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SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS

Consultants weigh in on tower

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Two of three independent consultants hired to review AT&T’s plans for a controversial cell phone tower on Hio Ridge Road reported their findings at the Bridgton Planning Board’s Tuesday meeting.

Each found that the plans lacked some documentation they would have preferred to see, but those deficiencies alone were not deemed serious enough to suggest that the board should reject the plan.

However, the most crucial question of whether an alternative site could serve AT&T’s coverage needs has yet to be addressed. That is the job of the third consultant, Ivan Pagacik of IDK Communications, and he was unable to attend.

The board voted to continue the public hearing until Tuesday, Sept. 2, when it is expected that Pagacik will report his findings.

Afterward, after six months spent reviewing the cell tower application, the board will be in a position to make

a final decision.

As they have done so since the beginning, Hio Ridge neighbors who strongly oppose the tower turned out in force. But on Tuesday, the floor belonged to the consultants.

First up was Steven Bradstreet, senior manager at Ransom Consulting of Byfield, Mass. He outlined nine areas where information or analysis was lacking when he began his review of site development impacts. He said Barry Hobbins, agent for AT&T and its partnering con-

struction firm of American Towers, had addressed several of the more minor deficiencies in documentation, such as backup data supporting the noise analysis and site removal costs. But other information was still missing, he said, especially evidence that no vernal pools exist on the land AT&T plans to lease for the tower at 214 Hio Ridge Road.

Bradstreet said that a true assessment of vernal pools can only be done in April or May, when amphibians lay TOWER, Page A

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Imagine having to pay a $20,680 debt in two weeks? Imagine having to do that to keep a home that has been in the family for years?

Two sisters stepped up to save their family home and the property on Lakewood Road that is now owned by the Town of Casco. The town foreclosed on it after the owners did not pay property taxes for three years.

“My sister and I have been estranged. It took this tragedy of losing our family home to bring us together,” one woman said, adding lack of communication led to the debt going unpaid.

Once a piece of property has been foreclosed on, the only avenue for the former landowner is to go before the Casco Board of Selectmen and arrange to pay the back taxes in full in 14 days.

On Tuesday, July 29, three different parties approached the board seeking to once again own their property in Casco. Each person was given the chance to pay the back taxes to the town office within two weeks. The payment of this overdue debt would reverse the foreclosure.

The people whose property had been foreclosed on faced this embarrassment because, in order to remedy the situation, they had to go

on public record and plead for a second chance.

Those property owners were three years behind on their taxes, according to Casco Town Manager Dave Morton.

“There is a provision that allows them to redeem it — if the (board of selectmen) is willing to do it,” he said.

Maine State law allows the town to place a foreclosure lien on the property of people who have ignored their tax bill. By the same token, Maine law gives residents that right to resume ownership — by bringing the property tax balance to zero.

Also, for those people who are having financial hardships or health issues that prevent

them from being employed, there is another option. Before the foreclosure process starts, they can apply for an abatement — or forgiveness of taxes. The abatement hearing takes place in executive session, behind closed doors.

Additionally, residents can make payment arrangements with the town to chip away at the property taxes owed. But, this must be done before the foreclosure process begins, before the bill has been outstanding for three years.

One of the people involved in a foreclosure by the town said that the two adjacent parcels he owns in Casco are considered his second piece of property. He lives PAY, Page A

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Not too long ago, when snowmobile enthusiasts first envisioned creating a statewide trail system for their use, the naysayers didn’t believe it would ever happen. Landowners would never grant the needed permission for the sleds to cross their woods and fields.

Yet, today, Maine enjoys around 13,000 miles of

snowmobile trails, more miles than any other state in the nation.

Why couldn’t the same thing be done for those who prefer nonmotorized recreation?

It’s a question Scott Hatch has been asking for years, and has been lobbying for in Augusta. But great ideas start small, he realized, so he and another Harrison resident, Manny Pupo, have

begun by forming a new group called Harrison MultiUse Community Trails.

The group will hold their first meeting next Thursday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Harrison Town Office, and the men are encouraging anyone interested in the concept to attend. That includes bird watchers, hikers, nature photographers, snowshoers, cross-country skiers, horseback riders, bikers and

anyone else who loves the outdoors.

There are many walking and hiking trails around the Lake Region, but they don’t connect in the same way that snowmobile trails do.

To use these nonmotorized trails, most of the time it’s necessary to drive from your home to get there.

“Nonmotorized recreation exists in a box,” such TRAIL, Page A

Owners pay to reverse foreclosure

Help plan community trail system

The Gilroy legacy

‘Center’ aims to help, Native Americans, create awareness

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer In life, Frederika Gilroy was known for her energy, intellectual curiosity and strong passion for people.

A survivor of Nazi occupation of her Dutch homeland, she relocated to the United States, where she led a life of charity and kindness.

When Frederika died at the age of 92 in March 2012, her husband of 65 years, Wardner, asked local attorney Glen Niemy what could be done to help her name and good deeds live on. Niemy suggested the creation of a charitable trust.

Wardner, who was a chemist and spent his working career at Sperry Rand (he also served in the U.S. Army, involved in “top secret” projects), funded the trust, which targeted charitable institutions and deserving individuals.

Since the couple had resided in Bridgton for 25 years, some funds were used to improve the quality of life here, but were also sent as far as impoverished Burkina Faso in INSIDE THE CENTER — A variety of Native West Africa to help finance hygiene and water projects.

Nine months after his wife passed away, Wardner died at American products. the age of 88. With no immediate surviving family member (the couple were predeceased by their son, Foster), the remaining assets of the Gilroy estate were added to the trust.

“It was originally our goal to spend all of the funds of the Trust on these good causes and close it down. However, upon consideration, we felt that it would be a shame not to carry on the name and works of these two wonderful people,” said Niemy, who serves as a trustee and president of the Gilroy Trust.

In May 2013, the Trust applied for IRS 501(c)(3) status and started fundraising efforts.

“We have some great ideas to further enhance the lives of many people in our corner of the world. It is our goal that the Trust spend as little money on administration as GILROY LEGACY, Page A

STILL SKIING — Now that Pete Alderman of Harrison is 78, he does some of his waterskiing sitting down.

He is pictured Monday cruising along Crystal Lake in Harrison and jumping his Air Chair completely out of the water.

(Photo by Judy Alderman)

30 streetlights to go dark soon

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Turn out the lights and lower the electric bill.

The Casco Board of Selectmen recently approved the removal of 30 streetlights throughout sections of town.

Each of those streetlights has a notice attached to the utility pole, providing people with a way to contact Central Maine Power (CMP) should they want to “adopt” the streetlight.

According to the notice, CMP crews will begin getting rid of the lights anytime between this week and Monday, Aug. 11.

The notice was posted on June 30, and CMP’s discontinuation of the service was scheduled for 30 to 45 days later.

The total savings to the town budget should be between $4,000 and $5,000, according to Casco Town Manager Dave Morton.

Narrowing down which streetlights will be removed was a long process that began

about two years ago, he said.

At the time, a five-member Energy Committee was tasked with deciding which streetlights were needed and which of those were either duplicated lighting or were illuminating only one or two households.

Some of the streetlights were installed in the 1960s as part of nationwide beautification projects promoted by former First Lady Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson.

A few years ago, the Energy Committee began taking an inventory of the town’s streetlights. The residents who were involved in this task included Peg Dilley, Mary-Vienessa Fernandes, Grant Plummer, Lynne Potter and Barbara York.

On Tuesday evening, York recalled pairing up with Fernandes to get a closeup view of the town’s streetlights.

“Mary and I chose different sections to do. I would drive, and Mary would jump out and locate the light. We DARK, Page A

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Help plan community trail system

Dentist returns, opens practice Twenty years ago, Michael Truscott started to make annual vacation trips to lakes in Denmark and Bridgton.

Those times camping, backpacking and hiking made a Michael Truscott, DMD lasting impression.

After graduating from the University of Maine at Orono and Tufts Dental School, Truscott opened a private general dentistry practice in Bourne, Mass. When the last of three children were educated and out on their own, “it was time to move back to Maine.”

“My wife, Margo, and I are from Kennebunk and for the past five years have planned to move back to Maine,” he said. “Buying land and building our home in Bridgton, we finally arrived permanently on Jan. 2 of this year — right in the middle of a blizzard!”

Truscott, DMD, opened his new practice at 19 Portland Street in Fryeburg.

“We are pleased to open a family dental practice in Fryeburg treating all patients with kindness, respect and skill,” he said. “We provide a friendly, mom and pop atmosphere that offers honesty and value.”

The office is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. New patients welcome. Most insurances accepted. Telephone: 256-3058.

E-mail: Truscottdmd@gmail.com “We have enjoyed every season here, whether it involves snowshoeing or summer fishing,” he said. “We are thrilled to call Maine our home again.”

(Continued from Page A) as Pondicherry Park, said Pupo, and while beautiful and pleasant, it’s not a through system. “How many times do you see people on horses riding by the side of the road? They don’t have a place to go.”

What if all the folks who

use wooded trails for different purposes were to get together? A study shows that 90% of all people who enjoy recreation in Maine also own property, Hatch said.

By combining forces, becoming organized and assigning tasks, such a group could acquire and maintain

an unbroken trail system so convenient that many users could access it simply by walking out their back door, Hatch and Pupo believe.

They’ve already begun to work on the idea, and to date have around eight miles of permissions from landowners for nonmotorized use of

their land.

“The term comprehensive trails is a phrase that we’ve coined, and it encompasses all forms of recreation, on both public and private property,” said Hatch. “The master planning of all this is what we need to be focused on as a group.”

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer “I don’t really know what to do. We tend to run out of food, and our tummies get really hungry and they growl,” said a young girl in a documentary on food insecurity.

“It is a problem that people are ashamed of acknowledging,” said actor Jeff Bridges who, as the founder of the End Hunger Network, participated in the 2012 documentary.

“If another country was doing this to our kids, we’d be at war,” Bridges said.

A Place at the Table is a thought-provoking, heartwrenching, firsthand documentary on the hunger crisis in America.

The owners of the Magic Lantern in Bridgton plan to use the theater to show this documentary to the public as part of events scheduled for Hunger Action Month in September.

However, there is a licensing fee involved to rent the movie for this event.

According to CrossWalk Community Outreach Director Joanna Moore, the nonprofit has covered the licensing fee, but hopes that local businesses will step forward to reimburse that cost.

Statistics show that in 2012 one in six Americans suffers from hunger. Meanwhile, out of four children, one will go hungry or lack access to nutritious food.

According to the Webpage

for ‘No Kid Hungry,’ one in five children — which correlates to 16.2 million children in the United States — experiences food insecurity. In many instances, families trying to stretch money and food stamp allowances opt for less expensive processed foods.

This only adds to the hunger issue with children consuming food that lacks nutrition.

A group of community members who are involved in Hunger Action Month viewed two documentaries, Moore said.

A Place at the Table was selected because it was had a higher impact level, she said.

The other documentary was entitled Hunger in America.

A Place at the Table takes the viewer through the day-

to-day experiences of three people. Celebrities from various walks of life comment on the hunger crisis. Music for the movie is performed by T Bone Burnett and The Civil Wars.

A Place at the Table won the Pare Lorentz Award for the directing and producing from the International Documentary Association in 2013. Also, in 2012, the movie was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

To see a trailer of ‘A Place at the Table,’ go to www. magpictures.com/aplaceatthetable. To get involved in Hunger Action Month or help sponsor the documentary, contact Joanna Moore, 6153226.

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Tale of the long dock revisited (Editor’s note: The following is a correction, along with another look at last week’s story on the appeal over the length of a dock on Moose Pond)

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer Wow, have I got egg on my face.

Obviously, I don’t live on a lake.

Otherwise, I’d never use feet when I meant inches, in describing the water depth at the end of a long dock on Moose Pond, as I did in the page 1 story in last week’s Bridgton News.

When Kevin and Joan Murrin of 99 Cedar Drive extended their dock by 80 feet, the extension gave them a 32-inch water depth, not a 32-foot water depth.

At our newsroom we call that kind of mistake a goober, otherwise known as an obvious error usually due to a temporary brain cramp by a reporter rushing to meet deadline.

But this mea culpa must also admit to a more serious problem with the story. I should have taken more time to explain the Murrin’s side of the

dispute, which led Peter and Bonnie Motel to challenge the dock’s 180foot length with the Bridgton Board of Appeals.

The board ruled in the Murrins favor, yet I gave more ink in describing the Motel’s objections than I did to explaining why the Murrins needed a longer dock in the first place.

The Motel’s felt the Murrins’ dock infringed on their privacy, but here’s why the board ruled otherwise: • Even at 180 feet in length, the Murrins dock is in fact 55 feet further back from both the Motels and another abutter, Bill Warren. The cottages of all these neighbors are located on a narrow cove on the pond (and they live on a pond, not a bog, despite what I quoted the Motel’s lawyer, Peter Malia, as saying). The Murrins property is located at the furthest point back within the cove.

• Bill Warren, who lives closer to the Murrins’ dock than the Motels, didn’t have a problem with the deck extension. In starting off the story

by saying “shorefront neighbors” appealed the dock extension, I gave the mistaken impression that several neighbors were involved, and not just the Motels.

• Kevin Murrin spoke at length at several meetings explaining the need for the dock extension, which was simply to provide enough water depth to allow his children to swim.

Yet I provided not a single quote from him.

I recognized this appeal had the makings of an interesting story, but I didn’t give it the care or attention it deserved. What’s done is done. It’s how we respond to what is done that is still within our power. So in this case, I didn’t want to write just a one-sentence correction. Thankfully, I work for an editor who knows that readers of community newspapers are only as loyal as that source is credible, so he’s given me extra flexibility.

Everyone misses the mark now and then; the important thing is to learn from it.

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August 7, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page A

Consultants weigh in on cell tower

INDEPENDENT OPINION — Terrence DeWan of Yarmouth, who specializes in visual impact analysis, was one of two peer review consultants that testified at Tuesday’s public hearing by the Bridgton Planning Board on AT&T’s cell phone tower application on Hio Ridge Road.

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(Continued from Page A) their eggs. For that reason, he discounted AT&T’s vernal pool study done by New England Land and Water in November of 2013.

“They didn’t observe (any eggs) in their study. I’m sure they didn’t,” because of the study’s timing, Bradstreet said.

But Hobbins said it would be unreasonable to require AT&T to wait eight months to settle the question, especially when the property’s forested wetlands are exempted from Shoreland Zoning Review.

Hobbins said the tower plans must also pass muster under state and federal guidelines, and conform to the rules of the Telecommunication Act of 1996.

“If you really want to

challenge this on the basis of vernal pools, God bless you,” said Hobbins. He said AT&T would likely agree to a conditional approval that required a vernal pool study next spring.

The board agreed that a conditional approval hinging on a vernal pool study would set a bad precedent for the town.

At the very least, however, Bradstreet said the plans should stake out the perimeter of the tower construction site and provide more details on plans for erosion control, site grading and details of construction. “I want to see where it drains,” he said, to assess the impact to any wetlands and abutting property owners.

Next up was Terry DeWan,

chance for you, as the previous owner, to buy it back,” Plummer said.

The board gave him two weeks to pay.

One Casco resident said, “I am here to buy my home back.”

He, too, was given a twoweek time frame to bring the bill current.

The resident said the town

has been charging him double because his property valuation has been inflated for the past several years.

Plummer explained that it is the property owner’s responsibility to go to the town assessor with any property valuation issues.

“Anyone who has a concern about the assessed value should go to the assessor.

of Terrence J. DeWan & Associates of Yarmouth. In assessing AT&T’s visual impact analysis, he said his main concerns had to do with the accuracy of the two balloon tests that were done, and the lack of information about scenic resources that might be affected.

But in the final analysis, DeWan said his preliminary conclusion was that the cell tower “will not have an unreasonable adverse impact on the immediate abutters, the local neighborhood, the community as a whole, or locations that have been identified by the town’s Comprehensive Plan.” He said the operative word is “unreasonable,” because it’s clear that abutting neighbors strongly believe the

tower would have an adverse impact.

In summary, DeWan said, “There are a number of unanswered questions that the applicant should address” before the board can make an informed decision.

“The ball’s back in your court,” he told the board.

Hobbins said AT&T has repeatedly made concessions in response to the concerns of neighbors, and DeWan agreed that with regard to visual impact, “The applicant took a lot of this to heart, and has submitted new information.

Hobbins added that AT&T agreed to move the tower back by around 50 feet from the nearest abutter, George Goula. Moving it further back, as neigh-

bor Paul Veit suggested, wouldn’t make any substantial difference.

“The fact is, no matter what we do, the neighbors are not going to be happy and are not going to want this tower,” said Hobbins.

Prior to ruling on the upcoming issue of alternative sites, Veit suggested to the board that they consult an attorney to determine whether, as he alleges, there was space available on the nearby Sam Ingalls tower to co-locate their antenna there at the time that they submitted their application.

“Legally, (the owner of the Sam Ingalls tower) had that spot open for three quarters of a year, and (AT&T) refused to consider it,” Veit said.

Casco residents pay to reverse foreclosures (Continued from Page A) in Raymond. He said the tax bill was something he had overlooked and put on the backburner.

“I am humbled and embarrassed, and can pay by the end of August,” he said.

Chairman Grant Plummer responded to the request.

“The town has foreclosed on it. Redemption is the last

Everyone is pointing the fingers back to the owner — to talk to neighbors and see what their property is worth,” Plummer said.

The majority of Casco residents pay their property taxes without question. For others, property taxes have become a hard bill to budget — given daily living expenses and stagnant wage

increases.

“Most people understand they have to pay their taxes, and they do,” Morton said.

“For others not paying the taxes for one year is easy.

That time passes without any (consequences) and so does the second year. The third year, you are in trouble,” he said.

“Some people simply can-

not afford to keep property, particularly if it is a second property,” he said.

“If a person cannot afford to pay their property taxes, they need to be looking at something different, whether it is leasing it out, getting a second job, or selling the property. People are hardpressed to come to those decisions,” Morton said.

30 streetlights to go dark soon

Libby Road slated for paving

(Continued from Page A) found one streetlight in the woods,” York said.

As a group, the Energy Committee surveyed every streetlight in town to determine which ones were no longer necessary.

“Basically, the roads have changed. There were a few roads that run parallel to Route 302 — old roads that are not used by as many people as in the past,” she said. One short stretch of road that connects to Quaker Ridge Road is no longer a commonly-traveled road in South Casco.

“They might be serving one person, but those aren’t the ones we need,” she said.

“If it is on your property and you want the opportunity to pay the light bill, you can contact CMP,” York said.

“I think that the Village had the most in one small area. In the village, there were six or eight lights” that were redundant, York said.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — For the past three summers, Libby Road has been the recipient of improvements.

By midmonth, Glidden Excavating and Paving should wind up the $188,345 job that was awarded to the company in June, according to Town Manager Dave Morton.

That cost is only for the road repairs done this year.

In 2012 and 2013, R.N. Willey and Sons Excavating received the winning bid, while Glidden stepped in as the subcontractor doing the paving portion of the work.

This summer’s work included replacing three culverts, ditch work, grading and paving the road, and blending the road in with residents’ driveways, Morton said.

Two of the culverts were replaced with plastic culverts.

However, galvanized steel was used for a third culvert near a brook that empties into

“We suggested the ones that we felt could come offline,” she said.

Then, as road commissioner, Morton double-checked the list to make sure the removal would not a public safety hazard for drivers.

So far, there has not been a huge uproar over the scheduled streetlight removal, Morton said.

“I’ve had a couple of people express concerns. One person has elected to adopt a streetlight. I am aware of one person who is doing that.

A few others have objected to the lights being removed,” Morton said.

Anyone who would like to adopt a streetlight, essentially assuming responsibility for the electric bill, can contact via mail: Suzanne Bussiere; Key Accounts; 740 Main Street; Lewiston, ME, 04020. Residents can also call, (207) 753-3121, THIS STREETLIGHT in Casco Village is slated for or e-mail Suzanne.bussiere@ removal as early as this week.

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Thomas Pond.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries recommends using galvanized steel for culverts in areas where fish are present.

“It allows for fish passage,” Morton said.

Erosion control is another component of the work on Libby Road, he said.

“It has been a multi-part project. This is the third year we have invested our reconstruction efforts into Libby Road,” he said.

“Right now, we are working on the section that connects to Quakers Ridge Road,” he said.

Another section near Valley Road and in the vicinity of the town-owned tennis courts is still on the list for completion, he said.

“If the board keeps on track with its plan, it would be a project for next summer,” he said.

Meanwhile, Glidden has LIBBY, Page A

Fall classes at Senior College are designed to appeal to every interest that students may have, and perhaps to some areas that they didn’t think they had an interest in.

Most classes are held at the Bridgton Community Center on Depot Street from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Course descriptions, meeting schedules and course registration forms for the fall term will be available at the end of August, so watch for the announcement.

Membership is open to any senior in the Lake Region — the membership fee is $20 per person for the academic year and there is a $15 course

fee for classes in the spring and fall sessions.

A new board of directors was recently elected for the Bridgton Senior College, and includes: Chairman Homer

Pence, Vice Chairman Jim Dover, Treasurer Ann Schuettinger, and Secretary Mary Jo Koran. Also elected were Sue Dover and Kappy SENIOR, Page A

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The fall term will run for six weeks from Sept. 15 through Oct. 24. Four courses will be offered: Arm Chair Travels in Europe, Jazz, The Federalist Papers, and Dante’s Inferno.

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Incidents appearing on Bridgton Police blotter These incidents appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter between the dates of Monday, July 28 and Sunday, Aug. 3 (This is only a partial listing).

Monday, July 28 10 a.m. A resident of Sanborns Grove Road had his trailer plate stolen and swapped with another plate while his trailer was parked at New England Boat & Recreation on Portland Road.

The swapped plate came back as not on file. The resident has since reregistered his trailer.

3:30 p.m. A two-car accident occurred in the Rite Aid parking lot, causing property damage.

8:41 p.m. Animal Control Officer Quinan handled a call from a Wildwood Road resident who needed to give her dog up for adoption.

Tuesday, July 29 8:57 a.m. Someone on Big Sandy Road was setting off fireworks, causing a neighbor to have concerns.

11:24 a.m. A friend of a Wayside Avenue resident received a text message during the night saying that the resident was going to end her life.

12:37 p.m. Renys received a bomb threat 12:36 p.m. Kenneth G. Meisner, 36, of Main Street in Bridgton, was arrested for terrorizing by Officer Jones after allegedly calling Renys and saying there was a bomb in the store. The store was evacuated, and Meisner was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. No bomb was found.

6:29 p.m. Officer Gaumont responded to a report alleging that someone driving a vehicle on South High Street pulled out in front of another vehicle and then slammed on the brakes. As the other driver went to pass the suspect vehicle, the driver who had slammed on the brakes allegedly yelled out, “Do you want me to cut your throat?”

6:42 p.m. Someone was said to be shooting off a gun from the area of either Chadbourne Hill or Porter Hill Roads, and that the shooting had been going on for a while.

7:31 p.m. A person called police to report the identity

of suspects sought in a theft at Renys, caught on tape, that had been posted on the police department’s Facebook page.

11:45 p.m. Justine E. Scheller, 19, of Eagle Ridge Lane in North Mankato, Minn., was charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia by Officer Smolisnky.

Wednesday, July 30 12:27 a.m. Timothy G. Shepard, 35, of Harrison Road in Bridgton, was arrested on a warrant for failure to pay fines for operating under the influence by Officers Smolinsky and Gaumont.

Shepard was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

12:27 a.m. Erin A. Tracy, 34, of Harrison Road in Bridgton, was arrested on warrants for failure to pay fines by Bridgton Officers Smolinsky and Gaumont.

Tracy was transported to the Cumberland County Jail in Portland.

11:05 a.m. A driver of a white minivan left four dogs in a car during hot weather at Food City. The driver was confronted by another person who was concerned about the dogs, and then drove off toward lower Main Street.

1:16 p.m. A man who pumped gas the night before at the Portland Road Big Apple said he forgot his wallet, and would return to pay for the gas. He didn’t show up.

6:58 p.m. A Pond Road resident said her neighbors shut her water off.

7:32 p.m. An unknown person parked a black Cavalier in front of Bridgton Public Works and appeared to be looking for keys to get into the building.

9:06 p.m. A Pond Road resident said her neighbor had threatened to vandalize her property.

Thursday, July 31 10:45 a.m. A resident of 3 Fowler Street said her nextdoor neighbor was yelling at her because she was disciplining her own daughter.

12:35 p.m. The daughter of a South High Street resident was bitten by a dog.

3:22 p.m. Chief Schofield stood by to keep the peace during a citizen assist at 342

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5:46 p.m. A resident of 17 Main Street reported receiving harassing text messages from a former tenant.

Friday, August 1 9:17 p.m. Bridgton Police assisted the Falmouth and South Portland Police Departments with a traffic detail on Roosevelt Trail in Naples.

8:54 p.m. Jody L. Scott, 46, of Waterford Road in Waterford, was charged with possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia by Officer Jones.

10:34 p.m. Someone was setting off fireworks on South High Street and was said to be a “wise guy” when confronted about it.

Saturday, August 2 1:46 a.m. Police responded to an accident with personal injury near 204 Upton Road.

4:41 a.m. Fryeburg Police requested backup from Bridgton Police for a foot chase near the Fryeburg Fairgrounds.

8:58 a.m. A neighbor of a North Bridgton Road resident was said to be stealing firewood from behind the resident’s house.

2:47 p.m. A yellow lab named Sadie went missing from her owner, who was staying at the Cottages at Camp Woodlands on Long Lake.

3:58 p.m. A woman’s car was keyed, or scratched with a key, in the parking lot of Renys earlier in the day.

5:28 p.m. A credit card was found by a Fowler Street resident.

5:34 p.m. Officers Reese and McCormick responded along with the Bridgton

Fire Department and United Ambulance to an incident on Power House Road.

9:20 p.m. A North High Street resident said her exboyfriend was moving out and refused to give her her medications.

10:10 p.m. Someone was setting off fireworks in the area of Malcolm Road.

10:11 p.m. Someone stole dog tags out of a Grand Cherokee.

Sunday, August 3 6:06 a.m. Bridgton Police assisted with a report of an assault on Whites Bridge Road in Standish in which a person was beaten by a man.

11:21 a.m. Vans from Camp Winona were said to be “flying” down the road

and not slowing down on Hio Ridge Road.

4:30 p.m. Alison R. Hook, 43, of Richdale Avenue in Somerville, Mass., was charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer by Officer McCormick. Hook allegedly walked out of the Bridgton Hannaford with a full cart of groceries.

5:02 p.m. Renys reported that a customer put on sweatshirts in the store and walked out with them. The customer did pay for some items, however.

5:16 p.m. A tenant at 342 Main Street reported being harassed by her landlord, who stopped by and was sitting in the driveway.

7:50 p.m. An engaged

couple had still not returned from a hiking trip on Pleasant Mountain. They said they’d be back by 5 p.m.

This past week officers from the Bridgton Police Department responded to 103 calls for service. They include the following: 17 traffic stops, five theft complaints, two motor vehicle crashes, two animal control complaints, eight suspicious activity/disturbance complaints, three service of court paperwork, one bomb threat and one domestic violence assault.

There were also four arrests resulting in the following charges: two arrest warrants, one OUI, one theft and one terrorizing charge.

activity on Woodland Street.

10 p.m. Disturbance at a Portland Street business.

Wednesday, July 30 12:23 to 2:51 a.m. Police checked 11 buildings.

9:31 p.m. Adam D. Gibney of Stow was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence following a stop on North Fryeburg Road.

Thursday, August 1 12:41 to 4:31 a.m. Police checked six buildings.

12:45 p.m. Police checked a terrorizing complaint at a Main Street location.

6:47 p.m. Noise com-

plaint investigated on Charles Street.

Friday, August 2 12:45 to 4:23 a.m. Police conducted seven building checks.

5:15 p.m. Two Peabody, Mass. residents were charged with illegal possession of alcohol by a minor at a Lovell Road campground.

5:30 p.m. Police charged seven females from Westford, Mass. with illegal possession of alcohol by a minor at a Lovell Road campground.

6 p.m. Edgar Manan of

Salem, Mass. was charged with possession of marijuana at a Lovell Road campground.

7 p.m. A Peabody, Mass. female was charged with illegal possession of alcohol by a minor at a Lovell Road campground.

8:28 to 11:11 p.m. Police made 10 motor vehicle stops (Main Street and North Fryeburg Road), resulting in 10 warnings and four citations.

11:41 p.m. Jeffrey A. LOG, Page A

From the Fryeburg Police log These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, July 28 Traffic stops. Police made 11 motor vehicle stops, handing out 11 warnings and one summons.

9:38 p.m. Suspicious activity at Walker’s Bridge.

Tuesday, July 29 7:26 a.m. Timothy Higgins of Fairfield was charged with exceeding the posted speed limit by more than 30 mph following a stop on Portland Street.

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Chief receives endorsements FRYEBURG — As town officials continue their search process for a new Fryeburg Police Department Chief of Police, open support is being given to Acting Chief Joshua Potvin.

“Joshua Potvin demonstrates a positive change for this department and community. With his leadership and experiences in law enforcement, Potvin has the ability to pave the future for an aspiring dignified agency here in Fryeburg,” wrote Fryeburg Federation of Public Employees Shop Steward Michelle Legare (AFT/AFL-CIO Local 4273). “The Federation expresses its full support of Chief Joshua Potvin and considers him a valuable asset to the agency and the town.”

Former Police Chief Phil Weymouth also endorses Potvin’s selection as his successor.

“He has proven himself as a leader under my command and I am fully confident in his ability to effectively manage a police agency through modern and progressive techniques,” Weymouth said.

Fryeburg Rescue Chief Steve Goldsmith says Potvin exhibits a willingness to work in a team setting and is always there to assist when needed.

“I have seen firsthand how he interacts both with the public and his other officers. He has developed great community relations in just the past few months since he has been appointed as acting chief,” Goldsmith said.

“Josh is extremely professional at all times. Josh has the quality of being honest with extremely high moral principles and uprightness. He treats his fellow officers fairly and with respect. He holds everyone to the same standards and makes all of his staff accountable for their actions.”

Goldsmith added, “Josh has a sense of community and he understands how to work and interact with people in the community. I feel that Josh would be a perfect candidate for the position of Police Chief for Fryeburg. It would be a seamless transition and I feel that it would be in the best interest of the community.”

The application deadline was Monday. Town officials will notify and schedule interviews with selected candidates. An oral board interview before a six-member committee will take place in mid-August. The hope is to present the new chief for confirmation by selectmen on Sept. 15.

(Continued from Page A) stayed on task with its timeline.

The road repair work “should be done sometime next week. That was their target; and, they’ve been staying on target,” said Morton, who also serves in the capacity of the town’s road commissioner.

A MALFUNCTIONING CULVERT was removed and a new culvert was put in place on the southwest end of Libby Road. Most likely, this summer’s road improvement project will wrap up by mid-month, according to Casco Town Manager Dave Morton.

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Letters sent on road work

By Emily Gillette Contributing Writer FRYEBURG — Landowners from StackEm-Inn Road in Bridgton to Stanley Hill in Fryeburg have been notified by the Maine DOT of the upcoming project that is scheduled to begin next summer and extend until 2016.

The 10.83-mile reconstruction of road will include 11-foot travel lanes, and 6-

foot shoulders along with new ditching and culverts.

This is part one of a threepart reconstruction plan starting in Bridgton and extending to the New Hampshire state line.

Due to the 6-foot shoulders needed for the project, landowners whose property sits directly adjacent to Route 302 will have part of their land acquired by the DOT. “Letters have been sent to

Fryeburg Health Care parking lot.

7:27 p.m. Haden F. Charles of Brownfield was charged with operating a motor vehicle after suspension and possession of a suspended or fictitious license following a stop on Portland Street.

