some singing and/or words of inspiration may be part of the event.

Selectmen directed Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz to advise the clergy group not to set up too close to the public beach and boat landing, and to make sure they have insurance for the event.

• The board accepted the resignation of Karen Eller from the Board of Appeals.

• A Safety Enhancement Grant for $1,287 was accepted so that the Bridgton Fire Department can buy traffic cones and barriers to block off roads in the case of emergencies or other events.

• A consent agreement was

This will give residents time to take out their papers as well as allowing the town to get the candidates on the November ballot.

According to Town Manager Dave Morton — as outlined by the town clerk, advertising for the board seat should occur at least 45 days prior to the election, which gives candidates time to take out papers. The selectmen could vote to have that period shortened — a month in advance of the polling day.

Regardless, the agreed upon time frame means that there will be a vacant seat on the board for four full months — or roughly eight more meetings.

This has not posed a problem so far.

“Right now, we are off to a rip-roaring start with 4-0

votes,” said Selectman MaryVienessa Fernandes.

According to Morton, the board had a couple options available to it. The board could set up a special election to get the seat filled as quickly as possible or it could wait and hold the election in conjunction with the November election, he said.

Morton estimated the cost of a local election to be between $800 and $900.

“Doing it with the November election, there would be no additional cost because we are doing it anyway,” he said, adding there would be a minimal cost to get candidate’s names added to the 2014 ballot.

Selectman Hancock weighed in on the matter.

“Given a poor turnout and the cost, a special election is

not as viable. By November, there might be some people interested in running,” Hancock said.

Selectman Grant Plummer asked the town manager if residents had expressed any concerns about the board operating without a fifth person.

“I haven’t heard any concerns, only interest. Some people have asked me, ‘What if there is a tie vote?’ Some people thought (the board) could appoint the fifth person. It is more an issue of curiosity than concern,” Morton said.

The board made a motion to accept the four-member selectmen committee, and to schedule an election for the fifth board member in November. The vote was unanimous.

Also, on Monday, Fernandes relinquished her role as chairman, and nominated Plummer for the position of chair. The vote was FIFTH, Page A

Casco board seeking fifth selectman

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — As two new members joined the Casco Board of Selectmen for the first time since Town Meeting, nothing was amiss, but something was missing.

Currently, there are only four people on the five-member board.

This spring, two seats

were up for new terms; and those were filled by Holly Hancock and Calvin Nutting during the Primary Election held on June 10. Additionally, former Selectman Ray Grant tendered his resignation from the board in late May. On Monday, the board opted to hold the election for a fifth selectman during the November polling date.

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• The board adopted a Humanitarian Policy allowing residents who suffer loss of property and/or possessions to obtain items from the Bridgton Transfer Station’s Reuse 2 Recycle Store at no cost.

• The board agreed to turn over funds from the Reuse 2 Recycle Store to support the fireworks fund, on those months when no outside agency has signed up.

• The board revised town policy on outstanding balances of contractors using the transfer station by stipulating that accounts must be paid within 15 days of being billed, instead of allowing payment within four months.

Violators would be placed on a C.O.D. billing status, and the revisions will be reviewed in six months.

• The estimated tax rate following budget approval at Town Meeting is $14.11, which is 58 cents over last year.

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Casco awards two road bids

Depot Street (Continued from Page A) stamped to look like brick) is proposed for the walkthrough lawn area between the parking lot and the street, as well as for the concrete sidewalk borders. Whether one or the other will be used will depend on how the bids come in, Krieg said.

The town has already paid Milone & MacBroom $30,000 for design planning work, and their contract will be extended to compile the set of drawings that contractors will bid on. A total of $360,000 has been budgeted for the project, which includes $235,000 from Community Development Block Grant Funds and up to $125,000 in TIFF funds.

“It’s a great use of block grant funds,” said Krieg, who said she is excited about the project. As a planner, she said, “It’s going to be really nice to see something completed.”

Water District

(Continued from Page A) added that donations totaling $800 need to be collected

by Aug. 1, and if that fails to occur, “all operations of the Fryeburg Water District, including elections will be suspended.”

If sufficient funds are received, nomination papers for each of the three terms will be available at the town office on Aug. 15. Nominations papers will be due by Sept.

15. Absentee ballots will be available at the town office

by Oct. 1, with the election to be held Nov. 4 at the Legion Hall between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

“Once votes have been counted and certified by the current District clerk, resignation letters from each of the four current trustees will be given to the District registrar of voters, along with all District records, checkbook and computer. It will be up to the new trustees to meet, elect officers, make needed changes at the Norway Savings Bank, and decide the way forward,” Krasker wrote.

“On behalf of all those who have served as trustees of the Fryeburg Water District over the years, I would like to express our thanks to the voters for their trust and confidence. We have enjoyed our time of service and wish the new trustees well in the future.”

On the other hand, a bid to purchase the tax-acquired property on Route 11 was given to the highest bidder.

After all, that bid amount equals revenue for the town.

Additionally, the bidder offered to assist with building an alternate driveway for residents living off Coffee Pond.

Actually, Doug Webster — who owns the land adjacent to the parcel located at 618 Poland Springs Road — adjusted his bid to match the highest bidder.

The three bids received by the town were for $6,601 and $5,600 and $5,150.

Therefore, Webster’s offer was $501 less than the highest bid.

Last month, Webster offered the board a proposition. At the time, the board tabled the issue.

Webster said he would buy the tax-acquired land, and use an 800-foot right-ofway to build a new road. The road would cross his existing property, too, he said.

The current driveway, Coffee Pond Road, is incredibly steep, with an entrance from Route 11 that seems to drop out of sight. During the winter, it becomes even more difficult for drivers to navigate. Also, the exit from Coffee Pond Road onto Route 11 offers a very limited line-of-sight on a hilly, dangerous curve.

Webster has applicable experience as a planner in the Town of Falmouth, he said.

His concept was to coordinate with the Coffee Pond Road Association, using its funding and his property to construct a safer roadway.

Webster’s originally asked for more time than the allotted thee months to remove the burned building on the lot. Last month, he cited finances as the reason for the requested delay.

Vice-chairman MaryVienessa Fernandes spoke in opposition of the land deal.

“Number One: The building has been standing for too long. Number Two: It is an eye sore. Number Three: BIDS, Page A

ON THE MOVE — Signs of progress being made at The Historic Moses Pharmacy on Main Street in Bridgton were evident last Thursday as owners, Julie and Rick Whelchel and their team, rolled a 15-foot glass display case and counter down Main hill to storage. Stay tuned for more store details!

SAD 72 weighs student placements

By Emily Gillette Contributing Writer The SAD 72 School Board discussed kindergarten placement for students in the Brownfield-Denmark Elementary School (BDES) for the upcoming school year at the last meeting, June 11.

Currently, there will be 25 children entering kindergarten this fall at BDES for one classroom.

Principal Mark Schrader put forth a solution that would send seven children from Brownfield to C.A. Snow School to shrink the number of kids in each class from 25 to 18, a much more manageable size.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve addressed class size between schools,” Schrader said, “but we’ve never had to do it on this large a scale before.”

Other ideas were also thrown around that would keep the seven children in BDES, such as adding a second kindergarten class, using the art room and art class would be “on a cart.” The

issue with that, as Principal Schrader pointed out, was that he would be forced to shorten class time by at least 10 minutes per class.

Issues with choosing which students would attend C.A.

Snow School were that five students already had a sibling enrolled in BDES, and that except for one Brownfield resident and one Denmark resident, BDES was the closest school in proximity to

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Chief preps housing complaint report (Continued from Page A) dwelling, boisterous parties, fights (including domestic violence) or the arrest and conviction of persons at the dwelling for conduct which constitutes a crime or a civil infraction.”

Each of the three calls within the 60-day period need to be substantiated by police as examples of conduct that could lead to a find-

ing of disorderly house, the ordinance states. If selectmen reach such a finding, a consent agreement will be drawn up ordering the landlord to either control the disorderly behavior by tenants or have them evicted.

Penalties for violating the terms of the consent agreement range from $100 to $2,500 for each day the violations continue to occur.

their location.

“If they already have a family member at that school, I don’t even think they should be looked at,” said board member Chris Mattei.

After lengthy discussion, the school board decided to move the seven closest students that do not currently have siblings enrolled in BDES to Snow School.

Next meeting: The next school board meeting will be Wednesday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at Molly Ockett Middle School.

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Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz said, after Schofield submits his report, selectmen will hold an evidentiary hearing at which both sides will have the opportunity to present evidence on whether the ordinance has been violated.

The board will then issue a ruling. It will be the first time such a hearing has been held since the ordinance was

enacted seven years ago.

Selectmen agreed to hold the hearing at a special meeting and not at a regular selectmen’s meeting.

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On Bridgton Police blotter These incidents appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter between the dates of Monday, June 16 and Sunday, June 22 (This is only a partial listing).

Monday, June 16 11:28 a.m. Police attempted to locate an elderly man who was operating his electric wheelchair in the middle of the road on Kansas Road, near the cemetery.

1:15 p.m. A black pit bull came onto property on North High Street and was cornering people in what was described as an ongoing problem.

Tuesday, June 17 11:12 a.m. A car hit a dog in front of the Chamber of Commerce building on Portland Road. It was injured but was able to limp away.

1:55 p.m. A patient at a doctor’s office reported being sexually assaulted. Officer Jones investigated.

1:57 p.m. A box truck was stuck in a ditch and was blocking off half of the road on North High Street, just past the Mountain Road.

4:08 p.m.

Officers McCormick and Jones responded to a dispute over the alleged theft of a pressure washer from a Main Street residence.

5:11 p.m. A public works crew removed a tree that fell down across the road on Del Chadbourne Road.

Wednesday, June 18 11:13 a.m. A tree fell across the road near the corner of Choates Hill Lane and South Bridgton Road.

2:10 p.m. A blonde-haired male, wearing a gray T-shirt CRASH SCENE — A Denmark man was injured last and dark jeans, was seen stagweek when his bicycle went off this stretch of Route 302 gering down Route 302 near Lake Region High School in in Fryeburg.

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3:09 p.m. Officer Jones investigated a report of a male and female that left blood behind after being in the bathroom at a Main Street business.

6:47 p.m. ATVs and dirt bikes were reported roaring up and down Ballard Street, heading toward Smith Avenue.

7:03 p.m. A resident of Upper Ridge Road had six guinea hens in his yard. He said they were friendly.

7:27 p.m. A man from a repossession company came to McDonald’s Restaurant to repossess an employee’s vehicle, but the employee wouldn’t let him take it.

Police were called in to mediate.

9:11 p.m. A car hit a deer near the corner of North High Street and Sucker Brook Road.

10:46 p.m. Bridgton Police assisted the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department in subduing a mental patient at Bridgton Hospital.

10:52 p.m. Officers Welsh and Smolinsky responded to a report of a domestic assault on Tenney Hill Road in Casco in which a female was hurt.

Thursday, June 19 7:22 a.m. A resident of Spencer’s Point on Long Lake reported seeing a yellow lab sleeping on her dock. The dog ran off toward town.

9:55 a.m. A patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Bridgton Hospital was threatening to leave the hospital.

Friday, June 20 8:04 a.m. A 60-year-old patient at Bridgton Health Care was out of control and was threatening to kill peo-

Truck startles cyclist on Rte. 302 Fryeburg Police and Rescue, at 2 p.m. last Thursday, June 19, responded to Bridgton Road (Route 302) just east of Stanley Hill Road in an area commonly known at Hapgood Hill for a man down on the side of the roadway.

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Moments before the call, it was determined that Lanoue was riding his bicycle west on Route 302 down Hapgood Hill when a tractor-trailer truck

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Fryeburg Rescue transported the patient to Bridgton Hospital, where he was later transported to Central Maine Medical Center via life-flight due to the severity of his injuries. The tractor-trailer and its driver did not stop and were not identified.

“The contour of this stretch of roadway is extremely dangerous for pedestrians and bicyclists. The shoulder of the roadway where this occurred does not offer cyclists with a smooth transition off the pavement,” said Acting Chief

of Police Joshua Potvin. “We have no reason to believe that the tractor-trailer truck operator would have even known about the bicyclist crashing behind him due to the curve in the roadway. The law requires motorists to give bicyclists at least three feet of clearance when passing. We are told by a witness that the truck gave the bicyclist more than enough room. Although the crash is still under investigation it appears that there are no pending charges at this time.”

Potvin added, “Mr. Lanoue was not wearing a helmet, which may have reduced the amount of injuries he sustained. We wish him a speeding recovery.”

Police are asking anyone who may have information about this incident to call Fryeburg Police Department at 207-935-3323.

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A fifth selectman needed in Casco (Continued from Page A) 4-0, with Plummer hesitating to cast a vote for his self.

In turn, the board decided Fernandes was the best person to serve as vice-chair — given that Hancock and Nutting were getting up to speed with current issues and policies of the selectmen.

As she parted with the gavel, Fernandes spoke.

“It has been a humbling experience. I have loved being part of the creative ideas and thinking outside of the box,” she said.

“Dave (Morton) and I have met diligently for the past two years. We have met weekly,” she said.

Fernandes said that with her campaign for the District 66 House of Representative seat, she would not have the time to fulfill the role of board chairman.

At the end of meeting, Cumberland County Commissioner Susan Witonis offered congratulations to Fernandes for what she had accomplished during her role as chairman.

“Mary, thank you for the job you have done. It is not an easy job; it is not an easy task,” Witonis said, adding she has first-hand experience, having served in that capacity locally.

“I see the board going ahead; and, I want to thank you Mary,” she said.

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5:40 p.m. A 3 Fowler Street resident reported being attacked by his wife. There were no injuries, and no weapons.

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6:45 p.m. A fluffy tan shepherd mixed breed dog was found on Route 302.

8:26 p.m. Officer Reese responded to a report of domestic violence at 3 Fowler Street in which a male and a female were screaming and swearing.

10:33 p.m. Juveniles were seen going through campers on Lakeside Pines Road. One male was detained by campground officials.

Saturday, June 21 2:24 a.m. A dead deer was reported in the road in front of Goodwin’s Cemetery on South High Street. There were pieces of the vehicle that hit it all over the road.

9:33 a.m. Police assisted with a fire in a treehouse at 106 Ring Farm Road.

11:12 a.m. A red-haired juvenile on Main Street was reported to be making threats to kill other children.

11:47 a.m. A singlevehicle rollover occurred near Bridgton and Peabody Pond Roads in Sebago, near Gyger’s Orchard.

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Bridgton Library news Here’s what’s happening in July at the Bridgton Public Library: • Feast on spaghetti, salad and Italian bread, homemade desserts and ice cream at the Annual Spaghetti Feast, Thursday, July 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School. Come enjoy some great food and stay for the fireworks.

• Friends’ Book Sale on the Courtyard, Saturday, July 5, 9 a.m. to noon. Lots of great books at great prices.

Rain date is July 12.

• Fizz Boom Read!

Summer Reading registration starts July 8. Look for the all the great activities on Facebook, the library website or stop in and pick up the schedule.

• Friends of the Bridgton Library meet on Tuesday, July 8, at 1 p.m. New members are always welcome.

• Sign up for Junior Naturalists, a collaborative summer-long program with LEA for preschool through third grade, to discuss and explore the natural world.

Signup for this program will be held during Summer Reading Registration week. The program starts Wednesday, July 9, and will be held every Sassy and Blue Creator Ellia Manners and Firefly Boutique Owner Jessica Jones. Wednesday through Aug. 20

at 10:30 a.m.

• Local author Caroline Grimm discusses her new book Beneath Freedom’s Wing, about Maine’s role in the Underground Railroad and abolition movement, on Friday, July 11, at 3 p.m. This is the second book in her Voices of Pondicherry, Maine series.

• The Center for Wildlife presents a live animal show, “Raptors, Reptiles, and Mammals,” on Tuesday, July 15, from 1 to 2 p.m. They will introduce some of Maine’s native wildlife species and explain how they relate to our ecosystem. Learn up close many exciting facts, such as how animals adapt, utilize tools and hunt. This program is for all ages and is free.

• Rufus Porter Museum interns will talk about inventions on two Fridays, July 18 and Aug. 8, at 2 p.m.

In two workshop sessions, participants will discover the

many wacky inventions of Rufus Porter, including flying machines. Each session will include a related craft creation segment.

• The Bridgton Bookies Adult Book Group will discuss Lowland by Jumpha Lahiri on Wednesday, July 23, at 3 p.m. Books are available at the library. The Bookies welcome new members and suggestions for good reads.

• A Mad Science Show will be offered on Tuesday, July 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. It’s an exciting show, with experiments, chemical reactions, bursting molecules, combustible gases and plenty of fizz!

Come early, as this event will surely fill up quickly. This event is for all ages and is free.

• Mother Goose Story Time happens every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy stories, games and crafts with LIBRARY, Page A

Pie sale Saturday HARRISON — The Harrison VFW Ladies Auxiliary #9328 will be selling their delicious homemade pies in front of the Harrison Village Library this Saturday, June 28, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until sold out or 12:30 p.m., whichever comes first. Pies will be sold for $12 each. Donations are also welcome.

New children’s line — A little sassy and blue ing thrift shops and yard sales, could easily be re-purposed to create a truly unique garment.”

She added, “Once I made one dress, there were endless possibilities. I started cutting everything up, even my own clothes! I have turned my personal fabric hoarding and love of sewing into creative clothing design. When a dress comes together out of my piles, shreds and closet, I feel ecstatic. It is a natural high!”

No two dresses could possibly be the same. The seamstress selects and combines her selection of colorful fabrics

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(Continued from Page A) The building is a liability to the town. Number Four: It would be against the board policy of awarding (land purchase) to the highest bidder,” she said.

“There are too many variables,” she said.

“My solution would be to accept the highest bidder,” she said.

Selectman Calvin Nutting asked if the plan was that the burned building be razed.

“The requirement of bid was that the building be removed within 90 days. So, yes,” Town Manager Dave Morton said.

“We had estimated that for town to remove building would be in the $7,000 to $7,500 range,” Morton said.

Webster offered to dispose of the unsafe structure on the property according to the town’s timeline.

“I would be willing to go an additional $500 and to

honor the removal” of the building, he said.

Selectman Holly Hancock asked if policy would allow the board to accept a bid change after the bidding deadline.

“If we allow the extra $500 offer, do we have to offer that to other bidders?” she said.

Morton said that decision was up to the board.

“I like the possibility of being able to change that road. For personal and emergency vehicles, it is ugly,” Hancock said, adding “If the road association members are go-getters, there may be an opportunity for grants.”

The board accepted Webster’s offer to raise his bid and raze the structure in 90 days.

Although, there is no timeframe for building an alternate road for Coffee Pond residents, Libby Road residents should be delight-

ed when road work is done where they live.

Glidden Paving was awarded the contract, bidding lower than three competitors: RN Willey and Sons Excavating, AH Grover Inc., and K and K Excavating, Inc. According to Morton, the Libby Road project is a continuation of work done last season.

“It would begin where we left off at the brook and end at Quaker Ridge Road,” he said.

“We have a failure with a culvert at the beginning of the road,” he said, adding that will be fixed.

The town’s RFPs also requested bidders hold to a time frame.

“We requested that the project start 14 days after consultation with the town, and then start the surface paving no later than Sept.

15,” he said.

along with doodads, trims and buttons.

“The look of hand-gathered ruffles is far superior to anything a machine can make.

They are never totally even and that adds to the creative look,” she said. “A button or flower may cover a stain and be in an unusual place. There is no telling what might end up where!”

Ellia began sewing when she was 7. “My first project was a green plaid apron that I ‘made’ for my grandmother.

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didn’t know to sew the edges.

I was proud of myself but she was not impressed! She immediately took me to the sewing machine for my first tutorial,” she said.

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Firefly Boutique proprietor Jessica Jones has embraced “Sassy and Blue” as a partner with open arms. When Ellia delivered her 19th creation to Firefly, Jessica’s eyes widened and she breathed in.

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Firefly Boutique, the trendy shop at 82 Main Street in Bridgton, has teamed up with “Sassy and Blue” to feature a new line of handmade girl’s dresses.

Made of recycled fabrics and re-purposed clothing, Sassy and Blue debuts this warm weather season with dresses that are guaranteed to bring a grin.

“It’s all in the fabric combinations,” says designer Ellia Manners. “If you piece together an old sheet, pair of jeans, lace from a gown and fabric scraps, you are going to get some-

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Naples Library corner NAPLES — School’s out, and it’s getting busy at the Naples Public Library. Sign up today for the Summer Reading Program and pick up your schedule for events on three levels: children, teens and adults.

Here are a few events included in the schedule: • Tuesday, July 1 — Make your own Gemstone Ring, 6 to 7 p.m. Ivy Jordan, proprietor of Water’s Edge Gallery & Studio in Bridgton, will talk about gemstones; what they are made of and where they are from. She will teach how to make our own gemstone rings with the technique of wire wrapping. You will choose your own stone from her collection and then wrap it with silver or copper wire into a beautiful ring.

This workshop is available for children and adults 10 years and older. Registration is required and there is a $10

materials fee.

• Wednesday, July 9 — Edible Landscaping Class, 6 to 7 p.m. Betsy-Ann Golon of Common Folk Farm will talk about the various flowers and plants that can be grown in an edible garden and that will encourage butterflies and other pollinators. Register at the Circulation Desk.

• Friday, July 11 — Weather Wonders, noon to 1 p.m. WGME’s meteorologist Charlie Lopresti will talk about the weather and what it means to be a meteorologist.

Children and adults should register at the Circulation Desk.

Adult Library The Maine Humanities Council “Let’s Talk About it” Book Discussion series is under way. There are three more books in the series: • Wednesday, July 9 — Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1:30 to

Sandy Bell art at Hobbs Library LOVELL — Center Lovell artist Sandy Bell is currently exhibiting a new series of paintings at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell.

The show, “More Local Color,” will continue through Labor Day. All paintings, oil and acrylic on canvas or wood panel are suitably framed, and are available for sale. The artist will contribute 30% of each sale to the library.

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• Wednesday, July 23 — The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Casco Public Library.

• Wednesday, Aug. 6 — Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers, 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Naples Public Library.

Pick up a book at the library today and join the discussion.

Friends of NPL If you support the library’s mission to the community and would like to be involved in activities like the Duck Drop, House Tour or Yard Sale, join the Friends at their meetings every other Monday at 1 p.m. In July, they will meet on the 7th and the 21st.

Mah Jongg The library’s mah jongg classes went over so well this spring that participants have set a weekly evening to play a couple of games.

Drop in at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evenings and join this enthusiastic group of mah jongg players.

Scrabble Join others for a game of Scrabble at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays each month.

Children’s Library • Tuesdays — Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m.

• Thursdays — Musical Storytime, 10:30 a.m.; Read to Bear the Therapy Dog, 4:30 p.m.; Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m.

For Teens (ages 11-17) The Summer Book Club runs June 24 until the end of August. Read one, two or all three of the titles.

• Tuesday, July 15 — Dr. Who Party, 5 to 7 p.m. Watch two episodes and munch on Dr. Who-themed food.

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NEW K9 TEAM IN THE AREA — Maine State Trooper Jonathan Russell poses with his new K9, Gus. The two recently completed a 14-week training program to certify them as a team. Trooper Russell and Gus are part of Troop B in Gray and are assigned to patrol the area in and around Oxford Hills, the Lake Region and Androscoggin County. Trooper Russell lives in Harrison. Searching for suspects, clearing buildings, finding evidence and looking for lost people are some of the assignments they will do as a team. and be in on all the fun she has planned for the summer.

Upcoming Events • Red Cross Blood Drive — Tuesday, July 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register in the Adult Library and browse the magazines and the newspaper while waiting your turn in the Bloodmobile, parked at the curb.

• Annual Yard Sale — Saturday, July 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations may be dropped off at the Town Gym after 7 p.m. Friday, July 11.

If you have large items that

need to be transported, call the library to make arrangements.

• Mini-Art Sale — Saturday, July 12, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Matted paintings donated by local artists will be on display and for sale at the Town Gym. • Annual Library Public Meeting — Thursday, July 17, 7:15 p.m.

• House Tour — Thursday, Aug. 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale at the library and the Country Sleigh. Tour seven homes in

the Lake Region area.

For further information on these and other activities at the Naples Public Library, call 693-6841, check the bulletin board in the foyer, visit www.naples.lib.me.us or sign up to receive the monthly e-mail newsletter. Summer hours from June 27 to Aug. 29 are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesdays from 2 to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library will be closed on Friday, July 4. Enjoy the celebration!

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She says she will talk about “what she has learned about love from Maine’s Game Wardens” and other aspects of the job from her unique perspective as one of Maine first Warden Service chaplains.

Rev. Braestrup has developed a substantial following in Maine through her work with the Maine Warden Service, in which she counsels and consoles families as they deal with fear, loss, and grief. As an author, she has

a national following for her authentic voice and personal musings on the nature of loss and faith. Her powerful autobiographical book, Here If You Need Me — the story of her husband’s early death, her decision to enter the ministry to complete his own neverrealized retirement plan, and subsequent faith journey — was a New York Times bestseller. She also has published Beginner’s Grace: Bringing Prayer to Life, most recently, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity, and a novel, Onion.

A popular speaker in faith communities throughout Maine, Rev. Braestrup sees strength in, and reason

for optimism for the survival of rural churches in New England. The most vibrant of them, she says, “see themselves as instruments by which to effect positive change in the world, rather than as ends in and of themselves.”

She also believes that these small rural churches shouldn’t worry too much about their demographics being heavyweighted toward those aged 50 and older. “That’s how it’s supposed to be,” she says. “That’s the time in life when you’re supposed to be contemplating issues of faith — when you have the experience to know the questions, and the time and wisdom to contemplate them.”

Rev. Braestrup will entertain questions after the event in the Wilkins House.

Everyone is welcome to both events. Refreshments will be served.

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WATERFORD — The Waterford Congregation Church will welcome popular author and pastor, the Rev. Kate Braestrup, to the 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, June 29.

Rev. Braestrup, an ordained Universalist Unitarian minister and a chaplain with the Maine Warden Service, will bring her wry, wise, unpretentious, and unique view of faith to the Sunday gathering.

Her sermon is entitled “On Kissing Judas,” in which she will explore “how we fail at love, and how love can overcome our failures.”

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‘Hooking’ demo Edna Olmstead, one of the crafters from Bridgton Arts & Crafts, will be doing a demonstration of rug hooking on Saturday, June 28, at the store located on Depot Street in Bridgton. Demos will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 to 4 p.m.

Rug hooking is a vintage craft that has its roots in the Canadian Maritime provinces and the New England states.

It originally was a craft of poverty, since the rugs were created to add warmth to floors and stop drafts in the home.

These rugs had grain sacks as their backing, and cut strips from whatever cloth fabrics were available. Then, with homemade hooks, loops were pulled through the backing to create a rug. Later on, stencils were developed that allowed for intricate patterns and cloth was hand-dyed, all of which led to beautifully hand-created rugs.

As wall-to-wall carpet came into style, the need for handhooked rugs began to fade away. There were those who continued to hook and many who refined the craft to a higher art form by developing patterns, styles and techniques, which convey all manner of creative expertise. Today’s rug hooking offers many different styles, and the rugs are just as often found on a wall as on a floor. Bridgton Arts & Crafts actively teaches and educates in an effort to save and revive this craft before it, too, becomes lost to us.

Olmstead, originally from the Canadian Maritimes and now residing in Maine, comes from a family where rug hooking was passed down from previous generations. Her hooking style is primarily traditional, but she has enjoyed hooking in primitive wide-cut and fine-shading styles. She hooks with 100% wool fabrics, and uses many hand-dyed EXHIBITOR Daniel Paulding poses with his family. wools in her rugs. Examples of some of today’s styles will be on display, and anyone interested is invited to sit a minute and see how easy it is to pull some loops.

Bridgton Arts & Crafts will be holding additional demos during the summer; stop in the see their schedule for upcomGallery 302 is excited to tional fine art masters and has ing events. welcome Daniel Paulding of incorporated some of their Parsonsfield. Although Dan time-honored techniques in enjoys charcoal, pastels and his work. Dan prefers tradiwatercolor, his most recent work tional subjects: still lifes, figis primarily oil on canvas. ures and landscapes. Dan is With a University of fortunate to have the support Southern Maine degree in of his family, and they are Art Education with a con- often subjects in his work. centration in painting, Dan Gallery 302, a cooperahas extensively studied tradi- tive gallery with over 40 art-

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(Continued from Page A) Malaria Report 2011), this disease now claims a life in Africa every 60 seconds. Imagine No Malaria is an effort of the people of The United Methodist Church, in an effort to end preventable deaths by malaria in Africa, especially the death of a child or a mother. As a life-saving ministry, Imagine No Malaria aims to empower the people of Africa to overcome malaria’s burden.

For almost 200 years, The United Methodist Church has operated hospitals and clinics throughout Africa. Many are in hard-to-reach places, beyond the reach of many aid organizations, sometimes even governments. The church currently operates more than 300 hospitals, clinics and health posts throughout Africa that offer life-saving resources like rapid diagnostic tests and malaria medication.

One major outreach of the Imagine No Malaria campaign is called Nothing But Nets, by which bed nets are distributed to fight malaria. Started in 2006, Nothing But Nets is a simple, proven solution to a deadly problem. For a family in Africa, a net can mean the difference between life and death. Every $10 can protect a family and save lives. To date, Imagine No Malaria is responsible for the distribution of 1.2 million insecticide-treated bed nets throughout the continent.

More than 5,400 community health workers have been trained to personally deliver mosquito nets and measure usage rates. Recent efforts in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo have produced net usage rates exceeding 80 percent. Users are shown how to use and care for a bed net, and when to seek treatment for the disease. In addition to word-of-mouth outreach, the United Methodist radio station in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) broadcasts messages about malaria to thousands of listeners each day.

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Join Casco and Naples Recreation for a Senior (+60) Trip to Sea Dog Brewing Co. for lunch, followed by an unbelievable show at the Maine State Music Theatre of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.”

