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Bridgton, Maine

September 13, 2012

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Remembering 9/11

Teen dies in crash

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Austin Sloat was “one of the nicest kids anyone could ever meet.”

He had a way of making his friends smile, especially if they were having a bad day.

If someone was in need, Austin gladly offered a helping hand.

He liked spending time outdoors with his friends.

The 17-year-old died last week as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash on Kansas Road. A senior at Lake Region High School, Sloat was traveling toward intown Bridgton when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree at about 2:15 p.m. He was the lone occupant.

The crash was reconstructed by a Crash Reconstruction Specialist from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department.

Preliminary investigation indicates that excessive speed is a contributing factor to the crash, according to the Bridgton

GONE, NOT FORGOTTEN was the message friends and classmates left at the accident site on Kansas Road as they remembered Austin Sloat, a senior at Lake Region High School, who died in a motor vehicle crash last Wednesday.

Police Department.

BPD Chief of Police Kevin Schofield said investigators continue to interview witnesses, and he doesn’t expect to receive the reconstruction report for several weeks. At this time, Schofield declined to comment about what events led up to the fatal accident.

“There were a lot of photos taken and a lot of calculations to be made. An investigation like this may take a little longer,” he said.

A second vehicle was impounded by police, Chief

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — In big cities and small communities alike, citizens of this nation were united in their observance of 9/11.

Whether thousands gathered or a dozen encircled the ceremony, the sentiment was the same: It was a day that was difficult to forget.

“I remember going home from work and saw the news coverage, and couldn’t pull myself away. My life stopped for those hours, and I just watched in awe,” Naples Town Manager Derek Goodine recalled.

On Tuesday on the Naples Causeway, people planted an American Basswood — a tall, sturdy tree that is native to this land, and hearty enough to withstand the weather at the Arctic Circle.

According to a participant of the 9/11 observance, planting that particular tree on this particular day is symbolic of Americans.

“That is how Americans are. We do what needs to be done. We are back on our feet after something bad happens,” Maggie Krainin said.

“It was a lovely thing to have the tree planting ceremony. It’s been 11 years,” she said, taking a deep sigh and pausing.

“Any kind of commemorative of that incredibly sad occasion is moving, is important to Schofield confirmed, but no have,” she said. charges have been brought at this time against the driver.

“At this point, it is part of an ongoing investigation process and I can’t speak more on this topic,” Chief Schofield said.

Following the fatal crash, classmates and friends frequented the accident scene,

By Gail Geraghty leaving items next to a wooden Staff Writer cross. Many also spray-painted Avesta Housing, Inc. is holdmessages on the travel surface ing a public meeting at the nearby. Police placed “work” Bridgton Community Center on signs from the Bridgton Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 5 to CRASH, Page A 6:30 p.m. to update residents on its plans to bring affordable housing for the elderly and disabled to Bridgton.

While few details were offered as far as what will be discussed at the meeting, that it is happening at all would indicate that the nonprofit housing developer still sees its $4 mil-

REMEMBERING THE LOST — Causeway Restoration Committee Chairman Bob Neault delivers a speech during a 9/11 Ceremony in which an American Basswood was planted on the Naples Causeway.

(De Busk Photo) “It was an important thing bounced back the next day. Also, to do: That we remember the she felt the pride as Americans people we lost and the people reacted to that very day eleven that survived, and take note as years ago, and did what they we go forward,” she said. needed to do to deal with the Krainin said she felt the incredible chain of events, and pride that Americans felt as they 9/11, Page A

Avesta invites public to hear housing plan update lion, 21-unit project at 247 Main Street in Pondicherry Square as being viable — despite several major delays caused by ordinance changes at the state and local level.

Matt Peters, Avesta Project Manager, said, in fact, that he plans to come armed with a design concept for the 29,350 square foot lot that would meet a voter-mandated requirement, passed in June, that the first floor must be used for business, retail, professional or office use. The actual language of the

requirement is as follows: “On any parcel that is 20,000 square feet or greater within the Village Center District (See Village Center District Map), the ground level shall be used for retail, office, business or professional use. When the development is mixed use, the ground level shall be used for retail, office, business or professional use only. Home occupations and usual appurtenant uses associated with the building are exempt from this provision.”

AVESTA, Page A

See, say, do something SAD 61 launches anti-bullying effort

SHORT TIME HERE — Members of the Barker family gather around little Gavin, who passed away from hydrocephalous at the Barbara Bush Wing at Maine Medical Center in Portland. A community fundraiser will be held this Saturday to help pay medical costs.

Community rallies around parents after sudden loss

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Unless one has sat at the bedside of a dying child or had it happen unexpectedly, a person cannot imagine what it feels like to be the parent.

On Aug. 1, a couple with strong roots in the Naples community gave birth to a baby boy. Their child, Gavin Warren Barker, lived to be one month old, dying on Labor Day 2012.

According to his aunt, Karen Durling, Gavin was very sweet boy, and his short life was a Godsend because his physical complications would have caused him to suffer for a prolonged period of time.

Community fundraising dinner & auction What: To help pay the medical bills for Gavin Warren Barker When: Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Where: American Legion Post No. 155, just past the corner of Route 302 and 11.

“We all think it is a blessing. We think he would have had a rough life,” she said.

Gavin’s medical condition was called hydrocephalous, and it was undetectable during the ultrasounds.

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By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Christian Martin still remembers being called “names” by fellow classmates.

He didn’t like it then.

And, he decided to write about it now.

As part of a campaign to educate and eliminate bullying in SAD 61 schools and on district school buses, Christian (a seventh grader) joined forces with bass guitarist Ella Forbes (an eighth-grader) and drummer Max Evans (a freshman) to produce a song, which they performed Monday night at the SAD 61 School Board meeting. The musicians received help from Larry Forbes and Paul Greenstone.

The threesome will take their song on the road Sept.

19 when they perform at the Blaine House in Augusta.

“I used some of the things that happened to me,” Christian said. “When the kids were calling me names, I didn’t want to go back to school.”

Although Christian is no longer a target, he sees bully-

ing happening to others in the school community.

“My message is for people to open their ears to what is happening,” he said.

The song goes like this: You never stand out in the crowd You never know if they are talkin’ ’bout you Cause every time you turn around You always see them laughing at you But it’s not funny, it was never funny

Chorus: ’Cause you gotta stand up, do what you believe in Come on stand up, do what BULLYING, Page A

STOP IT — Christian Martin wrote an anti-bullying song, which will be performed at the Blaine House.

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Effort launched to stop bullying on buses, in schools Startling statistics

• 30% of U.S. students in grades six through ten are involved in moderate or frequent bullying — as bullies, as victims, or as both — according to the results of the first national school bullying statistics and cyberbullying statistics survey on this subject.

• 1 out of 4 kids are bullied.

• 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally and physically. Cyberbullying statistics are rapidly approaching similar numbers, with 43% experiencing cyberbullying.

• Of the 77% of students that said they had been bullied, 14% of those who were bullied said they experienced severe (bad) reactions to the abuse.

• 1 in 5 students admit to being a bully, or doing some “bullying.”

• Each day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being bullied.

• 43% of kids fear harassment in the bathroom at school.

• Playground school bullying statistics: Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention, 4%. Peer intervention,

11%. No intervention, 85%.

• Teenagers say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.

• 87% said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt them.”

• 86% said, “Other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them” causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools.

• 61% said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.

• 54% said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.

• The school bullying statistics and cyberbullying statistics showed that students say their schools are not safe.

Comp Plan: A lot does change

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer They’ve reviewed and updated all of the demographic and “data” chapters, and now, Bridgton’s Comprehensive Plan Committee has come to the final, most important chapter of all — Chapter 12.

Goals. Policies. Strategies.

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(Continued from Page A) your heart wants, not your head Stand up, come on stand on up Stand up, come on stand on up I gotta say, I’m kinda tired of people picking on us.

You never wanted to be stuck in this rut But it always seems like they will never accept you for who you are But you gotta push through it and stand up for who you are Sometimes you just wish you could start all over Start all over, start all over

(Chorus) Sometimes you gotta do what you feel is right, But you can’t let them do this to you

The threesome received a loud ovation from those in attendance at Crooked River School Monday night.

Andy Madura, director of Transportation, Food Service and Maintenance at SAD 61, told directors that when he reviewed referrals made by bus drivers during the last school year, 50% were from bullying incidents. Madura called in his two training officers, Line Mulcahy and Mary Cleveland, and handed them a project — develop an anti-bullying campaign.

Bullying is a national crisis.

With the development of hightech communication devices from cell phones to the Internet, bullying has reached tragic levels. Across the country, young children and teens have commited suicide because of bullying.

Mulcahy remembers back when she was younger, name calling along with pushing and shoving were all actions

Within its pages will be contained all of the town’s policies for implementation over the next decade — policies that must clearly suggest ways to get from Point A to B — and, equally as important, must clearly reflect the will of the people.

With the latter goal in sight, and having held their last public forum over six months ago, committee members decided Monday to set up a table at the polling booths Nov. 6 to begin

By Gail Geraghty that public discussion. Members Staff Writer will update residents on their In what is becoming a progress, and invite them to attend the first round of neigh- yearly ritual, the Bridgton Board of Selectmen is appealborhood potluck meetings. ing to the state Department of Transportation to make Route

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of “kids being kids.” Adults simply responded, “Let them work it out.”

“Remember the old saying, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Well, not today. Words can kill in our world,” she said. “What do we do about it? We educate, educate, educate our students, our staff and our community.”

Part of the creating awareness process includes posters inside buses and bright yellow t-shirts claiming SAD 61 a bully-free zone.

The campaign slogan is simple and direct: If you see something, say something, do something.

There will be awareness programs and training — using videos and national TV feature segments on bullying produced by “Dateline” and “20/20” — for every member of the school community.

Brochures have also been created, outlining what to do if you or someone you see is being bullied.

“We won’t stop bullying overnight,” Mulcahy said. TIME TO ACT — Joining singer and songwriter Christian “But, we’re going to take a Martin are drummer Max Evans and bass guitarist Ella Forb es.

(Rivet Photos) stand against it.”

302 West a priority for reconstruction.

The letter didn’t pull any punches, noting that Gov. Paul Lepage has declared that Maine is “open for business. Yet this critical section of highway, which allows for interstate commerce and tourism, continues to represent that our state is only open for business in certain regions and if you want to come across Route 302, do so at your own risk.”

The letter, sent to MDOT’s Scarborough Division, said the situation is dangerous, since the highway is settling from the edge of the pavement inward, forcing drivers to navigate over an uneven road surface that tends to pull their vehicles toward the shoulders. The prob-

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lem is particularly noticeable near the Route 93 intersection, continuing past the Hio Ridge Road.

The settling starts around two feet from the edge of the pavement on both sides and has been occurring for the past several years, the board wrote.

“At the rate of settlement, the road surface will be off as much as two inches,” stated the Aug. 14 letter, copied to MDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt.

Bridgton Selectmen want the state to fund a full-depth reclamation and reconstruction project along the unsafe stretch of road. “Simply providing a shim and overlay course will not fix the problem, which appears to be caused by a subsurface

consisting of either concrete or asphalt that has since been widened rather than being removed and reconstructed from shoulder to shoulder.”

Yet during a visit this summer to Bridgton by planners from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, members of the Comprehensive Plan Committee were told that prioritizing of road projects was being studied based on several factors, safety only being one. Traffic counts appeared to figure higher on the priority ranking than other factors in ranking stretches of Route 302 in the Lake Region, according to Senior Land Use Planner Stephanie Carver. Carver called it MDOT’s “multi-modal HIGHWAY, Page A

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Sebago lowers tax rate

By Allen Crabtree Special to The News SEBAGO — When Sebago taxpayers receive their property tax bills in the mail in the next few weeks, they will be pleasantly surprised to see that their taxes are going down.

At their Sept. 4 meeting, the Sebago Board of Selectmen reduced the mill rate assessed on property taxes to $0.01286.

This is a reduction of 5.4% over the current mill rate of $0.01360, or a reduction of $74 in property taxes for every $100,000 that your house is assessed. The new rate will be lower than the mill rate that Sebago has had for the last two years.

Selectmen were able to

make this tax reduction primarily because the FY13 budget is $120,614 less than last year, reflecting a decrease in both the Sebago municipal budget and the SAD 61 school budget. There have also been some important increases in the assessed property that makes up the tax base.

“This tax reduction is possible because of the hard work by the board of selectmen, the budget committee and the Capital Investment Program committee to bring in recommendations for a tight municipal budget to the voters,” said Board Chairman Ann Farley.

“At the same time, the town has not cut necessary services for our residents, even in these

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The financial state of the Town of Sebago has never been better, selectmen feel.

The town has no long-term debt obligations, is consistently saving to replace vehicles and fund major projects through its Capital Investment Program, and has an ample “rainy day fund” for fiscal emergencies that may come up.

Property taxes pay for the major portion of the $5,130,614 annual cost of running the town (35% of the total cost), the town’s share of Cumberland County costs (4.4% of the total cost) and the town’s share of running SAD 61 (60.6% of the total cost).

Property taxes are determined by the appraised value of each property in time multiplied by the millage rate. For example, a property assessed at $200,000 would pay $2,572 in property taxes under the new mill rate of $0.01286.

That is $148 less that the $2,720 in property taxes that would be levied using last year’s mill rate of $0.01360.

Allen Crabtree is a member of the Sebago Board of Selectmen, and regular writing contributor to The Bridgton News.