9:27 p.m. Derek Moss of Center Conway, N.H. was charged with operating a motor vehicle beyond class restriction following a stop on Portland Street.

Sunday, August 3 1 a.m. Police responded to a missing person report on Maple Street.

7:03 a.m. Police checked a complaint on River Street.

5:03 p.m. Six individuals

were issued summonses on the Saco River. They included: Kim Srieng of Lowell, Mass. for fishing without a valid license; Michelle R. Williams of South Berwick for operating without safety equipment; Kathryn Collard of Old Orchard Beach for operating without safety equipment; Jennifer Tripp of Auburn for operating without safety equipment; James D. Austin III of Brookline, N.H., for operating without safety equipment; and James E. Smith of Plymouth, Mass. for operating/permit operation of an unregistered motorboat.

8:32 to 11:59 p.m. Police made 10 motor vehicle stops and issued 10 warnings.

From the Fryeburg Police log (Continued from Page A) Dyer, 23, of Braintree, Mass. was charged with illegal possession of a scheduled drug while at a Lovell Road campground.

Saturday, August 2 2:02 to 4:25 a.m. Police conducted eight building checks.

4:40 a.m. Responding to a report of a suspicious person near Leach Road, police charged Chandler J. Smith of Brownfield with refusing to

submit to arrest or detention, refusing to stop for a police officer, violating conditions of release, possession of marijuana and sale/use of drug paraphernalia.

2:59 p.m. Police investigated a theft complaint on River Street.

4:15 p.m. Two people were charged with criminal trespass at a Lovell Road campground.

4:47 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred in the

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According to Jackson, a DOT representative will contact the owners who can discuss the impact the new project will have on their property and how to be justly compensated for the loss of land.

County seat. For the second year in a row, Fryeburg has been chosen to have a seat on the annual budget committee caucus for Oxford County District One. Selectmen, if they should choose, will decide to have one of them represent the town of Fryeburg on the committee. Last year, former selectman Thomas Klinepeter took part on the board.

“It was the first year in many years that Fryeburg has been able to get a seat on the Oxford County Budget Committee,” said Town Manager Jackson.

Selectmen will make their decision at the Thursday, Aug. 7 meeting.

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Phyllis Ginzler joined other Republican candidates in Augusta on Tuesday, July 29, to formally kickoff her campaign for State Representative for the House District 69 that includes Bridgton, Denmark and Harrison.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Drivers who ventured onto the south end of Route 11 on Monday may have encountered two lane closures.

While an excavator was filling in the shoulder near Edes Falls Road, another work crew was situated past Hancock Lumber and before Quaker Ridge Road.

The removal of old pavement had created a gap between the new pavement and the ditch. This week, crews remedied that driving hazard — either by blending in the shoulder with available fill or by putting up orange barrels and warning signs to alert drivers.

The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) project, which will cost $2,938,000, encompasses 10.4 miles of Route 11. The pavement improvements began at the intersection of Route 302 in Naples, and the work will wind up at White Oak Hill Road in Poland, according to MDOT Project Engineer Tim Storer.

White Brothers Division of Lane Construction Corporation was awarded the bid.

A full-depth reclamation project for roads that top the repair list allows the state to stretch its paving budget. It is a way to lower the cost of a project — compared to using new pavement. Essentially, the existing asphalt is recycled.

According to Storer, the first step is to remove all the asphalt, which is typically between eight inches to a foot thick. Once that is completed, the compacted gravel base of the road is exposed.

Next, six inches of reclaimed pavement is applied to the road base.

Later, crews sprinkle cement powder on top of the pavement and the reclaiming machine goes over it again, removing that six inches of the pavement along with the cement powder.

Next, six inches of cementinjected pavement is applied to the roadway. These steps are completed without taking a trip back to the asphalt plant, Storer said.

After the mixture that was placed on the road cures, crews put a shim layer on top of that.

The shim layer is new asphalt that is more flexible than the concrete-injected pavement, which was applied on the base of the road.

Storer said that the shim layer can be between 1-inch to 3-inches thick — whatever is required to shape the road.

The objective is to improve the grade or slope of the outer edges of the road. This will not only make travel safer for drivers, but also improve wintertime plowing.

This several-step-process will occur along the worse sections of Route 11, while other spots will simply be shimmed.

Once crews have completed the work from Naples to Poland, they will move in for the final touch: The surface paving.

Like the shim layer, fresh asphalt is used for the surface paving, Storer said.

“Their current game plan is to get the whole road reclaimed and shimmed, then do the finish layer,” he said.

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(Continued from Page A) Guild, and serves on the board of directors of the Bridgton Hospital. She also volunteers her time as a patient advocate in the hospital’s Patient Assistance Program.

In addition, she is a member of the board of directors of the Bridgton Community Center, where she has served Phyllis Ginzler as funding chairman. She State Rep. candidate holds an MBA in Finance from Babson College.

Ginzler believes that the voters deserve representation that reflects their priorities and best interests. Voters in the district have expressed to her their desire for a strong local economy, and a fiscally responsible government in Augusta. They love the beautiful Lake Region and want to preserve and protect its beauty and access to recreation, she said.

When asked what voters can expect from a Representative Ginzler, she said, “Voters can expect a strong voice and a vote in Augusta for the taxpayer who is always on the hook for all the decisions made there. They can expect a strong voice and a vote in Augusta for pro-growth policies that help businesses grow and hire. And they can expect a strong voice and a vote in Augusta for ‘home rule’ that recognizes that the citizens of Bridgton, Denmark and Harrison are the best caretakers of our beautiful environment, our schools, and our economic development.”

Phyllis Ginzler lives with her husband, David, in Bridgton, where they have owned a home for 34 years. They have one son, one grandson and a granddog.

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by Senator Gary Plummer and approved by members of the Cumberland County Republican Committee.

Pennels has an impressive record of service to both his country and his local

Promoted Nora Antonio of Bridgton has been promoted to senior in the audit department in the Baker Newman Noyes Portland office.

Baker Newman Noyes is one of the nation’s top 125 accounting and consulting firms.

Antonio earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in accounting, summa cum laude, from St. Joseph’s College of Maine.

She recently passed all four of her CPA exams and is working toward licensure.

In addition to her professional pursuits, Antonio serves several community organizations, including The Foundation for Maine’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children as treasurer and board member.

community. Toby served in the United States Army and Army Reserves. He completed three overseas tours, which included a total of 32 months in a combat zone.

During his last tour in Iraq, Toby commanded a brigade in Baghdad. Pennels retired from the Army as a Colonel.

In his civilian life, he is a financial advisor who has been very active in the community. Toby has been a member of the Sebago Rotary Club for 13 years and is a former president of that organization. He has also chaired the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby.

He is currently a member of the Windham Veterans Association, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Toby’s first venture into public service included a 12-year stint on the Windham-Raymond School Board of Directors.

There he served as chairman, vice chairman and finance committee chairman.

Toby and his wife, Brenda, are longtime residents of Windham, but have recently moved to Casco. They have three adult children.

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J.DÉCOR RAFFLE WINNER — Julie Whelchel (right) of J.Décor in Bridgton is very pleased to present a private wine tasting for six to Vanessa Jones, winner of J.Décor’s Grand Prize Drawing this past weekend during their Grand Opening festivities.

Countdown to Festival begins

By Lucia Terry Village Folk Festival Volunteer The Village Folk Festival is coming, just a couple of weeks from now, Aug. 22-23 on Depot Street in Bridgton!

Look for mailable, collectable postcards all around town.

If you live in Bridgton or the surrounding area, whether full or part time, this festival is a celebration of you and all you do. So get in touch with a planning team member, or find us on Facebook and find a way to participate!

Chalmers Group is a $1,000 sponsor of the Festival again this year, and Norway Savings Bank again, as well, for $500. A contribution of $1,000 from the Peter Terry Fund is the start of the $2,500 music sponsorship we need. We’re looking for someone to step up and match it! Music for Saturday is all booked: we have some terrific talent coming to the Festival. Look here in the next week’s Bridgton News for a Festival music preview.

Friday’s music is in open mic format as it was last year, so plan to come and do your thing, whether it be playing the fiddle or spoken word!

We are still looking for people to participate and help.

Volunteers have the most fun!

We’ll be “Rocking the Kitchen” at the Community Center the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights before the Festival; and then all day Friday, prepping food for the Friday Farm-to-Table feast! We’re looking for people to help serve the feast and to clean up after.

We hope to have a Restaurant Bean Recipe Challenge again this year. We have our first tasters signed up, but no restaurant entries yet! Tasters names will be entered in a drawing and the winner will get a gift certificate to the winning restaurant!

We are happy to say that more local folk have joined the vendor lineup for the Marketplace on Saturday.

This is shaping up to be an exciting new addition to the Festival.

Watch here in the next two weeks for news of what’s happening for food, for music, for crafts, for activities, for entertainments. Like us on Facebook and join the event.

Plan to be there for sure — but better yet, plan to participate. This is your Festival!

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(Continued from Page A) Springer on the Operations Committee, and Nadia Hermos, Dee Miller, Jim Leamon, and Penny and Allen Crabtree on the Curriculum Committee.

If you have an interest, skill or hobby that you would like to share with others in our community, the Senior College is always looking for instructors. Contact the Senior College, or better yet, take one of the courses and meet the instructors and fellow students. Meet together and learn together!

More information on course offerings is available from Nadia Hermos, chairman of the Curriculum Committee, at 647-5593, by going to the Bridgton Senior College website, www. seniorcollegeatbridgton.org, or by sending an e-mail to seniorcollegebridgton@ gmail.com

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LONG MAY IT STAND — This picture, courtesy of the Lovell Historical Society, shows the Lovell Meeting House as it was in the early 1900s after the invention of the automobile.

Lovell Meeting House on register LOVELL — The Lovell Bridgton Hospital HEROES (from left): Sean McCabe, Eric Gerchman, M.D., Jill Sawyer and Claire Meeting House on Route 5 Meserve. in Center Lovell has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places, indicating that the property has been documented, evaluDuring a recent ceremo- Maine Medical Family to exceptional health care ser- passion, citizenship, integ- ated and considered worthy ny at Bridgton Hospital, acknowledge outstanding vices in a safe and trustful rity, service, excellence and of preservation and protecadministration, management employees at Central Maine environment,” said David commitment. The HEROES tion as part of the nation’s and employees paid tribute Medical Center, Bridgton Frum, president of Bridgton were feted with an afternoon cultural heritage.

The Meeting House was to five fellow employees Hospital and Rumford and Rumford Hospitals. social and received glass that have consistently per- Hospital. The awards are To be recognized as trophies. Their names will built between 1796–1798 to formed above expectations presented annually. Bridgton one of the organization’s be added to a slate plaque serve as the town’s religious while also making signifi- Hospital announced its ros- HEROES, an employee beside the main entrance of and secular assembly space.

The site was selected in 1780 cant contributions to their ter of HEROES in July. must be nominated by a the hospital. communities.

“The HEROES Award fellow employee through a The H E R O E S recognizes staff mem- formal review process.

BUILDING 40+ YEARS IN THE LAKES REGION AREA (Healthcare Employees bers who demonstrate the During the seventh annual Reaching Out with Central Maine Medical celebration, Eric Gerchman, Exceptional Service) Award Family mission by provid- M.D., Sean McCabe, Claire was established several ing, with expertise, com- Meserve and Jill Sawyer years ago by the Central mitment and compassion, were honored for their com-

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as the location for a meeting house, a training ground and a cemetery for the emerging community. Originally built as a two-and-one-half story building with a high pulpit and gallery, the building was deemed too high and drafty for winter use, and in 1827 it was cut down at least three feet to its present height.

In 1852, the local congregational body built a new structure, and the Meeting House shed its religious association and evolved into a civic meeting space. The pews were removed, and around 1890 the old pulpit and balcony were taken down. At times referred to as the Lovell Town House or Town Hall, the building is still used for Town Meetings, the backbone of small town democracy in Maine.

In addition to serving as a polling place, the Meeting House was outfitted with a stage at the turn of the 20th Century, and has been used for both entertainment and recreation. The Lovell Meeting House has served as the seat of civics, politics and government ever since it was built 218 years ago.

Maine courts have received several reports from people that they have received a phone call telling them that they have missed a court date or a fine payment, or that a warrant will be issued because they failed to attend jury service. The recipient is told that they can pay the fine over the phone to avoid arrest. They are then asked to provide personal information.

Earlier this week, a York county resident was defrauded of $1,000. The telephone number that is appearing on the recipient’s caller ID may actually appear as Maine courthouse or sheriff department telephone number. The ability to show a fraudulent caller ID telephone number is called “Caller ID Spoofing,” and unfortunately happens with increasing frequency.

Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a specific number on the recipient’s phone. Caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. Some scams involve the scammer impersonating a police officer.

Mary Ann Lynch, spokesperson for the Judicial Branch said, “The Maine Judicial Branch wants to remind Maine people that the courts’ collection practices do not include telephone or e-mail contact, and that no one working for Maine courts or the sheriff’s department will request credit card, social security numbers, or other personal information either over the telephone or by e-mail.

Nor will they appear at your home looking for money.”

Payments for traffic tickets can be made online at www.informe.org/cgi-bin/ paytixx/paytixx.pl Payments for court fines can be made online at: https://www5.informe.org/ cgi-bin/online/courts/fines/ login Payments can also be made at the courthouse where the fine was ordered.

The Gilroy legacy lives on (Continued from Page A) possible so that the greatest good can be accomplished with the Trust funds,” Niemy said. “The Gilroys were caring, kind, peace-loving people whose goodwill extended to all that they knew. Our goal is to continue the wonderful loving spirit of the Gilroys through unambiguously charitable acts via the Trust that bears their names.”

Another “project” the Gilroy Trust has undertaken is the Maine Native-American Center, which opened in late spring on Main Street, in the retail business building across from Renys. Niemy said the Gilroys wanted money to be used for Native-American education, but were vague as to “exactly what.”

“I have no idea what their connection was to Native Americans. I didn’t know exactly what to do; there was significant amount of money in the estate; I decided to do something here,” Niemy said. “I went to the Internet and happened to type in ‘Native American Mainers,’ and went from there.” Niemy’s research led him to Maine Indian Education. He wrote to the school district for the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes in Calais informing them the Trust had money available to assist Wabanaki individuals to continue their education and create programs to better their lives. Connections have also been made with the Aroostook Band of Micmac and Houlton Band of Mailiseets (the four tribes are known collectively as the Wabanaki).

“I wanted to make sure that we were not just sending money to someone and not know what happens after that,” Niemy said.

So, Niemy met with the chiefs on an informal basis, noting that the Trust’s emphasis was on education. He also met with the superintendent and special education director of Maine Indian Education and school principals.

“Although they get money from the federal government, there are many, many things that they don’t have (uniforms for soccer, sneakers). The federal government covers the ‘basics,’ but the things that make things work and make it easier for the kids to have more opportunities are hard to come by,” Niemy said. “We started a trust in June 2012.

Since this was private money, we were not bound to follow a government checklist. We became familiar with all four tribes, and we left it up to them for the most part to decide what they needed and what is best for the kids. Our first statement we made to them was that the white men were not going to tell them how to live. That is the last thing we wanted to do. We wanted to know what their needs were and how we could help them put into effect programs that will help their children.”

Beginning last year, a formal seven-member board of trustees — five members are Native Americans, “which we wanted them to always be the majority on the board,” Niemy said — was created to oversee how Trust funds would be spent. There is an application process, and the board decides which requests to fund.

“It’s not only for kids just K-8. It’s for all of them,” Niemy said.

Native Americans in Maine (7,000 to 8,000 according to the latest census) receive a tuition waiver for state schools.

“That isn’t the problem. The problem is the little things that no one gives them money for. How do they get to school? They may have a car, but water pump is gone and they don’t have the extra money to fix it. We provide for things like this,” Niemy said. “We are interested in helping young people to get out there and work for themselves.

They have the ability and the skill, but sometimes they don’t have the little things that we take for granted, like a computer they will need for school or books. The nice part of having a Native American board (Passamaquoddy and Penobscots) is that they are a tight-knit community. They know the true needs. They make the decisions.”

To date, the Trust has helped fund more intensive science programs, summer school and classes to prepare children for high school, the ability to hire mentors and tutors, and finance an academic coordinator, who works closely with Micmac students in grades 7-12 to create personalized learning plans and goals.

“Because there are very few Micmac students who take

WARDNER AND FREDERIKA GILROY lives in the Lake Region for 25 years, and their presence continues to be felt through efforts by their charitable trust. college preparatory courses all four years of high school, we knew this was a great need,” said Dena L. Winslow, Tribal Planner of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs. “We want our tribal students to compete for and succeed at all job levels.

The Frederika Gilroy Trust for Native American Education has made it possible to provide our tribal students with the type of culturally sensitive education and guidance needed for successful futures.”

The Trust has also financed many programs intended to reconnect the younger Wabanki with their language and culture, and teaching them that being Wabanaki should give them a strong sense of pride.

The Trust helped Shantel Van Dyke, a member of the Penobscot (father’s side) and Oneida Nation (mother’s side), take part in the People to People program. The Trust paid for the entire trip to New Orleans, where Shantel participated in a Leadership Summit and worked in communities still rebounding from Hurricane Katrina.

Most gratifying, Niemy said, was the Trust giving $25,000 to three elementary (K-8) schools for principals to spend as “discretionary” funds.

“What a lot of them did was to provide things that the children don’t get the opportunity to experience, like go to a movie, some have never been to a baseball game or ski, never been on a college campus, things you and I never think twice about,” Niemy said. “They are so isolated.

Families are often very poor. Kids then see there is a reason to work for something — a better life.”

Over a two-year period, the Gilroy Memorial Trust for Native American Education has awarded $375,000.

Local awareness and selling point There is a great deal of work still to be done, and unfortunately more money will be needed to make deeper impacts.

So, the Trust seeks donations and it has opened a local Maine Native-American Center on Main Street in Bridgton.

The Center has a dual purpose. One, visitors can catch of glimpse of Native American heritage by learning some history and seeing handcrafted items. Two, some of the crafts are for retail sale.

Why in Bridgton?

“Obviously, we live here,” Niemy said. “When I floated the idea to the board, I said the good part about Bridgton is folks from out-of-state come here, they will never travel that high (north) in the state, like eastern Washington County.

We can be a bridge between the two cultures. Quite frankly, we want to use this place to show prospective institutional donors that we have a program that works because we are in close contact and a good relationship with the Native Americans and they are deciding their own destiny. They are very intelligent people. Our prime directive is to not interfere with Native American culture. We are cognizant that they have a very viable culture, and want to support that. When people are proud of themselves — and they are very prideful — they try hard and do better.”

The Center is the only facility in southern and western Maine to present some of the history, culture and aspirations of the four tribes.

“We want to emphasize we have people in our midst,

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whose relatives go back thousands of years. Their ancestors were here 12,000 years. They were living a free and vibrant culturally, acceptable lifestyle. We don’t shy away from telling the truth here,” Niemy said. “We don’t want anyone to think that we are blaming anyone. You can’t tell the story of the Native Americans without telling the story of attempted genocide. They have two great fears — their culture will disappear and their children are going to be lost.”

Niemy admits this project can “become totally absorbing” both on a business and personal level.

“We want the story to be told, and also want people to realize we have some responsibility as a nation to do something. Being Jewish myself, it has a very personal connection. My respect and gratitude to the people who fought in WWII, I am alive because of them. This is a much longer story, but these are people who were horribly abused and faced genocide before the British were kicked out. Yet, they are still alive and still trying. It is very compelling story. It is right here, right up the Maine turnpike.”

At the Center, products from baskets to carved walking sticks to porcupine quill art are all handmade — no machines — by Native Americans. There are also videos to watch highlighting tribes and their struggles, as well as historical pictures and artwork on several walls.

“People sometimes will say it’s a lot of money, but they need to understand that these are very time intensive things.

This is a basket meant to last a lifetime. It’s not some 7year-old Cambodian making these things. These are people pouring their hearts and souls into these things,” Niemy said. “Yes, we have to charge more. I pay these folks to make them. We could take advantage of them because they need the money, yet we pay a fair price. I am not going to be part of that long chain of abuse. So, we have items for sale.

It’s not the Center’s primary purpose. The primary purpose is to raise consciousness and try to get people, larger institutions, to help us out in what we’re doing.”

There is no fee to visit and browse inside the Native American Center.

“You don’t have to leave a dime,” Niemy said. “We are happy to have people visit!”

The Center will be run by Sikwani Dana — her father was a former chief. She can answer questions visitors may have. The Center’s summer hours are Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Telephone: 647-2600.

What may have started as a relationship between an attorney overseeing the wishes of a client and an estate has developed into a passionate, humanitarian effort for Glen Niemy.

LAKE REGION MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENT Grades 6, 7 and 8 Monday, Aug. 18th, 2014 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

No appointment necessary PLEASE BRING BIRTH CERTIFICATE, IMMUNIZATION RECORD, AND TWO PROOFS OF RESIDENCY. School address: 204 Kansas Rd., Naples, ME 04055 Phone: 647-8403 or 693-4784 Fax: 647-0991

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Circus at Deertrees

POETICS: A celebration with poet Richard Blanco and guests will be this Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center. Suggested donation is $10.

HARRISON — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival has announced plans for CIRCUS: Music for Families at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Theatrical juggler, Michael Menes, and comic magician, Leland Faulkner, both from Celebration Barn, will perform at 1:30 p.m., before the program, which will be enjoyed by new listeners, ages 6 to 96, as well as seasoned concertgoers.

An ice cream reception will be held backstage after the hour-long program.

SLLMF is now in its 42nd season. This festive Sunday afternoon program is a new offering this season.

SLLMF musicians will narrate the concert, and perform short selections of music with a circus theme. The audience will get to know the musicians and their instruments, and discover what these works, spanning four centuries, have in common that makes us think of the circus.

The program includes selections from Mozart’s quartet for oboe and strings; Morton Gould’s Benny’s Gig for clarinet and bass, written for Benny Goodman; Street Pieces by the young American com-

poser, Phil Salathé, also for clarinet and bass; Prokofiev’s Quintet (hint: originally a ballet called Trapeze); and Korngold’s string sextet, an exciting romantic work, written by the 17-year old genius who later became a famous Hollywood composer.

Musicians of the SebagoLong Lake Music Festival are top-level professional artists who travel from around the country to participate in the five-week festival, which takes place every summer at the Deertrees Theatre.

They are captivating musical storytellers. Performers for Music for Families are: oboist Stephen Taylor, clarinetist Alan Kay and violist Maureen Gallagher, all principals in the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Timothy Lees and Gerry Itzkoff, Concertmaster and first violinist with the Cincinnati Symphony; SLLMF Music Director Laurie Kennedy, Principal violist with the Portland Symphony; cellists Bonnie Thron, principal of the North Carolina Symphony and Lindy Clarke, from the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and world-renowned bassist, Volkan Orhon.

This program is supported by the Davis Family

HIRAM — Hiram in Art is a show of art works in many formats depicting scenes in Hiram or flora and fauna found there. Formats include acrylic paintings, watercolors, pastels, drawings, photographs, fiber arts, embroidery, quilts, hooked pieces, and more.

The show opens this Saturday, Aug. 9, and closes Sunday, Aug. 17. Hours Aug.

9–16 are from 2 to 6 p.m.

Hours on the last day — Aug. 17 — are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. when the highest bids will be accepted. Fifty percent of the final bid benefits the artist and the remainder benefits local organizations.

The venue is the Hiram Historical Society’s Great Ossipee Museum (former Mt. Cutler School) located at 20 Historical Ridge (off

CIRCUS: Music for Families will be presented this Sunday, Aug. 10 at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. Up at 1:30 p.m. will be performers from Celebration Barn in South Paris including theatrical juggler Michael Menes, followed at 2:30 p.m. by a presentation by Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival.

Foundation, with ice cream donated by Gifford’s.

Tickets at the door: $5 for adults, children are free.

For more information about SLLMF, visit the website at www.sebagomusicfestival. org

Schoolhouse Road, off Route 117) in Hiram village. For more information, call 6254762.

The event is in celebration of Hiram’s Bicentennial of its incorporation as a town in 1814. Attractions in Hiram include Mt. Cutler, named for Timothy Cutler, one of the founders of the town.

Both new and well-known artists are contributing works to the show and auction. Artists include Leslie Anderson, Mary Barrett, Mary Cobb, Chris Dilley, Laurie Downey, Bradford Fuller of Edge of Maine Gallery, Dan Hester, Josef

Keller, Kit Linnell, Anna Low, Heather MacLeod, Sue Melanson, Patty Mitchell, Bernadette Monette, Robert Murphy, Marilyn Pageau, Don Perkins, Nancy Reiss, Donna Roine, Ken Roine, Keegan Sampietro, Margaret Lindsey Sanborn, Irene Spaulding, Patricia Turner, Liz Wagner, and others. Some minimum bids are starting as low as $10.

Unusual works include a photo montage on canvas of Cotton’s Store under Mt. Cutler by Liz Wagner. At one time, the “Hiram Hussy” was displayed on the exterior of HIRAM, Page B

Come celebrate poetics at DAC Hiram to celebrate 200 years DENMARK — It’s not every day that Denmark, Maine gets to play second fiddle to the White House, so Denmark Arts Center is especially pleased to welcome 2013 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco this Saturday, Aug. 9, to host an evening celebrating the poetic word, together with some guests.

When Blanco took the stage at President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration, he accomplished a healthy list of firsts for the nation, and for the art of Poetry: Blanco was the first Latino poet to grace an inauguration; the first openly gay poet to be given the honor; the youngest poet ever selected; and the first immigrant to ever read at an inauguration. One could hardly hope for a more auspicious stage than one shared with the president, and Blanco’s elegant, simple, restrained contribution “One Today” did not disappoint. A semiautobiographical mediation on the unity and diversity of America, “One Today” was widely praised not only for it’s own merits, but for Blanco’s generous support to the art of poetry itself.

DAC is thrilled to be able to host Mr. Blanco, together with poets including former Maine poet laureate Betsy Sholl, Richard Taylor and Martin Steingesser.

DAC is also especially pleased to have the participation of its own Sarah Francoise and Harry Corthell, as well, for an evening featuring poetry: nothing more, and nothing less.

The evening begins at 7:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $10.

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Don’t miss the Arts and Artisans Fair on Aug. 16

PAUL HEROUX’s ceramic vase with yellow tulips (a 24”x24”, acrylic) is part of the next show at Hole In The Wall Studioworks in Raymond.

‘Summer’s Work’ at Hole In Wall

RAYMOND — Hole In The Wall Studioworks, is pleased to announce the opening of “Summer’s Work,” a show of artwork by the gallery’s stable of artists.

This will be one of the last openings for the summer.

The gallery will continue to show rotating work by gallery artists throughout the year.

Normally, the gallery does not do group shows, so this exhibit promises to be unique. With artist’s mediums ranging from ceramic sculpture to mixed-metal wall reliefs, encaustics, acrylics and oils, this exhibit promises to be an interesting mix. Come and enjoy the exhibit with the artists and gallery friends — enjoy refreshments and browse the handcrafts gallery section.

Artists in the exhibit include: Anne Alexander, ceramic sculpture; Sue Bennett, mixed-media metal reliefs; Anne Bernard, encaustics; Dave Hall, acrylics; Laurie Rothrock, acrylics; Joyce Mastro, acrylics; and Tracy Mastro, mixedmedia reliefs.

The exhibit, “Summer’s Work,” will run through Sept. 20.

Hole In The Wall Studioworks is located on Route 302, in Raymond. For more information, contact jlmastro@maine. rr.com, or phone 655-4952. Gallery hours: Monday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and by appointment.

A history of the foods we eat

LOVELL — Every year, Winchell Moore is there, smiling, next to his wife Ruth, as the throngs file into the New Suncook School gym, his elegant jewelry gleaming.

Retired? Hardly! Every year, Winchell creates beautiful new designs for the Arts and Artisans Fair, which benefits the Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell. This year, the magical date is Saturday, Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

When he was a teenager, Winchell became fascinated with minerals in Maine. He was an enthusiastic rockhound, hunting for treasure.

This led him to silversmithing. He attended the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., studying for three years to become a silversmith. He also received a bachelor’s degree in art education from Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University).

He spent 39 years as an arts and crafts teacher for the deaf, continuing and refining his silversmithing work at the

same time.

Winchell now enjoys making jewelry, which he sells at craft fairs. He also accepts special orders to design wedding rings and other jewelry.

Winchell will be joining dozens of other juried craftspeople in many media on Aug. 16 at the 39th annual Lovell Arts and Artisans Craft Fair at the New Suncook School on Route 5 in Lovell. The event benefits the Charlotte Hobbs Library, as participating artists donate a percentage of their sales to the library. Since all work is judged as a prerequisite for entry, it is a very high-quality show.

This wonderful event also includes a large book sale of high-quality books, homemade refreshments, and a raffle of artwork donated by 10 of the participating artists.

Admission is free. For more information and directions, visit www.hobbslibrary. org and click on the Arts and Artisans link. Or e-mail: aafair@hobbslibrary.org

Hiram celebration (Continued from Page B) this store, then known as the Hiram Village Store, and it created quite a stir. Artist Josef Keller of Brownfield has revived this famous Titian nude in a rendition called “Revival of the Hiram Hussy,” acrylic with enamel details on plywood 4 x 5.5 feet, which is sure to spark interest.

Don Perkins, “The Barn Guy,” has contributed an exquisite photograph of the Peleg T. Wadsworth barn in starlight titled “Under Hiram Skies.” Ken Roine has photographed Four Corners Store in twilight.

Works will be posted on Hiram Historical Society’s Facebook page with descriptions and minimum bids. Bidders will be able to e-mail bids.

RAYMOND — The Raymond-Casco Historical Society presents “A History of the Foods We Eat,” with John Manoush on Monday, Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the RaymondCasco Historical Museum on Route 302, Casco.

Fresh, local food is the greatest, but mankind could not have survived without preserved foods. For most of history, fresh foods were not available during much of the year because there were no refrigerated trucks or jet planes to transport it from warmer climates. Today, we are accustomed to reaching into the freezer or opening a can or packet to access a wide variety of high quality preserved foods, but most of these conveniences JEWELRY • FASHION • GIFTS have only been available for CHILDREN’S • GARDEN a tiny percentage of the time man has walked on Earth.

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LOVELL —The Lovell Historical Society will be presenting a Garden Tour this Sunday, Aug. 10 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Ten of Lovell’s finest flower and vegetable gardens will be available for viewing. Among the gardens will be Eastman Hill’s stunning formal garden beds, a whimsical fairy garden on the shores of Kezar Lake, and a farm that has vegetable gardens, a formal garden hedged by boxwood and an astonishing treehouse.

There will also be various organic gardens on tour serving various purposes: one features sustainable farming practices, another focuses on dye plants, and yet another is a perfect example of cottage gardening.

Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased at the Lovell Historical Society, 554 Main Street (across from the Lake Kezar Country Club), from noon to 2 p.m. on the day of the event. You can also purchase tickets before the event by contacting the Society at 925-3234.

After the tour, which is from 2 to 5 p.m., all ticket holders are invited to a special cocktail party from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pleasant Point Inn, where there will be wonderful hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

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Thursday, August 7 The Arts Jubilee concert series continues at Cranmore Mountain, North Conway, N.H., with the Traditional Pops Concert by the New England Society Orchestra, presenting the music of Hollywood and the movies, followed by fireworks! The concert starts at 7 p.m. An early concert performance is offered at 6 p.m. Cost is $10, seniors $8, students $5 and kids 12 and under are free. FMI: 1-800-Sun-n-Ski. Friday-Sunday, August 8-10 The Schoolhouse Arts Center, Richville Road, Standish, will offer a Broadway-style musical, Songs for a New World, at area high schools to benefit their music and drama boosters.