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Neault resigns from committee (Continued from Page A) “The Causeway was very dear to me; and, I think that it was something that I had to do for the town. And, I enjoyed doing it,” Neault said.

This month — four years after the committee was formed — Neault resigned from his role as chairman.

The Bay of Naples Bridge and revamped Causeway has not only been the talk of the town, but it has been recognized as the winner of a couple awards.

In January, the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce named Neault the recipient of the Community Service Leadership Award.

The chamber’s annual awards banquet offered a chance to tout the Causeway project.

“It was a nice night, a good opportunity for other businesses and other members of the chamber to learn about the Causeway,” Neault said.

“It was a pat on the back to the whole committee. All of us put time and energy into the project,” he said.

More recently, the Naples project was named as the first-place winner of the northeast regional America’s Transportation Awards. The Causeway reconstruction project won the award for small projects (under $25 million) in the category of Quality of Life/Community Development.

Neault was thrilled when he heard the news, especially since the northeast region includes not only the New England states but spans to Virginia and Washington, D.C. He said the prestigious award will be a boost during the fundraising phase for continuing projects slated for the Causeway.

Neault said there is ongoing work including a roof for

Continuations the amphitheater that was built in 2012, and upcoming features like a children’s splash park, a recycling waterfall near the Causeway Marina property, and a heritage park to educate people about the history of locks on the Songo River.

“These designs are in flux, but they are part of the original design,” he said.

Neault’s primary reason for resigning from the CRC is the need to refocus his complete attention on his business, the law practice of Robert Neault and Associates, where he is the sole attorney.

“I need to spend more time on my business and family,” Neault said “I can see with a new town manager, there are going to be a lot of hours to get people caught up. I just cannot continue to put the time I have committed already toward the ongoing effort,” he said.

(In mid-June, longtime Naples Town Manager Derik Goodine left his position for the town manager job in Bucksport. Meanwhile, the Naples Board of Selectmen chose Denmark Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak, a resident of Naples, to fill the vacancy.)

Neault’s role as chair was often that of a diplomat and negotiator.

“The part of the process that I enjoyed a lot was to get us, as a committee, to a point where everyone felt comfortable saying what they wanted to say. They were able to put their ideas forth without fear, and reach a consensus,” he said.

Most recently, residents from Belgrade Lakes have sought Neault’s advice. As occurred in the town of Naples, when talk first began about replacing the swing bridge, an upcoming construction project in Belgrade Lakes has created factions among its residents.

The people from Belgrade Lakes visited the Causeway, and listened to Neault speak from experience.

“One of the first things we did was a workshop.

People came in and said what was on their mind; they were not stifled in any way. We ran it as a town meeting; and everyone had the opportunity to speak. Then,

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The Causeway was very dear to me, and I think that it was something that I had to do for the town.

And, I enjoyed doing it, — Bob Neault we narrowed down the similarities and differences,” he said.

“We discovered a lot more similarities than differences in terms of the overall goal for how Naples should be,” he said.

During the construction period, which hit its height between 2010 and 2012, Neault said he had to be aware of what he wore as often he was outdoors on the construction site when it was muddy, icy or snow-covered.

Now, what has been constructed, a fixed bridge and a Causeway with public greenspace, provides a wonderful backdrop for multiple activities.

“On the typical evening, I think we see more people spending more time on the Causeway itself. We see a lot of families with strollers. Folks are able to pass right by each other and not feel crowded,” he said.

For Neault, the crown jewel on the Causeway is the amphitheater.

He said Goodine’s going-away party was held on the third floor of Merced’s on Brandy Pond.

“The view from upstairs, looking at the amphitheater from across the river, was the most talked about topic,” he said.

“It was so pretty, and most people hadn’t seen it from that angle,” he said.

“For me, my favorite part of the Causeway, it would have to be the amphitheater. I hope it gets used — a lot,” he said.

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The Bridgon High School Class of 1950 recently held their 64th reunion at Tom’s Homestead Restaurant in Bridgton. Those attending were Gerald and Elaine Smith and Beverly Parsons Martin, Harrison; Milton and Betty Moynihan Cross and Fay Kilborn Moynihan, Bridgton; Lewis Delano, East Hartford, Conn.; and Rachel Bacon, Naples.

Sharing pictures and memories with an enjoyable meal made a pleasant evening. They also prepared cards to many who couldn’t attend, and to mates surviving those who passed away. MAKING THE CUT — An employee with subcontractor DME Construction, of Bow, Plans for another year will be N.H., produces various lengths of lumber. The future Dunkin’ Donuts store in Naples is starting to take shape as the summer progresses.

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THEME: America Remembers LINE UP: 1:00 p.m. at Tony’s Foodland/ The Umbrella Factory parking lot located at Rte. 302 in Naples

All display advertising due by Thursday, July 3rd at 4 p.m. for the July 10th edition.

All classified line ads, calendar of events and editorial copy due

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Please expect delays beginning around 1:00 p.m. and continuing throughout the evening. For those of you who plan to join us,

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The Bridgton News Office will be closed Friday, July 4th.

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We encourage everyone to drive carefully and wish you all a safe & fun-filled July 4th holiday.

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Interested in being in the parade or volunteering?

Contact the Naples Town Office, 693-6364.

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Fourth of July in Bridgton

Concert listings Thursday, June 26 Music with a Mission will welcome the Grove United Methodist Church Youth Choir on Thursday, June 26, at the North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. concert.

FMI: 892-7149.

Concerts by the Lake feature singer/songwriter Danielle Miraglia from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Noble House Inn on Highland Road in Bridgton. Suggested donation is $10-$15, with all donations benefitting the musician. Danielle sings with a Gibson guitar with a Delta-blues style.

Perennial favorite Dan Moore will be in concert at 7 p.m. at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts, Christian Ridge Road, Lovell.

A complimentary concert with singer/songwriter Carolyn Currie will take place at Deertrees Theatre form 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. as part of the theatre’s Season Launch Open House to launch their six-week season.

Friday, June 27 The Lord’s Hill Meeting House, Effington, N.H. will host monthly Friday night concerts from late June to September. This night it’s Sam Southworth and Friends, a perennial favorite. FMI: 603-539-4071.

Saturday, June 28 Maine comedy provided by Tim Sample, Maine’s “humorist laureate,” will be offered from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lake Region High School in Naples. The show is a fundraiser for two great organizations — the Bridgton Historical Society and the Rufus Porter Museum.

Tickets are available at the Bridgton Historical Society, the Rufus Porter Museum, and Bridgton Books.

The Sacopee Valley Community Band and the Town of Hiram will host the 34th Annual RB Hall Day at the Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, 291 South Hiram Road, South Hiram. The day offers over 12 hours of continuous music from local musicians. FMI: 625-3530.

The Portland String Quartet will give a classical music concert at 7 p.m. at Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Works by Mozart, Bartok, Debussy and more. FMI: 926-4597.

“Light the Garden” at the Alan Day Garden, 26 Whitman Street, Norway, will include garden tours and music by the Northside Ramblers at 7:30 p.m. FMI: 346-0708.

Maine’s Favorite Quartet, Made in America, plays American favorites at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark, at 7:30 p.m. A $10 donation is suggested.

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Bridgton’s festive Fourth of July Celebration is just around the corner.

The fun begins on July 3 with a Spaghetti Feast from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School. Tickets for the dinner cost $8 adults, $4 children ages 3-10, and kids under 3 free. Then the Bridgton Community Band Concert takes place at the Gazebo beside the school at 7:30 p.m. Finally, the everpopular fireworks will happen at dusk. Local organizations will be serving food and drinks.

Friday, July 4, the celebra-

tion begins with the hugely popular 4 on the Fourth Road Race, with the starting line at 8 a.m. on Main Street, beside Food City.

The Greater Bridgton Lake Region Rotary’s 15th Annual Duck Race will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Stevens Brook on upper Main Street in Bridgton. The first place duck wins $500, the second place duck wins $250, and the third place duck wins $100. Tickets cost $5 and will be sold at Renys on weekends and at the fireworks on July 3.

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Tim Sample’s gently humorous stories about New England life highlight the importance of the narrative of communities. He frequently ties stories to the features of Maine communities that his listeners can all identify, such as the tensions between locals and people from “away.”

“Humorists such as Tim Sample…are doctors of the human soul. These are the ones…who keep our world whole,” notes the North Conway Reporter.

The Bridgton Historical Society and the Rufus Porter Museum are delighted to host a performance by Tim Sample this Saturday, June 28, at 4 p.m. at Lake Region High School. Tickets for this “Wicked Big Tim Sample Event” are $20 and are available at Bridgton Books and at the Bridgton Historical Society and Rufus Porter Museums.

Online ticket sales available through the

Rufus Porter Museum’s website, as well as at Eventbrite. com, and a limited number of tickets will be available the day of the show.

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Rufus Porter Museum and the Bridgton Historical Society. The show has been generously underwritten by Chalmers Insurance, Norway Savings Bank and individual donors.

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All cars and trucks must be out of Hancock Lumber by noon, as the gates will be locked for the weekend. For more information, call Bob at 647-4280.

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Friday, June 27 The annual Strawberry Festival takes place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the East Conway Community Hall, a quarter-mile from Sherman Farm in East Conway, N.H. Besides strawberry shortcake, there’ll be salads, hot dishes, cold cuts and drinks. Adults pay $10, children under 7 pay $7. The event benefits the East Conway Community Hall. FMI: 603-939-2262.

Saturday, June 28 A Fireworks Pancake Breakfast will be served from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge on Route 117 in Bridgton.

The $8 donation benefits Bridgton’s fireworks fund.

Join others for the Sensational Summer Saturday Night Supper from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Casco Village Church, 941 Meadow Road, Route 121 in Casco. There’ll be beans, casseroles, salads, rolls, beverages and fresh strawberry shortcake, all you can eat.

A Free Community Meal will be served from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Christ Chapel, 37 Northern Pines Road, off Route 85 in Raymond. The menu is Swedish meatballs, casseroles, salads, chicken soup and desserts.

A Bean Supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Sebago Methodist Church on Route 114.

The North Conway Congregational Church offers a Strawberry Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds of the church in North Conway Village, N.H. FMI: 603356-2324.

Monday, June 30 The public is invited to the Lovell Historical Society’s annual dinner at 6 p.m. at Ebenezer’s Restaurant and Pub in Lovell. Tickets are $20. For reservations, call 925-3177.

Tuesday, July 1 A Public Supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Waterford Congregational Church, Route 35, opposite Melby’s Market. Adults pay $8, children under 12 pay $4, for a meal of homemade casseroles, salads, baked beans and strawberry shortcake.

Thursday, July 3 A Lobster Roll Sale to benefit the BRAG Recreation Complex starts at 4 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. Rolls are $10 each, 3 for $25 and includes chips.

The Bridgton Public Library’s annual Spaghetti Feast takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. Tickets at the door are $8 for adults, $4 for kids age 3-10 and under 3 free.

Friday, July 4 The Lovell Lions Club will serve a 4th of July Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Grange Hall on Route 5 in Lovell.

The kickoff to the 61st year of Waterford Summer Breakfasts gets underway at the Wilkins Community House at Waterford Flat with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast of freshly-baked muffins, eggs, pancakes, donuts, coffee, tea, and orange juice and real Maine Maple Syrup. Cost is $7 adults, $4 children 5-10 and under 5 free.

Saturday, July 5 A Firemen’s Turkey Pot Pie Supper will be served by the Ladies Auxiliary from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Sebago Town Hall, Route 107, Sebago. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children age 10 and under. Proceeds benefit Sebago Fire and Rescue Departments.

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Stuckey has always brought art into her life and life into her art. As a teenager she studied various forms of art at Deering High School, and made silver jewelry in a studio in Ogunquit.

“The images that come up in my paintings are of places where I have had long staring sessions. Some reference places I have known since early childhood. Living my life along the forested coastal and Lakes Region of Maine, the essence of the landscape has great personal significance for me. My feelings of gratitude for the elemental world are vividly at the heart of my intentions for the paintings in this series.”

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On Friday, the fun starts with the 4 on the Fourth Road Race starting beside Food City at 8 a.m., a Duck Race at Stevens Brook at 11:30 a.m. and the 4th of July Parade on Portland Road and downtown Main Street that starts at noon. The chance to win as much as $500 comes with the Bridgton Lions Club Ball Drop at 2 p.m. at The Commons Driving Range. See the article in this week’s paper for more details.

Friday, July 4 Hiram will be celebrating its 200th Birthday with a 4th of July jam-packed with activities starting at 10 a.m. in the village. There’ll be a parade, craft, book and bake sale, raffle items and face painting. FMI: 625-3530.

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ANNIE CAST MEMBERS — Front, left to right: Brian orphan in alternating shows); back: Emily St. John, Lucy, Kevin Lucy, Liza Collins-Schrader, Alegra Bartlett, Sarah Douglas, Jessica Frum, Katie Edwards and Jenna Teresa Dyer as Grace, the secretary, and Jordan Kara Moxcey, Alanna Nataluk, Rachel Frum, Fiona Moxcey.

Brosnan, Margaret MacLeod (who plays Annie and an Meier as Annie.

LR Community Theatre to present Annie

By Leigh Macmillen Hayes Lake Region Community Theatre is pleased to announce that its summer musical will be Annie.

Director Mary Bastoni has cast more than 30 people ages 8 and up in this play based on the comic strip character, Little Orphan Annie (played by Margaret MacLeod and Jordan Meier). Because there are so many talented orphans, Bastoni

has double cast some roles in the show. At a recent rehearsal, she told the cast, “You did an overall great job. This is coming together beautifully.”

The fiery orphan’s story unfolds in New York City during the Great Depression. The young optimist is determined to find her parents, who abandoned her on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the despicable Miss Hannigan (Susie

Mosca).

Annie’s hopeless situation takes a dramatic turn when she meets Oliver Warbucks (Craig Holden), his sweet secretary Grace (Teresa Dyer) and a lovable mutt named Sandy.

But…watch out for Miss Hannigan’s evil brother, Rooster (Derrek Schrader) and his female accomplice, Lily (Savannah DeVoe).

Then, there’s the beloved

music — including Tomorrow, You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile and Easy Street. One of the best-loved musicals of all times, you’ll surely find yourself humming, singing or whistling these tunes for at least a week after attending the show.

Annie is based on the book

by Thomas Meehan. With music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, the

musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

The show dates are July 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m., July 13 at 2 p.m., July 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and July 20 at 2 p.m.

All performances will be in the auditorium at Lake Region High School.

Major sponsors for the show are Norway Savings Bank and

Hancock Lumber.

Tickets are $16 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under.

They are available at Raymond Village Florist, Krainin Real Estate in Raymond, Naples Public Library, Hayes True Value Hardware, Bridgton Public Library, Books N Things in Norway and Papa’s Floral in Fryeburg.

Get your tickets today for this family-friendly musical.

Concert listings Sea is inspiration for this artist

Concert on the Village Green at 6 p.m. in Naples Village with M.J. Brink, folk singer/songwriter, at 6 p.m.

Figures of Speech puppet theater company brings alive Mary Shelly’s classic, Frankenstein, at 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. A $5 donation is suggested.

Wednesday, July 2 Come to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, to watch a “Live in HD” performance simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Time is 7 p.m., tickets are $18 adults, $15 seniors, $10 students. FMI: 935-9232.

Saturday-Sunday, July 5-6 The Bethel Art Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Bethel Common, features performances by troubadour Brad Hooper, the Ukelady Mary Christine Hargreaves, singer-songwriter Doug Alford, Just Us Two guitar duo, dancer Debi Irons and more.

The Bradley Park Concert Series begins in Fryeburg with a 7 p.m. entertainment show by Derek Small and his “Wildlife Encounters.”

Sunday, July 6 Relax at a Naples Concert on the Village Green at 6 p.m. in Naples Village with local singer Tux Burke singing country and music of the 50s and 60s.

Saturday, July 15 The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, in its 42nd season, begins with a 7:30 p.m. Beethoven Fest performed by the Beethoven Symphony and Orchestra.

The festival runs through Aug. 12 at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. For reservations, call 583-6747.

DENMARK — The works of artist Richard Keen will be on display at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark, with an opening on Friday, June 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. On Saturday, June 28, Keen will offer a workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to demonstrate encaustic applications and techniques. The workshop fee is $10.

Keen’s work comes from the sea. His distillations of oceanic forms and the natural phenomena of the sea pulsate with the rhythms of life underwater — which is where Keen spends much of his time as a professional salvage and repair diver. His surroundings thus become both subject matter and vehicle for abstraction, as he explores discrete elements and pioneers a unique iconography related to seascapes and working waterfronts.

Folk Festival update (Continued from Page B) slots,” VFF organizer Lucia Terry said. “Friday’s music is in open mic format as it was last year, so even if you don’t want to sign up ahead of time, plan to come and do your thing!”

Activities are starting to shape up! Still looking for people to participate and help.

Vendors are signing up for the Festival Marketplace on Saturday. Space is still available for more vendors and VFF members hope for some more local folk to join in.

“Come on Bridgton, Harrison, Naples, Otisfield, Bolster’s Mills, Casco, Denmark, Sweden, Lovell, Brownfield, Fryeburg, Raymond! We know there’s lots going on! Bring it here to the Folk Festival on Saturday, Aug. 23 and show it off!” Terry said. “Call or message for packets or pick one up at the Community Center.”

Watch here in The News over the next few weeks for news of what’s happening for food, for music, for crafts, for activities, for entertainment. Plan to be there for sure — but better yet, plan to participate! This is your Festival!

Village Folk Festival Planning Team: Lucia Terry at terry.lucia@gmail.com Bear Zaidman at bear15@roadrunner.com Roger Lowell at Roglowell@gmail.com Linda Cooper at lintcoop@yahoo.com Grace Keef at gracek@nahgaclaims.com Carrye Castleman-Ross at carrye22@gmail.com Ken Murphy at kenmurphy1945@yahoo.com Tina and John Pollock at gems@geoenviro.com

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At Saturday’s workshop, Keen will show how encaustic painting, using tinted waxes, can be a valuable asset to any studio practice for building surface, enhancing color, and fixing collage. Students will learn studio safety, how to mix colors, fuse surfaces, and other best practices.

Students should bring Xerox photocopies, assorted paper, old drawings, inkjet photos and anything that they hope to incorporate into their encaustic work.

Keen has 15 years of experience in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking.

Beyond creating visuallyengaging and pleasing works of art, he strives to stimulate a visual dialog with viewers that encourages them to consider the connections between memory, environment and objects in their own lives.

Arts & Crafts

Friday, June 27 The works of artist Richard Keen will be on display at an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. Keen will offer a workshop the next day.

Saturday, June 28 The Bridgton Firefighter Wives will hold a Craft Fair/ Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bridgton Fire and Rescue’s Central Station. FMI: 332-0594.

Throughout the day, Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester, will present a Folk Festival featuring free, traditional, Shaker-style craft demonstrations from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and a Concert by the Portland String Quartet at 7 p.m.

FMI: 926-4597.

Casco Public Library’s first annual Vintage British Fair takes place from noon to 4 p.m. at the Casco Community Center. It will feature fairy gardens and handmade crafts.

Edna Olmstead, one of the crafters from Bridgton Arts & Crafts, will be doing a demonstration of rug hooking at the store, located on Depot Street in Bridgton.

Friday, July 4 Frost Farm Gallery on Pike’s Hill Road in Norway will hold a First Friday reception, meet and greet the artist from 5 to 8 p.m. featuring Mainescapes by Michelle Stuckey, in a show titled “From the Heart and Hands.” Michelle’s paintings focus on scenes she has known since early childhood, while

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TINTED WAXES — or encaustic painting is used by artist Richard Keen to evoke his inspiration, the sea. An opening of Keen’s works will be held on Friday, June 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, with a workshop the next day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Saturday-Sunday, July 5-6 The Bethel Art Fair takes place on the Bethel Common from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Expect to be dazzled with fine paintings, lovely handcrafted jewelry, sumptuous fiber arts, magical blown glass, stunning woodcarving and much more.

Saturday, July 12 The 47th Norway Arts Festival will fill Main Street, Norway, with fine artwork and photography from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday, July 12-13 The North Conway Public Library will be hosting a twoday Outdoor Art & Craft Sale in conjunction with their gigantic annual book sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. FMI: 603-3562961.

The Chickadee Quilt Show, in its 35th year, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. Over 100 quilts will be on display. FMI: 647-5197, 693-3854.

Saturday, July 26 Naples for the Arts and Lake Region businesses present their annual Arts and Crafts Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Causeway in Naples.

Along with arts and crafts will be live entertainment all day at the Amphitheater, sections for health and wellness and animals, children’s entertainment and face painting.

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Area Events Take a little time to visit Masons, Lions, Rotary Pancake Breakfast

A Fireworks Pancake Breakfast will be held on Saturday, June 28, from 7 - 10:30 a.m. at the Bridgton Masonic Hall on Route 117. This is the third year of the benefit breakfast as a joint effort of the Bridgton Masons, the Bridgton Lions Club and the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club. Come and enjoy a delicious breakfast while supporting the Bridgton annual Fireworks display. Cost is an $8 donation.

Harrison Lions Club Car Show June 29

HARRISON — Are you are classic car enthusiast or just someone who is looking for something to do on a Sunday with your family? Come and join the Harrison Lions at their car show on Sunday, June 29 at Crystal Lake Park in Harrison. Registration is from 8 to 11 a.m., with a registration fee of $5 per car. There are 21 classes including Antiques, Best of 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and up. Motorcyles, 2 and 4-WD Trucks, Foreign, Mustangs/Cougars, Camaros/Firebirds will be presented.

There’ll also be an Odds ‘N Ends Class, and concessions will be available. This event is free to the public.

All proceeds are used for community programs such as senior luncheons, Christmas for Kids, scholarships, and the local food pantry.

Bridgton Community Band practice

The Bridgton Community Band will rehearse for summer season at Stevens Brook Elementary School at 7 p.m. Monday, June 30. Wind musicians young and old are welcome. Concerts start Thursday, July 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Gazebo next to the school, and Wednesdays thereafter into August. Call 647-5266 for more information.

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The family of Laurie go out to Polly Racheal A. Carter Bergen and Bacon and Phyllis Hoyt, BRAG are working very who have been under the hard at Bridgton’s recreweather with pneumonia ation complex. Please take and almost pneumonia,

by Cheryl Harmon a few minutes to stop in respectively.

Naples Correspondent on your way to or from June birthdays are Bridgton. Headed south, Marie Delisle, Elaine 207-210-7337 this is right on Route 302 DeMasse and Sandy scoopharmon01@gmail.com before the Bridgton DriveFredericks. Have a most in. This is what all this wonderful day. money has been raised for In May, a wonderful to have a really nice place where lots of different games turkey dinner with all the fixings was put on by the ladies can be played. of the Bridgton Methodist Church. It is always a great Fundraisers that are coming up are a lobster roll sale meal. The Red Hat ladies then voted on restaurants to with chips on Thursday, July 3 at 4 p.m. at Stevens Brook eat at, as follows: June 27, 11:30 a.m., Ruby Slippers in Elementary School in Bridgton. The lobster rolls are $10 Harrison; July 25, Sandy’s Flight Deck in Naples Village; each, or three for $25. On Saturday, Aug. 9, they will Aug. 22, Mack’s Place in Bridgton; Sept. 26, Ricky’s be having a five-mile road race from Lake Region High Diner in Bridgton; Oct. 24, South Paris Congregational School to the Ham Recreation Complex. Each racer is Church in South Paris. November’s restaurant has yet to asked to raise $15 or more to make the run. On Saturday, be decided, I’ll let you know. On Dec. 12, the lunch will Aug. 23, there’ll be a coed softball tourney. Cost is $200 be at Tom’s Homestead on Main Hill Bridgton. for a team of up to 12 people. For more information or to Jolene, Dale and Nichole Parady and I went to get forms, call Lyn Carter at 408-2833. Thank you all for Massachusetts to see Dale’s daughter, Patience, in her first your continued support. recital. She was so good — age 4 is a good age for this.

The Red Bonnets are sending out get-well wishes They did tumbling and a few dance steps for the whole to Polly Glavine. She has had surgery on her shoulder. group. It reminded me of when Jolene was that age and She is starting therapy now. Quick recovery wishes had Wanda for her teacher.

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Talk: ‘Crisis on the Border’

Bob Casimiro of Bridgton will give a presentation called “Crisis on the Border” starting at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 1, in the main room at the Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot Street. Casimiro will show pictures and findings of his latest of his six trips to the Mexico border, with discussion to follow. Donations will be accepted.

Historic House Tour in Harrison

HARRISON — The Harrison Historical Society will meet on Wednesday, July 2, in the United Parish Church parking lot to go on an unannounced House Tour. The tour should be very interesting and informative. The Society’s next meeting will be on Aug. 6 at the museum.

Food Ministry Distribution July 6 in Bridgton

The Lake Region Vineyard Church will hold a Food Ministry Distribution on Sunday, July 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at 402 Main Street in Bridgton, near the ballfield.

Prepared food will be available to eat in or to take home, along with several perishable, nonperishable and frozen items. The food ministry is open to anyone who wishes to be blessed with good quality food. For more information, call Dana Masters at 831-0737.

Songo River Queen Excursion is July 10

NAPLES — The Bridgton Alliance Church will host their 4th Annual Songo River Queen II Excursion down Long Lake on Thursday, July 10. Proceeds will benefit a clean water well in Mali, Africa. On the upper deck, there’ll be a sing-along led by the Bridgton Alliance Worship Team, with contemporary Christian tunes and some old favorites. Suggested donation for the two-hour cruise is $10 adult; $5 children; $25 family maximum.

Tickets are available through the church office, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., or by calling 219-0391 to reserve.

Brownfield Lions Dance June 12

BROWNFIELD — The Brownfield Lions Club will hold a dance on Saturday, July 12, from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Lions Den, Rtes. 5 and 113 in Brownfield.

Music will be by Deejay Don for this 21 and older dance, which is BYOB. Cost is $10; there will be a 50/50 and a bottle raffle, and proceeds will benefit the Brownfield Lions Community Projects Fund. For more information, call Earl at 935-2911.

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SLL Music Festival events 2014 HARRISON — SebagoLong Lake Music Festival has announced plans for its 42nd season. Chamber music concerts will be held Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on July 15, 22, 29 and Aug. 5 and 12 in Harrison at the historic Deertrees Theatre, known for its woodland setting and superior acoustics.

Community concerts are planned for South Paris, Bridgton, Chebeague Island and Harrison. The Festival is known for its imaginative, diverse programs — music to delight all — designed

by Music Director Laurie Kennedy. Whether you are a fan of Beethoven, British music or Benny Goodman, you will find music to love.

This summer, musicians are coming from the LA Philharmonic, the Cincinnati, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Omaha and Portland Symphonies; the New York City Opera and Ballet; the Orpheus and St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestras; The Boston Chamber Music Society; Apollo’s Fire; UCLA, and the University of Iowa.

These performers are stars in the world of music.

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Program III, July 29 — The Demon From dreaming sensuousness to disturbing violence to cheerful optimism, this program is truly a study of contrasts. Voyage, for flute and strings, by distinguished contemporary American composer John Corigliano, portrays a view of a sensual, pleasurable heaven, inspired

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Fryeburg rescue gets new ambulance The Fryeburg Rescue has a new 2014 ambulance to add to the present fleet of vehicles.

The Chevrolet Express G4500 AEV Trauma Hawk-type 3 ambulance came just at the right time for the rescue’s busiest season.

The vehicle was manufactured in Jefferson, N.C., and purchased through a professional vehicle corporation in Rumford. The policy of the rescue is to replace vehicles after 15 years of use, so the newest addition replaces one of those vehicles. With the acquisition of this piece of equipment, the fleet now includes three other ambulances, an ATV for difficult

terrain and the rescue boat.

The boat and ATV are a plus when it comes to incidents on the Saco River during the summer season.

Fortunately for the rescue, through fundraising donations, small grants and some Fryeburg Rescue money, the ambulance is owned free and clear. As the Rescue serves Fryeburg, Brownfield, Lovell, Stow and Chatham as well as mutual aid, the number of calls is rising every year. The rescue serves all the towns with great proficiency, responding to emergencies and offering CPR courses and Basic First Aid. The Rescue Barn is staffed daily from 8 a.m. to 5

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The money and support from the towns they serve is greatly appreciated, and gives Rescue Chief Stephen Goldsmith room to improve those services to the towns.

The new unit will be available for inspection in August, when the Rescue will hold a barbecue at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. Look for that date.

The Kezar Country Club will be again sponsoring a Junior Golf Clinic from Tuesday, July 8 to Wednesday, July 23. This clinic is open to youngsters 15 years of age or under. Lessons will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The golfers will be instructed in small groups, with emphasis on rules and the game. To register, get a form at the Clubhouse and return it with the $10 entry fee to the golf course on July 8. This is a great chance to get the feel of the golf game. The instructors are very good with younger kids, and it’s lots of fun. Maybe we’ll find a new Tiger.

The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library is continuing it’s collaboration with the Lake Kezar Country Club with its Swinging for the Library program. The library will provide a $5 coupon for anyone who would like to play golf on Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. The coupon goes toward the price of a round of golf.

For every coupon used, the course will give the library $5.

For the library, it’s a win-win situation, and the golf course is being used during a period that is usually quiet. For those who would like to take advantage of the offer, pick up a coupon at the library.

A reminder that the library is looking for softball teams for the tournament on July 5. If interested, contact the library.

It’s not too late to consider taking part or helping to make the Fryeburg 4th of July parade and festivities the best in the state of Maine. As was seen with the Memorial Day Parade, there are lots of kids out there who are creative enough to put something together for the parade. There

must be kids out there who can help as volunteers for the Patriotic Pie eating contest — which means we need pies.