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Updated traffic counts in the draft Comprehensive Plan show a decrease in numbers from the years 2002 to 2010 along this stretch of highway, yet planners are quick to note that “Bridgton’s changing demographics virtually guarantee that traffic will continue to grow over the next 10 to 15 years.” The 2010 population of 5,374 is 10 percent higher than the previous decade, and is expected to grow by another 721 people, to a population of 5,604, by the year 2015.

If selectmen are right in their guess that the highway stretch has merely been widened rather than reconstructed, that thinking falls right in line with MDOT policy deferring reconstruction along lesser-used portions of the highway. Planners have long recognized that Route 302 out of Portland is one of the three most heavily-used roads in the interstate system, along with Route 9 from Brewer to Calais and Router 2 west of Newport. However, only in the past few years have they come to appreciate that the fast (Continued from Page A) growth rate of many Lake Region towns, particularly Windham and Raymond, means that more attention needs to be paid to the The amendment, which passed further reaches of the highway out to the New Hampshire state easily, was made retroactive to Feb. 20, 2012 — and as of yet, line in Fryeburg.

Avesta has not submitted anything formal, not even a sketch plan, to the town.

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Officer Dana Totman said other Avesta projects — they’ve built 1,900 apartments in 31 Maine communities over 40 years — has reserved office and retail space on the first floor. Totman said Avesta is very mindful of the need to fit into the community where their projects are located.

Peters declined to be more specific on other aspects of the plan, which, when first proposed, called for 19 onebedroom and two two-bedroom apartments. He said he is aware that residents will

be voting for the second time this November on changes to the Shoreland Zoning ordinance, but declined to comment on the new language.

And he also steered away from any comment on a proposed Local Preference Ordinance currently being researched by the Community Development Committee.

Supporters of a Local Preference Ordinance said they want Bridgton residents to have

first choice to rent units in new affordable housing complexes, but Avesta’s position has held that providing such preference violated Fair Housing Laws prohibiting against discrimination in housing.

Peters said the forum will be informal, and that no special invitations were sent out to town officials for the Sept.

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REMAINS following an explosion involving a personal watercraft at Long Lake Marina in Naples. A Massachusetts man was injured.

Personal watercraft explodes

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Tuesday, Sept. 4 9:39 a.m. A Main Street resident filed a noise complaint, claiming subjects were playing music loudly and arguing about drugs.

1:27 p.m. Two vehicles were involved in a collision on Chase Street. The vehicles involved were a 2009 Toyota Prius, operated by Alec Frankel of Conway, N.H. and a 2003 Buick, owned by Carleen Vachowski of Bridgton.

3:30 p.m. Police were sent to East Pinnacle Road, where a female was allegedly breaking windows.

4:14 p.m. A Sweden Road resident returned home to find that someone had broken into his home and stolen some items. A glass outdoor table was damaged, and a small tear in a window screen was found.

5:10 p.m. A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Malcolm and Pond Roads resulted in minor injuries.

The drivers were identified as Michael R. DiBiase of Harrison, who was operating a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and Evelyn Kelley of Bridgton, who was operating a 1997 ES 300.

6:32 p.m. Police responded to a burglary complaint at a Kimball Road residence. A generator and two chain saws were stolen.

Wednesday, Sept. 5 7:58 a.m. A caller made a burglary complaint, saying a cash register was smashed and papers strewn throughout a room.

3:44 p.m. A North High Street resident reported that 10-

NAPLES — A 31-yearold Massachusetts man was injured Sunday afternoon after the personal watercraft (PWC) he attempted to start exploded.

Karl Marchionda of Danvers, Mass. was transported to Bridgton Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, mostly contained to his face.

He was not burned during the incident.

After fueling approximately

10 gallons of gas into a Sea Doo GTX155 PWC at Long Lake Marina at 4:50 p.m., Marchionda attempted to start the PWC and it exploded while he was seated on the machine in the water.

Marchionda was the only person on the PWC when the incident occurred. Witnesses say that Marchionda was launched about 20 feet into the air and the cowling of the

(Continued from Page A) of aircraft systems and FAA protocols to assist first responders in working more effectively at aviation accident scenes.

Other speakers include representatives from LifeFlight and Master Sgt. Jeremy LeClair of the Maine Air National Guard.

A variety of aircraft will also be displayed for “hands on” system recognition with flight personnel on station to answer

related questions.

The program is presented by Eastern Slope Airport Authority to broaden the knowledge base for all participating first BLOTTER, Page A responders in preparing for potential aviation accidents in the future.

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(Continued from Page A) Those who attended any one of the potluck Comp Plan meetings held prior to passage of the 2004 Comprehensive Plan invariably recall the sessions as positive and invaluable when it came time to write the final document.

And while some may believe many or even most of the policies and goals in the 2004 Plan were ignored, a brief scan through Chapter 12 shows that is not the case. Among strategies listed in 2004 that were implemented or are well on their way to being implemented are the following: Housing • Promote links between economic development and historic preservation throughout Bridgton — realization (in part): Rufus Porter Museum relocation, historic walking tour program/plans for brochure • Promote the upgrading of replacement of substandard housing — realization (in process): current efforts to draft a substandard housing ordinance by Board of Selectmen, with support from Bridgton Crime Watch Group • Amend the Subdivision Ordinance to allow greater densities in the village to allow the Land Trust to purchase open space — realization: Pondicherry Park.

One noticeable shortfall in the area of housing was in the town’s failure to act on any of the long range housing efforts, such as establishment of a volunteer housing task force or surveying vacant downtown parcels that could be used for housing.

Economy • Encourage new housing within walking distance of Main Street. The need for affordable downtown housing was repeatedly cited as being important to the future economic vitality of Bridgton in the 2004 Plan. Several Comprehensive Plan Committee members are openly opposed, however, to Avesta Housing, Inc.’s concept plan to build 21 affordable apartments on the former Chapter 11 property because of its use of a prime commercial location and (as-yet unresolved) lack of required first-floor commercial presence.

• Ensure there is sewer capacity to accommodate new housing — realization: actively being studied by Sewer Committee, with draft proposals on the table.

• Use Community Development Block Grant funds for a business façade improvement program — realization: done in 2011, with the William Perry House being one beneficiary of note.

• Expand municipal parking — realization: parking spaces added on lower Depot Street; entrance improvements made to Municipal Parking Lot. • Establishment of a Development Corporation — realization: done, with creation of the Bridgton Economic Development Corporation.

Of note in the section on the economy in the 2004 plan are these two strategies, which will need revisiting in light of the failed 2011 citizen petition to prohibit big box stores: “Prohibit large-scale strip commercial development,” and “Develop standards, such as maximum building footprints, to limit inappropriate big box commercial development.”

Land Use Voters rejected zoning, in the form of a proposed Land Use Ordinance that would utilize “smart growth” techniques to reflect the values expressed by each individual neighborhood in town.

However, for the first six or eight months of their meetings, the Comprehensive Plan Committee has focused its energy on creating development standards called “transect” districts that follow the same concept, using the standards described in form-based codes instead. Those efforts are on hold for now, until work is completed on the Comprehensive Plan.

The committee met every other week over the summer, but on Monday they agreed they would likely need to begin meeting weekly again as they tackle the demands of updating Chapter 12 and planning the neighborhood potluck sessions.

Several members expressed frustration at the lack of attendance at their meetings of late, and said they were especially disappointed that Lake Region Television was no longer taping their meetings.

They said having the meetings taped by the public access channel was a great way for the public to stay involved in the process.

Anne Krieg, Bridgton’s Director of Planning, Economic and Community Development, said she has been impressed with how many of the 2004 goals and strategies have, in fact, been realized, although the town-wide zoning plan was rejected.

“From 2004 to 2012, a lot does change, so it wouldn’t shock me to see a lot of things be different” in the updated plan, Krieg said.

At this point, the committee is planning to hold one or two meetings the week after the elections, perhaps followed by more meetings after Thanksgiving. Committee members are Bob Wiser, chairman, Greg Watkins, vice-chairman, Lucia Terry, Dick Danis, Glen “Bear” Zaidman, Chuck Renneker, Ray Turner and Fred Packard. Krieg welcomes any and all calls to her office with questions or suggestions.

“Come to meetings, send me an e-mail at ecodevdir@bridgtonmaine.org or make an appointment to come in and see me, but let us know your thoughts on this.” She may be reached at 6478786.

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Marchionda landed on the dock face first. Marina owner James Davenport quickly extinguished a fire that had started in the hull of the Sea Doo. Primary investigating Maine Game Warden Neal Wykes said that a lock ring securing the fuel lines to the gas tank had become loose and allowed some fuel to enter the hull of the machine. Early investigation results as to the cause of the explosion point to gas fume ignition when the machine was started.

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Incidents appearing on the Bridgton Police blotter (Continued from Page A) week piglets were loose in the woods behind her house.

6:39 p.m. Police investigated a report that a 10-year-old had been left unattended by parents at Highland Lake Beach.

Thursday, Sept. 6 10:07 a.m. Police responded to a two-vehicle accident in the Trailside parking lot. The drivers were identified as Ruth G. Berry of Casco, operating a 2006 Chevrolet Aveo, and Clifford Daigle of Bridgton, operating a 2008 Ford Focus.

6:18 p.m. A caller reported a van matching the description of the one used for an attempted abduction in Poland was parked in the Hannaford lot.

8:08 p.m. Police filed a report regarding a two-vehicle accident in the Hannaford parking lot. The drivers were identified as Kenneth Sharples of Austin, Texas, operating a 1999 Mercedes, and Maria L. Brown of Bridgton, operating a 2008 Kia Sedona.

Friday, Sept. 7 10:03 a.m. Police responded

to a three-vehicle accident on Main Street near Key Bank.

The drivers were identified as Paul Foran of Freedom, N.H., operating a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee; Richard F. Quint III of Conway, N.H., operating a 1999 Windstar; and a 2004 truck, owned by Fadden Trucking Inc. of Center Conway, N.H. 12:49 p.m. A woman informed police that her vehicle broke down the night before and she parked it in the Hayes True Value parking lot. The

vehicle was towed to the woman’s home. The driver side windows had been smashed.

6:42 p.m. Police investigated a possible break in at an Oak Street residence.

8:35 p.m. A patrolman was sent to a Portland Road store in regards to a possible shoplifter.

8:55 p.m. Christopher M. Mowatt, 37, of Bridgton was arrested for domestic violence assault by Bridgton Police Officer T.J. Reese. Mowatt was transported to the Cumberland County Jail.

Items on the Fryeburg Police log These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, Aug. 27 9:15 a.m. Police investigated a theft complaint at a Cobb Street residence.

Tuesday, Aug. 28 1:45 a.m. Stevie Glanville, 21, of North Conway, N.H. was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, sale/use of drug paraphernalia and criminal mischief following a stop on Ice House Road. Kimberly Gardner, 22, also of North Conway, was charged with violating conditions of release and failing to provide correct name, address and date of birth.

7:05 a.m. Police investigated a complaint of an abandoned

motor vehicle on Pine Street.

Friday, Aug. 31 9:52 p.m. Police responded to a criminal mischief complaint on Haley Town Road.

Saturday, Sept. 1 1:24 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the Weston’s Beach parking lot.

9 a.m. Bailey S. Laughlin, 20, of Gorham was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor.

1:40 p.m. A report was filed regarding an harassment complaint filed by a subject on Portland Street.

5 p.m. Colton Curotto, 20, of Madison, N.H. was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor. He was at a local camp-

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6:40 p.m. Police had to “restore the peace” at a Little Chatham Road location.

Sunday, Sept. 2 9:41 a.m. Sean Close, 23, of Fryeburg was charged with failing to register a vehicle following a stop on West Fryeburg Road.

10:32 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Main and Ballard Streets.

6 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred on Route 302 near Walker’s Bridge.

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3:12 p.m. A caller reported that three or four cars were “burning rubber” on Kansas Road.

Monday, Sept. 10 3:26 p.m. Information was gathered regarding a vehicle backed into by a fuel truck in the Depot Street parking lot.

10:59 p.m. Police were asked to remove a male subject from a North High Street location.

Tickets: During this reporting period, police issued 23 written/verbal warnings and two summonses.

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3:36 p.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgton Road near the veterinary hospital.

Wednesday, Sept. 5 3:10 a.m. Police received a report of a suspicious person near the C.A. Snow School.

Thursday, Sept. 6 10 a.m. Police investigated a theft at a Portland Street location.

12:30 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred in the Irving parking lot, off Main Street.

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RAYMOND — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 87-year-old man from New Hartford, Conn.

William Prouty was found by his wife floating in the water of Crescent Lake in Raymond at about 9:25 a.m. Thursday morning, Sept. 6. The family owns a seasonal property on a small island on Crescent Lake.

Mr. Prouty had left to meet a maintenance worker on the mainland, and after not returning, Mrs. Prouty found William in the water near their dock. Mr. Prouty was recovered from the lake and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The case and manner of his death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The circumstances surrounding Mr. Prouty’s death are not suspicious, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Oxford Jail log The following individuals were charged and transported to the Oxford County Jail in South Paris: Luke P. Edmunds, 23, of Fryeburg, was charged with two counts of unlawful sexual contact. He was arrested on Sept. 4 Kristina M. Rowe, 23, of Lyme, Conn., was charged with possession of schedule drugs. She was arrested at 10:15 a.m. on Sept.

4 in Fryeburg by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department.

Ryan T. Stuart, 18, of Waterford was charged with reckless conduct, criminal mischief, driving to endanger and disorderly conduct. He was arrested in Paris on Sept. 4 at 9:10 a.m.