The show, about hitting a wall and having to make a choice, is directed by Janella Lociuto. FMI: 831-4113.

Dave Rowe and Troy R. Bennett, performing as the Squid Jiggers, will be in concert at 7 p.m. at Otisfield’s Bell Hill Meetinghouse, 191 Bell Hill Road, Otisfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for this duo, who combine their talents on guitar, bass, bodhran, and tin whistles to lay down a thunderous musical base for their robust vocal harmonies. FMI: please contact Polly Bartow at 539-4502.

Saturday, August 9 It’s an evening of poetry, by 2013 White House inaugural poet Richard Blanco and other poets, sourced from all corners of the state of Maine. Come experience the simple beauty of spoken words at 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. Suggested donation is $10.

FMI: 452-2412.

Sunday, August 10 Come watch Night Labor, a fascinating film of a night worker in a Maine fish-packing plant, by turns suspenseful, surprising and contemplative. A $5 donation is suggested for the film, to be shown at 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. FMI: 452-2412.

A variety of country music and rock ‘n’ roll is offered by a Village Green favorite, Stevie Gee & the Mrs., from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Naples Village Green on Route 302.

An hour-long sampling from the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s program will be offered at 2:30 p.m. at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. A backstage reception follows the program. Tickets are $5, children free. For reservations, call 5836747 or visit www.sebagomusicfestival.org Tuesday, August 12 The final concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival at Deertrees Theater in Harrison is a varied program, full of surprises, including circus music by Sergei Prokofiev, and a sting sextet composed by 17-year-old musical genius, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Tickets are $25, with anyone under 21 free, and showtime is 7:30 p.m. For reservations, call 583-6747.

Wednesday, August 13 The world’s most famous love story, Romeo and Juliette, comes to operatic life with the Met’s Live in HD series, to be shown at 7 p.m. at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and $10 for students. FMI: 935-9232.

The Bridgton Community Band will present its final scheduled concert of the 2014 season, offering traditional and modern music, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Gazebo beside Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. The concert is recognized as the band’s birthday, so come and join them for the band’s 76th birthday party, with cake following the concert.

Thursday, August 14 The Arts Jubilee concert series at the base of Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, N.H. wraps up with Roomful of Blues, who Count Basie said was “The hottest band I’ve ever heard.” Their combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains their calling card. The concert begins at 7 p.m. with local musicians providing the warmup music at 6 p.m.

Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students and ages 12 and under are free.

Junko with local songwriter Bobby Sheehan will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts, Christian Ridge Road, Lovell. Tickets, available at the door, at $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. Refreshments will

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Thursday, August 7 Hole In The Wall Studioworks on Route 302 in Raymond is offering a “Summer’s Work” art exhibit through Sept. 20 featuring artwork by the gallery’s stable of artists, including Anne Alexander, ceramic sculpture; Sue Bennett, mixed-media metal reliefs; Anne Bernard, encaustics; Dave Hall, acrylics; Laurie Rothrock, acrylics; Joyce Mastro, acrylics; and Tracy Mastro, mixed-media reliefs. Gallery hours are Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and by appointment. FMI: 655-4952.

Saturday, August 9 Explore the intricacies of pattern design with Lara Gibson, and learn how to create dynamic, repeating patterns from your drawings, using pens, ink and markers. The designs can be digitally printed on fabric ­— perfect for quilters! The art workshop will be held at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Suggested cost is $10.

Saturday-Saturday, August 9-17 As part of Hiram’s Bicentennial Celebration, there’ll be a Hiram in Art show and silent auction at the Hiram Historical Society’s Great Ossipee Museum, 30 Historical Ridge, Hiram.

The show will feature artwork of many mediums evoking the scenes or people of Hiram. The times are 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 10-

be served. FMI: 925-1500, www.lovellbrickchurch.org Thursday-Saturday, August 14-16 Join Denmark’s own Hio Ridge Dance for the world premiere of a new dance piece, commissioned especially for the Denmark Arts Center, exploring the town of Denmark itself.

Placeholders is an original evening-length dance, sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council. A $10 donation is suggested, and showtime is 7:30 p.m. at the Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. FMI: 452-2412 Thursday-Sunday, August 14-17 The Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association will offer its summer production of See How They Run, both on Aug. 14-17 and on Aug. 21-24. It’s a typical English farce, replete with mistaken identities, slamming doors, pithy lines and all-around confusion. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. at the Norway Grange Theater, Whitman Street, Norway. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and under 18. Opening night tickets are $5 for all seats.

Sunday, August 17 Doc’s Banjo Band is a band well-known to those who attend Naples Concerts on the Village Green. The band will perform from 6 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, August 21 What could be better than free music featuring Sorcha & The Clearing at the Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield? The 8 p.m. concert is part of the center’s Waltzing For Dreamers concert series. FMI: 935-7292.

Friday, August 22 Puckabrush will offer an evening of Celtic and traditional music at 8 p.m. at the Lord’s Hill Meeting House, Province Lake Road (Route 153 South) in Effingham, N.H. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. FMI: 603-539-4071.

Saturday-Sunday, August 23-24 White Mountain Musical Arts will once again sponsor a Bach Festival Weekend, including instrumental and vocal works of J.S. Bach and friends, at First Church of Christ, Congregational on White Mountain Highway in North Conway, N.H. Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Ray Cornils, municipal organist for the City of Portland, will be featured on the church’s newly restored 1984 Moller Pipe Organ. Sunday’s performances, which start at 4:30 p.m., include renowned concert pianist Frank Glazer. Tickets are $25, available at the door.

Saturday, August 23 Come to the Denmark Arts Center at 50 West Main Street for a sneak-peek at a Theatrical Three-Ring Circus, inspired by the life and teachings of one of Maine’s most storied residents, Dr. Wilhelm Reich. Listen, Little Man! is being developed by Complicated, Inc., in collaboration with the DAC for a fall 2015 premiere. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. FMI: 452-2412.

Sunday, August 24 Beautifully shot in Millinocket in the depths of winter, Bluebird is a haunting tale of the ties that bind in a small rural town in Maine. The film is powerfully acted, and stars John Slattery of Mad Men. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. A $5 donation is suggested. FMI: 452-2412.

Upbeat country music with a little bit of gospel is offered

by Vickie Lee from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Naples Concerts on the Village Green, on Route 302 in Naples.

Thursday, August 28 Davy Sturtevant will offer a folk concert in a relaxing, outdoor environment from the porch of the Noble House Inn, 81 Highland Road in Bridgton. Time is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. For information or RSVP, e-mail innkeepers@noblehousebb.com or call 647-3733.

The Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell is proud to present Birds on a Wire at 7:30 p.m. at their concert venue on Christian Ridge Road in Lovell.

Saturday, September 6 Ten great bands will provide a wide variety of continuous music at the Pleasant Mountain MusicFest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. Performers include the White Mountain Boys, Dustin LeDale, SF Jones, Caroline Grimm, Pacman Dave, The Old Hippies and more. Tickets are $20, with kids 12 and under free. FMI: pleasantmountainmusicfest@gmail.com

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Saturday, August 16 The 39th annual Lovell Arts and Artisans Craft Fair will bring together artisans skilled in all types of artwork at the New Suncook School in Lovell. This benefit for the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library is a very high-quality show, and will also feature high-quality books, homemade refreshments and a raffle of artwork donated by 10 participating artists. Time is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and admission is free. FMI: www.hobbslibrary.org The Rufus Porter Museum’s first annual Antique and Vintage Fair will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. Local dealers will showcase their best items all in one place. Admission is $3 at the door. At 1 p.m., Appraiser Martin Willis of James Julia, Inc., will conduct an antique appraisal for $10 each item. FMI: 647-2828.

Saturday, August 23 Access your own subconscious by The Art of Looking At What Isn’t Really There, an art workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. Portland artist Toni Jo Coppa will use pareidolia, a creative device involving random stimulus being perceived as something visually significant — think Rorchach tests. A $10 donation is suggested. FMI: 452-2412.

Friday, August 29 For the second year in a row, the Denmark Arts Center is pleased to host an artist for a special residency in the Denmark Town Dump. The Center has chosen Portland artist Toni Jo Coppa, who will be in residence at the dump for much of August. Join her at 5 p.m. for the unveiling of her artwork, which will reside in Denmark for the year, alongside “The Jungle.” FMI: 452-2412.

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The Bridgton United Methodist Church, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and the Ecumenical Community are planning a free community picnic at beautiful Shorey Park located in downtown Bridgton, on Tuesday, Aug. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The idea is to celebrate community and get back to the old days of summer, evoking a time when the perfect summertime gathering place for townspeople was the local park. A rain date has been set for Tuesday, Aug. 26.

The first 100 participants to arrive will have the opportunity to enjoy the great taste of a free Beth’s Café boxed meal, all comers are welcome to listen to the great sounds of Skylark, a local area band donating their talent. Residents need only to bring their lawn chairs, beach blankets, or towels to sit on. The 100 free boxed meals will include a wrapped sandwich of either turkey, roast beef, chicken or veggies, pretzels or chips, an apple, brownie or cookie along with a bottle of water. The boxed meals are being sponsored by area businesses including TD Bank, Norway Savings Bank, Beth’s Café, Ricky’s Diner and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Women’s Initiative.

Cathy Cantin, pastor of The Bridgton United Methodist Church, brought the community picnic idea to the Ecumenical Monthly Meeting. Many thought the free picnic was a great idea and so the planning began. Pastor Cathy stated, “We just want to bring the Bridgton community together and share a beautiful Maine evening.” There will be a brief five-minute introduction from Pastor Cathy followed by food, music, laughter and fun for all ages.

Pastor Cantin wants to make the picnic a yearly event. For more information, call St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 647-8549.

Fairs & Festivals

Saturday, August 16 An all-day finale of the Hiram Bicentennial Celebration takes place at Sacopee Valley High School on South Hiram Road in Hiram. There’ll be a 5K run/walk beginning at 8:30 a.m., followed by track and field games, softball games and events and food vendors at the athletic fields. Jose Duddy will provide a music concert from 7 to 9 p.m., followed by a huge fireworks show at dusk at the high school.

Thursday-Sunday, August 7-10 The annual Sweden Days celebration spans four days with a variety of events to celebrate the town’s heritage. On Thursday, there’ll be a hike to Bald Pate Mountain in South Bridgton, meeting first at 8 a.m. at the Sweden Community Church, Route 93 in Sweden. A potluck supper follows at 6 p.m. with a talk on lake water quality on Keyes Pond. On Friday, there’ll be a Talent Show at the Town Meeting House at 7 p.m. On Saturday, carpool from the Meeting House at 9 a.m. for a History Walk to the town’s old Marr Hill Neighborhood, and after resting up return to the Meeting House at 6 p.m. for a potluck supper and contra dance following. A Sunday church service at the Sweden Community Church at 11:30 a.m. wraps things up.

FMI: 647-3987.

Friday-Saturday, August 22August 23 Bridgton’s second annual Village Folk Festival takes place on upper Depot Street, Bridgton, with two days of music, food and live entertainment • Beads & Maine Gems with the street closed off for a “block party” vibe. Last year’s • Artisan Jewelry one-day celebration exceed• Silversmithing Lessons ed attendance expectations, so • Jewelry Repair organizers have expanded the event to two days, with many Private Classes more vendors from the Lake & Jewelry Parties Region and beyond. There’ll be music both days, including an ★★ NEW ARRIVALS ★★ open mic on Friday, and a FarmMaine Tourmaline to-Table Feast on Saturday. New Jewelry to the festival is a Marketplace of vendors, and there’ll be plen207 647 3433 ty of crafts and activities for Open: Tues.–Sat. 10–5, young and old alike. For more Sun. 10–3, Mon. by chance information, e-mail terry.lu118 Main Street cia@gmail.com or carrye22@ Bridgton, Maine 04009 gmail.com or visit www.facewww.watersedgeme.com book.com/villagefolkfest.

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Breakfasts & Suppers Saturday, August 9 The Lovell Masons will hold their 7th annual Baked Bean Supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lovell Masonic Hall on the corner of Routes 93 and 5. The menu is beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, biscuits, brown bread, desserts and beverages. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for kids age 12 and under. Proceeds benefit the Sam Noftle Building Fund to maintain and upkeep the building.

Don’t miss this chance to have breakfast lakeside when the Harrison Lions Club serves a Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at Long Lake Park Gazebo beside Long Lake in Harrison. The menu is pancakes, French toast, sausage, juice, and coffee. Adult price is $8, with children under 10 only $5.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 42 Sweden Road, Bridgton, will hold its 11th annual Blueberry Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 to 10 a.m., with the proceeds benefitting St. Peter’s Outreach Programs. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for ages 3-10, and under 3 free.

Tuesday, August 12 A Public Supper will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the North Waterford Church on Route 35 (opposite Melby’s Eatery). There’ll be homemade baked beans, homemade casseroles, salads, and more, and homemade pies for dessert. Cost is $8 for adults (all you can eat), $4 for children under 12.

Handicrafts will also be on sale. Everyone is welcome!

Wednesday, August 13 The last of the series of four Waterford Summer Breakfasts will be held from 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the Wilkins Community House at the foot of Plummer Hill Road in Waterford. The menu is freshly-baked muffins, scrambled eggs, pancakes, bacon and sausage, donuts, coffee, orange juice and real Maine maple syrup. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children ages 5 to 10, and free for children under 5. The proceeds go toward maintenance of the Wilkins Community House. An indoor yard sale will be going on in the Wilkins House basement from 7:30 to 11 a.m.

Thursday, August 14 Fryeburg Rescue will serve up the helpings at their annual Pig Roast & Chicken Barbecue, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds Craft Barn. Adults are $8, children under 12 $4. You’ll be able to check out the rescue department’s new ambulance.

Saturday, August 16 The Bridgton Knights of Columbus will serve at Pig Roast at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 225 South High Street, Bridgton.

The menu is roast pork, coleslaw, calico beans, German potato salad, beverages and strawberry shortcake for dessert. Seating is limited, and the cost is only $12. Tickets are available from any Knight, or call 647-8440 and leave your name to reserve.

A Smothered Beef Dinner will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgton United Methodist Church on Main Street.

Take-out dinners are always available.

A Chicken Barbecue will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Lovell Fire Station in Center Lovell.

Sunday, August 17 A Bean/Casserole Supper will be served at the South Bridgton Congregational Church on Fosterville Road in South Bridgton at 5 p.m. For reservations, call Sandy at 647-2800.

Tuesday, August 19 A Free Community Picnic at Shorey Park in Bridgton is the brainchild of the ecumenical clergy association in the Lake Region, and this is the first of several, to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. A free box meal of food provided by Beth’s Café will include a sandwich, snacks and a drink, and folks can relax and enjoy a community picnic overlooking Highland Lake.

Saturday, August 23 The Lovell VFW Auxiliary will serve up a Benefit Breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. at the VFW Hall on Route 5 in Lovell. Adults pay $8, children 10 and under $4.

OTISFIELD — Dave Rowe and Troy R. Bennett, performing as the Squid Jiggers, will be in concert on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. at Otisfield’s Bell Hill Meetinghouse, located at 191 Bell Hill Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Dave and Troy have been delighting audiences up and down the eastern seaboard as they combine their talents on guitar, bass, bodhran, and tin whistles to lay down a thunderous musical base for their robust vocal harmonies.

The duo performs traditional and original songs of the sea, Maine life, Acadia, and folk tunes.

The son of the late Tom Rowe of Schooner Fare fame, Rowe grew up on the Maine music scene, began playing out professionally as a bassist at the age of 15, and hasn’t had a real job since. He studied at the Hartt School of Music.

Dave has released 13 albums, the latest one a solo collection released in July 2014 called “All of the Dreams.”

Bennett started his professional career touring with a Portland Irish band. He later traveled Europe with his guitar, collecting stories and busking on street corners. He eventually buckled down, studying Anglo-Irish literature at University College Galway and the University of Southern Maine. On his return to the states, he started the Half Moon Jug Band, a high-octane folk group specializing in new

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Quinn helps golfers get into the swing The Greater Bridgton Lakes Region of Chamber of Commerce joined SwingGem Golf in a ribbon-cutting Aug. 1 at their new business at 383 Highland Road in Bridgton.

On hand was Chamber Executive Director Susan Mercer, Skip Sullivan, owner Quinn Allen, father Phil Allen from Chalmers Insurance and Anne Krieg, Bridgton’s Director of Planning, Economic and Community Development.

Quinn Allen has been in the golf world ever since he was born, when Phil would take him out on the course early in the morning. When Quinn could walk, he had a club in hand, and took the game up and had never put it down. Quinn grew up next to a golf course, where he played every day he could, and worked on his game to become a better player.

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known junior golfer in the state of Maine, and posted his name all over the country, playing against the best juniors in the world. As a sophomore in high school, he captured the Class B Schoolboy State Championship, and continued to play competitively throughout high school.

After high school, Quinn has spent his winters in Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he started to learn more and more about what goes into golf equipment. He met a man who, to this day, is the number one golf club builder in the world, Mike Harris, and started working under him.

After getting educated on the basics of a club and how it is put together, Quinn decided he wanted to pursue a career in it. In October of 2013, Quinn made a trip back up to Maine to see what the response would be if he brought this concept to Maine. The response

was good enough to open up shop in Bridgton, where he is devoting his time into making golfers into better players.

The number one talkedabout technology in golf right now is back-weighting the golf club. Back-weighting refers to adding weight to the club toward the back of the club, opposite the club head. The best feature about the SwingGem, said Quinn, is that you can insert and remove it without any tools or drilling. He designed the piece to push through the hole and be snug in the grip.

“Every grip has the hole at the top for the SwingGem to go in,” said Quinn. “If you decide to regrip your clubs or get a new set of clubs, the SwingGem can go right along with them, saving you from buying another set.”

Quinn said the SwingGem can add anywhere from 4–12 miles per hour of club head speed. Every mile per hour of club head speed equals 2.3 yards of carry (roll not

included).

“Essentially, you can gain more than 27 yards just by inserting the SwingGem,” Quinn said.

Quinn said the shaft is actually the motor of the golf club. Not the head, or the person swinging it — the shaft does all the work and is what is most important in a golf club. “Most golfers know that your clubs need to be the right stiffness for you to get the best results. The real question is, how do you know what the right stiffness is for you?” said Quinn.

SwingGem Golf does what is called single-frequencymatching, which is about making all of the clubs feel the same when a player makes contact. “Instead of having one favorite iron, we make sure all of your clubs are your favorite,” he said. Quinn offers free fittings to golfers who want to get their clubs built or rebuilt the right way. His phone number is 595-0873. www.swinggemgolf.com

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Jon Ray, retired Lake Region High School teacher and former Bridgton Historical Society board member, has recently published a book about his life, Gorham, Bridgton, and Beyond. He will talk about his book, and more importantly, his experience recording and publishing his memories today, Thursday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. at Narramissic in South Bridgton.

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Celebration of Place, People and Nature The Greater Lovell Land Trust will be trying something new this year in place of their annual meeting at the VFW. This year, it’s “A Celebration of Place, People and Nature,” which will start on Friday, Aug. 8, with the Annual Education Meeting at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society. Refreshments and a social at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will follow the meeting.

The Land Trust will hold a Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 9, starting at 11 a.m., which will include a barbecue at the end of Heald Pond Road. During this period, Jamie will relate his wonderful experiences dealing with nature. There will be lots of stuff to do, so make Saturday a family event. The public is invited to both events.

For those who will be driving around town on Saturday, Aug. 9, be aware that the 9th Annual Tour de Lovell will be taking place, with a start time of 8 a.m. at the New Suncook School. Let’s have a safe and wonderful race once

again.

The Lovell Historical Society will be holding a Garden Tour on Sunday, Aug. 10, from 3 to 5 p.m. To preregister for tickets at $20 per person, call the Lovell Historical Society at 9253234. There will be refreshments later at the Pleasant Point Inn between 5 and 6 p.m. of hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. You can obtain brochures from the Historical Society with the lists of the farms and their history. The maps of directions and tour tickets will be handed out the day of the tour when participants meet at the KimballStanford House.

Don’t forget that there will be a blood drive at the Center Lovell Fire Station on Monday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 7 p.m. This blood drive is sponsored by the Delta Lodge and Lovell Volunteer Fire Department, in honor of brother and fellow firefighter Scott Thomas. Volunteers are needed for passing out drinks and snacks. You can contact the Red Cross to preregister, or volunteer by calling 800733-2767.

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by Ethel Gilmore-Hurst Lovell Correspondent 925-3226 ehurst3@yahoo.com David Brown on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. David’s topic will be Track and Sign Identifications.

The GLLT escorted walk will be on Thursday, Aug. 14, at Heald and Bradley Ponds Reserve from 9 to 11 a.m. All will meet at the Flat Hill Trailhead to put David Brown’s tracks and identification methods into practice.

Wear sturdy shoes or boots, and bring water and repellant.

The Kezar Trailbreakers will be holding the 8th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, Aug. 14, with a shotgun start at noon at the Kezar Lake Country Club.

The price for a foursome is $200, or $50 per person.

The fee pays for 18 holes of golf, a golf cart, hamburger, hot dog, beverage, a gift bag and finally the tournament

award ceremony after play.

For those interested in either sponsoring or playing, call 925-2050.

The Fryeburg Rescue will be holding a Pig Roast and Chicken BBQ on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds Craft Barn from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This time of year, the public realizes how important the rescue is, not only to local towns but also for people from away. Those who take to the Saco River have learned in the past week how important the rescue is, and how well they and the Fryeburg Police work together. Keeping the equipment in good order is important, and with the new ambulance filling the empty bay, the barbecue will help defray the costs. The price of dinner is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. While there,

you can check out the newest ambulance to join the fleet.

The Brick Church for the Performing Arts will have Lovell’s Bobby Sheehan on the stage on Thursday, Aug. 14, starting at 7:30 p.m. With guitar, bass drum and oboe, and throw in lots of dancing, and you’ll have an evening of music and fun. Tickets are $10.

The 39th Annual Arts and Artisans Fair will take place on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the New Suncook School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The artisans who take part in the fair are of the best quality, having been juried by judges from the New Hampshire area.

The fair includes a raffle of items priced in the $50 range, donated by the artisans. Used books have become another popular part of the fair, and they are offered at a great price. All of this activity raises money for the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library so they can continue to serve the Lovell community in the best way possible. Come view the artwork and browse the books, then sit down in the cafeteria and have lunch or a piece of pie, knowing that you supported your library.

Artisans and their items in the raffle are as follows: Brice Booker, fused glasswork; Diana Davis, handcrafted tapestry bags; Pamela Hitchcock, jewelry; Ned James, handcrafted trowel; Jennifer Kovach, artisan skin care items; Kathleen McGreavy, pottery; Linda Panzera, photography; Tim and Marie Reimensnyder, hand-printed T-shirt; Lucy Rogers, Hilltop Handspun; and Linda Sorensen, jewelry.

Just a note that the AA meetings are being held at the Lovell United Church of Christ on Saturdays, at 7 p.m. in the Halford Room.

The Lovell Masonic Lodge will be holding a Saturday night special Hot Dog and Bean Supper on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

There will beans, of course, with either red or brown hot dogs and dessert, for a cost of $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12. The public is invited to come to the Lodge on the corner of Route 5 and Route 93, as this supper is a fundraiser for the Friends Helping Friends. There will also be a raffle for $250 worth of Shaw’s Supermarket gift cards. See you there.

Tour of Watson’s Mill

The Greater Bridgton Lake Region Chamber of Commerce will hold a Giant Yard Sale on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WATERFORD — The at their offices on the Portland Road. Some yard sale spaces may Waterford Historical Society still be available; call the chamber at 647-3472 to reserve a space will meet on Thursday, Aug. for $20.

Texas Hold’em Tournament Aug. 9

HARRISON — The Harrison Lions Club will be holding their Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the VFW Hall on Waterford Road in Harrison. There will be a $105 entry fee.

Doors open at noon, with play starting at 1 p.m. This is a BYOB event with great food and refreshments available. The proceeds will be used to provide services that the Lions Club renders to the community, such as school scholarships, Christmas for Kids, and eye screening for prekindergarten and kindergarten classes. Remember, you cannot win if you don’t play!

Sebago Historical Society House Tour

SEBAGO — The Sebago Historical Society will hold its Annual Historic Tour of four 1800s-era sites in Sebago on Saturday, Aug. 9. Participants will meet at Veteran’s Park for carpooling by Sebago Elementary School in East Sebago, located at the junction of Routes 11 and 114, leaving at 1 p.m. An $8 donation is requested.

Reservations are suggested by calling 787-2489.

Enjoy breakfast at Long Lake Park

HARRISON — Invite your friends and family for breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Long Lake Park in Harrison. Once again the Harrison Lions will be having their annual pancake breakfast under the tent on the beautiful shore of Long Lake. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 11 a.m., consisting of pancakes, French toast, sausage, juice, and coffee. Adult price is $8, with children under 10 only $5. The proceeds are used to provide services that the Lions Club renders to the community, such as senior luncheons, support for the local library and food pantry, and children services.

LRHS Class of 2014 holding 10-year Reunion

NAPLES — Lake Region High School’s Class of 2004 is having their 10-year reunion this Saturday, Aug. 9, at Rick’s Cafe on the Causeway in Naples. The reunion will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. on the second floor. Any questions should be directed to Ashley (Tabor) Pringle on Facebook.

American Red Cross Blood Drive

LOVELL — You’ll get a coupon good for $2.50 off a tub of Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream if you come donate to blood at the Center Lovell Fire Station, Route 5, on Monday, Aug. 11, from

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14, in South Waterford. The meeting will be a little unusual in that it will be an Open House at the Watson’s Mill from 6 to 7 p.m. The mill is in the center of South Waterford village, near Werner Park on what is today called Back Street.

The former cider mill and box mill has been the home of Robert Spencer and Geraldine O’Donnell for three decades, but they have recently restored much of the building.

The lower floor, next to what was once Watson’s Dam, still retains some original machinery.

Tours of the building, the last surviving mill along City Brook, where once more than a dozen mills stood, will be given until 7 p.m., and then from 7 to 8 p.m. the WHS will show a film about The Mill at Freedom Falls, another restored mill building. This will be shown nearby at the Bear Mt. Grange Hall, with potluck refreshments.

WHS is also experimenting with summer hours at the Old Town House, next to Keoka Town Beach in Waterford Flat, every Monday from 1 to 3 p.m.

Please feel free to drop in.

Memorial Hospital Chief Medical Officer Ray Rabideau (center) shown here with Miranda Center for Diabetes providers (left) Loretta Grimm and (right) Cara Kilroy.

(Photo by Bill Lee Photography)

Memorial Hospital gift NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The Miranda Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology has received $250,000 in funding from the Memorial Hospital Foundation in support of its services to the community.

The foundation was established in 2013 to serve as steward for the hospital’s endowment and fundraising activities. According to its mission, all distributions must be made to Memorial Hospital for services, pro-

grams and equipment that address the health and wellness needs of the local population.

President and CEO Scott McKinnon said this is an important commitment by the foundation to assure ongoing availability of diabetes services in all of the surrounding communities.

“This is the first significant

gift made by the Memorial Hospital Foundation, and it represents their understanding of the major health issues that are facing our aging population,” McKinnon said.

He added that the goal is for the Diabetes Center to be self-sustaining within the next few years.

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Bag winners August events at Rufus Porter The Bridgton Firefighters Ladies Auxiliary wishes to thank the members and nonmembers who sold the raffle tickets on the Thirty One bags.

The first four winners were Virginia Kropas, Alice Golemme, Krystina Goroshko and Amelia Moore. The next seven winners will be in next week’s paper.

To all who bought tickets or made donations, thanks again for your support.

Area births Pastor Garret Meuser and Melinda Meuser have a son, Bennet Lee Meuser, born July 17, 2014 at their home in Casco. Bennet weighed eight pounds, 13 ounces and joins siblings Nora and Emerson Meuser. In attendance were Sarah Ackerly, ND, CPM of Northern Sun Family Health Care, and assisting midwives Morgan Titus Rau, ND, and Madeline Lott Coin, student, from the Birth Center at Northern Sun in Topsham. Also in attendance was Elise Gliasson, doula.

Holly Opanashuk and Stephen Cunningham of Center Lovell have a boy, Bennett Paul Cunningham, born July 19, 2014 at Bridgton Hospital. Bennett weighed eight pounds, five ounces. Maternal grandparents are the Infurnari OXFORD HILLS Family of Houston, Texas, and Paul Opanashuk, Depew, N.Y. Paternal grandparent is Mona Cunningham, St. Louis, Mo. Great-grandparents are OXFORD PLAZA, MAIN ST., (RT. 26) 743-5100 www.flagshipcinemas.com Michael and Christine Kukla, Buffalo, N.Y. SHOWING AUG. 8 – AUG. 15 FRI. & SAT. Doors Open at 12:15 P.M. Jenna Norman and Phillip Teenage Mutant Ninja Delvecchio of Bridgton have a Turtles (PG-13).............1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:20 girl, Elizabeth Ann Delvecchio, Into The Storm (PG-13)...1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Guardians Of The born July 14, 2014 at Bridgton Galaxy (PG-13).............1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:35 Hospital. Maternal grandparHercules (PG-13)..............1:50, 4:10, 7:05, 9:15 Dawn Of The Planet ent is Debbie Norman of Of The Apes (PG-13)....1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 Bridgton. Paternal grandTammy (R)........................2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 parents are Phil and Alyssa Planes: Fire And Rescue (PG)....1:30, 3:40, ––– Transformers: Age Of Delvecchio of Casco.

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The Rufus Porter Museum continues to offer short workshops for all ages throughout August.

If you are interested in learning how to paint a mural, come to Wine and Westwood on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Wales and Hamlin Building, surrounded by Rufus Porter murals.

A paintmaking workshop is also offered in August where you will make and use paints you create, much like Rufus Porter did in his day.

Outdoors lovers will enjoy a hike in Pondicherry Park and using a camera obscura to document the landscape.

The Wednesday evening read and discuss series continues in August, where participants compare Scientific American articles to other short pieces around a theme.

A Flash Fiction Writing Workshop will give families an opportunity to write very short stories with art and artifacts in the museum as inspiration.

The Books Alive read and create series for young readers continues in collaboration with Bridgton Public Library on Friday, Aug. 8.

Part Two of the Cultural Heritage Series is taking place

At a Glance Tuesday, Aug. 12 — Stargazing at Hacker Hill after dark Sunday, Aug. 17 — Dog Safety, 10:30 a.m., outside of library; conclusion of Summer Reading Program.

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We wish to thank Gorham Savings Bank for sponsoring the Summer Reading Program and the Loon Echo Land Trust, which made the star gazing program possible.

Remember, in case of inclement weather, the library programs will be held at the Raymond Public Safety Building. For more information, call the library at 6554283.

Annual Book Sale The book sale, which began in July, will be ending on Sunday, Aug. 24. Until then, the library is filled with books of all kinds. There are books for light beach reading, some recent fiction, great nonfiction and classics to add to your collections, as well as cookbooks, books on gardening, sewing, carpentry, and children’s books for all ages.

Be sure to come in often because there are new items throughout the sale.

Book Group The book group will meet

at the library on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. to discuss the novel, The Burgess Boys

by Maine author Elizabeth Strout. This is a novel of family relationships and the effect of guilt and redemption. It is a novel of character rather than plot. It is also a novel whose beautiful prose is to be savored and enjoyed.

Join others to discuss this well-written, intriguing story.

The book is available upon request at the library. For more information, please call the library at 655-4283.

An Easy Way to Help your Library One way to financially benefit your library is to pick up the green Clynk bags available at the desk (ask for them if you don’t see them) and fill them with your recyclable cans and bottles. Once filled, just bring them into the local Hannaford Supermarket.

The library will receive the money from the deposit to benefit the library’s material and services.