To get in the swing of the holiday, it would look great if the parade route was festive, with the buildings being decorated for the day. Of course, lots of stuff to do mean volunteers are needed. So if you’ve got that holiday spirit to help celebrate the forming of our nation, call Jean Andrews at 925-1163 or e-mail frogalley@fairpoint.net. You can also call Katie Malia at 9358946 or via e-mail at klmalia@hotmail.com The Brick Church for the Performing Arts will be holding a Children’s Theater Camp the week of July 14- 18.

To enroll for this fun activity, contact Lily Bayrock at brickchurchtheatercamp@gmail. com The Greater Lovell Land Trust’s first talk of the summer season will be on Wednesday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the library. The speaker will be Matt Arsenault, who will explain the life of sedges.

Sedges are grass-like plants that grow in wet places. Matt will simplify the identification of sedges, which are the largest family of plants in Maine.

GLLT’s first walk of the season will be on Thursday, July 10, when folks will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Chip Stockford Reserve for a full moon walk. The docent will help you investigate the full moon and the evening sky.

Feel the senses working while wandering around with only the moon for light. Hear the

night birds and sense the odd feeling of the night with others. The walk will be moderate, but expect uneven ground.

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Fifth graders at the New Suncook School took part in the school’s Award Ceremony June 13, when students and community members were acknowledged for their hard work and achievement.

The awards were presented as follows: Presidential Achievement Award, Ava Chadbourne, Margaret Powers, Christina Scheid and Andrew Wisniewski; Citizenship Award, Shelby Purslow, Jade Blood, Billy Jack Scheid, Sasha Maguire, Margaret Powers, Kayrin Johnson, Ava Lyon, Shelby Pelkie, Charlotte Ackerman, Rachel Frum. Christina Scheid, Luna Barrionuevo and Dana Hamlin; Physical Education Award, Luna Barrionuevo, Kayrin Johnson, Shelby Pelkie, Shelby Purslow and Christina Scheid; Band Award, Olivia Martin, Emily Sakash and Simon St. Pierre; Music Award, Will Galligan, Shelby Pelkie, Simon St. Pierre and Eden Swasey; Art Award, Charlotte Ackerman, Chandler Adams. Preston Batchelor, Luna Barrionuevo, Ava Chadbourne, Kayrin Johnson, Angel Lucky, Ava Lyon, Olivia Martin, Maxwell Marshall, Shelby Pelkie, Margaret Powers, Gabrielle Ramsey, Brooke Rousey, Christina Scheid and Simon St. Pierre; and Volunteer Recognition, Lori Pelkie. To all the 5th graders, good luck at Molly Ockett School.

(Continued from Page B) and Charles Kuralt called him “Maine’s humorist laureate.”

Tim’s books, albums, and videos (including four 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 newsman Charles Osgood.

Tim was born and raised in Maine and has never lived (or for that matter wanted to live) anywhere other than the Pine Tree State. Tim’s first album of Down East humor was recorded in 1979 and produced by Noel Paul Stookey, “Paul” of Peter, Paul, and Mary, with liner notes by the late humorist Marshall Dodge, who along with his partner Rev. Robert Bryan, created the world-famous Bert and I recordings back in the 1950s. 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.

Tim has also written and/or illustrated over a dozen books, including regional bestsellers Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner and his most recent Maine Curiosities second edition, co-authored by Stephen Bither, published in 2006

by The Globe Pequot Press. Tim’s national TV appearances include The Today Show and Good Morning America, and he has narrated award-winning 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 CENTER LOVELL — Originally from the Milwaukee venues as diverse as the Los Angeles Convention Center, the area of Wisconsin, Bill Eland is now showing his work at Mall of America, the New York Yacht Club and the Caribou Harvest Gold Gallery.

Performing Arts Center. These days, he averages 50 to 70 He has been working with metals for over 40 years in a concert and after-dinner appearances per year. Samples of variety of areas including; the aero-medical industry buildhis humor can be heard at his website: www.timsample. ing twin-engine ambulatory kits, and aerospace engineering com where he built parts for commercial, and military airplanes The Wicked Big Tim Sample Event marks the third year and even small parts for space shuttles. of a shared fundraising event between the Rufus Porter Bill now works at Hunting Dearborn in Fryeburg and Museum and the Bridgton Historical Society. The two orgacreates his art in his spare time, often collaborating with his nizations share a similar mission of preserving and displaybrother, Rick, a woodworker. His unique professional expeing significant artistic and historical materials from the town rience reflects in his pieces and allows him to transform a of Bridgton. variety of metals into artwork.

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New treasures at Rufus Porter Museum The Rufus Porter Museum (RPM) announces important additions to its collections as it opens for the new summer season, all related to the art of Rufus Porter.

In 1824, the Garvan House in Greenfield, N.H. was decorated with wall murals attributed to Porter. Sometimes, the artist would paint a fireboard at the same time, a decorative cover for the fireplace opening during the summer. The Garvan House Fireboard has been part of several famous folk art collections for the past 40 years, and is now on permanent loan to the museum. This is a major addition to the collection as an example of art produced by the Rufus Porter School of Landscape Murals.

Eleven new miniature portraits have joined the collection, all attributed to Rufus Porter dating from 1816-1840. A group of five from the Greenleaf Family in Haverhill, Mass. received national attention when the

newly discovered group appeared at auction in August, 2013. A subsequent genealogical search ascertained the paintings were made when Porter advertised his services in Haverhill in March, 1821.

The museum has the largest number of Porter miniatures on exhibit in the country and is able to finally show the progression of his expertise during his active years. He appeared to cease painting around 1840, when his journalistic career began, and he concentrated on his inventions and newspapers for the remainder of his life.

The special exhibit for the 2014 season is “Young Rufus Porter: The Art World Beckoning.”

The museum, located at 67 North High Street in Bridgton, is open from noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and students and children under 15 are free. The museum is a Blue Star Museum program and offers free admission to active or retired military personnel and their families.

The Westwood set of extraordinary murals will be open at the Wales and Hamblen building on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Call 647-2828 for more information, or view the website, www.rufusportermuseum.org to learn about other special programs offered during the summer.

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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival events 2014 (Continued from Page B) Originally conceived as a dance/pantomime in 1922, it is based on a rather gruesome story by Max Krell from the German expressionist school.

Popular SLL performers will

be joined by Joseph Foley, the new principal trumpet of the Portland Symphony Orchestra.

The concert brings us back to cheerfulness with Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op.

81. While this is a work of abrupt contrasts in mood and tempo, the listener is assured that all is well.

Program IV, Aug. 5 — Classics This program presents a sampling of the greatest classical chamber music. The works of two geniuses and a towering giant represent three standard chamber groupings — the string quartet, piano quartet, and piano trio.

Leading off is Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major K.499, an amazingly sunny work, considering that it was written at a time of financial stress for the composer.

Next is Mendelssohn’s Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 1, an astonishing accomplishment by a 13-year-old genius, who, having fully studied Mozart and Beethoven, was now finding his own voice.

The program ends with the last Beethoven piano trio for

this season, the Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2, a mature work, full of varying moods. Familiar audience favorites, Varty Manouelian, Movses Pogossian, Phil Palermo, Bonnie Thron, Laurie Kennedy and Mihae Lee, will be performing this music, which exemplifies the heart of chamber music.

Program V, Aug. 12 — Circus The final Festival concert is a varied program, full of surprises. Mozart’s familiar Quartet in F Major, K 307 opens the program with a virtuoso oboist walking the tightrope. Next, Three Street Pieces for Clarinet and Double Bass (think buskers), by the young American composer, Phil Salathé will be interspersed with two pieces from Morton Gould’s Benny’s Gig, composed for swing band great, Benny Goodman.

Then comes the circus music,

the Quintet Op. 39 by Sergei Prokofiev, originally written as a ballet depicting the life of traveling circus performers.

The evening closes with the highly-charged String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10, composed by 17-year-old musical genius, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, later famous for his swashbuckling Hollywood film scores.

Among the magic-makers on this program are clarinetist Alan Kay, oboist Stephen Taylor, and violist Maureen Gallagher, all from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

This concert could be considered the musical equivalent of the Cirque du Soleil — a wonderful finish to the season.

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BRIDGTON Thur., June 26 — Senior College at Bridgton Annual Meeting, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Thur., June 26 — Acoustic Folk Concert with Danielle Miraglia, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., The Noble House Inn, 81 Highland Rd. FMI: 647-3733.

Fri., June 27 — Free Vein Screening, 1 to 4 p.m., Bridgton Hospital Specialty Clinic, 10 Hospital Drive.

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Fri., June 27 — Joy of Singing Group, 3 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., June 28 — Twomile walk for cancer patients & survivors to benefit On Eagles Wings, 9 a.m., begins at Highland Lake Beach.

FMI: 576-4090.

Sat., June 28 — Bridgton Firefighter Wives Craft Fair/ Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bridgton Fire Department Central Station. FMI: 3320594.

Sat., June 28 — 5th Annual Ridge Run/Walk, Ring Farm, 551 Upper Ridge Rd. FMI: 647-8475.

Sat., June 28 — Benefit Pancake Breakfast for 4th of July Fireworks, 7 to 10 a.m., Oriental Lodge #13, Harrison Rd. Sun., June 29 — Holden Scramble, 3 p.m., followed

by Happy Hour Social, 57 p.m., Bridgton Highlands Golf Resort, Rte. 117.

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Mon.-Thur., June 30July 30 — Free Summer Lunch for Youth, noon, Community Center.

Mon., June 30 — Let’s Look Maine Vanity License Plates Collection, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., July 1 — COPD Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., July 1 — “Crisis at the Border” with Bob Casimiro, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

Thur., July 3 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Thur., July 3 — Spaghetti Feast 5-7 p.m. at Stevens Brook School.

Fri., July 4 — Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Methodist Church, 214 Main St. Sat., July 5 — Book Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, library courtyard.

Sat., July 5 — Mystery Book Club, 2 p.m., read Jo

Nesbo mystery from Harry Hole series, North Bridgton Library.

Sun., July 6 — Food Ministry Distribution, 1 to 3 p.m., 402 Main St. FMI: 8310737.

Tue., July 8 — Mother Goose Storytime, 10:30 a.m. in the library.

Tue., July 8 — Summer Reading Registration begins in the library.

Tue., July 8 — Friends of the Bridgton Library at 1 p.m.

Wedn., July 9 — Junior Naturalists, 10:30 a.m. in the library.

CASCO Sat., June 28 — Vintage British Fair Library Fundraiser, noon to 4 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 627-4541.

Sat., June 28 — Saturday Night Supper, 5 to 6 p.m., Casco Village Church, 941 Meadow Rd., Rte. 121.

Sun., June 29 — Talk on history of Quaker Meeting House on Quaker Ridge by Betsy Crofts, 1 p.m., Casco/ Raymond Historical Society Museum, Rte. 302.

DENMARK Fri., June 27 — Difficult

opening: “Converging Forms,” by artist Richard Keen, 5-7 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St. FMI: 452-2412.

Sat., June 28 — The DaPonte String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St. FMI: 452-2412.

Fri., July 4 — Annual 4th of July Lobster Roll Lunch, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Denmark Municipal Bldg.

HARRISON Thur., June 26 — Season Launch Open House, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Rd. FMI: 583-6747.

June 26, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page B LOVELL Thur., June 26 — Dan Moore in concert, 7 p.m., Brick Church for the Performing Arts, Christian Ridge Rd. Sat., June 28 — Oxford County Democrats, meet the democratic candidates, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Pleasant Point Inn. FMI: 357-7510.

Sun., June 29 — Annual Charlotte Hobbs Library Appreciation Luncheon, noon, Severance Lodge. Reservations: 925-3177.

Fri., July 4 — Lewis Dana Hill Flea Market & Cookie Sale,

THRILLER — Jennifer Porter plays the role of Annabel, production of Snake in the Grass by Alan Ayckbourn set and Elisabeth Hardcastle as Miriam, in The Originals’ for July at the Saco River Theatre in Bar Mills.

The Originals at Saco River BAR MILLS — The Originals present the Maine premiere of Snake in the Grass, a thriller by Alan Ayckbourn at Saco River Theatre in Bar Mills in July.

Show dates and times are: July 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinee, July 20 at 2:30 p.m.

Admission $25 for adults, $20 for students and seniors; Friday, July 18 and Thursday, July 24 are pay-what-youcan.

Early reservations advised. Call 929-5412, or go to www.sacorivertheatre. org In the midlands of England, flighty and naïve Miriam has cared for her father at the family estate during his vituperative last years. On the occasion of the malevolent old man’s death, her sophisticated and seemingly self-assured sister Annabel returns from Tasmania to find that Daddy

has left the bulk of his fortune to her.

Soon, his former nurse, the sly and politely menacing Alice, appears and informs Annabel that sweet Miriam may have had a hand in dear Daddy’s fatal descent down an unlit staircase. Alice claims to have evidence of this, and demands compensation for having been unfairly dismissed. Old sibling rivalries quickly bubble to the surface as the sisters wait for

Wedn., July 9 — Read with Holly Dog, 3:30 p.m. in the library.

Wedn., July 9 — Read with Holly Dog, 3:30 p.m. in the library.

Hike to Old Speck Mountain, Grafton Notch, Maine, by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet 8 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church. FMI: 756-2247.

Fri., June 27 — Gallery

Thur., June 26 — Chamber After Hours, 5-7 p.m., Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Rd. Thur., June 26 — Sun Print Workshop, 5:30 to 7 p.m., library. FMI: 583-2970.

Thur., June 26 — Carolyn Currie in concert, 7:15 p.m., Deertrees Theatre, Deertrees Rd. Fri., June 27 — Red Hat Ladies Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Ruby Slippers, Rte. 117.

Sat., June 28 — Summer Pie Sale by VFW Ladies Auxiliary, 8:30 a.m. to noon, library parking lot.

Sat., June 28 — Book Club, 2 p.m., library. FMI: 583-2970.

Sun., June 29 — Harrison Lions Club Car Show, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Crystal Lake Park.

Wed., July 2 — House Tour by Harrison Historical Society, 6:45 p.m., United Parish Church parking lot.

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“A creepy, scarily eerily enjoyable evening,” says The Sunday Times.

“A macabre ghost story that offers laughter and spine-tingling horror…not to be missed,” says The BBC. 8 a.m. to noon.

Sat., July 5 — Family Softball Tournament to benefit library, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., athletic field.

NAPLES Sat., June 28 — Bus Trip to New England Aquarium, Museum, Harbor, Duck Tour, bus leaves 7 a.m., returns 5 p.m., American Legion Hall, Rte. 11. FMI: 693-3408.

Sat.-Tue., June 28-31 — Laker’s Soccer Camp for girls entering grades 3-8 in fall, 3 p.m., Lake Region High School.

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Sat., June 28 — Wicked Big Tim Sample Event to benefit Rufus Porter Museum, 4 p.m., Lake Region High School, 6473699, 647-2828.

Tue., July 1 — Red Cross Blood Drive, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., library.

Tue., July 1 — Make your

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RAYMOND Sat., June 28 — Yard Sale

by Raymond Village Church, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 27 Main St., Raymond. FMI: 655-4670.

Sun., June 29 — Summer Reading Program begins, 1 to 3 p.m., library.

SEBAGO Sat., June 28 — Mad Science hands-on “Fizz, Pop, Boom” science program, 7 p.m., Spaulding Library, Rte. 114. FMI: 787-2321.

Sun., June 29 — Sebago Days meeting, 6 p.m., Burns residence, 41 Long Hill Rd. All welcome.

WATERFORD Sun., June 29 — Author and Pastor Rev. Kate Braestrup, 9:30 a.m., Waterford Congregational Church.

Sun., June 29 — Waterford World’s Fair Board meeting, 2 p.m., fairgrounds, Green Rd. FMI: 461-9898.

AREA EVENTS Sat., June 28 — AARP Smart Driver Course, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Windham Public Library.

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Sat., June 28 — Book Signing Event with Rebecca L. Matthews, author of The Light Within & Marie’s Watch, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cornish Strawberry Festival, 17 Maple St., Cornish. FMI: 405-4585642.

Sat., June 28 — Meet Don Fendler, author of Lost on a Mountain in Maine & learn about outdoor safety & survival with state Fish & Wildlife safety instructors, 11 a.m., Maine Wildlife Park, Rte. 26, Gray. FMI: 657-4977, ext. O. Sat., June 28 — Swingin’ Bears Square Dance, 7-10 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School, Pine St., So. Paris.

Sat., June 28 — “Light the Garden” celebration of online Silent Auction fundraiser, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Alan Day Community Garden, 26 Whitman St., Norway. FMI: 346-0708.

Mon., June 30 — Talk by homeopathic doctor Becky Mulkern on her book, Life is an Opportunity, 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Tue., July 1 — White Mountain Writers Group, 4:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Wed., July 2 — “Wildlife Detectives: Tracs, Scat & Animal Signs,” with Tin Mountain Conservation Center, Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Sat., July 5 — Log Race, 10 a.m., Hiram Bridge on Route 113, Hiram.

Sat., July 5 — Fish On Ice with fisheries culterist, 11 a.m., Maine Wildlife Park, Rte. 26, Gray.

Due to the number of local events happening in our active communities, and available space, we have removed the Ongoing Weekly events in the printed paper this week.

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FRYEBURG — Fryeburg Business Association is pleased to bring “Tuesday Night Concerts in Bradley Park” to the community once again.

Each Tuesday evening, the entertainment will start at 7 p.m. Bring your blanket or chair, picnic and refreshments, family and friends and come spend some time in Bradley Park in Fryeburg. (Don’t forget your bug spray!)

All concerts are free to the public and our friends and visitors from other communities and states are welcome to come enjoy the fun evening.

The first concert night is on Tuesday, July 8 and is known as an evening “All About Kids.” This year, FBA is excited to welcome Derek Small and his “Wildlife Encounters.” This show is focused on sharing concerning issues affecting animals, people, and earth through skilled presenters and an unmatched variety of animals. These “Ambassador Animals” have not only reached hundreds of thousands of New England

children, visitors and residents… but have been seen nationally on such programs as The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show, LIVE with Kelly & Micheal, CNBC Squawk Box, Night Line and New York Live.

So come enjoy a highlyvisual, fun, and memorable evening designed to entertain as well as educate all ages.

At the end of the Wildlife Encounter, everyone is invited for free cake and ice cream served and sponsored by the Rotary of Fryeburg.

On Tuesday, July 15, recording artist Cormac McCarthy will keep you entertained with beautifully-honed lyrics, rich with emotion from his five-CD collection.

Cormac has been rooted in rural New England since the age of ten. His father’s love for jazz and classical music introduced him to everything from Errol Garner to Beethoven.

Cormac has won many music awards and nominations over the years as a distinctive songwriter, a talented guitarist and a man of devastating wit. Be sure to tune into WMWV, 93.5 at noon on Tuesday, July 15 for a live interview by radio personality Mark Johnson, and enjoy a sampling of Cormac’s music he will be playing in Bradley Park for your listening enjoyment.

Week three, Tuesday, July 22, FBA welcomes The Rollins, Tyoe and Hobson Band.

This trio of exquisite vocal harmonies and polished instrumental talent will entertain you with music ranging from Bach to Buck with added jivo-bop that will, more often than not, create a “laugh out loud” moment of total enjoyment for their audiences.

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Tamara Crosby and Jason Dunn of Bridgton have a boy, Nicholas James Dunn, born June 10, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Nicholas joins a brother, Zachary.

Maternal grandparents are Tammy and Gary Crosby of Bridgton. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Debrah Dunn of Palm Bay, Fla. Courtney Deshaies and Donald Dyer III of Cornish have a boy, Donald Edwin Dyer IV, born June 5, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Donald IV has a sister, Olivia.

Jennifer McGinley and Matthew Kelly of North Conway and Eaton, N.H. have a girl, Emerson Kelly McGinley, born June 5, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital.

Emerson has two sisters, Gwynneth and Lacie. Maternal grandparents are Martha and Dan Bresnahan, South Berwick. Paternal grandparent is JoAnn Kelly of Eaton, N.H. Great-grandparents are Doris and Willson Snook, Everett, Mass.

Renata and Rick Rivard on Waterford have a daughter, Rosalie Ann Rivard, born on Friday, May 30, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Maternal grandparents: Debby Dabczynsti and Eddie Rolfe of Harrison. Paternal grandparents: The late Jim and Sue Rivard of Bridgton.

Rebecca and Joshua Male of Otisfield have a son, Ryan Jacob Male, born on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 5:26 p.m. at Bridgton Hospital. Ryan was 7 pounds, 15 ounces and 20-inches in length. He joins sibling, Aaron. Maternal grandparents: Cindy and Peter Arntsen of Otisfield. Paternal grandparent: Lori Westleigh of Oxford. Great-grandparents: Lois Hardy of Oxford, and Eva Durant of Otisfield.

Heather and Jason Manchester of Naples have a daughter, Annabelle True Manchester, born on Sunday, June 15, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Annabelle joins Maddison, Abigail, Allison and Margaret. Maternal grandparents: Yvonne Mitchell of Bridgton and John Haley of Brownfield. Paternal grandparents: Dana and Linda Manchester of Casco. Great-grandparents: June Haley of Bridgton and Barbara Gilber of Windham.

Mary-Jo Doe and Dan Bryan of Fryeburg have a son, Kyle James Bryan, born on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Kyle’s siblings are Dameon and Daniel. Maternal grandparents: Bonnie and Russell Doe of Fryeburg. Paternal grandparents: Donna and Sam Bryan of Conway, N.H. Great-grandparents: Joyce and Bill Parmenter of Fryeburg.

Tamara Crosby and Jason Dunn of Bridgton have a boy, Nicholas James Dunn, born June 10, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Nicholas has a brother, Zachary.

Maternal grandparents are Tammy and Gary Crosby of Bridgton. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Debrah Dunn of Palm Bay, Fla. Courtney Deshaies and Donald Dyer, III of Cornish have a boy, Donald Edwin Dyer, IV, born June 5, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Donald IV has a sister, Olivia.

Captain and Mrs. Ryan P. Dougherty (formerly Chelsey Ledue), of Fayetteville, N.C., have a daughter, Cassidy Anne Dougherty, born June 10, 2014 at WOMACK Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, N.C., where Captain Dougherty is a Fire Support Officer for the 3rd Special Forces Group. Cassidy weighed eight pounds, six ounces. Maternal grandparents are Belinda and Art Ledue of Scarborough. Paternal grandparents are Laurie Dougherty of Bridgton and Tom and Brenda Dougherty of Zephyrhills, Fla. Maternal great-grandparents are Arthur and Doris Ledue of Portland. Paternal great-grandparents are Warren and Jacquie Price of East Dennis, Mass. and Boothbay.

Derek Small and friend during Wildlife Encounters Neddenrip, and Jerry Hobson wanting for more at the end of have been playing together in the night. When you put these various bands and groups for four great talents together you several decades now — and it get a sound that is top notch is likely that you have listened and totally entertaining with to their music on more than styles that vary from rhythm one occasion, as they have and blues, rock ‘n’ roll to old played in just about every and new country — a unique venue locally and beyond. and high-energy group that all Come to the park, sit back, ages can enjoy! and enjoy the ride as they take Many thanks to the you down memory lane with Mulford Fund, Poland Spring, songs from times gone by to and the Fryeburg businesstunes that never fade away. es who helped bring these Rounding out the month free concerts to the commuon Tuesday, July 29 get your nity. Thank you to the Bradley groove on with The Kelly Park Committee and the many Karuzis Band. This band was people who help make these established a few years ago concerts possible. when Kelly Karuzis joined Rain location will be at the bass player Moe Ballargeon, Fryeburg fire station on Main drummer Jill Olsen, and gui- Street. Many thanks to their tarist Steve Anderson Jr. from generous offering of a dry and a former blues band. Kelly safe location. has been singing all her life For more informaand has a voice of such rich- tion please e-mail fba@ ness and power you will be Fryebrugbusiness.com

Bill Eland stainless at Harvest Gold (Continued from Page B) est piece at Harvest Gold, One Way or Another, was taken from a Grateful Dead lyric book where a photo of a childhood friend, Art, had been hiding on the opposite page from the song New Speedway Boogie. Bill described his friend as being

“one of the friends everyone should have” and felt Art helped him to find the name of his newest sculpture.

Bill’s work ranges from standing sculptures to small tabletop pieces and even large stainless steel moving mobiles. His craftsmanship and passion for metalwork-

ing is clearly visible in every piece he builds. Often taking inspiration from nature, Bill creates stunningly modern sculptures that embody a sense of grace and detail not easily achieved through metalwork.

To see Bill Eland’s work, visit Harvest Gold Gallery

in Center Lovell. The public can meet Bill at the Artist Reception and Open House Friday, July 11 from 3 to 6 p.m.

The gallery is open daily, located just past the Center Lovell Market on Route 5, (925-6502) and at www.harvestgoldgallery.com

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All classified line ads, calendar of events and editorial copy due by Monday, July 7th at 5 p.m.

The Bridgton News Office will be closed Friday, July 4th.

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For kids entering 6th, 7th & 8th grade

Cornerstone Gospel Church 29 Sebago Road – Route 114 Naples, Maine 04055

June 30, July 14 & 28, August 11 & 25 Fun begins at 10 a.m.

For more info, contact Peter Morrison at 803-2199 or Pastor Jim Marstaller at 693-6102 www.cornerstonegospelchurch.org or bbeaverpond@gmail.com This is a church-funded program. We provide all activities free of charge and all meals will be provided.

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LRHS underclass awards

ARTISTS AND GARDENERS — Stevens Brook Elementary School winners of the bookmark design contest, part of the “One Book, One School” project hosted by the Bridgton Literacy Guild, planted a witch hazel bush in their school courtyard on Tuesday, June 17. In the garden with school librarian Martha Jackson and Lakeside Garden Club president Susan Wallace are Nadia Leighton, Wensday Morse and Rylan Brochu.

Healthy Lake Region means a healthy youth For the younger members of the Bridgton, Casco, Naples and Sebago communities, the ability to face challenges later in life depends heavily on how they’re prepared for them.

When youth are given the opportunity to be successful, success diffuses throughout the general community.

A new group of diverse people has been meeting regularly with dedication to provide a hand to the struggling youth of our community.

Healthy Youth ↔ Healthy Lake Region is a group of adults and youth alike from across the four towns of Bridgton, Naples, Casco and Sebago seeking to build a strong community network that supports young people ages 13 to 24 to grow into healthy adults. This team, coming together with the

passion and understanding to want to improve access to health for our young people, is discussing initial steps to organize a project of opportunity for youth.

Along with the constant attention of academics, teens face countless challenges in the Lake Region. In a poll of Lake Region High School (LRHS), conducted by this group in April, students responded that stress and anxiety take enormous tolls on their health. The results of this poll were unsurprising to Healthy Youth ↔ Healthy Lake Region youth members, but it was shocking to the adults; truly highlighting the fact that further steps must be taken to tie the younger community closer with the general community.

“The service that this group can provide to the peers of

my community is extremely exciting. I experience the difficulties of youth every day, and I know that any present help is valuable for our future wellbeing. This group has the potential to enable our youth as independent members of the community,” said Harold Bracy, an upcoming LRHS senior and valuable member of Healthy Youth ↔ Healthy Lake Region.

This group is under the leadership of Jana Thompson, Public Health program coordinator at the Opportunity Alliance, which obtained funding for this work from the Maine Health Access Foundation. This summer will be spent gaining input from the entire community with a questionnaire to better understand the current picture of health for youth, and what HEALTHY, Page C

Lake Region High School has announced its underclassmen awards for the 2013-2014: FRESHMEN CLASS Academic Awards Art Excellence in Visual Art — Hedi Fox Outstanding Effort in Visual Art — Elizabeth Cole, Christine Morin, Lauren Williams Dance Outstanding Achievement in Dance — Hannah Ranco English Excellence in English — Heidi Fox, Olivia Mills Outstanding Progress in English — Kailee Thompson Outstanding Effort in English — Kaleigh Tolliver, Hannah Baldwin Math Excellence in Mathematics — Meghan Boos Outstanding Progress in Mathematics — Kailee Tompson Outstanding Effort in Mathematics — Jared Pitt Humanities Excellence in Humanities — Katherine Springer Manual Arts Excellence in Manual Arts “Woods and Metals” — Elizabeth Girard Excellence in Manual Arts “Woods” — Jared Pitt, Jonathan DelVecchio Music Excellence in Chorus — Taylor Bass Excellence in Jazz Choir — Jacqueline Morse Outstanding Achievement in Band — Mallory Strain Outstanding Achievement in Jazz Band — Olivia Mills Science Excellence in Physical Science — Heidi Fox Outstanding Progress in Physical Science — Tyler Tucker Outstanding Effort in Physical Science — Douglass Mayo World Languages Excellence in French 1 — Elizabeth Cole Excellence in Latin 1 — Meghan Boos Excellence in Spanish 1 — Douglas Mayo, Kaylee Thompson Achievement Class Officers President – Jacqueline Morse Vice President – Hannah Ranco Secretary – Molly Rickert Treasurer – Daniel Gagnon Publicity – Joseph Beaulieu SOPHOMORE CLASS Academic Awards Art Excellence in Visual Art — Lily Chrpentier, Ashley Garrett Dance Outstanding Achievement in Dance — Joseph Sargent English Excellence in English — Sarah Camacho, Lily Charpentier Outstanding Progress in English — Conor Small, Rachel Bell Outstanding Effort in English — Rozlin Hawkes, Neveah Bragdon Math Excellence in Mathematics — Nick Scarlett Outstanding Progress in Mathematics — Devynn Turner Outstanding Effort in Mathematics — Jason Justason Manual Arts Excellence in Technical Manual Arts “Metals” — Ben Kauffmen Excellence in Technical Manual Arts “Woods” — Charlie McDonough Excellence in Technical Manual Arts “Metal Arts” — Melanie Blanchet Excellence in Technical Manual Arts “Woods & Metals” — Calvin Shimko Music Excellence in Choral Music — Kasey Wentworth Excellence in Jazz Choir — Zachary Gray

Most Valuable Player- Band — Zachary Gray Most Valuable Player in Jazz Band — Max Evans Science Outstanding Effort in Life Science — Ashley Garrett Outstanding Progress in College Life Science — Katherine Clavette Social Studies Excellence in Social Studies — Grace Farrington Outstanding Progress in Social Studies — Audrey Blais Outstanding Effort in Social Studies — LeeAnn Newton World Languages Excellence in French 2 — Katharine Springer, Colleen Messina Excellence in Latin 2 — Anna Yates Excellence in Spanish 2 — Devynn Turner Achievement Awards Class Officers President – Michaela Tripp Vice President — Marcus DeVoe Secretary – Keyanna Prescott Treasurer – Spencer True Publicity – Matt Stenger, Sierra Hancock JUNIOR CLASS Honor Awards Williams College Book Award (Top 5% of class) — Nicole Fox Phi Beta Kappa Award – Sarah Hancock DAR American History Award — Lily Barrett Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award – Sarah Carlson A Journey into Writing Contest — Elise Gianattasio Academic Awards Art Excellence in Visual Art — Sullivan Tidd Outstanding Effort in Visual Arts — Sarah Carlson English Excellence in English — Nicole Fox Outstanding Progress in English — Samantha Bolling Outstanding Effort in English — Christina Engstrom Humanities Excellence in Humanities — Lilly Barrett Manual Arts Excellence in Manual Arts “Woods and Metals”— Michael Rust Excellence in Manual Arts “Woods” — Christopher Hall Excellence in Manual Arts — Juilian Gaillard Math Excellence in Mathematics — Sullivan Tidd Outstanding Progress in Mathematics — Christina Engstrom Outstanding Effort in Mathematics — Ashley Witmer Music Excellence in Choral Music — Reed Bridge-Koenigsburg Excellence in Jazz Choir — Alex Meneses Excellence in Band — Elise Gianattasio Excellence in Jazz Band – Galen McLaughlin Science Excellence in Chemistry — Sullivan Tidd Outstanding Progress in Chemistry — Austin Kasar Outstanding Effort in Chemistry — Breyanna Barboza Social Studies Excellence in Social Studies — Sullivan Tidd Outstanding Effort in Social Studies — Austin Kaeser World Languages Excellence in French 3 — Lily Barrett Excellence in Latin 3 — Carolyn Lucy Excellence in Spanish 3 — Sarah Hancock Achievement Awards Class Officers President — Sarah Hancock Secretary — Meghan Vanloan Treasurer — Michael Rust

Summer internships sought for area teens

The summer intern program has many opportunities for youth living within the Lake Region, such as video taping to gardening through websites and social media.

