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Sell or continue to run it?

Officials ponder campground’s future

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Should Bridgton continue to operate Salmon Point Campground or should the town sell the campsite property to a developer?

With the town facing many infrastructure projects and declining revenues, Community Development Committee (CDC) member Chuck Renneker sees the sale of the campground as a way to inject a new source of cash into Bridgton’s coffers without giving up access to Long Lake.

If the town were to sell the campground portion of the Salmon Point property for $2.3 million, a developer could construct up to 30 homes within the 27-acre parcel, which would net the town additional real estate tax money — far above what it currently takes in from campsite rentals.

Renneker and CDC chairman Mike Tarantino stressed several times Tuesday night that the sale would not include the

public beach areas. Bridgton would retain the existing beaches for public use, and some additional property would also be excluded to be used for recreational purposes.

The Community Development Committee developed a 20-page report (which is available for public review on the town’s website) closely examining two scenarios — Bridgton keeping the campground and “running it as a business” versus selling the property for residential development..

CDC members fielded questions from selectmen during a workshop meeting held at the Municipal Complex. Other CDC members in attendance were Dee Miller, Mark Lopez, Ken Murphy and Jim Mains Jr. Bill Macdonald and Adam Grant joined CDC members as part of a subcommittee, which explored options regarding Salmon Point. Macdonald was the chairman.

Bridgton purchased the property in 1987

for $650,000. Previously operated as a commercial campground with about 150 seasonal and transit sites, the town reduced that number to 51 and established a beach recreation area.

Salmon Point consists of three lots — .3 acre, which is the “point” protruding into Long Lake (usage frontage of about 450 feet); 13.2 acres contains the “lagoon” and 850 feet of waterfront on the lake, including 200 feet of town beach, a parking lot and campground; 26.42 acres which includes the well and septic system for the campground. The property is currently assessed at $1.69 million.

Presently, the campground has 54 sites — 51 rentals, 1 site used by the campground manager, and two “transit” sites, which must be retained by state law. According to the CDC report, 67% of the campground sites are on water. Bridgton could add six more sites, thus reaching “maximum” CAMPGROUND, Page A

Mountain project faces uphill battle

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer A plan to carve four more lots high up on the side of Pleasant Mountain faces an uphill battle — with serious objections being raised not only by nearby residents of Old County Road, but also

by Bridgton Fire Chief Glen Garland, who stated flatly that “year-round access with fire apparatus is unlikely with these grades” of up to 13 percent.

Terry Buck of T. Buck Construction, Inc. of Auburn owns a home on Old County Road, a dead-end dirt road off Mountain Road that was devel-

oped into a sizable subdivision of both year-round and summer homes overlooking Moose Pond by the Evans family in the 1960s.

Several years ago, tree clearing began behind Buck’s property by then-owner Chet Homer. Buck bought the property in February from Clay and Sherry McLafferty, who later acquired it, to protect his residential property from being impacted by any unwanted commercial development, he said.

On Tuesday, Buck came to the Bridgton Planning Board with preliminary plans to

develop the 3.35 acres into four house lots, accessed by an existing 230-foot right-of-way beside his property. The access road would be widened, paved and extended to become a 430foot private road leading to the development, to be called Buck Estates.

As the meeting began, several of the nine Old County Road residents in attendance challenged the entire concept of the project. They said the property Buck acquired wasn’t part of the original Evans subdivision, and therefore he had no right to access Old County Road, a private road main-

tained by the Schiersruhenberg Roads Association.

Linda Dolloff, the association’s president, said Buck needs permission to use their private road, and he does not have it. Daniel Roberts, one of five members of the road association who sent letters to the board objecting to the project, stated the problem succinctly: “How can a subdivision be developed over private property and roads without an approval of the owners of that property and those roads?”

The board agreed that the road association members PROJECT, Page A

Summer intern provides ‘presence’

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Nick Kauffman gave the Bridgton Police Department another set of eyes out on the street this summer.

In turn, the internship with the local law enforcement agency verified what Kauffman already knew — someday he wants to be a police officer.

“I learned a lot,” said the Bridgton teen, who headed to Army National Guard basic training in Mississippi yesterday.

A 2012 graduate of Lake Region High School, Kauffman completed the vocational school’s law enforcement program, rising to third in command as “squad leader” — behind the course’s instructor and class leader.

“When the school added the law enforcement program, I couldn’t help myself but to join it,” he said. “Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to get into law enforcement.”

Not only did the law enforcement program cover basic laws and self-defense, Kauffman gained a great sense of selfdiscipline and confidence.

“I wanted to gain more experience so I asked the Bridgton Police Department about doing a summer internship,” he said.

Local police were happy to oblige.

Although Kauffman had no arrest powers nor was he armed, the teen provided local police with a “presence,” riding a bicycle to various locations such as Highland Lake Beach and the Skate Park. Kauffman spent his time reminding people of various town rules and called in suspicious activity to

Bridgton Police dispatch.

While most people he came into contact with were respectful, some did challenge his patience and self-control.

“Oh, there were a few rude people who would tell me that I was a ‘nothing’ and I couldn’t do anything to them because I wasn’t a real cop,” he said. “Despite what was said, I had to keep a positive attitude when dealing with the public.”

If trouble did arise, Kauffman called for backup.

He also spent some time with local patrolmen, seeing firsthand the situations that confront police on a daily basis.

“The officers were great,” he said. “There were some very interesting nights. Not really surprising, but I saw some things that I just didn’t think people would do.”

BPD Officer Phil Jones gave a passing grade to the volunteer internship saying it was a “win-win for everyone.” Officer Jones hopes others from the high school law enforcement program will follow in Kauffman’s footsteps.

“It’s a great opportunity to really see what law enforcement is all about. You see what it is like to be a public figure and be recognizable in the community,” Officer Jones said. “Most of all, it’s an opportunity to apply what you have learned in the classroom into real practice.”

Kauffman plans to either pursue officer cadet school or active duty, possibly as a Ranger. Once he completes his military obligations, Kauffman will return to attend the

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By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Jennie (Hastings) Stancu firmly believes in the healing powers of touch.

As a massage therapist, she hopes to bring peace to others.

And now as an author of a new book, “The Inspired Massage Therapist,” she shares her personal story of healing, business and love of both life and her profession.

“I decided to write the book because I have wanted to write a book since 1999, when a voice came to me on the Appalachian Trail and told me to write a book. I have written more than one other rough draft of a book, but this is the first book I’ve published and shared with others,” said Stancu, a native of Fryeburg who now operates Blossom Massage for Women on Newbury Street in Portland. “I wanted to write a book that allowed me to share my ideas about life, love and healing, and to share what has helped me succeed with other massage therapists.”

The book tackles a wide range of topics from practical tips and positive affirmations to support body, mind and spirit of both the massage therapist and other holistic health practitioners alike to motivational comments for aspiring therapists.

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Last fling of the summer season

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer RAYMOND — For bass fisherman Clayton Grimm, the early bird gets a parking spot at the Raymond Public Boat Launch.

Grimm had launched his Skeeter around 6:30 a.m. The Mechanics Falls resident said it is much easier getting the boat into the water in the morning than it is pulling it out later in the day — when the marine vessel traffic picks up at this local launch point.

“After Labor Day, it’s great, less boating traffic,” said Grimm, who landed a few fourpound bass in celebration of the legal holiday. (Actually, he said he was staying sharp for an upcoming bass tournament.)

The Raymond-based public dock that serves as access to Big Sebago Lake was one of many around the region that ON BIKE PATROL — Nick Kauffman of Bridgton, who com- saw a boost in boating activity pleted the Lake Region Vocational Center’s law enforcement program, spent his summer as an intern with the Bridgton Police Department.

(Rivet Photo) Criminal Justice Academy and pursue a full-time police officer career.

“By taking the law enforcement program at Lake Region and this internship with the Bridgton Police, I feel more

confident about my abilities,” he said. “I am also physically stronger than I once was.”

His time as a BPD intern was well-spent.

“It will look good on my resume,” he said.

Sisters, six-year-old Micah and four-year-old Mackenzie Joler, feed bread crumbs to the ducks at the Raymond Public Beach on Labor Day. during this Labor Day weekend. Around noon on Monday, SUMMER, Page A

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Last fling of the summer (Continued from Page A) the sun beat out the clouds, and the parking lot was full of empty boat trailers while the owners spent time on the lake.

Meanwhile, about a half-dozen people basked in the sunshine at the free public beach.

While their daughters shared bread crumbs with some shoreline ducks, Kim and Kevin Joler reclined on a towel in the sand and recalled the summer’s weather and activities.

“I thought we had a fabulous summer. I am a teacher; and the weather has been nice since school got out,” Kim said.

“We went camping at Sebago. We went hiking with the kids at Bradbury Mountain and Wolfe’s Neck a few times, and we did day trips to Crescent Beach,” she said.

The September stop at Raymond beach is not a family tradition.

“We were just driving around

and decided to stop. It’s beautiful,” Kim said.

However, the family does observe an annual tradition of camping at Witches’ Cove in Sebago State Campground.

“They love camping,” Kevin said, of his young daughters.

“We are basic campers. We set up a tent, or we go with a group of friends and have multiple camp sites,” he said.

In August, the sisters split their recreational time between the playground equipment, the swimming area, and the family campsite.

“Having the fire every night, eating s’mores and popcorn…

It’s a good deal,” Kim reminisced.

Kim, an Auburn resident who works as an elementary school teacher, said the weather favored more sunny days than rainy ones — especially once her summer vacation began.

“The rain in June — it put a

damper on the teacher planned activities,” she said.

“But, from July on, the weather was fabulous. You couldn’t ask for better days,” she said.

Those consecutive sunny days (during which time the Joler family played outdoors) were not exaggerated memories of a great summer.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS) as of Aug. 17, there has been virtually no rain.

“We have had a long stretch of really nice weather,” NWS Meteorologist Steve Capriola said.

“The departure from normal is that it [(temperature) has been 2.8 degrees higher for the first 26 days of August,” he said.

Strangely enough — despite the sprawl of sunny days, the rainfall for August was double that month’s average measurable precipitation.

“It is above normal. The rainfall for this August is 6.13 inches. That is 3.8 inches above normal,” Capriola said.

The averages for rainfall totals, high temperatures and low temperatures are based on 30 years of recorded data for each month, Capriola said.

Also, the NWS considers June, July and August as the summer months, he said.

The normal rainfall for the month of August is 3.14 inches, and typically that occurs during the last week of the month, he said.

“A lot of rain fell in two events. It rained 2.50 inches on Aug. 10, and again on Aug. 16 and 17, and that rainfall totaled 2.44 inches,” he said.

Most of August’s rain “fell in three days,” he said.

By comparison, the rainfall for July was 4.3 inches. That monthly total was three-quarters inch above the normal pre-

cipitation amount.

In July 2012, the recorded weather did not stray far from the average. The average daily temperature was 71.3 degrees — two degrees above normal.

The average high was 81.1 degrees, which is slightly more than two degrees above the normal. Even July’s average low temperature of 61.5 ranked two degrees more than normal.

In June — in general, the weather proved to be a bit soggy, with precipitation measuring twice that of the average for the month, Capriola said.

For the month of June, the rainfall totaled 8.63 inches, which is 4.84 inches more than June’s average rainfall amount, he said.

According to Grimm, who landed a few bass this Labor Day, the rainfall for the month of June created higher water levels, swifter currents, and

changes in the behavior of the fish.

“It did affect my fishing. I had to fish in a different way, and I had to fish in different places,” Grimm said.

But, a rainy day doesn’t sidetrack his fishing plans.

“I go rain or shine,” Grimm said, “and, I always have fun.”

“I would rather go when it’s raining. If the sun is out, there are too many pleasure boats,” he said.

In addition to the higher than normal rainfall, June stood out with a highest temperature (93 degrees on June 20) that beat both July and August, according to NWS statistics.

The high temperature for July never surpassed 90 degrees, which was the recorded on both July 13 and 14, according to Capriola.

Ninety degrees was also the warmest temperature, which

occurred on Aug. 3.

On the other side of the mercury, the thermometer registered a low of 56 degrees on Aug. 20 and Aug. 22.

What causes the evening temperature to drop rapidly after a warm summer day?

According to Capriola, “If it is a warm day, and it cools down quickly, it could be that a sea breeze picked up. Also, if the dew point or humidity is low, the temperatures will drop faster.”

A very dry air mass would create the conditions that cause a person to pull on a fleece or sweatshirt at sunset, he said.

The last explanation involves human perception.

“It might seem like a really warm day, while the sun is out.

But, maybe the temperature is only in the 70s. So, it is not that warm to begin with,” he said.

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — This summer, Lost Lobstah has provided some good eating for everyone, with the exception of the lobsters.

Apparently the lost ones wandered into a trap, and later landed in a roll at a location sandwiched between two bodies of water.

The eat-in, take-out establishment, located on the Causeway next to Evergreen Credit Union, is not difficult to locate. So, those with an appetite for food and fresh air won’t get lost trying to find it.

In fact — whether it was a destination diner or stumbled upon, the Lost Lobstah did not lack regular customers during its

first year in operation, according to owner Kim McPhee.

“We had an incredible summer down on the Causeway,” McPhee said.

(There were) “a lot of tourists and locals alike. We seem to get a lot of young families, family reunions, and older clientele,” she said, adding “I think it’s our lobstah roll!”

If the food isn’t cause for a lunchtime line at the window, the live music lures folks from

off the sidewalk.

“We have local musicians on the weekends. Nothing crazy — just a one- or two-man acoustic band,” McPhee said.

The Bridgton resident opened the establishment under its new name in mid-May — just in time for the grand opening of the Bay of Naples Bridge.

McPhee plans to keep Lost Lobstah in operation on a yearround basis. She said she is

GREAT WEEKEND WEATHER was enjoyed by many boating enthusiasts on Lake Region area lakes.

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LOST LOBSTAH employees Louanna Masse and Dylan McPhee, both of Bridgton, pose with a live lobster. Lost Lobstah owner Kim McPhee said she plans to keep the eatout, dine-in establishment on the Naples Causeway open on a year round basis.

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Mountainside project faces an uphill battle (Continued from Page A) raised a valid legal concern, but that it was a civil matter and outside their jurisdiction.

They voted to use the $400

placed in escrow for the project to seek an opinion from the town attorney, but agreed to hear preliminary plans for the project from Buck’s con-

‘Appreciation’ day at complex The Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group (BRAG) Board of Directors invites the community to an informal opening of Bridgton’s Ham Recreation Complex on Saturday, Sept. 22, beginning at 9 a.m.

The complex is located on BRAG Way. The day will include many fun activities for the whole family.

Official youth recreation soccer games will be played beginning at 9 a.m. and a baseball tournament will be played with games at 12, 2:15 and 4:30 p.m., making these the first formal activities played at the much-anticipated complex.

In addition to soccer and baseball, there will be kickball before noon, a homerun derby in the afternoon, nine-square throughout the day, bounce house and tours of the complex.

Burgers and dogs will be served up during the lunch hour at no charge. Lunch tickets will be provided upon entry to the complex.

Bring chairs, snacks and drinks so you can spend the day!

This will be a great opportunity to view progress at the Ham Complex and to showcase the hard work, dedication and financial support of the Bridgton community, The Ham Foundation and so many others. This is not a finished product and there is still a lot of fundraising and work to be done. BRAG, a 501(c)3 non-profit, is seeking financial contributions to finish the concessions building, basketball/tennis courts and parking area. As funds become available the group plans to light the complex to expand its reach in the community through more adult programs and tournaments.

To date, the group has raised $700,000 dollars toward the estimated $1,000,000 needed to complete the project. For more information on donation options, including stone benches and engraved stones, visit the website at www.todaysbrag.com The entire complex will be gifted to the Town of Bridgton in 2013 with a formal grand opening.

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(Continued from Page A) already paying monthly rent, so “why not go for it.”

She hopes to take advantage of autumn’s stream of leaf peepers as well as the Naples Winter Carnival and the fishing derby in February.

“I am going to start offering soups, sandwiches, salads and takeout dinners,” McPhee said.

“We offer a full seafood menu as well. I believe that will continue,” she said.

For the remainder of the year, the days Lost Lobstah is open will be limited to Thursday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

After a busy summer and long hours on her feet, McPhee is pleased to have some time off and catch up on much needed sleep.

sultant, Tom Dubois of MainLand Development, Inc. Dubois said the legal question was moot, since Buck has the right to access Old County Road from his property, including from any rights-of-way Buck has to rear acreage behind his property.

Dubois said any other resident with back acreage could do the same.

Still, as the board went through its 19 elements of review for subdivisions, it became clear there were limits — in terms of phosphorus runoff, erosion and fire protection — to how much more of the mountainside could be carved into house lots. Several residents pointed to the already substandard condition of the narrow Old County Road, which sustained further damage and erosion over the summer from heavy rains.

“It’s so steep there, and the water comes off so fast,” said Jeff Perkins, Old County Road resident. Added fellow road resident Bob Michaud, “Our road system is not adequate to handle the situation as it currently exists,” let alone with four more house lots.

As proposed, Buck’s four lots would be served by a 430foot-long private road with a hammerhead “T” turnaround.

All four lots would be served by a common water system and three of the four lots would have a common septic system. One of the lots would have its own septic system.

Town ordinances allow lots served by common systems to be smaller in size than the one-acre lot size minimum; as such, the project is proposing that the three lots be served by both a common water and septic system to be 20,000 square feet, with the lot using a private septic system being 30,000 square feet.

Dubois acknowledged he had to get “creative” in designing ways to handle stormwater runoff on the steeply-sloping lots, with grades of up to 13

WHAT THE PLAN LOOKS LIKE — Terry Buck of T. Buck Construction wants town approval to create a four-lot subdivision between Old County Road and the ski slope trails of Shawnee Peak on Pleasant Mountain. Old County Road residents say Buck has no right to access their private road, located in a high-density subdivision of both year-round and summer homes off Mountain Road. Route 302 is shown at top, with a portion of Moose Pond at the top right. percent. To slow the water and divert its flow, he said he created two vegetated underdrain filters, one above the hammerhead “T” and another on the lot served by its own septic.

Even so, the development will exceed its phosphorus allowance nearly twofold — requiring Buck to pay a remediation fee of $2,494 to the Department

of Environmental Protection.

Board member Brian Thomas said he was very worried about the impact to Moose Pond. “The health of Moose Pond has been degrading over the years and I’m a

little concerned about it,” he said. He especially pointed to the exceedance of phosphorus loads from the project, but said, “I guess there’s nothing you can do about it because the PROJECT, Page A

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Tarantino told selectmen the group’s goal was to “put all the facts on the table” and not attempt to sway selectmen toward one option over the other. Regardless of how selectmen decide, the ultimate decision will rest with taxpayers.

Selectmen wrestled with the idea of whether to place the question as a non-binding vote during the November election.

Selectman Woody Woodward feared that if townspeople remained “confused” about what pieces would be sold, they would simply vote “No.” Woodward wondered if a longer education period would be needed to insure voters fully understand the proposal.

Greg Jones suggested the question contain three choices — Yes, No or I Don’t Know, giving those voters unsure what the question actually means an “out.”

Selectmen will decide whether to target the November election as a “litmus” test at their next meeting.

Selectman Bob McHatton

noted that townspeople could shoot down the idea because they want to retain the entire property to pass along to future generations.

CDC members pointed out a “great deal of homework” remains to be completed before any serious talk about a sale can be had. Renneker added, “regardless of what direction we head in” some issues pertaining to the campground must be addressed in the near future.

If we keep it…

Presently, the town earns about $50,000 by operating the property as a campground.

However, that figure could be increased up to about $130,000 if additional sites are developed and fees for use are increased.

Presently, the seasonal fees charged are: $2,385 for waterfront, $1,961 lagoon area and $1,670 for back sites. Fees are also charged for guests, docks, winter storage, trailers, boats and personal watercraft and “pump.”

Campers (presently, just five are local residents) currently pay no real estate or personal property taxes on struc-

tures built or placed upon sites with the possible exception of trailers. This, however, could change. Selectmen will consider implementing a tax for such structures including decks.

Some “structures” could also be eliminated in the future.

Code Enforcement Officer Robbie Baker noted that some structures are “illegal” (within 100-foot mark of water, which violates shoreland zoning regulations) and were wrongfully permitted.

“It’s been recommended that we do not go back on these,” Baker said, “but we will go forward to correct it.” Meaning, if one camper gives up the site, the structure leaves as well.

One concern is that the town presently does not have a reserve account to pay for infrastructure improvements.

At the moment, if the septic or water system failed, cost to repair would fall directly onto taxpayers. The CDC recommends that a $250,000 reserve fund be created. Seventy-five percent of increased fees generated by the campground would be earmarked for the fund with

the remaining 25% channeled to the town’s General Fund.

Other issues to be addressed include widening the bridge, installing electric meters, dredging the lagoon and better marketing efforts.

The bridge is “structurally” sound based on current use — walking traffic and occasional travel of golf cart or light tractor, Bridgton Public Works Director Jim Kidder said.

The CDC also recommended the creation of a Salmon Point oversight committee.

If we sell it…

To “maximize” the return on this property, officials would target a developer to purchase the site and either construct residential housing or possibly some type of resort.

A “request for proposals” (RFP) would be sent out to gauge interest. The RFP would specify that the land could not be developed for use as a campground.

A sale at $2.3 million would generate yearly maximum income of about $257,000 — a difference of $126,000 if the SALMON, Page A

(Continued from Page A) DEP says you can.”

Dubois was firm in his belief that developing the property with a system of drainage, culverts and buffers will “significantly improve” from the current damage from erosion and runoff that is occurring now, in its undeveloped state.

“I think we’re going pretty above and beyond on this one,” he said. At the board’s request, he agreed to use pavement for the road access and driveways, instead of gravel, because gravel is considered less of an impediment to phosphorus runoff than pavement.

Thomas said he was more concerned about the maintenance, years down the road, of those erosion control measures, because the board’s

experience has been that all the erosion control measures will have little effect if they are not maintained.

Buck, who would like to develop the lots this fall, said he will make sure that Old County Road will be left in the same or better condition after construction as before construction. He also agreed to shave a berm off one side of his Old County Road property to increase the turning radius for fire engines.

Fire Chief Glen Garland gave his assessment, when the board turned to requirements of streets and safety for emergency vehicles. “At grades of 13 percent, it makes it quite difficult for us to operate,” he said. All it would take would be for a fire truck to run into

a ditch, or not be able to back down the hill, he said.

Dubois countered that grades of 13 percent “are not that uncommon” in Bridgton.

“I’m concerned about any emergency services responding,” Garland said. “It’s a deadend road off a dead-end road.”

Garland said such a situation makes it nearly impossible for his department to establish a “flow” to bring any injured down, once the department has set up its shuttle system, with a fire tank at the Old County Road and lines of hose pumping water up Buck Hill Drive.

Two fire hydrants are located within a mile of the project site, but Board Chairman Steve Collins said the current thinking of a Fire Suppression Committee he serves on is that requiring homeowners to

install sprinkler systems is the better alternative.

Dubois said the idea of making sprinklers mandatory for the project gives him “heartburn,” since the project would have to compete with other properties nearby that do not have such a requirement.

But Garland said that, while firefighters would be able to reach the site, using two fire pumper engines and hoses, “I just don’t want to keep adding on to that problem” without looking to the day when it will stretch the department beyond its ability to cope. He added that the issue isn’t only with subdivisions, but also with single-lot development on roads not served by town water.

The board tabled the review until their next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

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Salmon Pt. campground (Continued from Page A) town continued to operate the campground.

If sold, the money would be placed in an interest-bearing trust fund.

“No one is making any more lakefront, which makes this (Salmon Point) a very valuable property,” CDC member Dee Miller said. “The town is sitting on a golden goose egg.”

According to the town’s code enforcement officer, a developer could create 30 to 34 house lots.

Another issue will be providing septic and water alternatives to five “neighbors” to the campground, which are presently tied into the town’s systems.

More to come Selectmen and CDC mem-

bers will continue to sift over existing information, as well as get the word out to the public regarding the two options.

While there is “no immediate” rush to act — “I don’t see a sale happening any time soon,” one official said — some work, both structurally and administratively (fees), needs to be done at the campground in the near future.

FRYEBURG — Last year the Fryeburg Business Association decided that a book about Fryeburg would be a great project. The Fryeburg Then and Now books are now hot off the press, and available for sale for $5 each, the cost of publishing.

The book was designed to have many purposes so that it will appeal to all. It captures the essence of Fryeburg through its history and people, and includes a 14-month calendar/daytimer (November 2012-January 2014). The book has pictures of years gone by as well as current photos of the town, showing the changes over the years.

The book includes stories of some of the multi-generational families of Fryeburg and elders in order to capture memories

and facts that might otherwise be lost. It also has a directory of businesses to promote association members and provide a convenient resource for those enjoying the book.

The book is the result of eight months’ work by Donna Woodward, who was assisted

by David Chaffee and Jean Andrews in conducting some of the interviews. Woodward also was helped by local historian Fran Dunham, in combing through old photos and newspaper clippings. Hours became days spent researching at the Fryeburg Historical building, as Woodward became totally captivated in the richness of Fryeburg history.

The graphic department at Fryeburg Academy was asked for help in designing the book’s cover, and teacher

Carol Kneeland offered the project to her students. A very creative and talented student named Skye Dole took the challenge. “She captured the vision described to her, and created the most perfect design for this beautiful hard cover book of Fryeburg,” said Woodward.

Fryeburg Then and Now is available at the Spice and Grain Store and at the Carol Hanson Art Studio both located on Portland Street in Fryeburg; and also at Papa’s Floral and Gift Shop on Main Street in Fryeburg. They will also be available for purchase at the Poland Spring office on Main Street in Fryeburg every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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SOUTH PARIS — Meet the Altos. It’s Tony Alto’s funeral (or is it?) and his wife, Toffee has invited you to the wake.

Chris wants you to check your weapons at the door (and if you don’t have any, he has extras!)

Uncle Senior has a rigged dice game going on, and Tony’s ma, Nona, is, well, just plain nuts.

Tony’s analyst, Dr. Malaise, is giving free treatments, and Father Flip has no idea what he’s doing. No one seems sad that Tony is gone, and they certainly don’t seem happy once he’s discovered alive.