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Sunday, Aug. 24 — End of Annual Book Sale Wednesday, Aug. 27 — Book Group, 7 p.m., library Monday, Sept. 1 — Labor Day, the library will be closed Summer Reading Program Calendar On Tuesday Aug. 12, Family Star-Gazing Night will occur after dark on Hacker Hill, off Quaker Ridge Road in Casco. Join Ed Gleason from the University of Maine Planetarium and David Manchester, a member of Southern Maine Astronomers, who will be available for help and to answer questions. Hopefully there will be beautiful clear skies to view the meteor showers and gaze at stars.

This summer’s reading program will end on Sunday, Aug. 17, with a Dog Safety Program at 10:30 a.m., outside the library, followed by a

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The Westwood set of extraordinary murals will be open at the Wales and Hamblen building on Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Call 6472828 for more information, or view the website, www.rufusportermuseum.org to learn about other special programs offered during the summer.

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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

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Rufus Porter and his inventions will be the topic for the keynote address by Royd Nuckols at Gallery 302 on Thursday, Aug. 7, focusing on the revolving rifle that

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is moderate, with some walking over uneven terrain. Meet at the Flat Hill Trailhead. For more information, call the Greater Lovell Land Trust at 925-1056 or e-mail info@gllt.org

Songo Garden Club holding annual meeting

NAPLES — The Songo Garden Club will hold their Annual Meeting on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Naples Golf and Country 2 to 7 p.m. The American Red Cross Blood Drive is sponsored by Club. Members will meet at noon for the popular cold buffet lunthe Lovell Volunteer Fire Department and Lovell Masons. Please cheon, followed by the annual meeting. The cost is $15 per percall the American Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767 to make an ap- son. Those planning on attending need to make a reservation, so please contact Carmen Caron, no later than Monday, Aug. 11. pointment.

Annual dues will also be collected that day.

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Caregivers Support Group to meet

The Bridgton Caregivers Support Group will meet Wednesday, Aug. 13, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center. Respite care is no longer available while the group meets. If you need help problem-solving care for your person, or would like more information, please contact Ann O’Sullivan at SMAA, 1-800-427-7411, ext. 541.

Wildlife track and sign identification

LOVELL — David Brown, author of Trackards for North American Mammals and The Companion Guide to Trackards, will discuss the basics of wildlife track and sign identification at a talk on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library. The following evening, on Thursday, Aug. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m., Brown will lead participants on a guided walk in the Heald and Bradley Ponds Reserve to explore different types of sign, starting at the ground looking for tracks and scat. The gaze will then be directed to the trees to learn more about bark as a way to identify species. In an eco-approach to animal tracking, participants will learn to connect the animals in the forest with the trees that help provide their necessary habitat. Activity level

Flea Market & Bake Sale in No. Waterford

NORTH WATERFORD — A Flea Market and Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Waterford Church, on Route 35 opposite Melby’s Eatery. Come and find a treasure or two; or if you have something to sell, tables are available for rent for $10. (To rent a table, call 583-2822.)

Christian Women United meeting

SOUTH PARIS — Christian Women United will meet for a luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 11:30 a.m. at the South Paris Congregational Church. Jewel Clark of Bethel will be the singer.

Please call Janice at 743-5770 for reservations. All are welcome.

The secret life of a lake, and stewardship

LOVELL — Dr. Peter Tobiessen will discuss the factors affecting lake water clarity, including some amazing little lake creatures, in a talk on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library. The talk, cosponsored by the Greater Lovell Land Trust and the Kezar Lake Watershed

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Bridgton Library summer programs Friday, Aug. 8 • Sensory Boxes (all day) – Explore a variety of sensory boxes, both inside and out. Write down or draw what you think is in the mystery boxes and see how fine-tuned your senses are.

• Books Alive with the Rufus Porter Museum — 2 to 3 p.m. Come hear facts and interesting tidbits about local inventor Rufus Porter in this two-part event. Learn about his life and inventions. Then create some inventions of your own and explore what you can do with them.

Saturday, Aug. 9 • Paint to Music — 11 a.m. to noon. Use your many senses to create a masterpiece. Listen to music and interpret it into a piece of art using brushes, your hands, and other tactile materials. This event is geared to preschool through elementary age children, but is open to all.

Techno Fun: Tuesday, Aug. 12 • Tin Can Robots — 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Build your own robot creation using tin cans, nuts, bolts, and other metal found materials. We will learn about many different kinds of robots, how they function, and how they help us every day. This event is for children 2nd grade and up.

Wednesday, Aug. 13 • Junior Naturalist — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This is an ongoing group that requires registration; please visit the library for more information and description.

• Robo Printmaking — 11 a.m. to noon. Come learn a few printmaking techniques and use your creativity. Construct a relief plate, similar to a stamp, of your own robot design and learn how to print it. This activity is geared to school-aged children, but all are welcome.

• Kids Movie Night: Iron Giant — 3 to 5 p.m. Grab a beanbag chair and get comfy. Relax from the summer sun with popcorn and a movie. This film is rated PG. Children 10 years and under must be accompanied by an adult for the entire film.

Children age 11-18 must have a signed permission form, parents must sign in person.

Friday, Aug. 15 • Make a Robotic Arm — 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Do you ever feel like being a robot? Well come make your very own robotic arm. Learn some basis mechanics of how they work and then

create your moving robot hand. This activity is geared to children 8 years and up, but all ages may attend.

Saturday, Aug. 16 • Robots and Inventions Storytime — 11 a.m. to noon.

Come hear some stories about robots and their friends, young Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Hall inventors and other tales about creative minds. This event is geared to preschool-aged children, but all are welcome.

Tuesday, Aug. 19 • Make Your Own Tangrams — 1 to 2 p.m. Learn about tangrams and make your own set to take home. This event is Carly Blaine Robinson and Brandon Eric Hall were margeared to elementary school-aged children, but all are welried May 24, 2014 at Camp Takajo in Naples. come.

The bride is the daughter of Susan and Brian Robinson of Wednesday, Aug. 20 • Junior Naturalist — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. This is an on- Naples. She is a graduate of Suffolk University in Boston, going group that requires registration; please visit the library for Mass., and is employed as a paralegal in Portland.

The groom is the son of Jennifer and Eric Hall of Casco. more information and description.

• Tangram Tales: Create Your Own Story — 2 to 3 p.m. He is a recent graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Learn a little about tangrams and storytelling. Each child will Va., with a Bachelor’s Degree in government.

The maid of honor was Heather Davis, sister of the bride. receive their own sets of paper tangrams and be given examples of many animals, people, and other things that can be created Bridesmaids were Kate Hall, sister of the groom; Shannon using them. After a little experimenting, children will be asked Brenner, friend of the bride; and Marina Levy, friend of to create their own story and illustrate it using the tangram the bride. The best man was Thomas Symonds, friend of shapes. This activity is geared to children ages preschool to third the groom. Groomsmen were Kodi Simpson, cousin of the groom; Patrick Carkin, uncle of the groom; and Davey grade, but all are welcome.

Wilson, friend of the groom. Flower girl was Isabelle Davis, Friday, Aug. 22 • Tangram Storytime — 11 a.m. to noon. Join in for stories niece of the bride. Ring Bearer was Camron Hall, brother of told about and with tangrams. Have fun playing with these the groom.

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Memorial Hospital gift (Continued from Page B) improvements at the Diabetes Center have expanded its staffing and outreach. Last year, it was renamed in honor of Miranda Leavitt who passed away from diabetes complications at the age of 22. The Leavitt family established a separate foundation fund in Miranda’s memory that honors her advocacy for increased education and awareness of the disease.

“Our Diabetes Center is structured in a way that provides complete support for the person with diabetes and their family,” McKinnon said.

“We have physician oversight by the board-certified endocrinologists from Maine Medical Partners working with our highly-qualified onsite staff.”

He added that the recent addition of a Berlin clinic has been very successful.

“In partnership with Androscoggin Valley Hospital, our Berlin Diabetes office is helping to bring these same quality services to even more people,” he said.

Nurse practitioners and certified diabetes educators

Loretta Grimm, MS, FNPC, CDE and Cara Kilroy, MSN, ANP-BC, along with registered dietitian Brenda McKay make up the Diabetes Center staff along with specially trained registered nurses. Through individualized self-management plans, the multi-disciplinary team offers evaluation, treatment and education for people with any form of diabetes or endocrine disorder.

Gene Bergoffen, acting chairman of the foundation board, sees the Diabetes Center as a logical choice for the first grant.

“In setting up the foundation, it was very important to us that money donated to the hospital be returned to support our community’s health needs,” he said. “Given the importance of the Diabetes Center in addressing such a major health issue, the foundation board felt that granting this request would ensure Memorial’s commitment to total patient care of people with diabetes.”

The foundation is a separately incorporated taxexempt organization whose

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sole purpose is to oversee Memorial’s endowment, legacy gifts and other charitable donations. Governed by a separate board of trustees, the foundation reviews requests for funding from the hospital that support programs and activities which address the health needs in the local community.

“We think the foundation is an important way to assure donors that their gifts will stay right here and be used to provide outstanding care for

all our residents and visitors,” Bergoffen said.

For more information about services offered at either the North Conway or Berlin offices of the Miranda Center for Diabetes, call 603356-0796, ext. 3353. For more information about charitable giving to the Memorial Hospital Foundation, call 603356-5461, ext. 2264. Visit www.MemorialHospitalNH. org for complete information on all the hospital’s services and providers.

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Association, will help the public identify the signs when a lake’s water quality is deteriorating and whether Kezar Lake is at risk. Tobiessen’s analysis of these questions is supported by the publication of his book, The Secret Life of a Lake: The Ecology of Northern Lakes and Their Stewardship.

Youth Talent Contest

WESTBROOK — As part of the Dick Curless Memorial Scholarship program, the Pine Tree State Country Music Association is holding a Youth Talent Contest for ages 18 and under on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. at the Westbrook American Legion Post 197. The winner will receive an Ibenez acoustic guitar. There is no entry fee. Just call Joan Cole at 490-1232 or e-mail joancole@myfairpoint.net to enter your youngster as soon as possible. There will be guest performers at the event, and the house band is From The Heart. There will be door prize and raffles. The cash bar and kitchen will be open, and no smoking is allowed. The public is encouraged to come, and the donation at the door is $5.

Cabbage Island trip Casco and Naples Recreation Departments will sponsor a trip to Cabbage Island on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The adventure includes a luxury cruise up the coast to the Boothbay Harbor Region followed by shopping and a Downeast Clambake.

The bus departs from the American Legion on Route 11 at 8:30 a.m. and returns by 6:30 p.m. The trip is open to seniors ages 60 and older. Cost is $57 for Casco and Naples residents, and $85 for nonresidents (who will be placed on a waiting list and will be taken if space is available). Registration deadline is Wednesday, Aug. 13.

For more information, contact Casco Rec Director Beth Latsey at 627-4187 or e-mail recreation@cascomaine.org or Naples Rec Director Harvey Price at 693-6364 or e-mail recreation@naplesmaine.org

HARRISON — The Ronald St. John VFW Post #9328, 176 Waterford Road, Harrison, is looking for new members. If you are a veteran who has served in a war zone and would like to join the post and help fellow vets and their families or your community, join the post.

The post will pay for your first year’s dues upon joining. New members will need to provide their DD214 form with their application. To receive an application, call 557-2621.

Bridgton Hospital upcoming events “Diabetes SelfManagement” is the subject of a training class series set for August at Bridgton Hospital.

Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 to 11 a.m. Karen Bogdan, Occupational Therapist, will discuss the importance of daily exercise, how it can help improve blood sugars, decrease weight, and improve overall wellbeing.

Karen will give participants an exercise Theraband and

instructions for using it. This class is fun and will motivate you to get moving!

Elaine Drew RN, BSN, CDE, will discuss diabetes mellitus, disease process and treatment options, hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), and diabetic ketoacidosis (dangerously high blood sugar).

Monday, Aug. 18, 8 to 11 a.m. Learn about medications to control diabetes; sick day management;

lab tests and new research; signs, symptoms and treatment of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar); and the importance of proper foot care.

Friday, Aug. 22, 9 to 11 a.m. Linda Russell, MA, RD/LD, CDE, Registered Dietitian, will discuss meal plans and diabetes, and review carbohydrate counting.

Preregistration, referrals and a dietary consult are required. To register for this

class series, call Bridgton Hospital Diabetes Clinic at 647-6064. Participants will receive a course book after preregistering. All classes will be held in the Bridgton Hospital boardroom, 10 Hospital Drive, Bridgton.

‘WAVE’ by Gwen Nagel captured first place in the two-dimensional category at this year’s Bridgton Art Guild’s Art in the Park.

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Bridgton’s annual Art in the Park scored a pictureperfect day this year, making it a most enjoyable event.

There was an abundance of fine art, lovely music and great food — what more could you ask for?

The 50-plus artists and artisans displayed a dizzying selection of high-quality items but three judges were asked to choose several pieces as winners of the traditional prizes. In the two-dimensional category, Gwen Nagel’s pastel, “Wave,” took first prize. Second place went to Barbara Traficonte and third to Roland Simard.

Nancy Engdahl, Earnest Brown and Bradley Jackson received Honorable Mention.

Photography prizes were awarded as follows: first prize to Linda Panzera; second prize to Daryl-Ann Leonard; and third to Steve Traficonte. Robert Cuzner received Honorable Mention.

In the three-dimensional category, Kathy McGreavy received first prize for stoneware pottery; Linda Sorensen received second for silver and gold jewelry; and Henry Duquette received third for blown glass.

Honorable Mention went to Burr Chase, William Rudd and Ken Lindgren.

Bridgton’s Art in the Park is put on every summer by the Bridgton Art Guild. For more information, call Gallery 302 at 647-2787 or visit www.gallery302.com

Church to hold SPARK week

The Bridgton Alliance Church on Route 117, Bridgton, will be celebrating its second annual SPARK week, a weeklong series of events held throughout the town, meant to bless Bridgton in a variety of ways. The following events will take place: • Baked goods delivered to a variety of town offices.

• Hymn Sing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Stevens Brook Elementary School Gazebo.

• Juggling Show at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Bridgton Library.

• Free Concert at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 at Highland Lake Beach.

• Construction Team working on a variety of free projects all week long.

• Highway Cleanup Project on Route 117.

• Food Drive on Saturdays, Aug. 9 and 16, at Food City.

If you have any questions, contact the Bridgton Alliance Church at 647-2027.

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Fryeburg Academy fall sports start times Fryeburg Academy fall sports athletes must turn to Athletic Director Sue Thurston a signed student handbook and present proof of a physical exam within the last two years prior to taking part in preseason practices.

Preseason opens at the Academy on Monday, Aug. 18.

Here is the team-by-team starting times: Cross Country, Head Coach Bill Reilly, 7 a.m. at the field house.

Boys’ Soccer, Head Coach Bob Hodgman-Burns, 7 a.m. on the 302 fields and 6 p.m. on the game field.

Football, Head Coach David Turner, 7:30 a.m. in the locker room and 5 p.m. on 302 practice field.

Girls’ Soccer, Head Coach John Atwood, 7:30 a.m. on the game field and 5 p.m. on the 302 field.

Field Hockey, Head Coach Dede Frost, 8 a.m. at the Rec fields and 5:30 p.m. at the Rec fields.

Cheering, Head Coach Jillian Tetreault, 9 a.m. in Wadsworth Arena.

Golf, Head Coach Chris Dutton, 3 p.m. at Lake Kezar Country Club in Lovell.

Mountain Biking, Head Coach Tim Connell, to be announced.

Fairway chips Bridgton Highlands The Ladies Golf tournament for the week was “Three clubs and a putter.” First low gross winner was Elaine Tinker. Second low gross winner was Carolyn Stanhope. First low net winner was Kathy Blanchard.

Second low net winner was Yvonne Gluck. The pot was won by Pauline Elmer, who had the longest drive on the first hole.

Lake Kezar CC In Social League play Tuesday, Mike Tarantino, Leon Shackley and Harry Roberts combined for a 96 to claim first place.

Second place with a 98 went to Dick Trapani, Mark Conwell, Dick Day and Alan Emery.

Closest to the pin were Dave Mills on Hole 5 at 23feet, 5-inches and Jeff Gilfillan on Hole 16 at 10-feet, 10-inches.

Greenie: Art Duggan, Daryl Kenison, Jeff Gilfillan and Hal Taylor.

White Mountain Seniors In play at Bridgton Highlands last Friday, the team of Gary Davis (Maplewood), Ken Jeffrey (Prov. Lake), Leo Leger (Ridgewood) and John Severance (Mountain View) came in first place with a Zero, Plus 2.

Second place with a Minus 3 Minus 1 went to Ernest Anastos (Jack O’Lantern), Rene Cayer (Oakdale), Earl Clifford (Colebrook) and Cindy Schieman (Black Mountain).

Tied for third place with a Minus 3 Minus 3 were the teams of: Larrry Schieman (Black Mountain), Gary Gold (Bridgton), Kathy Pomroy (Maplewood) and Chuck Elliott (Colebrook), Don Johnson (Oakdale), Kal Csigi (Mt. Washington), Louis Bellaud (Waukewan) and Roger Grondin (Mountain View).

Fifth place with a Minus 3 Minus 8 went to Greg Dawson (Oakdale), Tom Porfido (Owls Nest), Bob McHatton (Bridgton) and Linda Carlson (Prov. Lake).

Tom Porfido was closest to the pin at 5-feet, 4-inches.

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Owner of Sunrise Fitness Personal Training, Amy Young (center) encourages Katherine Riggs (left), of Naples, and Jennifer Hall-Lewis, of Casco, during a boot camp fitness session on the Naples Village Green recently.

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Using nature to tone up clients

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Amy Young believes that the best workout is totally low-cost and relies on taking advantage of the natural environment.

As the owner of Sunrise Fitness Personal Training, Young is living proof that people do not have to invest in expensive exercise equipment to accomplish their fitness goals.

“The basis of my outdoor boot camp is to use mostly the environment with only a little equipment to get a fantastic total body workout,” Young said.

“I like to prove that you can get a great workout anywhere that you are,” she said.

Since this spring, even during rain showers, Young has been conducting a boot camp fitness session in the green space outside the Naples Town Office.

“The Naples Village Green has been great! It is a wide open space with plenty of parking. We’ve used the benches, the gazebo, the outside wall of the Grange Hall, the trees and the playground,” she said.

“Exercises, layout, and equipment all change each week,” she said, adding that she sometimes gets free-spirited workout ideas from YouTube.

“One day, we ran up the hill on Lambs Mill Road right behind the town hall,” she said.

The location “is also right on (Route) 302 so people can see what we are up to,” she said.

In fact, drivers often catch a glimpse of a group of people donned in sneakers and exercise gear running in place or doing pushups — when the morning sun is warming the day and when the Village Green is misting like Ireland and even during a few downpours.

“When I set up my outdoor boot camp, I knew it had to be a ‘rain or shine’ event. I am committed to being there every week with or without sun,” Young said.

A few weeks ago, “we got poured on,” she said.

“My attitude for this is that people need their workout either way and from my experience, some people will use any excuse they can to not do it. Don’t

let weather be the excuse that holds you back,” she said.

“Honestly, after you get started, it’s not that bad, just a little more messy.

Afterwards, you feel that much more accomplished that you got up, got out there, and got it done anyways,” she said.

Young is a lifetime Mainer, who moved to Naples three years ago. Her original plan did not include getting a paycheck from fitness. In fact, she had other career goals in mind.

“My background started with a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from Maine Maritime Academy. I played varsity volleyball all four years and really gained my love for fitness from that,” Young said.

So, her education plans shifted.

“After college I decided not to pursue marine biology, but personal training! I obtained my personal training certification from The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) in 2012 as well as CPR, which is required. Last winter, I got a second certification from BOOT CAMP, Page C

How sailboat racing surely makes God laugh

By David Eddy One of the things a sailboat racer does before a race is evaluate the weather conditions.

Sometimes, it’s big picture stuff like, “Is a storm gonna blow through and cream the fleet right in the middle of the last leg?” because yes, that does happen sometimes, but it is also the more micro stuff like, “Where is the wind going to be coming from and

how is the direction likely to change during the race?”

Getting this kind of stuff right can make a difference in the race results. So do you want to make God laugh?

Tell him what you think the wind is going to do during a race.

So, I took a look at the weather on Tuesday afternoon, and the breeze was expected to be light and lighter, five knots from the north-

west, then west, then southwest and south. Maximum gusts to seven knots.

I was going to be short on crew (my boat needs three, but if the conditions are light you can get away with two). I knew I was going to be shorthanded, so I had planned to race my Sunfish, but with the winds so light, I decided to sail the Thistle. It’ll be no problem with the light breezes, right?

The reality was that as the start time for the race approached, the wind on Harrison Bay had finally filled in, but it was from the north, not the west, southwest or south, and it wasn’t five knots gusting to seven, it was 10 knots gusting to 12, almost too strong for two on a Thistle. This could be trouble!

The race would run clockwise, upwind to the first mark,

then east to the gybe mark, then southwest to the leeward and upwind to the finish off the beach at Lakeside Pines campground.

Mark Cotton was on the committee boat, having set up the course floating marks and the starting line balls.

Off went Sandy Trend in her Sunfish, Rob Knowles in his Capri 22, Mike Caron in his Flying Scot, Walter Read and Craig Trend on their Santana

20, Dave and Elizabeth Eddy in their Thistle, and Bob Bean with Paul Gillis on their J22.

Pat Klofas had to retire her Highlander before the start when a loud noise announced a fractured mast. The mast was a vintage woody and it looks like a new one is in order!

The wind was stronger than predicted, and was quite a bit more to the right than it SAILBOAT, Page C

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CAPTURE SOFTBALL TITLE — The Bridgton Lakers 10U softball team won the Oxford Hills Summer Softball League Championship Saturday at Pismo Beach Ballpark in Oxford. The team is made up of girls ranging in age from 8 to 10 years old from Bridgton and Casco.

This was the team’s first year in the league and finished up with a 11-2 overall record. Pictured from left to right: (front row), Melissa

Mayo, Caydence Riley, Kate Rose, Libby Gray, Brooke Gerry and Avery Verwey; (back row) Assistant Coach Kevin Adams, Hailey Gove, Assistant Coach Kelly Johnson, Kasey Johnson, Emily Rock, Camry Dyer, Alie Adams, Johanna Vincent, Katy McIntyre, Head Coach Dan Gray and Kelsey Gerry. Meanwhile, a Bridgton 14-U lost in the finals to Rumford, while Bridgton’s high-school aged squad also won.

Naples Recreation is offering youth tackle football for children in grades 4 through 6 who reside in or attend SAD 61.

The deadline for registering is Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. No registrations will be accepted after the deadline!

The cost of the program is $22 for Naples residents and $37 for non-Naples residents.

Registrations need to be done online at www.sports.bluesombrero. com/naplesrec. All registrations will be done online this year. If you do not have a computer, you can go to the library or stop in to the Naples Town Office for assistance.

The league has equipment that can be rented for the season, with a $25 deposit when you pick up equipment. The deposit is returned when the equipment is returned.

Equipment nights will be FOOTBALL, Page C

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Freedom of Hills: Table Mountain “The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

The joy of life comes from our encounter with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun,” — Aron Ralston, Between A Rock and A hard Place

By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Table Mountain is one of those delightful moderate hikes that I like to call a summer-time peak.

Access to it is via the Bear Notch Road, which is closed in the winter. Then, it is an additional 2.7-miles on snowshoes just to reach the trailhead for Table Mountain.

While not a huge distance to add to the 1.9 trail miles to the summit, most people wait until spring when the Bear Notch Road is open for cars before tackling Table.

Table Mountain is just south of Bartlett, N.H. and lies between Bear Mountain to the west and Attitash Mountain to the east. Farther east along the Attitash ridge are the Moats — South, Middle, and North Moat Mountains — overlooking the village of North Conway.

There are two ledges on Table Mountain that provide excellent views to the south and the southwest of the Sandwich Range, Pleasant Mountain, Mount Chocorua, Owl Cliff and Mount Tremont, and Crawford Notch. There was a forest fire in October 1984 leaving the ledges on Table Mountain bare.

Table Mountain near Bartlett is sometimes confused with the more popular Table Rock in Grafton Notch

State Park in Maine. There is also a Table Rock near Dixville Notch in northern New Hampshire and a Table Mountain in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

The names of the trails to Table Mountain have changed over the years.

Formerly hikers took either the Bear Mountain Trail from the Notch Road, or the Cilley Brook Trail from the Kancamagus Highway, to summit Table Mountain.

The Cilley Brook Trail is now abandoned and the Bear Mountain Trail is now the Attitash Trail. Attitash, by the way, is Abenaki for “blueberry”, and Attitash Mountain was so named

by Moses F. Sweetser in his 1891 White Mountains Handbook for Travelers.

The climb to the summit of Table Mountain is a moderate one as hikers play tag with the Louisville Brook and some modest cascades through a beautiful mature pine forest for the first mile or so of the trail. The final half-mile to the summit involves some moderately steep scrambling over gravely open ledges near the top.

The 28th edition of the AMC White Mountain Guide Book (2007) cautions that the Attitash Trail east from the summit of Table Mountain “appears to be used more by moose than by humans, and some sections are often very difficult to follow.” A June 3, 2011 hike by 1HappyHiker John Compton from Bethlehem, N.H. reported that this eastern portion of the trail was much improved from the AMC Guide report and was still being worked on by trail crews, so I would appreciate any updates from readers.

The Moats from the summit of Table Mountain.

We had heard from another hiker that there is a loop trail that connects the Table Mountain trailhead with the col between Attitash and Table, and would allow hikers to then follow the Attitash Trail back to the Bear Notch Road trailhead. When nine Denmark Mountain Hikers climbed Table Mountain in July 2014, we did not investigate this report – you always want to leave something to explore in the future, don’t you?

Hike Facts Table Mountain is in Carroll County, Bartlett, N.H. Difficulty: Moderate Hiking distance: 1.9 miles to the summit Hiking times: 1 hour 45 minutes to the summit Elevation: 2,610 feet.

Vertical Gain: 1,350 feet Coordinates: 44° 01’ 54”N 71° 15’ 47”W Topographic Map: USGS Bartlett 7.5-minute quad Directions to the trailhead: Go north on Routes 16 and 302 in North Conway and take the left (Route 302) fork towards Bartlett. There go left onto Bear Notch Road (closed in winter) and the Attitash Trail trailhead is located 2.7 miles south of Bartlett, on the left side of the road at the beginning of a curve. This is just before reaching the height of land on the road. There is a small dirt parking lot for a few cars at the trailhead.

Trail information: The main trail to the summit of Table Mountain is the

(Photo by John Patrick)

Three Denmark Mountain Hikers ascending Table Mountain. Pictured left to right: Joan Knolla, Nancy Sosman, Kathy Huchthausen. (Photo by Rick Dennen) Attitash Trail (formerly the Bear Mountain Trail). The trail follows old woods roads for a part of the way, and crosses Louisville Brook soon after the trailhead.

There are pretty cascades on the Louisville Brook at 0.6 miles. Near the summit are two ledges with nice views to the south and southwest.

The trail continues to Mount Attitash and the Moats after reaching the summit of Table Mountain.

At one time, the mountain could also be approached from the south via the Cilley Brook Trail. This trail, now abandoned, started at the Rocky Gorge Picnic Area on the Kancamagus Highway and connected in 2 ¼ miles to the Bear Mountain Trail below the summit of Table Mountain.

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 be on Mount Hight near Carter Notch, N.H. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers’ climb, check The Bridgton News community calendar.

LOVELL — The Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT) is pleased to announce these upcoming programs: Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 7:30 p.m., David Brown, “Track and Sign Identification: Back to Basics” at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library.

Was that a fox, coyote or the family dog that left its tracks in your backyard?

Brown, author of Trackards for North American Mammals and The Companion Guide to Trackards, will discuss Denmark Mountain Hikers ascending Table the basics of wildlife track Mountain are Dianne Sinclair (left) and John Patrick.

(Photo by Rick Dennen)

and sign identification. This slide program concentrates on the kind of animal evidence likely to be seen in the summer on the GLLT properties and other habitats in the Lovell area.

Thursday, Aug. 14 at 9 a.m., Guided walk at HealdBradley, leaving from Flat Hill parking area.

This walk follows David Brown’s evening lecture on animal sign and behavior.

Participants will explore different types of sign, starting at the ground looking for tracks and scat. The gaze

will then be directed to the trees to learn more about bark as a way to identify species. In an eco-approach to animal tracking, participants will learn to connect the animals in the forest with the trees that help provide their necessary habitat. Activity level: Moderate with some walking over uneven terrain.

Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m., Guided walk at Kezar River Reserve.

The trails at the Kezar River Reserve wind through flat and sloping terrain,

which has been shaped by the steady forces of nature since the last glacier receded from our landscape 10,000 years ago. This walk will focus on the unique geology and how this terrain provides habitat to animals that inhabit this area. Activity level: Moderate with some steeply sloped terrain.

For more information on these and other programs in the series, visit the GLLT website at www.gllt.org, e-mail bridie.mcgreavy@ maine.edu, or call 9251056.

Join Loon Echo Land Trust Stewardship Manager Jon Evans for a 90-minute easy to moderate informational walk at their newest preserve, Perley Pond-Northwest River this Saturday, Aug. 9, at 9 a.m.

The 150 acres of forest and wetland protect rich water resources and provide diverse habitat for many spe-

cies including two rare damselflies. The preserve also contains a unique pitch pine bog. The property includes the majority of Perley Pond, a 24-acre undeveloped, shallow pond that supports a variety of warm water fish species. The property also includes 2,000 feet along the Northwest River, a major tributary to Sebago Lake, the drinking water supply for 200,000 residents in southern Maine.

Take Route 107 south from Bridgton and follow

eight miles to Folly Road on the left, proceed on Folly Road for one mile to a bridge, and continue approximately another mile to a gravel pit on the right. From there, participants will walk along the shore of Perley Pond, proceed through the center of the property on a camp road then return back to the parking area. Sturdy shoes, bug spray and water are encouraged.

Loon Echo Land Trust protects land in seven towns in the northern Sebago Lake

region of Maine. Its mission is to conserve the region’s natural resources and character for current and future generations. Loon Echo protects over 5,900 acres of forest and wetlands and manages 25 miles of trails that are open to the public for walking, hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, hunting, fishing and other low impact recreation.

For more information about this event, contact Jon Evans at jon@lelt.org or 632-8510.

Region A – Sebago Lakes Region Warmer temperatures can impact fish feeding activity. If you are not catching many during the day, change your tactics and go fishing at night.

“When it gets warm, night time is the only time when bass are feeding in shallow water,” says IFW fisheries

biologist Francis Brautigam.

“If there isn’t a lot of food such as smelts available in the deeper, colder water, fish will move inshore during the night and early morning to feed.”

Brautigam mentioned several examples, including a lake trout that was stuffed full of banded killifish and juvenile sunfish, two spe-

cies known to stay close to shore.

“Normally largemouth bass will drop down to 10 to 15 foot depths during the day, and smallmouths are even deeper at 20-30 feet.

However, once it gets dark, they will cruise the shallower depths looking for crayfish and smaller fish,” said FISHING, Page C

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Day spent gliding across Highland Lake OUT ON THE WATER — Highland Lake was busy early Saturday morning as racers from across the state and beyond took part in the annual Maine Rowing Association event. Above, Brady Bohman rows past one of the course markers, while below Dave Grody and Dan Benson work in unison.

Following the race, participants enjoyed a luncheon on the grounds of Highland Lake Resort and an awards ceremony led by event organizers Brook Sulloway and Steve Collins. (Photos courtesy of Vernon Russell)

How sailboat racing makes God laugh (Continued from Page C) was during the start sequence, so plans to hold primarily on starboard tack on the first leg, and to avoid setting the spinnaker on the second, were out the window!