The September list of Grand Jury indictments by the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office includes the following area residents: Tyson Dyer, 25, of Naples, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, Class C, date of violation July 18, 2012, arrest by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department.

Christopher McCue, 29, of Naples, robbery, Class B, June 27, 2012, arrest by Gorham Police Department; robbery, Class B and stealing drugs, Class C, July 21, 2012, arrest by Windham Police Department.

Tyson McCue, 29, of Naples, unlawful possession of schedule The following incidents appeared on the Cumberland County drugs, Class C, and two counts of unlawful possession of schedule Sheriff’s Daepartment log: drugs, Class E, July 24, 2012.

Sept. 4: Deputy Ferriter responded to a motor vehicle accident Agostino J. (Joseph) Samson, 26, address unknown, two counts of trafficking in scheduled drugs, Class B and two counts at the intersection of State Park and Campground Roads in Naples of trafficking in scheduled drugs, Class A, March 2012 through at 7:05 a.m.

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Paul Agostino Samson, 58, of Harrison, two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, Class A, April 2012 to June FALL HOURS 2012, arrest by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

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John Siciliani, 26, of Bridgton, assault, Class C and VCR, 12 – 5:30 p.m.

Class E, April 12, 2012, arrest by Bridgton Police Department.

Fri., Sat. & Sun. David Willette, 38, of Casco, two counts of trafficking in 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

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(Continued from Page A) a theft complaint at a Raven Lane location.

Saturday, Sept. 8 8:14 p.m. A motor vehicle accident occurred on Main Street, near Norway Savings Bank.

Sunday, Sept. 9 11:55 a.m. Sharla Bailey, 26, of Eaton, N.H. was charged with sale/use of drug paraphernalia following a stop on Haley Town Road.

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(Continued from Page A) Sept. 5: Deputy Brown responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Upton and Plains Roads in Harrison at 11:20 p.m.

Sept. 6: Deputy Brown investigated a theft from a motor vehicle at a Twig Circle residence in Harrison at 1:44 a.m.

Sept. 6: Deputy Mailman handled a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Norway Road and Duck Pond Road in Harrison at 6:50 a.m.

Sept. 9: Deputy Cote investigated a burglary at a Campfire Drive residence in Naples at 1:02 a.m.

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“Our CAREGiversSM are always on the lookout for potential scams that target senior clients, helping them screen phone calls and deal with questionable pieces of mail. We’re pleased to provide the tools to help family caregivers as well as seniors ward off increasingly cunning con artists and their elaborate schemes to defraud local adults,” Jenks said.

“We’ve been working with Triads in the area for several years on this and other issues that affect seniors.”

What makes con artists difficult to capture is the lack of reporting of this crime, experts note.

“A recent AARP study found that only 25% of victims over age 55 have reported to authorities that they’ve fallen for a scam,” said Ed Hutchison, director of the National Association of Triads, Inc., who serves as expert source for this program.

“These seniors may be afraid to be seen as vulnerable by the law and those in a position to tell them that, perhaps, they are not fit to continue living by themselves.

It’s a perceived threat of a loss of independence that drives many to keep quiet,” said Hutchison, whose 820 state Triads — part of the National Sheriffs’ Association — work with local seniors, law enforcement and community volunteers to help keep seniors safe.

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News item excerpt: Bridgton’s financial crisis has been solved, thanks to an overwhelming vote at Tuesday night’s special town meeting in favor of the towns issuing $500,000 in “general obligation securities.”

Bridgton would be “in serious danger of defaulting on its financial obligations” unless the funding plan was approved, said Spencer, adding, “The state might have to take over. To my knowledge, this hasn’t happened since the Depression.”

The action came just in time, according to Town Manager Phil Tarr. Tarr said that as of Tuesday Bridgton had $76,000

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News item excerpt: A State Fire Marshal inspector and Bridgton Police are investigating a fire that broke out at the Gibbs Avenue School Saturday night, causing minor damages.

The fire is being treating as arson, and no arrests have been made, according to Bridgton Police Chief Bob Bell. A gas container and “other evidence” found behind the school has been sent to the State Crime Lab in Augusta, Bell said.

The Gibbs School has been targeted for major restoration and renovation work as part of the town’s revitalization plan.

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WATERFORD — The Waterford Library is inviting residents and visitors to its autumn gala, the big library event and fundraiser of the year, on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. A silent auction will be accompanied by a wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment by a brass quintet.

The event will take place inside the library and outside under a tent. Offerings for the auction will include a variety of artwork, antiques, handmade items, homemade pies, services, gift certificates and much more. Even the old library catalog will be offered for sale. Black tie is optional, wallets are not. Anyone with items to donate may contact library board member Nancy Forest at 583-6551. Tickets are $3 per person or $5 for a couple. They are available at the library, at Pie Tree Orchard or from board members Al Struck at 583-4417, Corinna Beebe at 583-2724, and Nancy Forest at 583-6551.

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Editorial: Monday Marks our 155th birthday. It was Sept. 9, 1870 that Major H. A Shorey came to Bridgton from Bath to establish The Bridgton Weekly News. The News has been carried on by three generations since that time — by H.A. (Harry) Shorey, who took over the reins in 1923, and then

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Column: Back in the Day (Continued from Page A) “The community is abundantly able to give the NEWS a good support, and to make it a live, influential and racy paper, which shall be creditable alike to its publisher and the enterprising citizens if this enterprising town.”

Editorial: Just what is wrong with the warrant for the Bridgton town meeting? What exactly does it say that might invalidate the town elections that were held June 17, 1985? The problem is that in the opening paragraph the people are told to meet the evening of June 18, to act upon various articles, including Article 2, the election of the town officers.

And then, in a sentence in parenthesis, it says that the polls for voting will be open on June 17, the previous day. The Superior Court is currently being asked to decide whether this wording is confusing enough to have kept some people from voting, thereby changing the election results and creating an illegal election.

Editorial: Maybe Gloria wasn’t the storm of the century, but those hurricane winds did

plenty of damage here. Trees were toppled throughout the area, crashing through roofs and breaking power lines. Many people throughout the Lake Region area were without electricity for several days, and in rural areas this meant no water and often no heat as well as no light. As of Tuesday morning, about 2,500 homes in the area were without power, but that had dropped to around 1,000

by Wednesday morning. Most of the problems should be cleared up by the time The Bridgton News comes out this Thursday, according to Noyes.

News item excerpt: Tom Goodman sits in his office at the local movie house. His screen is dark and has been for a week now; no cavalry parade there, no rescue party appears. Tom Goodman, as the Magic Lantern, has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Doom? Gloom? Goodman smiles, shakes his head. “Chapter 13 is not like throwing in the towel. The creditors are basically giving me time to figure out a plan of reorganization. It still leaves me in control.”

“If someone wants to call

us up, we’ll tell them we don’t have a movie tonight, but we hope to have movies again soon.

Maybe we can figure something out, maybe we will have movies again. If there’s a way of saving the theater, we are going to do it,” he said.

Help Wanted The Bridgton Historical Society is looking for artisans to present workshops and programs next summer at Narramissic.

As we did with the Woodworkers Show for 20 years, we are interested in presenting and encouraging traditional crafts and handiwork. This is reflected in the artisans’ attitude and approach to their work, but it does not have to involve the creation of historical reproductions, or even the use of specifically historical techniques.

If there are any woodworkers, spinners, weavers, candlestick makers, or other talented craftspeople who would like to share their skills, please contact Ned Allen at 647-5977 and we will be happy to discuss the possibilities.

And don’t forget, we have a fully functioning blacksmith forge.

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HIRAM — Activities at Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main Street, Hiram, continue in September with the Book Discussion Group on Monday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m.

The title is Murder at the Kennedy Center by Margaret Truman. Check with Pam for available copies.

There will be a Couponing Class with Colleen on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. Learn couponing tips to help you reduce your expenses, and discover how your surplus can benefit others at the same time.

The Monday Knotty Knitters continues to meets weekly from noon to 2 p.m. Lessons are also available at 11 a.m., prior to the meetings.Library hours are Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit the library on the Internet at www.soldiers.lib.me.us or “Friend” them on Facebook.

The phone number at the library is 625-4650.

LLC, a Bridgton-based business offering life coaching and women’s wellness services; Renee O’Connor, outreach advocate for Family Crisis Services of Portland, which offers domestic violence support services in Cumberland County; and Debbie Dembski of REACH, a South Paris-based agency offering sexual assault prevention and response services.

The three agencies work a great deal with women, who have been abused, assaulted or traumatized in some way. “We came up with the idea of the Self-Care and Empowerment Day as a safe way for women to explore what our community

has to offer to keep themselves safe, healthy, active and strong,” said O’Connor. “People don’t often consider that yoga, watercolor workshops or fiber arts can be as therapeutic as a counseling session,” she said.

The three organizations have sent out invitations to those with services available to enhance the wellbeing of women. Ripley said several returning exhibitors said they were pleased with last year’s event and looked forward to meeting women at this year’s event.

For more information, contact Ripley at 803-2292, O’Connor at 647-8501 or Dembski at 7439777.

Church pastor’s installation Sept. 23 The First Congregational Church of Bridgton is proud to host the Oxford-Union Association of the United Church of Christ for a worship service marking the installation of its settled minister, the Reverend Yael Lachman as the Pastor of First Congregational Church.

The church invites members and friends of all ages to a service at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.

23, with a reception to follow at 33 South High Street.

This installation service represents the formal covenant made between the pastor and the congregation. The process of “calling” a new minister to a church is a long and arduous one. At First Church, there was a diverse, engaged, committed 10-member search committee, which spent over a year reading submissions, interviewing, traveling and vetting. When they presented their candidate for the review and vote of the congregation this past March, they received a standing ovation for their work and dedication to the process.

The minister they proposed for the “call,” Reverend Lachman, also received a standing ovation.

That “call” marked the beginning of the commitment between the pastor and the congregation.

This “installation” marks the formal recognition and celebration of that commitment in front of the whole Association, as well as

the greater Bridgton community.

When asked about her choice of spiritual paths, the Reverend Lachman said that she believes that Christian congregations are hungry for a deep, reflective kind of ministry.

“In the UCC, we’re really good at ‘doing’ — taking care of people,” she said. “But it’s important to regularly connect with God for our own nourishment. I think of it like a power strip. Your computer will run without it, but unless you regularly plug into the source, the power, you’re going to run out of juice.”

Blacksmiths’ open house From one end of the state to the other, members of the Maine Winery Guild will welcome visitors to sample their products and toast the harvest season on Open Winery Day this Sunday, Sept. 16.

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FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH — From left, Norway Savings Bank in Bridgton’s customer service representative Jenifer Damon and manager Kristen Charette presented a check for $500 to Deborah Ripley of Women in Balance LLC, while Renee O’Connor of Family Crisis Services and Deb Dembski of REACH look on. The donation supports the Lake Region Women’s Self-Care/Empowerment Fair, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon at Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton.

Over 30 exhibitors have signed up so far, and more are expected to participate, in the second annual Women’s SelfCare/Empowerment Day, set for Saturday, Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at Stevens Brook Elementary School.

The free event will feature booths set up not only by individuals, but also agencies and businesses, all offering ways to help women achieve optimal health. Sponsor support is being provided by Norway Savings Bank, Maine Street Graphics, Poland Spring Water and Hannaford.

Some of the offerings will include holistic face/body care, massage therapy, tai chi, midwifery, expressive and healing arts, energy medicine, life coaching, advocacy and a variety of practitioners for health and mental health needs. There will also be some artists in attendance showing off their work, giving demonstrations and/or providing information about classes/workshops that they offer. There will also be giveaways, raffles and more.

The Women’s Self-Care/ Empowerment Day is a collaboration among Deborah Ripley, owner of Women in Balance

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Local teen dies in Kansas Road crash

(Continued from Page A) Highway Department at both ends of the roadway as an attempt to slow down motorists as they approached the site.

“We did talk with the kids about parking vehicles off the side of the road,” the chief said.

“In this type of situation, it can be a challenge to manage the accident scene.”

Police did receive some complaints regarding teens “squealing” vehicle tires near the crash site.

“At first, we (BPD) tried to be understanding and lenient because we knew a number of the kids were having a difficult

time and we want to give them ample time to grieve. But, it came to a point that we had to put a stop to it because it became a safety hazard. So, we also moved people along,” the chief said. “In all my years in law enforcement and seeing memorial sites after accidents — and I’ve seen quite a few unfortunately — I have never seen this (squealing of tires).”

Meanwhile, school officials made counselors available to students, which several took advantage of, including many speaking with Lake Region H.S. Principal Ted Finn.

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Barker fundraiser

(Continued from Page A) “When he was first born we could tell something was wrong because his head was abnormally big. They did the CAT scan the day he was born. There was so much fluid in there — in his head — that the doctors couldn’t even see his brain,” she said.

“The second day he was alive, the shunt was put in his head.

Later, he had a tracheotomy in his throat, in his neck, he had a tube so he could breath,” she said.

Durling said at the Barbara Bush Wing in the Maine Medical Center, the staff was wonderful and caring. The hospital provided a professional photographer for the family.

Also, the Naples community has rallied around Gavin’s parents, Jessica Durling and Jeremy Barker, and planned a fundraiser to help with the medical bills. The fundraising dinner and auction will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at the American Legion Post No. 155.

“We are going to have crock pot foods, and the bar will be open,” she said, adding the Legion will be open to the public for that evening’s benefit.

Durling said already the support has been profound, both at the grassroots level and also on the Facebook page she set up in Gavin’s name.