Tickets for Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association’s (OHMPAA) interactive musical comedy mystery spoof of the famous HBO series, The Altos (like the Sopranos only lower) are now on sale at Books ‘N’ Things, Main Street, Norway.

Performances will be Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, East Main Street,

South Paris. Tickets are $20/ person and must be purchased (at Books ‘N’ Things) before 3 p.m. the day of the performance. (Sorry, there can be no “at the door” holds or purchases.) Price includes the show and a four-course, lasagna dinner, prepared by the women and men of the church (vegetarian lasagna will also be available.)

Featured performers will be director Tom Littlefield as Tony, Holly Hill as Toffee, Max Brown as Chris, Tom Ferent as Uncle Senior, Alison Whitney as Nona, Carol Jones as Dr. Malaise, and Ed Baldridge as Father Flip.

Harvey Calden of Jay is Be prepared to dodge bulpleased to announce his canlets, laugh at the songs and see didacy for Maine State Senate if you can figure out who put a District 14. contract out on Tony.

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Maine House of Representatives from 1999-2007. He served one term on the Labor Committee and four terms on the Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee, two terms as House chair.

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The district includes Andover, Bethel, Buckfield, Byron, Canton, Dixfield, Gilead, Greenwood, Hanover, Hartford, Hebron, Jay, Lincoln Plantation, Lovell, Magalloway Plantation, Mexico, Milton Township, Newry, Peru, Roxbury, Rumford, Albany Twp., Mason Township, Stoneham, Stow, Sumner, Sweden, Upton, Waterford, West Paris and Woodstock.

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Tent survives fallen tree It Dawned on Me

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I pictured the oversized bulldozer as it rumbled over the dirt road leading to the cul-de-sac. I saw the large tracks (like the ones on military tanks) clunking as the bulldozer drew closer.

Why would anyone be operating such a large and noisy machine at this hour in the morning?

I might have been asleep. Still, I was very cognizant of lying in my bed and wondering why heavy machinery was barreling down the road toward my home.

Then, there was a flash of light that was so brilliant it bypassed the material of my bedroom curtains. It lit up the room, and my eyes shot open.

Not the headlights from a supposed earth-moving machine, my mind informed me.

I don’t know if the “Am I in danger?” response or the notion that a lightening flash had occurred came first. But, I whipped out of my bed in an effort to close the window from the wind and rain that had

already arrived.

It’s a thunderstorm. My eyes scanned the room for the time on the digital clock: Shortly after midnight.

Now — awake and at the window, I could see clearly why the lightening had turned the thick material of my drapes to transparent. Those repeated spats of lightening seemed as bright as daylight, as bright as science-fiction-sized meteors blasting down upon one’s dooryard.

I could linger, and just watch the light strike the sky and vanish into the inkwell of night. I could stay put, close my eyes, and just listen to the sounds accompanying this kind of rainstorm. So, I did.

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The planning process was short-lived because I wanted to assess the tent’s condition, and remove it before my husband fired up the chainsaw and claimed the firewood.

Also, the job at hand was sweetened by the idea that the tent had another story attached to it.

The North Face tent dates back three decades. In 1986, two friends of my husband’s did a climb on Denali, pitching the tent on Ruth Glacier. My husband bought the tent and a winterweight sleeping bag from Vinnie, an avid mountaineer who was upgrading his all-season gear.

After Wayne acquired the tent

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(Continued from Page A) economy. I’m asking for your support to become that voice,” said Calden.

Among Calden’s key initiatives are: • Support policies that encourage businesses to grow, hire and move to Maine; • Keep state spending and taxes reasonable and transparent;

• Continue to work toward education reforms while understanding that funding of education must be one of our highest priorities; • Help those in need move toward independence through social program reforms; • Preserve our high quality of life, outdoor heritage and the natural beauty that attracts so many visitors.

in the mid-90’s, the North Face was sleeping quarters for a wintertime trip to Mount Washington.

The temperature was minus 19 degrees, and winds at the summit reached 99 miles per hour. The group of five men hiked back down to the tree line, and set up camp — immediately cooking and consuming hot food.

The temperatures were milder when the tent was privy to another winter camping experience. In March 2008, after ice fishing at a public pond, we spent the night in the tent. That evening, Wayne served hot cocoa to our threeyear-old daughter while her boots dried upside-down on two sticks near the cook fire.

In June 2008, the tent sat above one of New Hampshire’s creeks at a campground, where characters from the Yogi Bear cartoons ride through the property in a motorized wagon in the morning. A month later, the tent joined the ranks of many as my daughter helped us set up the North Face at the friendly Sebago

Lake State Campground.

All of these experiences are of value to the history of the tent.

Two of my most cherished times in that faded yellow tent are marked on the calendar month of August.

In 2002, after stupidity nearly swept me into the ocean during a canoe trip down Portage Glacier Creek, the mummy-like shape of the tent was a wonderful womb for my slumber. I woke up to a view of multiple waterfalls streaming from glaciers above Williwaw Campground, and with a thick-headed thankfulness for life.

A decade later and a week before this August’s thunderstorm, I cherished the very moment I was falling asleep to the excited post-midnight chatter of my daughter. We were simply sleeping in the tent — pitched in our own yard. Somehow, it was exciting to be woken by the sun and birds’ songs, to open the tent door, and to see what is familiar from a different viewpoint.

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By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer SEBAGO — Gene Bahr’s extraordinary artistic talent is well known within the wildlife community of Maine and beyond, mostly by word of mouth. Once you’ve seen the intricate detail and accuracy of one of his wildlife creations, be it a glistening fish carving or a many-feathered bird, you don’t soon forget it.

Bahr has never promoted himself, however, in an active way.

He’s worked quietly and patiently in his studio/home in the Sebago woods, so quietly, though, that few residents of the Lake Region knew he was there.

That all changed two weeks ago, however, when Bahr played NETWORKING — Gene Bahr, center, chats with Chamber host for the July Chamber After Hours networking event of the members during the Chamber After Hours recently at his Greater Bridgton/Lake Region Chamber of Commerce. Bahr said Sebago studio.

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“I am thankful for the bipartisan support for these essential changes; the willingness to take immediate action

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dows in her sleep-in sauna.

In the bathroom, I laughed because the entire toilet seat was wet, and Mother Nature had been the culprit of the offense.

Inside the kitchen, rain had splattered in a wide radius. I tossed a towel to the floor, and while wiping up the water with a free foot, my eyes returned to the window. I watched the turmoil in my back yard from the safety of indoors.

I gasped. During a millisecond of light, I saw something that was not right.

The moment was like having a light switch turned on ever so briefly in a room where a group of children had run amok and not put away any of the toys that had been merrily tossed during the free-for-all. The moment was like a taunting on and off light had been thrown upon the stage of a Neil Simon play after the main character threw a tempertantrum, leaving dishes shattered and kitchen chairs up-tipped.

I waited for another flash of lightening to confirm the chaos: A pair of trees had fallen in the yard.

Under the beam of the household flashlight, it was obvious that the wind (and not a lightning strike) had dropped the weakened maples. The top branches covered a two-man North Face tent.

I’d wait until morning to do a better inspection. No use risking life and limb over a tent.

Before re-retiring to bed, I said my prayers of thanks: The trees had not hit the roof.

The next day, I got my hands dirty. I unearthed the stakes and slid the tent to safety. No broken poles. No tears in the material.

The tent had been spared.

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Drivers who commit major violations such as driving under the influence, operating after suspension and criminal speeding will face a $200 reinstatement fee; possibly community service and will have to pass another driver license examination, in addition to the aforementioned requirements, in order to regain their ability to drive in Maine.

The restrictions that apply to drivers operating with an intermediate license — which include no passengers except family members, no driving between midnight and 5 a.m. and no cell phone use — will be extended from six to nine months. A violation of any of the conditions of an intermediate license will result in a suspension of driving privileges for 60 days for the first offense, 180 days for a second offense and one year for a third or subsequent offense While the majority of regulations implemented by this new law focus on young drivers, the minimum fine for texting and driving, which has been increased from $100 to $250, applies to all drivers.

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Bridgton Police blotter cated” subjects igniting fireFriday, Aug. 31 12:35 a.m. A Pond Road works and loud music coming resident received three phone from a party near the Moose calls over an hour seeking her Pond Causeway.

Sunday, Sept. 2 Social Security number and 9:34 a.m. A black leathcredit card information.

9:46 a.m. A woman reported er jacket and leather gloves that her son had thrown rocks were lost in the Highland Lake through the home’s windows Beach parking area.

10:10 a.m. A business owner Thursday night and caused other damage at the residence. asked to speak to an officer 10:13 a.m. A caller reported regarding alleged threats made that a male subject had been by an employee, who had been texting her, which violated fired.

10:03 p.m. Steven L. Hatch, terms of a protection from 54, of Fryeburg was charged abuse order.

4:19 p.m. Police responded with operating a motor vehicle to a shoplifting complaint at a while under the influence following a stop on North High Portland Road store.

6:10 p.m. Fryeburg Police Street. Hatch was released on sought assistance involving a personal recognizance bail.

10:05 p.m. A Thompson motor vehicle chase, which Road resident reported that ended in a collision.

9:19 p.m. Josef F. Polivka, fireworks “spooked” a female 22, of Bridgton was charged golden retriever, which was with three counts of violat- now missing.

HARRY’S RIDE — Although Monday, Sept. 3 ing conditions of his release.

Harry Glover of Bridgton 2:20 a.m. Police received He was released on his own was unable to make a bena report of a female, wearing recognizance. efit motorcycle ride this past 10:31 p.m. Marceline R. black clothing, who was walkSaturday, having just been Heroux, 42, of Wyoming, R.I. ing in the middle of Portland released from the hospital folwas charged with operating Road. lowing treatment, his friends 6:53 a.m. Vandals caused a motor vehicle while under turned out in big numbers the influence and operating damage at the golf course. to take part in the ride.

3:43 p.m. Police responded a motor vehicle with a pasCyclists, led by ride organizer senger possessing an open to a motor vehicle accident Dan Nowell (top photo) rode container of alcohol. Heroux in the Hannaford parking lot

by Harry’s house on Pond was stopped on Main Street. involving a 2012 Suburban, Road before heading out for Heroux was released on per- operated by Michael Kelly the 150-mile tour. Some ridof Clackamas, Ore., and a sonal recognizance bail. ers took part in an interview 2009 Toyota Camry, operSaturday, Sept. 1

by Riding Steel prior to the 12:28 p.m. Someone went ated by Carol G. Johnson of event, which benefitted the for a joy ride Friday night at Scarborough. longtime local fireman. the expense of the golf course.

9:57 p.m. Police received a Using a golf cart, an unknown call regarding a possible child subject rode around the course, endangerment situation. causing damage to the greens Tickets: During this reportand cart. ing period, police issued 56 9:07 p.m. Police received verbal/written warnings and complaints regarding “intoxi- four summonses.

The following items appeared on the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department log: Aug. 24: Deputy Winslow responded to a motor vehicle accident on Lambs Mill Road in Naples at 5:49 p.m.

Aug. 26: Deputy Hanna responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Roosevelt Trail and Casco Road in Naples at 11:46 a.m.

Aug. 26: Deputy Hanna investigated a theft complaint at Camp Takajo in Naples at 5:38 p.m.

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These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, Aug. 28 8:04 a.m. A South Bridgton Road resident reported that two dogs were on his property and bothering his cattle.

3:15 p.m. Police investigated a forgery complaint.

Wednesday, Aug. 29 1:47 a.m. A Pond Road resident filed a complaint regarding harassment by a Bridgton woman.

2:13 p.m. Police checked a domestic disturbance at a Main Street location.

2:52 p.m. A subject requested to speak to an officer regarding harassment by a youth, driving a neon-colored vehicle.

5:38 p.m. A woman asked whether a male subject was still in jail.

11:58 p.m. A woman reported that she and two other family members were called by someone attempting to gain their names and Social Security numbers.

Thursday, Aug. 30 11:09 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Portland Road involving Gage Sellers of Denmark, operating a 2003 Passat, and William R. Macdonald of Bridgton.

3:04 p.m. A North High Street resident claimed she was being threatened by a female, whom she hired via craigslist to clean her house.

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Oxford County arrests

The arrests were processed at the Oxford County Jail in South Paris: Stevie Glanville, 21, of Center Conway, N.H. was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and criminal mischief. He was arrested by Fryeburg Police on Aug. 28 on Icehouse Road.

Braden L. Hawley, 29, of Brownfield was charged with domestic violence assault and obstructing the reporting of a crime. He was arrested on Aug. 31 at a Merrill Corner Road residence in Brownfield.

David A. St. Pierre, 52, of Sebago was charged with drinking while driving. He was arrested on Aug. 31 in Denmark.

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Continuations

Healing power of touch (Continued from Page A) ing and we all need to find the method that gets us there. For some that method is massage, for others it’s nature, for others it’s riding their motorcycle, for some it’s all of the above and more.”

Stancu attended massage therapy school in Bridgton at The New Hampshire Institute of Therapeutic Arts. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado.

“I have always been a dancer, a writer and a lover of life,” she said.

The News recently conducted the following interview with Jennie Stancu: BN: You mentioned that three very telling experiences truly shaped your life and steered you in the direction of massage therapy and writing.

Jennie: The three telling experiences were hiking the Appalachian Trail (2,160 miles from Georgia to Maine), working in South Africa, and the murder of my first husband.

Hiking the AT was a beautiful experience. I was 20. I was so fortunate to have decided to do that then, when I had the freedom. So many people supported me on that journey. I wrote a series of articles about my AT experience for The Conway Daily Sun and it was fun to engage with my readers. For some people, I was the closest they would ever get to a thru-hike. It was exhilarating and simple at the same time. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who ever thought of doing it, and hope to do it again some day.

Living and working in South Africa was also a true privilege.

I was 21, and so full of optimism and ideals. My friends Jed, Dana, Shebis, Toni and I created a career and education counseling center called Zithembe. Zithembe means “hope” in Xhosa. We did a lot of good things for people in that community. While I was in South Africa, I met my first husband, Wachen Kimbundu Vieira — a refugee from the Angolan wars in Africa (in a published report, Vieira walked from Angola over a thousand miles to South Africa. “He got sick of it and wanted a better life, so he walked. He walked a lot,” said friend and recording partner, Pax. “He was a poet and an artist.”).

After a hard transition to living in the United States — he wanted to pursue a career as a poet and hip-hop artist — Wachen was killed on July 26, 2002 in the living room of our home in Boulder, Colo. by a man who later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity

(Kirk R. Palmer was sentenced to an indeterminate time in a state mental hospital in Pueblo, Colo. Wachen once worked at Palmer’s clothing store). I don’t think I will ever understand why this happened, or even if it’s possible to understand something so senseless.

Wachen taught me about God and about humanity. He showed me what it takes to greet the world every day with joy, no matter what.

These three experiences have all led me to writing this book (I write about all of them in the book) and my career as a massage therapist because healing and the study of healing, had to become the focus of my life.

My life as a massage therapist and yoga practitioner is the continuation of a path I’ve been on my entire life. My healing practice consists of yoga, writing and massage. I am doing my best to integrate these things more and more every day.

BN: How did you become interested in massage therapy?

Jennie: I became interested in massage therapy on a very instinctual level. My first examination of the healing power of touch was in a paper I wrote my freshman year of college — a time in my life when my greatest intelligence was still centered in my mind. Seven years later, when I entered massage school, I still had never received a professional massage (yes, my first experience of massage occurred in massage school). I went to a yoga class held at the massage school. I eventually enrolled and liked the “vibe” or the feeling I had while in the school. I had a feeling that it would be a good place for me to go, and that healing touch was a smart thing for me to refine in my life. I was right.

The most essential characteristic to being successful in the field of massage therapy is certainty in the healing power of touch and the confidence — to let your own inner wisdom move you. Once you define your own unique value, you are guaranteed to have clients who will value you.

Paying attention to the business side of your practice, or finding the support you need there, is also essential. It takes a lot of courage and power to fuel both the therapeutic and business sides of a massage therapy practice, but it’s completely possible. You just need to decide there is no other option than success and be willing to put yourself out there.

BN: Massage therapy is a career field which seemingly has exploded over the past five to 10 years. Why? Jennie: The explosion of the field of massage therapy, I

believe, is because Americans are finally waking up to the physical toll stress takes on their health and they want to do something about it.

Statistically, we are a country of people who are fat, sick and nearly dead. I think of massage therapists as front line healthcare providers who keep people healthy with preventive techniques. We need to be spending much more time, energy and money on staying well and enjoying life, as opposed to feeling crappy as our health goes down the tubes and then we wake up in a hospital for a major catastrophe that costs more than 10 years of monthly massages ever would.

So, massage therapists are being called by the legions into the field because it is so vitally necessary and so many more people are receiving massage than ever before.

I don’t find that any challenges exist from a business standpoint as far as the number of massage therapists in the world, of course challenges always exist in business. I never feel like I am in competition with other massage therapists for clients. I stay consistently busy, charging a rate that comfortably supports me. I know there is this notion that massage therapists are always poor and struggling, and it’s true, we are artists, but if someone has a gift and they want to turn it into a business that supports them, there is nothing out there to stop them.

BN: What do you like most about the book?

Jennie: What I like most about my book is that it is a load off my chest. Publishing it has released me from one stage of my life to another. I am happy to make the transition. I hope it is the first of many more STILL LIFE — Gene Bahr shows off one of his creations, a books to come. woodcock.

(Photos by Gail Geraghty)

BEARING BEAUTY — Holly Dvorak, left, president of the Greater Bridgton/Lake Region Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors, chats beside the black bear recreated by wildlife artist Gene Bahr at his Sebago studio.

At right is Bahr’s mentor, wildlife artist David Footer of Lewiston, with his wife.

After Hours

(Continued from Page A) he realized he had done little to make his presence known in the local community, and joined the chamber last fall.

He offered to host one of the chamber’s monthly networking events, and provided plenty of food and two bands that played well into the night.

Around 50 chamber members attended.

Community

September 6, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page B

Baker shows at Gallery 302

POTTERY BY CYNTHIA BAKER — will be on display through September 27 at Gallery 302 in Bridgton.

“Through my intricate and was not only a gifted pianist, we traveled.” colorful clay designs, both hand but an amateur artist who did Cynthia’s exhibit will be on thrown and sculpted, I hope not hesitate when I, at the age view through Sept. 27. There to instill a sense of wonder in of seven, wanted to use oil as a will be a public reception the viewer as well as an appre- medium. When my father was Friday, Sept. 7, from 5 to 7 ciation of the natural world. stationed in Japan during the p.m. Gallery 302 is located at I came to the clay experience Korean War, she took me to a 112 Main Street in Bridgton. as a painter and am fascinated Japanese artist for drawing les- For more information, call 647by the use of clay as canvas. I sons “au plein air,” and made 2787 or visit www.gallery302. am indebted to my mother who sure that I had lessons wherever com

Martin honored for devotion to vets

Bev keeps busy at the post by helping with the Veteran’s Day dinner, monthly suppers, Saturday night dances (years ago), pie sales and helping out in the kitchen during the monthly Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments.

She is also one the top sales ladies for the “Walk of Honor” project that began nearly two years ago.

“I’m proud to have been the recipient of this plaque,” she said, pointing to where it hangs on her kitchen wall.

Indian art at Bookhouse

OXFORD — The Maine Bookhouse Reading Room Gallery in Oxford will present for the first time a collection of American Indian artifact paintings during the month of September, 2012.

The artist, Angelo J. Kaltsos has lived and worked on a southwest American Indian Reservation in New Mexico since 1973, and performed American Indian independent graduate research at the University of New

Mexico in Albuquerque.

Kaltsos was unofficially adopted as a family member of the Pueblo Indian tribe in 1976 and given an Indian name by the former Governor-Father of the Indian family. He makes a yearly excursion to that area to visit family and friends, and is now considered the Grandfather since the older generation of the family has passed.

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The beautiful stylings of Bruce Penney on display at Saco River Theatre.

Works of Bruce Penney at SRT

BAR MILLS — The Saco River Theatre, formerly the Saco River Grange Hall, invites the public to an exhibit of the paintings of Bruce Barton Penney (1929-1988) Friday through Sunday, Sept. 14-16, at the theatre, located at 29 Salmon Falls Rd, Bar Mills. The paintings are an Old White Church exhibition on loan from the Penney family of Hollis.

Born in Laconia, N.H., Penney studied at the Phoenix A recent visitor declares

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augmented his popularity at art auctions and galleries in New York, Vermont and Florida, and contributed to his stature as a major American artist.

A reception will be held on Friday, Sept 14, with hosts Chris and Gloria Penney from 4 to 8 p.m. Visiting hours on Saturday and Sunday are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free; donations are accepted.

For more information, call 929-6472.

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HALF A CENTURY OF SERVICE — Beverly Martin holds a plaque honoring her 50 years of service to the community and its veterans. With her were, from left, Tony Hazelton, American Legion Post 139 Commander Steve Wentworth and Dick Schieferstein.

HARRISON — Beverly bit behind schedule and trying to Martin of Harrison was sur- get ready for church. prised Sunday when three mem“I thought, ‘oh my, what is bers of the William I Pembroke going on,’ when I looked out American Legion Post #139 and saw the three of them standcame knocking at her front ing there all dressed up. They door. insisted I needed to be at the As a regular attendee of the breakfast,” Bev recalled. “I told VFW monthly morning break- them they would have to wait fast, Bev, (as she is known) was a bit while I finished getting at home that morning, running a ready for church, and I began

to wonder if they weren’t up to something.”

Once they arrived at the Post, Bev was ushered to the dining hall, where she was presented a plaque honoring her for half a century of service to the community and its veterans. The plaque read: “On each Memorial Day it is you who inspires us and gives us pride and direction.”

Bev is a charter and active member of the Ronald G. St. John VFW 9328, Ladies Auxiliary. Tunic Martin, Bev’s husband (deceased 2010), was one of Harrison’s Memorial Day parade organizers. He was also part of the group who puts the flags out at the cemeteries.

“I believed that a church service needed to be added to enhance the Memorial Day event, and with the combined efforts of other members of the Ladies Auxiliary, we’ve been doing it every year since the early eighties,” said Martin. She added that Steve Wentworth has always been the MC at the services.

Kaltsos American Indian artifact painting shown for first time at the Maine Bookhouse in Oxford.

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Gallery 302 is very pleased to have potter Cynthia Baker as Guest Artist for the month of September. Cynthia’s pottery is colorful, whimsical and delightful. Ms. Baker, who lives in both Bridgton and Florida, is a jack-of-all-trades, who has studied jewelry making, pottery, printmaking, life drawing and watercolor at a variety of places, including Saugatuck School of Painting, University of Maine, San Diego State College and Paris, France.

This multi-talented artist has also created murals, backdrops and story illustrations for a TV show, watercolors, coloring books, greeting cards and posters. Recently, she wrote and illustrated A Kayaker’s Journal: Reflections from a Fish Camp in Oak Hill, Florida, 2005 (available on Amazon.com).

Presently, Cynthia regularly shows her pottery at galleries in Florida and Portland, Maine.

Here is what she says about her pottery:

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Casco recreation fall programs

Darcy Lantz and Chris Buck

Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lantz of Kingston, Pa. are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Darcy, to Chris Buck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Buck of Fryeburg.

Darcy is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rifkin of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and the late Rabbi and Mrs. Jacob Lantz of Connecticut.

She is a 2003 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and a 2007 graduate of Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Darcy is currently the Baseball Product manager for Franklin Sports in Stoughton, Mass.

Chris is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Buck Sr. of West Paris and the late Mr. and Mrs. Erland Crocker of Sumner.

Chris is a 1994 graduate of Fryeburg Academy and a 1998 graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick. He is currently the Sports Information director for Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

A May wedding is planned.

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• Karate — The fall session run from Monday, Sept. 17 through Monday, Nov. 19 and is held at Songo Locks School, from 3:20 to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $80 for the full session (payment plans available). This class offers discipline, physical fitness, self-defense, self-esteem, confidence, but most of all, fun.

• Field Hockey — Children in grades 3-6 can join Coach Pauline Webb to learn the basic fundamentals, skills and knowledge needed to play the game. Practices will be held at Lake Region Middle School on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Some scrimmages and play dates will be scheduled. Cost is $25.

• Line Dancing — Beginner/intermediate line dancing classes begin Thursday, Sept. 20 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Casco Community Center Gymnasium. Cost is $30 for the six-week session, or $7 as a drop in. Instructors are Flamin’ “Raymin” and Sizzlin’ Susan. Come for the fun and exercise, and learn some dance steps. Raymond and Susan have over 18 years of dance instruction and entertainment.

• Youth Zumba — (New) Zumbatomic, a crazy cool dance fitness workout designed just for kids, runs from Tuesday, Oct. 2 through Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 3:20 to 4:15 p.m. for grades 2-5 in the Songo Locks School gym. The cost for six weeks is $30 and the instructor is Vicki Toole of Naples. Great music and fun games will have the kids moving while have fun with their friends. The music and moves are age appropriate, but not babyish, empowering kids to strut their stuff. Come join this energetic workout with Toole, an AFAA/Zumbatomic certified instructor.

• Adult Zumba — Runs from Saturday, Oct. 27 through Saturday, Dec. 8 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. Cost is $30 for six weeks, or $7 for drop in, and the instructor is Vicki Toole.

Zumba dance is “exercise in disguise.” Dance/fitness classes are here to help you “ditch the workout and join the party.” This easyto-follow but cardio-blasting exercise in disguise will have you enjoying your workout to the max. Learn the salsa, merengue, reggae and a host of other fun rhythms, all set to a pulsating Latin beat that will have you moving like never before. All that’s needed is comfortable clothing, sneakers and a desire to have a great time.

• Cardio Kickboxing — Tuesdays, from 6 to 7 p.m., in the Casco Community Center gymnasium, for a $7 drop in fee. The instructor is Denise St. John, who will teach you how to combine punches and kicks with jumping jacks and other fun moves. It is a great calorie-burning workout that can be modified for all fitness levels.