Sandy’s Sunfish and Read’s Santana were first to the windward mark. Eddy’s Thistle was not far back and in the rounding moved to first position. Knowles was right behind followed by Caron and Bean.

With the wind having gone left, the second leg varied from a run to a beam reach, and a spinnaker made sense for the boats that carried them.

At the gybe, it was Eddy and Read. After a short time, away went all the breeze on

the downwind third leg, and when it finally came back it compressed the fleet, bringing the boats behind down onto those ahead. At the gybe mark, Hat Trick was right on top of Eddy’s Windlord.

Windlord nearly hit the mark with the sailors onboard a bit too busy untangling spinnaker lines and raising jib to notice the mark dead ahead and only five feet away! That was close!

Up to the finish, Eddy managed to get some separation on Hat Trick back in the second spot. Rampage was in third at the final mark and held that position up to the finish. Full results follow below.

Thanks to Mark Cotton

(Continued from Page C) Don Johnson logged the longest putt at 24-feet, 1inch.

Birds: Gary Davis on 2, Ernest Anastos on 4, 6 and 17, and Cy Hunter on 9 and 11.

Plus Points: Ernest Anastos 7, Gary Davis 2, Ron Cross 1, John Severance 1 and Bob McHatton 1.

Next: Waukewan.

Library benefit Harrison Village Library’s Fifth Annual Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, Sept.

14 at 9 a.m. at Lake Kezar Country Club in Lovell. Fee is $70 per individual or $280 per team of four by Sept. 1 or $75 per individual or $300 per team of four after Sept.

1. Fee includes golf, cart and meal. Call 583-2970 or email sbernard@bates.edu for information about registration, prize donation and

hole sponsorship. Proceeds to benefit the library. Register online at www.harrison.lib. me.us/ — click link to calendar of events & newsletter at top of page then click link for registration.

Fairway chips

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Final Results 1. David and Elizabeth Eddy/Thistle Windlord 2. Walt Read and Craig Trend, Walt, Craig and Adam/ Santana 20 Hat Trick

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Race schedule Saturday, August 9: Tour de Lovell

The 9th Annual Tour de Lovell scenic 21.3-mile bicycle race takes place on Saturday, Aug. 9 beginning at 8 a.m. at the New Suncook Elementary School (Route 5) in Lovell. The race is hosted and organized by the Lovell Rec Department.

New for 2014: Neutral start time.

A Kid’s Tour, for ages under 14 (all bikes) will be held after the start of the Tour de Lovell. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Registration: $25 for the Tour, $10 for Kid’s Tour prior to Wednesday, Aug. 6; $35 for the Tour and $15 for Kid’s Tour after Aug. 6 to Race Day. Family rate: Three members or more, $60.

Fee includes Tour de Lovell t-shirt to the first 100 registrants, food/refreshments, awards and raffle.

Awards: First and second place for each age division, each category. Kid’s Tour to the first 10 finishers. Plus, first place award to year-round Lovell resident.

To register, go online to www.BikeReg.com

Saturday, August 9: Glow for It

The Bridgton Community Center is pleased to be sponsoring the Glow for It 5K/1-Mile Walk for 2014. This is the second annual Glow for It event, which raises funds for area nonprofit groups. Shelly Thurlow is the race director.

Race date is Saturday, Aug. 9 at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. For online preregistration through Aug. 8 go to www.glowforit.org Registration and packet pickup is Friday, Aug. 8 at Stevens Brook Elementary School from 4 to 7 p.m. Day of the race registration at Stevens Brook Elementary School will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The race starts at 8 p.m.

Registration forms and sponsor sheets are available at the Community Center, located on Depot Street. After party

immediately follows the race in the cafeteria of Stevens Brook Elementary School — runners/walkers are free all others $5 admission fee. For more information, e-mail glowforit5k@gmail.com.

Saturday, August 9: Dole 3 Mile Fun Run

Friends of George Dole at the Fryeburg New Church Assembly will host a three-mile race on the Mountain Division Rail Trail. The race begins at 8 a.m. at the Maine Visitor Center on Route 302 near the state line in Fryeburg.

Registration and sponsorship information can be found on the race website, www.dole3miler.com For more information, e-mail the race director at d3race@gmail.com or call 508-649-5982.

Proceeds of the race will help to support the camp, the Fryeburg New Church and the Mountain Division Rail Trail.

On Friday evening, Aug. 8, at 8 p.m., Rev. Dr. George F. Dole will present a free talk about the 1954 race with Roger Bannister at the lecture hall of the Fryeburg New Church Assembly, 84 Main Street, Fryeburg, (across the street from the Visitor Center). All are welcome to attend.

Saturday, August 16: Great Adventure Challenge

2014 is the seventh year for The Great Adventure Challenge at Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton. It is a unique triathlon that encompasses three disciplines. It involves approximately 2.5 miles of kayaking or canoeing over a closed course of 2.5 miles, followed by approximately 16-plus miles of designated trails of mountain biking, followed by a 2-mile run/hike/trek up and down Shawnee Peak, which has an elevation change of 1,300 feet.

The Challenge can be done by either individuals or by teams. Final registration is at 8:30 a.m. at Shawnee Peak.

The Challenge will start at 9 a.m. in Moose Pond, in your kayak or canoe. Registration fee is $60 for singles and $150 for teams. Registration fee is non-refundable after Aug. 14. Team rosters need RACE, Page C

Chainsaw will be artists’ brush GRAY — Four profesWILDLIFE CHAINSAW ARTISTS will be at the Maine sional chainsaw carver/artWildlife Park in Gray on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 11 a.m. ists will be at the Maine to 2 p.m.

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Thousands of people have enjoyed these beautiful life-sized carvings and have had their photographs taken with them.

Dan Burns is from the Augusta area and specializes in carving bears and birds. He does free-standing carvings as well as stumps.

Andrew Logan’s visions for his chain saw art comes easily to him as a descendant of generations of artistically talented people. His admiration and appreciation

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nature trails, a fish hatchery and other interactive exhibits and displays. The park is open daily now through Nov. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; visitors must leave the premises by 6 p.m.

Admission to the park is free for ages 3 and under; $5 for ages 4-12; $7 for adults; and $5 for seniors.

Groups of 15 or more are $3.50 per person.

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OXFORD — The glory days returned to Oxford Plains Speedway this past weekend as the track returned to Saturday night racing after trying Friday nights for the

past couple of seasons.

Winners on Whited RV night included Shawn Martin, Spencer Morse, Guy Childs Sr., Joe Pastore and Shawn Hinkley.

Point leader Shawn Martin survived all challenges, and took advantage of other driver’s bad luck to lay claim to the Budweiser Pro Late Model checkered flag. Race

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long leader Mark Lundblad Jr., and TJ Brackett tangled sending Brackett to the rear, and Lundblad to the pits hooked to a wrecker. Martin inherited the lead with four laps to go and held off Joe Pastore, who started dead last in the 24th position for the win. Following the lead pair were Tim Brackett, Scott Moore and Kyle Treadwell.

Sixth through tenth positions included Jeremy Davis, Alan Wilson, Gary Norris, Tommy Ricker, and Scott McDaniel.

Heat checkers flew for Lundblad, Donnie Wentworth and Billy Childs Jr. Joe Pastore dusted the P.A.S.S. Sportsman field, as Sam Gooden, Dan McKeage, Rusty Poland and Scott Dorr followed him to the stripe.

Pastore also captured the preliminary round.

Point leader Spencer Morse padded his lead by winning the Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy Street Stock 30 lap main event as he raced by leader Kyle Hewins on the fourth turn of the very last lap OPS, Page C

Martin wins wild one at OPS

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August 7, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page C

Fitness boot camp uses nature to tone up clients (Continued from Page C) NASM in corrective exercise,” she said.

“I am really interested in integrative and plant-based nutrition, so I may find a certification for that in the future,” she said.

Through Sunrise Fitness,

Young offers an indoor boot camp on Monday and Wednesday at 9 a.m. as well as a Tabatha class on Thursday at 9 a.m. Those classes take place at the new Fountain of You studio in Naples.

“I have clients that come

Youth football signup (Continued from Page C) held on Wednesday, Sept. 3 and Thursday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Plummer Field Complex, located off Route 11 adjacent to the American Legion. Scholarships are

also available to those who are eligible.

For more information, please contact Harvey Price Jr. at 693-6364, cell 5950602 or recreation@townofnaples.org

every week to my classes.

I get to know them the best I can in the short amount of time we have together each week. I learn about their goals, fitness history, diets, and what makes them motivated,” Young said.”

“I try to push each client to do their best each week and try not to cut too much slack but they all hear me saying to go at their own pace, compete against only themselves, do the best they can,” she said.

Young also does personal training out of her home gym as well as in her backyard, she said. Currently, she is

training several small groups that are not part of her classes.

Young likes the idea of doing small group training for interested parties looking to get fit together.

Additionally, Young has openings for one-on-one fitness training.

“My one-on-one clients I usually get to know very well during their consult with me.

I have a client (whom) I have been training three times a week for almost two years at her house and I know most of her family and some coworkers,” she said.

“I have a giant tire at

my house now for groups and clients, but I don’t have much of a way to get it to boot camp. I have clients flip it, do pushups, tricep dips, toe taps, hop-throughs, etcet-

era, with the tire,” she said. “‘Boot camp’ sounds more intimidating than it really is.

But, ‘fun outdoor total body group workout’ is too long of a name,” Young joked.

Bocce scoreboard In Week 11 action in the South Division: Henry’s Harrison Bocce League, +13, Worster’s +7, Searles Henry’s beat Caswell House +4, Long Lake -7.

4-2; Worster’s downed Searles 4-2; Mentus defeated Ruby’s 4-1; and Long Lake closed out Ace’s 4-1.

North Division: Mentus +10, Ace’s +1, Ruby’s -6, Caswell House -22.

Fishing report

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(Continued from Page C) Brautigam.

Anglers looking for trout and salmon will be happy to 38. Arid 30. African snake whose bite 10. Distinctive flair note that they are still catch42. Dictation taker 11. Retired, abbr. can be fatal, pl. ing salmon and lake trout on 45. Lacking vigor or energy 12. Iron ___ 35. Lode deposits Sebago Lake.

49. General Services 15. Heat again 37. Change for a five One angler notified Administration 39. Make a logical connection 20. “Pulling my leg,” e.g.

Brautigam that he caught 51. ______ whale 22. Dashboard abbr.

40. Plural of velum nearly 30 landlocked salm54. Lying facedown 24. Health problem 41. Customs, values and on one morning at the north 56. Parkinson’s disease drug remediation behaviors acceptable to end of Sebago. Brautigam 57. 1952 Olympics site 25. *”Back to School” or a social group says that many anglers are “Blackboard Jungle,” e.g. 58. Boris Godunov, for one 43. Astronaut’s insignia catching six to 12 salmon in 59. Full house, e.g.

26. “Gladiator” setting 44. “Vide _____” or “see the early morning hours on 60. Pugilist’s weapon 27. Dutch pottery city below” Sebago.

61. Prima donnas’ problems 29. Door ____ 46. *Mrs. Krabappel’s “You need to get up very 62. Was a passenger 31. Chinese dynasty (1368naughty student early. Typically the fishing 63. *Early hit from Michael 1644) 47. Big ____ at 7-Eleven slows after 9 or 10 a.m.,” Jackson 32. An outstanding example 48. *Lunch period activity 65. *Its business is picking up said Brautigam, who added of its kind 50. A secret look that with surface water and dropping off 33. Bridal path 52. Casual attire 67. Netherlands in the 34. *Hogwarts’ potions 53. Sports award temps in the low 70s, anglers Olympics professor 55. Goose egg should play and release fish 57. *Teacher who made “wha 36. Delhi wrap as quickly as possible as wha wha” sound high water temperatures are 60. *One for each class? stressful to these fish.

63. Very, in music Also of note on Sebago 64. ___-Wan was a 31-inch lake trout 66. Enter a computer caught early this week that 68. Sauvignon _____ likely weighed in the vicin69. National University of ity of 12 pounds. The angler Singapore released the fish as it was in 70. It follows the strophe and the 23-33 inch slot that must antistrophe be released.

71. Electricity pathway Region B – Central and 72. “C’___ la vie!”

Midcoast Area 73. Torn down If you are looking for brook trout, you may want DOWN to try a couple of ponds in 1. *Math class total central Maine.

2. *Done after school play “Anglers should try Gould 3. *High school breakout 4. Secretariat’s controls Pond in Sidney or Egypt 5. Brawl Pond in Chesterville,” said 6. Obedience school IFW fisheries biologist Jason command Seiders, “The fish may be 7. *Short for reading, writing deep, but the catch rates are and arithmetic high.”

8. Squalid These ponds were stocked 9. Waikiki dance heavily in the spring with brook trout that averaged approximately 10” in length.

The ponds are considered a “put and take” fishery, providing anglers with an opportunity to take home a couple of brook trout.

“Anglers should fish 15 to 20 feet deep. Small minnows or worms work best, but they are catching them trolling small lures deep as well,” said Seiders. Both ponds are relatively small with good roadside access, which makes them a good choice for fishing with a canoe.

Seiders has also been out on Maranacook Lake, monitoring the fishery. One note that may be of interest to anglers is that biologists confirmed that togue are reproducing naturally in Maranacook. The lake generally is stocked with lake trout, but with the confirmation of naturally reproducing togue, there won’t be a need to stock the pond with togue this year.

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This week’s puzzle theme: Back to School

ACROSS 1. Eat quickly and greedily 6. Store sign, abbr.

9. Life saver 13. Gastric woe 14. Poetic “before” 15. *Geometry tool 16. Mood disorder somewhat opposite of depression 17. Pitching stat

18. Fill with optimism 19. *Not needed for an oral test 21. *Jeff Spicoli’s history teacher 23. Blue feeling 24. *Do it to term papers, pre-word processors 25. Insane 28. Adherent of Sikhism

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Race schedule

(Continued from Page C) not be finalized until race day at the close of registration.

All proceeds go to support Good Neighbor Inc. Fundraising Committee for the purpose of providing opportunities to adults with mental retardation and autism.

For rules and registration information, see the race’s website at www.maineadventureracing.com

Saturday, August 16: Sacopee Valley Health Center 5K

The first Sacopee Valley Health Center 5K Race/Walk will be held on Saturday, Aug. 16 to benefit SVHC and promoting healthy choices. Preregister by Monday, July 14 and receive a free race t-shirt.

Location: 70 Main Street, Porter.

One-mile Fun Run starts at 8:30 a.m. 5K race/ walk starts at 9:15 a.m.

Preregistration fees are $7 for those 14 and under, and $17 for those 15 and older. Race day fees are $12 for 14 and younger, and $22 for 15 and older. Register a www. svhc.org or call 625-8126 for more information. A view of the course appears on the website.

Saturday, September 20: Loon Echo Trek

Touted as the toughest century in Maine, the Trek scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20 beginning at Shawnee Peak Ski Area in West Bridgton offers so much more than that. You can also choose the 25- or 50-mile rides or try the new 75-mile ride.

Prefer spending a beautiful September day hiking? Do a 4.5 or six-mile hikes over Pleasant Mountain. New this year is the Hike and Bike, an opportunity to enjoy both cycling and hiking.

All Treks are supported throughout the course with energy boosting foods, and participants are welcomed back to the base of Shawnee Peak for a delicious barbecue meal from Blizzard’s Pub, rejuvenating massages offered

by Freedom Day Spa and thirst-quenching Allagash beer!

Visit www.loonechotrek.org and register today.

Saturday, November 1: Moose Pond Half Marathon and 5K

The third annual Moose Pond Half Marathon and 5K will be held Saturday, Nov. 1, at 10 a.m. at Shawnee Peak. Online registration is now open. The half marathon is capped at 400 entrants, and online registration closes at midnight on Oct. 29.

Half marathon entries will be available on race day only if the cap hasn’t been reached (there’s no cap for the 5K). Entry fee: $45 for half marathon, $20 for 5K until Sept. 1; then $50 for half and $25 for 5K. T-shirts to all who register by Oct. 19. For questions about this event of if you’d like to volunteer, please contact Charles Scribner at MoosePondHalf@aol.com or 329-4284.

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WOMEN TAKING AIM — The Fryeburg Fish and Game Association hosted a National Rifle Association “Women On Target” instructional shooting clinic this past Saturday, Aug. 2. The program is designed to introduce women to firearms safety and handling and provide supervised hands-on experience with pistols, rifles and shotguns with NRA-certified instructors. The weather was perfect for a day of shooting at the range and everyone had a wonderful time learning new skills!

IFW weekly state fishing report (Continued from Page C) and can be found in different pockets in your favorite lake.

Try some live bait or jigs,” said IFW fisheries biologist Greg Burr.

Burr also noted that it is a good time of the year to target togue and salmon, as they are somewhat contained as well, right below the thermocline.

The barrier between cold water and warm water, known as the thermocline, can vary from lake to lake, but for the most part, it occurs somewhere between 25 and 30 feet in larger lakes, and sometimes it can be as deep as 35 feet.

Trout anglers are having success in smaller ponds fishing the thermocline there.

In small ponds, the thermocline can be a littler shallower, often between 10 and 17 feet.

“Fly casters are having

success at Little Pond in Franklin, which is fly fishing only, and catch and release.

It’s a neat little hike in.

Anglers are letting their lines sink to below the thermocline and getting some nice trout,” said Burr.

Anglers are still catching bass, just a little deeper this time of year. Try near the edges of weedbeds where there are drop-offs, or wait until the evening and cast some surface lures into the same area.

Region D – Rangeley Lakes “It’s been really quiet on the trout front up here in the Rangeley area,” said IFW fisheries biologist Bobby Van Riper. “Some anglers go after them with lead line and downriggers, but many anglers prefer to wait until the water cools instead of trolling.”

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oxygen. Most fish are just trying to endure the summer heart and aren’t looking to feed this time of year,” said Van Riper.

Van Riper notes that it is a good time of year to fish for bass in the southern part of the region, and suggests trying Clearwater Lake, Hancock Pond, McGurdy Pond or Norcross Pond for bass.

Region E – Moosehead Region Report submitted by IFW Fisheries Biologist Tim Obrey.

As July winds down the fishing gets a little tougher.

Salmon and lake trout are heading to depths below the thermocline in our larger lakes. Brook trout will get picky as the water warms and the hatches taper off.

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In some parts of the western mountains area, green drakes are still hatching, but that is solely in the northern part of the region. Some anglers are having luck on rivers fishing on the fringes of a deep pool with a big green drake fly.

This time of year, however, it can be challenging to catch trout.

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(Continued from Page C) to secure the victory. Hewins finished second ahead of Ryan Hewins, Keith Stuart and Richard Spaulding. Stuart and BJ Chapman won their respective qualifiers.

Guy Childs Sr. scored an impressive victory over multitime feature winner and point leader, Troy Jordan in the Ripley and Fletcher Ford Outlaw Sportsman feature event.

Michael Haynes, Steve Moon and Bryce Mains completed the top five. Jordan picked up the heat win.

The Banditos division continues to grow as eighteen cars rolled into the pit area to take part in their 20-lap main event.

Shawn Hinkley took no prisoners as he jumped out front and never looked back. Newcomer John Childs finished second ahead of Dan Wade, James Record and Cam Childs.

Racing action resumes this coming Saturday night as Pepsi sponsors the night’s activities. All kids are encouraged to bake a cake for their favorite driver to present to them at intermission. There will be a full card of Oxford Championship Series racing, plus the PASS Mods will be in town. Post time is 7 p.m. Adults are just $12, seniors and military personnel are just $10, and junior tickets are $5. Kids 5 and under are free.

For more information on Oxford Plains Speedway’s, Oxford Championship Series, visit the OPS website at www. oxfordplains.com, or call the track hotline at 539-8865.

Oxford Plains Speedway is located at 877 Main Street, on Route 26, in Oxford.

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Sports & area news

August 7, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page C

Local players help Bessey motor to Legion state finals moment was a crucial walk-off RBI single up the left field line, which coincidentally sent Mageles over the plate, lifting his team to a 4–3 win over Post 51 of Oakland and sending Bessey into the championship round.

In the championship game, Bessey Motors faced the Bangor Comrades, a team made up entirely of players from the 2014 Maine State Class A High School champion team. Mageles faced off against Trevor DeLaite for five innings, as well as tourney MVP Andrew Hillier the remaining four frames. Mageles dueled DeLaite and Hillier for six scoreless innings until Bangor hit a double, which opened the door for an eventual Comrade victory and tournament championship by a 2–0 score.

Bessey Motors finished the season as Maine State American Legion runners-up with a record of 22–5.

Mageles was named to the American Legion State All Tournament Team as a pitcher.

The success of this tournament is bittersweet for these two athletes. Mike and Matt have been playing baseball together since they started out in 12-year-old All Stars, eventually becoming best friends.

This Legion season ends their time playing together as they have now aged out of the Legion program.

In the fall, Mike will be returning for his second year of playing baseball for the Southern Maine Community College Seawolves in South Portland, while Matt will be heading to Boston College as a freshman.

IFW weekly state fishing report (Continued from Page C) ly in larger waters. We’ve had scattered reports from Moosehead Lake which indicate the fishing is hit or miss.

Some anglers, particularly in the Rockwood area are still able to find some cooperative fish down deep.

While the fishing is slowing down, our work hasn’t. This time of year we are very busy evaluating our lake trout waters.

We’ve handled a number of nice fish in the Moosehead Lake Region this summer.

We are also gearing up for the busy fall season and we plan to operate our fish weir on Wilson Stream, a tributary to Sebec Lake, this fall to evaluate the wild salmon population on one of Maine’s original salmon lakes. It will be a very interesting project as we hope to further evaluate the conditions that provide the best chance for these fish to pass over several falls on their way to reach their

spawning grounds.

Region F – Penobscot Region Looking to catch some trout? You ought to take a visit to Baxter State Park.

This summer, Region F crews have been in the park doing surveys of several ponds.

“We went into Basin Pond, which we hadn’t surveyed in a while. It still has a thriving population of brook trout.

It’s a couple of miles in, and it doesn’t get much fishing pressure. The water is gin clear and you can see bottom down to 30 feet,” said Nels Kramer, IFW fisheries biologist.

Over on Daicey, the surveys showed a healthy brook trout population, with nice fish over 16 inches.

Lost Pond revealed similar results, with very fat trout up to sixteen inches. Kramer noted that there still were some hex hatches occurring on Lost Pond, but felt they

might be over by now.

One of the appeals to fishing in the park is that some of the ponds have canoes that you can rent for a dollar an hour. Some ponds, like Daicey, have canoes on the rack that you can use. More remote ponds have canoes that are locked. Check with the ranger station for availability at the pond you would like to fish.

“It’s a tremendous resource all throughout the park. You can’t beat a dollar an hour to rent a canoe, plus you get gorgeous scenery and some great fishing,” said Kramer.

Region G – Aroostook Region Up north, the water has heated up, but there are still trout to be caught.

“Trout ponds are still offering hot fishing during the evening hatches, as long as anglers can find the right fly to match the hatch,” said Jeremiah Wood, IFW fisher-

ies biologist. “Daytime fishing in these areas has been slow. In many of the ponds, trout are feeding on midge larvae and scuds near the bottom and they can be difficult to catch.”

If you are looking to fish the rivers and streams, look for places with cool tributaries or areas that are spring fed. Otherwise, the river fishing has slowed right down.

On the larger lakes and ponds in the Fish River chain of lakes, folks are having success trolling deep, but Wood says generally you need to be 30 to 50 feet down in the water column.

Of course, this time of year is prime time to fish smaller brooks and streams.

“Anglers would be well served to bring a pocket thermometer on their fishing trips. Any stream in the area that is below 70 degrees should produce trout.”

TIME AT THE KEYS RECOGNIZED — Vance Jordan, pastor, hands a plaque to Natasha Proctor at the South Bridgton Congregational Church in recognition of the 30 years she has served as church organist.

A great pair: Bertha & Natasha

By Walt Bannon Special to The News She breathes in and out very deeply then sings a most beautiful song. She plays very nicely with others, and every week without fanfare, tells an old, old story to an eclectic group of children and adults.

Except for her times in recovery and rehab, she has given without asking in return. In her old age, her song is prettier than in her youth as she almost seems to have tuned her voice to blend with her surroundings. Have you figured out who she is?

If you guessed “Bertha,” you would be correct.

An audience of music lovers filled the pews of the South Bridgton Congregational Church to hear old Bertha once again come to life. Her aged keys were played by the masterful hands of Natasha Proctor, Carolyn Stanhope and Phil House.

The mighty old Holbrook organ roared back to life to the amazing pleasure of many at a special concert Sunday afternoon. After being almost completely rebuilt by Nick Orso, the time had come for the historic 1872 organ to “show her stuff!”

She did it with pleasure and the type of glory and humility that belongs to a nobleman or queen. Sitting stately in her quarters, Bertha spun out tunes of old stories like, The Old Rugged Cross and Amazing Grace, without missing a beat. For audience members, it was an experience not to be soon forgotten.

For Bertha, it was just life as usual. After 142 years of music performances, she still is ready and able to rise to the occasion and grace the sanctuary with the wonder of her beautiful song.

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New graduate

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Bessey Motors is a team based in South Paris and is made up of players from the Oxford Hills and Lake Region areas, as well as St. Dom’s High School in Auburn.

The tournament was comprised of 10 teams from across the five regional zones of the state, and featured Maine’s elite baseball players ages 1519.

Bessey Motors won five tournament games to earn a chance at the state title.

Mageles, a left-hand pitcher, threw three complete games in the short span of one week.

In the first game against Saco Fayette Staples, he led his team to an 11–1 win, which was shortened to eight innings by the 10-run mercy rule. His next outing, he handed the Brewer Falcons their first loss, shutting them out with a score of 40, garnering seven strikeouts.

Beauchesne, who plays shortstop, was key to the Bessey Motors successful defense, which only committed four errors the entire week.

He was impressive, making impossible diving catches in critical moments, includMIKE MAGELES of Bridgton helped ing administering a snag off lead his American Legion team — Bessey Mageles’ glove with a beautiMotors — to the state finals. The for- ful 1-6-4-3 play in their shutout mer Lake Region standout now attends against Brewer.

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Anna Williams named Irish Award winner

LOVELL — Anna Williams of Lovell is the 2014 recipient of the Kezar Lake Watershed Association’s Joan Irish Award.

Given annually since 2008 in memory of the Association’s longtime president, the award recognizes a student residing in the Kezar Lake watershed who has shown a serious interest in the environment and who intends to pursue that interest

at the college level. The winner is selected by local high schools from among their top-graduating seniors.

The daughter of Patrick and Penny Williams of Shave Hill Road in Lovell, Anna grew up on a farm, close to the land in a way that is rarer and rarer for her generation. She graduated from Fryeburg Academy in June and will attend the University of Maine, Orono this fall.

Anna explains that “during my senior year, I took AP Environmental Studies, and I have always been interested in and concerned about environmental issues, in particular waste pollution and animal well-being. I haven’t yet committed to a major, but I’m considering going into environmental science or English. After college, I hope to be able to find a job that I’ll love enough so that it

doesn’t feel like work!”

Anna’s favorite outdoor activities include swimming and gardening. She is also very active in the arts. A former dancer, she was a leading performer in Fryeburg Academy’s Jazz Ensemble.

Previous winners of the Joan Irish Award are Aaron Tripp, Jesse Sawin, Esme Marie, Lauren Brooking, Sylvia Brooks and Sasha Azel.

Tropical Smoothie Café adds sunshine CASCO — Camp Sunshine, a one-of-a-kind national retreat in Casco for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families, has received $640,000 from Tropical Smoothie Café as proceeds from the national smoothie and sandwich chain’s National Flip Flop Day campaign.

Tropical Smoothie Café has now raised and donated more than $2.5 million to Camp Sunshine through its National Flip Flop Day fundraising.

Camp Sunshine provides a welcome respite for children and their families coping with such life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, kidney disease and lupus.

More than 250 family members, volunteers and staff looked on as Mike Rotondo, Tropical Smoothie Café’s chief executive officer, presented the $640,000 check to Camp Sunshine Founder Anna Gould on Monday (Aug. 4).

Rotondo was joined by members of the Tropical Smoothie Café Support Center, along with several Tropical Smoothie Café area developers, store owners and employees who are volunteering at Camp Sunshine this week as part of Tropical Smoothie Café Week.

Tropical Smoothie Café raised the funds during its eighth annual National Flip Flop Day (www.nationalflipflopday.com), which took place in June at each of the more than 375 locations

across the country. Stores gave away free smoothies to flip flop-wearing customers, who were also encouraged to make donations to Camp Sunshine.

In addition to the $2.5 million raised through National Flip Flop Day already, Tropical Smoothie Café last year also pledged to provide $1 million for Camp Sunshine’s endowment — the largest corporate gift of its kind toward sustaining the Camp Sunshine program in perpetuity.

Camp Sunshine is located on 25 acres donated by Anna and Larry Gould on beautiful Sebago Lake. Since its inception in 1984, Camp Sunshine has provided a haven for more than 40,500 individuals from 48 states and 24 countries.

“What an incredible outpouring of support from the customers, employees, and franchisees of Tropical Smoothie Café. We are once again humbled by their increased support,” said Anna Gould, founder of Camp Sunshine. “Tropical Smoothie Café’s heartfelt commitment will have lasting impact on Camp Sunshine’s future. Ultimately it is the families of children with lifethreatening illness that will truly feel the impact of their generosity.”

Camp Sunshine began its partnership with Tropical Smoothie Café in 2008 when the national chain found Camp Sunshine listed as a top-rated charity by Charity

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TEAMING UP — Camp Sunshine Founder Anna Gould and Tropical Smoothie CEO Mike Rotondo pose for a photo after the cafe chain donated $640,000 to the Casco retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Navigator. Impressed by the Tropical Smoothie Café camp’s fiscal responsibility, team, our dedicated franchinational reach, and compel- sees and loyal customers and ling mission, the company look forward to our continchose Camp Sunshine to be ued support for many years,” its national charity partner Rotondo said.

Founded in 1997, Tropical — and beneficiary of its National Flip Flop Day fund- Smoothie Café is a fast-casuraising and promotional cam- al restaurant concept whose franchise partners inspire paign.

The money raised this year healthy lifestyles in comwill be used primarily to pro- munities across the country. vide sponsorships for more Catering to all day-parts, than 200 families to attend Tropical Smoothie Café Camp Sunshine throughout serves breakfast, lunch and the year, which includes sup- dinner, including smoothies, porting families’ travel costs. salads, wraps, sandwiches, “I’m so proud of the flatbreads and more.

HARRISON — Newly elected Maine Lions District Governor, Steven E. Johnson of Harrison, was sworn in at the International Lions Conference held in Toronto, Canada on July 9, 2014.

With 35 years of service as a Lions Club member, Johnson used the past year as district governor elect to travel throughout the state and meet club members as far south as Kittery, as far north as Stratton and as far east as Ellsworth. Johnson is truly inspired by the community service provided by the 75 Maine clubs and 2,300 Lions members.

“The opportunity to hear about and see firsthand, the impact that our Maine Lions have on those in need leaves me humbled as the newly elected governor. The volunteerism of these men and women supports those throughout the state, the country and the world who need our help,” Johnson said.

Lions are the largest service organization in the world with 1.35 million members in 220 countries. Some Maine clubs have over 100 members and some has as few as 20.

Lions Clubs incur no administrative costs; therefore every dollar of every fund-

raising effort goes to those various causes supported by the Lions.

Even with the Lions being the largest service organization, Johnson includes increasing membership as one of his primary district goals this year and encourages others to consider joining a local Lions Club.

“The needs in Maine are many and we enthusiastically invite men and women of all ages to consider learning more about their local club and opportunities for service.