“Most people I know have Facebook, and I made a page for him,” she explained.

“It’s crazy how many people have come forward to support us,” she said.

“Local businesses have donated gift certificates and items so we can have a raffle,” Durling said.

“Curtis Merrill, he let us use the Legion hall for free,” she said, adding, “He is a pretty good friend with Jeremy’s grandmother.”

Durling said Jeremy Barker’s family has ties to Maine that go back several generations.

“Jeremy’s family is unbelievably huge. He has a lot of family from Maine and the local area, and a lot of family from Massachusetts.

And, they are all coming to the benefit,” she said.

Both Jeremy and Jessica graduated from Lake Region High School. The two started dating a few years ago.

However, the two had known each other for many years since they both grew up in the Town of Naples.

Jessica has called Naples home since she was a little girl when her parents and three sisters moved to the area from Massachusetts.

Friends and family from all over New England have posted words of sympathy and pledged to come to this Saturday’s fundraiser for Jessica and Jeremy, according to Durling.

The family opened a savings account for Gavin at Norway Savings Bank. The account is called Support Gavin Warren Barker.

seniors regarding if they wanted to reschedule their Senior Awareness trip to the next week, which had been kept open as a rain date, but the group decided to stay on schedule.

Athletic events scheduled for Monday and Tuesday were postponed to allow students time to attend visiting hours at Hall Funeral Home in Casco and a funeral service at the Crooked River School gym on Tuesday afternoon.

SAD 61 Superintendent Kathleen Beecher said a moment of silence in memory of Austin before the school day was held on Friday, not Thursday

drinks 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Music provided by Tux Burke Noon. Fall baseball leagues 1 to 5 p.m. Home run derby 3:15 p.m. Fall baseball leagues 5:30 p.m. Fall baseball leagues Raffles will be held during the day. Bring your lawn chairs

coffee for you.”

The Facebook page became a place where friends shared their memories of Austin.

“You were always the kid to go to if anyone needed some cheering up,” wrote Caitlyn Fleck.

“Sweet. Amazing. Funny guy,” wrote Sabrina Butler.

On the Hall Funeral Home website, Tyler Urato wrote, “Austin was one of the nicest kids anyone could ever have the privilege of meeting. He’ll be missed by everyone, but never forgotten. R.I.P. Big Guy.” Austin’s obituary appears in this week’s edition.

SPECIAL PLANTING — On Tuesday, Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Barbara Clark, Naples businesswoman Maggie Krainin, Naples Town Manager Derek Goodine, and business owner Kathy Sweet take shovels in hand to plant an American basswood on the Causeway; and, standing behind is Causeway Restoration Committee Chairman Bob Neault, who was also on hand for the tree-planting ceremony in commemoration of the events of September 11, 2001.

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Naples remembers 9/11

(Continued from Page A) to help others survive.

That was the pride she heard about in a speech from Town Manager Derek Goodine when he described seeing in the New York State Museum exhibit a piece of one of the airplanes.

“It was part of the landing gear, and one of the things that affected me the most. To see it brought me from sadness to

and lawn games, Frisbee™ and football.

The Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group (BRAG) Board of Directors would like to invite the public to this memorable event, to take a walk and look and see what has been done and what is planned for the future.

anger. When we think about 9/11, we think about the Twin Towers. But, it was more than the World Trade Center. There were the people who perished on the planes, too,” he said, adding that first responders are still dying from the toxins they inhaled.

After he saw the total number of fatalities related to that 2001 attack on American soil — often compared to Pearl Harbor in 1941 — Goodine said he turned around to another display, and was reminded that public safety personnel and good Samaritans had evacuated 25,000 people.

“That number, 25,000 people, it gave me a source of pride. That is amazing. That is seven times Naples’ year-round population that was saved in the hours between when the planes hit and the buildings went down,” Goodine said.

“To see it at the museum, it

had a healing impact to be there and to be able to touch the girders,” he said.

“To have the tree dedicated, it is part of a healing process, doing our due diligence to remember that day,” he said.

Like Krainin, Goodine believed that dedicating a tree on the Causeway was an appropriate way to take note, by marking the infamous occasion and giving credence to those who died and those who survived.

“For the Americans who lived through that day and went through that day in shock, we will always remember. For future generations, it is important, too,” he said.

“It is great to have a tree that will grow and continue to thrive so people can say, ‘Oh look.

That is there in memory of the people who died in 9/11. It is important to tell people that this is our 9/11 tree,” Goodine said,

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Tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks upon the country. The following statements were released in remembrance of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Flight 93.

Maine Governor Paul LePage: “Today marks the 11th anniversary of that tragic day on which America was forever changed. The terrorists who hijacked our skies, attempted to attack the White House, and flew planes into both the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were on a mission to weaken our resolve and instill fear in our hearts.

America’s courage was tested that day, but we answered the call. From the first responders who worked tirelessly to rescue the victims of those terrorists, to the countless people who flooded their local blood banks to give all they could, to our men and women in uniform who continue to protect our borders and our freedoms from other would-be attackers, America stands as a testament to the resiliency and the bravery of its people.”

United States Senator Olympia J. Snowe: “With the heaviest of hearts, we observe the eleventh anniversary of the terrible events of September 11, 2001. We remember and mourn those whom we lost, as we also commemorate the freedoms that continue to make our nation the greatest in the world. And we recall the heroic acts of valor that will always distinguish the thousands of men and women who went to work that day, or boarded a plane, or rushed to the aid of strangers whose lives they believed were as vital as their own.”

United States Senator Susan Collins: “We pause today to remember those whose lives were taken on that terrible day.

Each loss leaves a wound in the hearts of families and friends that can never be fully healed.

This solemn anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 is dedicated to the deepest human emotions of loss, of sacrifice, and of resolve. The terrorist attack of 9/11/01 was an attack on the United States, an attack on freedom, and an attack on civilization. As we pledge to never forget what was lost and what was given on September 11, we must in the same breath pledge to do all that we can to prevent future attacks.”

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The schedule of events include: 10 a.m. Youth soccer games, kick ball and nine square; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food and

because police had yet to officially release the name of the deceased. Police gave school officials the go-ahead to make the announcement on Friday.

A candlelight vigil was held last week at the Bridgton Community Center as friends celebrated the life lost too soon.

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A show not to be missed: Phil Keaggy Guitar Player Magazine: ‘One of the top finger-style guitarists 3 years running.’

FRYEBURG — Guitarist Phil Keaggy will perform at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $22.50 for adults, $17.50 for seniors (65plus) and $10 for students (18 and younger). Tickets may be purchased at the box office by calling 935-9232 or online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/ pac. Group discounts are available to parties of 10 or more.

The theater is located at 18 Bradley Street on the Fryeburg Academy campus. Parking is free.

Phil Keaggy is perhaps one of the most admired guitarists in music today. His fans range from those who aspire just to be able to play Keaggy’s mistakes, to professional musicians who have been strongly influenced by his style. And in between are those who don’t play guitar, yet find solace in his beautifullypenned lyrics and memorable melodies.

Phil’s solo career has spanned more than 30 years, and has included over 50 solo albums, both vocal and instrumental, as

well as eight releases with his band, Glass Harp. One of the most sought after studio guitarists, Phil also continues to sell out concerts all over the United States, with his ever-changing style, ranging from rock-androll to fully-orchestrated instrumental compositions.

Born on March 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio, the ninth of 10 children, Phil grew up in a home filled with music. On Phil’s 10th birthday, his brother Dave returned home with a Sears Silvertone guitar. That’s when the magic began.

Phil spent most of his younger days involved in music, and at the young age of 13, he joined his very first band, the Keytones. He later went on to join such local groups as The Vertices, The Squires and the Volume Four, who later changed their name to New Hudson Exit.

But it wasn’t until 1970, when Phil’s band Glass Harp (with childhood friend John Sferra on drums, and Dan Pecchio on bass) recorded their self-titled first album that people really began to take notice

of this incredibly gifted guitar player. Glass Harp gained more popularity in the Ohio area, opening for such bands as the Kinks and Yes, and even performing at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York City. Over the next few years, they recorded two more albums entitled Synergy and It Makes Me Glad.

By 1972, Phil saw his life going in a different direction, and made the tough decision to leave Glass Harp and pursue a solo career. His first solo album, What A Day, was recorded in just a week’s time during January 1973. He married his sweetheart Bernadette that summer, and the following year, they moved to upstate New York and joined a church community called Love Inn. During his years there, Phil took a break from recording his own music. It wasn’t until three years later in 1976 that Phil would record his second solo album, Love Broke Thru, which was soon followed by a string of albums, including the acclaimed instrumental album, The Master and The Musician.

With the Christian Music industry really beginning to grow, Phil won his very first Dove award in 1988 for his instrumental album, The Wind and the Wheat. Phil’s second Dove Award came in 1992 for his Celtic-influenced, Beyond Nature. Each year from 1998 to 2001, Phil has dominated the Instrumental Record category at the Doves, winning for Invention, Acoustic Sketches, Majesty and Wonder and most recently Lights of Madrid.

For three years in a row, Phil was voted one of the top finger-style guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers.

These days, Phil continues to delight audiences all over the United States, performing primarily acoustic shows, and occasional concerts with a band. He is aware that God gave him a calling to deliver the gospel through his music, and for over 30 years, Phil has been grateful to do just that, and will hopefully continue to do so for many years to come.

For more information GUITARIST Phil Keaggy will be performing at the Leura Hill about Phil Keaggy visit www. Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy on philkeaggy.com Friday, Oct. 12.

Abstract by Anne Sklar Gallery space offered to budding Maine artists

Benefit dinner, auction Sunday HARRISON — A benefit Spaghetti Dinner, Auction and Karaoke Challenge will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Harrison VFW Hall on the Waterford Road to help Tim and Gloria Charlton, both of whom have serious medical issues and are unable to work. The meal starts at 5 p.m., followed by the auction at 6 p.m. and karaoke at 7 p.m.

A donation of $8 for adults and $3 for children is suggested, and the events are free for those under five. For more information, contact Imelda Arris at 583-4855.

RPM workshops on textile arts Weaving, Watercolor Felting, Penny Rugs, and Knitting 101 Four workshops on textile arts will be offered on Sept. 14-15 by the Rufus Porter Museum.

Topics include The Art of Penny Rugs, Rigid Heddle Weaving, Watercolor Felting and Knitting 101, in conjunction with a talk on textile conservation, Saving Aunt Bea’s Quilt,

by Katherine Dirks, emeritus curator at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Ms. Dirks’ discussion of the care of textiles both in the home and in a museum setting will take place at the First Congregational Church, located at 33 South High Street in Bridgton, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14.

The workshops and speaker comprise the Fall Cultural Heritage Series, and are funded by a grant from the Maine Community Foundation. Each workshop has a small fee to reg-

ister. Students will learn techniques common in the 18th and 19th centuries and is a unique opportunity to experience past art forms and new skills.

A free spinning demonstration will be held outside the museum on Friday and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., showing the creation of yarn from start to finish using both a traditional and modern wheel.

The Art of the Gameboard, the special exhibit for summer 2012, features 19th century decorated gameboards such as checkers, parcheesi, backgammon, and wheels of fortune. The exhibit can be seen Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

For more information visit the museum website at www. rufusportermuseum.org or call 647-8261.

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Frost Farm Gallery, located at 272 Pikes Hill, has been exhibiting the work of Maine artists in solo shows since 2007.

Gallery owners Bruce and Adrienne Little are expanding their usual solo show format to include artists of all ages in a multi-artist exhibit that will showcase unframed flat works on paper. Examples of eligible works include photography,

watercolor, graphite, serigraph, encaustic, and mixed media.

Unlike traditional shows, while works may be matted, no artwork in the exhibit will be framed in an effort to keep artists’ costs at an absolute minimum. Submission deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 2.

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New work by painter Ann Sklar at Harvest Gold Gallery think that my best paintings are surreal atmosphere to any nook the unplanned ones,” she said. or cranny. Her imagery lights “They emerge by some kind up purple horizons, and splits of instinctive feeling and are light and dark into shades and often nonobjective. I play with colors she can’t help but to lay the colors and forms until they on canvas. work together, often applying See her beautiful works and layer after layer of paint. When check out the rest of all that completed they can be quiet Harvest Gold Gallery (Route 5 landscapes, still lifes, or simply in Center Lovell) has to offer! shapes and forms.”

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In an effort to provide continuing broad access to exhibit opportunities for all artists in Maine, Frost Farm Gallery in Norway has begun the Western Maine Paper Project — giving any Maine artist the chance to show their work in a professional gallery setting. Artists may submit up to 10 works in a variety of mediums on paper for this non-juried show, which opens on Friday, Oct. 5, from 5

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CENTER LOVELL — Ann Sklar, local Maine artist, has new work at Harvest Gold Gallery!

This abstract painter has had her works shown in over fifteen exhibitions, has art in galleries from Maine to Florida, and has experience in many different fields of the arts. After studying at Arcadia University, Temple University, and Pennsylvania State University, Ann went on to be completely involved in galleries as co-founder, coowner, designer and developer, as well as partner of over four galleries.

Ann is becoming newlyrecognized in the larger artist community. Doing consignment pieces, she finds inspiration from not only the world around her, but the pictures in her mind.

“After many years of painting close up, realistic images, I now

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Area activities

Railfans’ Weekend Saturday and Sunday are scheduled along the former Boston and Maine Railroad line south of North Conway, and along the former Maine Central Railroad’s famed Mountain Division line from Mountain Junction in Intervale to Twin Mountain and beyond. There also will be photo run-bys at isolated locations along both the Crawford Notch Line and Conway Branch.