• Practical Yoga — Eight-week session on Thursdays from Sept. 6 to Oct. 25 at the Casco Community Center, taught by Deb Goldstein. Cost is $56, or $10 per drop in. This class is specifically for new students and seniors, but experienced students can deepen their practice too. Classes will begin with a basic understanding of why yoga works, hands and balance poses, building strength safely, finding flexibility, using the breath to flow through poses, working with endurance and yoga for anxiety.

• Senior Bowling — Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. This is a very exciting, free program that anyone can do — Wii bowling is a great way to exercise, socialize and just have a ton of fun.

• Saturday Autumn Yoga — Saturdays from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the Casco Community Center, with instructor Deb Goldstein.

Cost for the seven weeks is $49, or $10 per drop in. This is a Hatha yoga class with each class focused on a common ailment, such as sciatica, neck or shoulder tension, colds and sinus congestion, back pain, anxiety, depression. The last class on Oct. 27 focuses on boosting the immune system.

• Yoga Retreat — For body, mind and soul, on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. A short documentary film on Rumi, poet of the heart who lived 700 years ago and is currently the bestselling poet in America. Enjoy healthy yogi tea and snacks, great conversation, and even a short group meditation. This will be followed by an hour of flowing yoga. Come for the whole morning or just a portion, and the cost is still only $10.

• Parents and Children Activity Group — (New) On Fridays starting Oct. 5 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. All caregivers and children are invited, to create a way to encourage relationship building within the community among par-

ents and children. The group is a way for children and caregivers to get together, form friendships, have a support system and mostly just have fun. Involvement of future activities and focus for each day will be a group decision. Ideas include: races, scavenger hunts, games, movie days, craft days, cooking, and holiday activities • Youth Basketball — Casco Recreational Basketball is for grade K-6 girls and boys who live in Casco. The 3rd and 4th grade league is separate from the 5th and 6th grade league and it is based on instruction. The fundamentals, teamwork and good sportsmanship are stressed at all levels. There will also be an instructional league for kindergarten and/1st and 2nd grades. Registration is Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Casco Community Center.

• Adult Basketball — Free, for coeds over 25, on Mondays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. starting Jan. 2 in the Community Center gymnasium. Get out, have some fun, meet some friends and get some exercise.

• “Hep the Step” Women’s hop — On Fridays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Casco Community Center, when senior women 60+ years old rock with music, starting in September. Exercise to music from the 50s 60s, 70s and 80s with instructor Bev White.

One hour of dance/exercise; one hour of socializing.

• Flu Clinic — Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Casco Community Center. All are welcome.

For more information on any of these programs, please contact Beth Latsey, Casco Recreation director, at 627-4187 or e-mail recreation@cascomaine.org

Kelly and Michael McGowan

Wedding

Kelly and Michael McGowan are extremely pleased to announce their marriage on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 at the United Methodist Church, located in the bride’s hometown of Naples.

Mr. and Mrs. McGowan both are employed and are residing in Naples with their six-year-old son, William McGowan.

Calendar Please note: Deadline for all calendar submissions is Tuesday at noon.

BRIDGTON Sept. 6 - Oct. 5 — Bridgton Town Hall/Rec Center, closed for annual maintenance. FMI: Contact program instructors.

Sept. 6, 13 — Tai Chi Maine Continuing Set Practice, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Alliance Church.

Sept. 6, 13 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

Sept. 6, 13 — Pinochle, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 6, 13 — Knitting Circle, 2-4 p.m., No. Bridgton Library.

Sept. 6, 13 — “Pump it Up” by Bridgton Hospital, 1st & 2nd of 3 free classes on heart failure, 3-5 p.m., Physician Group Conference Room, old hospital building. FMI: 647-6050.

Sept. 6, 13 — Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 6 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 7 — Landmark Human Resources Art Show, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 7 — Reception for Guest Artist Cynthia Baker, 5-7 p.m., Gallery 302, Main St. Exhibit thru Sept. 27.

Sept. 8, 15 — Bridgton Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center parking lot.

Sept. 8 — Used book sale, 9 a.m. to noon, library courtyard.

Sept. 9 — Rally Day for First Congregational Church of Bridgton, 10 a.m., Camp Wigwam in Waterford.

Sept. 9 — Maine Apple Sunday, 1-5 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 9 — Methodist Church Vespers Service, 6 p.m., Highland Lake Beach (if inclement, at church.)

Sept. 10 — Golden Oldies Lunch Bunch, noon, Punkin Valley Restaurant. FMI: 647-3635.

Sept. 10 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 10 — Program Steering Committee Meeting, 6 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 10 — Lions Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 11 — Rozzie May Feline Fix It Wagon, register 7:30 to 8 a.m., Paris Farmers Union, Rte. 302. FMI: 603-447-3477.

Sept. 11 — Tai Chi Maine Beginner Set Practice, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Alliance Church.

Sept. 11 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

Sept. 11 — Bridge, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 11 — Friends of the Bridgton Library, 1 p.m., library.

Sept. 12 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

Sept. 12 — Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Respite provided.

Sept. 12 — Let’s Talk About It:

Game Club dinner meeting, 6:30 p.m., Church of New Jerusalem, Oxford St. Sept. 12 — Fryeburg Homemakers, social time 9:30 a.m., meeting 10 a.m., Legion Hall, Bradley St. Sept. 15 — Free opening reception of Apple of My Eye art exhibit, with talk by Curator Sam Robbins, 2-4 p.m., Pace Galleries, Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 9359232.

Sept. 15 — Concert by Lexi James and Cryer Creek, 7:30 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

FMI: 935-9232.

Sept. 16 — Party honoring Dr. Keith Buzzell, DO, 1-3 p.m., Fryeburg Health Care Center.

HARRISON Sept. 7, 14 — Harrison Farmers’ Market, 1 to 5 p.m., Harrison Town Hall parking lot.

Sept. 8 — Ladies Auxiliary Supper, 5-6 p.m., Harrison VFW Post, Waterford Rd. Sept. 8 — Dance with Back Room Deal, 8 p.m. to midnight, Harrison VFW Post, Waterford Rd. Sept. 12 — Attitudinal Healing Groups of Maine, 6-8 p.m., United Parish Church. FMI: 508-6330159.

Sept. 12 — Talk & discussion of tar sands project through western Maine towns, 6:30 p.m., library. FMI: 583-6304.

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15 — Annual Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) Walk

by United Parish Congregational Church of Harrison and No. Bridgton, starts 9 a.m. at church, to No. Bridgton and back. FMI: 583-4840.

Sept. 16 — Benefit spaghetti feed, 5 p.m., auction, 6 p.m., & karaoke, 7 p.m. for Tim & Gloria Charlton, Harrison VFW Hall, Waterford Rd. FMI: 583-4855.

LOVELL Sept. 6, 13 — Brown Bag Book Chat, noon, library.

Sept. 7 — Harvest Supper, 56:30 p.m., Lovell United Church.

Sept. 7, 14 — Bingo, early birds 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Post #6783.

Sept. 10 — Storytime with Miss Liz begins, for children under five, 10-11 a.m., library.

Sept. 10 — Book discussion, The Young Hitler, by Eliot Lilien, 1 p.m., library.

Sept. 12 — Lovell’s Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rte. 5 by the Wicked Good Store.

Sept. 13 — Lovell and the War of 1812, with Dr. Robert C. Williams, 7 p.m., library.

NAPLES Sept. 6, 13 — Naples Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FMI: 928-2187.

Sept. 8 — Bean Supper by Edes Falls Sewing Circle, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Community Hall.

Sept. 11 — Storytime, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 11 — Scrabble Club, 7 p.m., library.

Sept. 12 — Computer Basics, 6 p.m., library.

Sept. 13 — Storytime with Music, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 13 — Pajama Storytime, 6 p.m., library.

Sept. 15 — Benefit dinner and raffle for Gavin Warren Barker, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., American Legion, Rte. 11. FMI: 595-4830.

Sept. 15 — The Dartts from Nashville, Tenn., in concert, 6 p.m., Cornerstone Gospel Church, 25 Sebago Rd., Naples.

RAYMOND Sept. 10 — Baby/Toddler Playtime, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 12 — Maine author Steve Pinkham on his book, Old Tales of the Maine Woods, 6 p.m., library.

FMI: 655-4283.

Sept. 15 — Roast Beef Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Raymond Village Church, 12 Main St. SEBAGO Sept. 10 — Knitting Group, 68 p.m., Spaulding Library.

Sept. 16 — Homemade Turkey Dinner, 2 to 4 p.m., Sebago Town Hall.

SWEDEN Sept. 9 — Service with visiting Universalist-Unitarian Minister Naomi King, 7 p.m., Sweden Community Church.

WATERFORD Sept. 10 — Socrates Cafe meets in library, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Sept. 11 — Public Bean Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., No. Waterford Congregational Church, off Rtes.

35 & 37, opposite Melby’s.

Sept. 13 — Waterford Historical Society, 7 p.m., library.

Sept. 15 — Dance with Rockin’ Roadrunnrs, 8 p.m., Waterford World’s Fair fairgrounds. FMI: 890-7669.

Sept. 16 — Waterford World’s Fair Association annual meeting, 2 p.m., fairgrounds dance hall, 36 Green Rd. AREA EVENTS Sept. 7 — Artist reception, American Indian artifact paintings, 5-7 p.m., The Maine Bookhouse, Route 26, Oxford. FMI: Sept. 8 — Wearable Art From Paper, workshop with Lynn Hazelton, 1-5 p.m., Fare Share Commons, Main St., Norway.

Sept. 8 — Oxford Hills Honey Bee Club, 1 p.m., Cooperative Extension, Olson Road, So. Paris.

FMI: 743-5009.

Sept. 8 — “Maine Life at the Turn of the Century Through the Photographs of Nettie Cummings Maxim,” 2:30 p.m., Hiram

Historical Society, 20 Historical Ridge, Hiram. FMI: 625-4762.

Sept. 8 — Public Supper by Knights of Columbus Council in Windham, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Rte. 302, Windham.

Sept. 8 — Free Fall Community Dinner, seatings at 5 and 6 p.m., East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, 231 Rayville Rd., off Rte. 121, Otisfield. FMI: 627-7133.

Sept. 8 — Swingin’ Bears Square Dance, 7-10 p.m., Oxford Hills Middle School.

Sept. 9 — DancingTrees Winter Warmth 5K Road Race & 1 Mile Fun Run/Fitness Walk, 8 a.m., Oxford County Fairgrounds.

FMI: 539-2670.

Sept. 13 — Girl Scouts Info Night, 6-7 p.m., Hiram Elementary School. FMI: 364-3639.

Sept. 14-16 — Paintings of Bruce Penney on exhibit, reception Fri. 4-8 p.m., reg. hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Bar Mills.

FMI: 929-6472.

Sept. 15 — Benefit Breakfast Buffet for Mount Washington Valley Promotions, 8-11 a.m., Mount Washington Masonic Lodge. FMI: 603-374-6241.

Sept. 15 — Guided Nature Hikes, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597.

Sept. 15 — Making shag mats and rugs, Shaker style, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Rte. 26, New Glouceter.

Sept. 16 — Mount Washington Valley Stompers 40th Anniversary Dance, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Kennett Middle School, Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-447-5527.

AREA FOOD PANTRIES BRIDGTON — Bridgton Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tuesdays, Methodist Church, 98 Main St. FMI: 647-4476.

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

CASCO — Casco Food Pantry, 6 to 7 p.m. third Monday of month, Casco Alliance Church.

FMI: 344-5370.

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

FRYEBURG — Food Pantry, Fryeburg Assembly of God, by appointment, 8 Drift Rd. FMI: 9353129.

NAPLES — Naples Food Pantry, 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, United Methodist Church, Village Green, FMI: 838-9045; The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, 1st & 3rd Mondays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Naples Town Hall gym, FMI: 615-

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

CASCO Monday — Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

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HARRISON Sunday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church, corner Route 117 and Dawes Hill Road.

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

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

Wednesdays, Standish Town Hall, Rte. 35.

SWEDEN — Sweden House Food Pantry, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The Accidental Asian by Eric Liu, 3 p.m., library.

Sept. 12 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 13-Nov. 15 — After School Karate begins, runs thru Nov. 15, 3:20 to 4:20 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. FMI: 647-8786.

Sept. 14-15 — Rufus Porter Cultural Heritage Days, 9 to 11 a.m., Community Center.

Sept. 14 — CPR Class, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center.

FMI: 647-3116.

Sept. 15 — Roast Turkey Harvest Supper, 4-6 p.m., Narramissic, Ingalls Rd. FMI: 647-3699, 647-9954.

Sept. 15 — Turkey Supper, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Bridgton Methodist Church, Main St. Sept. 15 — Democratic Fundraiser Supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

BROWNFIELD Sept. 7, 15 — Hunter Safety Class by Fryeburg Fish and Game, 6-9 p.m. Fri., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Community Center. FMI: 9352625.

Sept. 15 — Roast Pork Dinner

by Brownfield Historical Society, 5-7 p.m., Masonic Hall.

Sept. 15 — Linwood Cash and the Ridge Riders, 8 p.m. to midnight, Brownfield Lions Den, Rtes. 5 and 113. FMI: 935-4617, 935-2911.

CASCO Sept. 6, 13 — Casco Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Casco Village Green, 940 Meadow Rd. FMI: 627-4199, 329-4598.

Sept. 8 — Migratory Hawk Watch, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hacker’s Hill. FMI: 647-4352.

DENMARK Sept. 7 — Denmark Mountain Hikers, easy/moderate hike to Boulder Loop, Kancamagus Hwy, meet 8:30 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church. FMI: 756-2247.

Sept. 8, 9 — Franky and Johnny in the Claire De Lune, Denmark Arts Center. Call for details.

Sept. 10 — Denmark Historical Society, 7 p.m., library, lower level.

Sept. 14 — Denmark Mountain Hikers, difficult hike to Pleasant Mountain, Denmark, meet 8:30 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church. FMI: 756-2247.

Sept. 14, 15 — Red’n Gold Cabaret, 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St. FMI: 452-2412, 452-2057.

FRYEBURG Sept. 6, 8 — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, live NT of London broadcast, 2 and 7 p.m. Thurs., 1 p.m. Sat., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. FMI: 935-9232.

Sept. 7 — Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services at Fryeburg American Legion, 9 to 11 a.m.

Sept. 7 — Oxford County Dems meeting at Stefi and Peter Hastings, 384 Main St., 5:30 p.m. RSVP to 441-8035.

Sept. 10 — Fryeburg Fish &

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about my trip and her visit to the islands. A great woman, whom I want to emulate because of the courage to battle the odds.

God bless.

The town of Lovell has a dedicated community, which takes pride in the historical buildings of this little town.

The voters appropriated money to restore the Meeting House (Town Hall), dated 1796, as a matter of pride.

The Lovell Historical Society, in conjunction with the town, managed to procure the Kimball-Stanford House, which was also restored and is now used for the purpose of researching and storing records of historical value, preserved for all times.

The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library built an addition that was done in such a way that it looks as though it had been on the building forever. Now the Brick Church, through the generosity of the people, has a steeple that makes you know the building is being used for a purpose. When it comes to the historical value of

new challenges.

Evan has had help along the way and would like to thank Drew Corporation, Dale Shaw Race Cars, Vacationland Campground, Karl’s Auto Repair, Hanson Excavation, Jeff Milot, Rita Miglioli, Gram and Papa Blood, Rod Cole, Dave Stager, and mom and dad, Steve and Beth Armington.

The library activities for the next week include a book discussion on The Young Hitler with Eliot Lilien on Monday, Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. This discussion will cover much of the man’s life, leading him to adult life. On Thursday, Sept. 6, there will be a new program: the Brown Bag Book Chat, starting at noon. This type of activity will give readers a chance to share their love of reading. Join Anna and Rosie for an hour to suggest titles to be discussed.

Storytime with Miss Liz will start Monday, Sept. 10, from 10 to 11 a.m. All children under five are welcome with parents and caregivers. The older children’s schedule will come after the fair.

The library will have as the monthly speaker Robert C. Williams, who will talk about “Lovell and the War of 1812.”

A historian, Dr. Williams will paint an image of how the war affected not only Lovell, but also all of western Maine. This event takes place on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.

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Band had everyone either wantThe Dave Mason Tennis ing to dance or just keeping Tournament and the Lake Kezar time to the beat — fantastic, Scotch foursomes owe a big Jon. The committee of Bethany thanks to Maureen and Jim of Armington, Carol Craig, Chicky the Stow Corner Store. They Deschambeault, Rachel Kuvaja, sponsored the tennis tournaRose Micklon, Stan Tupaj, and ment for the third year, making Mary Anne Vitella decided it a tradition. They also sponthat this year the celebration sored a Lovell Rec baseball would be held in memory of team. The Scotch Foursome past Old Home Days members Classic tournament participants Scott Thomas, Paul Walker and found out how good their food Phyllis Chandler. Well done. was when they catered the din-

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I lost another friend last week. Juanita Perkins was a one-of-a-kind. She was adventurous, flying an airplane and climbing mountains, and was a beautiful photographer and woman of extreme courage.

Even though unable to stand upright, I remember her taking part in the Gasping Gobbler Race. She walked using ski poles for balance, she did a shorter version but she did it. I admired her for her tenacity and strength.

The last time I saw her was after I came back from Hawaii.

We sat and compared notes

Lovell, the community stands up tall.

Evan Armington of Lovell is a very happy young man after the end to the 2012 Road Runner Class season, when he was the declared the champion of the Road Runner Division at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.

Winning isn’t new to 16-yearold Evan — he’s been doing it since he started racing his gokarts in 2005.

During his years racing gokarts from 2004-2010, he racked up 33 wins and five championships. He moved up to a car in 2011 at Beech Ridge in the Road Runner division, finishing the season by being named Rookie of the Year for placing 4th place in overall points.

For his exceptional rookie season, he was named Outstanding New Driver.

In 2012, he continued his winning ways with three featured wins, three second place finishes and three third place finishes. During the 2012 season, he was out of the top five only once. With his great driving, Evan is the youngest NASCAR Nite Champion in any division in the past 60 years.

Driving isn’t all Evan is expected to do. He is responsible for the maintenance of his car and his side job of lawn care. As of now, no decisions has been made about next year after he moves out of the Road Runner, but it’s a sure bet that Evan will be thinking about

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New programs at the Bridgton Rec sion runs from Tuesday, Oct. 30 through Tuesday, Dec. 11 (no class Nov. 20). The theme “Engineering Mania!” explores circuits, building bridges, how airplanes fly and much more. The session fee is $60 per child. Registration forms are available at the Bridgton Town Office and at www.bridgtonmaine.org under “Recreation.”

• Wood Carving Group — A new program begins on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Bridgton Ice Rink behind the Old Town Hall at 26 North High Street. Experienced wood carvers

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Methodist Church at Highland Lake Public Beach at 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 9 for an Evening Vespers Service. Come casual, and enjoy the view across the lake as you wind down the day. In Landmark Human Resources’ Fourth Annual Art Show runs case of inclement weather, the service will be held in the church from Friday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Bridgton vestry, right off parking lot. All are welcome.

Community Center located on Depot Street in downtown Bridgton.

The public is cordially invited to an opening reception Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Landmark is a non profit agency that has served adults with disabilities and their families in the Lakes Region and Oxford Hills areas for almost 40 years. For more The Lakes Region Writers Guild™, established in 2004, information, call 647-8396. has openings for new members. Autumn is a good time to join.

Meetings are held at the Casco Public Library on two Saturdays a month, from September 2012 through June 2013, at 10 a.m.

For more information, call Elaine at 693-4978 or e-mail ebtgrifBring your chair and meet others from the Bridgton United fin@roadrunner.com

are invited to join the group to carve, discuss and share woodcarving techniques. The program is free and will meet each Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Bring new or ongoing projects to work on and enjoy light refreshments with other area wood carvers. For more information, contact Recreation Director Tom Tash at 647-8786.

• Notice for other weekly programs — The Old Town Hall will be closed until Friday, Oct. 5 for annual maintenance. For more information, please contact your instructor or Tash.

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Harvest supper, demos at Narramissic On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Bridgton Historical Society will present an afternoon of historic demonstrations and house tours, culminating in a traditional turkey dinner, at Narramissic, the historic Peabody-Fitch Farm in South Bridgton.

Starting at 3 p.m., visitors can watch a blacksmith at work in the Bob Dunning Memorial Workshop and Forge, and see how apple cider is made. The house, which reflects the daily life of the Fitch family in the 1850s, will be open for tours, and the public is always invited to enjoy the grounds, which includes 25 acres of fields, with views to the White Mountains, and short hikes.

At 5 p.m., the society will serve a roast turkey dinner with all the fixings, along with a mouth-watering array of homemade desserts. The dinner costs

$12, $10 for members of the Bridgton Historical Society, and $6 for children under 12. Nonmembers can join on the spot and receive their first benefit of membership. Proceeds from the event will benefit the society’s ongoing programs and projects at Narramissic. The dinner will be served on a first-come, firstserved basis.

The house, which was built in 1797, is presented for the most part as it was in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War, when George Fitch and his family lived there. The Bridgton Historical Society also operates an archives and museum in the former fire station on Gibbs Avenue in downtown Bridgton.

The museum and archives is open by chance or appointment this fall and winter. Narramissic, located on Ingalls Road, off Route 107 in South Bridgton, is

an historic house museum and a venue for events and workshops that further an appreciation of early American life.

With approximately 25 acres of fields, it sits on one of the highest points of land in town, with spectacular views to the north and west. Narramissic is open by appointment until mid-October.

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I had a visit for the weekend from Tristen Durkin, my granddaughter and her son Julian and Tristen’s friend Ryan and his daughter Kelsey. Tristen always studies while she is here. She is in her last semester before she graduates and becomes a nurse.

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Raymond library BUSY DAY IN CASCO — On Thursday, August 30, 2012, the Rozzie May Animal Alliance Feline Fix It Wagon, a mobile spay/neuter unit designed specifically for cats, was called to a temporary shelter of cats at the old Casco Memorial School last Thursday, Aug. 30, to service cats taken from a Burgess Road home in Casco. The Fix It Wagon provides low-cost spay/neuter surgeries. Susan Fielder, animal control officer of Casco and Raymond, was on hand to assist the licensed staff of this mobile unit, which visits New Hampshire and western Maine. The Rozzie May Animal Alliance is based in Conway, N.H.

World’s Fair results

WATERFORD — Dale Merrill, cattle pulling superintendent for the Waterford World’s Fair Association, was very pleased with all the cattle that came to the fair this year.

The results are: • Distance Pulling — 1st, Jessey Seavey of Anson; 2nd, Matt Glover of Rumford; 3rd, Matt Glover of Rumford; and 4th, Pete Stratton of Sidney.

• Powder Puff Class (women only) — 1st, Casey Seavey of Anson; and 2nd, Lindsey Spinnely of Anson.

• Short Pull (also known as Canadian Pull) — 1st, Matt Glover of Rumford; 2nd, Jessey Seavey of Anson; 3rd, Stratton and Seavey of Anson; 4th, Matt Glover of Rumford; 5th, Corey Robinson of Fryeburg; 6th, Dana Putman of Peru; 7th, Cecli Putman of Peru; 8th, Paul Cox of Woodstock; 9th, Cecli Putman of Peru; and 10th, Sterling Smith of Winthrop.

• Horse Events, obstacle course — 1st, Matt Glover of Rumford; 2nd, Wayne Estes of Sumner; 3rd, Pete Stratton of Sidney; 4th, Jessey Seavey; 5th, Matt Glover of Rumford; and 6th, Matt Barker of Waterford.

• Team Scoot — 1st, Pete Stratton of Sidney; 2nd, Matt Glover of Rumford; 3rd,

Matt Glover of Rumford; 4th, Wayne Estes of Sumner; 5th, Pete Stratton of Sidney; and 6th, Jessey Seavey of Anson.

• Single Twitch — 1st, Wayne Estes of Sumner; 2nd, Jeff Lancaster of Anson; 3rd,

Pete Stratton of Sidney; 4th, Pete Stratton of Sidney; 5th, Matt Glover of Rumford; 6th, Casey Seavey of Anson; 7th, Dana Seavey of Anson; 8th, Jessey Seavey of Anson; and 9th, Matt Glover of Rumford.

HARRISON — For the past 29 years, the United ParishCongregational Church of Harrison and North Bridgton has held a CROP Walk. This year the Walk will be on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 9 a.m. starting at the church. The walk raises awareness and funds to fight hunger and poverty here and abroad.

The funds raised by CROP Walks here and in over 1,600 other cities and towns across America will be pooled to change the world in real ways.

Wells will be dug to bring clean water to villages, seeds and tools will be provided to families so they may grow their own food, and schools will be set up for women and children where there are none. Here in the U.S., disaster kits and blankets were provided for victims of the ter-

rible floods in the Midwest this spring. For more information please call the church at 5834840.

Annual CROP walk is Sept. 15 Worship place changes

HARRISON — The United Parish worship services will be held in the Community Room at the Harrison Fire Station until further notice. The location change is due to a fire in the church kitchen, which caused serious smoke damage throughout the building. Worship starts at 10 a.m. beginning on Sunday, Sept. 9.

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Storytime The Raymond Village Library Storytime has resumed. This is for children ages 3-5.

The library looks forward to seeing its young patrons for stories, games, music and crafts.

The library is looking for kids’ small instruments that could be donated. For example: tambourines, maracas, drums, triangles, etc.

Music is so much fun and creative and the children love it!

Baby/Toddler Playtime Starting Monday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m., the Children’s Room at the Raymond Village Library will host a Baby/Toddler Playtime for infants to age two. This is a special, informal gathering where babies and toddlers can share library books and toys, and parents can meet other parents. The Children’s Room will be set up with books, interactive toys, puzzles, a playhouse and crawl through tubes. Registration is not required. For more information, call the library at 655-4283.

Maine Author Visit Maine author Steve Pinkham will visit on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. at the library.

Steve is the author of Old Tales of the Maine Woods. This 300-page book covers adventures throughout the state and contains reprints of dozens of Maine woods stories originally published between 1849 and 1913. These include tales of hunting, fishing, canoeing and hiking throughout Maine. Each tale was handpicked

by Steve from his extensive collection of over 22,000 articles and stories.The stories come from magazines like Forest and Stream, Shooting and Fishing and American Sportsman.