The opportunity to serve with others who care is rewarding, and knowing just a few hours a month makes a lasting difference for our neighbors is a very good feeling. There is camaraderie and enjoyment in serving as a Lion — we enjoy helping others and each other,” said Johnson.

Other district officers include: Cliff Roderick, first vice district governor (Bridgton), Michele Crocker, second vice district governor (Windsor), Secretary, Maureen Johnson (Harrison), and Treasurer, Gordon Moore (Kittery).

Those interested in learning more about your local Lions club are encouraged to visit mainelions.org

Great pair: Bertha & Natasha AARP Smart Drive course (Continued from Page C) Additionally notable is that for almost a quarter of its life, Natasha Proctor has been playing this organ. She had only been asked to fill in temporarily over the summer, but the gig never ended. Natasha was recognized for this remarkable achievement at the event as well. You’d have to wonder if Bertha knows when Natasha is sitting at her bench. From a pew perspective, I’d say she even knows when Natasha enters the church. I look at the organ and see her smiling from

low pipe to low pipe.

What’s Ms. Proctors’ secret of longevity, playing for over 30 years on the same keyboard where her fingerprints are now certainly embedded? She says, “The love of playing!”

If organs could speak, I’m sure this one would tell us a lot of old, old stories. For now, it’s just pleasing to know that Bertha breathes in and out very deeply every week and sings her lovely songs to expecting ears without complaint and, is good to go for another century of singing.

Participants should register before Aug. 30 for the new AARP Smart Driver course for drivers age 50 and older.

The course will be presented from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St, Bridgton, on Saturday, Sept. 6.

The early registration is needed because class size is limited. To register, please call the Community Center at 647-3116. The registration

fee is $15 for AARP members, $20 for others.

AARP Driver Safety introduced its new Smart Driver course as the latest revision of the nation’s first and largest classroom refresher course for experienced and mature drivers.

Class participants review safe driving strategies, defensive driving techniques, new traffic laws and rules of the road.

The class helps older drivers adjust their driving to age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

Drivers in Maine 55 years of age and older are entitled to discounts on their insurance premiums for three years after taking or re-taking this course. There are no written tests. For more information, visit the Maine Driver Safety website at DriverSafetyMe. weebly.com

Opinion & Comment

August 7, 2014, The Bridgton News, Page D

Dark Side of the Sun

by Mike Corrigan BN Columnist

What’s up, Doc?

“Doc, I know I just saw you last week for the diabetes on my elbow, but now I seem to have this dull pain, right… here.” And I grab my spleen and kind of wiggle it around.

“Is this a new pain?”

“No, I’ve had it for years. In fact, I inherited it from my father just after he died, although my brother tried to claim it for himself, kind of a legacy disease. But I convinced him to take the house instead.”

“I see.”

“No, you don’t see. Again! Obviously! Look at my spleen, for God’s sake. It’s protruding out into the atmosphere by a good foot. I must have a tumor the size of a shoe in there…

Wait, what are you doing?”

“Aha! There was an old sneaker wedged under your shirt.”

“So that’s where it went! Phew! And I thought that stench was just decaying flesh. Hey, I feel better. Thanks, doctor!”

“Yeah, me and House. Anything else, for this time?”

“Nothing much, except for the usual tuberculosis on my foot. Of course, you’ll just say it’s poison ivy or some-

Catching the late show Views from the Uppermost House

by S. Peter Lewis BN Columnist

I’m no fawning entomologist. There, I said it.

But if I was a bug-lover, I would have a huge crush on a certain regal mayfly that breeds in local waters named Hexagenia limbata, a gigantic (relatively speaking), pale, golden-yellow beauty, ephemeral, crepuscular (verging on nocturnal), and mysterious. And, I have on good authority, delicious.

A recent evening found me creeping slowly down a certain dirt road toward a certain backwoods pond, laden with flyfishing equipment and full of anticipation and coffee. There were four vehicles parked where the road quits at the water’s edge, all SUVs or pickups, each dragging an empty trailer.

Far out on the glassy surface, I saw four boats, one quite fancy, and heard the familiar commotion of the distant basshunters, yabbering on in their fisher-jargon while flinging enormous chartreuse rubber worms with high hopes toward the weedbeds.

I would not be joining their fiberglass and aluminum regatta; instead I would be using what is often referred to (with just a hint of derision) as a “belly boat.” This is an inflatable raft-thingy that you wear around your waist. It sits you in the water, your butt in a nylon sling, your back and arms supported on pneumatic tubes, and your legs and flippered-feet dangling below (providing both locomotion and a certain intimate vulnerability). There are zippered pockets all around, a backrest, and a mesh nylon shelf that straps over your lap (where you admire your fish, just before release).

Clumsy to waddle around with on land (you have to walk backwards, because of the flippers), a belly boat morphs into something quite elegant and graceful once afloat. And it’s horribly stealthy and efficient, putting you nearly at eye-level with your quarry: “death from above,” one prominent fisherwriter wrote.

So out onto the pond I paddled, silent and with a low profile. Ready for action, but not too ready. For, you see, nothing was happening…yet. And nothing would happen, I estimated SHOW, Page D

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Bird Watch

by Jean Preis BN Columnist

Who is fishing?

The sky is slightly overcast this morning, the air is pleasantly cool, and only a few small ripples slide across the surface of the lake. From where I sit on our dock, I can see two women in the distance, standing on their paddleboards. They chat quietly and dip their paddles into the water in a leisurely fashion, more interested in conversation than in reaching a destination. There are no boats moving on the lake right now, but earlier in the day we noticed several people fishing from boats. Fishing is a popular pastime on the lake, and humans are not the only ones who come here in summer with the hope of catching fish. Many birds spend the warmer months around our lakes and, like humans, they fish in a variety of HOOF-CARE SPECIALIST — Farrier Colleen O’Conner travels all over southern Maine to give horses a new set of shoes, ways.

The great blue heron fishes by standing quietly in shallow and she has been a regular exhibitor for several years at Scribner’s Mill’s Back to the Past, held last weekend in Harrison. water waiting for prey, and when it sees something moving it grabs it with a long sharp bill. The belted kingfisher perches organisms that deplete oxy- make up the majority of His mission, if he chooses in trees along the shore. It flies from tree to tree, calling with gen and kill fish. people at the polls in Maine, to accept it, is to recapture a loud rattling sound, and when it spots a fish it flies out Effective regulations to so candidates might con- what has become known from its perch, hovers above the surface, and then dives head limit dumping of animal sider addressing the main as the “Sussman Seat” for first to catch the prey in its large, strong bill. Bald eagles are waste into water supplies issues identified in the sur- the people of Maine’s First experts at catching fish, but they also hunt ducks successhave been blocked by the vey. Working on these issues Congressional District. fully, and will feast on carrion when they can find it. When meat industry. will make Maine a better The nominal holder of that fishing, the bald eagle perches high in a tree with a good view Fortunately, every one of place for everyone as we all seat is Chellie Pingree. But, of the lake, or it soars high above the water. When it spots a us has the power to stop this continue aging. of course, the real owner is fish it flies down, extends its legs forward, snatches the fish To The Editor: outrage three times a day Rich Livingston the mega-wealthy offshore FISHING, Page D I read your article about by saying “no” to pollutAARP Maine Volunteer hedge fund operator, Donald my town of Casco spending ing meat and dairy products.

State President Sussman. He also is major$25,000 on cats. Casco is Our local supermarket offers Auburn ity owner of the Democrat not a rich town. We have a ample alternatives. Entering Party in Maine, most of food pantry, free breakfast “live vegan” in a search Maine’s daily newspapers, and lunch programs because engine provides useful reciMaine People’s Alliance, there is a need, we have real pes and transition tips. and finances most of their

by Dawn De Busk estate tax problems that are Booker Niland activities. forcing people out of their Bridgton To The Editor: Before Barney Frank’s BN Columnist homes, yet we can spend This is a desperate plea to retirement from Congress $25,000 on cats. This is outIsaac Misiuk, candidate for (to the relief of most of the rageous. Oh yeah, the owner Congress in Maine’s First western world), Sussman of the cats said she would District. I have a “Mission for was part owner of Barney’s pay, good luck with that.

Musiuk.” Some would say seat, ferrying him around the What other foolish spending To The Editor: it’s a “Mission Impossible.”

LETTERS, Page D of our tax dollars is going If candidates are wonderI am the poster child for the petroleum industry. on? ing which issues are of the This truth sinks in as a source of embarrassment and a Dave O’Connor greatest concern to Maine’s misrepresentation of what I think I believe in.

Casco property owner most active voting demoMy Camry consumes about $50 worth of refined petroleum for 50 years graphic, a new AARP sura week. That is during a typical week. This past week was not

By Stan Cohen vey can help. AARP recenttypical; and, my car gobbled up almost twice that amount.

Medicare Volunteer Counselor ly surveyed 2,000 registered That’s because I drove 80 miles a day to get my daughter to An article by Jordan Rau in Kaiser Health News voters in Maine, age 50 and and from a theater camp in Standish. During the last week in (June 22, 2014) reported some interesting data about older to see what issues they July and on the first day of August, my gasoline consumption hospital-acquired infections. find most important for canincreased while my carbon footprint was heavy.

In 2012, according to government estimates, one To The Editor: didates to focus on.

To make the situation worse, a failed seal has been leaking out of every eight patients nationally suffered a potenLast weekend, the drinkThe survey results motor oil — at the rate of a quart every three days. tially avoidable complication during a hospital stay. ing water of 400,000 Toledo It smells nauseating. It smokes like an Indian chief or the residents was fouled by ani- revealed that older Mainers The Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction will likely vote for a candiMarlboro Man. It turns my stomach. Whenever I breathe it in mal waste. With unfettered Program, created by the 2010 health law has already date who will work on creator imagine the four pistons running short of lubrication and growth of animal agriculture put in place sanctions on hospitals whose readmission ing age-friendly communicoming to a fatal halt, it sickens me. rates due to avoidable infections are too high. and ineffective discharge ties, work to ensure finanIt upsets me equally to see the black substance left behind, regulations, it will happen Nationally, rates of some infections are decreasing. cial stability for seniors, escaping unchecked into the environment everywhere that I again in our own state.

Catheter-related infections, for instance, dropped 44% support caregivers, and fight park. between 2008 and 2012. Still, the Center for Disease The problem has become In fact, the entire underneath of the engine is coated black pervasive. Waste from against fraud in the state.

Control estimates that in 2011, about 648,000 patients as a baby seal in Prince William Sound during the Exxon chicken farms has rendered Nearly 70% of those sur— one in 25 — picked up an infection while in the veyed considered it a top Valdez oil spill. hospital, and 75,000 died. Unfortunately, new strains the ocean off the East Coast or high priority for Maine As a matter of fact, the oil is so dense, so profuse and so unfit for fishing. Waste of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are making infections widespread that my mechanic cannot find the exact source from Midwest cattle ranches elected officials to support much harder to cure. age-friendly communities. of the leak.

Those hospitals with the worst rates will lose 1% of carried by the Mississippi One important message to I will get it fixed: I can no longer be the poster child for River has created a permaevery Medicare payment for a year starting in October. the candidates from the surpetroleum consumption.

In April, federal officials released a preliminary analynent “dead zone” in the Gulf Plus, I’ve had too many awkward moments along the of Mexico — larger than vey: older adults in Maine sis of which hospitals would be assessed, identifying want to stay in their homes way.

761. When Medicare sets final penalties later this year, that of the infamous 2010 as they age — help make One July morning, I met up with a bus that the Sierra Club BP oil spill. that list may change because the government will be that possible! rented. The bus was headed to an anti-tar sands rally in New looking at performance over a longer period than it Animal agriculture Another major issue of Hampshire. Although my daughter paid the $10 fee from her dumps more pollution into used to calculate the draft penalties. The preliminary concern for older voters is birthday money and hopped aboard the bus, I stuck stub- our waterways than all other list includes 20 hospitals in Maine, of which six have financial security.

People bornly to my automobile. scores that would put them in the “penalty box.” human activities combined. want to be able to retire In a total state of contradiction, two bikes were bungeed Principal pollutants are ani“We want hospitals focused on patient safety and and still have the security onto the bike rack of my gas-gobbling, motor oil spreading mal manure, fertilizers, as we want them laser-focused on eliminating patient of knowing that they can rig. harm,” said Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer well as soil particles, organ- afford to live their lives. This I decided to drive the Toyota to the White Mountains ic debris and pesticides from of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. instead of moving those bikes into the cargo area and taking feed cropland. Manure and means having affordable Stan Cohen, a Medicare volunteer counselor, homes, affordable prescripthe bus. is available for free, one-on-one consultations by fertilizers promote growth tion drugs, as well as proAt the time, three days had passed since I checked the oil of toxic algae that poison appointment only. Call 647-3116 to arrange for an level. When I got to the rally site, I parked above a grate that drinking water supplies. tecting programs like Social appointment.

Security and Medicare.

Organic matter feeds microVoters age 50 and older PETROL, Page D

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Small World

by Henry Precht BN Columnist

A short history of Gaza

It might be useful to review the history of Gaza before it is erased under Israeli assault.

The first thing we need to know is that Samson, the ancient Israeli judge, lived there and performed heroic deeds.

A haircut did him in, reducing him to servitude. In due course, his long locks returned and with them his strength.

He used his rejuvenated power to bring down the temple of the Philistines (ancient name for Palestinians) killing all their elite — and himself.

Skipping right along over the millennia and Persians, Turks and British, we find that the narrow Gaza Strip was where the Egyptian army ended up after having been defeated in the Arab war on newly-born Israel in 1948. Crowding in behind them were maybe 80,000 Palestinians, who were forced from their farms and villages when Israel took over the territory (plus some) awarded by the United Nations in an abortive two-state deal. Today, those survivors and their descendants registered with the United Nations make up over half of the 1.7 million inhabitants of the Strip.

Gaza, like other Palestinian territories, has one of the world’s highest rates of population growth: almost 3% annually.

In the early days after 1948, Palestinians used to sneak across the border to see to their crops or to attack Israelis, who had moved in. The latter usually responded with great force. One such attack on the Egyptian army humiliated Nasser and led him after some twists and turns into the arms of the Soviet Union. Gaza was lost by Egypt in the 1967 war with Israel; Egypt didn’t ask for the troublesome land’s return in the Camp David peace treaty that Sadat negotiated with Israel.

When I worked in Cairo in the early 1980s, my wife and I drove through Gaza and the West Bank and Israel with never a problem at crossing points or in the crowded cities and towns. Those beguiling conditions were not to last, however.

Restless youth, rebelling against occupation, became difficult for Israel to control; the protection of several colonies of settlers was burdensome.

In 2005, Israel’s Prime Minister Sharon had enough. The poverty-ridden enclave wasn’t worth the maintenance costs.

He closed down the settlements and withdrew the troops, while keeping control of the borders (except with Egypt). A year later in elections encouraged by Israel and the United States, Gazans voted overwhelmingly and freely for Hamas, the Islamic, self-declared enemy of Israel. The following year, the moderate Fatah Palestinian faction moved on Hamas and lost the fight. Both Washington and Jerusalem rejected the selection of a named terrorist bunch as de facto rulers of Gaza. Israel imposed a land, sea and air blockade.

This tense situation persisted, punctuated by sporadic Israeli air raids and random Hamas guidance-less rocket attacks. A major conflict erupted in late 2008, taking the lives of 1,462 Palestinians (5,300 wounded) and 13 Israelis — figures certain to be exceeded in the present violence.

After staging a coup against the Moslem Brotherhood in Cairo, the Egyptian military ended that country’s tolerant attitude (Hamas being a step child of the MB). The Egyptian GAZA, Page D PUBLIC NOTICE

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FOOT-STOMPIN’ — With Maureen Mathieu on mandolin, and Maine Country Music Association Hall of Famer Louis Mathieu on guitar, the Saccarappa Boys added their special flair of old-time country music to last weekend’s Back to the Past celebration at Scribner’s Mill in Harrison.

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(Continued from Page D) world in his corporate jet.

That raised eyebrows since Barney’s House Committee had oversight jurisdiction over Sussman’s offshore (not Vinalhaven) hedge fund activities. Barney Frank is remembered as the single most responsible entity for our longstanding and current economic malaise. Sussman now employs Barney as a columnist for his newspapers, the first job he’s ever had in his whole lifetime.

The usual situation is for the challenger to challenge the incumbent to a series of debates. But, in this case, I suggest Misiuk eliminate the middleman and “cut to the chase.” Misiuk should challenge Sussman to a series of 10 debates, unmasking him for the puppeteer that he is.

The need is immediate since Sussman ships most assets offshore. He even stays offshore (Vinalhaven) when in Maine. He may even decide to move our First District Congressional Seat offshore. Go get him, Isaac! Don’t waste your time debating Chellie.

Roxy Hagerman Bridgton

To The Editor: Henry Precht’s column in the July 24 edition of The Bridgton News comparing Israel to the Nazis is a low blow even for him, a man obsessed with Israel. Eleven million Muslims have been killed in the Middle East since 1948, 0.5% of them by Israel in wars in which Israel has lost 25,000 of its own.

Do you recall regular Precht columns on the slaughters in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan and Iran? I don’t.

Like many State Department alums, Precht bears enormous ill will toward the only democratic state in the region — Israel — and blames it for all problems with the Palestinians, though the Palestinians have rejected every peace offer that came their way. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005.

Hamas seized control after slaughtering Fatah soldiers in 2007. They have been occupying and controlling Gaza ever since, not Israel. Egypt also borders Gaza. They closed their crossings with Gaza because Hamas jihadists were crossing into Sinai and killing their soldiers. If Gaza is so starved, how did they accumulate 10,000 plus

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The Board of Selectpersons will hold a meeting on August 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: 1. An application for a catered function submitted by Churchill Events for an outdoor event for property located at 34 Brook Hollow Road on September 13, 2014.

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Please take notice that Watkins Shores Road Association, c/o 32 Watkins Shores Road, Casco, ME 04015, is intending to file a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 480-A thru 480-BB on or about July 31, 2014.

August 18, 2014 Casco Community Center 940 Meadow Road 7:00 P.M.

1. Approve Minutes of July 21, 2014.

2. David K. McGrath has filed an application for a Dimensional Variance to permit construction of a 24'x32' garage with one large door and storage on each side. Applicant has requested a 15' reduction from the required 40' side setback to 25', and a 19' reduction from the required 40' rear setback to 21' to permit construction of the garage.

The property is known as Map 27, Lot 1, and is commonly known as 588 Roosevelt Trail, and is located in a Commercial District.

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A request for a public hearing or a request that the Board of Environmental Protection assume jurisdiction over this application must be received by the Department in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is found by the Department to be complete and is accepted for processing. A public hearing may or may not be held at the discretion of the Commissioner or Board of Environmental Protection. Public comment on the application will be accepted throughout the processing of the application.

The application will be filed for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection’s office in Portland during normal working hours.

A copy of the application may also be seen at the municipal offices in Casco, Maine.

Written public comments may be sent to the regional office in Portland where the application is filed for public inspection: MDEP, Southern Maine Regional Office, 312 Canco Road, Portland, Maine 04103.

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rockets, which they have fired at Israel, with but a few second’s warning for Israelis to get to bomb shelters.

Precht is dismissive of the rockets and mortars, as if he wished they could kill more Jews, and then he might feel differently about them.

How did Hamas get all the concrete for the tunnels designed for their gunmen to sneak out and slaughter Israelis in border villages?

That must be the concrete Israel allowed in for buildings, schools and hospitals.

Precht should check his antiSemitic libels at his computer before striking the keys if this is the best he can produce.

Richard Baehr Chicago, Ill. and Naples

Proof of corruption

To The Editor: If ever the American people needed proof that our Federal government was totally corrupt, as well as grossly dysfunctional, we now have a stark example of it on our southern border with Mexico.

Tens of thousands of illegal aliens are pouring across our border in an unending tidal wave of desperate humanity. Our border agents are so overwhelmed by this assault on our sovereignty that, for all intents and purposes, they are reduced to changing diapers and babysitting, while having to essentially ignore their primary duties.

Many of these illegals were enticed to make the long and extremely dangerous journey

by President Obama’s frequent pronouncements that, if they could make it across our border, their chances of remaining in America were just about ironclad!

One can only imagine the field day that the human and drug traffickers are enjoying, with the border agents so overwhelmed by the surge of humanity entering our nation illegally.

It is a safe bet that waves of terrorists are infiltrating our border as well. We will surely rue the day we decided to cease enforcing our borders.

To be fair, both major political parties, for decades now, have been guilty of allowing the illegal crossing of our border to morph into a free pass to enjoy all the benefits that America has to offer, if you could successfully sneak across the bor-

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THREE (3) POSITIONS ON THE CASCO ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS The Zoning Board of Appeals currently meets on the third Monday of the month at the Casco Community Center.

TWO (2) POSITIONS ON THE CASCO PLANNING BOARD The Planning Board currently meets on the second Monday of the month at the Casco Community Center.

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A low blow for Henry

der.

Republicans loved the hordes of cheap labor that illegals represented, and Democrats were given billions of dollars more in welfare funds so that they could continue to greatly expand the welfare state. The Dems rightly assumed that the millions of illegals that were now so firmly entrenched into our culture would be granted citizenship with the right to vote, for the Democratic Party, of course.

Many of the children pouring across our border are fleeing the desperately poor and dangerous conditions that prevail in so much of Central America. I wish that we could take in all the people worldwide that live under conditions that most Americans would find utterly appalling if we had to endure them.

We have to return to being a nation that lives under the rule of law. Unfortunately, we have a president whose administration and party only enforce the laws that line up with their radical agenda, and ignore those that would slow their transformation of America.

Barack Obama might as well be Emperor Obama. He sure acts like one as his reign continues to exact a terrible toll on our nation.

If we open our border to any and all that want to come here, we will in short order be reduced to third world status ourselves, and the world would become a much darker and dangerous place than it is presently.

I feel blessed beyond belief to have been born an American. Our forbearers paid a terrible price in blood and treasure to construct for us the most magnificent experiment in representative democracy the world has ever seen. I am afraid that we are letting our good fortune slip rapidly through our fingers.

Americans have historically been by far the most generous people in the entire world. When a major tragedy strikes anywhere across the globe, we are the first ones to respond with a massive outpouring of love, compassion and financial assistance.

If our government wasn’t so corrupt, and in the habit of squandering tens of billions of dollars every year to bribe special interest groups and their legions of crony buddies on Wall Street, we could be even more generous in our giving to the billions of people around the world who are deeply mired in extreme poverty.

There is a passage in scripture that says, “…to whom much is given, much is expected.” I believe that America has an obligation to be a blessing to others, even more so than we are now.

The eyes of the world are upon us during this most difficult and tragic time, as the world seems to be coming apart at the seams. Even more importantly, I believe our creator’s gaze is fully upon us as well. How will we respond?

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton LETTERS, Page D

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Camp Mataponi

To The Editor: In the July 24th issue of The Bridgton News, in the article about Camp Mataponi, I have a couple of remarks.

This camp may have been established in 1910, but in the early 1920s it was known as Highland Nature Camp and the director was Dr. Eugene Lehman of New York. I know this is so, because my father was the caretaker there until 1929. He, my mother, and four siblings lived in a house on camp property. But, in that year, 1929, on a cold January night a fire started from sparks from the chimney, and we lost everything, and my father lost his job as well. But, Ed Douglass became caretaker for quite awhile. He had married my mother’s sister, who had come to visit from England.

They had one son, my cousin Lawrence, who lives in Cornish and comes to visit me. He had happened to visit the day after the paper came in the mail, so we had quite a chat about the camp, and it will always be H.N.C. to us,

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not Mataponi.

He also mentioned Mr. Fred Schutz, an old German who was a part-time caretaker, as such. After World War I, he changed his nationality from German to Swiss. Laurie also said he had got medals somehow. He was buried in North Sebago. He lived in the house called “Wake Robin,” which is still standing but in disrepair.

After the fire, our father took us to Wake Robin because Fred was there and the house was open.

Our sister Rita was born in 1925, while we were at camp.

We had a good Christmas in 1928, with four dolls on the tree and a live one in a baby bed. 1929 was a year for us; Peggy arrived in July and then the fire happened in January.

Our father had a lot of jobs after that, and we moved many times.

A bit of trivia about H.N.C. One of the girls, who was a camper, grew up to be an actress in Hollywood. Her stage name was Lauren Bacall.

A p.s. — For more information about Dr. Lehman and his H.N.C., it can be found in the Naples Town History in an interview with Dr. Lehman

by Robert Dingley (a former reporter for The News). He also compiled the Naples Town History.

Ferne Adams Naples

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The border, Part VIII

To The Editor: I recently returned from another trip to the border and can report, with great relief and satisfaction, that everything there is safe, orderly and calm.

I would like to say it was our Southern border, but this trip was to our Northern border Port of Entry town of Madawaska, Maine, across the St. John River from Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. The people along the border towns of Grand Isle, Madawaska and Fort Kent were getting ready for the Acadian festival, with Acadian flags flying everywhere, many with the names of Acadians, such as Dubois/Bouchard; I am a Boyer/Paquette on my mother’s side.

Québec libre!

There was a steady stream of traffic back and forth across the international bridge at Madawaska. One evidence of the (mostly) amicable relations between the United States and Canada was the operation of the Twin Rivers paper company. On the Canadian side, the logs are processed into a slurry and piped across the river to their facility on the U.S. side

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By Jen Deraspe I love walking in the woods mindfully to see what catches my attention. Without question, I always get a lesson when I pause long enough to listen.

One particularly peaceful day, I found myself walking along the water’s edge of the mountain brook I caretake on, this land I live on. There is a moss-lined granite chute that draws me in every time. Following winds and rains, the leaves find their way into the brook, adhering to the granite bed even though the current was very strong over the top of the leaves. There they were, all these leaves lined up next to each other with the crystal clear water passing over them possessing all the stillness and sense of place imaginable in the face of the forces pulling on them to keep moving downstream. I was so taken… moss gently holding the fallen leaves anchored while water rushes over each leaf.

Downstream from the chute lies a pool of water, spinning and turning, creating its own whirlpool. I placed a small branch in the channel upstream and watched intently. The twig sped down the chute and dropped into the pool. As long as the twig remained on the water’s surface, it carried on in circles, chasing its own tail. Adding more sticks to the flow, it soon became a tangled mess of confusion, branches bumping, colliding, even getting stuck on top of each other, creating a haphazard dam. Alas, the next introduced twig found their way beneath the whirlpool’s surface, diving deep into the cold, dark water. I watched it, suspending in a surreal stillLISTEN, Page D MASONRY D & D Masonry Chimneys/fireplaces/walks/etc.

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Bass Heating Oil Burner Service Sales and Installations Waterford (207) 595-8829

Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton

D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012

Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

PAINTING CONTRACTORS

J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Bridgton 647-9435

HOME INSPECTION

McIver Electric “Your on time every time electricians” 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton 647-3664 www.mciverelectric.net R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor 24 hour Emergency Service Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882 David K. Moynihan Master Electrician Licensed ME & NH Bridgton 647-8016

EXCAVATION K.S. Whitney Excavation Sitework – Septic Systems Materials delivered Kevin 207-647-3824

Ellia Manners, LCPC In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted Morgan Construction & Logging Excavation, trucking, septic systems www.elliamanners.com D.E.P. & C.L.P. Certified 207-647-3015 Bridgton Bridgton 595-4971

DANCE INSTRUCTION

where it is then processed into paper.

Too bad we couldn’t have 120 million Canadians to our south rather than 120 million Mexicans; we could accommodate 34 million (the population of Canada) Mexicans to our north.

Would that work?

We would really require a redo of history and go back to the critical events of the past five centuries.

Start with the 1506 Papal Line of Demarcation, sanctioned by Pope Julius II who pontificated long and hard (that is what pontiffs do, after all) and endorsed a longitudinal line that separated Portuguese and Spanish areas of influence.

This resulted in Brazil being Português, currently a nation of 202 million that sends tens of thousands of illegal aliens to the United States. When I lived in Weymouth, Mass., a town with a population of 54,000, it was estimated there were 5,000 illegal aliens in town, all Brazilians.

And we know what the Spanish did. They conquered and exploited, most notably

by Conquistadors Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro.

What a mess they left behind; we are now paying for that with hundreds of thousands

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Snow’s Excavation Complete site work Foundations-Septic-Lots cleared 207-647-2697

EXERCISE/FITNESS Dee’s BodyCraft Personal Training, Aerobics, Pilates Certified – Experienced Bridgton 647-9599

FLOORING J & M Wood Floors Installation/Sanding/Refinishing Fully insured – Free estimates 207-337-5623

FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896 J. B. Concrete Bill O’Brien Poured Foundations 207-925-1630

GARAGE DOORS Naples Garage Door Co. Installation & repair services Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480 Roberts Overhead Doors Commercial/residential – free estimates Now offering Master Card & Visa 207-595-2311

ACW Inspection Services Certified Home Inspector 20 years in Real Estate Fryeburg 207-256-2574

INSULATION Western Me. Insulation Inc Batts, blown or foamed Over 30 yrs experience Free estimates – fully insured 7 days a week – 693-3585

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS Call 647-2851 for details or e-mail bnews@roadrunner.com INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home and Auto 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745

OIL DEALERS

Jerry’s Painting Service Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior Fully Insured – Free Estimates 207-527-2552

RUBBISH SERVICE Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Bridgton/Naples/Harrison/Fryeburg Weekly & 1-time pickups – Cleanouts Tel. 207-595-4606 The Dump Guy Insured – Junk removal Basement and attic cleanouts 207-450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com

SELF STORAGE Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 647-3206 JB Self Storage Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage 207-925-3045

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

SURVEYORS F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bliss & Associates Surveying, Land Planning 693 Main St, Lovell 207-925-1468 blissinc@fairpoint.net

Webber Painting & Restoration Exterior & Interior painting Repairs/Installations/Modifications Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Fully insured – Estimates – References Land info services – Surveys Craig, 207-831-8354 Boundary/Topographic/Flood elevation PO Box 485, Harrison, Maine PLUMBING & HEATING Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr. PLS A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Over 10,000 surveys on file Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

TAXIDERMIST Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029 Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436

Trapper’s Taxidermy Jason Pingree 112 Bush Row Rd Denmark 207-452-2091

Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling TOWING Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423 Stuart Automotive Free Junk Car Removal PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 838-9569 Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Organic lawn & garden maintenance Shoreline restoration Creative stonework, property watch Snowplowing & sanding 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com

TREE SERVICE

Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Chalmers Ins. Agency Crane-licensed & fully insured 100 Main St., Bridgton Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Tel. 647-3311 Handy Hands Property Maintenance Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Oberg Insurance Comprehensive custom service Auto, Home, Business, Life Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Caretaking – long or short term 132 Main St., Bridgton Complete tree service – free estimates A-Z/lot clearing to structure & Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding grounds care 647-8291 Licensed and insured Southern Maine Retirement Services Utility and Landscape Arborist REAL ESTATE Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Waterford ME – 583-2474 Life and Long-Term Care Insurance Chalmers Real Estate 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340 100 Main St., Bridgton VETERINARY Tel. 647-3311 KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Lakes Region Properties Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 “At the Lights in Naples” Boarding Waterfront, Residential Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Commercial & Land Tel. 647-8804 Small Animal Medicine & Surgery 207-693-7000 Route 302, Fryeburg LAWN CARE 207-935-2244 Oberg Agency Residential, Business, Lake Shore North Country Property Services Norway Veterinary Hospital Property Lawn Care Naples Clinic 132 Main St., Bridgton Property Management Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd. Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 www.ncpsllc.com 207-713-0675

By Appointment 693-3135

LOGGING Morgan Construction & Logging Logging/trucking/lot clearing/exc.

D.E.P. & C.L.P. Certified Bridgton 595-4971

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029

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

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

Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

CHALMERS INSURANCE &

REAL ESTATE

Part of the Chalmers Group

100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-3311 Fax: 207-647-3003 www.chalmers-ins.com BN 32

ATTENTION

FOR SALE

DRIVERS — Money & miles…

New excellent pay package. 100% hands-off freight & E-Logs. Great home time/monthly bonus. 1 year OTR exp./no Hazmat. 877-7043773.