Designed for avid railfans and families alike, the event will feature an outdoor Railroadiana flea market and displays of special equipment, including collectors’ displays, a turn-of-thelast century operating turntable, motorcars, as well as the chance to try an old-fashioned hand car and rail velocipede, a threewheel, human-powered vehicle

created in the Victorian age, also known as a “boneshaker.”

The North Conway Model Railroad Club display will be open for viewing both days and is free to the public. Housed in the railroad’s historic Freight House, the Club maintains an exhibit that’s the envy of many other clubs around the country.

The complexity and details of its displays give visitors a fascinating look at what the area looked like 100 years ago.

There also will be a Saturday evening photo session in the rail yard, coordinated by professional photographers. The public is invited to participate. \ For the full schedule of events, please visit ConwayScenic.

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The MAiZE will begin the celebration Sept. 15 through Oct. 28. Hours of operation are Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 14 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Oct. 28. Columbus Weekend, the MAiZe will be open Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. School field trip hours during weekdays are available by reservation.

The MAiZE location is 5.5 miles on East Conway Road from the Conway Police Station or one mile from the Fryeburg Post Office on River Street. Cost is $9 for all ages (under 2 are free) and includes all activities except for the corn cannons.

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Train, a Mini Maze, Corn Boxes, and hayrides to the pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkins, corn cannons with exciting targets, and Al’s Animal House.

New this year is an exciting interactive game called, “Farm Scene Investigation” or FSI. Farmer Joe is missing and mazegoers must search throughout the maze for the perpetrator and solve the mystery as of “whodunit,” where and with what weapon. A fun activity for all ages and successful sleuths will win prizes!

At night, the cornfield will turn into “The MAiZE

Massacre” for those daring souls.

• The MAiZE caters to school field trips during the weekdays and has created an elementary education campaign that includes: “Classroom in the Corn” lesson plans and activity sheets for teachers, discounted field trip opportunities, on-site educational displays, and an agricultural “passport” that integrates education into the maze experience and helps guide students along the correct pathway.

Teachers can access curriculum materials and field trip information online at www.themaize. com

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EAST CONWAY, N.H. — The Sherman family has once again partnered with another world championship team!

Team American Chunker has taken the Punkin Chunkin world by storm and will once again be competing in the world championships in November. Let’s see if they can set a new world record!

The 12-acre corn maze — the first MAiZE in New Hampshire — is an intricate design depicting the enormous air cannon built by New Hampshire’s own Punkin Chunkin team.

The Sherman Family welcomes the public to “Get Lost” weekends from this Saturday, Sept. 15 through Oct. 28.

The American Chunker team will make a guest appearance and will be on site with demonstrations on Sunday, Sept. 30.

“We hope to challenge the wits of those seeking to find the one exit from our mind-boggling puzzle — a unique source of good farmin’ fun for adults and children alike,” farm officials said.

Though the correct pathway can be walked in only 30 minWHICH WAY DO WE GO? — Right or left or straight utes, most wandering mazeahead? Over the bridge or under the bridge? It’s a “cornfus- goers will require more than ing” situation! Agritainment is growing by leaps and bounds, the fastest growing segment of agriculture. The Maize Craze continues for the sixth year at Sherman’s Farm in East Conway, N.H.

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15-16.

There will be frequent departures of passenger trains and mixed passenger/freight trains, powered by vintage diesel engines and its 1921 steam locomotive #7470.

In addition to their regular trains, there will be other roundtrip excursions throughout the weekend to Hazens’ switch in Whitefield, Sawyer River in Hart’s Location, Crawford Notch, and Redstone.

Several of these departures will include unique “photo runby” opportunities, so be sure to bring your camera. Run-bys

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

BRIDGTON Sept. 13, 20 — Tai Chi Maine Continuing Set Practice, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Alliance Church.

Sept. 13-15 — Exhibit on the Art of the Gameboard, noon to 4 p.m., Rufus Porter Museum, No. High St. FMI: 647-8261.

Sept. 13, 20 — Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Community Center.

Sept. 13, 20 — Pinochle, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 13, 20 — Knitting Circle, 2-4 p.m., No. Bridgton Library.

Sept. 13, 20 — “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. 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. 13, 20 — Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

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

Sept. 14 — Free CPR Class, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 647-3116.

Sept. 14, 15 — Free spinning demonstration, noon to 4 p.m., Rufus Porter Museum, No. High St. FMI: 647-8261.

Sept. 14, 21 — Reading with Holly Dog, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., library.

Sept. 14 — Rufus Porter Museum workshop on care of textiles in home and in a museum, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 22 South High St. Sept. 15 — Loon Echo Trek, Shawnee Peak.

Sept. 15, 22 — Bridgton Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center parking lot.

Sept. 15 — Bridgton Arts & Crafts open weekends until Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Depot St. Sept. 15 — Annual Roast Turkey Harvest Supper, 5-6 p.m., Narramissic, Ingalls Rd. (Farm life demos 3-5 p.m.). FMI: 6473699, 647-9954.

Sept. 15 — Turkey Supper, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Bridgton Methodist Church, Main St. Sept. 15 — Democratic Fundraiser Chicken Supper, meet the candidates, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Community Center. FMI: 6478871, 647-5266.

Sept. 17, 18, 20, 21 — Senior College, 9:30 a.m., Community Center.

Sept. 17 — Cribbage, 2 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 17 — Bridgton Arts & Crafts One Stroke Painting Class, 4 weeks, 6-8 p.m., call John, 3101070 to sign up.

Sept. 18 — Tai Chi Maine Beginner Set Practice, 9:30 to 11

a.m., Alliance Church.

Sept. 18 — Chickadee Quilters, 10 a.m., Community Center.

Sept. 18 — Tunes for Tots, 10:30 a.m., library Sept. 18 — Bridge, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 19 — Mother Goose Time, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 19 — Senior Lunch, noon, Community Center.

Sept. 19 — Bible Study, 6 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 20 — Talk on food security by United Way’s Jim Hanna, 2-4 p.m., Greater Bridgton Rotary Club.

Sept. 20 — Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 20 — Bridgton Arts & Crafts Oil Painting Class begins, 4 weeks, 6-8 p.m., call John at 310-1070 to sign up.

Sept. 20 — Chickadee Quilters, 7 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 21 — Womanspace for Women with Substance Abuse Issues, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

Sept. 22 — Family Fun Day at BRAG Complex, youth soccer games begin 10 a.m., music, raffles, baseball tourney, noon, 2:15 and 4:30 p.m.

Sept. 22 — Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser for Calvin Nevells, 5-7 p.m., Central Fire Station.

BROWNFIELD 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. 13, 20 — Casco Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Casco Village Green, 940 Meadow Rd. FMI: 627-4199, 329-4598.

Sept. 13, 20 — Senior Wii Bowling, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Community Center.

Sept. 17 — Chamber After Hours 5-7 p.m., SAD 61 & 72 Regional Adult Education Center, Rte. 11.

DENMARK 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.

Sept. 15 — GLLT Pleasant Mountain Hike, difficult, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., meet Ledges Trail parking area, Mountain Road.

Sept. 21 — Easy/moderate hike to Table Rock, Grafton Notch, Me., meet 8:30 a.m. at Denmark Congregational Church.

FMI: 756-2247.

Sept. 21-23 — Franky and Johnny in the Claire De Lune, 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center.

FMI: 452-2412.

FRYEBURG Sept. 15 — Free opening reception of Apple of My Eye art exhibit, with talk by Curator Sam

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NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE BROADCAST at the Leura Hill Eastman PerformingArts Center at Fryeburg Academy presents, The Last of the Haussmans, on Thursday, Oct. 11.

See the story on page 8B. 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.

Sept. 22 — NRA Basic Pistol Class, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fryeburg Fish & Game Club. FMI: 9352625.

Sept. 22 — “Walk With Me” day to End Polio, registration 9-10 a.m., Bradley Park, walk 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., through the Fryeburg Village Loop. FMI: 240-1643.

Sept. 22 — Singer-songwriter Joe Robinson, 7:30 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy. FMI: 935-9232.

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

Sept. 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: 5834840.

Sept. 15 — Famous Chicken Pie Supper, seatings at 5, 6 p.m., third at 7 p.m. if needed, Bolsters Mills Village Church.

Reservations: call Sat., 9 a.m.noon, 583-9024. Do not leave message.

Sept. 16 — Public Breakfast

by Harrison VFW Post, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., post on Rte. 35.

Sept. 16 — Harrison Village Library Golf Tournament at Lake Kezar Country Club in Lovell, shotgun start 9:30 a.m.

FMI: 583-2970.

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: 5834855.

Sept. 19 — Attitudinal Healing Groups of Maine, 68 p.m., United Parish Church.

FMI: 508-633-0159.

Sept. 22 — Annual Turkey

Supper fundraiser for Harrison Library, 5 p.m., Camps Newfound/ Owatonna. FMI: 583-2970.

LOVELL Sept. 13, 20 — Brown Bag Book Chat, noon, library.

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

Sept. 14, 21 — Bingo, early birds 6:30 p.m., regular bingo 7 p.m., VFW Post #6783.

Sept. 17 — Storytime with Miss Liz, ages under five, 10-11 a.m., library.

Sept. 18 — Cooking Matters for Adults, 6-week course thru 10/30, 6-8 p.m., Lovell United Church of Christ. FMI: 5423692.

Sept. 19 — Lovell’s Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rte. 5 by the Wicked Good Store.

Sept. 20 — Gardening Group, noon, library.

NAPLES Sept. 13, 20 — Naples Farmers’ Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. FMI: 928-2187.

Sept. 13, 20 — Storytime with Music, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 13 — Lego Club, 4 p.m., library.

Sept. 13, 20 — 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.

Sept. 18 — Storytime, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 18 — Slideshow on Tanzania visit by Bob and Susan Wieluns, 6 p.m., library.

Sept. 19 — Book Discussion, Hard Times by Charles Dickens, 1:30 p.m., library.

Sept. 20 — Naples Library Annual Meeting, 7:15 p.m., library.

Sept. 22 — Bean Supper by Edes Falls Sewing Circle, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Edes Falls Community Hall.

RAYMOND Sept. 15 — Roast Beef Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Raymond Village Church, 12 Main St. Sept. 17 — Baby/Toddler Playtime, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 19 — Pre-school Storytime, 10:30 a.m., library.

Sept. 19 — Publicity Meeting, 7 p.m., Community Center.

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

Sept. 17 — Book Discusion Group, 7 p.m., library.

Sept. 22 — Bean Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., No. Sebago Methodist Church.

SWEDEN Sept. 15 — Deep fried Turkey Dinner by Sweden Volunteer Fire Department Association, 5-7 p.m., Sweden Town Meeting Hall.

WATERFORD Sept. 13 — Waterford Historical Society, Chautauqua tent meeting, 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. 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.

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GOOD MAINE COUNTRY ESTATES AUCTION

TO BE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH STARTS 8:00 A.M. ~ EARLY SALE ~ DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. ITEMS TO INCLUDE: GUNS, PAINTINGS, ANTIQUES, SPORTING, SIGNS, HOUSEHOLD, CANVAS BOATS, ESTATE CAR, AND MUCH MORE. AUCTION TO BE HELD AT THE FOUR SEASONS FUNCTION CENTER, 187 MAIN STREET, SOUTH PARIS, MAINE. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND 100s OF PHOTOS SEE AUCTIONZIP.COM CAR SOLD AT NOON ~ BELKNAP PAINTINGS SOLD AT 1:00 P.M. ESTATES FROM NORWAY, BERLIN, N.H., NEWBURYPORT. MASS., PARIS, HEBRON, AUBURN AND MORE. GOOD FRESH GOODS ~ NOTE 8:OO A.M. START ~ DOORS OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. PAINTINGS INCLUDE: Pair of wonderful Portraits on wood panels, attributed to Zedekiah Belknap of N.H. Lady is Deborah Colcord, painted 1828, born Dec 11, 1809, died June 30, 1836. Married Joshua Foss, Concord, N.H. Gentleman is Joshua Foss, in Sept. 1828, painted about 1828, died Boston, August 1, 1839. Paintings Fresh to the Market from an Auburn, Maine Estate where they have been for the last 80 years. Other Large Seascape. Rare Large 39" by 32" Print of Moose signed lower right W.L. Taylor #42. Grace Anderson Painting on canvas.

FURNITURE INCLUDES: From a Local Home, a Wonderful Set of 6 thumb-back plank-seat paint-decorated Windsor-style Chairs, Good Large Farmhouse Table, nice table but not period. Period Candle Stand, pair of Red Arm Chairs with turnings pegged in the style of Wallace Nutting (see pics), 5 Very Good Oak China Cabinets, all in old finish and claw feet, Good Oak Dresser with shaped mirror and bowed sides, Good Country HW Table, Early Pine Desk on frame, Oak Hall Tree, Early Pine Bench, Good Antique Hoosier Cabinet with Roll and Sifter, Oak Table with 4 Chairs.