Others are excerpted from entire books written about experiences in Maine. Call the library at 655-4283 to reserve your spot or e-mail sally. holt@raymondvillagelibrary.org The Smartest Card The American Library Association has designated September as Library Card Sign-Up Month and the Raymond Village Library wants to be sure your family has a library card. Kids

Swingin’ Bears are recruiting SOUTH PARIS — This is the time of year when those who have ever considered learning to square dance or those who have square danced in the past and would like to get back into it have the opportunity to try it out free of charge.

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can go to the library to get homework help and borrow books. They can also check out DVDs and use the Internet all for free.

New residents and those who have not been in for a while are also invited to come in and sign-up for a card.

Book Group On Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. the book group will be reading Left Neglected, by Lisa Genova. This novel is about Sarah Nickerson, late for work, racing in her car after dropping her kids off at school and daycare. She tries to phone in to a meeting she should already be at, when she takes her eye off the road for a second. In that blink of an eye, her over-scheduled life comes to a screeching halt. Sarah suffers a traumatic head injury. Her memory and intellect are intact, but she has lost all interest in, and the ability to perceive, information coming from the left side of her brain. The left side of her world has gone. The book will be available upon request at the library.

Keeping Informed – The Raymond Village Library is now on Facebook If you would like to know about upcoming children’s and adult programs, events and other tidbits of information at the Raymond Village Library, simply like them on Facebook.

If you do not belong to Facebook, you can access it by typing in www.facebook.com/ RaymondVillageLibrary Fabulous Flowers All of those lovely flowers in the large planters on the lawn of the library are the work of the Hawthorne Garden Club. The flowers are a service they have provided for the library for many years.

Book Sale The library’s annual Book Sale was a fun and festive time, with games played, goodies purchased and many books sold. The library wishes to thank all those whose generous donations made it possible to have such a variety of material for all interests and ages. Thanks also to all the volunteers who helped organize, set up and worked during the sale, but most of all, thanks to those who purchased the materials and help make a success of one of its major fundraisers. There will be select books for sale in the library throughout the year, so remember to look over the new selection. Most of these books are in perfect condition and will make wonderful gifts for the holidays.

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Naples library news

AT THE FAMILY COTTAGE — Army Staff Sergeant Eric Rom and his Afghanistan rescue companion, Adel, relax at the family cottage on Stearns Pond in Sweden over the Fourth of July weekend. One year ago, Adel was a malnourished stray puppy sharing “meals ready to eat” with a small group of coalition forces stationed on a remote mountainside base in eastern Afghanistan. She instinctively barked at unwanted visitors sneaking around the base’s gates, possibly saving the lives of soldiers. Named Adel by Eric’s fiancée, Lauren, she is now a happy member of the family, living in Rhode Island with a constant bowl of fresh water, good food, a soft bed and the unconditional love of an extended family and lots of friends. Welcome to freedom, Adel!

Naples Public Library returns to academic-year hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In the Adult Library: • Tuesday, Sept. 11, 7 p.m. — Join others for a game or two of Scrabble at a new time.

• Wednesday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m. — Computer Basics Class. Are you new to the computer? Come in and learn the basics or borrow one from the library. Sign up today, as the class is limited to six.

• Tuesday, Sept. 18, 6 p.m. — A slideshow presentation from Bob and Susan Wieluns of Waldoboro. They traveled to Tanzania last February, where they worked in village health clinics and hospitals as part of the Scarborough-based nonprofit Partners for World Health.

• Wednesday, Sept. 19, 1:30 p.m. — The Adult Book Group will read and discuss Hard Times by Charles Dickens • Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. — Scrabble In the Children’s Library: For more details • Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. — Storytime call the library at • Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. — Storytime with Music 693-6841 • Thursdays at 6 p.m. — Pajama Storytime or • Wednesday, Sept. 12, 4 p.m. — Movie: Bees • Thursday, Sept. 13, 4 to 5 p.m. — Lego Club check our website • Thursday, Sept. 27, 4 to 5 p.m. — Lego Club www.naples.lib.me.us • Thursday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m. — Family Art Night

Acclaimed still life artist is highlight at Harvest Gold LOVELL — Varvara Harmon, internationallyacclaimed still life artist, is a highlight to Harvest Gold Gallery of Center Lovell.

Harmon was born and raised in Volzshk, Russia, where she began her studies as an artist at the Volzshk Art School, graduating with a Diploma in Art Studies. Shortly after graduation she turned her attention to earth sciences, and studied at Moscow Geological Exploration Academy, where at she earned a degree in Geological Studies.

While working as a geologist and having the opportunity to see some of Russia’s most spectacular wildlife, she returned to

painting landscapes, and participated in many regional art exhibitions. She also had the honor of being the first artist ever to put on a solo exhibition at the Museum of V.E. Lenin in the city of Kazan, Russia.

In 2001 Varvara immigrated to the United States, to Maine.

In Maine she found new inspiration for her landscapes and still lifes. New England, especially Maine, is a place whose lands, inland waters, coast and people have inspired many of her recent paintings.

The majority of Harmon’s works are done in oil; however she also works with acrylic, watercolors, and pencil.

Although landscapes are her favorite subject, she also does still life paintings, portraits, and accepts commissioned work.

Since beginning her career back in Volzshk, Varvara has been accepted into more than six memberships; International Guild of Realism, Oil Painters of America, Landscape Artists International, Maine Women in the Art, Union of Maine Visual Arts, Paint America and Fine Arts America. These memberships define her as one of the finest artists of our time.

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Harvest Gold Gallery consid- daily and is located on Route ers it an honor and a pleasure to show her work in their gallery, especially her Roses on Silk painting. “This painting has been chosen as the finalist in the American Artist magazine’s Cover Competition 2009 and published in the June issue of American Artist magazine.

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Maine Bookhouse artifact display (Continued from Page B) Kaltsos paints in oils, rendering images of traditional Indian artifacts onto canvas with bright colors and a technical understanding of his subject. His paintings reflect his deep connection with the people, land, and spirituality of the American West. The paintings on display and for sale at The Reading Room Gallery are high-quality giclée prints on canvas of the original paintings.

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Area events Dance with Back Room Deal HARRISON — The Harrison VFW Post on the Waterford Road in Harrison will be having a BYOB dance on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $10 per person for ages 21 and over. The band will be Back Room Deal. Call Ellen at 583-4558 or 4614558 for more information.

Harrison VFW Bean Supper HARRISON — The VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post #9328 is offering a public supper at the Harrison VFW located on the Waterford Road (Route 35) on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 5 to 6 p.m. The menu includes homemade baked beans, hot dogs, coleslaw, casseroles, salads, pies and beverages. This supper is a fundraiser for the Ladies Auxiliary. Donations will be appreciated.

Town Hall closed for maintenance The Bridgton Town Hall/Rec Center will be closed for annual building maintenance until Friday, Oct. 5. Participants in the Bridgton Recreation Department’s aerobics, Zumba, tai chi, table tennis, senior fitness, yoga and toddler playgroup programs are asked to contact their instructor for more information on their specific program.

Golden Oldies Lunch Bunch meet Sept. 10 If you are over 50 and are looking for good conversation, the Golden Oldies Lunch Bunch may be the group that you are looking for. We are a group of friends that gather on the second Monday of each month. This month’s meeting will be on Monday, Sept. 10, at noon at Punkin Valley Restaurant in West Bridgton. For more information and reservations, call Donald Mac Lean at 647-3635 by noon Saturday, Sept. 8.

The history of corn is homemakers’ topic FRYEBURG — The opening meeting of the 2012-2013 season of the Fryeburg Homemakers Extension will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Legion Hall, Bradley Street in Fryeburg. Social time and coffee is at 9:30 a.m., followed by the business meeting at 10 a.m. The program this month will be all about corn. Priscilla Barton, a member of Cooperative Extension, will give a talk on the “History of Corn.” The potluck luncheon will consist of a variety of corn dishes provided by Priscilla and the hostesses of the month.

They welcome any member who has a favorite or special corn dish to bring it with the recipe to share with the group. If you don’t have a favorite dish, just come and enjoy the program. New members and guests are always welcome. This year the Extension will be filling Christmas stockings for the military, any trial size item is needed.

Tar sands oil talk in Harrison HARRISON — Come and learn about the proposal to pump tar sands oil throughout towns in Maine, and how many believe the plan poses an environmental and safety threat to water, soil and air. The talk will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Harrison Public Library. For more information, call 583-6304.

Once upon a tent meeting in Waterford WATERFORD — Every summer, the Chautauqua used to come to town and set up a tent on the Waterford Common. But Chautauqua was more than just a tent meeting. Come to the September meeting of the

Waterford Historical Society and learn about the town in New York and the artistic, educational and spiritual adventure that was launched there and which contributed to the history of Waterford. The meeting will be upstairs in the Waterford Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13. There will be a film and potluck refreshments. There is no charge and all are invited.

Girl Scouts Parent Information Night HIRAM — Girl Scouts of Maine will be hosting a parent information and registration meeting for girls in the Hiram, Cornish, Baldwin and Porter area on Thursday, Sept.

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For more information, call 935-9232.

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Talk on impacts of inadequate food Jim Hanna, manager of the United Way’s Food Security Council for Cumberland County, will talk about food security to members of the Greater Bridgton Rotary Club on Thursday, Sept. 20, at their breakfast meeting at 7:15 a.m. at the Bridgton Alliance Church. Hanna will touch on the health, education, income and social impacts of inadequate food and nutrition.

Brainstorming Sebago Lake Region’s Assets STANDISH — A forum on Mobilize Maine, a new economic development strategy for Greater Portland and the Sebago Lakes Region, will take place on Thursday, Sept.

20, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Xavier Hall at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish. Participants will brainstorm the assets of the Sebago Lakes Region that can be leveraged for job creation.

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September 6, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page C

Raiders 40

Lakers 27 40

GAME STATS First Downs: FA 12, LR 12 Penalties: FA 10-70, LR 7-

Rushing: FA 25-222, LR 47210 Passing: FA 233, LR 88 Total offense: FA 455, LR 298 FA rushing: Andrew Rascoe 11-133, Divine Dockery 11-65, Kyle Bonner 3-24 LR rushing: Cody Gibbons 17-72, RJ Legere 6-23, Kyle Stevens 10-33, Mike Triglione 13-82, Gunnar Harriman 1-0.

FA passing: Andrew Rascoe 10-20-233 LR passing: Mike Triglione 5-11-88 FA receiving: Bright Amoako 5-127, Divine Dockery 237, Ryan Buzzell 2-58, Kyle Bonner 1-18 LR receiving: Quinn Piland 3-36, Nick Wandishin 1-16, Jordan Williams 1-26.

FA tackles (solo, assisted, total): Willy MacFawn 0-2-2, Tanner Wentworth 0-1-1, Kevin Reardon 2-3-5, Kyle Bonner 2-1-3, Andrew Lyman 1-56, Billy Rascoe 0-3-3, Cody Loewe 2-1-3, Ian MacFawn 44-8, Ryan Buzzell 4-0-4, Divine Dockery 1-0-1, Rod Desroche 1-1-2, Kyle Provencher 1-12, Jake Thurston 1-0-1, Greg Harmon 6-4-10, Brandon Ludwig 2-0-2, Joe Slattery 30-3, David McLaughlin 1-0-1, Ben Southwick 1-0-1 LR tackles: Drew Spaulding 1-0-1, RJ Legere 1-0-1, Quinn Piland 5-1-6, Gunnar Harriman 2-0-2, Jordan Williams 5-0-5, Cody Gibbons 2-4-6, Kamen Scott 9-2-11, Jarid Pierce 1-34, Dylan Ladeau 0-2-2, Kyle Stevens 2-1-3, Nick Wandishin 1-0-1 Interceptions: FA, Amoako; LR, Piland

Raiders air it out, beat Lakers

By Wayne E. Rivet we could see Lake Region was Staff Writer weak in the backfield,” Rascoe After watching a scout tape, said. “Bright came back faster Andrew Rascoe knew exactly and stronger. He’s worked really where he was going to throw the hard. He’s becoming a real good football Friday night. wide receiver, and will help us High and deep to senior a lot. With Bright, I can almost Bright Amoako. just throw it out and he can get With a quicker first step and to it. If I am not throwing a good a definite size advantage over ball, he can come back and get all defensive backs, Amoako it or run to it. He can do everytorched the Lakers for four thing.” touchdown receptions and 127 To successfully throw the yards to lead Fryeburg Academy football deep, a quarterback to a 40-27 victory in the annual needs a little time. Rascoe felt Pleasant Mountain Bowl.

Friday’s big offensive showing A senior, Rascoe also fell squarely on the shoulders of enjoyed a huge night under the the guys up front. lights at the Art Kilborn Athletic “The offensive line was Complex as he completed 10- incredible today. They blocked of-20 passes for 233 yards and everything. I didn’t get hit one rushed 11 times for 133 yards as time,” Rascoe said. “They did a the Raiders retained the Cup for great job.” another year.

Losing just one starter on the In the game’s opening two offensive line due to graduaoffensive plays, Rascoe showed tion, Rascoe said the hard work he was headed for an electric during the summer — lifting night. He nearly broke free for weights as a team — paid off. a long touchdown run, only to “They go hard every pracbe hauled down by LR defen- tice,” he said. “And tonight, it sive back Quinn Piland after showed.” a 26-yard gain. Rascoe then Raider Coach David Turner fired a strike to Amoako on a said his club hadn’t thrown the slant pass, which the speedy ball “terribly well” during the receiver turned into a 30-yard preseason, but “the timing was touchdown. certainly there tonight.”

The duo would strike again “I am not sure entirely why, on the Raiders’ next possession. other than we throw the ball a On fourth down, Rascoe settled lot in practice,” he said. “What into a well-guarded pocket and helped was Andrew throwing lofted a deep ball down the right the ball on time, which helps sideline, which Amoako caught the offensive line. He took his VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY in stride and then shook off two steps, made his read and delivHead Coach: Dagny Leland, LR defenders near the goal line ered the ball quick. The ball for a 43-yard TD reception.

12th year was gone before Lake Region “We’ve been working on could bring any pressure. We JV Coach: Lisa Shane Assistant Coach: Deb the deep pass a lot, and when got off to a fast start tonight, we looked at the game tape, and that helped.”

Albert Varsity roster: Forward line includes Juniors Meghan Skarbinski, Lucy Fowler, Elizabeth Schreiber along with senior Tori Girardin and sophomore Abby ScottMitchell; midfielders Miranda Chadbourne, MacKenzie Mondville, Kayleigh Lepage, Kate Cutting, Ellie Cusack and freshman Molly Christiansen; backfield, Courtney Yates, Casey Heath, Paige Kennison, Kayla Reinhard, Dana Fitzgerald and Kristina Morton; Sophomore goalie Meghan Van Loan is learning to take charge in the cage with the help of Zoe Barrett. “Both are young, but are putting all their effort into their position,” Coach Leland said.

Keys to success: To be successful this season, Coach Leland believes the Lakers must use the abilities and knowledge they have learned and play with pride.

Key players to watch: ANCHORING THE MIDFIELD — Lake Region senior Senior Kate Cutting, who is Kayleigh Lepage (right), who helped lead the Lakers past Yarmouth in the season opener.

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KEEPING THE CUP — Fryeburg Academy players (front row) Kevin Reardon, (middle row) Tanner Wentworth, Divine Dockery, (back row) Andrew Rascoe, Ian MacFawn, Kyle Bonner, Jake Thurston and Bright Amoako were all smiles following their Pleasant Mountain Cup victory over Lake Region Friday night in Naples. The Raiders gained over 400 yards in total offense to win on opening night.

(Photo by Sue Thurston/Fryeburg Academy) With the Lakers failing to pick up a first down in their first two possessions, the Raiders went up 18-0 with 2:17 left in the first quarter when Amoako caught a 21-yard pass in the left corner of the end zone. The score was set up by a 30-yard catch and run by senior running back Divine Dockery.

“We’ve been working on that bubble screen, and it worked great. Divine got some nice blocks from Kyle (Bonner) and Jake (Thurston) out on the wing,” Rascoe said. “Everyone was making a play — hustling and never stop trying. Coach has been telling us we need to play hard the entire game, and we did.”

The Fryeburg offense seemed ready to score again to start the second quarter, but a hard pass to Amoako went off his fingertips and was intercepted by LR

sophomore Quinn Piland (six tackles on the night).

The turnover proved costly as the Lakers marched 58 yards in 11 plays capped off by an 11-yard TD pass from senior quarterback Mike Triglione to Piland in the right corner of the end zone on a critical 3rd-and11 call. Unable to run against the Raider front line, the Lakers found some success by passing as Triglione hooked up with Nick Wandishin, who made a leaping catch, good for 16 yards and a 26-yard connection with freshman Jordan Williams, erasing a 3rd-and-11 hole to keep the drive alive. Williams’ kick sailed wide left.

Lake Region had a chance to climb back into the game just before halftime. A high snap sailed over Rascoe’s head on a punt attempt, allowing David Cosgrove and Cody Gibbons to

tackle Rascoe at the FA-20.

But, the Raider defense rose to the occasion as Kyle Bonner knocked a pass out of Wandishin’s hands on second down and deflected another ball away from Gibbons. Triglione tried to thread the ball over the middle to Gibbons, but the ball was intercepted by Amoako in the end zone.

Starting at the FA-3 with 2:42 on the clock, the Raiders seized momentum when a simple out pass to Ryan Buzzell along the right sideline went from a potential short gain to a 50-yard romp as Buzzell shook off a quick hit and then bolted before Piland could make a saving tackle.

Rascoe fired a 25-yard TD strike to Amoako with 23.6 seconds left. Rascoe added the two-point conversion, and FA AIR IT OUT, Page C

Preview: LR field hockey

BLITZING THE HAWKS — Raider attacker senior Christina DiPietro (right) scored three goals to help lead the Raiders to a 7-0 opening game win over Sacopee Valley last Wednesday.

(Rivet Photo)

Preview: FA field hockey

VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY Head Coach: Dede Frost, 26th year (19 at the varsity level) Assistant: Jess Blasi Top returnees: Seniors Ellen Bacchiocchi (forward), Christina DiPietro (forward), Kendra Fox (forward) and Alicia MacDonald (defense); Junior Makayla Frost (midfield).

Top newcomers: Senior Sage Antolin (goalie); Juniors Skye Dole (forward) and Madison Davis (midfield).

Other varsity members: Seniors Courtney Bartlett (forward) and Sammy Sgroi (midfield); Juniors Dimitra Kasigiannis (midfield), Kylie Locke (forward); Sophomore Makenzie Hill (forward); and Freshman Mariah Davis (forward).

Keys to the season: Starters remaining healthy and injury free. Stability on defense.

Development of newcomers and swing players.

Question marks/concerns: Depth, finding newcomers to fill positions left by last year’s seniors. Making sure roster numbers stay up — “Right now, field hockey across the state seems to be dealing with low numbers, threatening JV programs,” Coach Frost said.

Positives seen in preseason: Flexibility of players to play more than one position, which is certainly necessary with a smaller roster. Great team unity. “A great group of girls getting along and working together,” Coach Frost said. Good leadership — eight more seniors are key to providing experience and leadership to the rest of the team.

Coach’s outlook: “Well, the word on the street is that Falmouth is the team to beat along with Greely and Lake Region being extremely START 2-0, Page C

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(Continued from Page C) led 26-6 at the break.

There was no letdown coming out of intermission as Rascoe followed a couple of lead blocks and went untouched for 20 yards to make it 32-6 at the 7:09 mark of the third quarter. The game-clinching drive went 55 yards in eight plays, keyed by a 7-yard run by Dockery.

LR junior running back Cody Gibbons scored from a yard out with 3:01 left in the third quarter to make it 32-13.

Kyle Stevens had a nice 16yard run, while Triglione made a good ball fake to Gibbons inside, and broke loose for a 25-yard pick up.

The Raiders answered with 1:01 left in the third as Dockery found daylight along the right sideline for a 19-yard touchdown. The score was set up by a 22-yard run by Rascoe and an 18-yard reception by Bonner.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers scored twice with Triglione hitting paydirt following a 14-yard run with 7:43 left in the game, capping a 11-play (all rushing the ball), 64-yard drive.

Following a fumble (recovered by Gibbons) by the FA second-string offense, the Lakers closed out the scoring on a 25-yard pass from Triglione to Piland.

Lake Region coach Brian Jahna felt his team was a little tentative early on, but seemed to get into a better flow as the game wore on.

“We’re starting four to five freshmen, so we’re already facing some mismatches out there. Physically, trying to get our guys to compete against Fryeburg was difficult. They’re physical. We knew they would bring it, and they did,” Laker first-year coach Brian Jahna

GOOD SPIRIT, GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP was seen as the Lake Region and Fryeburg Academy varsity cheerleading squads came together for a photo prior to the start of last Friday night’s annual Pleasant Mountain Cup played at the Art Kilborn Athletic Complex in Naples. said. “We wanted to come out and be disciplined and hit on our assignments. In the first half, we didn’t do that. We made some good adjustments in the second half, but due to our numbers, our guys did wear down some.”

Depth is a major problem for the Lakers. At game time, LR had 22 players dressed, but that number dropped due to a couple of injuries. Two players were out due to academic ineligibility.

“It’s hard to compete in Class B with this number,” Coach Jahna said. “This a great group of kids. They have a lot of character.”

Coach Jahna liked the way his quarterback got into a rhythm.

“Before, he was a little late on his throws and his decision to run. It seemed that he started to believe in himself more and more and became more comfortable out there. He did a nice job with his reads as the game

went along. He is also running behind a line that doesn’t have a lot of experience.”

Over the past two seasons, the two rivals have met in Week 1 versus years past when they closed out the regular season against each other. So, is it better to meet early or late?

“We like to meet them at the end of the season because both teams are at their best since we’ve been playing,” Rascoe said. “We always have good games against Lake Region, so playing them first gives us a chance to test our strengths.

It’s intense. I love it. Opening is not bad. We know where we are and we’ll work from there.”

Coach Turner felt having the Lakers up first helped the Raiders from falling into a preseason rut.

“You go through two weeks of double sessions and you wonder if the intensity will be there. Playing Lake Region early provides our kids with

KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON — Fryeburg Academy dominated play against Sacopee Valley as the Hawk’s goalie recorded 30 saves. Here, FA players Ellen Bacchiocchi (left) and Mariah Davis (#14) try to get a shot off. The Raiders won 7-0.

(Rivet Photo)

great incentive to be ready.

It helps you get through the drudgery of preseason,” Coach Turner said. “We made a number of mental mistakes (formation penalties), which kept the game closer than I would have liked. We had several holds, which wasn’t a good thing, but it involved linemen down the field. When you get guys looking to make a block 10 to 12 yards down the field, that’s a good thing.”

Up next: Lake Region travels to travels to Cumberland Friday night to meet Greely at 7 p.m. The Raiders host surprising Gray-NG on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The Patriots stunned Falmouth in the season opener.

“We need to be more physical,” Rascoe said.

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Preview: FA soccer

VARSITY BOYS’ SOCCER Head Coach: Bob Hodgman-Burns, seventh year Assistant: Tim Atwood Top returnees: The Raiders graduated 12 players from their playoff squad of a year ago, and return three starters — senior captain and goalkeeper Paul Dostie along with midfielders Alec Perry and Josh Rounds. Forrest Stearns is a returning starter who plays stopper. Gabe Perry will see time at midfield. Tyler Saunders is a senior captain midfielder and Tyler LeGoff is a senior captain sweeper.

Mike LeGoff is a senior back.

Hideaki Nakamura is a junior striker who is new to the varsity. Ian Shea is a senior midfielder. The Raiders also have three German players that will see varsity time. Finally, Jordan Kruguer is a freshman starter at striker.

Keys to the season: Consistency and new starters stepping up in a difficult conference. Defense will be key and finding players to score goals now that the Serbians are gone. “Beating teams we

should be better than will also be key,” Coach HodgmanBurns said.

Question marks: Health will be important and finding depth in the roster.

Positives in the preseason: The Raiders beat Kennett, Telstar and Oxford Hills. “We are looking forward to playing in the toughest conference in the league,” Coach HodgmanBurns said. “If we stay healthy and pull off some unexpected wins, we should go to the tournament for the fifth consecutive year.”

Up next: The Raiders host Gray-New Gloucester today, Sept. 6 at 4 p.m. The Raiders travel to Freeport on Saturday for a 2:45 game and head to Sacopee Valley next Thursday, Sept. 13 from a 6 p.m. contest.

BIG OPENING DAY — Lake Region’s Lucy Fowler (right) had a big opening day with a pair of goals in a 4-1 victory over Yarmouth, on the road. Fowler again scored twice Tuesday and Kayleigh Lepage added one in a 3-0 win over Gray-NG.

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(Continued from Page C) great stick, plays very hard and one of the most committed and loves the left side of the field; strongest players on the roster; junior Miranda Chadbourne, senior Kayleigh Lepage, who who has the speed and stick HARRISON — The Western Maine Fish & Game Club of has a strong stick and abil- skills to really help the offense Harrison is holding a Hunter Safety Course on Saturday and ity to play center-mid, and is as well as defense. “All players Sunday, Sept. 15-16 at the Harrison Fire Station Community very committed, as well; senior including the goalie are going Kristina Morton, who has a to be the key to our success,” Room.

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Children between the ages of 10 to 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Students under 18 years old must have parent or guardian sign registration form. You must attend both days in order to (Continued from Page C) receive a certificate of completion, which is required for a Maine strong this year,” Coach Frost said. “Our goal as a team is to play hunting license. Students are not permitted to bring any firearms, better each game than we did the game before, learn from our ammunition or knives to the class. For more information, call mistakes and capitalize on our strengths. Of course, like everyone Chuck at 583-6283 or Jody at 595-2211. else we’d like to extend our season by going to playoffs!”

Opening week: If Week 1 is any indication about the Raiders being in the conversation as one of the teams to watch this fall, FA produced two strong efforts — a 7-0 thumping of Sacopee Valley and a big 1-0 win over highly-regarded York.

Christina DiPietro recorded a hat trick and added an assist as the Raider front line peppered the Sacopee goal as Chloe Ronco recorded 30 saves. Fryeburg dominated play, keeping the ball mainly in the Hawk end throughout the contest. Other scorers were Skye Dole with two goals, while Kylie Locke and Kendra G N D I Fox each had one score. Senior captain Ellen Bacchiocchi conE T C LIS REDU NEW trolled the wing area, and set up two goals.