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CANOE —Wooden and fiberglass. Built in the 60s. $5500 or best offer. Call 978-632-1970 or 787-2677.

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CLEANING PERSON — needed for Camp Encore-Coda in Sweden. Mid-June through late August.

15-20 hours per week, mornings.

Contact James Saltman at: jamie@ encore-coda.com tf11 LANDMARK — is accepting applications for full and/or parttime support persons to work with adults with intellectual disabilities in the Bridgton and Oxford Hills areas. No overnights. For applications, call 647-8396.

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WORK WANTED

CLEANING SERVICE — has opening. Over 16 years experience, excellent references. Call Phyllis 207-462-4413.

3t31x 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

DAY CARE

ABC ACADEMY PRESCHOOL — has openings for the 2014-2015 school year. Class sessions are on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9 to noon.

Children must be 3 years old by October 15th. Your child will have tons of fun while developing basic fundamentals and working on academics that will be beneficial when starting kindergarten. Est. in 1992 with excellent references.

FMI call Sandy at 647-3040 or 807-0122.

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FOR SALE

RECLINER — Blue/gray material, beautiful, excellent condition. Downsizing, must sell to make room. $75 or best offer.

Call 583-4240, Harrison. 1t32

FIREWOOD AND HAY — Seasoned or green cut, split and delivered. First cut horse hay; square bales $4.00, round bales $40.00. Call Wendell Scribner.

POWER BOAT — 1972 Century 583-4202.

10t28x V8 inboard. New 360 engine & transmission. New interior, great FREE TO A GOOD HOME paint, cover & trailer included. — Siamese cat. Very affectionate, $6,000. 207-415-2486.

4t29x loves to be held. Rolls on her back in front of you to be petted, follows FIREWOOD — $225 per cord you everywhere. Good with dogs, green. Ask about volume discount. 2 loves all people. Call 207-714cord minimum for delivery. 207-925- 0218.

1t32x 1138. westernmainetimberlands. com tf13 VEHI­CLES FOR SALE WESTERNMAINEFIREWOOD. com — Seasoned hardwood. Aged 12 months or more. Cut, split and delivered. Half cord $140, cord $270. 583-4113 or 595-5029. 4t29x FREE TO A GOOD HOME — Loving, healthy Siamese, bluepoint/flame-point. 14 years old.

Needs adoption. Owner moving abroad. Shots are current. Loyal to one person best in home of single person or couple. Call 207-7140218.

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2005 KIA SEDONA SV — Fair shape, needs work. Runs well.

146K miles. $1200 or best offer.

207-286-5875.

2t31x 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

GUNS — Buy, sell, trade. Wanted all military items. Sweden Trading Post, 207-647-8163. Will travel.

tf15 $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339.

tf46 GOT WOOD — Order wood that will be ready to burn this fall $250 per cord. Call Jack to schedule your delivery 207-647-8146 or 207-252-4397.

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1996 CHAPARRAL — Signature 25 with 224 hours. Very good condition. Comes with custom trailer. Needs to sell ASAP. $22,000. All offers considered.

Call Mike at 207-460-9727 to see FLAGGERS NEEDED — Free boat.

3t30x certifications. Jobs in Naples & Casco areas. License & vehicle DINING SET — $150; framed needed to move between job sites. landscape painting, Lambert $200; For more info call 225-5627. EOE bureau, small repair needed $35;

4t29 campfire wood $30; Stone leather purse $40; Epson Perfection V600 CARPENTER’S HELPER scanner $150; call 219-0391 1t32x — To build garage in Naples. For more information call 1-781-608- ITEMS FOR SALE — Building 7165.

1t32x materials including lumber and metal roofing; antique walnut WITS END CHILD CARE — Victorian hall stand with mirror; Center & Community Resources 3 old schoolhouse desks; lawn Inc. A state-licensed facility lo- tractor, 38” cut. Call for prices. cated on Route 302 in Bridgton 647-8026. tf31 is now accepting resumes for full/ part-time toddler teacher and preschool teacher assistant. Hours will vary Monday–Friday. Applicant will need to be dependable, must have CDA, or ECE certified in Adult/Infant/Child CPR and First Aid. Our hours are Monday thru Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. We are also accepting fall registration for preschool 3-5 years olds; slots are limited. FMI call 647-2245 or 615-4098.

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FOR RENT

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

BRIDGTON — 1-bedroom apartment, close to stores, shared backyard. $600 monthly. No utilities included. Call 207-347-0486.

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BRIDGTON — $165,000 for New 4-season community with To-Be-Build Packages and water access to private Beaver Pond. 2 bedrooms, loft, 1 bathroom, open concept w/screened porch, private natural setting and short walk to 100’ sandy beach, boat slips and waterfront common area (1200’ of shared frontage). MLS#1147895 (one of 5 available). Lots without Build Package available for $39,000. Call Jeff Perron 207647-5081, The Maine Real Estate Network.

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BRIDGTON — Best location.

Main Street downtown. ±500 sq. ft. Perfect for retail or professional business. Includes private toilet/ washroom. Available Sept. 1. Call for more info. 647-0983. 3t30x BRIDGTON — 3 room apt. $500 month. First, last, security and references. No pets. 595-3992. 1t32x BRIDGTON — 16 South High St. Non-smoking, no pets. 2-bedroom apartment, quiet, safe building.

Incudes heat, hot water, off-street parking. Walking distance to Main St., town beach, church. Coin-op laundry on site. $850/month. First, last and security requested. References checked. 207-632-8508.

Monica. tf29

BRIDGTON — 5 acres, beautiful Mt. Washington view, driveway, lot cleared, underground power. $115,000. 207-205-6349. 6t28x OPEN HOUSE — Sat. & Sun., Aug. 9th & 10th, Noon to 2 p.m.

Knights Hill for sale by owner, 13 Deer Lane, Bridgton.

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RUSTIC CAMP — on Webber Pond in Sweden. 90 feet shorefront, 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT 1.8 acres. $119,000. Call 647— Rte. 5, Fryeburg, 3.5 miles to 8384.

4t29x Academy. $850/mon. & $400/mo utilities, 603-986-6125.

1t32 DEMARK — $42,000 for 4.93 acres on Hio Ridge Rd. A mostly BRIDGTON — Professional of- level mix of open and wooded fice space for rent. 1200 square feet. land perfect for one or more Great location near Hannaford/ homes, agricultural or commercial Dunkin’ Donuts. $1000 month plus use. Perhaps all three. Within 10 heat and electric. 207-415-9166. min. drive to shopping, skiing, Leave message tf26 swimming and other recreational CASCO — Completely furnished activities. MLS#1132551. Call Jeff FOR RENT rooms, heat, lights & cable TV in- Perron 207-647-5081, The Maine Real Estate Network.

1t32x WEEKLY VACATION — lake- cluded. $120 weekly. No pets. Call tf37 BUSINESS SERVICES front cottage rental on Moose cell, 207-595-4946.

Pond, Denmark, Maine with dock FOUR SEASON RENTAL — for your boat. Sleeps 5. Fully Bridgton/Sweden town line. Log RON PERRY CARPENTRY — equipped kitchen. Has Internet and cabin on 28 acres with 2 bedrooms Renovations and new construction. tv. $850/week. Call Jane 603-321- and loft, furnished and appliances, 35 years of experience, no job too 9025.

8t26x screen porch, decks and 1 car ga- small or too big. Bridgton, Me. 978-502-7658.

4t32x BRIDGTON HIGHLANDS — rage. Rent negotiable $950-$1350 Golf Course. 3 bedroom, 3.5 bath, depending on utilities, available JOHN’S HOME SERVICES — 2t32x Cleaning, cooking, shopping, yard furnished townhouse available August. 207-749-8783. work. Great references, plenty of September to June. No smokers, experience. 376-5480, 344-5988. no pets. $1000 month plus utilities.

4t32x 207-803-8171.

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1997 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER — Limited. fully loaded, automatic, 4wheel drive, leather seats, sunroof, a/c, many new parts. $3500. Call RED’S FIREWOOD — Cut, 781-856-0204.

2t31x split and delivered. Any amounts.

1970 CHRYSLER NEWPORT Call 615-6342 for details. tf35 — Florida car. 13,700 original 1993 CHRISCRAFT — 18 feet, miles, $3800. 1968 Corvair OMC motor/drive in good shape. convertible, Florida car, $6800.

Excellent trailer. Parts boat or Best offers considered. Call 415rehab project. $500 or best offer. 1680 or 693-6885.

2t31x 207-286-5875.

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70 Fairview Drive Fryeburg, ME 04037

SCREENED LOAM — and firewood. Please call Ron between 4 p.m.-8 p.m. for more information.

12t28x Call 595-8359.

SNOWBLOWER Classified line ads are now posted ARIENS on our website at NO EXTRA — 30” wide, 16 1/2 hp, heated CHARGE! www.bridgton.com handles. My loss your gain. Must go, moving south. $975 or best offer. Call 420-6887.

1t32x HELP WANTED CORNISH INN/RESTAURANT ­— Servers and bartenders. Apply in person, 2 High Rd., Cornish, Maine or e-mail: innkeeper@cornishinn.com 1t32x

FOR SALE

Phone 207-935-3351 Fax 207-256-8303

Dietary Aide Position Open!!

Need to pick up a few extra hours? Need a part-time change in your daily routine? Then the kitchen is the place for you!

This position includes every other weekend from 3 – 7 p.m. and 1 – 2 days during the week.

Please come in for an application.

Ledgewood Manor Healthcare — A 60-Bed Nursing Home — Rte. 115, Windham, ME 04062

HOUSEKEEPING POSITION

We currently have a per diem position open. The hours are 6 a.m. – 2 p.m., and 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. If you are interested, please stop in for an application.

For more information, contact Michelle Shane, Housekeeping Supervisor at 892-2261.

E.O.E.

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70 Fairview Drive Fryeburg, ME 04037

CASCO/NAPLES BEFORE & AFTER CARE CENTER Child Care Providers The Casco/Naples Before & After Care Center is now accepting applications for Child Care Providers. The Center provides programming for school-age children between the hours of 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Singer Community Center in Naples, Maine.

Providers must be 18 years of age, have a high school diploma or equivalency, with experience working with young children. The openings are part-time, school-year positions offering competitive wages.

Candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to: CNBCC, PO Box 1575, Naples, ME 04055. Fax: (207) 693-6600 or e-mail to: kwhalen659@roadrunner.com 2T32CD

Phone 207-935-3351 Fax 207-256-8303

Are you looking to work with a wonderful staff in a 5-STAR facility?

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

Certified Nursing Assistants Full- or Part-time available, including every other weekend

We have a generous health insurance plan and offer a benefit plan or pay in lieu of benefits plan.

Apply in person or obtain and application at: www.fryeburghealthcare.com

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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

FUEL DELIVERY DRIVER Lampron Energy is looking for a FULL-TIME fuel delivery driver based out of our Bridgton, Maine location. This safety-focused position is responsible for delivering heating fuels to customers on a daily basis along with other jobs as assigned. There will also be an afterhours on-call rotation for emergency deliveries.

CERTIFIED DENTAL Asst.

— needed for general practice in Fryeburg. Three days per week. Radiology certification preferred. Call Margo at 207-595-6169.

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Required skills — • CDL Class B with Haz-Mat and Tank endorsements • Clean driving record • Two years’ experience with commercial vehicles • Positive work ethic with excellent customer service skills • Be able to perform all functions of the job in all weather conditions, day or night

PERSONAL SUPPORT — Specialist. MAS Home Care of Maine provides in-home support services for individuals who need assistance with daily living activities.

We enable them to maintain their independence and dignity in a setting in which they are most at ease, their home. We offer competitive wages, mileage reimbursement, and weekly pay. Please call Brooke at 591-4452 or e-mail bdunham@ mashomecare.com 4t31x

Additional experience we would like to see but not required — • Propane experience and certifications • Heating service experience Please send resume to lampron@transedge-energy.com or stop by our office at 82 Main Street, Bridgton, Maine, to fill out an application in person.

NOTE: So our customer service employees can focus on customer needs, no phone calls please.

LAKE REGION SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OPENINGS

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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS Deadline: Friday 4:00 p.m.

CLASSIFIED LINE ADS Deadline: Monday 5:00 p.m.

SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL TECHNICIAN III • MULTIPLE POSITIONS OPEN AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL • PRIOR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES —– PREFERRED • PRIOR EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTING — PREFERRED • APPROPRIATE ED TECH III AUTHORIZATION — REQUIRED • ABILITY TO WORK AS PART OF AN EDUCATIONAL TEAM • PRIOR EXPERIENCE PROVIDING SMALL GROUP OR ONETO-ONE INSTRUCTION WITH ACADEMICS WHILE SUPPORTING EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL GROWTH — PREFERRED

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Limington Lumber Company Manufacturer of Quality Eastern White Pine Products Since 1961 Limington Lumber has an opening for a position in our planer mill.

Planer Mill Position Ideal candidate will have at least one year experience in a Planer Mill production environment. Must be self-motivated; work safely; be qualitydriven and able to work in a team environment. Knowledge or certification of NELMA grade rules is a plus. Will train the right candidate.

We offer: • Production Bonus • Safety Incentives • Medical and Dental Insurance • Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance

• 401(k) Profit Sharing • Employee Discounts • Paid Sick Time • Paid Vacations and Holidays

Apply in person or send resume to: Limington Lumber Company Rte 113, P.O. Box 47 East Baldwin, ME 04024 Attention: Jim Henderson jim@limingtonlumber.com

LIMINGTON LUMBER

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Classifieds

Opinions

Classifieds BUSINESS SERVICES IF YOU NEED ANYTHING — cleaned up or hauled off, my trailer is 6’-x-10’. Chuck’s Maintenance, 743-9889.

25t17x 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

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Letters

YARD SALES

WEST BRIDGTON — Big yard sale Friday & Saturday, 9-3.

Corner 302 & Kendal Ham Drive, near Moose Pond boat ramp. (Continued from Page D)

2t31x of illegal aliens from Mexico

and Central America stream-

DOWNSIZING/GARAGE SALE — Sat., Aug. 9. 13 North Beech ing across our borders.

Thank you Pope Julius Rd., Harrison, 9-3. Kayaks, old records, enamel tables, furniture, II, King João II of Portugal, snowshoes, etc.

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HEAP HAULERS — Towing NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE service. Cash paid for junk cars. — Aug. 9th & 10th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call 655-5963. tf12 Saw Mill Lane, Naples (off Route 302). Books, furniture, clothes, WANTED tools, toys, kayak, household items PLEASE CONSIDER — and more. Follow signs on Saw 2t31 donating gently used furniture, Mill Lane to sales. household items and more to UPSCALE YARD SALE — Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. Treasures. Saturday, August 9, rain FMI, go to our website www. date Sunday, August 10. 9 to 2, harvesthills.org for details or call 28 Town Farm Road, Harrison.

935-4358, ext. 21. tf44 Vintage finds, furniture, linens, household items. No early birds YARD SALES please.

1t32x YARD SALE — Saturday, August ANNUAL SO. WATERFORD 9, 10-5, rain date, Sunday 8/10.

Highland Pines Rd. (off Route 93) — Community Yard Sale, Bridgton. Indoor & outdoor toys, Saturday, August 9th, 7:00 to brand name clothes, video games Noon. Household goods, antiques, for Wii & Playstation, dress-up tools, appliances, furniture, stuff. costumes and more.

1t32x Waterford-Mill Hill-Back-ParkSweden-to Ben Hale Road.

COMMUNITY — Flea Market, (Sponsored by Bear Mountain Fryeburg Fairgrounds Sundays Grange #62.

1t32x 7 a.m.-2 p.m. until August 31.

Expo 1 and outside vendor space MOVING SALE — Sat., Aug. 9, 7-2, 315 Middle Ridge Rd., available. Info 603-662-3147.

11t25x Bridgton. Pony rides. Moving out — furniture & much more. 1t32x BIG YARD SALE — Saturday & Sunday, August 9 & 10, 8 a.m.-? BIG YARD SALE — Saturday, Tools, Craftsman air compressor, August 9th, 22 Maple St., furniture, 32” tv, sofa, antiques, Bridgton. Lots of goodies, antiques, twin mattresses & frames, oak collectibles, furniture, antique auto desk, twin pineapple head and foot parts, just lots of stuff ­ — don’t board. 184 Sweden Rd., Bridgton. miss this one. 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

1t32x All are welcome, dealers come and enjoy.

1t32x YARD SALE — Inside/outside moving sale, every Saturday 95. Antiques, collectables, hydes, chairs, couches, barrels. New stuff every week. 5 Depot St., 6t29x Harrison.

Buying and

Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion

GARAGE SALE — Antiques, glassware, linens, prints, furniture and lots more. Fri. 9-5, Rte. 37, 563 North Bridgton Rd., Bridgton.

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S.N.O.W.

142 Main Street Conway, NH 603-447-3611 Metal Detectors

Saturday Night of Worship at the Bridgton Alliance Church Aug. 9 at 6 p.m.

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To The Editor: It was one of the worst thunderstorms I’ve ever experienced — lightning flashing everywhere, thunder shaking our house, rain so intense I couldn’t see the house across the street. But as bad as it was here in Bridgton, it was even worse nearby. An F-1 tornado tore through Limington, the second in two days near Sebago Lake. Earlier in the day, an F-2 tornado just missed Boston, ripping up nearby Revere instead.

When did the last tornado hit Revere? Never.

That sounds familiar. On July 12, a developing F-1 tornado roared across Franklin and Somerset counties before smashing a three-mile strip of St. Albans. In the process, it passed within two miles of the home place in Jay where I was born and raised. When did the last tornado threaten Jay? Never — not in my lifetime nor, I suspect, in the lifetimes of many generations who lived there before me.

What else happened on July 12? While the eastern seaboard was being battered by violent storms, the states

History of Gaza

(Continued from Page D) border became effectively an extension of Israel’s line of control.

Finally, last April, conditions were rapidly going down hill for Hamas and hard-pressed Gazans were under great pressure. Hamas and Fatah got together and formed a unity government for managing the West Bank and Gaza and for dealing with Israel in negotiations that had just failed. The new setup brought in technocrats, but no representatives of Hamas. Additionally, and importantly, Hamas accepted the stipulated conditions for recognition of Israel and the United States — a willingness to live side by side with Israel in a two-state solution. Nevertheless, Israel rejected a negotiating partner with which the “terrorist” Hamas was involved. (The United States did not follow suit.)

Then came the Israeli accusation — without details — of Hamas culpability for the kidnapping and murder of three teenagers. After the killing of several Palestinians, Hamas resumed rocket fire, demanding that Israel end its blockade.

Israel blasts furiously away, searching for tunnels and rocket launchers.

Now back to Samson. You can read that tale as a metaphor for the modern Israel-Palestine conflict or you can say that the modern story reverses the roles, i.e., Samson stands for the Palestinians and Israelis are the Philistines. Like every history, you learn from it what you bring to it.

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.

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of Spain.

And then there was the squabbling between the French and the English which was settled, mostly, with the defeat of the French on the Plains of Abraham in Québec City in 1759; that turned out mostly okay, except for the Québécois.

Québec libre!

So, here are we stuck with this mess; I opt for a redo.

I would replace Pope Julius II, King João II, and Ferdinand and Isabella with Mother Teresa and the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Bob Casimiro Bridgton

west of the Rocky Mountains were being scorched by ongoing drought and unprecedented wildfires, most of which are still burning out of control. Washington and Oregon, historically among the most temperate states in America, were searing in 100-degree temperatures, with 90-degree readings continuing north through the Canadian plains all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Halfway around the globe in Novosibirsk, Russia, bathers were driven out of the water when a savage thunderstorm pelted them with baseball-sized hail.

They were trying to escape record 106-degree heat — in Siberia! Elsewhere, Australia continued to endure its fourth straight year of record high temperatures, with readings running 10 to 12 degrees above the 20th century average for their midwinter months. And so it goes.

Ain’t global warming great! The climate is changing for the worse all over the globe, but right-wing extremists continue to insist that climate change is a hoax.

I’m not interested in the fake “debate” about climate science that is being financed by billionaire oligarchs like Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers. I’m interested in reaching those Americans who still use their heads for something besides a hat rack.

Climate change deniers are wrong, period. And if people continue listening to their propaganda, they will be dead wrong a few decades from now.

On a purely selfish level, my wife and I probably will be dead before the most hellish effects of a warming climate hit our planet, but our children and grandchildren will have to endure it. We’ve already squandered our only opportunity to choose between a decent future for our descendants and a nasty, dismal one. I hope we still have time to choose between a disastrous future and no future at all. I don’t want our multitude of sins to be visited on our posterity to the fourth and fifth generations. As for the deniers, let them go their own way, and good riddance.

Rev. Robert Plaisted Bridgton

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To The Editor: In February of this year, I listened to the music of a group called H e a r t b e a t , c o m p o s e d o f Palestinian and Israeli youth.

I told a 16-year-old friend of mine, Natalie Mazza, who lives in Washington, D.C. that Heartbeat was on its way from Maine to Washington, D.C. Natalie, whose heart and soul still beat (untouched by cynicism, denial, disconnect and hopelessness), went to a Heartbeat concert in D.C. and now follows this music group on Facebook. Yesterday, she sent me Heartbeat’s reactions to the Israel and Palestine conflict as it has been localized in the Gaza Strip. Here are messages Natalie forwarded to me on Facebook: “Hello…

My name is Rasha. I’m 18.

I’m a high school student and I often play music. I’m an Arab-Palestinian living in Israel. I was born into one of the most vicious conflicts of the 21st century. This has occupied an integral part of my identity. As time goes by, people continue to lose hope for peace. Blind hatred and violence, however, continue to increase while they’re hiding behind censored news and stereotyping. I believe in the power of words, the power of music and the power of stage.

It can reach anyone, it can make you think, hesitate and ask for a second. It can make you look at the reality you live from a different perspective. It can break these walls surrounding us physically and mentally. It simply provides hope and inner satisfaction.

Today, after a long period of hesitations and frustrations of ignoring and facing, of reading and asking, I’ve reached a point where I’m sick of hating, blaming and hiding.

Life in this cursed ‘Holy Land’ is much more than this illusional life we are all living, somehow. Life here is simply wrong. Human beings are being killed. Villages and families are being destroyed.

We are brainwashed to believe that the only solution for this situation is war — that people on the other side aren’t really people… they’re monster enemies. I wish we will be able to see the full picture — to see the enemy as a human being and liberate ourselves from these barriers that we were born into, break these walls and start growing peaceful generations in this hopeless town while taking the first step into the vision we all want to live.

Coren, 21, a guitarist, singer and poet writes: “It’s especially important at times like these to remember to view other people complexly.

Nothing is black and white.

All actions have motivation, and even if you don’t agree with them, they’re important to understand because that is the only way we will ever accomplish anything.”

Dekel, 20, a bassist writes: “People do not see. People do not think. People love war. It gives them a reason for living.

It gives them money. It gives them a sense of belonging.

Things happen like a wheel.

Dead people here, dead people there. Real people, with family, friends, with desires, with aspirations and why?

For principles? For land? For respect? I do not believe that there is any principle important enough to justify taking a boy’s life — not Jewish, not Arab, not Korean, not German. I hear a lot of very extreme statements in recent days, statements that were waiting for the right moment to get out: ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘throw them into the sea.’

I feel like there is nothing I will do or say that will change this situation, that it will change what those people did to those poor children from Gush Etzion or the lynching that happened yesterday in Jerusalem. The same people.

The same anger. The same land. I wish things would change. I wish people would understand that we tried this method, so many times, the method of war, eye for an eye, it does not work. Fact! No, what works is sending lots of love to all those who need it now. And to all the children who say now that beyond the wall there are monsters, there are no monsters. There are children, some of them have guns, some have a teddy bear, some have a guitar, some have a bus. They’re all children.”

We do our best to say, “We are not like them… We do no harm to others... in fact we bestow far too much “charity” on them for their own good.

We, the well-educated, successful workers of the world are dependent pariahs and losers like them.”

The good news in our own small community is that some of us are beginning to open up their hearts. A peace activist is coming to town to do workshops with us.

His name is Paul Chappell.

He is half-Asian, a quarter black and a quarter white, who went to West Point, was deployed in Iraq until he left the military to wage Peace and Justice in 2009. The dates of his workshops are Oct. 22-23 and will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bridgton. In September, one of his books, titled The Art of Waging Peace, will be the focus of a study group at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

The bad news — at least at this moment — is that I, along with a few folk from the Hunger Initiative, on Preble Street and Joanna Moore’s Hunger Action project have been trying — so far unsuccessfully — to schedule a round table discussion with all or any of the following state representatives — Mike Michaud, Chellie Pingree, Shenna Bellows, Susan Collins, Angus King and any other local or state representative who would be willing to speak with actual recipients of charities and social services to hear what they and their loved ones experience as they attempt to keep employed, keep their mental, spiritual and emotional health in the face of extraordinary obstacles. So far, the schedulers have not gotten back to us, as it seems our representatives have very busy calendars. I worry that in this age where money and votes count, finding time to LETTERS, Page D

Time to listen

(Continued from Page D) ness in the pool’s center amidst the sound and flow of rushing water. It’s as if it was gathering energy and momentum for the journey, perspective and direction. Meanwhile, superficial mayhem prevailed with the tangled sticks overhead frantically trying to find their own space, their flow in the scheme of bounding energy.

It became clear to me that the way of it is to go deep to find the stillness, the direction. In that quiet place comes what is next, just the next step and then the flow will guide the way to the next resting place. Like a good friend of mine says, “go within or go without.” Circumstances do not need to make or break my happiness, my home. It is the internal workings that begin to open the gateway toward the freedom that water and sense of place teaches. Looking for solutions, plans, direction with the logical mind keeps me at the surface; of what little I think I know. Allowing the guidance to come, to “live me” is another way that feels much more connected, whole and rich.

In my experience, I am beginning to see just how simple life can be. Doing what is next, that is enough. What’s next?

Whatever I hear the voice saying. Sometimes it says walk, or sit, or call or e-mail that one. Sometimes, it says do the laundry now. Do the dishes. I am catching on to the peace available now if I listen. It feels like something bigger is doing me, living me. Listening and following the voice feels kinder and easier than the alternative. Happiness can be this simple. I am testing it!

Jen Deraspe is the owner of Nurture Through Nature. She is a holistic retreat facilitator and practitioner of The Work of Byron Katie. She lives off the grid on Pleasant Mountain in Denmark.

Obituaries

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Donald W. Morton

Claire E. Knox

Richard L. Nadeau

CORNISH — Donald W. Morton, 80, of Cornish, died on Sunday, July 27, 2014, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland after complications from surgery.

He was born in Gorham on March 5, 1934, the son of Frank and Aurilla (Saunders) Morton. He attended local schools and was a graduate of Gorham High School. He proudly served in the U.S. Air Force for over 20 years and because of that, his family lived in several locations all over the United States.

Following Donald’s Air Force career, he moved back to Maine and worked for several years in the electronics industry. Most recently, he owned and operated two businesses in Cornish from his home, Morton Tax Service and Cornish Small Engine Repair.

He enjoyed fishing as a younger man, but his passion was for golf. If he wasn’t playing, he was watching golf on television. He also was an avid fan of the local Sand Drags. His family is very involved with NEORVCA which is based right here at the Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds. Above all, he loved spending time with his loving family and will be sadly missed by all who cherished him.

Besides his parents, he was predeceased by three sisters, Angie Spring, Winnie Robichaud and Marie Taylor.

Surviving are his daughter, Jenifer Lloyd of Portland; his son, Randy Morton of Cornish; his daughter-in-law, Elissia Morton of Sebago; his brother, Keith Morton of Raymond; two sisters, Ethel Quattrucci of South Portland and Betty Dusty of Connecticut; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours were held on Thursday, July 31, at the Watson, Neal & York Funeral Home, 71 Maple Street, Cornish. A memorial graveside service with military honors was held on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Hillside Cemetery on the Huston Road in Gorham. Online condolences may be expressed at wnyfuneralhome.com

Claire E. Knox, 78, of Bridgton passed away at her home on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 with her family at her side.

She was born on March 26, 1936 in Reading, Pa. She was an active member of the choir at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bridgton; board member and docent at the Portland Museum of Art, and board member and instructor at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine. Claire enjoyed skiing and tennis with her many friends. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from Boston University and was an instructor at Northeastern University in Boston.

She is survived by her husband of 56 years, James Knox of Bridgton; sister Joan of Bradenton, Fla.; children Mark, Karen and James, as well as five grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to On Eagles Wings, P.O. Box 363, Bridgton ME 04009 or made online at: http://oneagleswings2. com/Fundraising_Event_s_.html A memorial service will be held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 41 Sweden Road, Bridgton, on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 4 p.m.

CAPPERAS COVE, TEXAS — Richard L. “Butch” Nadeau, 71, of Capperas Cove, Texas, died Friday, July 25, 2014 after a massive stroke.

He was born in Lewiston on Nov. 16, 1942, a son of Mildred L. and Roland L. Nadeau Sr. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1983, served three tours in Vietnam and was a proud, decorated soldier. After retiring, he worked at Fort Hood, Texas, until the day of his stroke.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy; four siblings, Roland L. Nadeau Jr., of Nevada, Joan C. Masselli of Harrison, Jeannine S. Cloutier of Palmyra and Reginald G. Nadeau of Leesburg, Fla.; several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Maurice J. Nadeau.

A memorial service was held in Capperas Cove, Texas, on Wednesday, July 30.

Fred P. Placzek WESTFIELD, MASS. — Fred Peter Placzek, 94, of Westfield, Mass., died on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at home surrounded by his family.

He was born on March 11, 1920 in Westfield, the son of the late Anthony and Alice Placzek. Fred was a communicant of St. Joseph’s National Catholic Church and a 50-year member of Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge in Westfield. He began his long career of work as a machinist and toolmaker and completed his career as a machine shop teacher at Westfield Vocational High School.

Fred appreciated the simplicity of life’s offerings and guarded his independence in the life he shared with his wife of 71 years, Rose (Wojcek) Placzek.

Fred was predeceasd by his son, Daniel.

He leaves behind his wife Rose; daughter, Jane Borsetti; two grandchildren, Gunnar Borsetti and Moriah Borsetti of Sebago; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield, Mass. on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at noon.

Burial followed in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Westfield Fire Dept., 34 Broad Street, Westfield, MA 01085 or to the Noble VNA and Hospice, 77 Mill Street, Suite 201, Westfield, MA 01085.

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Alfred L. Butler III CASCO — Alfred Leo Butler III, 54, of Casco, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at his home.

Alfred was born on Dec. 14, 1959, in Melrose, Mass., the son of the late Alfred Butler Jr. and Elaine Butler of Kennebunk. He then went on to attend Austin Preparatory School in Redding, Mass.

After graduating, he earned an associate’s degree in pipefitting and refrigeration, and started working at HVAC Airtemp Comfort Systems, USA, where he worked for 26 years.

In his down time, Alfred enjoyed being outdoors, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling and any outdoor activities. He also loved spending time with his family.

Alfred is survived by his loving wife, Laura Ann Butler; his three children, Kim Butler, Brian Butler and Adam Butler; four siblings, Leanne Butler, Michael Butler, Paul Butler and Denise Elliot; and several aunts, uncles; nieces, nephews; and cousins.

Alfred was predeceased by a brother, Brian Butler.

A celebration of life will be held at the Masonic Hall, 964 River Road, Windham, on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Funeral arrangements are under the care of Advantage Funeral Cremation Services.

Geraldine N. Morton LEWISTON — Geraldine N. Morton passed away at the age of 90 after a long, full life.