OTHER ITEMS INCLUDE: Good Still Bank in paint, Man in Rocker Bank, Blue Firkin, Good Gibson Guitar, American-made, S.S. Stewart Banjo. Full-bodied Eagle Weathervane from the 40s, Mortar and Pestle in blue paint, Nice Nippon Bowl, Large Tiffany Master Salt with paper label, 2 Ovoid Jugs, 1 with blue decoration, White Shaker with 2 embossed animals, 3 Early Sewing Machines, Jr. Decorated Saddle, Child’s Crescent Stove (complete), Over 100 wood shaft Golf Clubs. Good Handmade Snowshoes, C.O. Dermett, Ketchum, Maine, Another pair very early handmade shoes, Long Snowshoes from Norway, Maine, Tubbs Snowshoes, Norway, Maine, Good Red Pack Basket. Unusual Freestanding Moose Antler, large size, 2 Large French Bayonets, 1 signed and dated 1874, the other signed Lt. Etienne Fevrier? Both also have numbers. They are about 30" long and in great shape, Wonderful Carved Antler by Cabot, Vt. artist, Kenneth Klinglier, in form of an Eagle’s Head.

MUSICAL INCLUDES: Real Nice Guitar by Gibson, made in the USA, in a nice case, good vintage guitar, Rare Vega Tuba Phone Banjo circa 1931, in great original case #95295, with inlaid back in super case. Snare Drum in case signed W.F.L. Ludwig with matching stand in case, size seems very unusual, 5" By 13", also seems like a Pro Drum, Good Unmarked Banjo with Catalog GARIPEY, pictured in catalog #1, S.S. Stewart Banjo, 5string, Nice Lot of Vintage Microphones (see pics), Gibson Epiphone Standard Les Paul, Ibanez Base G-10 in great case, Ibanez Mikro Base in nice hard case, 1966 Gibson Guitar LG-1 in amazing shape, #381781, Martin Acoustic DAIAK in nice case, Alto Sax, Ludwig Snare and Stand, Trace Acoustic Amp TA 35R, Just in — a 1963 Musser (Ludwig) Vitaphone, rare (see pics).

ESTATE CAR INCLUDES: 2001 Lincoln Town Car, 99,000 miles, good sticker, all leather, motor sounds and looks great, from Otisfield. Maine home.

BOATS INCLUDE: 1 Good 16 ft. Old Town Canoe, Canvas-covered, as found, 12 ft. Canvas Boat, great wood work with straight back, made in up-state N.Y., Another Canvas Canoe, still in barn loft, have not yet seen.

FIREARMS INCLUDE: Browning 30-6 A, Winchester #1300 12 Gauge, Winchester #1300 12 Gauge, Winchester #94 32 Special, Marlin #57-21 22 LR, H & R 12 Gauge, Remington 308 #750, Remington Wood Master #740 308, Lithgow SHT.LE 1919, 1909 Winchester 22 pump, Marlin 336-W 30-30, H, KOON Snake Charmer 410 Shotgun, Marlin #60 22, Winchester #94 30-30, Marlin #336 30-30, Savage Arms #720 Shotgun, real nice, lots of engravings, Winchester #94-AE 30-30, Marlin 336RC 32 Special, Winchester 1894 30 Cal WCF, Antonio Zoli 58 Cal, Mossberg Co 151K 22, J.C. Hopkins and Allen Shotgun, J.C.Higgin 103.18 22 LR, H&R 16 Gauge, Ranger 101.5, Remington 870 Express Shotgun, Remington #742 30-6, Winchester #94-30-30, Winchester #94AE XTR 307 CAL, Plain Field 30 cal, Remington #870 20 Gauge Remington 30-0, Carl Walther 9MM, Ruger 9MM, Smith and Wesson 38, like new in box, marked PB 9 cal, Ruger Mark 11 22, H&R 649 22 Cal, Ruger 22 cal, Browning Arms 22 cal, Dan Wesson 357, Taurus 22 new in box, 3 P.Y. HAHN BB Pistols with Pistol Grips, Rare Crosman #600 Vintage BB Pistol, Semi-Automatic, like new in box, papers and all complete, look this one up. Several Paint Ball Guns and lots of extra equipment, guns like new. Just in — Ruger 9MM, like new, Savage Arms Double Barrel Fox B series, Thompson Arms 54 cal, like new.

FISHING INCLUDES: A Large Lot of over 100 Fishing Poles and Reels for Deep Water and Salt Water, all makers and models, all this Fishing Lot is from a Newburyport, Mass. Sea Captain’s home and is being sold on choice at first. There is also a huge amount of Lures, Tackle, Loose Reels, Antique Lures and More, see the photos and see the amount of stuff we have to sell. Also Creels, a Nice Lot of Ice Fish Traps and so much more, if you love to fish we have the stuff for you.

PRESALE ITEMS: Several Good Bureaus, Loads of Antique Glass, Antique Smalls, Bookcases, Crocks and Jugs, Real Nice Hutch, Cherry Server, 4-year-old Front Load Washer and Dryer, Hitchcock Table, Prints, Paintings, Rocker and tons and tons more. Watch auction zip. Don’t forget sale starts at 8:00 a.m. and Preview at 7:00 a.m. There will be tons of stuff coming in, I’m sure, for this sale. Keep watching zip. Did I mention Flow Blue in Presale?

AUCTIONEER PAUL R. ARSENAULT #00577 20 MAPLE LANE, HEBRON, MAINE 04238 207-576-7377 ANYTIME AND DAY OF SALE. ALL ITEMS SOLD “AS IS WHERE IS.” LISTING SUBJECT TO ERROR. 13% BUYERS PREMIUM. 3% DISCOUNT FOR CASH OR CHECK. SALES TAX REQUIRED. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD, CLEAN ESTATE ITEMS FOR AUCTION. OUR CONSIGNORS PAID THE NEXT DAY. CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES ON ALL YOUR ANTIQUE ITEMS. IN BUSINESS SINCE 1982.

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GO TO WWW.AUCTIONZIP.COM TO VIEW THIS LISTING AND ANY OTHERS WE HAVE COMING UP. HUNDREDS OF PICTURES AND ALL FRESH ESTATE GOODS BEING SOLD. BUYING GOLD AND SILVER COINS AND JEWELRY. TAKE YOURS AROUND, GET A PRICE AND CALL US… HIGH PRICES BEING PAID.

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by Ethel Gilmore-Hurst Lovell Correspondent 925-3226 ehurst3@yahoo.com

about Robin. There have been so many people who have been asking about her present condition. Her doctor declares that she is in remission, for which we are thankful. For those who have asked down through the year, we all thank you very much for your thoughts and prayers.

In other library news, the winner of the raffle in conjunction with the Tour de Lovell race was Juanita Loftus. Her prize was the bike restored and donated by John McCann to the library, which will be greatly appreciated.

As Labor Day has passed, the library will revert back to the “winter” hours, which are Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., closed on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

followed by classes on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to noon, and continued on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon.

In December, classes are on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon. For all students, there will be a $25 materials fee to be paid at sign-up.

The Greater Lovell Land Trust will hold a Pleasant Mountain Hike on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is a tough climb for the experienced only. Those taking part should meet at the Ledges Trail parking area on Mountain Road in Denmark. Wear rough terrain shoes and bring a lunch and water.

The Lovell United Church of Christ is still looking for items for the LUCC Second Annual Online Auction. Gift certificates, crafts, artwork or personal gift certificates are welcome donations, such as a catered dinner party or any special kind of baked goods.

Donation could even include volunteering to help stack wood or rake leaves etc. There are forms on the Circuit Rider to fill out. You can also check with the

Impact of affordable care act

NORWAY — The Supreme Court recently upheld most of what was included in the Affordable Care Act. Any business owners who want to find out how the ACA will impact their business should plan to attend a Business Roundtable program and discussion presented by Oxford

Hills SCORE and the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. at the Norway Town Office.

This is an informational session with presentation by Mitchell Stein, the policy director of Consumers for Affordable Health Care, a nonprofit organi-

zation that educates individuals and groups on health care coverage options. He will review the major components of the ACA and how they impact small business in our state.

Following the presentation, Michael Newsom from W.J. Wheeler Insurance will serve as

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one of the discussion panel members. Coffee will be available at 7:45 a.m., with the roundtable promptly starting at 8 a.m. and ending 9:15 a.m.

Register by calling SCORE at 743-0499 or the chamber at 743-2281. Or, visit online: http:// conta.cc/Sxnfz6

Mills Village, Harrison. There will be two seatings at 5 and 6 p.m. with a third to follow at 7 p.m. if needed. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Dinner includes chicken pie, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, rolls, homemade dessert, and beverage and is served family-style.

Although accommodations will be made to the extent possible so as to not turn anyone away, it is recommended that reservations be made the morning of the supper between 9 a.m. and noon. Call 583-9024 during those hours for confirmation.

Do not leave a message. There are only two suppers left this season.

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The Edes Falls Sewing Circle met at the Community Hall Sept. 5 to make plans for the first fall supper, which was held Sept. 8. The two-day yard sale on the two previous Saturdays was well attended. The items that were left

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Those who played the best were: first, Pat Gallagher, second, Cindy Fitzgerald, third, Nancy Mende, and fourth, Cathy Duggin. There were two who chipped in — Thea Middlemiss and Betsy Huebner. Closest to the pin was Cindy Adams and Pat Gallagher.

On Aug. 30, the ladies played a scramble, with first place winners Cathy Duggan, Pam Emery and Karen Trapani. Second place went to Carolyn Larson, Judy Regan, Betty Quigley and Alma Richards. There was one chip in, Betty Quigley. There were two who were closest to the pin — Betty Quigley and Cathy Duggan.

On Sept. 5, there was another scramble with first place going to the team of Betty McInerny, Alma Richards, Cindy Fitzgerald and Betty Quigley. Second place went to the team of Gerri Foulds, Pam Emery, Karen Spanglo, and Ellie Veale, and 3rd to Barbara Radasch, Diane Boyd, Judy Regan and Lee Beatty. Closest to the pin was Karen Spanglo.

The chip in was won again by Betty Quigley, who has been practicing in her backyard. It was wonderful having Diane Boyd with us.

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Chicken pie supper HARRISON — The Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church will hold its “famous” Chicken Pie Supper this Saturday, Sept.

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church office.

The New Suncook School PTA will be using Celebrating Community as the theme for this school year. The first meeting was Sept. 12, but for those who couldn’t make the meeting, you can sign up for membership at the school. This group is trying to encourage anyone to join, including grandparents who would like to help the school and the children.

The Scotch Foursome’s season has come to an end for 2012.

Many couples took advantage of this social type of golf outing this year. The Doubles Classic Tournament was the last official outing with Thea Middlemiss and partner Dick Trapani taking the win. After the winners were announced, a dinner was served, catered by the Stow Corner Store.

The Thursday Ladies Day League will play its last event this week, with a season-ending luncheon after. There were a lot of ladies hitting that little ball around, with ladies from other courses joining us, which was a delight. The last three weeks’ scores follow.

Thirty players played throw out the worst hole on Aug. 23.

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The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will have as guest speaker historian Robert C. Williams on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. His topic for the evening will be “Lovell and the War of 1812.” His subject will cover how the war affected Lovell and western Maine, including the defending of Portland from the enemy, the British.

Bob taught history after earning his PhD in the subject at Harvard University. He and wife Ann retired to Center Lovell in 2003, and he has been the guest speaker many times at the library. In 2006 he published the history of Lovell, Lovewell’s Town. Dr. Williams is an exciting speaker, and, as he did with his many students, he will bring the subject to life for his audience.

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The following groups meet at the library on the following dates: Writing Group, Thursdays, Sept. 13 and 27; and Gardening Group, Thursday, Sept 20, at noon.

It has been suggested that the Cribbage Group might be interested in starting earlier than the first week in January. Some thought that beginning after the fair might be an option. Anyone who would be interested, either new players or previous players, should contact Ethel at 9253226 and express your interest.

The library will be offering a new program, Art Appreciation Sessions, beginning in October.

The class size will be offered to only 10 adult artists of any level. The group will be assigned reading material according to the interest of the class. The facilitator of the group will be Margaret Nomantana, who recently received her MFR from Goddard College.

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Surprise 90th birthday party was amazing Naples

by Cheryl Harmon Naples Correspondent 693-4016 chicomomma33@gmail.com Celebrating with about 50 friends and relatives, Lorraine Morton had her 90th birthday at the Edes Falls Community Hall the afternoon of Sept. 9. Her actual birthday is Sept. 11. She was regaled with lots of cards and good wishes for the future.

Her son Chuck and his wife Becky had plenty of help pulling it off. Sewing Circle friends and others brought goodies, and a few yummy treats left over from the supper were brought out as well. Lorraine’s niece Cheryl and her husband were in charge of getting her there, which was not as easy as it would seem, so they had to tell her what was up.

She didn’t quite imagine all of the folks that came to help her celebrate. Her brother Clarence was at her side, and seemed

to enjoy it as much as she did.

The tables, decorated with fresh flowers and pink tablecloths, were very pretty.

A benefit potluck dinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 4:30 p.m. for Gavin Warren Barker, great-grandson of Sylvia Swanson, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary in Naples. Gavin was born with water on the brain, and had to have major surgery two days after he was born, and the medical expenses will be large.

Anyone interested in making some food for the dinner or giving a donation will have the great appreciation of the family.

Suggested dinner donation is $5 per person; for more information, call the Legion at 6936285.

Upcoming Legion events include a dance with CD Country on Saturday, Sept.

15, and Wayne Flanigan performing on Saturday, Sept. 22.

Bingo is held on Wednesday, and the Legion’s pool games, cribbage and darts are all open to the public.

The Edes Falls Sewing Circle wants to thank everyone who donated to their “In Hall Yard Sale.” The group did very well, and will probably do another sale next summer. Thanks to all the folks who came to buy as well. Thanks, Priscilla, for making those yummy donuts. The Sewing Circle will hold their next supper on Saturday, Sept.

22, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

The Red Hat Ladies Luncheon group will be having the next outing on Friday, Sept. 28, at the Campfire Grille on Route 302 in West Bridgton, heading toward Fryeburg. Ladies’ September birthdays are Anne Dayton, Rosalie Engstrom, Polly Glavine and Pink Hatter Jolene Ireland. Many happy returns of the day. We eat at noon and will be ordering from the menu.

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LHEPAC October Events (Continued from Page B) from those who aspire just to be able to play Keaggy’s mistakes, to professional musicians who have been strongly influenced by his style. And in between are those who don’t play guitar, yet find solace in his beautifully penned lyrics and memorable melodies.

• Saturday, Oct. 13 — The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Presents: L’Elisir d’Amore at 1 p.m. The kick-off opera of the season is Donizetti’s opera, starring Anna Netrebko, Matthew Polenzani, and Mariusz Kwiecien in a new production by Bartlett.

• Friday, Oct. 19 — Chicago New Arts Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. The trio, comprised of Wheaton College Conservatory of Music faculty members Carolyn Hart (soprano), Jennie Brown (flute), and Misook Kim (composition and piano), has been performing chamber music together since 2008. Dedicated to innovative programming and virtuosic per-

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• Wednesday, Oct. 24 — Fryeburg Academy Opera Lecture Series from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with Joe DeVito to discuss the upcoming opera Otello. Join Joe as he summarizes the plot, introduces the music, shares some reviews and gives an interpretive view of the upcoming Met simulcast. All are welcome, no previous opera knowledge is needed, and admission is free, though donations are appreciated.

• Saturday, Oct. 27 — The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Presents: Otello at 1 p.m.

Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with Johan Botha in the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming. Semyon Bychkov conducts. Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors (65+) and $18 for students.

ASTONISHED BY THE CROWD — Lorraine Morton made her entrance into the Edes Falls Community Hall Sept. 9, where 50 friends and relatives were gathered to help her celebrate her 90th birthday. Her niece and husband had to tip her off about the party in order to get her there, but she was quite surprised nevertheless by all the people who attended. auction. Well, we used one on Saturday last. My friends Dale Parady, his two-year-old daughter Patience, Nichole Brown and I went; Jolene had to work. We had a most leisurely ride down Brandy Pond to the Songo Lock and through to Sebago Lake.

By then, it was so rough that the waves got us drenched. We

made a stopover on land, and found ourselves at Point Sebago Resort. So funny, that it took the better part of two hours to get as far on water that would only take 10 minutes by car going down Route 302.

On our way down, we came across many bass fishermen below the lock, as Point Sebago

was having a bass tournament.

Our friend Nichole had never seen anything like the lock before, so it was a treat for her to see how it worked and the swing bridge as well. So next week we will take advantage of the other pontoon boat rental, when Jolene can also go and celebrate her birthday.

CASCO — A special party on Saturday, Sept. 29 will honor a special person — Nat Lombard, whose life has been devoted to community service.

At age 87, Nat was recently diagnosed with cancer, and her family wishes to give people the opportunity to share their memories with her at a “This is Your Life — Nat Lombard” gathering at 1 p.m. at her home at 7 Cold Springs Road.

There’ll be plenty of hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and other food, but the main attraction will be Nat — and the stories that will be shared about her amazing life of giving and service.

Nat grew up on Pleasant Lake, and has lived in Casco all her life. For the past 60 years, she has lived on Cold Springs

Road. She has been heavily involved with the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155, as well as both the Naples and Casco Granges. She has been a long-time supporter of Lake Region sports teams, attending as many events as possible through the years.

She was the Monday and Tuesday night bowling league treasurer for Beacon Lanes in Raymond, a 4-H member for 10 years and served on the board of directors for the Peoples Regional Opportunity Program for nine years.

But that’s only for starters.

She ran the food pantry in Casco for 11 years, and belonged both to the PTA and the Health

Council. She attended the Army Cadet Nursing Corps at Mercy Hospital in Portland, and worked at the Bridgton Knitting Mill and at the Job Corps Nursing in Poland. She worked as a Postmaster in South Casco, and also worked at Point Sebago Resort for 20 years as a security guard and a supervisor for housekeeping. She worked as a Casco Ballot Clerk and is an active member of the Casco Alliance Church.

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The Birthwise Community Clinic is announcing a Free Well Woman Clinic that is open to the public for women of all ages. The Free Well Woman Clinics will be hosted by The Birth House in Bridgton on Wednesdays. Student midwives from Birthwise Midwifery School will offer free exams on an appointment basis under the supervision of a Certified Professional Midwife.

The following services will be available: annual Well Woman exam, breast exams, pap smears, nutritional counseling, family planning counseling and fertility awareness education. Additionally, routine screening for STIs and GYN infections will be offered.

Each service is provided at no cost except for lab fees.

Those fees are typically billed directly from the lab service and can be billed to MaineCare and most private health insurance plans.

If you are not seeing a provider regularly for Well Woman Care, do not have health insurance coverage, or simply want to supplement your existing

HARRISON — There will be a CROP Walk in Harrison this Saturday, Sept. 15 beginning at 9 a.m. at the United Parish-Congregational Church.

The group will walk to North Bridgton and back. The trek is about three miles and there will be a relief driver to assist along the way. Water will be available at the halfway mark and ice cream awaits those at the end of the walk.

“We walk to help feed people who are really hungry in our community and around the world,” organizers said. “We walk for those who walk miles just to find water to drink.”

CROP stands for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty. CROP PRESSURE CHECK — Student midwives will offer free Well Woman exams to area women Hunger Walks are the oldest hunger-fighting event in the on an appointment basis on Wednesdays.

United States. Over 1,600 commedical care, this is an oppor- given by midwives is especialFor more information or to munities take part every year tunity to receive this important ly appropriate for teens and schedule an appointment, please when churches, schools, and preventive care free of charge. women seeking their first gyne- call Birthwise at 647-5968.

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Aid is sent to 80 countries to provide disaster relief from earthquakes, floods or war.

Food kits, blankets, and health kits are distributed to those in need.

What can you do? Come walk with the local group and get family and friends to sponsor you. If you can’t walk, be a sponsor. Remember that 25% of what the local walk raises stays in Harrison and is used in conjunction with the Food Pantry to provide Thanksgiving baskets for families and Hannaford gift cards at Christmas.

There is a real satisfaction that comes from knowing you’ve made a difference in someone’s life. You will be doing good for others and it’s good for you. For additional information, please call the church at 583-4840.

Harrison Library Friends honor Mother Goose fundraisers

The Friends of the Bridgton Library met recently to honor one of their former members, Nancy Worthington.

Nancy did many things as a library volunteer, most notably she was Mother Goose at the Friday morning Children’s Story Time for 20 years.

The library had many photos of Mother Goose time and Friends member, Sue Dover, used them to make a Shutterfly book. The Friends had two of the books printed and presented one to Nancy. The other copy is positioned on a special display rack in the Children’s Room. Children and parents who attended Mother Goose time can look for themselves among the many photos in the HONORED — Friends Sue Dover and President Diana Fallon present Nancy Worthington book. with a book honoring her 20 years as Mother Goose at the Bridgton Library.

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The second fundraiser is the library’s perennially popular Turkey Supper, to be held Saturday, Sept. 22 at Camps Newfound and Owatonna on Route 35 in Harrison. Turkey with all the fixings and homemade desserts may be enjoyed in front of a roaring fire in the rustic dining lodge. Tickets will be available at the door; admission begins at 5 p.m. and is $10/adults, $5/12 and under.

For more information on either event, please contact the library at 583-2970.

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HARRISON — Two big fundraisers are coming up to benefit Harrison Village Library. The Third Annual Harrison Village Library Golf Tournament will be held Sunday, Sept. 16 at Lake Kezar Country Club, which was chosen out of 675 courses as the #1 Golfing Value in New England for 2012 by The New England Golf Guide.

Play will begin with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m.; registration is $70/individual, $280/team of four, and includes golf, cart and meal. Registration forms are available at the library.

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Bridgton Junior Fire Department members, along with the Bridgton Center Village Firemen’s Association, are sponsoring a spaghetti dinner to benefit Calvin Nevells.

Calvin is a long-time member and captain of the Bridgton Fire Department who is currently battling cancer.

His friends look forward to seeing the Bridgton community come out in support of Calvin. The dinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgton Central Fire Station. Donations will be accepted. Check donations may be written to BCVFA.

Reunion

NAPLES — Lake Region High School Class of 2002 will hold their 10th Year Reunion celebration on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at The Freedom Café, 923 Roosevelt Trail in Naples. Appetizers, dinner and coffee will be served, and there will be a cash bar.

All LRHS Class of 2002 Alumni are welcome to attend with one guest (no children, please). Alumni wishing to attend, please RSVP no later than Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 at http://lrhs2002reunion.weebly. com/

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Denise Grover, daughter of David and Donna Grover of Bridgton, and Jeromy Cyr, son of Valerie Sidelinger of Chelsea and Vance Cyr of Augusta, were married on Aug. 25, 2012 at the River Back Dance Club in Augusta.

The couple spent their honeymoon in New Hampshire and Portland.

The couple will reside in Chelsea.

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A chicken in every pot The Bridgton Democrats will hold a Chicken Supper on Saturday, Sept 15, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center, with the chance to meet the local candidates, Lisa Villa and Denise Whitely. For more information, or to reserve tickets (at $10 per person, limited seating), call 647-8871 or 647-5266.

Knights of Columbus serving ham dinner The Bridgton/Fryeburg Knights of Columbus will be serving up a Baked Ham Supper on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 225 South High Street, Bridgton. The menu includes baked ham, mashed potatoes, beans, glazed carrots, brownies with ice cream, juice and coffee — all for $10 at the door, or $9 in advance from any brother Knight.

Roast Pork Dinner in Brownfield BROWNFIELD — The Brownfield Historical Society is serving a Roast Pork Dinner with all the fixings and strawberry shortcake for dessert on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. Cost for adults is $8, for children $5 and under age five are free. Society members will also be selling chances on two raffles.

Finns offer talk on Paris gunsmith Eino Heikkinen WEST PARIS — The Finnish-American

Heritage Society of Maine will hold their regular monthly meeting on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Finnish-American Heritage Center, 8 Maple Street, West Paris. Following a brief business meeting and a coffee social, Jimmy Lowell will present a program on the late Paris gunsmith Eino Heikkinen. The library, gift shop and museum will be open, and the public is invited. For more information, call 743-5677.

Tanzania Slideshow Presentation NAPLES — Join Bob and Susan Wieluns of Waldoboro on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Naples Library for a slideshow presentation on the country of Tanzania. The Wieluns traveled to Tanzania last February to work in village health clinics and hospitals as part of the Scarborough-based nonprofit Partners for World Health.

Australian whiz kid in concert FRYEBURG — Singer-songwriter Joe Robinson from Temagog, Australia, winner of TV’s Australia’s Got Talent at age 16, is touring the world with his band, and will make a stop at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. His music is a fresh mix of rock, blues, pop and jazz. For more information, call 935-9232 or visit www.fryeburgacademy. org/pac Family Farm Fun Day Come join in the fun and support a good cause at the sixth annual Family Farm Fun Day at Equine Journeys at Ring Farm, to be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Bridgton. There’ll be pony rides, cart rides, hayrides, face painting, model calf roping, basketball and other games, and food. All donations help to send athletes to Maine Equine Special Olympics. Ring Farm is located at 551 Upper Ridge Road in Bridgton. For more information, call 647-8475. All activities are free; donations will be gratefully accepted.

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Arts & entertainment

Upcoming events at Leura Hill Eastman PAC FRYEBURG — The following concerts and events are being offered through the end of October at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy — call the box office at 9359232 for more information: • Saturday, Sept. 15 — Rising country star Lexi James and Cryer Creek will perform at 7:30 p.m. Music News Nashville says of Lexi, “She is an amazing talent with a stunning vocal range, she is also one heckuva songwriter.”

• Saturday, Sept. 22

— Singer-Songwriter Joe Robinson at 7:30 p.m. If the chipper twenty-year-old from Temagog, Australia were two or three times his age, his sheer six-string ability and compositional insight, which have already earned Robinson a world-wide following, would be no less astonishing. He won the Australian National Songwriting Competition at the age of 13 and TV’s Australia’s Got Talent at 16! Now he is touring the world with his band, impressing audience wherever he goes.

• Saturday, Sept. 29 — The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers Present: Everybody Loves Pirates at 7 p.m. This is the story of a young girl named Lucy and her goofy friend, Little Chucky. While fishing one day, the kids discover a treasure map and decide to set out on a quest to find their fortune.

Unfortunately, they run into a group of bumbling pirates who try to thwart their efforts by stealing the treasure. Of course, it all works out in the end with some help from Chucky

FRYEBURG — The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center will broadcast LIVE via satellite and show onscreen the National Theatre of London’s production of The Last of the Haussmans on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m.

Later that evening at 7 p.m. will be an encore screening.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors (65-plus) and $10 for students (18 and younger) and may be purchased at the box office by calling 935-9232 or online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac. Group discounts are available to parties of 10 or more. The theater is located at 18 Bradley Street on the

Fryeburg Academy campus.

Parking is free.

National Theatre Live continues its fourth season with The Last of the Haussmans, a new play by Stephen Beresford, given four stars by the Daily Express, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Financial Times, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Express, and The Times! The play examines the fate of the revolutionary generation and offers a funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that’s losing its grip.