“I just don’t have time to keep up with social media,” say local organizations and business owners. “There are simply too many other demands on my time.”

Others have said, “I have an event coming up this summer and I need help promoting it.”

The Basic Idea Teens, finding a mentor PHOTO ADDED TO CENTRAL OFFICE ART COLLECTION — This portrait, photographed by Heidi Fox of Bridgton, a freshman at Lake Region High School, was through a summer internship could make a huge positive purchased by the school district to hang in the SAD 61 Central Office.

difference in your career, a lifetime of pay, and job satisfaction.

As an intern, you will teach what you know to adults, learn from adults, and have something special to write on your resume. How cool is that.

While none of the internships are paid, perhaps by volunteering now you’ll land a paid position next summer.

The summer intern program is open to all youth 13 to 24 years of age living within the SAD 61 district lines.

Here’s How It Works Susan Cooper and Jana

Thompson, who play key roles in the Healthy Youth ↔ Healthy Lake Region initiative, have agreed to be the liaisons between the Lake Region High School students and each of our community partners to insure effective and enjoyable internships.

Interested students will contact the internship team for a confidential telephone interview. The team will match the student’s talents with what the businesses are looking for. A face-to-face meeting will be arranged, and all the details worked out to everyone’s satisfaction.

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School news

Pupils feel a “breathing” mannequin patient in Southern Maine Community College’s simulation laboratory, which is used by SMCC health science students.

SeaWolves for a day

Sebago students make college visit

SOUTH PORTLAND — More than 80 pupils from Sebago Elementary School learned about college and the power of education while spending a day at Southern Maine Community College.

Pupils in grades kindergarten through fifth grade, teachers, staff and parents visited the South Portland campus on Tuesday, June 10, where they experienced various aspects of college life.

The pupils heard from SMCC President Ron Cantor before splitting up into groups for tours of the campus, of the Health Sciences’ simulation laboratory and of Fort Preble, a former military fort located on the SMCC campus.

Kindergarten and first-grade students also took part in an art workshop.

The end-of-the-year field trip was paid for by Sebago P.T.C. and Sebago

The SMCC Seawolf mascot was popular for (from left to right) first-second grade teacher Kathy Harmon, third-grader Paige Phillips, second-grader Aliviah Berry and Literary Specialist Judith Mulligan.

Recreation.

Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) is Maine’s largest and oldest community college. Founded in 1946, SMCC offers courses at its South Portland and Brunswick campuses, at 10 community satellite locations and online. SMCC has the lowest tuition and fees in New England and offers more than 45 degree programs.

‘Test Drive’ nets SBES $1,100

Macdonald Motors of Bridgton helped raise $1,110 in funding for Steven’s Brook Elementary with Chrysler brand’s Drive for the Kids® program.

The fundraising event was held on Saturday, May 31, in conjunction with the Supper Benefit.

“Drive for the Kids is a mutually beneficial program. We are pleased to support our local schools, and enjoy demonstrating a terrific, world-class product,” said Tom Shanley, manager

of the Northeast Business Center for Chrysler Group LLC. “Parents are genuinely interested in testing our 2014 Chrysler Town & Country minivan with all of the advanced safety, technology, and economy features, and we are happy to help raise extra dollars for the school. Drive for the Kids allows us the opportunity to work together for the kids and everyone has a great time!”

Participants earned a $10 contribution to the school on their behalf from the Chrysler

brand by taking a brief test drive in a 2014 model Town & Country minivan — highest ranked in loyalty 12 years in a row — as well as other Chrysler vehicles made available for test drives thanks to Macdonald Motors.

At the conclusion of 2014 program, the school with the highest number of test drives in each one of the five geographic regions (Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Central, and West) will win an additional $5,000, for a total of $25,000 in additional fund-

STONEHAM — Thirteen young leaders from Westbrook High School’s athletic teams spent the day on Friday, June 6 preparing Camp Susan Curtis in Stoneham for the 500 economically disadvantaged Maine boys and girls that will participate in CSC programs over the summer.

The Westbrook youth joined dozens of other volunteers in moving beds, clearing brush and helping out wherever needed to ensure that all the buildings and sur-

rounding property are ready for the children.

The service outing was coordinated by Westbrook Track & Cross Country Coach, Timothy Even, who is also Assistant Director of Camp Susan Curtis and Fryeburg Academy graduate.

“We wanted to get the students involved at Camp Susan Curtis because our students here in Westbrook enjoy giving back to the community,” Even said. “The group really enjoyed the day at Camp and it’s always nice

to show the community the great things that our student athletes here at WHS do!”

Each year, between 15 and 20 children from Westbrook attend the programs at CSC. By helping out, the Westbrook youth supported other young people in their own community, as well as statewide.

Since 1974, Camp Susan Curtis has provided youth development programs for more than 15,000 boys and girls ages 8 to 17 living in every Maine county. All pro-

ing from Chrysler through the Drive for the Kids program.

Chrysler supports schools in the communities where the company does business.

Since 1993, when Chrysler introduced Drive for the Kids, Chrysler dealers have worked with parents and educators in communities across the nation. Chrysler has contributed over $5 million directly to local schools for student needs, from playgrounds and field trips, to reading programs and new computers.

Teens make difference at camp

grams are tuition-free and funded primarily through donations raised by the Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation, a Maine 501(c)3 that operates Camp Susan Curtis.

CSC programs are designed to level the playing field for Maine children Kindergarten student Ronan Davis draws a and youth growing up with picture of Spring Point Light on the SMCC campus. economic disadvantage by building critical habits and skills for lifelong achievement, raising aspirations and permanently redefining their futures.

Tonya Arnold, principal of Lake Region Middle School, proudly announces the honor roll for the third trimester of the 2013-2014 school year.

Grade Six Honors Cayla Bardsley, Colby Chaplin, Leah Clavette, Madison Cohoon, Emma Crawford, Morgan Cross, Hancock, Keyana Prescott, Joseph Sargent, Matthew Morrigan DeJoseph, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Philip Ganem, Stenger, Niko Torres, Samantha Young.

Dayle Gray, Nicholas Hall, Ryan Hartford, Ellery Hunt, Grade 10 Merit Recognition Jacob Knowles, Madison McIntyre, Julia Murch, Stefanie Rachel Bell, Molly Christensen, Katherine Clavette, Ordway, Bayleigh Patenaude, Graham Payne, Lucas Danielle Collins, Marcus DeVoe, Ashley Garrett, Rozlin Perham, Samuel Porter, Davynntayne Reed, Grace Ross, Hawkes, Laura Hunt, Jason Justason, Damon Knight, Emma Sawicki, Stella Shimko, Eleina Sturk, Hannah Jackson Lesure, Bailey McDaniel, Devynn Turner, Nicholas Thurston and Andromida Walker.

Wandishin, Madison Wildey.

• There were no high honors.

Grade 11 High Honors Grade Seven High Honors Christina Engstrom, Sullivan Tidd.

Grace Chute, Paige Davis, Shayla Dunn, Monica Grade 11 Honors Grover, Brooke Juneau, Elizabeth Kennedy, Emily Lake, Nicholas Ball, Lily Barrett, Harold Bracy, Sarah Jordan Magiera, Mark Mayo, Matthew Mayo, Han Mei Carlson, Ashley Clark, Nicole Fox, Elise Gianattasio, Sarah and Veronica Messina.

Hancock, Bridgett Letarte, Carolyn Lucy, Nicole Noble, Grade Seven Honors Daron Willey.

William Austin, Kennedy Brake, Cheyenne Bell, Grade 11 Merit Recognition Emma Brown, Ethan Caulfield, Jacob Chaplin, Emily Austin Kaeser, Garreth Logan, Meghan VanLoan, Alexis Colson, Christopher DelVecchio, Shea Durgin, Jessica Wentworth.

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Lake Region H.S. honor roll Lake Region High School Principal Ted Finn has announced the second semester honor roll: Grade Nine High Honors Meghan Boos, Heidi Fox, Douglas Mayo, Olivia Mills, Kailee Tompson.

Grade Nine Honors Taylor Bass, Joseph Beaulieu, Haley Bragdon-Clements, Elizabeth Cole, Jonathan Delvecchio, Ashley Gray, Ina Guzja, Kristen Huntress, Colleen Messina, Christine Morin, Jacqueline Morse, Hannah Ranco, Sydney Schoolcraft, Katherine Springer, Hannah Stewart, Katelyn Sullivan.

Grade Nine Merit Recognition Hannah Baldwin, Addie Blais, Rachel Bolling, Catherine Christiansen, Jaide Hall, Melody Millett, Ivy Small, Mallory Strain, Ryan Thompson.

Grade 10 High Honors Lily Charpentier, Nick Scarlett.

Grade 10 Honors Grace Farrington, Dustin Frizzell, Zachary Gray, Sierra

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Fryeburg Academy spring honor roll announced Erin Mayo, Head of School at Fryeburg Academy, has announced the spring 2014 honor roll: Grade 9 High Honors Emma Jo Armington, Brooke Bonar, Gillian Brosnan, Madison Burke, Kallan Charest, William Davis, Tabitha Day, Kaylin Delaney, Owen Feider-Sullivan, Ella Forbes, Alexandria Fraize, Yiang Gong, Wonkuk Kim, Taylor Kruger, Dominic Malia, Andrew Malia, Trishala Manandhar, Samara Morris, Meredith Paulding, Erik Porter, Aeneas Robinson, Emily Robinson, Emily Simkins, Spencer Thomas, Bridget Tweedie, Evan Wadsworth, Ebonie Walker, Tyler Worcester, Chaofan Ye. Grade Nine Honors Annelise Bergstrom, Mackenzie Buzzell, Chase Carus, Alexis Charles, Tianfang Chen, Shelby Day, Laura Friedman, Hannah Frye, Nabeel Ghadfa, Meghan Gray, Christopher Hennessy, Sean Jimenez, Shealyn Johnson, Minho Kim, Harmony Legault, Ruixi Li, Sophia Libby, Yuqi Liu, Huxley Lovering, Kyerynlee Milliken-Grace, Dominic Orlando, Jack Richardson-Folce, Aidan Robinson, Jeremiah Schrader, Alexis Smith, Gregory Wesley-Watson, Janelle Wiesemann, Xinzi Yan. Grade 10 High Honors Matthew Boucher, Ryan Caracciolo, Phoebe Crowe, Mustafa Demir, Erika Dennery, Alexis Down, Xinyu Du, Brian Fitzsimmons, Ariel Fogden, Stephanie Grabenwarter, Jingwen Guo, Aaron Hennessy, Xinyu Huang, Xiyuan Huang, Qiaqia Ji, Jordan Kruguer, Nick Landano, Anna Lastra, Yuhao Lu, Tori Mailman, Katherine Parker, Antonina Patrakova, Robert Price, Shauna Riddensdale, Dayna Thibodeau, Thanh

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(Continued from Page C) Gianattasio, Tia Grover, Devyn Hatch, Benjamin Kelly, Christian LeBlanc, Elijah Levesque, Cassidy MacDonald.

Samantha Pond, Madison Rock, Joslyn Schwieterman, Lucas Suitter, Olivia Toole, Peter Vigna, Lucien Wallace, Cassidy Walo, Chase Weese, Keegan Wilcox and Alyvia Wilson.

Grade Eight High Honors Dominic Adams, Daria Bosworth, Tanner Crockett, Olivia Deschenes, Lauren Jakobs, Benjamin Johnson, Derek Mondville, Dorothy Moyse, Madelyn Nelson, Hailey Parsons, Michael Peterson, Tyler Small, Aisley Sturk, Davin Tafuri, Paul Walker and Brianna Warren.

Grade Eight Honors Aaryana Aliyaha, Kelsey Apovian, Caitlyn Bardsley, Tyler Bauersfeld, Cody Bean, Sarah Beauchamp, Robert Caron, III, Lowell Carr, Danica Chadwick, Ethan Chadwick, Hannah Chadwick, Tristan Chaine, Jared Cox, Isabelle Davis-White, Amber Douglass, Meaghan Goodine, Ayden Grass, Abigail Green, Tracey Greenleaf, Steven Grondell, Meghan Harmon, Leia Hodgdon, Skye Hoeflich, Brianna Howe, Cassandra Huntress, Andrea Johnston, William Lidston, Maggie Luce, Megan Mageles, Kelsey Market, Henry McCarthy, True Meyers, Vincent Perfetto, Darci Pichette, Lorean Reed, Hunter Russon, Georgia Shanks, Rachel Shanks, Emily St. John, Sarah Stefaniak, Autumn Tremblay, Chandler True and Christian Whiting.

Tran, Yiren Wang, Madeline Welch, Pei-Yu Wu, Limin Xu, Jiang Zhu. Grade 10 Honors Catherine Ashley, Bridget Bailey, Sage Boivin, Erika Brackett, Travis Burrows, Patrick Carty, Kathryn Clark, Garrett Cummings, Ziyi Dai, Abigail Davis, Nicole Down, Molly Eklund, Renae Fournier, McKenna Gerchman, Jacob Gerrish, Ryan Gullikson, Zinnia Hansler, Nathan Harriman, Esmeralda Hernandez, Zhendong Huang, Runairy Infante, Oriagna Inirio, Benjamin LeConey, Alexis L’HeureuxCarland, Nicholis L’Heureux-Carland, Yangkai Lin, Mariah Magee, Anna Mahanor, Jake Maidment, Annabell Mango, Paulo Marin, Megan Massey, Saige McAllister, Emily McDermith, HayLee Mulligan, Francesca Napolitan, Emery O’Connell, Alex Ouellette, Hannah Perry, Julia Quinn, Kaitlin Robinson, Francis Rowland, Jeffrey Sargent, Markus Schneider, Benjamin Shivers, Adele Small, Nicole Thurston, Reed Wales, Jiacheng Wang, Yishu Wang, Jaime Weil, Jeannette White, Rhianna Willard, Brian Zuniga.

Grade 11 High Honors Hannah Allen, Sydney Andreoli, Rodrigo Araujo, Jonathan Burk, Guangrui Cai, Davide Casini, Joseph Coffey-Slattery, Michael Davis, Helen Driesen, Lingyan E, Joseph Freund, Erin Friberg, Yuhan Guo, Trevor Henschel, Mackenzie Hill, Jane Imdieke-King, Lucy Kneissler, Alyson Kruger, Andre’ LaMountain, Thang Le, Ju Won Lee, Yubin Liang, Bethlehem Marshall, Xingyu Mo, Van Nguyen, KiHo Noh, Gulsen Oztosun, Danica Petric, Thu Pham, Lauren Porter, Hannes Schneider, Jia Shi, Alison Upton, Sage Viets-Aughton, Dat Vu, Tianyang Wang, Allison Watson, Adriana Wissmann, Alan Worcester, Liuke Yang, Xueting Yuan, Qiao Zhang, Yuewei Zhu, Josephine Zvelebilova.

Grade 11 Honors Nordia Beckford, Matthew Bradley, Bryanna Brea, Kristen Chipman, Loredana Ciccia, Brandon Conder, Ryan Coville,

College flashes Devin Fitzgerald of Casco, daughter of Kevin and Danni Fitzgerald, graduated with honors from the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education on May 17, 2014.

Devin was also named one of the University of Maine at Farmington 16 All-Academic Team honorees among its six winter and spring sports. The 16 UMF students were the most among the 10 institutions in the North Atlantic Conference.

Devin was the second

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Devin Fitzgerald graduates from UMF baseman for UMF softball all four years at Farmington.

A total of 75 NAC studentathletes were recognized Wednesday when the conference unveiled its 2013-14 Winter/Spring All-Academic Team – with 21% of the selections wearing UMF maroon and white.

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Group’s focus: Healthy youth (Continued from Page C) community members would like to see as improvements.

This information will determine what the group should focus its resources on when identifying solutions. Be on the lookout in the next few weeks for their questionnaire, which will be spread across these four towns to ensure they are hearing the thoughts of even the busiest community member!

If you already provide ser-

vices to youth in our community, would like to be part of the solution, or are simply interested in the group’s goals and would like to be part of the team, HYHLR would love to hear from you and work together.

Please contact Jana Thompson for more information or to get involved at jana.thompson@opportunityalliance.org, 590-6183, 15 Depot St., Bridgton ME 04009.

Internships sought for teens (Continued from Page C) The internship team will keep tabs on the student/ business relationship, trouble shoot, and make suggestions as the internship progresses to insure that both the business and the intern are getting the most out of their partnership.

Exit interviews will be conducted at the end of each internship to document needed program improvements for summer 2015.

If you want to join the summer internship program, as either a sponsor or an intern, please contact George 647-2389 or Jana 590-6183.

Joshua Desroche, Kristen Dostie, Sandrine Dukuzemariya, Sara Folsom, Amanda Gillette, Elizabeth Grzyb, Shelby Hesslein, Jordan Hikel, Tryggvi Hilsman, Zhenyu Huang, Cayle Johnson, Makayla Kiesman, Dingbang Lin, Zachary Madore, Colin McKeith, Iva Misovic, Angelidi Monegro, Jacob Morse, Winston Richards, Thomas Rose, Joseph Schrader, Mary Shea, Tshering Sherpa, Sonam Sherpa, Lucas Spencer, Justice Stone, Boyang Sun, Corey Thibodeau, Hannah Thomas, Teodora Todorovic, Jasmine Vargas, Nikola Vuleta, Devon Wentworth, Jingru Wu, Shuqian Zhang.

Grade 12 High Honors Blaine Andreoli, Joshua Brecker, Sullivan Briggs, Kadesha Bryan, Pavle Bulatovic, Morgan Bullard-Hodge, Dmitriy Chekaykin, Amber Dindorf, Skye Dole, Andrea Engen, Juliet Fink, Bailey Friedman, Francesco Galletti, Nacoma Gray, Dacota Griffin, Thea Hart, Baylee Hatstat, Isabel HodgmanBurns, Tucker Huppe, Thinh Huynh, Yanqi Jiang, Nicholas Kiesman, Savannah Kruguer, Meredith Lastra, Duc Minh Le, Liam LeConey, Jiaqi Li, Dalton MacDonald, Laura Monegro, Emily Ouellette, Lauren Passaretti, Jared Schrader, Chelsea Stephens, Yanchi Wan, Zoe Ward, Sarah Welch, Anna Williams, Ashley Wissmann, Hoonsik Woo, Yang Mei Zhao, Xinyi Zhu. Grade 12 Honors Chelsea Abraham, Evan Armington, Alexander Blake, Julie Brennan, Sydney Charles, Tanya Chhorn-Berry, Harrison Corthell, Emily Davidson, Benjamin Davis, Duc Do, Rebekah Dostie, Maria Ensesa Rull, Makayla Frost, Forrest Greene, Maeve Gurnis, Tristan Harvie, Annie Hogan, Shayna Kackley, Dimitra Katsigiannis, Do Yeon Kim, Jee Na Kim, Weidong Kong, Bohan Liu, Francesca Llanos, Kylie Locke, Milos Mitic, Edward Price, Xiaolin Qian, Yuhao Ren, Chance Sawtelle, Christopher Schubert, Laura Spencer, Forrest Stearns, Iaian Thorner, Yee Ki Tsang, Karylann Walker, Colt Whitten.

(Continued from Page A) Grade 12 High Honors Kathryn Caulfield.

Grade 12 Honors Miranda Chadbourne, Erik Christensen, Taylor Cronin, Casey Heath, Holly Lambert, Abigail Lucy, Nicole Marucci, Samantha Marucci, Drew Shane, Giselle Wallace.

Grade 12 Merit Recognition Arianna Aaskov, Justin Buckley, Katelynn Crockett, Kenya DuBrule, Destinee Durant, Lucy Fowler, Michaela Gagnon, Heather Hall, Brendon Harmon, Tucker Irish, Frances Kimball, Danielle LaPointe, Paul Lauer, Jacqueline Laurent, Kira Lennert-Olsen, Estelle Lohm, Zoey Perham, Elizabeth Schreiber, Zachary Tidd, Jordan Turner, Elisabeth Waugh.

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Carole Goodman, ABR

Broker/Realtor 171 Portland Road, Rt. 302, Bridgton, ME 04009 207-647-5371 • 800-647-5371 • Cell: 207-838-0363 • Fax 207-647-8316

WONDERFUL HOME & SETTING

This MOOSE POND LAKEFRONT home has it all, level lot, 200 ft. of lakefront, Southern exposure, very well-maintained. Great kit., cathedral ceilings, open liv./din. area w/slider to a sunny oversized deck. 3BR, 2.5BA plus den w/closet, lg. fam. rm., paved parking, att. gar., and additional separate gar. w/storage above. Screen gazebo. WOW! Offered at $530,000.

www.carolegoodman.com

MLS #1141216

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BRIDGTON – Beautiful hidden gem! Home located in open fields.

3 bedrooms, 2 full baths. Sun room opens to a fenced inground pool.

You can have animals with a barn, plus a 2-car attached garage.

Being sold with 3 acres. Kitchen, living room, office, dining room and sun room. $227,500.

ALPINE VILLAGE SANDY BEACH

BRIDGTON – 3+ bedroom yearround home, rights to gorgeous sandy beach on Moose Pond.

Steps to Shawnee Peak. Have it all, skiing, swimming and tennis. Clay tennis court included! Hardwood floors, living room with wood stove.

1st floor bedroom, lg. sunroom, 2car garage. $189,900.

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MOVE RIGHT IN!

WATERFORD – Move-in ready 2-bedroom Ranch! Open kitchen, living and dining. New stainless appliances! Large master with half bath. Laundry, office, finished basement. Quiet yard with deck overlooking pretty Mill Brook. 1-car garage under, workshop with electric, paved drive. $124,900.

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GREAT LOCATION

BRIDGTON – Wonderful open concept home, 3 bedrooms, great kitchen with counter space galore, 1-car garage under with a ton of storage area, laundry room, additional room in the basement for a family room. Move right in. Easy to show. $134,900.

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MOOSE POND

BRIDGTON – This home has what you’ve been looking for! Large kitchen with a breakfast bar opens out to a family room with a gas fireplace, front living room and formal dining room. You will enjoy the 3season sunroom. So much room!

The 2nd floor is 1 large finished room, ready for all of your company.

Moose Pond, tennis courts, swimming pool and more! $225,000.

LONG LAKE LIVING

BRIDGTON – Beautiful home, filled with character. Floor-to-ceiling fireplace, wood floors throughout. Master suite on 1st floor, new sunroom overlooking perennial gardens. Rights to a great sandy beach with your own boat mooring. Located in a wonderful waterfront community. $299,000.

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HANCOCK POND

SEBAGO – Hancock Pond waterfront! 136 ft. of prime shore frontage, sandy bottom, steps to the water.

Watch the sunset from your lakeside Adirondack chair! 1-bedroom plus a sleeping porch. Fieldstone fireplace, pine interior. Washer/dryer included, new stove. $249,900.

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REDUCED – MOOSE POND!

BRIDGTON – SUNSET VIEWS from this well-maintained cottage at the water’s edge! 100 ft. of sandy beach frontage, yr. rd. Shawnee Peak views. Open concept kitchen, living room w/woodstove, screenedin porch. 2 bedrooms down, open loft for an extra sleeping area. Just over a half-acre lot. $359,900.

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School news

College flashes (Continued from Page C) Allen “Shep” Hayes of Bridgton earned a bachelor of science degree in Journalism from Boston University.

Kelsey Liljedahl of Fryeburg and Natalie Van Baars of Raymond were named to the University of Hartford (Conn.) Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester.

Phoebe Hurd of Raymond, who is in the science exploration program in Rochester Institute of Technology’s College of Science, has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2013-2014 semester.

Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean’s List if their quarterly grade point average is greater than or equal to 3.4.

Samuel Jaffe of Raymond was awarded a bachelor’s of science degree

in mathematical sciences from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.).

Nicholas Peter Quasnitschka of Bridgton received a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in Criminal Justice from Norwich University (Vt.).

Sarah Katherine McCarthy of Sebago received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Norwich University (Vt.).

Shannon K. Leydon of Bridgton, Gary M. Pagel of Harrison, Cortney A. Reagan of Naples and Lori J. Cohoon of Sebago recently graduated from the Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions.

Amanda M. Lewis, daughter of Peter and Karen Lewis of Bridgton, graduated in May from Liberty University in Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree

Solutions on Page 6C

Amanda Lewis Liberty University grad in Exercise Science, HFS, FMS. She was an outstanding student, achieving a 4.0 grade point average during the fall 2013 semester.

Amanda is currently fulfill-

ing her internship requirements at The Mountain Center Physical Therapy in Conway, N.H. and will be going on this coming fall for two more years to get her Physical Therapist Assistant degree from Genesee Community College in N.Y. Karen Lewis of Bridgton has been awarded the Hazel Lane Babcock Scholarship through the University of Maine for the fall of 2014.

This scholarship is given to an outstanding incoming senior student with a major in math or science.

She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Lewis has remained on the Dean’s List during the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014 semesters. She will graduate in December 2014.

Jaymee Crowell of Harrison (04040) graduated from Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt. on Saturday, May 17 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production.

Bianca L’Italien of Casco and Jonathan Dana of Fryeburg have been named to first honors on the Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) Dean’s List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Spring 2014 semester. To be eligible for first honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3 (all A-pluses).

Hannah J. Warren of Harrison has been named to the Dean’s List for the 2014 spring semester at the

University of New England.

Dean’s List students have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0 at the end of the semester.

Saint Joseph’s College Dean’s List Saint Joseph’s College in Standish named the following area students to the Dean’s List for the spring 2014 semester.

To be eligible for Dean’s List, a student must attain a GPA average of 3.5 or better, earn no less than a B-minus in all registered courses, and must carry a course load of no less than 14 credits.

They included: Meghan Bradley of Fryeburg; Lisa Costello of Denmark; Sophie-Mary Creegan of Fryeburg; Garrett COLLEGE, Page C

This week’s puzzle Theme: World History ACROSS 1. Mosque officials 6. H in HMS 9. *J. Edgar Hoover, e.g.

13. Dugout vessel 14. Australian flightless bird 15. Fairytale baby carrier 16. Irregular or jagged 17. Any doctrine 18. Baskerville’s scare 19. *He crossed the Rubicon 21. *Darwin’s watercraft 23. Small dog’s bark 24. Two quarters 25. ___-cha-cha 28. Miami Heat star 30. Go ashore 35. Red ink amount 37. Sophia Lauren’s “bye” 39. *She ran for VP 40. Yorkshire river 41. Brings home the bacon 43. Pro ___ 44. Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g.

46. Render speechless 47. Largest organ of human body 48. *Third Reich mastermind 50. Biblical birthright seller 52. Message in a bottle 53. Small municipality 55. Boiling blood 57. *Author of “95 Theses” 60. *The Black Death 63. Hungarian wine 64. U.N. working-conditions agency 66. Crows’ homes 68. Addicts 69. Feather’s partner?

70. *The New York Times’ first one came out in 1851 71. Midterm or final 72. Farm female 73. Courtyards DOWN 1. Berg matter 2. Painter ____ Chagall 3. Dwarf buffalo 4. Promenade gait 5. Plaything for two 6. *Edward VI to Henry VIII, e.g.

7. Ambulance crew 8. Dance of Castro’s land 9. Hot rum drink 10. Sledgehammer 11. *Mother of Queen Elizabeth I 12. Flanders of “The Simpsons” 15. Rubs 20. Rapidly 22. A late time of life 24. Embolden 25. Used for cleaning 26. Alluring maiden 27. Portfolio content 29. *First European to round Cape of Good Hope 31. In front of criminals 32. Middle Eastern vodka, pl.

33. 4:1, e.g.