For the second straight year, the Raiders handed York an early loss. FA scored the game’s only goal with 26:20 remaining in the first half.

Makayla Frost started the scoring drive by sending the ball up the wing to Bacchiocchi, who then carried it down the sideline and centered the ball in front of the goal. There, Courtney Bartlett BEAUTIFUL HIGHLAND LAKE fired a drive on net, which beat Wildcat netminder Amanda INGROUND POOL! RIGHT-OF-WAY Kasbohm (12 saves on the day).

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Major hurdles the team must clear? “Not knowing that they have so much talent that they haven’t even touched upon yet,” Coach Leland said.

“Probably getting quicker in the circle defensively. Learning to think outside the box when utilizing players. Keeping the ball and players moving together as one to perform up to their potential.” She added being ready all the time and playing strong to the end of the game.

Opening day: The Lakers had a good opening day, winning on the road at Yarmouth.

“As it so happened that the first half was very sketchy for us but having learned and talked about what was going wrong and what to do to fix it, we went out for the second half as a different team,” Coach Leland said. “I like how we have the confidence to play with the

skills we have. I like how we support each other on the field and off. I am pleased with the way the girls have started taking ownership of the game.”

Lucy Fowler and Kayleigh Lepage each scored twice, and the Lakers scored three unanswered goals in the second half in a 4-1 victory. Fowler broke a 1-1 tie 6:13 into the second half and got her second with 8:16 left. Lepage converted a penalty stroke with 5:35 remaining in the first half and also scored with about five minutes left in the game. LR goalie Meghan Van Loan stopped seven shots for the win.

Up next: The Lakers travel to Falmouth today, Sept. 6 and head to Poland on Saturday for an 11 a.m. contest. The Lakers then travel to Fryeburg Academy on Monday, Sept.

10 and Sacopee Valley on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Both games begin at 4 p.m.

H.S. Cross Country: Week 1 Lake Region. Opening day had a mixed review for the Lakers and Coach Dan Dors.

With top runner Briana Gallinari out with a foot stress fracture and veteran Maude Meeker out due to illness, a depleted Laker lineup did receive a strong performance

by Kari Eldridge at Falmouth last Friday. Eldridge was 23rd overall in 26:58 followed by Savannah DeVoe in 27:20, good for 26th overall. Winning time was 21:28 by Heather Evans of York.

Exchange student Marsha Kuhlmann finished the race in 28:18 for 58th place in the 68girl field.

“It was her first race ever,” Coach Dors said. “I was very proud of her. We’ll see a great improvement in a few weeks.”

With just four runners, the Lakers were out of the team scoring. Falmouth was first (28

points), followed by York (39) and North Yarmouth Academy (72).

Senior Mark MacDougall posted a 20:03 for 25th place in the 77-boy field. The winning time was 18:01 by Falmouth’s Bryce Murdick.

Other Laker finishers were: 44. Tim Cronin, 22:04 (a freshman) 47. Mason Kluge-Edwards, 22:44 50. Ben Roy, 23:21 55. Kyle DeSouza, 24:23 67. James McCann, 25:17.

Final team scores: Falmouth 19, York 52, North Yarmouth Academy 77, Lake Region 104.

Up next: The Lakers travel to Cape Elizabeth this Friday, Sept. 7. Other schools at the meet will be Wells, Traip Academy and Freeport. The boys open at 4:30 p.m. followed by the girls at 5 p.m.

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Hall of Excellence

FRYEBURG — The third class of the Fryeburg Academy Hall of Excellence will be inducted on Saturday, Sept. 15.

The inductees include: John F. Weston, Class of 1927; Celestine Perkins Harnden, ’46; Beverly Osgood Duthie, ’53; Mary G. Jones, ’66; Alison Chapman Hale, ’71; Shelley Osgood Walker, ’82; Steven P. Cote, ’85; John S. Weston, ’93; and John H. Atwood, as a contributor.

The induction ceremony will take place in the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 10:45 a.m. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. There is no admission charge.

Nine new members will be enshrined in 2012. The inductees will also be introduced at halftime of the football game as the Raiders host York. Game time 1:30 p.m.

BA homecoming

Bridgton Academy is excitedly preparing for its annual Alumni and Parent Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 28–30.

All families of alumni and students are encouraged to join the postgraduate school’s teachers, coaches and advisors to prepare for the upcoming school year, and to celebrate Bridgton Academy’s history of tradition.

Throughout the three days of the Homecoming Weekend, alumni and parents are invited to attend classes and a variety of home field athletic events including football, hockey, lacrosse, baseball and soccer matches. There will be several appointments for parents to meet with their student’s teachers, advisors, and college counselors.

Other events include the 10th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where some of Bridgton Academy’s most notable leaders will share their life-changing stories, everlasting memories, and accomplishments made by fellow Wolverines.

On Saturday, Sept. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m., there will be an Alumni Reunion dinner aboard the Songo River Queen for a cruise on Long Lake during peak foliage season.

“The Homecoming Weekend is a perfect opportunity for parents to see Bridgton Academy in action. It is also a great time for Alumni to share their experiences and insight with the school’s community,” said Bridgton Academy’s Athletic Director Joe Sawicki.

For further information and a more detailed schedule of the weekend’s activities please visit, http://www.bridgtonacademy. org/homecomingweekend.cfm

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Making Strides against cancer walk NORTH CONWAY — The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® walk to fight breast cancer is just around the corner.

Team leaders are needed to pull together friends, family members, co-workers, and others to participate in Making Strides in North Conway on Sunday, Oct. 14, at their new location, Whitaker Woods Homestead.

This is the 20th annual Making Strides walk. The special milestone event will unite the community to honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors, educate women about the importance of prevention and early detection, raise funds for the fight to end breast cancer, and commemorate two decades of making a difference in the fight to end breast cancer. There is no fee to register.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a non-competitive 3.5-mile walk that unites hundreds of women, men and children in the community to raise funds and awareness to fight breast cancer while offering hope to all people facing LEARNING THROUGH NATURE — LEA is launching an the disease. The new North after-school naturalist program. Learning in the great out- Conway walk route takes walkdoors was Becca Roy (pictured). ers through North Conway

Village along Route 16 South to Depot Road, back north on the North/South Road and then into Whitaker Woods for the last 1.5 miles.

The American Cancer Society held the first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks in Boston and New Hampshire, including North Conway. This year, Making Strides in North Conway will be one of over 270 events being held across the country, and one of eight being held in New Hampshire. Funds raised will help the Society provide free resources and support to the one-in-two women newly-diagnosed with breast cancer who turn to the Society for help and support. Dollars raised also fund groundbreaking research to find, prevent, treat and cure breast cancer, as well as help the Society ensure access to mammograms for women who need them.

In 2011, more than 700,000 walkers nationwide raised more than $60 million, including 450 walkers in North Conway who raised almost $57,000, to support the American Cancer Society.

Cindy Hyatt, a local breast cancer survivor and Making Strides planning committee STRIDES, Page C

Oct. 4 marks the beginning of an after-school program that will guide kids away from screen time and toward getting them outdoors.

The new Watershed Naturalists Program is a nature club offered by Lakes Environmental Association at the newly-renovated LEA education lab at LEA headquarters on Main Street. The Watershed Naturalist Program is a middle school program saturated with field-based science explorations and educational adventures that will keep your kids active and outside all year long.

Every Thursday at 2 p.m., students will take a bus from Lake Region Middle School to LEA, where a healthy snack, donated by Hannaford, will be provided. Snack will be followed by outdoor field trips,

ate playing and exploring outdoors. Fostering a stronger love for the Lake Region and getting students outside every week, is exactly what LEA intends to do throughout the Watershed Naturalist Program.

Registration begins now and group size is limited to 10 students, so sign up early!

All applications must be in by Sept. 19. For more information or to sign your students up for Watershed Naturalists, visit the LEA website at www.mainlakes.org or call 647-8580.

New after-school naturalist program

Bridgton Highlands A memorial scramble tournament was played last Wednesday, Aug. 29. The tournament was in memory of Honey Chamberlain, a former member of the Ladies League.

The event was chaired by Gail Chaiken.

The low gross winning team included Sue Timperley, Pat Brandenberger and Yvonne Gluck.

The low net winning team included Carolyn Stanhope, Martha Eaton, Lou Burdick and Phyllis Hammett.

Closest to the pin on Hole 10 was Carol Riley at 51 feet, 6 inches. Gail Chaiken was closest to the pin on Hole 13 at 22 feet, 5 inches.

Kathy Blanchard sank the longest putt on Hole 18 at 4 feet, 1 inch.

Lake Kezar CC In Social League play on Aug. 28, the team of Alan Emery, Bob Spanglo, Leon Shackley and Larry Farnham earned first place with a score of 198.

Henry Middlemiss, Bob Fitzsimmons and Mike Tarantino placed second with a 199.

Art Falk was closest to the pin on Hole 16 at 15 inches.

Greenie: Henry Middlemiss, Bob Fitzsimmons and Mike Tarantino.

Super Skin: Dick Trapani, Corey Douglas, John McInerny and Dick Sauageau.

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science activities, and exciting leadership opportunities. By the completion of the program students will become certified junior watershed naturalists.

The goal of Watershed Naturalists is to encourage kids to spend less time indoors, and more time out exploring the natural world. During the program kids will go on field trips to the parks, preserves, lakes, ponds, streams, bogs, vernal pools, forests, fields and mountains of Bridgton, learning about the changing flora and fauna at

each site.

Students will journal, use microscopes, lab equipment, computers and hands-on models to better investigate the natural world. This enrichment program reinforces important science concepts and skills students will be learning throughout the school year. These guided seasonal explorations will foster a love of nature and science to last a lifetime.

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Raider cross country (Continued from Page C) Fryeburg Academy. Senior Silas Eastman was 13 seconds better than Merriconeag’s Jack Pierce to win the season opener at Merriconeag.

Eastman posted a 16:07 to lead the Raiders to the overall team win. Other FA finishers were: 4. Logan Gerchman, 18:28 5. Thomas Rose, 19:02 8. Eric Hannes, 19:40 14. Patrick Carty, 20:13 16. Kyle Barboza, 20:54 19. Luike Yang, 21:15 22. Liam LeConey, 21:20 24. Jonathan Burk, 21:53 32. Sullivan Briggs, 23:13 38. David Powers, 25:59 44. Reed Wales, 29:22.

Final team standings: Fryeburg Academy 32, Greely 40, Merriconeag 64, Traip Academy 111.

Sophomore Elizabeth Grzyb logged the fastest Lady Raider time in 25:34 to place 15th in the 35-girl field. Eva Bates of Greely had the fastest time in 20:58. Other FA finishers were: 26. Juliet Fink, 28:16 29. Ariel Fogden, 30:12 33. Kylie Jolicoeur, 33:09 34. Jane Imdieke-King, 40:03.

Final team standings: Merriconeag 27, Greely 30, Fryeburg Academy 83, Traip Academy no score.

Up next: The Raiders host Sacopee Valley and Yarmouth this Friday, boys at 4:30 p.m. and girls at 5 p.m.

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This week’s puzzle theme: Football

ACROSS 1. Writer _____ Asimov 6. *Quality of a football lineman 9. Shakespeare, e.g.

13. Stallion’s cry 14. University of Rhode Island 15. Used in printing 16. Gymnast Comaneci 17. Man’s tasseled hat 18. Unlace 19. FEMA help, e.g.

21. *He’s now a Bronco 23. *Defensive ___ 24. Deal with it 25. *It airs Sunday night football 28. Silage holder 30. *Last year’s BCS runnerup 35. Having wings 37. *NCAA’s initial ____-team playoff 39. Academy in Annapolis 40. Welt 41. Yesteryears 43. *1977 football flick, “____ Tough” 44. Type of acid 46. Manufactured 47. “____ and proper” 48. Pollute 50. “The ____ Show” (19761980) 52. “Owner of a Lonely Heart” band 53. Film shot 55. Dog command 57. *Tide’s color 61. Not very far 64. Raja’s wife 65. Major time period 67. Water nymph 69. Beginning of illness 70. ENT’s first concern?

71. Ownership document 72. Jolie’s other half 73. *Conference of last 6 college champs 74. *Pittsburgh’s “_____ Curtain” DOWN 1. Overnight lodging

(Continued from Page C) White Mountain Seniors In play at Maplewood last Friday, Aug. 31, the team of Tom Pomroy (St. Johnsbury), Robert McHatton (Bridgton Highlands), Moe Foulds (Lake Kezar) and Ron Cross (St. Johnsbury) was the top foursome with a score of Plus 7 Plus 11.

Second place with a Plus 7 Plus 10 went to Chris Wonson (Prov. Lake), Art Gregory (Indian Mound), Larry Schieman (Black Mountain) and Larry Nicol (Waukewan).

Third place with a Plus 6 Plus 11 went to Jerry Chaisson (Indian Mound), Rene Cayer (Oakdale), Len Carsley (Bridgton Highlands) and Bill Wapenski (Lake Kezar).

Fourth place with a Plus 6 Plus 9 went to Bob Lilley (Point Sebago), Bob Foster (Bridgton Highlands), John McInerny (Lake Kezar) and Faith Bartlett (Waukewan).

Fifth place with a Plus 6 Plus 7 went to Bob Freund (Mountain View), Lee Barth (Norway), Ron Terciak (Point Sebago) and Jim Layne (Indian Mound).

Sixth place with a Plus 4 Plus 5 went to Jane Pillsbury (Waukewan), Chuck Elliott (Colebrook), Cid Tessicini (Florida) and Chuck Patterson (Colebrook).

Kal Csigi had the longest putt at 32 feet, 7 inches.

Bob Foster was closest to the pin at 10 feet, 7 inches.

Plus Points: Greg Dawson 8, Rodney Allen 8, Dick Arzoomanian 7, Randy Pillsbury 7, Ron Cross 6, Bob Foster 6, Bill Wapenski 6, Larry Schieman 5, Rene Cayer 5, Bob Freund 4, Chris Wonson 4, Robert McHatton 4 and Chuck Elliott 4.

2. Make very hot and dry 3. ____-de-camp 4. *Quality of a good player 5. *Moves with each first down 6. It makes a car shine 7. Wrath 8. Most famous gremlin 9. Capital of West Germany, 1949-1989 10. Unfavorable prefix 11. Seabiscuit control 12. Small amount of residue 15. Go to NPR, e.g.

20. Enlighten 22. Suitable 24. Quality of a good soldier 25. Muslim ruler, respectfully 26. What scapegoat is given 27. Shorter than California 29. Used for weaving 31. *Tackler’s breath?

32. Each and all 33. Chinese silk plant 34. Takes off weight 36. *Nevada Wolf Pack’s home 38. Do over 42. Touch is one of these 45. Starting time 49. One from Laos 51. *Brother of #21 Across is a leader of this team 54. Genuflecting joints 56. Loyalty to the loyal, e.g.

57. Farmer’s output 58. Alternate spelling of #64 Across 59. In or of the present month 60. Athletic event 61. Narcotics agent 62. Evander Holyfield’s ear mark 63. *Ivy League’s Bulldogs 66. Charlotte of “Facts of Life” fame 68. Ctrl+Alt+___

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(Continued from Page C) member shared why she participates in the event.

“I Make Strides because when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, nothing about me wanted to be a victim of this disease. The American Cancer Society made that possible. First, they provided information. Once I knew the name of my particular cancer, I had access to specific information in lay terms about the disease, typical treatment options, and what I might expect with regard to treatment and prognosis. This helped me and my family to make decisions and to understand what was going on,” she said. “A class on how to look good without hair and support groups and activities for me and my family kept my focus on surviving cancer and cancer treatment. I Make Strides as a tribute to the American Cancer Society and to make sure that others have the information and support that meant so much to me.”

The American Cancer Society invests more in research to find, prevent, treat, and cure cancer than any other nongovernmental organization. The Society has played a role in nearly every major breast cancer research breakthrough in recent history, including establishing mammography as the screening standard, discovering lifesaving treatments, and better understanding factors that can reduce our risk of getting breast cancer.

The American Cancer Society currently funds 232 breast cancer research projects, totaling more than $120 million. There are 705 grants for general cancer research and other cancer sites in effect that may directly impact breast cancer in the future because discoveries in one area can often help find answers in another.

Thirty-nine breast cancer research grants are in effect in New England totaling more than $15 million in funding.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer North Conway is sponsored by the North Conway Village Association, Grant’s Supermarket, Magic 104 FM, WPKQ 103.7 FM, WMWV 93.5, Flatbread Company, Glen Beverage, Outside TV16, Valley Originals, Horsefeathers, and 4 Our Kids Recycling Service and Statewide Media Sponsors WMUR-TV and the Union Leader.

Additional sponsorship opportunities are also available.

To join Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, visit makingstrideswalk.org/northconwaynh or call Kathy Metz at 603-3563719 for more information.

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Migratory hawk watch at Hacker’s CASCO — Join Loon Echo Land Trust on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a migratory hawk watch on Hacker’s Hill in Casco. This field day will be lead by expert birder Dick Anderson, former executive director of Maine Audubon Society (1969-1977).

Dick has conducted several hawk migration watches, and was especially pleased with the Hacker’s Hill site for such an event. At the fall hawk watch last September, over 150 birds were sited, including broad-winged hawks, Cooper’s hawk, sharpshinned hawks, red-tailed hawks, northern harriers, bald eagles and osprey. There will be mounted

hawks on hand for participants to get a closer look at these magnificent creatures normally seen soaring through the skies.

In this region this time of year, peak hours for spotting migrating hawks and eagles occur between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Experts will be on hand during the hours of 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for assistance and questions.

Participants are welcome to join for an hour or two or for the duration of the program. Participation is open to all and no registration is required. The only equipment needed are binoculars, a comfortable chair, water and a snack. Do not miss this exciting opportunity to enjoy learn-

ing hawk identification, gather scientific data, learn more about the efforts to preserve Hacker’s Hill and socialize with other avid hawk enthusiasts. Rain date will be Sunday, Sept. 9. Every year’s migrating patterns are different; the seasonal and daily weather patterns will dictate how many

Horsemen’s Day

birds may be flying overhead.

CORNISH — Horsemen’s Day, featuring live harness racing Hacker’s Hill is located off and trotting museum, takes place this Saturday, Sept. 8 with a of Quaker Ridge Road in Casco, noon post at the Cornish Fairgrounds (Route 25). accessible by Route 11 or Route The event benefits the Cornish Fairgrounds Restoration Fund.

302. A steep, paved road leads Admission is $3. Donations welcome. Food concessions will from Quaker Ridge Road to the be available. top of the hill, where parking is available. For more information, call 647-4352.

Freedom of the Hills: Church Pond “From tame and level lowlands, From the restless, restless sea, My spirit reaches upward, Calm mountain land, to thee!…”

— From “Up to the Hills”

by Samuel Longfellow

By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Church Pond is a hidden gem, tucked away off the Kancamagus Highway west of Conway, N.H. The pond is reached by a very easy, nearly level, hike of about 1.4 miles. The trail traverses a pine and spruce swamp and bog, “providing access to a kind of terrain and forest that trails in the White Mountains seldom visit” (from the “AMC White Mountain Guide”). As the trail approaches the pond there is a modest rise in elevation and the hiker enters a magnificent grove of red pines that frame the pond and scent the air. The pond has a sandy bottom and invites you to take a dip.

This is a beautiful spot that is well worth the short, easy hike, even though hikers must wade the Swift River at the start of the trail and then traverse the wet Church Bog. During high water the crossing of the Swift River could be dangerous, but at summertime low water con-

ditions it is a lark.

Six Denmark Mountain Hikers hiked into Church Pond on Aug. 24 and plan to do it again once the fall colors are at their height. This would also be a great snowshoe hike once the

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bog has frozen.

A ranger at the Saco River WMNF station advised us that the eastern loop trail was very wet where it crosses the bog, so we hiked in and back on the western loop trail, although the

log bridges were in poor repair and often only the spikes that once held them down were still there.

According to New England’s Lost Hiking Trails the Church CHURCH, Page C

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Church Pond is a hidden gem, tucked away off the Kancamagus Highway, west of Conway, N.H. (Photo by Allen Crabtree)

Freedom of Hills: Church Pond (Continued from Page C) Pond Loop will be truncated and renamed the Church Pond Trail sometime before 2014 because of wetland damage from the trail. The 2.8-mile loop took us an hour of hiking time total.

Hike facts Church Pond is located in Carroll County, Albany, N.H. Difficulty: Easy.

Trail distance (round trip): 2.8 miles for the complete loop.

Hiking time (round trip): 1 hour 25 minutes for the loop (book time).

Elevation: 1,263 feet.

Vertical gain: 50 feet.

Coordinates: 44° 0’ 10.25” N 71° 22’ 26.27” W Topographic Map: Mount Washington quad.

Directions to the Church Pond trailhead: The trail begins in the Passaconaway Campground just off the Kancamagus Highway. There is a small parking lot with space for two to three cars next to Camp Site 19. The turnoff to the Passaconaway Campground is west of Route 16 in Conway, and is on the north side of the Kanc west of the Sawyer Pond Trail and the Jigger Johnson Campground. The campground is well signed.

The trail crosses the Swift

River almost immediately after leaving the trailhead. The Swift River can be easily waded during low water conditions but this crossing could be dangerous during high water flows. There is a smaller branch stream of the Swift River that must also The trail to Church Pond crosses the Swift River requiring some wading. (Photo by Allen Crabtree) be crossed shortly afterwards.

At 0.3 miles the loop trail divides, with the left loop (western) taking 0.8 miles to the pond and the right (eastern) loop taking 1.4 miles to get there. A cross-country ski trail (signed) “At the Lights” on Rte. 302, Naples, Maine leaves the left loop at the edge 207-693-7000 Outside Maine 1-800-639-2136 of the bog. Crossing the bog on either trail is a wet prospect, with log footbridges (most in THIS OFFICE IS e-mail: info@lakesproperties.com poor condition) to negotiate.

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School news

September 6, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page C

Gearing up for new school year

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer WINDHAM — Three of the female students who were shopping for school supplies at Wal-Mart had two things in common: They were acquiring those final items the day before school started.

Also, each of them had gone shopping for school clothes earlier in August.

The students spent or anticipated spending between $30 and $50 on supplies to use in the classroom during the new school year.

The girls, who were wrapping up last-minute back-toschool shopping, generally spent between four and six times more money on clothes than was doled out for classroom supplies.

According to the National With her newborn in tow this school teacher, who is employed Retail Federation, the parents in the Gorham area, stocked up on colored markers for her of children in the school sysfuture students. According to consumer reports, school shoptem will spend an average of ping rates as the second biggest spending season. $688 on classroom supplies, electronics and clothing at the onset of the school year. It was unclear if those surveys were based on the three-child family.

The information applied to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

The website, www.consumerreports.org, provides articles such as “Back-to-school on the cheap” for people trying to cut costs when it comes to the restart of school.

A few returning students from the region were already applying money-saving strategies.

On Aug. 28, Naples resident Leia Hodgdon said this was her second time hitting the stores with her school supply list in her hand.

“I did the Dollar Store first, and spent about $30,” Hodgdon said.

Trips to North Conway and Portland’s Maine Mall helped her piece together her school wardrobe. She estimated she spent $200 on clothes and a pair of shoes.

“I am going to sign up for cross-country running,” said the future seventh grader, adding, “I’ve already got sneakers.”

Hodgdon’s friend, who was pushing the shopping cart and still wearing her soccer uniform, smiled widely — saying she had been too busy with sports practices this month to

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pick up school supplies any sooner.

Calabria Rideout, a Bridgton resident who will be in ninth grade at Lake Region High School, had figured out what she needed for soccer. But, school supplies were proving a little more difficult.

“I have to get a new mouth guard, new socks and shorts,” Rideout said.

“Cleats are expensive. I am using my cleats from last year. I just went on a trip (with a travel sports team) and it cost $50,” she said.

Rideout might be a real gogetter on the soccer field. But, as far as school supplies go, she was listless. Literally: No list to go by.

“I did not get one. So, I am just winging it,” she said.

“We’re just winging it,” her mom said, adding, “For now, we are just getting the basics. If she needs something else once

school starts, we’ll get it.”

For now, the mother-anddaughter shopping team was stocking up on snacks at one of the displays positioned in front of the checkout stands.

While doing her Eleventh Hour purchases, the high school student was listening to tunes via headphones.

The previous day’s shopping excursion was already under her belt.

“For clothes — I usually

go to Settler’s Green in North Conway. We already went,” said Rideout, calculating she spent about $150.

Eighth grader Catherine Christiansen, who is attending Lake Region Middle School, had a few things left to find for this year’s academic pursuits.

“My list is a little bit longer (than last year.) I need more notebooks and binders,” she said.

Christiansen — who said SHOPPING, Page C

College notes

Aubrey Wissmann of Lovell has been named to the Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s List for the spring of 2012. To be eligible for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or above. Aubrey is a linguistics major.

Emily Leclerc of Casco recently served as a first-year orientation guide (FrOG) on James Madison University’s orientation team in Harrisburg, Va. Emily is a sophomore, majoring in psychology.

FrOGs are a diverse group of undergraduate students who are committed to preparing students to be active and authentic participants in the JMU learning experience. FrOGs assist incoming first-year students in their academic, personal and social transition and serve as a representative of James Madison University throughout the university’s August orientation.

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The great Back to School shopping adventure Christiansen hopes to play on a lacrosse team. She said she would be able to recycle most of her gear from last year with the exception of footwear.

“I will just need cleats. I’ll probably buy those at Olympia

Sports,” she said.

As far as dressing in the classroom goes, the eighthgrader spent about $100 at the American Eagle and Aeropostale stores at the Maine Mall in Portland.

Her younger brother, Erick Christiansen, said he had not done any school clothes shopping yet. His summer style would be okay for the first few days of school, he said. But, he planned to pick out a few new

shirts later.

Erick, who will be in fifth grade at LRMS, said his school supply list looked “pretty much the same as last year.”

The siblings took advantage of Wal-Mart’s prices for supplies

on the day before school. Ahead of the game the Christensens had hair cut appointments there in mid-August.

Both Erick and his sister Catherine were “excited for school to start.”