She was born on Sept. 28, 1923, to the late Harold and Ina (Loring) Norton, the fourth of 11 children. She grew up on the large family farm.

Geraldine developed her love of basketball as a varsity player in high school, and was an avid Boston Celtics fan.

During WWII, she worked as a secretary for the War Department in Washington, D.C., returning home after the war to marry Richard I. Morton of Raymond, a professional jazz pianist, who predeceased her in 1987.

She returned to college as her children were entering high school to earn a teaching degree followed by teaching in the Gray and Raymond elementary schools for over 20 years. She retired to Florida, where she developed a passion for golf even having both hips replaced at age 80 so she could keep playing. It was after retirement that she also became a gifted artist. Well-known by many for her paintings in watercolor, oils, and acrylics, her paintings were shown in juried shows.

She is survived by her brother, Percy. She also leaves her son Keith of Bellevue, Wash; her daughter, Catherine of Lewiston; many grandchildren, a great-great grandson, nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a graveside service on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, at 11 a.m., at Raymond Village Cemetery, in Raymond with a gathering to follow. Please visit www.advantageportland.com to sign Geraldine’s guestbook and leave condolences for the family.

NAPLES — Suzanne (Bentley) Nicolo, 73, of Naples, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 31, 2014 surrounded by family, after a brief illness. Many dear friends in lands far and near mourn her loss.

She was the proud daughter of the late John and Phyllis Bentley of Gray; loving wife of 49 years of Richard M. Nicolo; devoted mother of Mark R. Nicolo of Big Sky, Mont. and Jeffrey B. Nicolo of Scituate, Mass.; adored Grammie to three grandchildren; dear sister to John Bentley Jr.; and beloved aunt. She is also survived by many loving cousins, friends, former colleagues and students from a 24-year career as a teacher at Beverly High School.

Suzanne loved literature, the arts, good food and world travel, always curious to learn new things and meet new people.

A memorial service will be held in Suzanne’s honor on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m., at First Church in Wenham, 1 Arbor St., ELIOT — Matthew Harris, 77, of Eliot, died on Friday, July 18, Wenham, Mass.

2014, at Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to McLaughlin Born in Cambridge, Mass., on June 23, 1937, he was the son Garden & Homestead in South Paris. of Charles and Lora Harris. He was raised and attended schools in Wakefield, Mass., and Bridgton. While in high school, he served in the United States Air Force Reserves. Upon graduation, he served his country in the United States Army.

Matthew attended Lowell Technical College and Northeastern University earning his BS degree in electrical engineering. He worked WESTFORD, MASS. — Christina (Lothrop) Buretta, 73, first at General Radio then for many years at GTE Sylvania, enjoypassed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Lowell ing travel throughout the world for business development and system General Hospital. She is survived by her husband Thomas Buretta, engineering. with whom she has spent the last 53 years. She is also survived by After retiring from GTE, Matthew became an independent certified her three brothers, Christopher Lothrop and Gillian of Santa Rosa, financial planner servicing clients throughout New England and New Calif.; Arthur Lothrop and Kathy of Vancouver, Wash.; and Thomas York.

Lothrop of Beech Grove, Ind. He was an avid New England sports fan, enjoying all the local Christina and Tom had four awesome children: Larry Buretta teams. His hobbies included fishing, cooking/baking/grilling, reading, and companion Kathleen Farrar of Milford, N.H., along with his music and travel. His first love was unquestionably his family; time children Devon, Maxine and Kasey; Julie (Buretta) Perkins and spent with them was second to none. Family gatherings at home, the husband David of Reading; Amy (Buretta) Garside and husband New Castle Common and Nantucket were especially cherished.

He is survived by his loving wife, Donna Marie Harris; his four Andrew of Groton, along with their children Elizabeth, Bradley and children, Dawn, Daphne, Laurie and Matthew; and his five grandsons.

Leah; David Buretta and wife Donna of Littleton, along with their Funeral services will be private at his request. Arrangements children Aidan, Kevin, Luke and Grace. entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.

Christina was a five-year brain cancer survivor, but, sadly, she Donations may be made to your local animal shelter or the succumbed to the disease on the morning of July 29th. She was a American Cancer Society. longtime member of the West Chelmsford United Methodist Church and a former member of their choir. She was an active volunteer at the Open Pantry of Greater Lowell, where her husband Tom still to this day remains very active. She had the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful services of the Chelmsford Senior Center Supportive Day LEWISTON — David A. Winslow, 51, of Lewiston, passed away Care Program, where she made many new acquaintances. on July 31, 2014 after a long battle with lung cancer. David was Friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service born in Lewiston on Dec. 17, 1962, to Clifford and Grace Winslow celebrating Christina’s life on Saturday, August 23, 2014, 11 a.m., of Casco. David attended Casco at the West Chelmsford United Methodist Church, 242 Main St., schools. He enjoyed going to the Chelmsford, Mass. ocean and spending time with In lieu of flowers, please consider donations in Christina’s name his dogs. to any of the following organizations that were near and dear to her He is predeceased by his heart: West Chelmsford UMC Music Program, 242 Main St., N. father Clifford Winslow. He Chelmsford, MA 01863; The Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Truck leaves behind his husband Paul Fund, PO Box 7258, Lowell, MA 01852; Team Walk for Cancer Neadu; his mother Grace; two Care, Lowell General Hospital, 295 Varnum Ave., Lowell, MA sisters, Dorothy I. Brooks and 01854; Chelmsford Senior Center’s Supportive Day Program, 75 Carolyn A. Edmunds, both of Groton Rd., N. Chelmsford, MA 01863; Circle Home, Inc. (VNA), Casco; two brothers, Kevin S. Roberts of Casco, and Reginald 336 Central St., Lowell, MA 01852.

D. Winslow of Mariahville.; and several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, Aug. Providing 2014 at Highland Cemetery companionship, respite 12, in Poland. In lieu of flowers, care, home care and donations may be made to: Dempsey Center, Attn: CMMC transportation.

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John K. Emery HARRISON — John Kenneth Emery passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 at his residence in Harrison.

He was a loving husband, father and brother. To his grandchildren, he was known as “Pada.” Knowing John was a special blessing to all. He had a unique sense on humor and always had you smiling or laughing. He had a love for hunting and had a wonderful group of friends. He and his brothers always went together as a team.

Johnny resided in Harrison with his loving wife, Franny, of 46 years.

In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his brothers, Barry and Rodney; and a niece.

He is survived by his daughters Heidi Emery, Corina Stultz and Nickie Emery; his son, Tony Emery; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; brother Alan; and four sisters, Betty, Diane, Jean and Sandra. To know John was to love John.

A farewell service will be held at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Fryeburg on Friday, Aug. 8 at 3 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Androscoggin Home and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Arrangements are made with Wood Funeral Home, Fryeburg.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.woodfuneralhome.org

Remembrance and Celebration Rick Tenney 1950–2014

In lieu of a traditional funeral service, the family of Rick Tenney will welcome friends at the Ruby Slippers restaurant in Harrison on Sunday, August 17, at 1:00 p.m., for a casual and joyful celebration of Rick’s memorable life.

No flowers, please; bring instead your memories, stories and pictures to share.

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John W. Cannell Sr. CASCO — John Wesley Cannell Sr., 81, of Casco, died on Friday, August 1, 2014, at the Ledgewood Manor in Windham.

He was born in Windham on June 11, 1933, the son of the late Everett H. and Francis (Boothby) Cannell Sr. John attended local schools and went on to work as a truck driver for M.L. Rogers, where he delivered fertilizer, brick, and heavy equipment.

Later he worked for, and retired from, Clifford Perham, Inc., where he hauled groceries for Shaw’s Supermarkets.

John always looked forward to local bean suppers to socialize with family and friends. Through his life, he loved dancing, roller-skating, bowling, camping, gardening, traveling, and attending fairs. He was a member of the Good Sam Club and the Family Campers and RVer’s. He and his wife met many dear friends fireside.

He shared 46 years of marriage with Caroline J. (Brown) Cannell of Casco.

In addition to his wife, family members include his children, John Cannell Jr. and his wife, Gwen; Jane Greene and husband, Donald Greene Sr.; Jeffery Nichols and his companion, Cheryl; and Leslie Burgess and her companion, Lester; four grandchildren, Wyatt Cannell, Lily Cannell, Raymond Burgess and Travis Burgess; a brother, Donald Cannell; a sister, Ruth Weir; and a mother-in-law, Frances Atwood.

He was predeceased by a brother, Everett; and two sisters, Margaret and Dorothy.

Private services will be held at the Murch Cemetery, Casco.

Services provided by Dolby Funeral Chapel, Windham. For online condolences, please visit our website at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com John’s family would like to thank the Casco Fire and Rescue for their compassion and dedication to the community. For those that wish to honor John, donations in his memory may be made to the Casco Fire and Rescue, 635 Meadow Road, Casco, ME 04015.

Who is fishing?

(Continued from Page D) from near the surface with its sharp talons, and then in one unbroken motion swoops back up into the air with it.

Many species of fish-eating birds hunt below the surface of the water. The common loon, superbly adapted for chasing and catching fish underwater, is the dominant bird under the water’s surface. Double-crested cormorants also dive for fish, and although we see them sometimes on the lake they are more often found along the coast. During spring migration, common mergansers and hooded mergansers pass through this area. We enjoy watching them, as well as diving ducks such as bufflehead and common goldeneyes, all of who catch aquatic prey by diving below the surface.

Last week, while we were kayaking on the lake, we were treated to the sight of an osprey. Normally found along the coast in summer, the osprey is also known as the fish hawk because it lives almost entirely on fish. Like the bald eagle, it flies high above the surface of the water, and uses keen eyesight to find fish. When it spots one just the right size, weighing half a pound or so, the osprey bends its wings back and dives headfirst. Just before reaching the water, it pulls its body back, thrusts its legs forward, and hits the water feet first, plunging as far as two-and-a-half feet below the surface. If the dive is successful, the osprey’s sharp talons close on the fish, and powerful wings push the bird up and out of the water. If the osprey plunges entirely below the surface it comes up soaking wet, shakes itself in the air like a dog, and flies away, sometimes holding the fish precariously with one foot. Specialized rough pads on the feet help grip even the most slippery fish. The bird repositions the fish so its head points aerodynamically into the wind, and holding it more securely in both feet carries its prey to a high perch where it uses its sharp beak to tear and eat it.

Birds and humans fish on our lakes, and both are skilled hunters. Most humans come here to fish for recreation, but all the fish eating birds, including the osprey we watched from our kayaks, are fishing for their survival.

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(Continued from Page D) hear the stories and speak with those who suffer the most will not be a priority for our political representatives whether Republican, Democratic or Independent.

I am incredibly worried that the more ordinary people are ignored or treated with disrespect as unwanted and un-needed by our society and the more money is made to engage in warfare, the “center will not hold” and “things will continue to fall apart.”

Injustice feeds on itself, bringing on so much misery, human beings become all too willing to disconnect their humanity from one another and resort to warfare or soulless lives without purpose and meaning.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

Human shields

To The Editor: To understand what is going on with the war between Israel and Hamas, you must widen your focus to look at the whole Middle East and widen your timeline.

Calendar ATTENTION TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS! If you want your calendar listing/press releases in our paper, you must send it in, a week before the event date, either by e-mailing us at bnews@roadrunner.com or mailing P.O. Box 244, Bridgton, ME 04009.

BALDWIN Sat., Aug. 9 — Annual Book Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brown Memorial Library, 2 Norton Place, East Baldwin. FMI: 6258330, 625-2360.

BRIDGTON Thur., Aug. 7 — Talk by Jon Ray, Bridgton Historical Society board member, on his book, Gorham, Bridgton and Beyond, 2 p.m., Narramissic, Ingalls Rd., So. Bridgton.

Thur., Aug. 7 — “Rufus Porter and his inventions: a look inside the mind of a remarkable American inventer,” with Royd Nuckols, 7 p.m., Gallery 302, 112 Main St. Fri., Aug. 8 — Sensory Boxes, all day, library.

Fri., Aug. 8 — Books Alive w/the Rufus Porter Museum, 2 to 3 p.m., library.

Fri., Aug. 8 — Joy of Singing, 3 p.m., Community Center.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Road Race to support BRAG fields, starts 8 a.m. at BRAG fields.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Walk at Perley Pond-Northwest River Preserve, off Folly Rd., So. Bridgton by Perley Pond.

Directions: 632-8510.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Food Drive as part of Alliance Church’s SPARK week, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Food City.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Chamber Giant Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., chamber office, Portland Rd. FMI: 647-3472.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Single-sort Recycling Celebration, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bridgton Transfer Station.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Summer Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, No. High St. Sat., Aug. 9 — Paint to Music, 11 a.m. to noon, library.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Glow For

There is a war going on between Islamic sects, Sunni vs. Shiite, and Sunni vs. Sunni.

After the six-day war in 1967, Israel made a deal with Jordan and Egypt. They would establish peace between the nations and the Arabs living inside the neighboring country. The reason for this is simple. In both cases, Israeli Arabs were from sects representing the majority of each nation. Both nations have been governed by minority rulers. The Arab world has used Israel to be a thorn in the side of their brethren. The Israeli refugees are the longest unresettled refugees in history. If you look at the Arab world, you will see a vast territory. They have plenty of land, Israel is the size of New Jersey. Arabs have oil, so there is plenty of money. There have been just as many Jews displaced from surrounding Islamic nations as Arabs displaced in Israel.

After 1967, they fled from all over. The region has had a sizable Jewish population since the Spanish Inquisition in the late 15th century.

Next door in Syria, Bashaar Al Assad has killed 170,000 people and displaced 2.5 million. Both Lebanon and Jordan have filled to the brim with refugees. The losers of this war, ISIS has invaded Mosul, Iraq. They have required all childbearIt! 5K and 1-mile Walk, 8 p.m., No. Bridgton Library. FMI: 647-8563.

Mon.-Fri., Aug. 11-15 — Free Summer Lunch for Youth, noon at Highland Lake Beach; 12:15 p.m. at Iredale St.; 12:30 p.m. at Sawyer Circle; 12:30 p.m. at Woods Pond Beach.

Rainy days, noon at Community Center.

Mon., Aug. 11 — Bridgton Community Band rehearsal, wind musicians all ages welcome, 7 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. FMI: 6475266.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Tin Can Robots, build your own robot creation, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., library.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Junior Naturalist, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., library.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Robo Printmaking, 11 a.m. to noon, library.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Kids Movie Night, Iron Giant, 3 to 5 p.m., library.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Bridgton Literacy Taskforce, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 939-7989.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Harvest Hills meeting, 5:30 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Public Hearing on Comprehensive Plan, 6 p.m., Municipal Complex.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Prostate Cancer Network & Information Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 583-6453, 6476000.

Wed., Aug. 13 — Bridgton Caregivers Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Community Center.

Respite care no longer available; for help call Ann O’Sullivan at 1-800-427-7411, ext. 541.

Wed., Aug. 13 — Mystery Book Club, Elizabeth George, the English Inspector, Thomas Lynley series, 4 p.m., North Bridgton Library.

Wed., Aug. 13 — Hymn Sing by Alliance Church as part of SPARK week, 6 p.m., Gazebo

by Stevens Brook Elementary School.

Thur., Aug. 14 — BridgtonLake Region Rotary Club, Joe Barth on his trip to Russia, 7:15 a.m., Alliance Church, Rte. 117.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Chamber Social/Golf Tournament, regis-

ing-aged women to get clitoral circumcision. They have taxed Christians and told them they have a choice to convert or die. As for Shiites, they are just killed, no choice.

A few weeks ago, Hamas found themselves severely weakened. Egypt had closed the tunnels leading there so they are blockaded from all sides. In Egypt, they had their Arab Spring uprising.

Following this, they elected Morsi president. He represented the majority of people and supported the Muslim Brotherhood. The powers that be in Egypt figuratively tied Morsi’s hands so he could not rock the status quo. Then, they literally tied his hands and threw him in jail, and held fixed elections. Hamas aligns with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The present government in Egypt hates and fears them.

So, Hamas was forced to make amends with their other mortal enemies, the Palestinian Authority. Hamas could not really attack Egypt, so they attacked Israel. Their goal is to remove the blockade and trade with Egypt. Their strategy was to induce Israel to kill as many civilians as they could. Hamas built their tunnels under schools, hospitals and mosques. They store their rockets and bombs in the tunnels, and keep as many people as they can around

To The Editor: Mary White’s assumption that Hannaford Brothers is a Maine company is unfortunately no longer true. When I worked for Hannaford Bros.

Co. over 50 years ago, it was truly a Maine company. Sadly, however, they have gone the way of many Maine companies and were acquired by the Belgian corporation, Delhaize Group, who I’m sure takes a different view of small towns

tration 4 p.m., shotgun start 5 p.m., Bridgton Highlands Golf & Tennis Club.

Wed., Aug 14 — Juggling Show as part of Alliance Church’s SPARK week, 6:30 p.m., library.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Seed Saving Techniques with Ed Somers, 7 p.m., North Bridgton Library.

Fri., Aug. 15 — Make a Robotic Arm, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., library.

Sat., Aug. 16 ­— Pie Sale by Ladies Guild, 9 a.m. to noon, First Congregational Church, 33 So. High St. Sat., Aug. 16 — Food Drive as part of Alliance Church’s SPARK week, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Food City.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Free Concert as part of Alliance Church’s SPARK week, 6:30 p.m., Highland Lake Beach.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Robots and Invention Storytime, 11 a.m. to noon, library.

CASCO Thur., Aug. 7 — Chewonki Live Animals, Animal Adaptations, 5:30 p.m., library.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Outdoor Movie Night, Bee Movie, to benefit Camp Sunshine NYC Marathon Team, venue opens 7:30 p.m., starts 8:30 p.m., Casco Day Park.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Family Star Gazing Night, after dark, Hacker’s Hill, off Quaker Ridge Rd. Sun., Aug. 17 — How Hawaiian volcanos formed, with Gary Lewis, geologist, 4 p.m., library.

DENMARK Fri., Aug. 8 — Moderate hike to Pleasant Mountain, Denmark, by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet at the Denmark Congregational Church, 8 a.m.

FMI: 756-2247.

Sun., Aug. 10 — Super Full Moon Paddle, 6-9 p.m., Nurture Through Nature, 77 Warren Rd. Sponsor: Crooked River Adult Ed, 627-4291 to register.

Fri., Aug. 15 — Easy Cardinal Flower Walk in Porter by Denmark Mountain Hikers, meet at the Denmark Congregational Church, 8 a.m.

FMI: 756-2247.

FRYEBURG Fri., Aug. 8 — Talk on 1954 Bannister Race by Dr. George

F. Dole, 8 p.m., Fryeburg New Church Assembly of God. FMI: 508-649-5982.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Dr. George F. Dole Celebration 3-Mile Road Race along Mountain Division Rail Trail, starts 8 a.m., Visitor’s Center, near state line.

Sun., Aug. 10 — Antique/ Classic Vehicle and Parts Sale

by Pleasant Mountain Chapter, Maine Obsolete Auto League, begins 8 a.m., Fryeburg Fairgrounds. FMI: 603-4472679.

HARRISON Sat., Aug. 9 — Breakfast beside Long Lake by Harrison Lions Club, 7:30 to 11 a.m., Long Lake Park.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Texas Hold’em Tournament, doors open noon, play starts 1 p.m., VFW Hall, Waterford Rd., Harrison.

Mon.-Fri., Aug. 11-15 — British Challenger Soccer Camp, 9 a.m. to noon, RADR Sports Complex. FMI: 5832241.

Mon., Aug. 11 — Cabbage Island Clambake by Parks & Rec, seating limited, call 5832241 to reserve.

Mon., Aug. 11 — Monday Movie Night, Herbie Fully Loaded, (G), 6 p.m., library.

Sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Wed., Aug. 13 — Open House, Harrison Historical Society Museum & Farmhouse, 1-4 p.m., Haskell Hill Rd. Thur., Aug. 14 — Meeting of Harrison Multi-Use Community Trails Group, 7 p.m., Harrison Town Office.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Scribner’s Mill & Homestead Tours, 1 to 4 p.m., Scribner’s Mill Rd. Last tour of summer.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Book Club, 2 p.m., library. FMI: 583-2970.

LOVELL Thur., Aug. 7 — Guided walk with Kendra Gurney to explore local grove of chestnuts, 9 to 11 a.m., meet at library. FMI: 925-1056.

Thur., Aug. 7 — Lazy Days of Summer Fair, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, Rte. 5.

Fri., Aug. 8 — GLLT Annual Education Meeting with Jamie Williams of The Wilderness Society, “Celebration of People, Place & Nature, 7 to 8:30 p.m.,

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their munitions as human shields. Hamas has publicly exclaimed, “We embrace death like the Jews embrace life.” Killing civilians would outrage world opinion and demand that the blockade be lifted. John Kerry almost went along with them. Right now, Israel is busy dismantling the tunnels and disarming Hamas.

I do not have a good answer as to a path to a better situation for Gazans. I believe it will have to come with changes in the greater conflict between sects. It will also require Gazans to renounce Hamas in exchange for peace and prosperity. The rockets must stop.

Bert Weiss North Conway, N.H.

No longer from Maine

No Electricity No Fuel Oil

SECURING THE STAVES to an apple barrel with a metal band was Melanie Newcomb, at last weekend’s back to the Past celebration at Scribner’s Mill in Harrison. in Maine, such as Bridgton.

The practice, right or wrong, of establishing pricing areas has been in existence for many years. Just look at the bottom of their advertising flyers, including Shaw’s (also foreign-owned), and one will see the stores at which the prices are in effect.

Brick Church for the Performing Arts.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Tour de Lovell, 7:30 a.m. start, New Suncook School.

Sat., Aug. 9 — GLLT Family Fun Day, 11 a.m., BBQ, end of Heald Pond Road.

Sun., Aug. 10 — Lovell Historical Society Garden Tour, 2 to 5 p.m., meet at KimballStanford House, followed by cocktail party, 5-7 p.m., Pleasant Point Inn. FMI: 925-3234.

Mon., Aug. 11 — American Red Cross Blood Drive, 27 p.m., Center Lovell Fire Station.

Wed., Aug. 13 — David Brown, Track & Sign Identification: Back to Basics, 7:30 p.m., library.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Golf Tournament by Kezar Trailblazers, shotgun start at noon, Kezar Lake Country Club. FMI: 925-2050.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Guided Walk, Heald & Bradley Ponds Reserve, 9-11 a.m., meet at Flat Hill Trailhead.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Bugs & Diseases in Your Garden with Barbara Murphy, 10 a.m., library. FMI: 800-287-1482.

Fri., Aug. 15 — End of Summer Party, certificates & watermelon, 10 to 11 a.m., library.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Family program on Barred Owls with Bonnie Boatman, 1 p.m., library.

NAPLES Thur., Aug. 7 — Lake Region House Tour to benefit Naples Library, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tickets and locations 9:30 a.m. at Naples Library.

Sat., Aug. 9 — LRHS Class of 2004 10-year Reunion, 36 p.m. at Rick’s Cafe on the Causeway.

Mon., Aug. 11 — Summer Youth Program, Evans Notch hike for grades 6-9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cornerstone Gospel Church, Rte. 35. FMI: 6936102, 803-2199.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Sebago Lake Anglers Club, 7 p.m., Town Office.

Tue., Aug. 12 — Scrabble, 7 p.m., library.

Thur., Aug. 14 — Songo Garden Club Annual Meeting, noon buffet, meeting to follow, Naples Golf and Country Club.

Call Carmen Caron to reserve.

It’s unfortunate when one is on the wrong side of the line between North Windham and Bridgton, in this case, but that’s the way it is. I’m certain most of us would find any savings offset by transportation costs.

Dave Goldrup Bridgton RAYMOND Mon., Aug. 11 — History of the Foods We Eat with John Manoush, 6:30 p.m., RaymondCasco Historical Society Museum, Rte. 302. FMI: 6552438.

Sun., Aug. 17 — Dog Safety, 10:30 a.m., outside library.

SEBAGO Sat., Aug. 9 — Yard & Bake Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., No. Sebago Methodist Church, Rte. 114.

Sat., Aug. 9 — House Tour

by Sebago Historical Society, carpooling begins 1 p.m. at Veterans Park by Sebago Elementary School, corner Rtes. 11 & 114, East Sebago.

FMI: 787-2489.

WATERFORD Sun., Aug. 10 — Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club, 1 p.m., home of Christopher and Paula Easton, 763 Mill Hill Rd. Thur., Aug. 14 — Waterford Historical Society, open house at Watson’s Mill, 6-7 p.m., Back Street near Werner Park. Film to follow, The Mill at Freedom Falls, 7-8 p.m., Bear Mt. Grange Hall.

Sat., Aug. 16 — Dance with Peter Allen & Hurricane Mountain, 8 p.m. to midnight, Waterford World’s Fair fairgrounds, Green St. FMI: 8907669.

AREA EVENTS Sat., Aug. 9 — Blueberry Festival, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Poland Community Church, 1212 Maine St., Poland.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Car Show, registration 8 a.m., trophies 2 p.m., Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, So. Hiram. FMI: 625-3946.

Sat.-Sun., Aug. 9-10 — Attean Memorial Pow-Wow, starts 9:30 a.m. both days, Maine Wildlife Park, Rte. 26, Gray.

Sat., Aug. 9 — Lobster Roll Dinner, seatings 4:30 and 6 p.m., East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, 231 Rayville Rd., off Rte. 121. FMI: 743-7417.

Wed., Aug. 13 — “Bubbleology,” with Claes Thelemarck from UNH Cooperative Extension, 4 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Sat., Aug. 16 — Chainsaw Wildlife Artists demo, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Maine Wildlife Park, Rte. 26, Gray. FMI: 657-4977.

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Opinions

Catching the late show

CHIP OFF THE BLOCK — Lily Black rolls dyed wool over pins to prepare it for spinning, as she follows in the footsteps of her grandmother, spinner Sue Black. Both were on hand for last weekend’s Back to the Past celebration at Scribner’s Mill in Harrison.

(Continued from Page D) after looking at my watch, for 57 more minutes. So I bided my time by aimlessly cruising, swishing my fly-line out and back with a certain detached ambivalence, loosening up my arm and dropping a hideous buggy creation of my own design here and there, expecting nothing, and getting it. The pond was an empty mirrored disk. Formless and void. Not a ripple anywhere. Apparently fishless. But both I above and my finning cohort below knew different: we were all waiting for the show. For H. lambata has a very particular schedule: when the sun goes down, the curtain goes up.

At 8:25 the boats came in, a flotilla of sun-burned and hungry folk, those with full bladders eagerly looking toward the woods. Said they’d done okay. Out for hours. Gotten a few, no really big ones, though. Wanted to get in before pitchy dark so they wouldn’t wang their shins on their trailer tongues.

“You’re gonna miss the show,” I said, hinting but not divulging. But they just wearily left, dragging their boats behind them. Headlights flashing through the trees. Tires crunching on gravel. Disappearing tail lights. Dust.

I was alone now, motionless under a darkening sky shading from purple to black, as a thin pale mist began to hover over the water. The pond went pewter, and stilled. The air dampened, pregnant with the sweetness of pine and fir. I looked again at my watch. Eleven minutes.

At 8:49, the first squirming H. lambata nymph broke the surface film a few feet from me. It quickly shed its nymphal husk, stood dimpling the water on its damsel legs and tiny feet, dried its lacy wings with a few flaps, and fluttered off to mate. A lucky one. Then another, a bit farther off. Then more.

Then everywhere.

And so the show began. The surface of the pond suddenly haywire. From lifeless to chaotic in three minutes. The sound as of toilets flushing from every cove and bay and seemingly from behind every covering lily, as big bass launched up from the depths, slurping every H. lambata they could find. Great sucking implosions, as if debris was falling from space, glinting metallic in the day’s last afterglow. A feasting. A gorging.

A mayfly massacre.

And I hooked up. One after the other. The biggest fish pulling 40 yards of line from my screaming reel and nearly cracking my wrist. I had to leave before the encore (because of the coffee), but after nearly an hour lathering the pond, I was pretty well spent anyway. Muscles would ache tomorrow.

The great H. lambata show goes on each evenfall this time of year, right at dusk (you can set your watch by it). And the pond is nearby in a town that’s named after some far-off country: Norway, Sweden, Poland, Mexico. Something like that.

More detail I will not freely divulge, although I can probably be bribed.

What’s up, Doc? (Continued from Page D) thing…”

“Well, let me have a look… Good Lord, what is that?”

“See?” The doctor regards me with a strange expression. (His expression shows on his upper arm, that’s why it looks strange.) He says, “I’m afraid there’s nothing that can be done.”

“It’s just as I suspected. Can I get a second opinion?”

“Sure: I’m still afraid there’s nothing that can be done.”

My shoulders sag. “You really think no one’s heard that one before?”

“No, but why do you think they call this a ‘practice’’ Har har har! Look, don’t tell anyone I recommended this, but you should take up alcohol. Then when you come in for your annual checkups I could prescribe stronger and stronger pain killers, and eventually we’ll have to send you to the methadone clinic.”

“Wonderful! And you’ll visit me there. And diagnose my bubonic plague or whatever. It’ll be like the old days. Good times, good times.”

He writes out a predated prescription. Later that day, I redeem it at the redemption center with my empties for a fifth of whiskey and a pine-scented air freshener.

And so, that’s why, after so many years on the wagon, I have taken up drinking again. To ease the pain. And also to ARRIVING IN STYLE — were visitors at last weekend’s Back to the Past celebration at Scribner’s Mill in Harrison. cover up the old sneaker smell.

Sonny Richards and Matt Baker have brought their Belgian horses to the event for several years.

We always wondered what that was…

It Dawned on Me: Petroleum poster child

(Continued from Page D) clearly said, “No dumping waste oils.” I scanned the body of water across Route 302 and the people with signs promoting the use of alternative energy and asking for a ban on tar sands mining. I felt bad, and waited to replenish the motor oil supply.

The embarrassing experiences did not cease.

Two weekends ago, before the Casco Days parade, my Camry was emitting the

smell of burnt oil. I could have sworn that as my vehicle idled and her odor wafted into the warm air, people sitting in lawn chairs were commenting, “Boy, that car stinks.”

I wanted to roll down my window and say sorry to everyone who was willing to make eye contact with me — scourge that I have become.

Sadly, I found a parking space on a grassy spot with

shrubbery growing a few feet away. I apologized to the thriving bush for the awful oil it would taste during the next rain.

With each day, the electric car is starting to look more appealing. An electric car: Clean, quiet, void of motor oil and gas fumes. I had the opportunity to take a ride in the Leaf, Nissan’s version of a compact car that runs on 100% electricity from a charged battery.

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The other day, I followed a large motor home that was towing a medium-sized SUV. The plates were from Arkansas so it might have traveled thousands of miles.

The exhaust pipe of the motor home was blowing dense clouds of blackened smoke.

This was not my imagination. I was not the only person who witnessed this environmental monstrosity.

As I drove through Raymond, I watched two men – on foot and carrying cups of coffee from Sunset Variety – well, they stopped short. They rubbernecked as the recreational

vehicle emitted another blast of toxic fumes.

Suddenly, I felt like a saint, clean as laundry that has been dried by the summer air. Rather than being mortified by the RV’s pollution, I was delighted. It almost exonerated my four-cylinder foreign-made compact car.

Then, I pinpointed an error in my thinking. If the RV lowered my rig’s ranking as the Top 10 polluter in the motor vehicle category, I should not be happy.

How could I change this?

What if my Toyota Camry held the title as the worse

polluter; and everyone was legally or otherwise effectively forced to drive something cleaner that required less gasoline?

Even heavy machinery needed for the many companies that work in Maine would be better on the environment than my car. Every vehicle on the road would surpass mine with less money spent on gas, lower carbon emissions, and less pressuring maintenance.

Then, by setting an example, my faithful automobile would become a saint instead of a scourge.