34. *Kublai and Genghis 36. Navy commando 38. Blame 42. Creepy one 45. Aquatic goddess

49. *___ v Wade 51. Muse of astronomy, descendant of Uranus 54. What scribes do 56. Opposite of digest 57. *Germany did it in WWI and WWII 58. Hawaiian strings, pl.

59. Queen of Hearts’ pastry

60. Minute opening 61. *Communist threat, 19221991 62. Small ornamental case 63. *New Kingdom’s boypharaoh 65. *Hammurabi’s concern 67. Last word of “America, the Beautiful”

38TH ANNUAL BRIDGTON

Come and enjoy a New England 4th of July celebration in Bridgton, Maine!

Race followed by parade and town festivities.

THE CHALMERS TEAM

"Race of the year 2000 in New England/New York" - New England Runner "One of the world's 50 top summer races" - Runner Magazine Inducted in 2010 into the Maine Running Hall of Fame

WHEN & WHERE: 8 a.m. (Wheelchair Racers 7:55 a.m.) Friday, July 4, 2014 at Main Street & Route 117. Early pick up of bibs & shirts for preregistered runners Thursday, July 3, 4-6 p.m. at Memorial School. Race Day pick up of bibs and shirts at Memorial School 6-7:45 a.m.

NEW LISTING

Bridgton – Lots of potential!

Long Lake cottage getaway with 205 ft. subdividable frontage! 2BR, 1BA, fireplace, screened porch. $775,000

Bridgton – Ski-in, ski-out at Shawnee Peak! 2BR plus extra space in fam. rm.; open concept, game rm., 4BA, cathedral ceilings, fireplace. $269,000

Bethel – Directly across from the Bethel Inn Golf Course, selling much below value due to short sale. $125,000

MAJOR SPONSORS: Bridgton Hospital, The Chalmers Group, Hannaford, Poland Spring, Norway Savings Bank, Hancock Lumber, Hayes True Value, Squeaky Clean Laundry, Fleet Feet Sports Maine Running, Bridgton McDonald’s, Howell Laboratories, and Rolfe Industries RACE PROCEEDS BENEFIT: Bridgton Public Library and Local Charities

COURSE: 4 MILES – Maine USATF Sanctioned Course Certification code #ME13008JK. Start mats, disposable chips and race timing by Granite State Race Services.

REGISTRATION: ONLINE REGISTRATION Bridgton – This rambling 3 or 4BR home has original details throughout, 10 ac., great country location. $239,900

Bridgton – 3BR, cathedral ceiling, hardwood & tile floors, stainless appl., farmer’s porch, big back yard & full walkout basement. $165,500

Bridgton – Farmer’s porch, large eat-in kitchen w/wood stove, 4BR, 4BA, gorgeous wood floors, huge barn. $299,900

Bridgton – Beautiful & sunny waterfront lot on Woods Pond w/166 ft. of private frontage. Rare offering…Don’t miss out! $149,000

Bridgton – 2BR, 1BA, fireplace, gran. counters, stainless steel appliances, walkout basement, garage, porch & deck. Everything redone. $149,000

Harrison – Three great affordable home sites to build that 1st home or retirement home in small subdivision. Site was previously cleared, surveyed, soils tested & power in at street. Protective covenants.

1.95 ac. at $21,900, 1.45 ac. at $16,900 & 2.42 ac. at $23,900 Waterford – 67 ac. of fields & woodland. Build your own private retreat with magnificent mtn. views & scenic vistas. Good potential for development. $299,000

ONLY prior to Race Day. Total registration limited to 2,100 runners. $20.00 online www.4onthe4th.com through June 30, then $25.00.

T-SHIRTS: Free Tech Running T-Shirt to first 500 to register online. T-Shirts may be purchased in Registration/ Finish Area.

AWARDS: Prizes to top five men and top five women finishers.

Beth’s Café Gift Certificate to top male and female finisher from Bridgton. Medals to first three finishers (men & women) in the following age categories: 10 & under, 11-13, 14-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-80, 81 & up, and wheelchair racers.

Regional Sports June 26, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page C

Raider spring awards FRYEBURG — The following awards and honors were presented to Fryeburg Academy spring athletes: Raider Plaques Boys’ Lacrosse: Raider Awards to Tristan Harvie and Mike Dandaneau.

Girls’ Lacrosse: Coaches’ Award to Mary Shea; Raider Award to McKenna Gerchman.

Boys’ Tennis: Pavle Bulatovic, MVP; Milos Mitic, Most Improved.

Girls’ Tennis: Isabel Hodgman-Burns, Most Improved; Catherine Ashley, Most Dedicated.

Boys’ Track: Eric Hannes, MVP; Andrew Lyman, Coaches’ Award.

Girls’ Track: Bailey Friedman, MVP; Anna Lastra, Coaches’ Award.

Baseball: Matt Boucher, Most Improved: Nicholis L’ H e u r e u x - C a r l a n d , Sportsmanship Award.

Softball: Raider Awards to Alexis L’Heureux-Carland and Kristin Chipman.

All Academic Girls’ Tennis: Chelsea Abraham, Morgan BullardHodge, Isabel HodgmanBurns.

Boys’ Tennis: Pavle

Bulatovic, Milos Mitic.

Girls’ Lacrosse: Amber Dindorf.

Boys’ Lacrosse: Tristan Harvie.

Softball: Sydney Charles, Makayla Frost, Kylie Locke.

Baseball: Nicholas Kiesman, Liam LeConey.

Girls’ Track: Juliet Fink, Bailey Friedman, Sarah Welch.

Boys’ Track: Sullivan Briggs, Dacota Griffin, Eric Hannes, Will Price.

Seniors who have played 12 recognized seasons of athletics Sydney Charles, Amber Dindorf, Bailey Friedman, Dakota Griffin, Eric Hannes, Forrest Stearns, Sullivan Briggs.

The Raider Booster Club honored theses athletes with a personalized fleece blanket.

Three-Star Jackets Mackenzie Buzzell, Ryan Caracciolo, Kristan Chipman, Skye Collins, Mariah Davis, Erika Dennery, Shelby Hesselin, Keegan Jones, Tommy Kane, Huxley Lovering, Brandon Ludwig, Jake Maidment, Emily McDermith, Molik Mobley, Reid O’Brien, David Olsen, Jasmine Ramsay, Jeremiah Schrader, Corey Thibodeau, Ali Upton, Allison Watson, AJ Worcester, Morgan Bullard Hodge, Courtney Batchlor, Karalyann Walker, Colt Whitten.

All-Conference softball selections Four local high school softball players were named to the Western Maine AllConference team.

First team selections were juniors Kristen Chipman of Fryeburg Academy (third base) and Ashley Clark of

Lake Region (pitcher).

Clark compiled a 9-8 record with a 3.44 ERA. She allowed 5.9 hits per game, striking out 5.1 per game, and allowing 55 earned runs over 112 innings. She struck out 87.

Second team selections were senior Kylie Locke of Fryeburg Academy (first baseman) and junior Allison Morse of Lake Region (catcher).

Morse led the Lakers in hitting with a .436 average.

She was first in hits with 24, second in doubles (3), and struck out just once in 55 plate appearances.

Honorable Mention selections for Lake Region were senior shortstop Casey Heath SOFTBALL, Page C

Hancock Lumber’s

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Drew Spaulding pushes himself and his Lake Region varsity boys’ lacrosse teammates to work hard and goes out of his way to acknowledge a good play, said LR Coach Don White.

“He plays with a high intensity every game, setting the tone for the defense by letting the other team’s best offensive player know he’s in for a very long day,” Coach White said.

Drew had some very impressive take-away checks and dominated ground balls.

“Many of his ground balls end up being fast breaks at the other end of the field,” Coach White said. “Drew has been really fun to coach this year, and he always seems to have a smile on his face.”

In recognition of his strong work ethic, determination, commitment and good sportsmanship, Drew is this week’s Boosters and Hancock Lumber “Player of the Week.” Each week, a Lake Region athlete is recognized for his/her dedication (does more than what is asked), work ethic, coachability and academic good standing. Recipients receive a specially-designed T-shirt, sponsored by Hancock Lumber.

The Spaulding File Name: Drew Spaulding Year in School: Senior Town: Casco Parents: Scott and Tracy Spaulding Sports you play: Lacrosse School honors: Good Kid Award Q. Best piece of advice you have received? DS.

Drew Spaulding Play for the love of the game.

Q. Who is your biggest fan? DS. My mother. She has never missed a game and has pretty much watched me play through a camera lens.

Q. I know I have had a good sports day when…

DS. I get a good night’s sleep.

Q. What is your favorite sport? DS. Lacrosse.

Q. What qualities make for a good teammate and whom do you consider a good teammate? DS. A good teammate is one who contributes to the team by hyping up the team. I consider RJ Legere a good teammate. This was his first year in goal and having no prior experience in a goal, shut down key players from around Maine. RJ’s leadership and attitude are — in my opinion — characteristics of a player of the week.

For Sale • 383 Portland St., Fryeburg, Maine This well-maintained ±10,000 sq. ft. Commercial/Industrial Building, located on ±4.7 acres, is currently configured as mixeduse with commercial and residential tenants. The building offers 3-phase power, propane heat, public water, and previously had been used as a machine shop.

The large lot offers room for building expansion.

Offered at $269,500.

HELPING HOCKEY — The CAP Memorial Inc. presented Western Maine Youth Hockey with a check for $750 from proceeds from the benefit golf tournament held in 2013. Pictured with youth hockey players are (left to right) Ben Priest, The CAP vice president; Chuck Priest, The CAP treasurer; Megan Foster, president of WMYH; and Mike Priest, The CAP president. This year’s golf tourney will be held on Sunday, Aug. 3 Like us on Facebook at at 9 a.m. at Point Sebago ANNE PLUMMER & ASSOCIATES Golf Course in Casco.

“Real Estate for the Lakes Region”

HARRISON – LONG LAKE – 3-bedroom, 2bath cape-style cottage with large screenedin porch overlooking the rolling lawn down to the ±150 ft. Long Lake sandy, gradual entry frontage, in a great, quiet and protected area. $454,900. MLS #1134999

BRIDGTON – Beautiful Lindal Post & Beam Cedar Contemporary, overlooking Long Lake.

Cathedral ceilings w/stone fireplace in open liv./ kit./din. area, great for entertaining. Attached glassed-in sunroom, 2-car garage, daylight basement preplumbed for bath and unfinished fireplace. $749,900. MLS #1129369

HARRISON – Immaculate well-maintained home or second home with association beach on beautiful Crystal Lake just steps away. A short walk to Harrison Village with restaurants and marinas on Long Lake, and a 4-season sun room. Vermont Castings wood stove in living room. $194,900. MLS #1125010

207-693-5200

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SEBAGO – Well-cared-for farmhouse, ready to move into. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, w/many updates, new roof shingles in 2013. 3-season wraparound porch. Detached 36'x44' barn w/ great level ±2-acre lot to fence in if you wanted animals. Only $169,900. MLS #1096665

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BRIDGTON – Right on Moose Pond and skiing across the street at Pleasant Mtn. from this 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath condo that has been well-cared-for with stone fireplace in living room, with cathedral ceilings, and master bedroom on 1st floor with master bath, and finished basement with family room, bedroom and full bath.

Boat slip, swimming and tennis courts close by. Have all 4 seasons of fun! Great price for so much! Only $265,900. MLS #1127778

CASCO – 3-bedroom, 1 1/2-bath farmhouse, in great location to commute to Windham or Lewiston. Sunny covered porch, stone fireplace. Metal roof, vinyl siding and replacement windows 15 years ago. Attached 2-car garage. $149,900. MLS #1126066 CASCO – Water access to Thomas Pond right across the street from this 2,000 sq. ft. contemporary ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, with finished rooms in basement, and 2-car heated garage. $189,900. MLS #1127346

CASCO – THOMPSON LAKE – ±379 ft. sandy, gradual entry frontage comes with this 5-bedroom, 3 1/2-bath gambrel with attached 2-car garage. 4-year-old cherry kitchen with top-ofthe-line appliances and granite, newer carpets in bedrooms. Full, unfinished basement. ± 1,000 ft. association beach next door to prop- HARRISON – 4-bedroom, 1-bath cape on erty and tennis courts around the corner. ±1-acre lot, with attached shed and 2-car $795,900. MLS #1135044 garage. $104,900. MLS #1130390

LAND LISTINGS NAPLES – ±2.35 acres direct waterfront in Sebago Cove associa- NAPLES – Peaceful location for camp with Sebago Lake access, tion. Wooded lot with ±205 ft. on water, perfect for home or beach rights, boat launch. Lot has electricity and large, level vacation spot. Also shared common area with use of association gravel driveway. 10'x12' shed included. $29,900. MLS #1133689 dock, or use your own dock off your land. Easy access to Sebago CALL 207-693-5200 FOR MORE INFORMATION Lake. Close to town for shopping, golf and restaurants.

ON ANY OF THESE LAND LISTINGS. $209,900. MLS #1140491

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Bridgton — Beautiful 30'x34' Colonial w/ direct entry, 30'x42' 3-bay gar. & 30'x10' car port, on 5.79 private acres. Many custom features: hardwood, masonry, tile, cherry kit. w/stainless appl., Master BR/BA. Just min. to Shawnee Peak, Moose Pond, Highland Lake & direct snowmobile trail access. Great price for so much! $299,500.

MLS #1129150. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

NEW LISTING

Casco — Mid-1850s farmhouse on nice 1.5-acre lot. 1st floor has kitchen, living room, bath, laundry room and bedroom.

2 bedrooms upstairs, unfinished attic area. Plenty of storage in garage and barn. Recent updates include vinyl windows and metal roof. $119,900. MLS #1137662. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

NEW PRICE

Casco — Custom-built contemporary colonial boasting over 1,700 sq. ft. of living space. Large media room, 2nd floor laundry and desirable floor plan. Located close to the Raymond line yet in a quiet neighborhood setting of upscale homes. Paved drive and nice landscape. $224,900. MLS #1125211. Call Carol, 207-310-8592.

Call Larry Eliason, Broker 207-415-2112

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LONG LAKE ACCESS

Bridgton — Stunning Contemporary boasts exceptional amenities with plenty of room to entertain family and friends. Gourmet kitchen with granite, 3 master bedrooms, hardwood, tile, family room with spectacular cathedral ceilings, balcony. Not enough?

Deeded access to Long Lake with dock, boat slip. $529,000. MLS #1124953. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

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ANTIQUE HOME

Bridgton — Historic “Minister’s Hill” property. Charming antique home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, dining, parlor, living room on 1-acre lot with scenic views. Extensive remodeling in keeping with historic period, most recently: new kitchen/family room, windows, heating system and septic. More acreage negotiable. $162,000. MLS #1131793.

Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

HIGHLAND LAKE FRONTAGE

Harrison — Sweeping views of Crystal Lake, Long Lake, Pleasant Mtn. and more from this contemporary home boasting over 3,400 sq. ft. of living space on 3 levels.

Private end-of-the-road location. Sun room, family room, hardwood floors and attached 3-car garage w/storage above. $285,000.

MLS #1139563. Call Carol, 207-310-8592.

MULTIFAMILY

Bridgton – Highland Lake — Private 6acre lot with 400' owned frontage on private cove that offers you the experience of being one with nature, canoe/kayak, enjoy the wildlife/fishing. Also 1,000' of shared frontage: private dock/slip, swim float, gazebo with picnic area. $149,500. MLS #1127190. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

NEW LISTING

Casco — Unique Investment: 8 Singlefamily homes on private 11+ acre lot. Built between 1994–1996. Good rental history, well-maintained. Tenants can enjoy the Sebago Lakes Region amenities, yet easy commute to Portland and Lewiston/Auburn areas. $750,000. MLS #1123634. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

Poland — Well-maintained 8-rm. Cape-style home on beautifully-landscaped 2.48-acre lot. 4 BR (master BR on 1st floor), 2 BA, family room, open kit./din. w/direct entry 2car garage, deck and barn. Hardwood, tile, fplc. Easy commute to Lewiston/Auburn and Portland. $225,000. MLS #1137791. Call Debbi, 207-329-0210.

The Kline Team at Premier Properties Carol Kline & Debbi Webber

1263 Roosevelt Trail, Raymond, ME 04071 207-320-8592 or 207-329-0210 • Fax 866-561-7150

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“Putting over 37 years of integrity, knowledge and dedication to work for you!”

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Regional sports

Freedom of Hills: Mt. Tom “This is my Father’s world And to my listening ears All nature sings, and round me rings The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world; I rest me in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas His hand the wonders wrought,” View from the summit of Mount Tom of the Pemigewasset Wilderness.

(Photo by John Patrick) — Malthie D. Babcock from “This is My Father’s 2.2 miles via the Avalon and and was forced to sell. The World” A-Z Trail to the height of land hotel he started became the between Mount Field (4,340 Crawford House, operated

By Allen Crabtree feet) and Mount Tom (4,051 as a popular high-mountain Guest Writer feet). There a short 0.6-mile resort until it closed in 1975.

Mount Tom is one of the spur trail provides access to The hotel burned down in 48 peaks in New Hampshire the summit of Mount Tom. 1977 and today the AMC that are 4,000-feet tall or For the determined 4000-foot Highland Center stands higher, and is located just peak-baggers, Mounts Tom, where it used to be. west of Crawford Notch Field, and Willey are close Olympic skier Tom making it a convenient together and can be done in Corcoran had developed the Waterville Valley Ski one convenient loop hike.

Pearl Cascade and pool on 4,000-footer to bag.

The trail starts at the old Area beginning in 1965, There are at least 42 the trail to Mount Tom. (Photo by John Patrick) Crawford Notch railroad sta- peaks named Mount Tom and was also involved in tion and climbs steeply for in the United States, includ- the initial planning with ing 1,073-foot Mount Tom George McAvoy, owner of in Fryeburg, and 1,202-foot the Crawford House to build Mount Tom near Holyoke, an alpine ski area on the Mass. in the Connecticut northern slopes of Mount Tom. McAvoy recalls in River Valley.

According to Robert And Then There Was One: and May Hixon in their A History of the Hotels of Place Names of the White the Summit & the West Side Mountains, the Mount Tom in of Mount Washington: “We Crawford Notch was named invited Tommy Cochran [sic] in 1876 by New Hampshire to come up from Waterville State Geologist Charles H. Valley and look over our Hitchcock after Thomas J. plans. He was enthralled Crawford. Crawford was a with the skiing opportunities son of Abel Crawford, owner of Mt. Tom and noted that and proprietor of the Notch if he had known about the House, an inn at the top of area, might not have become involved in Waterville.” Plans Crawford Notch.

The Crawford Path link- to develop Mount Tom as a ing Crawford Notch and ski area, however, died with Denmark Mountain Hikers Trudy Dunn (left) and Mel Mount Washington was the closing of the Crawford Hallas on the trail to Mount Tom.

(Photo by John Patrick) constructed in 1819 by Abel House in 1975.

The trail to Mount Tom Mount Tom trail and drains pink-brown colored Conway Crawford and his son Ethan Allen Crawford. From 1829 crosses several streams and the slopes of Mount Field. granite.” The Pearl Cascade until about 1850, Thomas comes close to two pretty According to New England is only a few hundred feet Crawford was the innkeeper waterfalls. Both the 35-foot Waterfalls: A Guide to More further up the trail and the at the Notch House. He began Beecher Cascade and 20-foot Than 400 Cascades And falling waters have created construction of a larger hotel Pearl Cascade are located on Waterfalls Beecher Cascade a small pothole at the base in the Notch around 1850 but Crawford Brook, a moun- is a horsetail falls flowing of the cascade that is just the ran into financial difficulty tain steam that parallels the through “gorge walls of MT. TOM, Page A

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Hall selected Post-season softball recognition Athlete of Year (Continued from Page C) and junior centerfielder Brittany Perreault.

Heath was fourth on the club in average at .339, led the team in runs scored with 14, was second in hits with 20, was first in doubles (4) and walks (12).

Perreault was second on the team in average at .375.

All Academic selections were Amy Angelone, Kenya

Kate Hall of Casco was named the female Athlete of the Year at the conclusion of the 27th annual Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram All-Sports Banquet held Sunday at the Italian Heritage Center.

“I was excited to win,” said Hall in an interview with the Press Herald. “I know it must have been a hard decision. There are so many amazing athletes here.”

To be eligible for Athlete of the Year, Kate first had to be honored as the top perKate Hall of Casco former in track & field.

The Athletes of the Year were chosen by a panel that included high school coaches, an athletic director, and Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram staff writers and editors.

“Our extensive and comprehensive coverage of high school sports is part of our ongoing commitment to serving the community in Maine,” said Lisa DeSisto, publisher of the Press Herald and Sunday Telegram. “It’s a pleasure to be able to tell their stories.”

Kate was the indoor track and field athlete of the year as a sophomore, but could not attend the banquet because she was competing in the New Balance national outdoor championships.

“I was very happy I could come this year,” she said. “I was hoping it would be the week after nationals.” According to two longtime staff sports writers, Hall is the first female to be named Athlete of the Year as a junior.

Kate has emerged as the best female sprinter/jumper in Maine high school history. At Nationals, she placed third in the 100-meter dash in a wind-aided 11.45 seconds. Her time of 11.58 in the prelims is considered an all-time New England best. She was also eighth in the 200 meters in 23.98 seconds – the first sub-24 by a New England schoolgirl – and sixth in the long jump.

At the national high school indoor championships in March in New York, she set a Maine all-time best mark of 19 feet, 11¼ inches in the long jump.

BOSTON, MASS. — New Hampshire resident Jane Bannister threw out the first pitch just prior to the Boston Red Sox taking on the Minnesota Twins on Monday, June 16, at Fenway Park in Boston.

Bannister’s brother — Essex, Mass. resident Ed Friedlander and his son, Colton, age 6 — were on the warning track to watch this meaningful event.

The siblings were there in honor of their beloved parents — Ed and Gloria Friedlander — both of whom succumbed to lung cancer (Ed in 1991 and Gloria in 2008) and who spent their final years as Bridgton homeowners. They purchased property in Bridgton in 1968

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Freedom of Hills: Mt. Tom (Continued from Page C) right size for a dip to cool off after the strenuous hike to Mount Tom on a summer’s day.

The Denmark Mountain Hikers climbed Mount Tom on a day in June 2014 that began in the sun and ended with thunderstorms and heavy downpours. As the group reached the summit of Mount Tom the dark thunderclouds were gathering over the Pemigewasset Wilderness to the west, and beating a quick retreat the hikers made it about halfway down before the rains began in earnest. It was a wet, bedraggled bunch that reached the shelter of the Crawford Notch train station later in the afternoon.

Hike facts Mount Tom is located in Grafton County, Whitefield, N.H. Difficulty – Difficult Hiking distance – 2.8 miles to summit Hiking times – 2 1/2 hours to summit Elevation – 4,051 feet Vertical gain – 2,151 feet

Topographic Map – USGS Crawford Notch 7.5-minute quad Directions to the Trailhead: Follow US302 north from North Conway area through Glen and Bartlett (Route 16 splits right at Glen – stay left on Route 302). Route 302 continues through Bartlett north through Crawford Notch. At the height of land in the Notch look for the old Crawford Depot on the left (west) and parking. Saco Lake is across the road on the right (east).

Trail information: The Mount Avalon/Tom and Mount Willard trails start across the railroad tracks west of the Crawford Depot.

There is a trail kiosk about 0.1 mile from the trailhead where the trails to Mount Avalon and Mount Willard diverge — take the right fork toward Mount Avalon. The Mount Avalon trail climbs steadily and at 1.2 miles from the trailhead the A-Z Trail begins and the Mount Avalon trail branches to the left. Climb more steeply on the A-Z Trail for 1.0 miles to

the col between Mount Tom and Mount Field. The side spur to Mount Tom begins here and reaches the summit in 0.6 miles. Mount Tom can also be reached from the Zealand Falls end on the A-Z Trail (2.7 miles) or as part of the Willey Range Trail loop over Mount Willey and Mount Field.

Hikers should consult the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) White Mountain Guide for more information on the trails to Mount Tom. What to bring: Clothes suitable to the season (hat, gloves, jacket), rain gear, 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 provide information on Bear Mountain in Waterford. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers’ climb, check the Bridgton News community calendar.

FIRST PITCH — To inspire baseball fans to support the new CVS/pharmacy instore campaign that benefits LUNG FORCE — an initiative of the American Lung Association that strives to make lung cancer in women a public health priority — Jane Bannister of Kensington, N.H., throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the June 16 Boston Red Sox versus Minnesota Twins game. Jane lost both her mother and father, who owned property in Bridgton, to lung cancer, and has shared her story through LUNG FORCE to raise awareness and help other women and their families. Joining Jane on the mound is Eileen Howard Boone, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy at CVS Caremark. and spent many wonderful vacations there with their children. Both spent their final days in Bridgton, “a town they loved so much,” family said. Their children now own the property.

Bannister said her mother lost her life in 2008 after a difficult, yet determined, threeyear battle with lung cancer.

Bannister shared her story on the LUNG FORCE website to raise awareness and help other women and their families.

She was cheered on at Fenway Park by her daughter, Catherine, a junior at Exeter High School in Exeter, N.H.

The siblings were also there to support CVS/pharmacy’s new, national in-store fundraising campaign which will benefit the LUNG FORCE initiative of the American Lung Association. The campaign is underway at more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores across the country and is an important followup step to CVS Caremark’s February decision to remove tobacco products from all of its stores and align with community partners on programs that help people live tobacco-free lives.

CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Caremark

Corporation, announced the in-store fundraising campaign in early June to help fight the #1 cancer killer of women. In addition to making lung cancer in women a public health priority, LUNG FORCE will seek to drive policy change and increase research funding. CVS Caremark is the national presenting sponsor of LUNG FORCE. “Our new campaign aligns well with our purpose of helping people on their path to better health and our commitment to partnering with community organizations to help more people lead tobacco-free lives,” said Howard Boone.

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At the end-of-the-season banquet held last week at Shawnee Peak, plaques were presented to: Coach’s Award to Samantha Marucci and Nicole Marucci; Most Improved Player to Destinee Durant; Most Valuable Player to Ashley Clark.

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School & sports Harrison fall soccer HARRISON — Harrison Parks and Rec is now accepting registration forms for fall youth soccer.

This Oxford Hills Athletic Boosters program is for Harrison girls and boys entering grades 1-6 in the fall.

Harrison Parks and Rec also offers fall soccer for girls and boys entering kindergarten.

The fee for the Booster program is $30 per child or $55 per family; checks payable to Oxford Hills Athletic Boosters.

The Harrison Munchkin Kindergarten program is $20 per child; checks payable to the Town of Harrison.

Forms for both these programs can be found at the Harrison Town Office or at the Recreation building at Crystal Lake Park. Please don’t delay as these programs begin when school begins. Registration deadline is Aug. 1. Questions, call Rec Director Paula Holt at 583-2241 or e-mail her at pholt@harrisonmaine.org

British soccer camp NO LUCKY WINNER — Players who qualified for the “Million Dollar Hole-In-One” contest at the Bridgton Lions and Bridgton Knights of Columbus annual Golf Tournament this past Saturday attempt to make the hole-in-one shot.

There was no million dollar winner, but every player had a great day of golfing.

Great day of golf at Highlands The Bridgton Lions and Bridgton Knights of Columbus held their annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 21, at the Bridgton Highlands Country Club.

The weather was perfect for the 12 teams that played.

First place “gross” score team

prize winners were Gary McIver, Jake Huntress, Mike Stuart and Andy Thombs.

First place “net” score team prize winners were Bruce Jones, Chris Mathews, Kevin Mathews and Shawn Jones.

Additional prizes were awarded for the men’s and

women’s longest drive, closest-to-the-hole on all par 3 holes and a putting contest.

Twelve players qualified for the Million Dollar Hole-InOne contest, but alas, there was no winner.

All the players had a great day of golfing and friend-

ship, and each received a free round of golf at the Bridgton Highlands Country Club.

Net proceeds from the tournament will help the many charitable projects of the Bridgton Lions and Bridgton Knights of Columbus. More golf news next week.

OXFORD — For the first time in two years, Go-Karts returned to Oxford Plains Speedway, as an open practice was held for the JAR Racing Photography Karting Series. The Series will kick off with seven divisions of karting this coming Thursday

night at 6 p.m.

“It was great to see the kids behind the wheel of their karts as every time they took to the track, they improved dramatically,” stated General Manager, Dick Therrien.

“Several of the youngsters were six years old and a little

nervous, but before the day was done, they felt much more comfortable. No major incidents occurred, and overall, I was quite happy with the day. I’m looking forward to Thursday night.”

Oxford Plains Speedway Go-Karting is a very affordable way to have an evening out, as it’s only $5 to come and watch the racing from the pit area. Oxford Plains Speedway Go-Karting track is located at 877 Main Street, Oxford. For more information on Go-Karting at OPS, visit the website at www. oxfordplains.com, and click on the Go-Kart icon.

Cicconi, Drake, Brannon, & Haynes win big The ISMA Super Modifieds rolled into Oxford Plains Speedway this past Friday night for the Bentley Warren ISMA Classic, and delivered a lightning-fast, quality show on Locke Crane Services night. Drivers visiting Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy victory lane included Lou Cicconi, Justin Drake, Dave Brannon and Michael Haynes.

The 75-lap ISMA Super Modified race, presented by Locke’ Crane Services, saw Cicconi jump from his pole starting position to a comfortable early lead while the heavy hitters raced through the pack. Mark Sammut dogged Cicconi and finally raced by for the lead and pulled away from the field.

Jonathon McKennedy made his presence known as he fought his way into third spot.

Heavy traffic had the leaders making bold moves, and Cicconi slipped by Sammut on lap 64 and cruised to the victory. Sammut hung on for second ahead of McKennedy,

Rob Summers and Eric Lewis. Cicconi, McKennedy, and Chris Perley carried heat checkers.