BE A LAKER — The faculty and staff at Lake Region Middle School at the end of the opening school day for the 2012-2013 academic year last week posed for this photo. The day served as a kick-off to the school year and also to the “Be a Laker!” campaign to promote positive student behavior.

Crooked River Adult and Community Education has teamed up with Lake Region Vocational Center to offer an AutoCAD drafting class.

During this class, students will have the opportunity to design their own home renovation project and create their own construction-ready drawings. If you have ever wanted to learn the art of blueprint reading and architectural drafting, this class is for you!

Classes will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 18 and will run through Nov. 20. Class time is from 6 to 8 p.m. each week. For more information or to register, please call Crooked River Learning Center at 627-4291, or go to www.crookedriver.maineadulted.org.

Mini grant Crooked River Adult and Community Education is the proud recipient of an Easy Access Mini Grant from the Opportunity Alliance.

This grant enabled the adult learning center to purchase six iPod Nanos and load them with various genres of music. The purpose is to support people as they work to improve their fitness with the idea that it is easier to move if you have good music.

The Learning Center staff has mapped out a few routes for walking/jogging. You can simply stop by at 1437 Poland Spring Road during regular business hours and sign out an iPod for your use and get moving!

Old Car Club announces awards The Mount Washington Valley Old Car Club (MWVOCC) is pleased to announce the 2012 recipients of its College/Technical School Financial Assistance Award Program.

These awards are made annually to students from Kennett High School and Fryeburg Academy. Successful applicants must be enrolled in either a degree program or post high school technical education certificate program in an automotive

technology-related field.

Financial awards are forwarded directly to recipients once the club is in receipt of a transcript of the student’s passing semester grades.

Two $2000 awards were made to: Ryan Cottrell from Kennett High School and Charles Weisemann from Fryeburg Academy. A special award, in memory of club member Peter Forte, was made to Erin Cotten. This award program is funded with proceeds from the MWVOCC annual car show,

which is held at Settlers’ Green on the second Sunday in September (Sept. 9, 2012). Additional funding is obtained from the club’s annual Sock Hop Dance and sponsorship of Monday Cruise Nights during the warm weather months. Locations

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Opinion & Comment

September 6, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page D

Letters

My Irish Up

Protecting the aquifer

by Mike Corrigan Columnist

MIAMI/CHARLOTTE/WHATEVER — Do you know how platform planks are devised by America’s political parties?

Me either, so I thought I would make something up — which will generate a report at least as factual as your average convention speech.

To sum up: Since Democrats have no new good ideas at all, and Republicans seem to have only bad old ones, I imagine things must go like this: (Numbers have been assigned to speakers, to protect their identities, and also because I couldn’t read their name tags through the smoke (marijuana and cigarette, respectively).

10:48 a.m.: Conference Room 1012, Convention Center South, Charlotte, N.C. 1: Okay — wait, can anyone remember why we’re here? Oh yeah, the 9, um, o’clock discussion group for the resolutions for party planks will now come to order. The platform, people!

Ideas?

2. I say we fight to preserve the right for cats and dogs to marry!

1. They can do that now?

General discord, a few discrete giggles. Someone hugs a tree.

2. They can’t? Okay, let’s work to keep it illegal, then. It’s just immoral, really. If I’m allowed to say that.

1. Good, there’s one thing… But I don’t know how it will go over with our constituents at the animal shelter, an important voting bloc in my district. Any other ideas? No? Nothing? …Okay, let’s break for some heavy drinking.

1 p.m.: Conference Room 1012, Convention Center South, Charlotte, N.C. 2: The chairman is “indisposed,” I’m supposed to say. Now, all of the brainstorming groups have been charged with coming up with at least three suggested planks in the platform by 4 p.m. today, or members will be liberally insulted with ethnic slurs. We’re that serious about progress, people. You’ve had plenty of time to think.

What do you have for me? …Nothing? I can wait…

3:07 p.m., Conference Room 1012, Convention Center West, Charlotte, N.C. 3. Hey, I propose that we try to re-elect the President. Is that in there?

2. Probably. I’ll write it down, just in case.

OUR MAN, Page D

The engineer of disaster Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin News Columnist

Do you know people still living in their homes after defaulting on their mortgage payments?

I do, and I wonder what that must be like. They don’t make mortgage payments so they’re living rent-free. Some have been living this way two years or more, so why doesn’t the bank evict them and auction the house?

Because it’s afraid to. Because then the bank would have to sell the house for whatever it would bring on today’s real estate market — and that would be much less than what the bank pretends

it’s worth. Because it’s likely the bank has several such properties — along with other banks — and all those houses are valued at what they were worth five years ago and would sell today only at far less than the amount owed on them. They’re counted as assets on the bank’s books at no-longer-realistic prices. If banks dumped all that on the market, it would further depress real estate prices and put more mortgages underwater.

How long can this go on? Not forever. The banks keep put-

ting it off hoping the economy will turn around and real estate prices will bounce back. Former mortgagees can’t live rent-free indefinitely and they know that sooner or later they’ll be evicted, but they ride it as long as they can. They keep heating the place, shoveling the snow and mowing the lawn. The bank allows this to prevent values from sinking even further should the occupants move out and nobody took care of anything.

Consider the uncertainty these circumstances generate.

What if the roof leaks? The occupant thinks: “I should fix the roof, but this isn’t my house anymore. I’m a squatter here.”

Will he tell the bank or just put a bucket under the leak? Bank and occupant let it ride. They wait to see what happens.

That uncertainty is very similar to what most Americans feel about our country. We know

we’ve dug ourselves into a deep, deep hole we may never climb out of, but we’re letting it ride to see what happens. Serious investors won’t make moves until they see what happens in November’s election while the “Hope and Change” guy presides over a country increasingly hoping for change in who occupies the White House.

I began writing this column on Sunday. On Monday, The Daily Caller published a story titled, “Obama: Subprime Pioneer,” and subtitled, “With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African Americans.”

It details the crucial role nowPresident Barack Obama played to accelerate the subprime mortgage crisis while a “community organizer” in Chicago. He was lead attorney in a lawsuit against Citibank on behalf of 186 black ENGINEER, Page D

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By Price Hutchins As I work in our yard, I collect the discarded bird nests I find. I display them on a shelf in our carriage house. The different sizes, construction and

workmanship are fascinating.

It’s great to see that most of the nests are wonderfully lined with the fur of our dog, Roxie. How she donates so much and still has enough to blanket our house

Smart Money Moves To Make Before Age 35 By: Robin Thurston State Farm® agent Nobody wants to learn that it’s too late to save for a satisfying retirement, but a lot of Americans are on that path. The latest numbers from the Employee Benefit Research Institute indicate that 29 percent of employees have less than $1,000 saved for retirement; 56 percent have less $25,000.

To help avoid being an unhappy statistic at retirement, you may want to consider these smart money moves.

Start a retirement fund. Ornella Grosz, author of Moneylicious: A Financial Clue for Generation Y, says the easiest way to save is to set up automatic deductions — either by percentage or dollar amount — from your paycheck.

Another money mistake: incurring late fees.

Many credit cards charge 10 percent of your balance if you miss a payment deadline. On a $5,000 balance, that 10 percent fee represents a significant penalty.

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How much? “I say start small and build on it,” State Farm® has a variety of online calculators Grosz says, advising to try reserving 5 percent of that can help you develop smart cost and savyour paycheck for retirement. If you don’t miss that money, try 7 percent, and if that works out, ings strategies. increase your savings to 10 percent.

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Evaluate the real cost of purchases. If you buy a $2,999 TV on a credit card, and you make minimum monthly payments of $119.96 (4 percent of the debt), you’ll need 41 months to pay off the purchase. That means you are actually spending $4,918.36 on the TV — and, by the time you retire the debt, your TV may need to be replaced.

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is a topic we have discussed but she is not forthcoming.

This past spring, years of collected nests seemed to be falling apart. Then one day, the shelf was just a pile of avian construction materials. As I wondered about this, an English sparrow flew by me, darted to the shelf, tore into the pile, sorted and gathered a mouthful of nest materials, and flew off.

Does Jean Preis know about this larceny!

Mother Nature is a good husband of Mother Nature.

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To The Editor: Hello everyone! Thanks to the new management, I can now put my letters in The Bridgton News.

And to the many people that speak to me about my letters, I thank you all. Most people will do the right thing when they know all of the facts! I happen to have the time to search for the truth. As a famous Republican president once said, “Trust, but verify.” I too look for verification. I don’t get verification from our town office, but that is PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES — Protestors gathered along Main Street in something for another letter.

Right now, the biggest fact is Fryeburg to protest the proposed 25-year contract between the Fryeburg Water Company and Nestlé corporation.

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By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor All parts of Medicare, A, B, C and D, are optional. That’s right; you don’t have to accept enrollment at all when you turn 65.

On the other hand, the decision to pass up any one part of Medicare has consequences and you should know what they are before making a decision about enrollment.

The following assumes that you are eligible for Medicare when 65.

Part A — which covers the major portion of inpatient hospital stays — does not have a monthly premium.

Consequently, there is no reason to pass up Part A even if you have medical coverage through an employer or a retiree program.

Part B — on the other hand — has a monthly premium ($99.90 this year but higher if your annual income exceeds $85,000). Part B covers much of the cost of medical services like doctors, outpatient, lab work, etc. Some seniors NUGGET, Page D

Opinions

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A new law for our new drivers Views from Senate

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by Bill Diamond

House sharing

Old houses around here are full of history, and if they could talk they would tell some very interesting stories. Our house was built around 1881, and when we first moved in we discovered there was more than a long history to the place, there were other inhabitants as well. We have been here now for a quarter century, and in that time we have shared the house with a succession of squirrels, mice, voles, a weasel, bats, and birds. Some of our favorite housemates have been birds called chimney swifts.

The chimney swift is the only member of the swift family found in eastern North America. Small, charcoal gray, and cigar shaped, with a short tail and long curved blade-like wings, chimney swifts are known more for their graceful and unusual flight than for their plumage. Their wings are extremely long, extending far beyond the tail, and the bird’s quick flight, erratic banking, veering, and in-flight stalling, create the fluttery illusion of wings flapping alternately.

While the feet of many birds are designed for grasping a perch, with three toes facing forward and one facing back, all four toes of the chimney swift’s foot face forward, which makes it impractical for them to perch on a branch. This arrangement of toes, as well as stiff tail feathers that prop up the bird, and strong claws on the feet, means chimney swifts are perfectly adapted for clinging to rough vertical surfaces such as the inside of a chimney. At night, they roost inside chimneys and even build their nests there. For several years, swifts found our old brick chimney to be a very welcoming place in which to raise a family.

Birds find food in various ways, depending on the structure of their feet and beaks and because chimney swifts cannot perch as other birds do they live almost entirely on the wing.

They feed by scooping up flying insects in their mouths, in mid-air. In fact, they do everything in the air. When it is time to start a family they mate in the air, and when they collect nest materials they do it in flight, using their feet to break off tips of dead twigs. They build their nests on the inside wall of a tall chimney, usually about 22 feet down from the top, shaping the twigs into a frail half saucer which they glue to the wall with the adult’s glutinous saliva. According to The Birder’s Handbook, males and females work together for up to a month to construct the nest.

For several years, chimney swifts nested in our old chimney, where we could hear the young ones peeping. Young swifts can climb before their eyes are open, and about two-and-a-half weeks after hatching can cling to the chimney wall. At about three-and-a-half to four weeks of age they can fly, and then they leave the nest. In years when chimney swifts were not nesting in our chimney, they still used it for roosting at night.

One summer, we found an adult trapped inside an unused fireplace in our home, penned in by the fireplace screen. Later that summer, we found one trying to get out an open window on the second floor, where it was trapped inside the window screen.

Both times, we managed to capture the birds and release them unharmed, being careful to avoid impaling ourselves on their sharp, pointed tail feathers.

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This last week, a new law went into effect that will change the rules considerably for newly-licensed drivers.

I am proud to say that I was the sponsor of this bill, and I hope that it will greatly reduce the number of accidents, and along with that injuries and deaths, that result from accidents involving young drivers.

This week, I’d like to talk about this law and the rationale behind the changes.

This spring, when I introduced the bill, it was obvious that there was a serious problem. Between December 2011 and March 2012, there were 12 separate fatal crashes in Maine, resulting in 16 deaths, where the “at fault” driver was between the

Views from Washington

by Mike Michaud United States Congressman

While Congress may have adjourned for the month of August, work on many issues facing our veterans hasn’t stopped.

Maine veterans who trained at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Gagetown and had potential exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides have waited too long for a resolution to their cases. That’s why I sent a letter

to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting information on the health risks of the repeated exposure to herbicides used at CFB Gagetown. I’ve also written to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) requesting the number of claims submitted to the VA for illnesses related to exposure at CFB Gagetown and the reason for the denials of these claims.

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Scott Montgomery about them.

Scott stated that the district can fulfill its basic obligations for around $125 per year. He also said that Arizona Zipper offered to pay the yearly costs. Thanks Arizona, you’re a good guy!

Cost to keep the district “awake” — zero!

Benefits for the people of Fryeburg — tremendous!

The Fryeburg Water District has the power to raise money.

Krasker has proven that. So if Krasker can raise “$300,000” just to put a stick in Ward’s Brook, there must be grant money, foundation money or even rich people that will help us take control of our water company and aquifer, protecting it for the many, many generations to come. Contrary to what Krasker says, the water company is for sale. Remember, the shareholders do not pay for pipes, fittings, upgrades, etc.

— we do! We have for over 100 years.

There is no reason to put the district “to sleep.” On Sept. 18, be at the Rescue Barn and keep our district “awake.” Pay atten-

(Continued from Page D) that Fryeburg Water Company and Nestlé are getting ready to sign a 25-year contract that allows Nestlé to search for another source of water for us outside of our aquifer. Once Fryeburg Water Company switches us to a well outside of our aquifer, our aquifer becomes Nestlé’s. There is only one entity that has the power to take over control of the water company and the aquifer — the Fryeburg Water District!

On Sept. 18 at the Fryeburg Rescue Barn, Dick Krasker and John Weston are going to try to put the district “to sleep.” I don’t think they have the legal right to do this, especially when considering Weston’s obvious conflict of interest. But, that is what they are going to try to do nonetheless.

We must not allow this to happen!

Knowing Krasker is going to bring up costs, I spoke with

We need an all hands on deck response to this issue, and I’m happy to report that some progress is being made. This July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it would be working with the EPA to take action to investigate Maine veterans’ exposure to Agent Orange and other toxic chemicals while they trained at CFB Gagetown.

In addition, I’m working on legislation that will create a registry for service members who trained at the Canadian base and are now concerned about health impacts. My bill would create a CFB Gagetown Registry, which would serve as an important tool for outreach purposes and for delivering help to these vet-

erans. The bill would also make sure the VA collects comprehensive health data on veterans who applied for compensation based on their exposure.

Taken together, this bill and the CDC’s recent actions will at the very least put us on a path toward finally providing Gagetown veterans the help they deserve by detailing the scope and severity of the exposure they suffered.

In August, I was honored to participate in the official opening of the new Lewiston VA community based outpatient clinic (CBOC). This clinic is a huge part of solving a problem that has plagued many Maine veterans for years — the ability VETS, Page D

SUPPORTING THE CAUSE — A protestor handing out information concerned with the proposed 25-year contract between Nestlé and the Fryeburg Water Company. tion. I’ll try to keep everyone posted the best that I can.

William Harriman II Fryeburg

Vote Whitley

To The Editor: Those of us who plan to

vote in November (and I hope that everyone will) are going to have some interesting choices to make at the local level. One of the seats being sought is for State Senate District 13.

If you want to have a senator who has proven experience as LETTERS, Page D

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the behavior of young drivers. They found that enhanced penalties for young drivers who violated motor vehicle laws dramatically reduced the number of fatalities in this age group. After they toughened their penalties for young drivers in 2007, they saw a 75% reduction of teen fatalities over the first three years, and a 40% reduction of accidents involving drivers under 18.

Our new law does several things. First, it lengthens the time period for a new driver to operate under the restrictions of an intermediate license from 180 to 270 days. This period used to end at the new driver’s 18th birthday, no matter how LAW, Page D

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ages of 15 and 24. Seeing this stark number prompted me to look into the situation. The statistics were not good. Although drivers between the ages 16 and 24 make up only 13% of Maine drivers, they account for 36% of all auto crashes in the state. Additionally, young drivers are more likely to be involved in crashes related to risk-taking behavior, especially speeding and distracted driving.

Something had to be done to improve safety for this group.

Maine was not alone in this, so the efforts of other states to combat this problem were examined. Changes in the law were modeled on those in Massachusetts, which had noticeable success in changing

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(Continued from Page D) vote for Dennise Whitley. If you want to have a senator who fully understands the intricacies of health care and the need to make sure health care is affordable, vote for Dennise Whitley. If you want to have a senator who is “in touch” with the needs of middle class and low-income folks, vote for Dennise Whitley. If you are fed up with the divisiveness of partisan ideology, vote for Dennise Whitley. If you want to have a smart, dedicated and hard working legislator representing you in Augusta, vote for Dennise Whitley.

Stan Cohen Bridgton

Major thanks

To The Editor: I would like to thank the woman who stopped to help with my horse on Route 37 at 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 29.

When you first yelled to me about the horse, I didn’t think it was mine as the main gates on the corrals were closed. When I walked toward the barn to get a halter to capture the horse so it could be put in my paddock, I saw the secondary gate was open. That is when I realized this wayward horse was mine. After shaking the grain bucket so the horse would run up the driveway into his stall, I secured the gates and made sure he could not escape again.

I was going to thank you; I didn’t see you any longer in the road. I want to take this time

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to say I am so grateful that you showed concern for my Major and thank you very much. I apologize I didn’t realize it was my horse in the beginning.

Thank you again, Carolyn Bohl North Bridgton

CrossWalk blessings

To The Editor: We cannot tell you (the community) just how blessed we were to have you help us help our neighbors, especially most recently.

Thanks to the generosity of a local foundation that donated funds on our behalf, we were able to host a Good Shepherd food mobile on Aug. 20. CrossWalk volunteers were

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

CONSULT OUR LISTING OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND LET AN EXPERT DO THE JOB! ACCOUNTANTS Chandel Associates Accounting, Taxes Audits, Full Service Payroll 3 Elm St., Bridgton Office 647-5711 Jones & Matthews, PA Certified Public Accountants Accounting and taxes Roosevelt Trail Prof. Bldg.

Route 302, Bridgton 647-3668 cpas@maine.com McFadden CPA, P.A. Accounting Services Accounting/Payroll/Taxes 316 Portland Rd., Bridgton 647-4600 www.BridgtonCPA.com

ALARMS WAM-ALARM Systems Installation, Service, Monitoring Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Free Security Survey 647-2323

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CARPETING Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

CATERING A Fine Kettle of Fish Catering Personal chef service/catering Sheila Rollins 583-6074 www.finekettleoffishcatering.com

CHIMNEY LINING The Clean Sweep LLC Chimney Cleaning Service Supaflu and Stainless Steel Chimney lining and relining Dana Richardson 935-2501

CLEANING SERVICES First Impressions Cleaning Inc. Residential & Commercial Seasonal 647-5096

Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC Quality service you deserve All major brands jonesappliances@aol.com 595-4020

John’s Cleaning Service Meticulous cleaning service Prof. carpet cleaning, windows Local family business. Exc. references ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES 207-393-7285

Paul Spencer Brown, Architect 30 yrs exp, Member AIA & LEED Any project – Maine license – Insured 781-640-7413 PaulSBrown.AIA@gmail.com WardHill Architecture 25 yrs. exp.-Residential/Commercial Custom plans, Shoreland/site plan permit Design/Build & Construction mgmt. wardhill@roadrunner.com 807-625-7331

ATTORNEYS Shelley P. Carter, Attorney Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA 110 Portland Street, Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA 132 Main St. P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 647-8360 Hastings Law Office, PA 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com Robert M. Neault & Associates Attorneys & Counselors at Law Corner of Rte. 302 & Songo School Rd. P.O. Box 1575, Naples 693-3030

BOOKKEEPING

By The Book Bookkeeping Services 12+ years QuickBooks experience A/P, A/R, Checkbook/bank reconciliations Tax preparation – References available 207-749-1007, businessonlinellc@gmail.com

CARETAKERS Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000 North Country Home Watch “We’ll be there when you can’t” www.nchw.us 207-713-0675

CARPENTRY Robert E. Guy General Carpentry – Additions Repairs – Remodeling www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell)

McHatton’s Cleaning Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Certified Technicians Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 Razzl Cleaning Home – office – rentals/all your needs 20+ yrs. exp. – Reasonable rates Honest – Reliable 583-1006 Servicemaster Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452 TLC Home Maintenance Co. Professional Cleaning and Property Management Housekeeping and much more 583-4314

COACHING/LIFE Women In Balance, LLC Deborah J Ripley, MSHS 82 Main Street, Bridgton, 04009 (207) 803-2292 www.womeninbalancemaine.com

COMPUTERS EEcomputer Services Small business specialists eecomputerservices.com 603-733-6451 Ms. C’s Computer Repair Virus and spyware removal PC repairs 207-228-5279 27 Zion Hill Road, Bridgton Naples Computer Services PC repair/upgrades – on-site service Virus and spy-ware removal Home and business networking Video security systems 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746

CONTRACTORS Dan’s Construction Homes/cottages/garages Siding/rep. windows/roofing Insured/ references/ 25+ yrs. exp.

No job too small – 625-8159 Douglass Construction Inc. Custom Homes/Remodeling/Drawings 30 years exp. in Lakes Region Phil Douglass, 647-3732 - Jeff Douglass, 647-9543 Sweden Rd. Bridgton

Jerry’s Carpentry & Painting Carpenter & General Contractor Flint Construction Log homes – decks – remodeling Fully insured – Free estimates – 207-527-2552 Roofing – Siding – Carpentry Fully insured – Free estimates Northern Extremes Carpentry 207-210-8109 Affordable timberframes Old home and barn restoration Jeff Hadley Builder New homes, remodels, additions Custom sawmilling Painting, drywall, roofing, siding Insured Bridgton 647-5028 Kitchens, tile & wood floors CARPET CLEANING Fully insured – free estimates 27 yrs. experience 207-583-4460 McHatton’s Cleaning Service Newhall Construction Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Framing/roofing/finish Fire, Smoke, Soot, Water Cellulose insulation – drywall Certified Technicians Bridgton 647-2822, 1-800-850-2822 743-6379 798-2318 New Life Carpet & Uph. Cleaning Commercial & Residential Free estimates Carol 615-1506

Quality Custom Carpentry Specializing in remodeling & additions Jeff Juneau Naples 207-655-5903

CONTRACTORS Riley Woodworks Custom home builders Log homes, Timberframes Devin Riley 207-415-6225

COPIES The Printery Black & White/Color Copies Special discounts for large orders Fax: Sending and Receiving Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

COUNSELING Ellia Manners, LCPC In Her Own Image/Counseling for Women Call for brochure/Insurance accepted www.elliamanners.com 207-647-3015 Bridgton

DANCE INSTRUCTION The Ballroom Dance - Exercise - Yoga - Aikido Main St., Harrison, Maine 207-583-6964

able to give away thousands of pounds of food: meat, bread, fresh vegetables, cereal and other goods to needy families from six Lake Region communities. A total of 111 families were served on that day. All of them walked away with smiles and a heart full of gratitude.

Our sincerest thanks to Curtis Merrill and the American Legion for so generously allowing us to use their parking lot to distribute food on that day.

We also want to acknowledge Birch Colony for their most generous donation from their recent fundraiser. Your donation is a testament to the heart you have for your community. We are so very grateful for your gift.

We also want to extend our sincerest thanks to Camp Walden in Denmark for the overEXCAVATION K.S. Whitney Excavation Sitework – Septic Systems Materials delivered Kevin 207-647-3824

EXERCISE/FITNESS Dee’s BodyCraft Personal Training, Aerobics, Pilates Certified – Experienced Bridgton 647-9599

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION Sheila Rollins Private/instrument/multi-engine instructor Flight training – Ground school Flight review 583-6074

FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896

GARAGE DOORS Naples Garage Door Co. Installation & repair services Free estimates Naples 207-693-3480 Roberts Overhead Door Residential & Commercial 24 hour emergency service 207-595-2311 Jon

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The Hairitage One Beavercreek Farm Rd. (top of Packard’s Hill – Rte 302) Vicki Crosby Owner/Stylist DENTAL HYGIENE SERVICES Tami Prescott, Nail Specialist Casie Noble, Hair Ext. Specialist Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA 647-8355 Complete oral hygiene care-infant to senior Most dental insurances, MaineCare accepted HARDWARE 207-647-4125 www.BDHC.me L. M. Longley & Son Fryeburg Family Dental Hardware/Plumbing/Heating/Metal Shops Preventative Dental Hygiene Services Electrical/Welding supplies/Housewares 19 Portland Street / PO Box 523 Main St., Norway, ME 743-8924 207-256-7606 www.fryeburgfamilydental.com Mountain View Dentistry Dr. Leslie A. Elston Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry 207-647-3628 MountainViewDentistryMaine.com

DOCKS Great Northern Docks, Inc. Sales & Service Route 302, Naples 693-3770 1-800-423-4042 www.greatnortherndocks.com Scott Docks Inc. Sales and Service Floating and stationary docks Jason Kelman Kevin Whitney 207-647-3824

ELECTRICIANS All Service Electric John Schuettinger Licensed Master Electrician Residential, Commercial Alarms Bridgton Phone 647-2246 A to Z Electric “The Boss Does The Work” David S. Gerrish, Master Electrician Residential/Commercial/Industrial 30+ yrs. exp., Naples 693-6854 D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012 J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Bridgton 647-9435 McIver Electric “Your on time every time electricians” 221 Portland Rd, Bridgton 647-3664 www.mciverelectric.net 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 Stanford Electric Commercial, Industrial and Residential Wiring – Generators Naples 693-4595 Tuomi Electric Chip Tuomi, Electrical Contractor Residential & Commercial Harrison 583-4728

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Bonney Staffing & Training Center Temporary & Direct Hire Placements Call us with your staffing needs Rte. 302 Windham 892-2286

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A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Cleanings and repairs, Boilers Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks New installations, 24 hr burner service Licensed and insured 207-693-7011 Bass Heating Oil Burner Service Sales and Installations Waterford (207) 595-8829 Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Monitor Heaters Sales & Service Meadow Rd. (Sandy Creek Junction) Bridgton 647-5562, 800-310-5563 www.thurlowscarpet.com

INSULATION Western Me. Insulation Inc Batts, blown or foamed Over 30 yrs experience Free estimates – fully insured 7 days a week – 693-3585

INSURANCE Ace Insurance Agency Inc. Home/Auto/Commercial 43 East Main Street Denmark 1-800-452-0745 Chalmers Ins. Agency 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Harrison Insurance Agency Full Service Agency 100 Main Street, Bridgton 583-2222 Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858 Southern Maine Retirement Services Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Life and Long-Term Care Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 1-866-886-4340

KENNELS Bridgton Veterinary Kennels Boarding Route 117, Bridgton, Me. Tel. 647-8804 Wiley Road Kennels Groom & Board Wiley Rd, Naples 207-693-3394

LAWN MAINTENANCE Chapman’s Lawn & Yard Works Mowing - Cleanup - Brush Cutting Debris removal – Bark mulch Blaine Chapman 647-5255

LP GAS Bridgton Bottled Gas LP Gas Cylinders/Service Route 302 Bridgton 207-647-2029

September 6, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page D whelming abundance of food that they provided recently to Kyrie’s Kitchen (our meals site) and thousands of pounds of dry goods they donated for our food pantry, The Food Basket. These items will be used to fill food boxes for approximately 300 to 400 families a month that we serve. We are overwhelmed by your generosity.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person from our community that has come to donate both food and funds to us in the last few months at the Naples Town Hall. Your gifts continue to allow us to serve what continues to be a growing number of families seeking emergency food assistance. In the last year alone, our numbers have increased over 40%.

Each dollar and food donation LP GAS

helps us to feed our most needy community members. We are overwhelmed by your continued support of us and what we do. Thank you!

We also would like to acknowledge the vision, work and leadership that Nancy Vose has provided, as well as the support from the Songo Garden Club this past year for our community garden. Due to the their labor of love, we are able to continue our mission to serve healthy fresh local food in our meals program. CrossWalk is committed to providing the healthiest food possible to our neighbors, because healthy food equals a healthy community.

In the upcoming months, CrossWalk will also be adding some other services for our Lake Region community memLETTERS, Page D RUBBISH SERVICE

Country Gas, Inc. LP Gas Bulk/Cylinders Box 300, Denmark Tel. 452-2151

Bridgton Trash & Rubbish Service Serving Bridgton Weekly & 1 time pick-ups Tel. 207-595-4606

Maingas Your Propane Specialist 1-800-648-9189

The Dump Guy Insured - Junk removal Basement and attic cleanouts 207-450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com

MASONRY D & D Masonry Chimneys/fireplaces/walks/etc.

Fully insured Free estimates Darryl & Doug Hunt 693-5060

MOVING Bridgton Moving Residential & light commercial bridgtonmoving@verizon.net – Glynn Ross 240 N. High St. – 647-8255 – 671-2556 (cell)

MUSIC LESSONS Up Scale Music Studio Piano Lessons – All Levels Composition-Theory-Transcription Evan 647-9599

OFFICE SUPPLIES The Printery General line of office supplies In stock or special orders Rubber stamps - Fax Service - Labels Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

OIL DEALERS Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Oil Burner Service Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton McBurnie Oil/Casco Oil Delivery and Service Denmark, Maine Tel. 207-452- 2151

PAINTING CONTRACTORS Frank’s Painting Interior/exterior – 25 yrs experience Sheetrock-taping repairs-deck stain Free estimates 207-452-2038/207-595-5987 George Jones Quality Painters Interior/Exterior – Fully Insured Free Estimates Excellent References 207-318-3245 www.georgejonespainters.com Gotcha Covered Painting Interior/exterior-deck refinish-powerwash Serving the Lakes Region over 15 years Free estimates Kevin 693-3684 Jerry’s Painting Service Quality Painting – Interior/Exterior Fully Insured – Free Estimates 207-527-2552

PLUMBING & HEATING A Plus Plumbing & Heating Inc. Plumbing Supplies – LP Gas BBQ Gas Grill Parts & Access.

Portland St., Bridgton 647-2029 Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436 Ken Karpowich Plumbing Repairs/Installation/Remodeling Master Plumber in ME & NH Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423

PRINTING The Printery Single Color to Multi-Color Business Cards - Letterheads Brochures - Forms - Booklets Wedding Announcements Rte. 302, Bridgton 647-8182

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape Organic lawn & garden maintenance Shoreline restoration Creative stonework, property watch Snowplowing & sanding 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com

REAL ESTATE Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311 Coldwell Banker Lakes Region Properties “At the Lights in Naples” Waterfront, Residential Commercial & Land 207-693-7000 Oberg Agency Residential, Business,Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

RUBBISH SERVICE ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up Container Service Tel. 743-5417

SELF STORAGE Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 647-3206 JB Self Storage Rt. 5 Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage 207-925-3045

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Bridgton Septic Pumping Free Estimates 647-3356 329-8944 Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

SURVEYORS F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bliss & Associates Surveying, Land Planning P.O. Box 113, Route 5 Lovell, ME 207-925-1468 Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Land Information Services P.O. Box 485, Harrison, Maine Off: 583-6159 D. A. Maxfield Jr., P.L.S. Over 10,000 surveys on file Pioneer Surveying & Mapping Services Boundary/topographic/construction surveys Commercial/residential Kenneth Farrar PLS PO Box 368, W Paris ME 04289 674-2351

THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMS Equine Journeys @ Ring Farm Therapeutic Riding & Driving A Path Intl. Center in Bridgton 647-8475 551 Upper Ridge Rd.

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS Call 647-2851 for details TOWING Stuart Automotive Free Junk Car Removal 838-9569

TREE SERVICE Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Crane-licensed & fully insured Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Complete tree service – free estimates Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Licensed and insured – Utility and Landscape Arborist Waterford ME – 583-2474

VETERINARY N. D. Beury, DVM Spay/Neuter – Well-pet care North Bridgton For Appointment 583-2121 Bridgton Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Rt. 117, Bridgton, ME 647-8804 Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244 Norway Veterinary Hospital Naples Clinic Corner Rte. 302 & Lambs Mill Rd.

By Appointment 693-3135 Rozzie May Animal Alliance Low-cost spay/neuter www.rozziemay.org - Conway, NH By appointment 603-447-1373

WELDING Iron Man Welding/Metal Sales Fabrication and repairs No job too small 53 Mt. Henry Rd., Bridgton 647-8291

YOGA STUDIOS The Maine Yoga House Public/private/therapeutic yoga classes Teacher training certification 18 Beaver Creek Farm Rd, Bridgton 207-650-7708 – MaineYogaHouse.com

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HARRISON — Main Street, sunny 2nd floor 2-bedroom apartment, fully -applianced in “like new” condition.

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13t27x BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom sunny upstairs apartment. $500 plus utilities $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag and security deposit. No pets. Availwhen purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x able immediately. Call 935-2472.

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6t33x smoking, no pets. $800 a month plus HILLTOP FIREWOOD — utilities. References required plus setf34 Seasoned, $220 cord delivered. Call curity deposit. 647-5991. for details, 890-9300. tf25 BOLSTERS MILLS— 1-bedroom PLEASE CONSIDER – donating apartment includes lights and heat. your leftover garage sale items and References required, non-smokers, no your attic, basement and closet pets. $500. per month. Call 743-6895.

3t35x overflow to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. Go to our website www. SANDY CREEK — One-bedroom harvesthills.org for details or call 935- furnished apartment, $650 per month 4358, ext. 21 tf3 plus utilities, security deposit. 647tf30 FIREWOOD — Green, $175 cord; 3565. dry $225 cord. Call 595-4016 or 583- BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom, 1-bath 4227.

4t36 updated apartment, 2 levels with storFIREWOOD — www. age, w/waterfront on upper Moose westernmainefirewood.com. Cut, Pond, w/dock, deck, quiet area, 2 split, delivered, stacked, guaranteed miles from Shawnee Peak. $715/ cordage, seasoned 13 months. month includes heat only. No pets/ Seasoned $230 cord. Call Jeff Hadley, smoking. First and security required 583-4113.

4t33x with application. Call 647-4000.

3t35 36”x 6’, 8’, 10’ POWER SHEARS — 6’, 8’, 10’ press brakes, 16 gage ROOMMATE WANTED — in notcher, spot welders, sand blaster, Bridgton in a brand new home with lathes, mills, surface grinders; also, own private bath. Washer and dryer, wood working equipment. risons@ $350. a month plus utilities, security comcast.net, www.risons.com. Phone: deposit and references. No pets. 5954t35x (603) 382-5671, Fax: (603) 382- 2969.

8288. 253 Main Street, Plaistow, N.H. LOVELL — Serene. Quiet. Very large 03865.

3t34 apartment: 1 bedroom, full kitchen & LARGE PERENNIALS — bath, and living room with fireplace Wholesale to everyone. LCR in new carriage house. $995 month Landscaping, Conway, N.H. We do includes electricity, laundry hookup, stonework & landscaping. Call for and 50% of heat. Mountain views and appointment 603-236-2699. tf31 Kezar Lake access. No pets/no smoking. 1 year lease/first and security deKITCHEN SET 5 CHAIRS — 5- posit/reference check required. (207) foot square black and cherry table, 925-6586.

4t36x $225; natural Shaker cherry dining room table, 8 Windsor chairs, 3 leafs, BRIDGTON — Nice 1-bedroom 44”-x-120”, $1,250; natural Shaker apartment, large sunny windows, oak cherry master bedroom set with cabinets, kitchen and granite counters. king-size Tempur-pedic@ mattress, Off-street parking, plowing and rub$2,650; couch; love seat; 3 high- bish included $550. monthly. Security backed chairs; TVs; stereo equipment; deposit required. 1-20-7625-8812 or 2t35x some antiques; lots of miscellaneous 1-203-536-5673. furniture; one season old woodstove BRIDGTON — Quiet 2-bedroom 78,000 BTUs, heats 2,200 square apartment, $875, utilities included or feet, big front-loading glass door $685 no utilities. Call for details. 781with blower, $550; lots of beautiful 361-1368. tf36 paintings and numbered prints; vintage John Deere 316 with hydraulics and 3 HARRISON — 3-4 bedroom, 2attachments, $1,250. 207-809-4002, bath house, living room, dining room, 508-566-9333 cell.

2t35x washer and dryer. 1½ acres. Close to school and town and beaches. $950 14 FT. ALUMINUM BOAT month. References and security. Call — Heavy gauge, very solid. Now 207-653-8718.

4t34x on Long Lake, $325. Call 703-6278735.

4t35x BRIDGTON — 3-bedroom house, $800 plus utilities, first month and seCAMPERS FIREWOOD — ½ curity. 647-3741.

1t36 cord loads. Please call Ron at 6475173 between 5 and 8 p.m. Thank you.

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4t33x EXPERIENCED MACHINIST — wanted for production, tooling and experimental work. Manual lathe and mill experience required. Prefer experience in deep-hole drilling and trepanning both large and small products. Must have common sense and be versatile. Send resume to Bortec Machinist, PO Box 310, Fryeburg, ME 04037 or email: nancy@dearbornbortec.com. Please no phone calls or walk-ins.

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EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will travel. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, sand, 38 FT. TRAILER — 2003 Breckloam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 653- enridge. Located at Keoka Beach 4377 or 627-4560. tf44 Campground, Waterford. All furnishings included. Full-length, all-weathWORK WANTED — By day, week er/screened porches attached. Asking or job. Call 627-4649.

4t33x $30,000., will accept offers. call 4012t35x SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR 728-7928.

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tf45 1993 BUICK CENTURY — station wagon. 6 cylinder, power windows DAY CARE & doors, third seat, good air. auto CATERPILLAR CLUBHOUSE — transmission, 145,000 original miles, Childcare has openings for ages 6 weeks new sticker. Stored winters, overall to 10 years of age. I have a degree in excellent condition. $1,995. Call 5831t36x childhood education and 180+ hours 6737. of early childhood developmental JESUS IS LORD – new and used trainings. Year round preschool auto parts. National locator. Most curriculum. To set up an interview, parts 2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s call 595-5209.

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WATERFRONT — Immaculate townhouse, Long Lake, Bridgton.

Open kitchen, DR, LR w/fireplace,2plus bedrooms, 2 full & 2 half-baths, porch, private deck, tennis courts and new finished walkout basement to BRIDGTON — Two modern 2-bed- beautiful sandy beach, $349,000. Liz, room apartments, hardwood floors, Chalmers Realty, 207-632-7465. big sunny windows, oak cabinet 2t35 kitchens. Granite counters, off-street parking, plowing and rubbish, $600.

BUSINESS SERVICES monthly, utilities not included, security deposit required. 625-8812 or 1- HEAP HAULERS — Towing 203-536-5673.

2t35x service. Cash paid for junk cars. Call 655-5963. tf12 SEBAGO LAKE - WEST SHORE — Available October 15, 2012 thru HANDYMAN SERVICES — Over May 31, 2013. Furnished, well-ap- 20 years of experience with a spepointed and maintained 3-bedroom cialty in renovation and remodeling. house on a sandy beach cove on Se- Free estimates, please call Anthony 4t34x bago Lake’s west shore. 45 minutes 647-4287. from Portland. New well-insulated ORGANIC CLEANING — Lakes windows. Living area has an open Region’s first non-toxic cleaning layout: living room (with fireplace), service provides all equipment and dining area, well-equipped kitchen supplies. 15-plus years of excellent w/dishwasher. Pine floors and panel- service. Excellent references. FMI ing throughout. Master bedroom has 595-1542. tf32 queen-sized bed, two other bedrooms with twins. bathroom has shower J. C. HURD — Property ManageHome/cottage, tub that is great for bathing toddlers. ment/Caretaking.

Cable TV and wireless hi-speed In- building and repairs, lawns, fields, ternet available. There is a second trees and road driveway maintenance. utility bath and shower in basement Lovell & surrounding towns. Call tf25 with washer/dryer. Gas grill and pic- 207-925-6127. nic table on patio. Oil/hot air heating system. Rent: $850/month. Heat and DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, utilities not included in rent. 1 month Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing. security deposit required. References. Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 years of Pictures are available. Cell: 207-838- painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call for esti­ 2598. Home: 809-8095. tf29 mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-4522781.

tf49 HOUSE — Available July 1st. 3bedroom/1-bath, home built 2005. RON PERRY CARPENTRY — tile/hardwood. Dead end street/nice Renovations and new construction. yard/deck/storage shed. $1,075. 207- 35 years of experience, no job too 319-5772. tf24 small or too big. Bridgton, Me. 978502-7658.

5t33x NORTH BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom, MOLD & UNWANTED DIRT — 1-bath plus loft apartment. Washer & removal.

Call K & M Pressure Washdryer, deck. $800 per month. Pets considered. No smoking. Call for info ing Services, specializing in house 9t35 207-712-5996.

3t35x siding. Call 583-7941.

HELP CLEANING — We REAL ESTATE FOR SALE FREE remove unwanted items from NAPLES — 5-bedroom with full in- basements, attics, sheds, call with law apartment, dock on Sebago, rights what you need gone. 207-651-3173.

10t27x to 3rd beach. $390,000. Call Chris, 207-693-4408. tf15 BRIDGTON — 10+ acre lot on Beaver Creek Farm Rd. Only $28,000.

Tel. 838-0718.

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Please call 207-583-6031.

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LAKEFRONT — Denmark. Moose Pond 2.18 acres, 184 feet shorefront YARD SALES with dock. Mountain Road, Firelane #56, $350,000. 207-452-2569. tf23 YARD SALE — Saturday, 9/8, 9-3, BRIDGTON — 7+ acre lot on 35 North High Street, Bridgton. Arts Knights Hill Rd. $36,700. Tel. 838- & crafts supplies, household goods, 0718.

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(Continued from Page D) bers, which include volunteer assistance with food stamps, MaineCare, as well as providing a free public flu clinic, blood pressure monitoring, health related self-screenings, and other health-related classes free of charge to any Lake Region resident. We have just received a grant for a laptop computer and printer in order to offer some of these services to our community. We are committed to being a link in assisting our community to have access to these much-needed health-related services.

In the coming months, Barbara Adlard and one of our board members, Joanna Moore, will be offering some classes, especially for our seniors that we find will help them during this time during their lives.

More information will be given at a later date.

Thanksgiving and Christmas will soon be upon us and the cold winter winds will blow.

Many in our local community will be struggling and some having to choose between heating their homes and feeding their families. No one should ever have to experience this, LETTERS, Page D

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NAPLES SHOPPING CENTER NOW Taking Applications For fall and winter part-time help Pick up job applications at Courtesy booth, Fill out, and call David R. Allenson, owner and operator for an interview.

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Our Lake Region community has shown us that no matter what comes our way, there are many people here who do truly care about their neighbor. The last month or two especially has shown us just how much you all do. Thank you community members for partnering with us in feeding, clothing and sharing your blessings with those who need it most. We are grateful for each dollar, bag of food and volunteer hour you have so freely given.

In closing, we welcome anyone who is in need of food, a hot meal or just some friendly conversation to join us at the Naples Town Hall gym every other Monday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Our next community meal will be held on Monday, Sept. 17. Kyrie’s Kitchen will be serving up stuffed manicotti with homemade marinara, fresh garden salad, garlic bread, desserts and beverages free of charge to the public. All are welcome. For more information, please call 615-3226 or e-mail crosswalkoutreach@ yahoo.com CrossWalk Community Outreach Board of Directors Mark and Lindsay Clement Nancy Vose Christy Hafford Don Moore Jr. Dave and Joanna Moore

Welcome back

To The Editor: It was great reading your (Mike Corrigan) words again in The Bridgton News. We laughed out loud about your new diet journey. Looking for green? We are old pros and have the perfect kale salad (raw) and avocado (green) brownie recipes to share with you. Thanks for

pp23-32. A less technical and bringing a smile to our faces.

Barbara Grandolfo more accessible review may Harrison be found in “Tangled Roots,” Science News, Aug. 25, 2012, pp 22-26.)

When Mr. McLaughlin says, “Methods for making artifacts earlier archaeologists labeled ‘Clovis’ may well have come To The Editor: “Shaking up the history from Europe and not from Asia world” caught my eye (Front as first thought,” I assume that Row Seat, Bridgton News, Aug. he refers to a subset of eastern 23, 2012; p. 1D). I was sur- North American stone points, prised to see an essay by Mr. not the entire continental Clovis McLaughlin about the early point trove. This may be clear peopling of the Americas, a in the book, but not in the essay, which implies that Europeans, subject that also interests me.

I have not yet read the book not Asians, were responsible to which Mr. McLaughlin for the Clovis point technolrefers (Across Atlantic Ice, by ogy. If he means the latter, it’s Stanford and Bradley) but the probably just a case of good old second headline (p. 6) seems ethnocentric wishful thinking.

I will read Across Atlantic more appropriate to the larger Ice, authored by two respected story: “A fascinating history tale.” It is a tale being fleshed archeologists, but I’ll keep in out by continuing archaeo- mind Stephen J. Gould’s The logical work and especially by Mismeasure of Man, as I do molecular genetics, i.e., DNA when reading many of Mr. McLaughlin’s columns. analysis.

Dan Sullivan Mr. McLaughlin highlights Cambridge, Mass. the “Solutrean hypothesis,” and Sweden postulating stone age coastal migrations from present day Europe, bringing the characteristic Solutrean style stone point technology (which originated in Africa) to the Americas. It’s an interesting idea, and may be To The Editor: I would like to express my true, but will require a lot more supporting evidence to become sincere thanks to Gilles Labelle from Ricky’s Diner for commore widely accepted.

The vast majority of evi- ing to the Bridgton Community dence for the first people in Center to help cook for the the Americas has been consis- senior lunch program on sevtent with the “Out of Asia” eral occasions. All of the cooks hypothesis; i.e., a few migra- and helpers volunteer their time tions, Clovis and others, from and support for this operation, the Bering Land Bridge into but Gilles took time away from the Americas beginning about his busy restaurant schedule 16,500 years ago. Could other to come in and put together groups of people have arrived some excellent dishes. This past earlier, later or simultaneously Wednesday, he prepared a delivia other routes? Of course, cious baked haddock dinner for but the evidence is minimal, over 50 guests. His willingness and they certainly haven’t to help us out when we are short left much, if any, of a genetic staffed is truly admirable. He footprint. (For a good review also taught us some great cookof current scientific views on ing techniques that I am sure the evolution and worldwide will make future senior lunches migrations, including into the Americas, of Stone Age peoples see: Nature, 3 May, 2012,

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Feeding our seniors

Singing agreement

To The Editor: I agree with Linda May from Sebago. The Lake Region should definitely have its own singing group, whether it be a chorale or chorus. There are so many talented people in this area. I am definitely interested in being a part of a singing group and I hope others are, too. I am also interested in starting a group of people who play folk instruments. If you play the mountain or hammered dulcimer, folk harp, fiddle or any other folk instrument and are interested in being in a group, please contact me at musicsix@ cox.net. I look forward to hearing from you.

Jan Jukkola Bridgton

No economic plan for me

To The Editor: Yes, Mr. Romney, I am still elated to vote for the president again. At least he does not have an economic plan, like you and your running mate, which will make people second-class citizens. Just remember when you vote for lower government that it means higher state, city and town taxes. And, lower services.

It’s your future. What do you want for your family?

William Stevens Keymar, Md. LETTERS, Page D

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Lowering the unemployment rate means putting people back to work. Growing our economy and letting the private sector create jobs is certainly the best way. This administration has overseen a steady increase in the number of private sector jobs. As our economy strengthens as a result of other reforms — such as tax, workers’ compensation, welfare and other programs — businesses will create even more jobs. But that’s still not enough.

Many businesses, like manufacturing, have jobs to fill but they cannot find enough skilled workers. We need to train more people for the jobs that are in demand right now. This month, the Department of Labor will submit a proposal to restructure Maine’s workforce investment system, cutting administrative overhead by an estimated $800,000. These savings that will be redirected to workforce development and training.

We’re training more women, for example, in non-traditional occupations — jobs that pay better with better benefits. We’re strengthening our services to veterans, helping them convert military experience into civilian employment. We’ve energized vocational training efforts for citizens with disabilities — certainly a worthy undertaking.

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By Bob Winglass Commissioner Maine Department of Labor It has been my pleasure — my sincere pleasure — to serve Governor LePage during the past year and a half. Although I look forward to my upcoming retirement, I’d like to reflect momentarily upon the challenges facing our workforce and the steps we need to take to grow Maine’s economy and ensure that everyone has meaningful employment.

Now as commissioner, I’ve traveled the state, meeting with loggers, lobstermen and women, shipbuilders, hospitality workers, teachers, machinists, farmers and construction workers, just to name a few. These people keep our industries and our economy humming. I’m proud of the work that all of these employed Mainers do. They imagine, they create, they sell and they inspire all of us in public service world to work harder to make their work easier.

Now our economy has presented some hurdles. There’s no question about that.

Unemployment remains too high. The Department of Labor has strived to lower our unemployment rate while nonetheless maintaining the integrity of our Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. A solvent and strong fund enabled this state to avoid the need to borrow federal funds to pay unemployment benefits.

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Let’s not forget to return the favor and visit Ricky’s Diner during the off-season for more of his great cooking with a bit of a French flair! Thanks again, Gilles!

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Lena C. Swindler

Richard A. Sargent

BRUNSWICK — Lena C. Swindler, 79, of Brunswick passed away peacefully after a long illness early Wednesday morning on Aug. 29, 2012, at home with her only daughter by her side.

She was born in Shanghai, China on Christmas Day, 1932, the daughter of May Chuck.

She was predeceased by her husband, Jack L. Swindler, of 63 years and four months of marriage on May 14, 2012.

On Dec. 26, 1948, she married Jack L. Swindler in the Union Protestant Church on North Soonehow Road, Shanghai, China.

She arrived in the United States via ship to San Francisco, Calif., on July 4, 1949. She lived with her in-laws, Vernon and Muriel Swindler of Dayton, Ohio for several years until traveling around the world with her husband and growing family.

She enjoyed traveling with her husband on several trips to Florida, Mississippi, and Ohio to visit family and friends. She enjoyed all types of cuisine, especially Maine lobster. She loved playing card games like ‘scat’ where she had the opportunity to take everyone else’s money. She was loved by all who knew her and will be remembered as a very dedicated mother to eight children with a special bond to her only daughter, DeAnn. She is survived by seven sons, Danny of Warren, David of Bath, Dennis of Brunswick, Dwain of Brunswick, Dean of Greene, Darel of Raymond, Dick of Brunswick, daughter, DeAnn Riley of Brunswick; 18 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours were held on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal Street, Brunswick. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the chapel of the New Maine Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta, where Lena will be laid to rest by her husband, Jack.

Condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com

LEWISTON — Richard A. Sargent, 85, of Lewiston, passed away suddenly on Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at Maine Medical Center, Portland.

He was born Oct. 1, 1926, in Norway, the son of Wallace and Bessie Sargent.

Richard worked for the Auburn Dye Co. and the North Anson Reel Co. He later retired from the State of Maine as a bookkeeper.

He cherished time spent with family and enjoyed hunting, fishing and stock-car racing.

Richard was predeceased by his parents; his wife, Gertrude Sargent; and brothers, Rodney and Robert Sargent.

He is survived by his sons, Mark Sargent of Ohio, Paul Sargent of New Hampshire and Daniel Sargent of Fayette; daughter, Susan Johnson of Lewiston; brothers, Stanley Sargent of Georgia and Roger Sargent of New Hampshire; sisters, Barbara Plummer of Raymond and Marilyn Taylor of Lewiston; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life took place Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the funeral home.

In Richard’s memory and in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Arrangements are under the care of Funeral Alternatives Group, 25 Tampa Street, Lewiston, ME 04240.

PORTLAND — Paul Ragan, 81, of Portland, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at his home.

Paul was born in Keene, N.H. He served in the U.S. Army for 24 years. He later was employed at Howell Industries in Bridgton for 30 years before retiring.