The Budweiser Pro Late Models once again had a new face in victory lane as Justin Drake survived numerous cautions to claim the win. Shawn Martin closed to Drake’s rear bumper late in the race but ran out of time. TJ Brackett survived several skirmishes to race home third ahead of Scott Moore and Adam Polvinen.

Positions sixth through tenth included Jeremy Davis, Shane Green, Trevor Sanborn, Alan Tardif and Tim Brackett. Heat wins for the thirty-two cars in attendance included Alan Tardif, Chris Coolidge, Shane Green and Kyle Desouza.

The Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock checkers flew for Oxford newcomer, Dave Brannon. Brannon held on over the final three laps to secure his first win of the season over Richard Spaulding, Josh Childs, Kyle Hewins and Spencer Morse.

Brannon and Matt Williams won their respective qualifying rounds.

Michael Haynes picked up his second victory of 2014 as he easily outdistanced Bryce Mains, Jerry Freve, Troy Jordan and Guy Childs Sr. in the Ripley & Fletcher Ford Outlaw Sportsman 20-lap main event. Haynes also won his qualifying round.

Racing resumes at OPS Friday night as Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy will be the night’s sponsor featuring all four weekly divisions plus Legend cars and there will be Kiddee

HARRISON — Challenger British Soccer Camp returns to Harrison’s RADR Complex on Aug. 6-10.

The camp is open to boys and girls. Programs include: Ages 6-8, half day, 9 a.m. to noon, $112.

Ages 9-14, half day, 9 a.m. to noon, $112.

Ages 3-5, first kicks, 4 to 5 p.m., $62.

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

Each day includes individual foot skills, technical drills, tactical practices, small-sided games, coached scrimmages, and a daily tournament.

Equally important, the Challenger coaching staff provides your child with lessons in self-discipline, good sportsmanship and respect for others and for the game. Campers will enjoy a daily program and an end-of-camp graduation party!

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

Thrilling action from Oxford Plains Speedway

College flashes (Continued from Page C) Fillebrown of Waterford; Amanda Goodine of Naples; Rhiannon Pelletier of Raymond; and Payton Schwarz of Fryeburg.

Sarah Small of Raymond, a member of the class of 2016, has been named to Assumption College’s (Worcester, Mass.) spring 2014 Dean’s List. To earn a spot on the Dean’s List, Assumption students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester. The Dean’s List is announced twice every academic year, once at the completion of the fall semester, and again at the completion of the spring semester.

SJC graduates On Saturday, May 10, Saint Joseph’s College held its 101st Commencement, from its Standish campus on the shores of Sebago Lake. This year, the college recognized the accomplishments of 564 graduates: 202 from its on-campus programs and 362 from its online programs. Local graduates were: Lisa Costello of Denmark; Amanda Goodine of Naples; James Plummer of Raymond; and Heather Tripp of Lovell.

Michelle Heroux of Harrison is one of more than 750 graduates who received a diploma at Harding University’s commencement exercises May 10, 2014 in Searcy, Ark. Michelle received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Ethan Ward of Raymond was awarded a bachelor’s degree at Assumption College’s 97th Commencement in Worcester, Mass., graduating with a major in Economics and a double minor in Political Science and Finance. The ceremony was held May 17 on the campus’ H.L. Rocheleau Field, where 463 Bachelor of Arts degrees; 217 graduate studies degrees (Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration) and certificates; and 35 Continuing and Career Education degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, and associates) were awarded.

Krista Hakala, a senior from Harrison, was named to the Bentley University (Waltham, Mass.) Dean’s List for the spring semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a full-time student must have a grade point average of 3.3 or higher with no course grade below 2.0 during the term.

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PRO LATE 1. Justin Drake 2. Shawn Martin 3. TJ Brackett 4. Scott Moore 5. Adam Polvinen 6. Jeremy Davis 7. Shane Green 8. Trevor Sanborn 9. Alan Tardiff 10. Tim Brackett 11. Chris Coolidge 12. Kyle DeSouza 13. Jeff Burgess 14. Scott Farrington 15. Justin Gibbons 16. Quinney Welch 17. Scott McDaniel 18. Don Wentworth 19. Billy Childs Jr. 20. Dustin Bisson 21. Kurt Hewins 22. Mark Lundblad Jr. 23. Tommy Ricker 24. Kyle Treadwell 25. Gary Norris 26. Ricky Rolfe 27. Kevin Douglass 28. Gunnar Rowe 29. Brad Bellows 30. Vanna Brackett 31. Gary Chiasson 32. Corey Morgan OUTLAW SPORTSMAN 1. Michael Haynes

2. Bryce Mains 3. Jerry Freve 4. Troy Jordan 5. Guy Childs Sr. 6. Steve Moon 7. Cody Chiasson 8. Todd Bisbee 9. Shannon Judd 10. Zach Bowie STREET STOCKS 1. David Brannon 2. Richard Spaulding 3. Josh Childs 4. Kyle Hewins 5. Spencer Morse 6. Zach Emerson 7. Ryan Hewins 8. BJ Chapman 9. Matt Williams 10. Andrew Bretton 11. Glen Reynolds 12. Tim Rolando 13. Drew Morse 14. Ernie Brown 15. Keith Stuart SUPER MODIFIEDS 1. Lou Cicconi 2. Mark Sammut 3. Jonathon McKennedy 4. Rob Summers 5. Eric Lewis 6. Ryan Gath 7. Ben Seitz 8. Alison Cumens 9. Justin Belfiore 10. Bentley Warren 11. Dan Bowes 12. Jeff Locke 13. John Gambuti 14. Mike Keeler 15. Eddie Witkum 16. Craig Rayvals 17. Chris Perley

Bocce league scores HARRISON — In Game 5 of the Harrison Bocce League schedule: Aces beat Ruby’s 4-2; Searles defeated Caswell 41; Worster’s blanked Mentus 4-0; and Henry’s downed Long Lake 4-1.

North Division: Ace’s +2, Ruby’s -2, Mentus -2, Caswell -13.

South Division: Henry’s +7, Worster’s +5, Searles +3, Long Lake -6.

Opinion & Comment

June 26, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page D

Time to Be Me

by Gail Geraghty BN Columnist

Viewpoints A defining moment for Bridgton

There are events in local politics that people in town remember long afterward, so much so that it defines events that follow. Such was the time when Mark Lopez threw Bridgton Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz’s words back at him at a selectmen’s meeting, when he and many others were in an uproar over the town’s handling of Avesta Housing’s Main Street housing project.

“Perception is everything, Mitch,” said Lopez, never one to shy from speaking his mind at meetings. “You said it yourself.”

The fact that perception often becomes the primary motivator in local policy decisions came back around at this year’s Bridgton’s Town Meeting. Memories of high school dances, graduation and basketball games held sway over the efforts of those who wanted to delay funding the stabilization project at Bridgton’s historic Town Hall. It was heartening to watch such democracy in action, when so often what truly defines a community gets lost in the counting of dollars and cents. The $346,000 funding package selectmen had crafted was their best effort at lessening the burden on taxpayers — but by waiting, could a better, more responsible plan have been crafted?

Quite possibly. Probably. But talk of the need to repair the Town Hall had been going on for years, and the majority of voters just wanted to get on with it. Resident Vanessa Jones MOMENT, Page D

The man in the middle Views from the Uppermost House

by S. Peter Lewis BN Columnist

On a quiet afternoon two weeks ago, I did something I’d never done before, a wonderful something, a something so precious that most men never get to do it. With the late spring sun streaming in the window and a hot cup of coffee in my hand, I sat down at the kitchen counter and wrote out two Father’s Day cards, the first to my dad, and the second to my son.

This is a rare thing. A mathematically rare thing. Because you need three men and a great-grandchild for it to work. And we just happen to have that setup in our family now, with the arrival last year of my son’s new daughter, Sophie.

And so I am a man in the middle. At one end is my father, who has been a father for 54 years. In the middle I stand, a father for 29 years. And at the youthful end is my son, a father

for just over one year (366 days, he’d tell you, smiling from ear to ear).

I sat looking at the two cards, marveling at both the opportunity and the huge swelling lump in my chest. How many men get to do this? And how many men get to love two fathers this much? Oh how thankful I was!

While both cards were honorable and kind, the card to my son had a more dignified air, with a sophisticated italic font and praise-laden words meant to encourage him and to spur him on to good works. I added something so sappy at the end that I needed a tissue to finish it.

The card to my father was rather silly (a family tradition), with a cartoonish font and goofy artwork that somehow involved a cat (another common theme in our family). I ended it with this cheerful encouragement: “I hope your food dish is full, your water bowl is clean, and your litter box is fresh.” I realize that without the context this may seem a bit odd to you, but trust me, I’m sure my dad got a bit choked up over it, and he probably had to blow his nose halfway through reading it.

Neither my father nor my son is perfect; and, of course, I too am flawed. But we share many good things, not the least of which is the great hope that our children will be better than we are. Not richer, or smarter, or more successful in the way MIDDLE, Page D

Dark Side of the Sun

by Mike Corrigan BN Columnist

Net loss?

Television was invented for Cro-Magnon man, and the Internet for Neanderthals. On television, your typical CroMagnon can click, and be entertained, or not. Whatever.

Bottom line, Television Man knows he’s being lied to, but he’s kind of soothed by the process. He’s used to it. It’s entertainment. Lies are the price of sleep and dreams.

On the Internet, though, your Neanderthal can only point and click and be misinformed about something, or well informed about nothing. Google is a filter, but it’s a filter of and for the lowest common denominator. And information is not like entertainment. Taste is no test of the quality of information. Internet Man, therefore, is a prisoner of the propaganda he chooses, or that is chosen for him.

It is possible that Cro-Magnon TV Man can actually evolve in the future, and already having ascended to Couch Potato Man, there might be hope for him still. But Neanderthals, if you read your history and your anthropology, went extinct millennia ago. Which hints that Internet Man is heading for extinction, too, probably dragging the rest of us down with him.

The Internet used to live in a computer in a corner of the den or family room. Now it not only has moved into all the other rooms in the house, the Internet can be carried around like a pampered baby, and often is. We can’t seem to live without it; the winking screen assures us that we are still alive. It’s selfvalidating. Look, we can even keep checking our geographical position, down to the meter. See, there we are! See that dot, those coordinates? That’s us. And three people have friended me, and, look, I’ve got seven re-tweets. I exist!

More than a half-century ago, Marshall McLuhan warned us about television, and though we didn’t listen very closely, or perhaps even much understand what he was mumbling about, we at least knew we had been warned. The Internet comes with no such warning labels. We have to be self-ediLOSS, Page D

Letters Above and beyond

To The Editor: A big “thank you” to Ed Rock, his crew and Shawnee Peak. Lake Region High School softball players and their families enjoyed a great buffet dinner last Thursday evening at their end of the season awards banquet. You went above and beyond.

Your generosity is very much appreciated.

Andy Clark Bridgton

Passing the torch

To The Editor: Over the past three or four years, it has become evident that those individuals who attend the annual Fryeburg Water District’s June meetings have a somewhat different interpretation of the district’s charter and bylaws

than the trustees. For the past nine years, trustees have followed the intent of the customers of the Fryeburg Water Company, who created the district, to have in place an organization that could purchase the Fryeburg Water Company when and if it came up for sale. The trustees and stockholders of the Fryeburg Water Company decided several years ago not to sell any time in the future.

Keeping in mind that our job was to represent what was in the best interests of those we represented, we were successful in having the town create a wellhead protection zone over the aquifer, and an independent monitoring system to insure the continued sustainability of our water source. I have recently talked individually with the other three trustees and we have agreed that change may be due and will plan for this as follows: On Nov. 4, in conjunction with the town and state elections, the Water District will hold a special election for five trustees positions: two for the remaining terms of John Weston and Dick

STORM DAMAGE — Q-Team Tree Service of Naples was called recently to move a tree from the roof of a house in Bridgton after recent wind.

Sharing the roads again

The first time a driver ever business on the left-hand shouted profanity at me and side of the road. I put my flipped me off with the hand that blinker on a little too soon wasn’t on the steering wheel, I — just one or two buildings was only in sixth grade. And, I before where I needed to

by Dawn De Busk was not even in a vehicle. turn. The driver behind me I was riding my bike on the not only honked his horn BN Columnist sidewalk in Anchorage, half a with impatience, but also block from my grandmother’s took the time to roll down house. As I sped over the sidethe window and shout, “You walk, I was elated — feeling as b - - - - !” though I had the independence Like that day when I was of an adult and the carefreeness of summer cycling through my 13 years old, I experienced both surprise and distress. It is feet. In my mind, I was totally dynamite, dressed in rainbow understandable for someone to get upset if I had my blinker jeans and a T-shirt from my elementary school, sporting the activated while I drove for several miles or if I had turned on words, “North Kenai Roughnecks.” my blinker and braked wildly at the last second.

All of sudden, a driver in a convertible yelled, “F- - - you” Most drivers, at one time or another, have experienced and demonstrated the hand lingo to match. The verbal attack being the recipient of a stranger’s irritation at the wheel. was directed toward me.

Road rage: It can range from a few choice words to actual At first, I was shocked. Then, I was devastated. What had I physical violence. The extreme end of the road rage spectrum done wrong? Was it how I was dressed? Suddenly, my 1970’s has included homicide. rainbow jeans did not seem so cool. Was it something else Depending on the degree of severity, the person being verabout me that had provoked him? bally accosted might find it disturbing, for a few minutes or Almost three decades later, it happened again. While even days later. driving down Route 115 in Windham, I was searching for a SHARING, Page D

It Dawned on Me

Krasker, expiring in June 2015; one for the remaining term of Jeanette Almy, expiring in June of 2016; and two for the remaining term of James Oliver and the vacant position expiring in June of 2017.

Important dates are as follows: 1. Donations of $800 dollars must be received in check form by Aug. 1, 2014, needed to fund election costs, and made out to the Fryeburg Water District, P.O. Box 184, Fryeburg, ME 04037. Unless funds are received, all operations of the Fryeburg Water District, including elections will be suspended.

2. Assuming sufficient funds are received, nomination papers for each of the three terms will be available at the town office on Aug. 15.

3. Nominations papers will be due by Sept. 15.

4. Absentee ballots will be available at the town office

by Oct. 1, with the election to be held Nov. 4 at the Legion Hall between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Once votes have been counted and certified by the

current District clerk, resignation letters from each of the four current trustees will be given to the District registrar of voters, along with all District records, checkbook and computer. It will be up to the new trustees to meet, elect officers, make needed changes at the Norway Savings Bank, and decide the way forward.

On behalf of all those who have served as trustees of the Fryeburg Water District over the years, I would like to express our thanks to the voters for their trust and confidence. We have enjoyed our time of service and wish the new trustees well in the future.

Dick Krasker, Chairman John Weston, James Oliver, Jeanette Almy Trustees, Fryeburg Water District

Watch dog

To The Editor: I’m writing to thank Rep. Christine Powers of Naples for being a leader in improving consumer protection.

LETTERS, Page D

This year, Rep. Powers tackled a problem that has been taking root in Maine over the past several years.

Predatory lenders, mostly from outside the United States, have been scamming low-income Mainers by offering tempting payday loans and then trapping them

with debt until they are left with nothing.

These particular lenders use the Internet to get around Maine’s banking laws and charge illegal fees, hike interest rates to 500% or higher and illegally take borrowers’ wages.

LETTERS, Page D

Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor As most Medicare beneficiaries now know (I hope), there is an array of preventive health screenings available free of charge. They include mammograms, prostate cancer screening, diabetes tests, cardiovascular disease screening, and colonoscopies to cite a few from a long list.

Alcohol misuse screenings are also covered when done by primary care providers, such as a beneficiary’s family practice physician, internal medicine physician, or nurse practitioner. This benefit also includes four behavioral counseling sessions per year furnished by the primary care provider if a beneficiary screens positive for alcohol misuse. If you know of a person on Medicare who may have an alcohol problem, please inform that person that help is available.

Stan Cohen, a Medicare volunteer counselor, is available for free, one-on-one consultations by appointment only. Call 647-3116 to arrange for an appointment.

Opinions

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Hoping for a fun, prosperous summer

Summer has finally arrived! I love to see the traffic change (no really, I do) and the out-of-state plates arriving! I hope for a fun and prosperous summer for Bridgton!

Last month I did not write because I was away for two weeks. I went on a family trip-of-a-lifetime to Spain. We attended a graduation in Madrid, which was the trip’s purpose, but we spread it out to see Madrid, Toledo, Barcelona and ending up on the beach in Stiges.

The highlights of the trip included being overwhelmed by: a group of hundreds of people breaking out into traditional song at the end of a feast day procession — and right off our balcony window; watching what seemed like little alleyways for pedestrians only become roads for cars, whereby pedestrians merely move to the side and let the cars through and then continue walking (hey, I’m a planner, I notice these things); attending a traditional flamenco dance performance; countless cathedral visits; rooftop gatherings; tapas at midnight; courtyard spaces (thinking of the Law of Indies); museums and gothic delights.

Traveling with a planner, a landscape architect, two architects, a graphic designer and an industrial designer is a trip as you can imagine — we made for a fun group! I did post some pictures on the department’s Facebook page if you want to see them.

Now it is back to work! Depot Street is humming along; we are working with the engineers to finalize the plans to go to bid in July. We remain on schedule to commence construction at the end of summer (after the Folk Festival, of course!) The Bridgton Community Center windows will get their storm windows! We are finalizing the contract with the winning bidder and plan to get that project commenced soon. No word yet on the final Maine Historic Preservation Commission approval on the next phases of Rufus Porter’s Gallinari House, but as soon as that has been completed, along with county approvals, we will send that out to bid.

The Volunteer/Employee Appreciation cookout was a lot of fun; thanks to Camp Wildwood for hosting and the select board for staffing the grills. The chamber has been keeping us busy with the joyous occasions of grand openings; always fun to send good wishes to a new business. Along with many partners, including the Bridgton Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) and the U.S. Small Business Administration, we held a workshop for folks interested in starting a new business or expanding their existing business. It was a great event and we plan a “Meet Your Lenders” event in the fall, so stay tuned.

The Maine Association of Planners had their annual meeting, and I spoke on and learned about corridor planning. The Comprehensive Plan Committee has done excellent work on this area. Have you looked at their work yet? You will have a chance in July, when it is released for select board review. New drafts of their work will be posted on the website over the next week. There is still time to get your two cents in, so do not delay in reading it and letting us know what you think.

Cumberland County has been working with us on closing or carrying over this year’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects and getting us ready for the coming year’s projects, beginning July 1. Also, at the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG), I was elected to the Executive Committee, which is good for Bridgton. This will help us continue to forge good partnerships with this organization to continue helping us with projects.

The group for the bluegrass festival at Shawnee Peak has been diligently meeting, getting ready for Sept. 7 — mark your calendars for a great start to another successful event in Bridgton. If you would like to help in any way, big or small, contact Nelle Ely. PLANNING FRONT, Page D

It was while we were burying my father-in-law, Ted, at Arlington National Cemetery 18 months ago that my wife’s family started organizing our trip to Greece. Ted was a disabled veteran of WWII, whose father immigrated from Magouliana, a small, high-mountain village in the Peloponnesian Peninsula of Greece. Ted never chose to visit there even though he could afford to and his wife wanted to go. He was proud of his Greek heritage, spoke the language, and attended a Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, Mass. Ted liked to hang out with other veterans at the Greek/American Club in Lowell. He considered himself an American and, like his father, wanted to cut ties to the old country. His widow, however, did not consider a trip there to be disloyal to America in any way.

Four days into our Greek tour, we were leaving the area of Mycenae from where King Agamemnon set off to conquer Troy. We drove inland to Vytina, a mountain ski town closest to Magouliana and big enough to have a few hotels.

There, we stayed the night.

Nearby Magouliana has only one tavern and no hotels.

There’s only one road in and out and it has the highest elevation of any inhabited village in the Peloponnese. The views are spectacular from inside a high semicircle cut by nature out of a mountainside. I wondered why they built their houses so far up instead of in the small valley below. Then, surprisingly, I discovered the village was originally built even farther up around the very top of the slope. That village, however, was destroyed by the Turks when they invaded in the 15th century. They forced villagers to rebuild it on the present site. Turks occupied Magouliana and the rest of Greece for 400 years until they were driven out in the mid19th century. I learned later that the war for independence began right there in Vytina and Magouliana. Now, I have an idea of where my wife’s sometimes-fiery nature may have originated.

Our licensed guide was

Maine School Administrative District No. 61 is accepting sealed bids from qualified financial institutions to provide the District with Lease/purchase financing of a replacement Pellet Boiler.

Bids close on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

TOWN OF BRIDGTON 3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING

The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a Public Hearing at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Municipal Building located at 3 Chase Street, in Bridgton, to accept oral and written comments on a Special Amusement Permit Application from Bridgton House of Pizza located at 256 Main Street.

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TOWN OF BRIDGTON 3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

ATTENTION: BRIDGTON SEWER USERS As of July 1st, 2014, the sewer rate will be $13.84 per 100 cu. ft.

If you have any questions you can contact Dawn Taft or Mitchell Berkowitz at the Bridgton Town Office, 3 Chase St., Suite 1, Bridgton, ME 04009, or at 647-8786, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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our guide, Dora, who was wonderful. The language gap didn’t seem to matter much though.

Warm feelings went back and forth in spite of it.

We were all treated to a mega-dose of Greek hospitality at their home high on the mountainside. They fed us three kinds of meats, homemade baked goods, vegetables, desserts made from walnuts grown on their own trees, and wine they made from grapes they also grew themselves.

We were all quite moved by their warmth and graciousness.

There had been about 2,200 people in the village when Athanasios Kosiavelos left for New York via Naples, Italy in 1902, but fewer than 300 now.

Athanasios had four broth-

PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF CASCO PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES DATES OF MEETINGS AND HEARING Please note the following dates regarding Proposed Zoning Changes: JULY 15, 2014 JULY 28, 2014 AUG. 11, 2014 SEPT. 8, 2014 SEPT. 8, 2014

EDUCATIONAL MEETING EDUCATIONAL MEETING PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD VOTE PLANNING BOARD 2ND PUBLIC HEARING, IF REQUIRED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TO VOTE ON ZONING

All Meetings to take place in the Casco Community Center, 940 Meadow Road, Casco at 7:00 p.m. Public input is invited.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

STATE OF MAINE Cumberland, ss.

THE NAPLES TOWN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, 2014, IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT NINE DIVISION OF NO. CUMBERLAND Civil Action Docket No. RE-14-65

GORDON A. FULLER, SR. and CELESTE E. FULLER, of Denmark, County of Oxford and State of Maine Plaintiffs v.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER FOR SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION

VERA M. FORTIN STACEY GAIN and ROBERT CHAPMAN of Bridgton, County of Cumberland and State of Maine Defendants

The Harrison Planning Board will review the following Agenda Items on July 2, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the Harrison Town Office Meeting Room.

Shoreland Zoning Application – Submitted by Scott and Mary Pohlman – Tear Down Existing Cabin and Rebuild – Setback Determination – 118 Rocky Point Road, Harrison. Site Walk will be performed at 6:15 p.m. Map 22, Lot 36 Shoreland Zoning Application – Submitted by Main Eco Homes – Review Application and Flood Hazard Development Application for Oak Shore Road, Map 55, Lot 4-6 Site Plan Review – Submitted by Wendell Rose for a Residential Small Engine Repair. Map 11, Lot 2, 896 Naples Road.

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ss/Mary Tremblay Code Enforcement Officer

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Detailed information may be obtained by contacting the Business Office at (207) 647-3048 ext. 525.

an older woman from Athens named Dora. She’d been guiding groups around Greece for 40 years and had never heard of Magouliana. My wife’s name was Kosiavelon before she married me, because a clerk at Ellis Island had substituted the “n” at the end in place of the original “s” when her grandfather, Athanasios Kosiavelos was processed through. There are still people by that name living there and they’re relatives. Ted’s widow had done extensive genealogical research and contacted some of them.

One branch lives in Athens but maintains a vacation house in the old village. Although they didn’t speak English and we didn’t speak Greek, we were able to communicate through

OFFICE CLOSED

Notice of Public Hearing

M.S.A.D. #61

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TOWN OF NAPLES

3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

LEGAL AD

by Tom McLaughlin

Public Notice

TOWN OF BRIDGTON

Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a public hearing on July 8, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at the Municipal Building, located at 3 Chase Street, Suite 1 in said Town, to take written and oral comments regarding the adoption of the local General Assistance Ordinance and yearly Appendices.

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Front Row Seat

ers, but only the oldest stayed, inheriting whatever property the family owned. We found the house where Athanasios lived, which is only partially occupied now and had formerly housed a grocery store run by his family.

My wife, Roseann, wasn’t sure what to expect and feared finding a poor, backward village with similar people, but that wasn’t the case at all. It appeared quite prosperous and the spectacular location enhanced the charm of the people still living there.

The emotional greetings of the Kosiavelos relatives moved me in ways I did not expect because I’m only an in-law.

They opened up the now unused church and school so we could see where Athanasious worshiped and became literate.

There’s another church in use now and the two remaining students are bussed to Vytina.

In the center of town was a statue of the man who led the mid-19th rebellion against the Turks from Magouliana, but I couldn’t read his name printed in the Greek alphabet. Much of the fighting in the Greek civil war following WWII also took place in the area. The village, like the country, had seen many changes in its long and storied history. I was proud that my children and grandchildren are descended from the warm and courageous people who called it home.

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

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by Anne Krieg Bridgton Director of Planning, Economic & Community Development

A small village in Greece

LEGAL AD

M.S.A.D. #61

INVITATION TO BID FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT LEASE/ PURCHASE FINANCE BID BID NO. ELP2014 PELLET BOILER Maine School Administrative District No. 61 is accepting sealed bids from qualified financial institutions to provide the District with Lease/purchase financing for a replacement Pellet Boiler.

Total Amount to be Financed: $300,000 for 10 years.

All bids must be received at the Central Office, M.S.A.D. #61, 900 Portland Road (Route 302), Bridgton, ME 04009, no later than 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16th, 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

Bids must be in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Bid No. ELP2014 PELLET BOILER” in the lower left-hand corner. Bids received after 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, improperly marked, or received by facsimile or e-mail will not be accepted.

Any questions concerning this invitation to bid should be directed to Sherrie Small, Finance Coordinator at the Business Office at (207) 647-3048.

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A Complaint Demanding Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale (Title to Real Estate is Involved) has been commenced by the Plaintiffs, Gordon A. Fuller, Sr. and Celeste E. Fuller, against the Defendants, Vera M. Fortin, Stacey Gain and Robert Chapman, seeking a judgment of foreclosure and sale with regard to a mortgage deed given by the Defendants to the Plaintiffs dated October 1, 2008 and recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds Book 26378, Page 328, conveying a parcel of land, with the improvements thereon, located in Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine, more specifically known as 28 Ward Acres, Bridgton, Maine and fully described in said mortgage deed, the description being incorporated herein by reference. Said parcel is further identified on the Town of Bridgton Assessor’s Maps as Map 5, Lot 63.

The Court finds that the Plaintiffs have met the requirements of Maine Rule of Civil Procedure 4(g)(1)(A)-(C). Therefore, the Court hereby ORDERS: • That because service cannot be made upon the Defendants in the usual manner inasmuch as the whereabouts of the Defendants cannot be ascertained by reasonable diligence, service shall be made upon the Defendants, and all persons claiming by, through and under them, by publishing once a week for three consecutive weeks in The Bridgton News, a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bridgton, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, where the action is pending, a copy of this Order attested by the Clerk of the Maine District Court, District Nine, Division of No. Cumberland, Maine; • That the first publication shall be made within twenty (20) days after this Order is granted; • That service by publication is completed on the twenty-first (21) day after the first publication; • That a copy of the published notice shall be mailed to the Defendants at their last known address; • That the Plaintiffs shall file with this Court an affidavit demonstrating that publication has occurred; • That within twenty (20) days after service is completed by the foregoing method, the Defendants shall appear and defend this action by filing an answer with the said Clerk of the Maine District Court, District Nine, Division of No. Cumberland, 3 Chase St., Bridgton, ME 04009 and also by filing a copy of the said answer with the Plaintiffs’ Attorney, Robert L. Kimball of the firm of Robert L. Kimball, Esq., P.A., 19 Main Street, P.O. Box 496, Harrison, ME 04040.

IMPORTANT WARNING IF YOU FAIL TO SERVE AN ANSWER WITHIN THE TIME STATED ABOVE, OR IF, AFTER YOU ANSWER, YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT ANY TIME THE COURT NOTIFIES YOU TO DO SO, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU IN YOUR ABSENCE FOR THE MONEY DAMAGES OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. IF THIS OCCURS, YOUR EMPLOYER MAY BE ORDERED TO PAY PART OF YOUR WAGES TO THE PLAINTIFFS OR YOUR PERSONAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING BANK ACCOUNTS AND YOUR REAL ESTATE MAY BE TAKEN TO SATISFY THE JUDGMENT. IF YOU INTEND TO OPPOSE THIS LAWSUIT, DO NOT FAIL TO ANSWER WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME. If you believe that the Plaintiffs are not entitled to all or part of the claim set forth in the Complaint or if you believe you have a claim of your own against the Plaintiffs, you should talk to a lawyer. If you feel you cannot afford to pay a fee to a lawyer, you may ask the clerk of court for information as to places where you may seek legal assistance.

DATED at Bridgton, Maine this 28th day of May, 2014.

Plaintiffs’ Attorney: Robert L. Kimball ROBERT L. KIMBALL, ESQ., P.A. 19 Main Street, P.O. Box 496 Harrison, Maine 04040 (207) 221-3511

_____________________________ s/Hon. Peter Darvin Judge, Maine District Court

A TRUE COPY ATTEST: Belinda Becher Clerk, Maine District Court #9 Bridgton, Maine

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Opinions

Tree Talk Letters Needle Cast (Brown Pines)

By Robert Fogg Guest Writer You’ve probably noticed recently a lot of pine needles turning brown and dropping as if it were fall.

This has become almost a yearly occurrence. We call it needle-cast or needle-blight.

I’ve been asked many times if the trees are dying. My standard answer is: Probably not. It seems that, for the past few years, we’ve had stretches of unusually wet, rainy weather that runs through the spring and into the summer. When this happens, the trees don’t get a chance to dry out between rainstorms and a fungal disease can take hold. Will it kill the trees? Probably not, unless the tree was sickly beforehand. If the trend continues, year after year, we may start to see higher mortality rates.

Fir and spruce trees are particularly susceptible because they are so thick with needles, and take longer to dry out. If you have a decorative fir or spruce on your property that is starting to show signs of inner needles dying/dropping, the best thing you can do for the tree is to remove the lowest limbs that are close to the ground and also thin some of the higher limbs. This will allow the air to circulate through the tree and help it to dry out sooner after each rain. If you need advice or help with a specific tree, contact a competent arborist for help.

Robert Fogg is general manager of Q-Team Tree Service in Naples and is also a licensed Arborist. He can be reached at RobertFogg@Q-Team.com or 6933831.

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ALARMS WAM-ALARM Systems Installation, Service, Monitoring Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Free Security Survey 647-2323

CHIMNEY LINING The Clean Sweep LLC Chimney Cleaning Service Supaflu and Stainless Steel Chimney lining and relining Dana Richardson 935-2501

CLEANING SERVICES First Impressions Cleaning Inc. Residential & Commercial Seasonal 647-5096 McHatton’s Water Damage Spec.

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822

DOCKS Great Northern Docks, Inc. Sales & Service Route 302, Naples 693-3770 1-800-423-4042 www.greatnortherndocks.com Scott Docks Inc. Sales and Service Floating and stationary docks Jason Kelman Kevin Whitney 207-647-3824

ELECTRICIANS A to Z Electric “The Boss Does The Work” David S. Gerrish, Master Electrician Residential/Commercial/Industrial 30+ yrs. exp., Naples 693-6854

Servicemaster Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office Bosworth Electric Inc. Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration Quality electrical contractor Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 Commercial/Industrial/Residential Quality service you deserve TLC Home Maintenance Co. Generators/Todd Bosworth/207-838-6755 All major brands bosworthelectricinc@hotmail.com jonesappliances@aol.com 595-4020 Professional Cleaning and Property Management Bouchard Electric ATTORNEYS Housekeeping and much more Master Electrician, Generators/Security 583-4314 Shelley P. Carter, Attorney magicmike1965@yahoo.com Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA COMPUTERS 207-583-9009 – 978-337-9497 (cell) 110 Portland St., Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com EEcomputer Services D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Small business specialists Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA eecomputerservices.com Residential/Commercial/Industrial 132 Main St. 603-733-6451 Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 207-647-5012 GrammyGeek-Tech Support for Sr.’s Bridgton 647-8360 In-home sprt/malware & virus removal J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Hastings Malia, PA PC Repairs-Pickup & delivery avail. Residential - Commercial - Industrial 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 www.grammygeekstephanie.com Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Fryeburg, ME 04037 https://www.facebook.com/grammygeek Bridgton 647-9435 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com 207-310-0289 Bridgton McIver Electric Robert M. Neault & Associates Ms. C’s Computer Repair “Your on time every time electricians” Attorneys & Counselors at Law Virus and spyware removal 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton Corner of Rte. 302 & Songo School Rd. PC repairs 207-228-5279 647-3664 P.O. Box 1575, Naples 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton www.mciverelectric.net 693-3030 Naples Computer Services Miklos M. Pongratz, Esq. PC repair/upgrades – on-site service R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor 1250 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302) 24 hour Emergency Service Virus and spy-ware removal Raymond, ME 04071 Residential & Commercial Home and business networking 655-8760 mik@pongratzlaw.com Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882 Video security systems 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746 BOOKKEEPING David K. Moynihan Master Electrician NE Professional Services CONTRACTORS Licensed ME & NH Exceptional bookkeeping services Quality Custom Carpentry Bridgton 647-8016 207-583-4364 Specializing in remodeling & additions http://neprofserv.com EXCAVATION Jeff Juneau Naples CARETAKERS 207-655-5903 K.S. Whitney Excavation Sitework – Septic Systems Caretake America COUNSELING Materials delivered Managing and Patrolling Kevin 207-647-3824 Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Ellia Manners, LCPC Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000 In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted Snow’s Excavation CARPENTRY Complete site work www.elliamanners.com Foundations-Septic-Lots cleared 207-647-3015 Bridgton Robert E. Guy 207-647-2697 General Carpentry – Additions DANCE INSTRUCTION Repairs – Remodeling EXERCISE/FITNESS www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net The Ballroom Dee’s BodyCraft Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell) Dance - Exercise - Yoga - Aikido Personal Training, Aerobics, Pilates Main St., Harrison, Maine Jerry’s Carpentry & Painting Certified – Experienced 207-583-6964 Carpenter & General Contractor Bridgton 647-9599 Log homes – decks – remodeling DENTAL SERVICES FLOORING Fully insured – Free estimates 207-527-2552 Bridgton Dental Associates J & M Wood Floors Dr. Paul Cloutier Installation/Sanding/Refinishing CARPET CLEANING Complete dental care Fully insured – Free estimates 138 Harrison Rd, Bridgton 207-337-5623 McHatton’s Water Damage Spec. www.bridgtondental.com Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning 207-647-8052 FOUNDATIONS Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Henry’s Concrete Construction Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 Complete oral hygiene care – infant to senior Foundations, Slabs, Floors Most dental insurances, MaineCare Harrison Tel. 583-4896 CARPETING 207-647-4125 www.BDHC.me

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To The Editor: As president of The CAP Memorial, Inc., hosts of the annual “The CAP” Memorial Golf Tournament, it is my pleasure to take time to thank all the people who have helped us make this a wonderful event. The CAP Memorial, Inc. is a certified nonprofit organization, dedicated to raising and donating funds through an annual golf tournament, benefitting youth sports in the Lake

Region area. We also provide an annual scholarship to a graduating Lake Region High School Senior going to postsecondary education. This year’s tournament in August will mark the 10th anniversary of our commitment to raising and donating funds for local youth athletes and athletic programs.

With so many people to thank, first are our sponsors and prize donators to our 2013 tournament: All In One Millwork, Shawnee Peak Ski Area, Paris Farmers Union,

Hayes True Value, Norway Savings Bank, Jones and Matthews P.A., Macdonald Motors, Chalmer’s Insurance, Fairpoint Communications, The Umbrella Factory, Casco Fire and Rescue, Bridgton NAPA Auto Supply, The Gazebo, Bridgton DriveIn, Black Horse Tavern, Lake Region House Pizza, Bray’s Brew Pub, Maine Red Claws, Portland Air Freight, Maine Street Graphics, Huntress & Associates P.A., Northeast Food Service, LETTERS, Page D

(Continued from Page D) But, in order to get away with this scam, the offshore predatory lenders needed help from companies inside the United States. Otherwise, there would be no way for them to access our country’s banking system and take money from those they had tricked.

Rep. Powers’ bill made it illegal for U.S. companies to work with these predators and gave the Maine Attorney General and the Bureau of Consumer Credit the power to go after anyone who does.

She modeled her bill after laws that were working in other states, and she worked tirelessly with community banks and local credit unions in this fight for safer loans.

By the time Rep. Powers was done, the Legislature had voted unanimously for her bill, and the governor had signed it. Thanks to her hard work, the measure is now law.

Rep. Powers helped us do a better job protecting Maine families from fraudsters.

We will all benefit from her efforts.

Sincerely, Seth Berry TILTING THE TABLE — These boys had some fun “tilting the table” while cooling off House Majority Leader at Highland Lake, Monday, June 23. (Photo courtesy of Bob Casimiro)

CONSULT OUR LISTING OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND LET AN EXPERT DO THE JOB! ACCOUNTANTS

Thank you

June 26, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page D

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Naples Garage Door Co. Installation & repair services Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480

GARAGE DOORS Roberts Overhead Doors Commercial/residential – free estimates Now offering Master Card & Visa 207-595-2311

HAIRDRESSERS The Hairitage One Beavercreek Farm Rd. (top of Packard’s Hill – Rte 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist Tami Prescott, Nail Specialist 647-8355

HARDWARE

MOVING Bridgton Moving Residential & light commercial bridgtonmoving@verizon.net Glynn Ross 240 N. High St. – 647-8255 671-2556 (cell)

MUSIC LESSONS Up Scale Music Studio Piano Lessons – All Levels Composition-Theory-Transcription Evan 647-9599

OIL DEALERS

L. M. Longley & Son Hardware/Plumbing/Heating/Metal Shops Dead River Co. Electrical/Welding supplies/Housewares Range & Fuel Oil Main St., Norway, ME 743-8924 Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton

HEATING

A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Cleanings and repairs, Boilers Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks New installations, 24 hr burner service Licensed and insured 207-693-7011

RUBBISH SERVICE Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Bridgton/Naples/Harrison/Fryeburg Weekly & 1-time pickups – Cleanouts Tel. 207-595-4606

RUBBISH SERVICE The Dump Guy Insured – Junk removal Basement and attic cleanouts 207-450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com

SELF STORAGE Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 647-3206

JB Self Storage Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage PAINTING CONTRACTORS 207-925-3045

George Jones Quality Painters SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Interior/Exterior – Fully Insured Free Estimates Excellent References Dyer Septic 207-318-3245 Septic systems installed & repaired www.georgejonespainters.com Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly Bass Heating 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546 Jerry’s Painting Service Oil Burner Service Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior SURVEYORS Sales and Installations Fully Insured – Free Estimates Waterford (207) 595-8829 207-527-2552 F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Bliss & Associates Webber Painting & Restoration Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Surveying, Land Planning Exterior & Interior painting Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) 693 Main St, Lovell 207-925-1468 Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 Repairs/Installations/Modifications blissinc@fairpoint.net Fully insured – Estimates – References www.thurlowscarpet.com Craig, 207-831-8354 Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Land info services – Surveys HOME INSPECTION PLUMBING & HEATING Boundary/Topographic/Flood elevation ACW Inspection Services PO Box 485, Harrison, Maine Certified Home Inspector A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Off: 583-6159 20 years in Real Estate Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas D. A. Maxfield Jr. PLS Fryeburg 207-256-2574 BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

Over 10,000 surveys on file Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029

INSULATION

Western Me. Insulation Inc Batts, blown or foamed Over 30 yrs experience Free estimates – fully insured 7 days a week – 693-3585

INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home and Auto 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745

Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436 Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423

TAXIDERMIST

Trapper’s Taxidermy Jason Pingree 112 Bush Row Rd Denmark 207-452-2091

TOWING Stuart Automotive

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Free Junk Car Removal

838-9569 Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Organic lawn & garden maintenance TREE SERVICE Chalmers Ins. Agency Shoreline restoration 100 Main St., Bridgton Creative stonework, property watch Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service Tel. 647-3311 Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Snowplowing & sanding 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Oberg Insurance Crane-licensed & fully insured Auto, Home, Business, Life Handy Hands Property Maintenance Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 132 Main St., Bridgton Comprehensive custom service Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Caretaking – long or short term Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Southern Maine Retirement Services A-Z/lot clearing to structure & Complete tree service – free estimates 647-8291 Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans grounds care Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Life and Long-Term Care Insurance Licensed and insured REAL ESTATE 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340 Utility and Landscape Arborist Waterford ME – 583-2474 Chalmers Real Estate

KENNELS

Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

LAWN CARE North Country Property Services Lawn Care Property Management www.ncpsllc.com 207-713-0675

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029

MASONRY D & D Masonry Chimneys/fireplaces/walks/etc.

Fully insured Free estimates Darryl & Doug Hunt 693-5060

100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311

Lakes Region Properties “At the Lights in Naples” Waterfront, Residential Commercial & Land 207-693-7000 Oberg Agency Residential, Business, Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

ROOFING BLH Roofing & Painting Metal, Rubber, Asphalt New roofs & repairs For all your construction needs Bryan 207-232-5138

RUBBISH SERVICE ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up Container Service Tel. 743-5417

VETERINARY Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244 Norway Veterinary Hospital Naples Clinic Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd.

By Appointment 693-3135 Rozzie May Animal Alliance Low-cost spay/neuter www.rozziemay.org - Conway, NH By appointment 603-447-1373

WELDING Iron Man Welding/Metal Sales Fabrication and repairs No job too small Construction – homeowners or business Lge. inventory steel/metal in stock/spec. order 647-8291

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REAL ESTATE

Part of the Chalmers Group

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FOR RENT

FOOD SERVICE ­­— helpers and dishwashers needed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. Full-time.

Mid-June through mid-August.

Contact Keith Cole at 207-3148442. tf21

NEED CHILDCARE — will watch your child (children) in my home in Naples, Located 5 min. from Naples Causeway. CPR/AED certified. Snacks provided. $25 per day, $125 per week. Please call 207-208-9811.

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WEST BALDWIN — 2-bedroom house. Carpeted, 2 baths, small loft, full kitchen with dishwasher, laundry room with washer & dryer. No smoking indoors, no pets. Quiet location. $925 month includes heat & hot water. 787-2121.

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BRIDGTON — Furnished 4-bedroom house, 2 bathrooms. Washer/ dryer/dishwasher. Mid-September through June. No pets. No smoking. $850/mo. + utilities. Security deposit and references. 647-2119.

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NORWAY — 2-bedroom duplex.

Heat included, washer/dryer hookups, no smoking, no pets. $750 per month, first month plus 1 month security required. Available now.

Call 603-882-9355, David. 4t24x

BRIDGTON — Cozy 2-bedroom mobile home. W/D. Private lot. No FIREWOOD — $225 per cord pets. Plowing included. $750/mo. green. Ask about volume discount. 2 plus utilities. 1st and security. 400cord minimum for delivery. 207-925- 7211.

6t21x 1138. westernmainetimberlands. com tf13 WEEKLY VACATION — lakefront cottage rental on Moose ALL NIGHTER — wood stove. Pond, Denmark, Maine with dock Holds 27” logs. $500. 647-5784. for your boat. Sleeps 5. Fully

2t26x equipped kitchen. Has Internet and WESTERNMAINEFIREWOOD. tv. $850/week. Call Jane 603-3218t26x com — Seasoned hardwood. Aged 9025.

12 months or more. Cut, split and 4,000SF CONDO FOR RENT delivered. Half cord $140, cord — located at 30 Headwall Drive, $260. 583-4113 or 595-5029. 8t21x Shawnee Peak, Bridgton, Me. 3 RED’S FIREWOOD — Cut, bedrooms, game room, sauna, 3 split and delivered. Any amounts. 1/2 baths, furnished and move-in Call 615-6342 for details. tf35 ready. $1500 per month plus utilities. No pets, references required.

RIGID SHELTER — heavy Call 207-754-6230.

4t25x duty, 12’x8’x22’. Rounded top, 2 doors, almost new. Asking $450. HARRISON — Rental ideal for Call 329-7007 or 452-2244. 2t25x 1 person. Efficiency apt. in beautiful area. No pets, non-smoker.

SUNFISH SAILBOAT — $500. Full kitchen and bath. $450 month Phone 647-2608, 207-776-5018. includes: Heat, electric. 207-415 tf24 9166. Leave message. tf26

BRIDGTON — Furnished 4-bedroom house, 2 baths. Washer/dryer/ dishwasher. Available July 19-26 and July 26-August, 1, 2014. $1,300 per week. No pets, no smoking. Security deposit. References required.

1-403-986-2210.

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LICENSED ELECTRICIAN — Apply McIver Electric, 221 Portland St., 647-3664 tf20 WORKERS WANTED AT ­­— Q-Team Tree Service. Chainsaw experience a plus. Must have a valid driver’s license. Apply online at www.Q-Team.com/employemnt-application or call 693-3831 or stop by Route 11, Naples. 1t26 CLEANERS NEEDED — for summer work, good pay. Call Sandy 647-5096.

4t23x GENERAL MAINTENANCE — helper needed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. May through mid-August, 25-30 hours per week. Basic carpentry skills required. Non-smoking camp.

Contact Peter Jordan at pwjordan1228@yahoo.com tf13

DENTAL ASSISTANT — for general practice in Fryeburg. Three days per week and experience required. Please call 207-595-6169. tf23 SEASONAL MAINTENANCE — position for youth summer camp. Must be 21 years old, pass USDOT driver health physical exam and have landscape and janitorial skills. Call 452-2051 for 2t26 more information.

WORK WANTED

MAINTENANCE WORK — Classified line ads are now posted Odd jobs by the hour, day, week on our website at NO EXTRA or job. Free estimates. Call 6274t25x CHARGE! www.bridgton.com 4649.

CLEANING & organizing — Local company looking to fill empty slots. Excellent references and free estimates. Please call 207595-1542. tf25

Cleaning position.

Part-time mornings.

Must be reliable.

Call

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777-7040

BRUSH CUTTING —lawn care, mowing, tree cutting, landscaping, light trucking, seasonal cleanup.

Call 595-8321.

3t25x EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will travel. Snowplowing, removal and sanding. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 653-4377 or 627-4560. tf3

Ledgewood Manor Healthcare — A 60-Bed Nursing Home — Rte. 115, Windham, ME 04062

Open Positions:

CNA

Full-time/Per Diem 6:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; 2:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.; 10:30 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.

Please contact Paula Lowell, RN/DNS at 892-2261.

E.O.E.

NAPLES — Long Lake. Looking for caretaker couple to rent furnished, 2-bedroom, large open concept, newly-remodeled mobile home located in beautiful Vacation Home Park. Site #4, ice fish, snowmobile, beautiful sandy beach. No pets, no smoking. $900 plus utilities, full tank of fuel. See webHOLIDAY RAMBLER site for pictures www.rrvacation— 2003 Alumascape, 31’, very homepark.com 305-304-8764 cell. tf3 good condition, on campsite in campground on lake in Bridgton, BRIDGTON — Professional ofHeat, air, entertainment systems, fice space for rent. 1200 square feet. fully-equipped kitchen, queen bed, Great location near Hannaford/ bunks, stabilizer jacks, permanent Dunkin’ Donuts. $1000 month plus peaked roof, deck, 12’ slide-out, heat and electric. 207-415-9166.

10x24 hard-top screen room with Leave message tf26 skylight, full under trailer skirt. $17,000. Call John at 774-270- HARRISON ­ — 2-bedroom mo4t25x bile home with addition. Washer 2156. & dryer hookups. Available July 1.

GOT WOOD — Order wood that Pets negotiable. $650 plus utilities. will be ready to burn this fall $250 References & security. Call 583per cord. Call Jack to schedule 2879.

1t26 your delivery 207-647-8146 or 207-252-4397.

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VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

1999 OLDSMOBILE — Cutlass, 4-door, V6, 148,000 miles. Runs good. $1,500 or best offer. Call 627-4649.

2t25x JESUS IS LORD – new and used auto parts. National locator.

Most parts 2 days. Good used cars.

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

Buying and Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion TFCD

• Tree Removal • House Lot Clearing • Pruning • Brush Mowing

142 Main Street Conway, NH 603-447-3611 Metal Detectors

• We Buy Standing Timber • Crane Work • Firewood

25 Years Experience � Fully Insured

Wallboard Specialist Plaster - Drywall

Residential / Commercial Repairs – New Ceilings 23 Years Experience Free estimates

207-515-0415

Personal Support Specialists Home Care for Maine, a statewide homecare agency, is seeking caring dependable candidates to assist elders and disabled individuals. PCA/PSS/CNA experience not required. Current openings in: Baldwin, Bridgton, Sebago, Standish, Fryeburg, Hiram, Lovell, Norway, Otisfield and Oxford.

1-800-639-3084 or apply online at: www.homecareforme.org EOE/AAE

CASCO — Completely furnished rooms, heat, lights & cable TV included. $120 weekly. No pets. Call cell, 207-595-4946. tf37

DOWNTOWN HARRISON — Completely furnished 1st floor apartment. Clean, bright and sunny. Mostly wood floors, sun porch, 2-BEDROOM, 1-BATH — cot- full kitchen and bath. $695 plus tage on Long Lake in Bridgton. utilities. Absolutely no smoking. $4000/month plus utilities Possible Available Aug. 1st. 332-0060. 4t25 year round rent. No pets, references BRIDGTON required. Call 207-754-6230. 4t25x DOWNTOWN — Spacious 1 bedroom apartment.

DOWNTOWN HARRISON Walk to beach, movie theater, — 1-bedroom apartment, 2nd Renys, etc. $700/mo plus secufloor. Clean, bright and sunny. Full rity. Includes heat, water, off-street kitchen and bath. $695, includes parking, Internet, trash and snow heat and hot water. Absolutely no removal. Available July 1. Call smoking. Available Aug. 1st. 332- 647-0983.

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ACCEPTING BIDS TO — scrape, prepare and paint Union Church, next to Naples Library, including the steeple. Must have certificate of insurance. Due July 8th.

Estimates sent to: Union Church of Naples, P.O. Box 1656, Naples, GUNS — Buy, sell, trade. Wanted Me. 04055.

2t26x all military items. Sweden Trading Post, 207-647-8163. Will travel.

CLEANING PERSON — need- tf15 ed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. Mid-June through late August. $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag 15-20 hours per week, mornings. when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x Contact James Saltman at: jamie@ 5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, tf46 encore-coda.com tf11 Windham, 893-0339.

ATTENTION

Help Wanted

FOR SALE

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100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-3311 Fax: 207-647-3003 www.chalmers-ins.com

FOR RENT

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DENMARK SELF-STORAGE 10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

207-452-2157

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The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

FOR RENT

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Paying TOP DOLLAR

Program Assistant

for Junk Cars

Bridgton Community Center

STUART SALVAGE

The Bridgton Community Center is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic individual to serve as a part-time (15 hours per week) Program Assistant. This position is responsible for the administrative and technical work in planning and organizing programs at the Center. Applicants should possess a Bachelor’s Degree, or, experience in social work and community development field.

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BEAVERBROOK

Please submit resume with a cover letter no later than Friday, July 11th to: Director, Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot Street, Bridgton, ME 04009, or to carmen.bcc@ne.twcbc.com.

Job description can be obtained by e-mail request to carmen.bcc@ne.twcbc.com 2T26CD 70 Fairview Drive Fryeburg, ME 04037 Phone 207-935-3351 Fax 207-256-8303

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO ENJOY YOUR WORK, AND GO HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY KNOWING YOU’VE MADE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE’S LIVES? Then we’re looking for you to join our health care team.

We are currently accepting applications for

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We have a generous health insurance plan and offer a benefit plan or pay in lieu of benefits plan. Apply in person or obtain an application at www.fryeburghealthcare.com

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Licensed Nurse(s)

Part-time/Per Diem availability.

693-5499

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Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

DAY CARE

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Classified advertising is sold in this space at the rate of $3.50 for 20 words or less and 15¢ a word over 20. All ads are payable in advance.

Repeats are charged at the same rate as new ads. Ads taken over the phone must be called in by Monday with payment arriving by Tuesday. A charge of $1.00 per week extra is made for the use of a box number if requested. A charge of $1.00 per classified is made if billing is necessary. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriams are charged at the same rate as classified ads. Poetry is charged by the inch.

Classified display is sold at $6.50 per column inch. Classified advertisers must furnish written copy.

The Bridgton News assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements other than to reprint that part of any advertisement in which a typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the business office promptly of any errors that may occur, phone 207-647-2851.

HELP WANTED

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CLASSIFIED LINE ADS Deadline: Monday 5:00 p.m.

Call early for

Town of Naples

Spring Cleanups

Complete Lawn Care BOOKING NOW FOR 2014 SEASON

FIRE DEPARTMENT

207-452-2279

Position Announcement Deputy Fire Chief

The Town of Naples seeks a positive and professional individual to serve as a Deputy Fire Chief. This is a full-time position that assists the Fire Chief with the administration of the Emergency Medical Services Division of the department. Naples is a growing community located approximately one hour from Portland in the Lakes Region area. The Naples Fire Department runs approximately 900 calls per year, with two thirds of that number EMS calls. The position reports directly to the Fire Chief and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Filling shifts as an EMS provider as required, management of the EMS per-diem program, management involving the direction of the routine EMS activities of the department, administration of infection control and quality improvement programs, and management of the EMS division budget. Minimum qualifications include: Licensure as a Maine EMS provider at the EMT-Advanced level and Firefighter I certification. Preferred qualifications include: Bachelor’s degree, licensure as a Paramedic, Firefighter II and Fire Officer Certification, and experience in a municipal department.

Please submit resume and cover letter, with three references by July 8, 2014 to: Naples Town Manager Deputy Fire Chief Search 15 Village Green Lane, P.O. Box 1715 Naples, Maine 04055

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The Bridgton News has a new Staff Position opening in our Advertising Department Familiarity with newspapers, Mac/Apple computers helpful.

Computer literacy essential.

Salaried with flexible hours.

References and optimism required.

Please send resume: bnews@roadrunner.com; P.O. Box 244, Bridgton, ME 04009 or call 207-647-2851

A complete job description can be found at www.townofnaples.org The Town of Naples is an equal opportunity employer.

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FOR RENT

BUSINESS SERVICES

THOMPSON LAKE — Casco vacation rental. $1500/wk (Sept./ Oct. $1200/wk) 3 bedroom 2.5 bath. Lakefront w/deck. Gas fireplace. No smoking, no pets. 646325-8317. parsonspointcasco@ gmail.com 4t26x

DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing. Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call for esti­mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452-2781. tf49

BRIDGTON — 16 South High Street. Non-smoking, no pets. 1 or 2 bedroom apartments, quiet, safe building. Includes heat, hot water, off-street parking. Walking distance to Main Street, town beach, church. Coin-op laundry on site. $700 to $800 month. First, last and security requested. References checked. 207-632-8508. tf41

REALESTATE FOR SALE

WANTED

PLEASE CONSIDER — donating gently used furniture, household items and more to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

FMI, go to our website www. harvesthills.org for details or call 935-4358, ext. 21. tf44

YARD SALES

YARD SALE — Highland Road, 1/2 mi from golf course. Saturday June 28th 8-12. Furniture, housewares, books, baby stuff, toys. Bridgton 207-647-5298.

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DENMARK — $120,000 year round log cabin minutes to Shawnee Peak and Moose Pond.

65 Allen Rd., Call David Roberts 207-741-2006 The Maine Real COMMUNITY — Flea Market, Estate Network.

6t26x Fryeburg Fairgrounds Sundays SEBAGO — $450,000 gorgeous 7 a.m.-2 p.m. until August 31. waterfront on Sebago. 162 Safe Expo 1 and outside vendor space Harbor. By appointment. Call available. Info 603-662-3147.

11t25 David Roberts 207-741-2006 The Maine Real Estate Network. 6t26x GARAGE SALE — Antiques, STANDISH — $300,000 Snug glassware, linens, prints, furniture Harbor/Sebago Lake year round and lots more. Sat. 9-5. Rte. 37, home. Call David Roberts 207- 563 N. Bridgton Rd., Bridgton.

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6t26x YARD SALE — Saturday, 28 10 a.m.-5 p.m. no early BUSINESS SERVICES June birds please. Household goods, RON PERRY CARPENTRY — collectables. 16 Parson’s Point Renovations and new construction. Rd., Thompson Lake, Casco.

35 years of experience, no job too 1t26x small or too big. Bridgton, Me. FLEA MARKET — Sundays 978-502-7658.

4t24x 8 a.m. Space available Rte. 302, HEAP HAULERS — Towing Raymond, at Ray’s Barber Shop service. Cash paid for junk cars. 207-650-7009.

4t24 Call 655-5963. tf12 GIGANTIC MOVING SALE banks dock services — Antiques, collectables, — currently seeking dock household goods, radial arm saw, reinstallation jobs. We also provide scooter, furniture, farm tractor and exceptional cleaning services of much more. Sat. & Sun. 6/28-6/29, your camp or home. No job too 9-3 Rain or shine. 46 Harmon 1t26x small or large. Please call us with Road, Bridgton. your needs today. 207-749-8514.

3t24 IF YOU NEED ANYTHING — cleaned up or hauled off, my trailer is 6’-x-10’. Chuck’s Maintenance, 743-9889.

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It’s always a good idea to keep our eyes on the road.

Drive safe ­— enjoy the summer!

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MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

GROSBEAK WITH ATTITUDE — Laura Chadbourne of Sweden took this photo of a rose-breasted grosbeak at her birdfeeder. “Grosbeaks tend to be pretty fearless when you approach them versus the shy goldfinches which fly away immediately. This guy stared right back at me when I approached with my camera and stood his ground!”

Tea Party drops a leader

It may be time to sweep up guys lost control. Professional some generalizations now that politicians took over leaderthe dust and debris have setship nationally and big bucks tled from the defeat of House flooded in to finance camMajority Leader Eric Cantor in paigns. Whereas the Tea Party

by Henry Precht the recent Republican primary. founders wanted recognition He was crushed in the vote by and justice for their ordinary BN Columnist an obscure small college econeeds, their new sponsors nomics professor, David Brat, wanted relief from regulations who raised $206,663 comand taxes on the wealthy. pared to Cantor’s $5,026,626.

Cantor followed the Tea The question before us is why did defeat come to one of the Party script but he also had a more attentive ear for his busirising stars of Congress? What went wrong — or right, depend- ness and banking backers. He was one of the key members on ing on your point of view — to end his hopes of becoming Capitol Hill in responding to their needs. Proof? When he was House Speaker replacing John Boehner? defeated, the stock market fell in a reaction of severe disapThe professor — who also holds a degree in theology pointment. It is now uncertain, for example, whether funding — was an appealing, probing but unknown candidate. Most for the Export-Import Bank, which supports U.S. sales abroad importantly, he was the candidate of the local Tea Party will pass the Congress. Boeing, in particular, feels its aircraft — standing up against a biggie who became too closely identi- business under threat without Cantor’s leadership.