He enjoyed hunting and watching western and World War II movies. Paul and his wife Billie enjoyed traveling and went on many cruises together.

Billie passed away last August after 58 years of marriage.

Paul will be sadly missed by his family including nephews.

Funeral services will be private.

Arrangements are by Blais & Hay Funeral Home, Westbrook. Online condolences may be expressed at www.blaisandhayfuneralhome.com

Lawrence Delan WINDHAM — Lawrence Delan, 86, passed at home on Aug. 30, 2012.

He was born on Sept. 7, 1925, the son of Elsie and Harry Delan.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1940 to 1952.

He is survived by sisters, Mary Kelley of Casco and Evelyn Sawin of Poland Springs; brothers, Harry Delan, Willard Delan and Franklin Drew, all of Raymond; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by sister, Rugy Greenlaw, Windham; and brothers, Joseph Delan, Thomas Drew, Leroy Drew, Homer Drew and Ralph Drew, all of Raymond.

Georgette F. Marcoux 1923 – 2012

Georgette F. Marcoux, 89, formerly of Lewiston, died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, at the Clover Manor in Auburn.

Born in Lewiston on Jan. 18, 1923, she was the daughter of Lucien and Jeanne Dubois Labrie. Educated in local schools, she worked as a bookkeeper for National Candy and Tobacco, United Grocers, and Jimmie’s Diner and Gas Stations. After retiring in 1985, she went to work part-time for the Dominican Fathers on Bartlett Street.

She was married to Normand N. Marcoux, who passed away in 1968.

Georgette loved to travel, and enjoyed spending vacations with family. She was also very active at the Lewiston Senior’s Center, where she was an avid card player and went on many excursions. She was an avid backyard gardener, and also collected antique dolls, fans, and porcelain figurines. A member of Ss. Peter & Paul Basilica, Prince of Peace Parish, she is survived by a son, Michael and wife Cynthia of Bridgton; two grandsons, Mathieu of Bridgton, and Brett and wife Julie of Pittsburg, Pa.; two great-granddaughters, Sadie and Aubrielle Marcoux; a brother, Maurice Labrie and wife Dot of Lewiston; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Robert Labrie.

The family thanks the staff of Clover Health Care for the loving care they gave Georgette during her final months. Donations and condolences may be accessed online at www.albert-burpee.com Services were held Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the lower church of Ss. Peter & Paul Basilica. Interment, St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to the Clover Health Care Activity Fund, c/o the Development Office, 440 Minot Avenue, Auburn, ME 04241.

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Religious freedom

To The Editor: I believe it is generally accepted that government should not foster a religion and that simultaneously there should be religious freedom.

Within this framework, let’s consider the following actions

by President Obama: 1. When he spoke at Georgetown University, he demanded that they cover up the monogram for the name of Jesus on the podium. Does this sound reasonable considering that he voluntarily went there and Georgetown is a Catholic university?

2. He cancelled the White House commemoration of the National Day of Prayer.

Apparently, he’s anti-prayer.

3. He tried to ban the families of wounded veterans from bringing Bibles for their loved ones into the Walter Reed Military Hospital, but apparently good sense prevailed.

4. He prevented volunteer honor guards from the VFW from mentioning God at military funerals. What does he have against our military and God (see item 3)?

5. He ordered the Pentagon to allow same-sex marriages at military base chapels in violation of federal law. We all know he is for same-sex marriages.

6. Catholic military chaplains were ordered not to read a letter from their Archbishop opposing government regulations. What a quandary for a chaplain. They have volunteered to help their fellow man but their earthly boss overrode their faith.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t see their actions as being in the best interest of the country. In fact, it seems to me to be just the opposite. To me, this is just an example of the divisive nature of this president. Divide and conquer is an old axiom, but so is united we stand, and I prefer this.

Let’s all vote and hopefully eliminate a president who would cause unnecessary and hurtful acts exemplified by the above-cited six acts.

Robert Buck Macon, Ga. and Bridgton

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LEWISTON — Doris T. Kidder, 87, of Lewiston, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 at Central Maine Medical Center, following complications from a stroke.

She was born in South Paris, June 22, 1925, the daughter of Lewis and Thelma (Page) Button. She was employed as a secretary for the former Burgess and Leith stock firm in Lewiston.

She was a member of the South Lewiston Baptist Church and was also a member and former officer of the Lewiston Grange.

Doris was an avid camper, and she also was a great cook. She loved her family. She will be sadly missed by all.

Survivors include two sons, David of Casco and Donald of Ashland; a brother, Raymond Button of New Concord, Ohio; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ira, Aug. 18, 2000.

Online condolences and sharing of memories may be expressed at www.lynchbrothers.com Graveside committal prayers honoring Doris’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Riverside Annex Cemetery, Paris Hill Road, South Paris, with the Rev. Bryan Church presiding.

To The Editor: Arrangements by Pinette & Lynch Funeral Home, 305 Alfred Plourde I have worked at the New Parkway, Lewiston.

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SOUTH PARIS — William “Bill” Robert Packard, 67, formerly of Harrison, died on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, at the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris.

He was born Harrison on Jan. 11, 1945, the son of Albert and Verna (Merrill) Packard.

Bill loved boating, fishing, spending time at his cottage on Little Bear Pond in Hartford and especially loved his dogs. He had an excellent voice and was a guitar player, his favorite music being country western.

He is survived by his daughters, Billie Jo Myer of Harrison and Darcy Winslow of Harrison; son, Ronald Packard of Otisfield; sisters, Peggy Poskus of Hartford and Alberta Estes of Harrison; brother, Arnold Packard of Harrison; an aunt and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents and grandparents, George and Margaret (Wood) Packard and Lewis and Winnifred (Maxim) Merrill.

Visiting hours were held on Saturday, Sept. 1 at Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main Street, Route. 26, Oxford.

Graveside services were held on Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Maple Ridge Cemetery in Harrison.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bill’s memory to: B Wing at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, 477 High St., South Paris, ME 04281.

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Suncook School in Lovell for a number of years. Due to the hourly change, I have decided to terminate my custodial job so that I will have less driving and will be closer to home during the winter months. This was effective Aug. 30.

I have loved SAD 72 and my heart will always be with the hard-working teachers and staff that raise up our educational system at SAD 72 to one of exemplary status. I will miss all of you!

Sue Parent Bridgton

Sprinkler idea all wet

To The Editor: As a property owner of a cottage in Bridgton for over 60 years, I felt it of critical importance to oppose the requirement of fire sprinklers in residential structures. The residential sprinkler requirement comes up from time to time and usually has its twists and turns.

I understand it would only apply to new construction and remodels of over 30% at this time, however the cost benefit to the homeowner would be dramatically high.

Requiring sprinklers in residential structures would be a great win for the fire services led by the sprinkler industry and a great loss to virtually every homeowner subjects to this huge and costly mandate.

Although the illustrated costs to install these residential sprinkler systems seem somewhat cost effective, that is only the beginning. As someone who has seen a residential fire sprinkler system leak and cause significant damage to a house, I

can assure you it is not pretty.

The sprinkler industry shows some wonderful statistics, which are quickly parroted by the fire services. However, there are usually only one side told and very rarely the unintended consequences are discussed. One only has to look at the stringent and costly requirements for a commercial fire sprinkler system to see where the requirements of residential fire sprinkler systems will go if our elected officials mandate this for Bridgton.

These problems are compounded by reliable water supplies, freeze ups, emergency power, frequent need to keep heat at adequate temperature, inspection and soon to be mandated updates. Some insurance companies have actually increased homeowner policy charges because of the added exposure of water leaks and freeze ups.

Perhaps in New York City, perhaps in a very thickly settled area, it warrants discussion. We know who the big winners are in Bridgton if this is required…the big losers are the homeowners and taxpayers of Bridgton.

It is disingenuous to portray residential sprinklers in Bridgton as a minimal one-time expense without increasing and continuous expenses.

Stacey Goodman Sevinor Bridgton

Very much appreciated

To The Editor: As we wrap up our very busy first month of Community H.E.L.P., we would like to thank everyone in our community that has helped us to make this project a success.

Thank you to everyone that donated clothes, bedding and household items that we were able to redistribute to families that were in need. We were able to help 28 families in Bridgton that were in need and came to us for assistance. We have helped families outside of our area, as well.

Thank you to Pondicherry Properties that donated our current space by Warren’s Florist.

We are still looking for a larger space that will accommodate storage and include heat so that we can be open in the winter.

Thank you to the Bridgton Community Center for all their help and allowing us to be under their 501(3)c, so that we can now utilize the nonprofit status in order for us to accept financial donations that wwill help buy items that we do not have, such as diapers, personal care items, cleaning materials and personal hygiene products that are costly to families that are in need.

Thank you to Sue Managan, who donated money for school supplies and back packs for children, who could not afford these things.

Thank you to the young boy that came in with his mother because he out grew his clothes in the summer and needed pants. We did not have his pant size, but did have his size in shirts. He pestered his mother until she brought him back so he could bring a sack. “Here are things for another boy that needs them,” he said.

Thank you to all of the people that we could not name in this letter. Thank you for your donations!

Thank you to Rob and Ann Lombard for the crib; Carl and Lillian Conklin of Covina, Calif. for sending three huge boxes of teen clothes; Bob Fitzcharles for supporting our program in many ways; Brian P. Manchester, Michael and Sue Noonan, Belinda Patterson, Lauren Rugen, Jeri Wheaton, Donald Mullen, Karen Cousins, Patty Clark and John Anderson.

Patti and I are sending our “thanks” out to everyone, known or unknown.

Please come by and see what we do and what we will be able to do in the future. Our hours are Monday-Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and every first and third Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon. Community H.E.L.P. can be reached at 400-0398.

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4. Is it Tuesday?

2. Why do you ask?

4. I forget. Does it matter?

Well, not very exciting, but everything progresses slowly in Democratic governmental circles. Which is anywhere within four thousand miles of Washington, D.C., and anywhere south of the Planet Jupiter. Or is it Saturn? Which one’s got the rings? — that would be the Republican one. Except on business trips.

Anyway, on to Miami, where the action is much more intense, as you well might imagine.

Because the current leaders of the Republican party are nothing if not intense. There’s not much going on in their brains (sic), either — but they’re just so intense about not having a clue about anything, except for their considered position that, under no circumstances, without exception, even fighting two, billion-dollar-a-day wars at once, even in the event of nuclear war, even if there’s no money left in the Treasury because Congress gave it all back to the rich, may a real Republican vote to raise

taxes. Ever! Ever, ever, ever! Do you hear me? Never!

Okay, calm down. Wow, these talking points really get the juices flowing, don’t they!

Where were we?

5:54 a.m., Suite 314, Convention Center South, Miami, Fla. 1. Well, its 6 a.m. by my watch, so let’s get cracking. We’ve got a lot to figure out. America is broke, Social Security’s a mess, we’re only at war with one country now, officially, and everyone’s on welfare except us decent, hardworking Americans making over $250,000 a year — plus America’s moral fiber is going to hell in a hand basket, as usual.

2. But, America isn’t really broke…

1. Somebody shoot this socialist. (Heretic is dragged off, whimpering. Gunshot.) Thank you, sergeant-at-arms. Now, seeing no further objections to my view of the world, how do we get this foreign-born Commie out of the White House? What are his weak points? We’ll just say the opposite. That ought to work.

3. As far as anyone can tell, the man has no “points” of any kind, strong or weak. He’s just sort of there, trying to “compromise” with us, when we aren’t paying any attention to him at all! It’s kind of annoying, really.

1. Yes, I see. That does make it tough to counter his “positions.” Well, let’s just say he has taken some ridiculous policy stance or another. Who’s going to know? And then we blame everything that’s ever happened on him — for not keeping his promises! Genius! Any other ideas?

Huge babble of voices.

Shouts, screams, cries of “Hey, some terrorist just punched me in the knee!” Gunplay.

Ambulance sirens. “Battle Hymn of the Republic” on bagpipes. Voiceover recitation of the U.S. Constitution.

1. (Pounding gavel) One at a time! Mercy! You there, with the red tie and briefcase. No, the other one. No, you. Yes, you. Go. 3. Stop abortion at the wellhead. We should ban all sex. It’s in the Bible.

4. No, that won’t play in

Peoria, we should just blame… all bad sex on Obama!

1. Oh, that’s a good one.

Blame… all… bad… sex… on… Obama…. (chortles) Man gives me a headache, too!

Next!

5. What’s with these foreigners in America, not speaking English?

1. What do you mean, teenagers?

5. Foreigners, I said. People who don’t look like us.

1. Okay, in case there are any more of them out there, let’s make English the official language of the United States of America. And the National Football League. I can never understand what that John Madden guy is saying.

94. He retired a couple of years ago.

1. See what I mean?

617. Did you say foreign people? I met a Hawaiian once.

He had a nice shirt.

1. Sergeant-at-Arms...

After a long career as a staff writer at The Bridgton News, Mike retired to write poetry and live in the big city — Lewiston.

The engineer of our train wreck

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What has happened since?

According to The Daily Caller:

“by July 2012, Obama’s 186 clients had received at least 188 bankruptcy and foreclosure notices.” Only 19 continue to own homes.

That is simply staggering.

By his actions in 1994, our community-organizer-in-chief helped engineer the subprime disaster and resultant collapse in real estate prices at the root

of America’s economic debacle he’s been blaming on Bush for four years now. How did this story go unreported so long?

Well, we know the answer to that question. The Mainstream Media gave him a pass. He wasn’t vetted — not publicly anyway. And what does Obama say about his and ACORN’s strong-arming of banks to approve mortgages to

under-qualified minorities? He’s blaming banks now for doing exactly what he sued them for not doing! Now he claims the banks wrote “predatory loans.”

It takes a lot of brass, but that’s what he’s doing. Will he get away with it? We’ll see in November.

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

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The dream

To The Editor: Once upon a time, the American Dream was mostly but not always about middle class success rather than about excessive wealth as a measure of success. My first inkling of the American success story was the tales told in my first grade reader about Jane, Dick, Spot, Puff and their very middle class parents. As I remember it, Dad always left the house with a lunch pail. I was sure he was not going to work simply to make money, but to make something that was needed or provide a needed service for the American public. In many of the movies and stories told in the late 1940s and 1950s, the kind of excessive wealth that is now described as the fruition of the American Success Story was considered a little distasteful since accompanying the wealth were usually tales of exploitation and malfeasance along the way.

I was shaken a few years ago when I saw the first season of “Survivor.” In this adventurous series that took place in exotic places around the world, the American Dream of success was all about winning a million dollars. Betrayal, manipulation, false information and other sociopathic tools of aggression somehow became respectable.

Now to go back to Jane and Dick, I realize now that Jane and Dick’s mother didn’t seem to have much of a choice to either work or stay home and that Dad was probably limited to having only one

family home. It could be that Dad joined a union to make sure he had decent wages and benefits, but nonetheless, Jane, Dick, Mom, Dad, Puff and Spot seemed to have it pretty good in my six-year-old eyes. I could not imagine them intentionally deceiving one another and or their neighbors, friends or teammates in order to win a million dollars. I was convinced that the children would get a good education without having to resort to thousands of dollars in student loans and perhaps become even more economically successful than their parents.

The success stories that inspire me the most these days concern those with little means who refuse to allow themselves the luxury of debilitating anxiety, rage, despair or addictions in the face of a workplace and society that has rendered them as statistics and collateral damage. Indeed, they face the same tragedies, illnesses and all manner of problems as the more wealthy. Unlike those with relatively more wealth, they must often bear unwarranted stereotyping, shame and blame by people so protected in their social and economic cocoon, they can pretend that at least they are not only wealthier but more moral as well.

My American heroes and heroines — the ones I consider “successful” — are those both within and outside established professions, who resist the temptation to use power and prestige to join in efforts to diminish those living on the financial edge without societal protection, who dare to openly wrestle with issues of conscience.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

Reduce, recycle, reuse not so simple to pin down

(Continued from Page D) Sometimes the simplest thoughts confuse me. Did the English sparrow recycle or reuse? Reduce Recycle Reuse has me befuddled. It’s such an omnipresent slogan and goes to the heart of what we are and should be doing in western Maine. But, how do I do it?

Reduce is pretty fundamental.

If we use less we waste less, pollute less, and pillage less.

Pretty simple, huh? But buying something and taking it home in a plastic bag and then using that same bag as a trash liner and taking it to the dump is not really recycling is it? At best it is postponing the issue for a week. Reduce by one bag a week is not very impressive.

My son, Eli, converted his diesel dump truck to bio-fuel.

He puts my thoughts into action.

Last week while I was mowing the front lawn on Route 5, Roxie

and I both stopped working to wave to Eli as he drove by.

Roxie can be so shallow! She just paused to get a whiff of the Kentucky Fried Chicken coming out of Eli’s exhaust. I, on the other hand, recognized that Eli was Reducing, Reusing and Recycling. Wasn’t he? Eli uses less diesel so that’s reduce. He uses fryer grease from Rosie’s so that’s reuse. Is there a recycle in this? I don’t see it.

Recycle, the greatest of these, seems to be my downfall. I dutifully save all my glass so it can be crushed at the town dump and then piled in a pit behind the dump. Sand pit to glass bottle to glass shards to a sand pit.

That’s recycle until you try to account for the energy it took to make that cycle happen. Really, that can’t be recycle? Is it?

Now Henry Ford got part of this. He hated waste. There were tons of scrap lumber left over

from building his first trucks.

Henry set up his brother-in-law in a business to create a new product for the backyard-grilling trend that had just begun.

His brother-in-law was E.G. King and KingsFord Charcoal hit the market. Neat huh? But is that re-cycle? Is that reduce or re-use? Let’s see, we cut less lumber for charcoal if we use scraps…gosh this gets confusing.

The Portland school system confronted this theme confusion when it introduced recycling into its cafeteria program. To get kids involved their slogan is perfectly stated — “Reduce

Recycle Rot.” This is closer to the bone, but I still can’t wrap myself around the message.

Grasping at straws to understand this process I fell upon a great example. After careful study of my tighty-whiteys, I found men never throw out their briefs. They wear them until they evaporate! Old underwear makes for the greatest rags. I tuck a pair in the firewall of my cars. They are great for wiping the dipstick and who knows when I might need a spare set! I keep that cotton out of the waste stream for years! Now that’s Reduce, and Recycle, and definitely Reuse.

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Starting September 11, 2012, the Denmark Board of Selectmen will be moving their regular meetings from the second and last Tuesday of the month to the second and last Wednesday of the month. All meetings will continue to start at 6:30 p.m. at the Denmark Municipal Building unless otherwise posted.

The first meeting of this change in schedule will be Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

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1. Approve Minutes of August 13, 2012 2. William J. & Susan W. Allard have submitted an application for Site Plan review to permit construction of a proposed s 20' x 32' barn, 28' x 32' house and a 24' x 24' garage on 5.27 acres of property known as Map 35, Lot 33. The property is located partially in the Coffee Pond Watershed zone and partially in a Residential zone.

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trickle while reducing the pollutant stream simultaneously.

I’m thinking we can take a lesson from the pellet-stove industry. If we collect up all of Roxie’s fur and condense it into fur pellets we could heat all of Lovell. How would the birds feel about that?

Price Hutchins is at the peak of a mediocre career.

This career includes restaurant owner, carpenter, stay at home dad, chemical salesperson, entrepreneur and Home Depot associate. Price and his wife, Ann, have moved back to Lovell and they continue the renovation of their house.

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Perhaps I am parsing this too much. If we purposefully use less of the products the environment offers up we are being good husbands of our earth. If we are diligent about sorting and getting metals and plastics to the correct re-manufacturer we can’t help but re-cycle. If we reuse that grocery bag even once that’s one grocery bag we don’t have to make. Getting serious about this may not be as hard as I initially thought. It’s more like a dripping faucet. We can’t stop the drip but we ought to crank on that handle enough to slow the drip. We need to get the waste stream down to a

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Broadcasting Studio 423 Webbs Mills Road, Raymond Maine 04071

PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday, September 12, 2012 7:00 p.m.

You are hereby notified that the Raymond Planning Board will hold a public hearing at the Raymond Broadcasting Studio on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. to hear information on the following application: Kevin Gagnon DBA Trinity Properties, LLC 1233 & 1237 Roosevelt Trail, Map/Lot: 055/032 & 032 Reason: Applicant is approval for a site plan review for façade change in excess of 2400 square feet.

Copies of submitted applications are available at the Town Office during regular business hours.

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The Board of Selectmen will conduct a Public Hearing at the Bridgton Town Office, Three Chase Street, Suite 1, Bridgton, Maine 04009 on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. to consider revisions to the Town of Bridgton Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to conduct any other routine business if necessary.

All interested individuals are invited to attend at the above place and time to present any comments.

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Town of Sweden

NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID FOR WINTER ROAD CONTRACT The Town of Sweden, Maine will receive sealed bids for the Winter Road Contract until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at the Sweden Town Office, 147 Bridgton Road, Sweden, Maine 04040. The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud on September 25, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.

All bids shall be based upon the price available to and used by the bidders as of September 6, 2012. Further, anyone submitting a bid shall agree thereby to pass along to the Town of Sweden any discounts, rebates or subsidies available as a result of abnormal or seasonal market conditions. The Town of Sweden reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Contract documents, Specifications and Instructions to Bidders are on file at the Town Office at 147 Bridgton Road, Sweden, Maine.

Dated 8/28/2012 By: C. Wayne Miller, Chairman of Board of Selectmen

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No rest fighting for vets

QUIET ON THE POND — This view of Pleasant Mountain was taken near the far end of Moose Pond by local photographer Ed Stevens.

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(Continued from Page D) to get VA health care closer to home. I’ve been proud to work with the many dedicated area veterans to push for this clinic’s completion, and it was great to see these efforts come full circle.

But even with recent advances, health care is still out of reach for too many veterans, especially those that are homeless. The VA has pledged to end homelessness among veterans by 2015, and they have made some strides toward meeting that goal over the past few years. An effective approach used here in Maine has been to place a VA social service representative directly in a shelter. On-site VA representatives can provide a vital link for veterans at a homeless shelter by quickly certifying their military service and getting them in

touch with resources that will help them get ahead.

Given the success of this approach, I was troubled to recently learn that a VA staff position at the Oxford Street Shelter in Portland has been vacant since June. I reached out to the VA and requested that it be filled as quickly as possible. In response, the VA has committed to having a staff member work at the shelter on at least a parttime basis. I’d prefer the fulltime position be filled, and I will continue to closely monitor VA’s efforts at this shelter, as well as ones across the state. One homeless veteran is too many, and we should never let up in our commitment to helping them.

But the Portland position isn’t the only one that needs filling. In May, I sent a letter to VA regarding the lack of a full-

time health care provider at the Calais CBOC. The VA told me at that time that the care veterans were receiving was not being impacted. That claim was later contradicted by the VA Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report on the mismanagement of opiate treatment at the Calais clinic, which pointed out major inadequacies and links them in part to the lack of a full-time provider.

Unfilled positions have a very real impact on the health care provided to our veterans, and I’m deeply concerned that it took an OIG report to fill a much-needed position that had been left open for over a year.

I commend the VA’s efforts to provide quality care to our rural veterans, but a crucial component of that effort must be the consistent availability of on-the-

ground providers.

At a time when there are large populations of underserved rural veterans, it’s more important than ever that our VA facilities are fully staffed and able to provide the high standard of care that veterans deserve. That’s why I’ve called on the VA to fix this situation in Calais and provide a thorough review of all unfilled clinic positions nationwide.

All of these issues are ones that were brought to me by people like you. I encourage Maine veterans and their families to continue to reach out to me if they are aware of others that need attention. Congress may have adjourned for August, but our work to ensure we live up to our shared commitment to those that serve must never take a day off.

Newly-licensed drivers, stiffer laws for a reason

(Continued from Page D) long they had been driving.

Now it will go for the full period, regardless of the driver’s age. The restrictions for those with an intermediate license are designed to cut down on distracted and drowsy driving, and

include a prohibition on driving with non-family members, driving between midnight and 5 a.m. and using a mobile phone while driving.

The new law also increases the penalties for driving violations for those with an interme-

diate license. Fines and most importantly suspension times are significantly increased. The fear of losing their license, and with it their independence, is an especially effective deterrent for young people.

I will be watching the statis-

tics closely over the next few years to see what sort of difference this law makes. I hope the results that other states have seen with similar laws will be replicated here. Too many of Maine’s young people have died in senseless accidents, and

these additional restrictions and penalties are a small price for teens to pay if it saves lives.

I welcome your thoughts on the issue, so please call my office at the State House at 287-1515 or visit my website, www.mainesenate.org/diamond

to send me an e-mail.

Senator Bill Diamond is a resident of Windham, and serves the District 12 communities of Casco, Frye Island, Raymond, Standish, Windham and Hollis.

Navigating the multiple layers of our Medicare system be a penalty added to the premium when you do enroll in Part B. Medicare parts A and B are administered directly by the federal government. Parts A and B are also referred to as “traditional Medicare.”

Many beneficiaries who have traditional Medicare also have a private Medicare Supplement policy to cover most of the cost sharing

required by Parts A and B. Part C (usually referred to as Medicare Advantage) is offered through private insurance companies and generally substitutes for both Parts A and B. Part C plans often have prescription drug coverage too.

With Medicare Advantage one still has to pay the Part B premium as well as the Medicare Advantage premium if there is

one. There is no premium penalty associated with Medicare Advantage, although like Part B, there are limited enrollment periods. Open enrollment for Parts C and D are the same: Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 each year.

Part D, Medicare Prescription Drug coverage, is also offered by private companies. One must have either

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(Continued from Page D) stay only long enough to breed and raise their families. Their population has been declining steadily in recent years, perhaps because fewer homes offer open chimneys for nesting, but they continue to visit Maine every year. By the end of September, they are gone, flying thousands of miles south, according to the

Birds of North America Online website, to spend the winter in the Amazon River drainage area of Brazil, Ecuador, Chile and Peru. Now, as they begin migrating to South America, there is still a chance to listen for their high-pitched twittering calls and to look for their distinctive scythe-shaped silhouette.

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(Continued from Page D) choose to not take Part B when eligible because they have employer health insurance and do not need Part B as long as they are employed.

But once employment stops (or the coverage terminates, whichever comes first), Part B must be activated within eight months. Otherwise there will