Cantor understood the needs of business and, an ambitious fied with the wheeling of Washington. Brat overcame Cantor’s self-celebrated role as a top voice in the Tea Party movement, fellow, responded positively in order to gain lobbyists’ help in one who consistently opposed the Obama administration from moving ever upward, tending to ignore his constituents only a the far right. couple of hours away in the Richmond, Va. area. He lost touch, And here we’re on to our first clue: The Tea Party was particularly over issues important to them, but which were seen originally conceived as an uprising of the little guy and gal differently — and less important — in Washington.

Immigration was probably the key issue. Tea Party memagainst Big Government and Big Business and Banking.

It was Main Street against Wall Street — something like a bers opposed any form of amnesty for the maybe 11 million middle-aged Occupy Wall Street movement. But then, the little people who are illegally in the country. (What to do about them, however, they had no practical ideas.) Cantor talked the talk against amnesty, but stealthily sought ways to get around the prohibition. For him and for the Republican Party, the long-term loyalty of Hispanics was at stake. If he and the party appeared hostile to Latino interests in something important like amnesty, that community would make their future home with the Democrats.

The Tea Party concerns about immigration are usually represented as fears that jobs will be taken away — an authentic worry in fragile economic times as these.

But wait, look abroad! In recent elections all over Europe the anti-immigrant far right prospered, eating away at support STATION ELEVATION 560 FT. for traditional mainstream parties. There’s something more than economics at play. Insecure people under pressure tend Day Date High Low 7AM Precip to move more closely together. Keep foreigners out. Don’t let heathen religions move into our neighborhoods. We see the Mon. 06/16 72° 51° 54° ---same phenomenon in the Middle East where Moslem sects Tues. 06/17 76° 54° 58° ---oppose others and in India where Hindu nationalists assert themselves. Think back to Germany in the 1930s.

Wed. 06/18 80° 58° 66° .18' The Tea Party platform has some of that flavor — although Thurs. 06/19 76° 59° 62° ---they would call it patriotism, not nationalism (which has a bad history and connotation.)

Fri. 06/20 75° 50° 57° ---This country and its democracy will be served well if the Sat. 06/21 68° 47° 51° ---Tea Party shakes up established parties and positions. And breaks the grip of vested interests. We will be ill-served if it Sun. 06/22 70° 46° 50° ---brings into power no-nothings determined to weaken our deep Mon. 06/23 73° 49° 52° ---heritage of tolerance.

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.

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Planning Front (Continued from Page D) I have also spent time working with BEDC on plans to attend a site selection trade show this coming fiscal year and attending meetings with SBA for networking.

Mark your calendars and RSVP to me for your Town Manager Mitch Berkowitz’s retirement party, slated for Wednesday, Aug. 20, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Campfire Grille.

Thanks to the folks out there in advance for hosting. The format is an informal reception in the back room at the restaurant with appetizers and a cash bar.

As I always say, stop me, call me, e-mail me, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn — we are here!

Anne Krieg, AICP Bridgton Director of Planning, Economic and Community Development 647-8786 ecodevdir@bridgtonmaine.org

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(Continued from Page D) Gallinari Electric, Highlands Golf Course, Northern New England Passenger Rail, Sporthaus, Long Lake Marina, Commons Driving Range, Rick’s Café and the Portland Sea Dogs.

Next, I have to thank the 80 plus golfers, and the 11 members of the board of

directors who came to the event and participated for the cause.

Also, we thank Point Sebago Golf Course for providing a great venue that includes a championshipstyle course, great meal catering and a place to gather after the event.

Lastly, and most importantly, we thank the volunteers who work with the youth of the Lake Region area, to whom the athletic and sociLETTERS, Page D

Obituaries

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Gwen (Gatz) Hart, 67, passed away on Monday, June 16, 2014 while surrounded by her family.

Gwen was born on Nov. 23, 1946.

Gwen grew up in Texas, always having a special place in her heart for the fond memories created at Buckner Orphanage.

Gwen lived in Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas and California, before making Maine her home in 1997. Gwen had tender heart as a mother, grandmother, wife and friend. She was magnetic and naturally engaging. Gwen loved to cook, and she was great at it. More than she loved to cook, she loved to eat. She loved thunderstorms, and when her children were small, she would call them to safety during a storm, but then stand on the porch with childlike enthusiasm and say things like “Yipee!” and “That’s a doozy.” She was inclined to adventures of the serendipitous sort. Some more of her favorite things were playing word games of any kind, puzzles, singing, reading (especially books about the Maine woods), traveling, antiquing and shelling. Her favorite shells were not the largest, but the smallest that she could find. Gwen’s greatest love was for her God Jehovah. She spent much of her time helping others in her volunteer ministry as In Loving Memory of one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She was a dearly loved member of the Bridgton Congregation. Her favorite scripture was the promise of a better future in Isaiah 33:24. Gwen will be immea6/27/55 – 8/30/13 surably missed and endlessly loved.

Gwen was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

She will be missed by many, especially by her husband Jerry; her children Richard Young of California, Kristin Plucinski of Texas, Chance Young of Utah, Keely Grover of Florida and Cory Young of Mexico; her seven beautiful grandchildren; and her brothers, Greg, Roger, Tommy and David.

Anthony J. Longley

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Celebration of Life for

DEAN W. GRAY May 9, 1932 – Dec. 4, 2013

A celebration of life for Dean Gray is planned for anyone who knew him or the family. Please join the extended family on Saturday, June 28, at his estate in Harrison at 147 Lewis Road, from 1 to 5 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. In case of inclement weather seating will be available under a big tent.

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Eileen M. Kelly KENNEBUNK — Eileen Marie (Lizotte) Kelly, 85, passed away suddenly at Huntington Common Assisted Living in Kennebunk, on June 10, 2014. She was born on June 19, 1928, in Providence, R.I.. She was the daughter of Edward Lizotte and Florence (Brooks) Lizotte, both of Providence, R.I. Eileen spent many of her childhood years on Bungay (Greenwood) Lake in North Attleboro, Mass. It was there, at the age of 12, that she met her husband to be, Earl Kelly, and swore that she was going to marry him some day. They did marry on April 19, 1947, after Earl returned home from the Air Force following World War II. After residing with the Kelly family in Boston for five years, in 1953 they built a house at 57 Cedar Street in Foxboro, Mass., where they remained for over 60 years. For twenty-five years they also enjoyed their second home on Long Lake in Bridgton.

Eileen adored her house and yard and would spend many hours tending her flower and vegetable gardens. She loved to cook and you could always count on a good home-cooked meal or a barbeque by the pool. She enjoyed her many crafts that included sewing, knitting and macramé. Her love of music motivated her to learn to play the organ in the seventies, which she did for many years. Earl and Eileen loved to socialize and frequently dined out with their family and many friends. She loved animals of all kinds, especially her toy poodle, and would never miss feeding the outdoor birds.

Her last eight months at Huntington Common brought joy to many people. She made numerous friends with residents and staff and was described as a “bright light” at Huntington Common.

She was predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Earl Robert Kelly, of Boston, Mass., and a brother, William Vincent Lizotte, of Palo Alto, Calif.

She is survived by her two children: her son, David E. Kelly, and his wife, Deanna Davis Kelly, of Denmark, and her daughter, Deborah E. Kelly, and companion, Alan W. Hannon, of Conway, N.H. She was the loving grandmother of Jessica Lyn (Kelly) Sullivan and her husband, Conor Sullivan, of Berwick; and greatgrandmother to their children, Melia, Rowan, Kai and Gunner. She is also survived by her brothers, John E. Lizotte, of Ocean Side, Calif., and Brian Lizotte, of Pahrump, Nev.; her sisters, Gloria Battistello and husband John of Norton, Mass., and Patricia Carlon and husband Merle of Attleboro, Mass.; along with many nieces and nephews.

A private service and celebration of her life will be announced at a later date.

Mom, we will always love you and miss you.

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(Continued from Page D) etal growth we entrust when we sign our children up for events. We run our tournament on one Sunday morning each year; the volunteers work with our children for a full season, and sometimes a full year. Everyone in the Priest family grew up with the many recreational opportunities the Lake Region area provided, so on behalf of the man who made sure we were able to participate, our patriarch Carroll Priest, it is a pleasure to help try to ensure these opportunities are available to all children in the future.

I am proud to announce that because of the success of the 2013 tournament, The Cap Memorial, Inc. was able to make significant donations to BRAG Sports Complex in Bridgton, Western Maine Youth Hockey, and the recreation departments of Casco and Bridgton. In addition, the Lake Region High School Scholarship for 2013 was awarded to James McCann Jr. of Casco. On behalf of the 100 or so golfers and volunteers in our tournament, congratulations to these fine organizations and people, and keep up the good work!

The 10th annual “The CAP” Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 at Point Sebago Golf Course. If you would like to participate as either a golfer or a sponsor please contact me for more information at 774-200-0957, or find us on Facebook at: www.facebook. com “The CAP Memorial Golf Benefit” Thank you all again, see you this summer, Mike Priest, President “The CAP” Memorial, Inc.

The Border, Part III

To The Editor: South of the Border, Part 3.

My trip to the border delivered two surprises, and

Card of Thanks I want to thank everyone that shared the celebration of Bud Robinson’s life, the Naples, Casco, Raymond American Legion Post #155, the Maine Patriot Guard, Rev. Robert Boyer, Marian Merrill and her helpers doing the luncheon, Maxine Godwin for all that she has done.

Special thanks to my grandson Nicholas, and Scot Avery for Taps, and my neighbor Mike Ruhlin for all he has done for me.

Ruth Robinson & Family

In Loving Memory of

one big disappointment.

I had the first surprise when I learned how far illegal aliens could, and would, travel across the desert in their quest to come here (South of the Border, Part 2, June 19, 2014). The second occurred when I went down to revisit some of my “old haunts.”

As you drive down Arizona State Highway 286 you will see on your right, eight miles from the border, a home with a chain link fence topped by razor wire. The occupants put up the fence to stop illegal aliens from vandalizing their property.

The Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge is on the border. I stopped there on a previous trip and one of the park rangers told me she was also constructing a fence around her property to keep out intruders.

Are you getting the picture?

It is difficult to get a feel for what is going on at the border here in Bridgton, 3,000 miles away. For me — after my many trips there — it is visceral.

When you get to the border, at the terminus of Route 286, you will be at the Sasabe, Arizona Port of Entry (POE).

The town has itself has a population of 54 and, on the other side of the twelve foot high, brown, rusting border fence is the town of Sásabe, Sonora, Mexico.

I stopped to fix myself something to eat and, while I was sitting on the tailgate of my truck eating my tuna fish sandwich and admiring the view, along came the surprise.

Two guys came up behind me demanding to know: “What are you doing here?”

Ooops! Nearly dropping my tuna fish sandwich, I explained who I was and why I was there, which settled them down.

They were members of the Arizona Border Recon (website: arizonaborderrecon. org), another citizen border watch group, headquartered in Phoenix. They come down for several days at a time, go out in the desert looking for signs of illegal activity, and report their findings to the Border Patrol.

The leader then pointed out the places across the border in Sásabe, Mexico where the drug cartels were active.

One of the places he pointed to was a house where a “spotter” for the drug cartel watches where the U.S. Border Patrol was operating so they could direct the smugglers on routes that would avoid detection as they moved their contraband across the border.

Drugs, human trafficking; that’s the business of the border, and it ain’t pretty.

Bob Casimiro Bridgton

In Loving Memory of

Anthony J. Longley June 27, 1955 — Aug. 30, 2013

June 28, 1987 – Aug. 24, 2003 Each year on this special day we remember your birth and treasure every moment that you were here with us on earth.

Jesse, you’re forever in our hearts!

Love Mom, Dad and Jade

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So very much missed, Bonnie Longley Holly Longley

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To The Editor: I don’t recall whether or not I ever expressed my thanks to Virginia “Tilla” Durr of Bridgton for her apt retort to some fellows, who seemed to have distorted my meaning a few months ago regarding considering an amendment to the right to bear arms section of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.

I was very absorbed in two or three important developing “sagas”; not the least of which was the ongoing drama surrounding deciding how to replace the aging C.A. Snow School here in SAD 72.

Tilla’s recent letter entitled, “What Matters,” simply put her unique spin on my own thoughts about what is truly most important for maintaining cordial working relationships among people during times when economic and political chaos could put us all nearer extinction, or at least, put mankind on the endangered species list. I’ve come to accept that mankind (the species with the most highly-developed brains) is capable of self-destructing and taking all the other lesser-respected species with them.

Wouldn’t it be more peaceful on the planet earth if there were no longer any need to compete for a dwindling supply of resources, or to declare absolute winners and losers categories for every conceivable debatable issue on earth?

My only hope at this time is that she and I, and anyone else facing today’s challenges for maintaining a subsistence-level lifestyle, will be able to express ourselves (with no monetary expense necessary) as provided by the Freedom of Speech section of the Constitution. I would like to ask her if she has any workable solutions in her “bag or tricks” for dealing with folks who seem inclined to try to “kill the messenger” when the “message” is somehow unacceptable; or perhaps threatening to their long-cherished perceptions of reality that may be blocking the wheels of progress (so to speak?). I seem to have had very little success in this regard over the past few months, but not for lack of trying, mind you.

My cherished beliefs, hopes and dreams, etc. are based upon the traditions of honesty, integrity, respectable work, home and community ethics, and common courtesy standards established by prior generations of struggling Americans.

We need to establish a new “sisterhood” if any of the anticipated positive changes among us Baby Boomers, or also the so called recent “Entitled Generation” are ever to become a reality — uniquely perceived by every living creature still remaining on earth now, and long after we have been “called home,” so to speak. Tilla, you’ve made my day, week and hopefully next few years a bit more rewarding to look forward to.

Cindy Alden West Fryeburg

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To The Editor: In response to a letter in another newspaper on June 18, written by Quddus Z. Snyder, Ph.D., I felt the need to respond and raise awareness to the facts of what is happening on the Upper Saco River.

The Saco River is a beautiful and unique recreational waterway that runs through our beautiful community. The stretch of river from Conway, N.H. to Hiram is managed by the Saco River Recreational Council, a nonprofit organization, who works tirelessly during the summer months to get people to dispose of trash at all take-out locations and to be respectful of the river and those around them. We spent over $140,000 on these efforts last season employing nine River Runners, and other campground and maintenance staff. The River Runners go on the river Mondays through Thursdays from Redstone,

N.H. to Hiram, to clean trash that is left behind. Our experience has shown that this trash is not always from those from away, many of our worst beaches are those used by locals. There is a certain demographic in society that do not respect our environment or anyone other than themselves.

We believe education is the key, our thriving education program including our internship program, co-sponsored by Poland Spring, puts staff on the river and at the access areas in Fryeburg who hand out trash bags, our flyers which remind people of the rules and to dispose of all trash at receptacles located at all take-out locations along the river and use the outhouses also at all access areas. We check for clean boats as part of the Maine Milfoil Project, check for incoming firewood, issue fire permits, barge permits and trip assistance if needed to making sure everyone knows the rules and has a safe plan and proper permits.

The last component is the law enforcement efforts, which are critical to our efforts as they are there to take care of the people who don’t want to follow the rules. As a result of these efforts over the past four or so years, we have made great strides and the behavioral issues we had in the past are now minimal. Trash can still be an issue and we need all of our visitors to do their part, whether you are from here or away. If you bring it on the river you can take it out. No excuses! FPD river patrols, paid for by the SRRC at $20,000 per year, are on the river Friday through Sunday from Fryeburg to Brownfield and man all landings on the weekends to control unruly behaviors and alcohol-related issues etc.

The Saco River Recreational Council is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “Promote, manage, and provide education that ensures sound recreational practices to protect the Saco River Recreational Corridor for generations to come.” The following canoe companies are members of the SRRC: Saco Bound, Saco Canoe Company, Saco Valley Canoe, Saco River Canoe and Kayak, Woodland Acres Canoe and Campground, and River Run Camp N Canoe are all members and pay a large fee to be able rent canoes in Fryeburg-Hiram.

Some of the canoe companies are part of the management team overseeing the staff, providing logistical assistance transporting the River Runners and much more. Rentals are less than a third of the boats on the Upper Saco River, most are using private canoes, tubes, barges or anything that will get them to float down the river. The parking or access fees go towards the SRRC efforts to keep the river clean and maintain order.

Recreation on the Saco River is vital to our community and great for the soul.

The amount of revenue coming into the area to local business and employment for those in the community is huge. Responsible outdoor recreation and respecting our environment is something everyone needs to do. It is everyone’s responsibility and we should try not to shift blame on those from away.

We need to work together to keep our resources beautiful, the “Way Life Should Be.” To learn more about the Saco River Recreational Council and our efforts on the upper Saco River, you can check out our website at sacorivercouncil.org or give us a call.

Get out and enjoy what we have, together we can make a difference. Outdoor recreation costs little money but pays off in so many ways.

There is nothing better than a paddle on this pristine waterway, some weekends end of July and beginning of August get lots of people on the river and in any scenario with lots of people there will be issues and trash that need to be managed.

Michelle Broyer Saco River Recreational Council Conservation Education program Fryeburg LETTERS, Page D

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We are the answer

To The Editor: As a child and even as an adult, I sang my heart swelling with pride… “This land is your land. This land is my land from California to the Gulf Stream Waters… This land was made for you and me.” In the beginning, I was led to believe The American Dream was there for the taking. Only later did I learn it was a work in progress requiring ourselves and our nation to be perpetually vigilant less our democracy fall into a state of disrepair that no amount of mending can rebuild. Both our democracy, our faith, trust in one another and concept of The Golden Rule is sinking into a deep, dark hole of oblivion.

Too many of us are afflicted within our families, neighborhoods, churches, politics with at least three major cultural diseases. The ones I encountered most recently were elitism, entitlement and alcoholism. Such diseases do terrible harm to empathic listening, to reason, to focus and concentration and to our need to respect one another. Difficult to solve human problems when we haven’t the slightest clue who or what owns us.

Hard to set our minds free to truly think, when we have lost the capacity to step into the shoes of one another for even an instant in an effort to find common ground, which might involve finding mutual solutions capable of being of benefit to all of us. Difficult to empower ourselves or others when our efforts are in vain. We now have a culture, which believes that acts of compassion and kindness mean nothing. We have come to believe that moral authority only can be relied upon if it is given to us by highly paid “experts” trained in the lofty towers of academia. If we choose to distrust academia, instead of turning to our own powers of reason and observation, we might well turn to people such as the Koch brothers and other partisan political “pacs” owned by the rich. Because it seems they are the only ones with knowledge to teach us moral and democratic concepts of governance, constitutional law and economics. Money is free speech, they say, and money is power. Such is done through short advertising clips. Yes, the gorgeous homes of celebrities and even

our glimpses of them frolicking on private beaches in one gorgeous spot or another, makes us want to be like them. So why not trust celebrated shysters to teach us the meaning of the Bill of Rights, the correct interpretation of Constitutional law, especially with regard to guns and the most “authentic” interpretations of the Bible.

Have we forgotten how slavery was always propagandized by well-to-do plantation owners as a noble, humane system of governance ordained by God. Smart rich folk had slaves just so they could “save” poor black folk from themselves. Now, our 1-percenters have done an excellent job of transforming what is essentially slavery and selling it to all of us who are poor or middle class as “opportunity.” Deep gratitude, transparency and accountability is expected from our generous “lenders,” who are as devious as they come. If we cannot repay our “loans” at ever-fluctuating interest rates, heaps of shame and condemnation come upon us.

And… as for a volatile stock market, reflected in fluctuations of the Consumer Price Index. Isn’t this a far more insidious and lethal form of slavery? But, why not call it “freedom.” Let’s leave out the fact that corporations and banks get far more federal subsidies and tax breaks than ordinary folk or that it is next to impossible for an individual to ever be able to redress real injustices perpetuated by them.

As for you academics, you seem to have “forgotten” in your lust for ever-more profit, you lost the concept that teaching skills within the humanities has the slightest relevance to understanding and coping with our present day civilization. Yes, you did a beautiful job of helping wittingly or unwittingly destroy opportunity for ordinary folk to redress real grievances over real injustices that have serious impact on day-to-day lives.

I do know we are destroying our magnificent planet and destroying faith and trust in each other by bowing, praying and paying huge sums to false idols and gods within the world of commerce. I pray we wake up in time. We are the problem and we are the solution to the cultural disease of elitism and entitlement. We must start listening to one another in recognition of all we have in common because we are the answer, at least to all that causes suffering due to injustice.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

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And for me this isn’t just wishful thinking, but a passionate, heart-burning, falling-on-my-knees determination. The apostle Paul exhorted the leaders in the church in Corinth with these words: “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” That is the prayer and exhortation that I pour into my son, with this addendum, And do it better than I have!

When I look into my granddaughter Sophie’s eyes I can see into the future. Sure, it’s a bit fuzzy, but things are becoming clearer as I watch my son grow and mature as a husband and father. Yes, my boy knows how to change the oil in his truck, but he also knows how to change a diaper. And no, he won’t buy a cheap garden hose (it kinks), but neither is he likely to pacify his daughter in the future by throwing money at her and then running off to hang out with the boys.

Sophie’s future looks bright.

And so I licked the envelopes and sealed them and slide them carefully to the edge of the counter to go out with the next morning’s mail. And I wiped my weepy eyes and thanked my dad for having me, and my son for being mine.

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By Alice Darlington sex reduced to hook-ups Early morning several — no need for a relationweeks ago, I watched a pair ship or time-consuming of loons glide silently close “Earth Notes” is an outgrowth of courtship; life consumed to shore. This morning, it a deep ecology discussion group. at ever-faster speed and was tiger swallowtails flutWriters reflect a delight in and where technology is tering around the Hawthorne concern for the earth and are indiking. I’m by no means a and lilac blooms. Dark red vidually responsible for opinions Luddite and I appreciate rhododendron flowers are and information. Community members are invited to submit much that technology has just starting to open while articles. E-mail jschap@ localnet.com for details. brought me, but when I nearby the light purple ones see young people walking are fast fading and the pale pink rhodo buds are still tightly closed. Gray tree frogs stut- around, but not looking around, just focused on their smart ter intermittently here and there during the day, whereas the phones or tablets, I do wonder where that disconnection with bullfrogs wait until evening to boom out their calls. the actual world will lead.

This year spring seemed to take a long time coming and What happens when the power goes out? When there perhaps that is why I have been more aware of the changes is power, you can do or find out how to do or make practiaround me as winter receded and spring crept in. First at the cally anything. When there is none, what? An alarming book start of April, a few Canada geese found small openings in called One Second After by William R. Forstchen is precisely the ice on the cove where I live, followed by some mallards about this, as was a recent television show, Revolution, that and, to my surprise, a great blue heron as every day there was was about this country with no power, fractured into differa bit more open water. One morning in mid-April, I watched ent warring factions each trying to gain control. In this show, a bald eagle as it circled the cove, swooping low over a group one of the characters is first cured and then taken over by of ducks and geese making a terrific hullabaloo. Before the tiny robots – nano bots that, when the show ended, seemed small pond here was completely ice free, male salamanders poised to take over everything. A show of science fiction, had left their spermatophores on the bottom — as it turned but is it really? Raymond Kurzweil talks of robot red blood out, a bit too soon as the pond iced over again, but finally on cells and other nanobots soon to be used to cure diseases and April 20 there were egg massed attached to a partially sub- not too far in the future, nanobots connecting the neocortex merged twig and more the following day, in spite of very low to the cloud, extending human brain capacity and ultimately temperatures and no rain for several nights. Shortly after, becoming hybrid thinking. Robots-bots already populate the the first mayflowers appeared in their usual early place, and Web in game sites and computers play chess and win.

In addition, there is the ever-increasing disconnect from water striders raced around the pond. Another day in early May, the pond was covered with red maple flowers, wafted the natural world as populations become concentrated in this way and that by a slight breeze; while a month later the cities and apartments, freeing people up for more time with pond surface was covered by a skim of white pine pollen technology and exercise machines in lieu of activity outside.

All of this is just the tip of the technology iceberg. flecked with maple keys and a dragonfly zigzagged above, catching its dinner. Bare woods in May, a lush green jungle Designer children, diseases cured and death postponed in June, and all this happening around me if I slow down to – technology in charge, leading us…where? observe.

And so I wonder who will listen to the bullfrogs at night, Yet, we now live in a time when everything is speed- watch the fireflies flashing through the dark and smell the ed up, fast, fast, fast. Fast food, instant communication, fresh scent of cool night air?

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MORNING RAINBOW — Daniel Ouellette of Center Lovell snapped this photo from Route 5A in Center Lovell looking west early in the morning last week.

Defining moment (Continued from Page D) was right on when she said there’d been a lot of “hyper-emotionalism” swirling around the debate, but as Berkowitz and Lopez both said, perception is everything.

A newcomer to town, John Morrell, perhaps said it best: “It’s always a challenge for a community to look at its roots, and decide whether to pull it out at its roots or nurture it.”

Looming ahead is another decision that could define how determined this town wants to hold to its core values. The David-vs.-Goliath battle over AT&T’s cell phone tower came down on the side of Hio Ridge Road residents when voters overwhelmingly backed their citizen’s petition to increase the setback distance. But it won’t end there. This defining moment will be ultimately decided not by voters but by the Bridgton Planning Board.

So far, it’s heartening to see that the board has extended the review process to allow a peer review of AT&T’s site selection process and landscaping plans. Will there be applause or tears when the shot clock runs out on Aug. 26?

Board Chairman Steve Collins is one of Bridgton’s most respected citizens, but as he always says whenever a controversial project comes before the board, if a developer meets all the requirements of the ordinance, the board has no other choice but to approve it.

Tower projects have been fought successfully in other towns, but Hio Ridge Road residents don’t have the deep pockets those outcomes require. It’s very risky for a town to defend in court a decision based on adverse impact to the neighborhood. Especially when subjective factors, such as lowering property values or spoiling the viewshed are used.

But one can only hope that planning board members, elected by residents, will have the courage to face Goliath if the peer review concludes that AT&T has a less populated option for siting its tower. In this debate over the rights of property owners who are protecting their dream, this outcome will echo as a defining moment for years to come.

— G.G.

BEAMS OF LIGHT — Dramatic sunlight beams through clouds in Sweden over the weekend, as captured by photographer Laura Chadbourne.

Sharing the roads again

(Continued from Page D) On the other hand, it might feel like a justified and harmless release to yell profanity at another driver. But, some people get caught up in the moment – going as far as following the driver that angered them or even exiting their vehicle to continue the confrontation.

Although I have never sworn like a sailor at a fellow driver in the sea of traffic, I am no angel at the wheel. I have been guilty of tailgating the driver who rudely cut in front of me. I have stooped to the low act of braking erratically to send a message to the driver of the vehicle right on my bumper.

Still, just as drivers must share the road with bicycles and joggers, drivers bear the responsibility of treating other drivers with courtesy. As stated in any driver’s manual, having a driver’s license is a responsibility, not a right.

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been around when Moses was alive, it would have been one of the Commandments to extend respect to other drivers.

In 2009 and 2010, the Maine State Legislature proposed a bill that — if passed — would have made it punishable for people to exhibit road rage. If the bill had been enacted, people caught in an act of road rage could have had their driver’s license suspended for up to 90 days.

Additionally, the guilty party would have been court ordered to complete angermanagement courses.

Whether or not it was a good idea, that bill never became law.

However, people can still report reckless or dangerous driving to law enforcement, rather than trying to remedy it and possibly adding fuel to the fire. Dialing 5-1-1 is one way to report road condi-

tions, accidents, and road rage incidents.

Likely, out-of-hand road rage is a behavior rather than a one-time incident.

I ran across a Website, www.dmv.org/how-to-guides/ roadrage, which provided tips on dealing with road rage.

“You must realize that you can’t control another driver’s behavior, but you can control your own,” the article said.

According to the guide, drivers on the receiving end of road rage are advised to take a deep breath rather than react. Calming down and not acting out will likely “defuse a potentially violent situation.”

Also, the article said it was healthy to vent about distracted drivers, out-right rude drivers and how bad the traffic is. The trick is to vent in a constructive way — talking to friends or sharing the experience on social networking

sites.

Additionally, the article gives guidance for people who have road rage. Like any habit, the majority of the population, can alter agitated driving habits.

As summer reaches its height, the roads in the Lakes Region will become even more crowded. This year, the Fourth of July falls on a Friday. When the heat of the pavement and the impossible lines of traffic seem difficult to deal with, take a deep breath.

Take a deep breath and imagine telling the tales of tailgating, horn honking and the ancient motor home that held up traffic for miles. With a whole lot of patience and some finesse, those stories can be saved for a boat trip on the lake, a pause around the campfire, or when friends and family are gathered around the picnic table.

Dark Side of Sun: Net loss?

(Continued from Page D) tors, and that’s a difficult freedom. Certainly it can even look more democratic; little old you can even change the listings in Wikipedia if you want, to match your own version of reality. You can follow “friends” you have never met, you can send out tweets about your latest fast food meal, you can be part of the blazingly-spinning world, and thus not be thrown off it…

And so we blunder, stumbling in distraction, lost in a blinding blue glare washed by shifting shadows. Finally, we can’t live without the sun that makes those shadows; I have gone for years at a time without television, and now without cable, at least. Cable

wasn’t making me happy; it was only a way to distract myself from being present.

My excuse for having the Internet now is that e-mail is so handy, plus I probably need the Net to enhance my limited part-time income; but I check Yahoo! “news” and several sports sites every day, I surf and imagine I’m learning something, I disagree with commenters and comment myself, and get disagreed with...

The virtual world is a problem for me, and I expect for most of us: it has no intrinsic meaning and is somehow magically disconnected from real-world values. And yet it has a placeness about it; it seems possible to live online.

Television, the Internet, these

are the very instruments of illusion and disillusion. They are not about Now, and they certainly are not about Here.

But we imagine that they somehow are about us. And don’t we all most desire to be Here and Now, to be up on everything, to be perpetually hip?

In pursuit of our own identities we stumble on, drugged, addicted, always trending elsewhere — and who among us can say where we are bound? Do we even really care that it’s hard to say where the virtual ends and the reality begins? Would we even change anything now if we could?

Ironically, Mike Corrigan sent this column to The News via e-mail.