Anarchic, feisty, but growing old, high society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with

the ashrams of the 1960s while holding court in her dilapidated Art Deco house on the Devon coast. After an operation, she’s joined by wayward offspring Nick and Libby, sharp-eyed granddaughter Summer, local doctor Peter, and Daniel, a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Together, they share a few sweltering months as they alternately cling to and flee this louche and chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.

For more information about NT Live visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

The Last of the Haussmans

Calendar (Continued from Page B)

Sept. 15 — Bethel’s Chowdah Cook-off and Harvestfest, various venues, most start at 11 a.m., Bethel.

Sept. 16 — Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine, program on Eino Heikkinen, Paris gunsmith, 2 p.m., FinnishAmerican Heritage Center, 8 Maple St., West Paris. FMI: 7435677.

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.

Sept. 17 — AARP Driver Safety Class, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Windham Library, 217 Windham Center Rd., Windham. FMI: 6554943.

Sept. 17 — Book Group discusses Murder at the Kennedy Center by Margaret Truman, 11 a.m., Soldiers Library, 85 Main St., Hiram. FMI: 625-4650.

Sept. 17 — Knotty Knitters, noon to 2 p.m., Soldiers Library, 85 Main St., Hiram. FMI: 6254650.

Sept. 18 — Christian Women United, 11:30 a.m., So. Paris Congregational Church. Speaker is Marion Chase, So. Waterford.

FMI: 743-5770.

Sept. 18 — Guest Night to come visit with the Mollyocket Chorus, 7 p.m., Church of the Latter Day Saints, Skeetfield Rd., Oxford. FMI: 375-5131.

Sept. 19 — Jeff Warner, “Banjos, Bones and Ballads: Songs of Old New England,” 6:30 p.m., Conway Library, Conway, N.H. Sept. 20 — Forum on Mobilize Maine economic development strategy, 4-6 p.m., Xavier Hall, Saint Joseph’s College, Standish.

FMI: 774-9891.

Sept. 20 — “The Longest Salute: Why We Celebrate Our Veterans,” talk by Steven Rogers, retired U.S. Justice historian, 7 p.m., New Gloucester Historical Society, next to Town Hall, Rte. 231, New Gloucester.

Sept. 22 — Applesauce making, 10 a.m. to noon, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Glouceter. FMI: 926-4597.

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: 5836178.

FRYEBURG — Food Pantry, Fryeburg Assembly of God, by appointment, 8 Drift Rd. FMI: 935-3129.

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: 615-3226.

RAYMOND — Raymond Food Pantry, 4-6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursdays, Lake Region Baptist Church, 1273 Main St. FMI: 232-5830.

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.

1st & 3rd Wednesdays, Sweden Church basement, 137 Bridgton Rd. FMI: 909-208-6377, 2567380.

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Tuesday — Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., St. Joseph Church, 225 High Street.

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).

Monday through Sunday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Drop In Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail (Rte. 302).

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

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

Thursday — Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 a.m., Ladies Step-Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, 224 Roosevelt Trail, (Rte. 302) So. Casco.

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

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

NAPLES Thursday — Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m. Beginners Meeting, 7:45 p.m. Open Meeting, Naples Methodist Church, Village Green, side door entrance down stairs.

NO. CONWAY, N.H. Wednesday — Adult Children of Alcoholics (& other dysfunctions), 7:30 p.m., Ste. B, Eastern Slope Inn, 2760 White Mtn. Highway, No. Conway, N.H. Friday — Al-Anon, 8 p.m., Gibson Center, Grove St. & White Mtn. Hwy, No. Conway, N.H. WATERFORD Thursday — Adult Children of Alcoholics, 10 a.m., library.

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The Laker beat Football in perilous spot

QUICK DRIVE UP THE FIELD — Laker Miranda Chadbourne drives the ball up the field. Lake Region is off to a great start this season, opening with big wins over Falmouth and Yarmouth.

(Rivet Photo)

Changing on the fly...

...yet Laker field hockey starts 4-0

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer When a team is faced with an unexpected change or adversity, players can either rally or unravel.

Long-time Lake Region varsity field hockey coach Dagny Leland suddenly resigned, and junior varsity coach Lisa Shane took over the helm.

And how did the Lakers respond? The team is off to a 4-0 start with victories over Top 8 teams Falmouth and Yarmouth.

“It was an extremely hard decision for me to make, but I feel that I need to take care of myself and my family,” Leland said. “I know that Lisa is ready to take over

as varsity coach. She and I have worked closely together for years and she knows the players quite well. I feel that I have left the team in good hands and they will work hard for Lisa.”

Shane described the coaching change as “tough circumstances,” yet she feels “honored to have the role” and pleased to lead “a great group of girls!”

One reason Shane feels the Lakers are quickly out of the game, a 360-degree turnaround from last fall, can be attributed to the squad’s play in the Deering Summer League.

“Playing on turf helped with their speed, stick skills and the team play improved,”

she said. “During the preseason, we focused on conditioning and it’s paid off with low numbers to contend with. I’d say we have a balanced team with attack and defense.”

Another big reason for the 4-0 start is senior leadership. Starting seniors Kate Cutting, Kristina Morton and Kayla Reinhard “are smart and skilled defenders” while Kayleigh Lepage has “a clear command of our attack,” Coach Shane said.

Lepage has also provided the Lakers with good offensive pop, scoring as well as setting up teammates.

“Kristina can be the spark we need when play gets tough,” the coach added.

The future of the Lake Region varsity football program could be hanging in the balance as the season moves along.

Last Friday night, the game between the Lakers and Greely was “called” after three quarters with the host Rangers up 54-0. An already thin Laker roster dwindled as several players were sidelined due to injury.

If Lake Region is forced to “forfeit” games because the team is unable to field a sufficient number of players thus causing an unsafe situation, the school could be placed on a two-year hiatus from the Campbell Conference.

That scenario has Athletic Director Paul True on edge. If the Lakers were to be removed from the varsity schedule, True could schedule a junior varsity season to accommodate freshmen and sophomores or drop the football program entirely.

With a JV schedule, top players like junior Cody Gibbons would be shut out, something True hopes will not happen.

True had proposed dropping the Lake Region football program from Class B to Class C — joining Gray-New Gloucester, which was looking to move down — but players and others wanted to stay put. Since the Lakers balked at the idea, Gray-NG was unable to make the move.

First-year coach Brian

Jahna liked the enthusiasm he heard at the hearing, especially returning players pledging to lure classmates into the program and make a renewed effort to bounce back from a winless season.

However, those extra numbers failed to materialize, leaving Coach Jahna in a tough spot, having to start several freshmen.

“Lake Region Football is faced with a tough situation and it all revolves around roster numbers. During the offseason, we were given the opportunity to move to Class C to rebuild the program slowly and bolster numbers.

In response to this option, 42 sophomores, juniors and seniors met with the Athletic Director (True) begging to stay in Class B and expressing their commitment to playing football,” Coach Jahna said.

“Of those 42 students, 16 are on the varsity roster. We have 10 intrepid freshmen playing varsity football, several starting both ways; a crucible few young men their age have to LAKER, Page C

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Raider defense stifles Patriots

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — At first, it appeared Devine Dockery’s pre-game brunch had him running high octane.

The Raider senior ripped the Gray-New Gloucester for 124 yards on touchdown runs of 15 and 16 yards to lead Fryeburg Academy to a 26-6 victory Saturday over the Patriots.

Dockery combined his great speed with a relentless drive that enabled him to either bounce off or run over wouldbe Patriot tacklers.

Defensively, he was a menace from his outside linebacker position, logging a sack to go with three other unassisted tackles as the Raider defense dominated the second half.

Yet, Dockery also learned a little lesson — never dive, even if one wants to pump up the home crowd, on a full stomach.

After his 15-yard TD scamper down the left sideline with 24.5 seconds until halftime to GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK — Fryeburg Academy tie the game at 6-6, Dockery linebacker Devine Dockery puts pressure on Patriot quarter- went to one knee along the FA back Carson Hodsdon.

(Rivet Photo) bench area and vomited.

“I had two pancakes and a bunch of sausage before the game,” he said. “When I dove and hit my stomach, I wasn’t feeling too good.”

But, he bounced back.

And, so did the Raiders to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Coming off a big opening win over Falmouth, Gray-NG had a chance to start quick when linebacker Tyler Hicks recovered a fumble near midfield. The Patriots entered FA territory, but sophomore CJ Bartlett dropped GNG quarterback Carson Hodsdon for a seven-yard loss to stymie the scoring threat.

Fryeburg appeared to go up 6-0 at the start of the second quarter as Dockery broke free from 27 yards out, but a holding penalty nullified the score.

Hicks again came up big for the Patriots, sacking FA quarterback Andrew Rascoe for a nine-yard loss to thwart the drive.

The Pats forced a fumble with 7:45 left in the half as the ball was stripped out of PICKING UP HIS PACE — Kyle DeSouza is making strides FA receiver Bright Amoako’s this fall, moving up in the ranks as the Lakers Number 2 runner.

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Raider beat: Seniors leading charge Depleted Lakers FRYEBURG — Even at 40 to open the season, Fryeburg Academy varsity field hockey Coach Dede Frost sees her Raiders as a work in progress.

“I’m pleased with the way the girls are stepping up to fill positions left behind from last season,” she said. “We’ve done some rearranging and will continue to adjust as the season progresses.”

Like a year ago, the Raiders continue to blitz the opposition.

With less than three minutes off the clock on Saturday, the Raiders scored en route to a 5-0 rout of Wells. Senior Christina

DiPietro had three goals, while junior Skye Dole netted two.

Junior Makayla Frost had two assists.

“We have seen phenomenal leadership from senior captains Ellen Bacchiocchi, Christina DiPietro and Kendra Fox. They communicate well and are excellent role models for the rest of the team,” Coach Frost said. “We go on to play Greely, who will be ready to gain back the points they lost to us, and Falmouth, who lost only to Lake Region and their goalie is fantastic. Both games should raise my blood pressure!”

Up next: Due to the death of

a Lake Region student, the game between the Raiders and Lakers was postponed Monday, and has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26. The Raiders travel to Falmouth on Friday for a 7 p.m. game, and host Cape Elizabeth on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m.

FA travels to Yarmouth next Thursday, Sept. 20 for a 3:30 p.m. matchup.

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The Raiders dropped a 4-0 loss to Cape Elizabeth. Coach John Atwood felt his midfield —Sarah Welch, Olivia McDermith, Julia Quinn, Sasha

Azel and Izzy Hodgman-Burns — played well in the loss.

Fryeburg dropped a 7-1 loss at Gray-New Gloucester Friday night.

“We were down 3-1 at halftime, but took too many offense chances to try to get back in it,” Coach Atwood said.

Sam Nardone, Jamie Gullikson and Maddie Pearson played well for the Raiders (02). Hodgman-Burns had the lone FA goal.

Up next: The Raiders host Sacopee Valley today, Sept. 13, at 3:30 p.m. FA then travels FA BEAT, Page C

look to get healthy

Mark MacDougall covered a lot of miles this summer so he could be near the front of the cross-country pack this fall.

MacDougall had a strong run at Cape Elizabeth last week, placing 15th overall in 18:45 to lead the Lake Region varsity boys.

Winning time was 16:31 over the three-mile course.

“Mark is working hard in practice and is improving day by day,” LR Coach Dan Dors said.

“He is a very good leader.”

Here’s how the Lakers fared:

27. Kyle DeSouza, 20:50 32. Mason Kluge-Edwards, 21:02 38. Ben Roy, 22:00 43. James McCann, 22:39 51. Nick Hall, 25:29 Final standings: Cape Elizabeth 18, Freeport 42, Wells 90, Lake Region 106, Traip Academy no score.

It might be hard to find Laker blue and gold amongst the girls’ pack these days.

Due to injuries and illness, the

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Raiders win a dogfight (Continued from Page C) hands after a quick pass to the left, and Zachery Haskell recovered for GNG at the FA30.

Fryeburg’s defense dug in as Amoako tipped away a pass and lineman Greg Harmon applied big pressure to force a bad throw on fourth down.

But, the Raiders gave the ball right back to the Patriots, and this time it was costly.

Rascoe delivered the ball late to the outside, and GNG linebacker Adam Dumas picked it off, returning the ball to the FA-1. Two plays later, senior Josh Greenleaf (23-82) scored from two yards out. Hodsdon’s two-point pass try failed as the quarterback was hit from the backside by FA’s Zach Sheehan.

FA evened the count with a seven-play, 62-yard drive keyed by a catch over the middle by Amoako, good for 31 yards to erase a 3rd-and-19 situation. After Rascoe picked

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PUTTING ON A MAJOR HURT — FA’s Zach Sheehan thumps Gray-New Gloucester punter Aaron Chapman, forcing a short kick, which was returned for a touchdown by Kyle Bonner at the start of the fourth quarter.

(Rivet Photos) up 10 yards off a scramble, dence and getting more excited the senior QB connected with every time out,” Dockery said.

Amoako for 10 yards and Ryan “We’re family out there.”

Buzzell for 5 yards, setting up The two-point try failed.

Dockery’s touchdown.

“We did a better job getting “The blocking was great. our blockers out to the secWe’re gaining more confi- ond level, with Kyle Bonner really throwing some blocks that opened up our running game. Devine had a chance to build up a little steam, unlike early on when we missed some blocks and the space to run DEFLECTED AWAY — Raider safety Bright Amoako (right) tips the ball away from Patriot was tighter,” FA Coach David receiver Zackery Haskell during Saturday’s game. The Raiders rallied from a 6-0 deficit to log Turner said. “When Devine their second victory of the season, 26-6. FA faces York this Saturday at the Academy. runs hard and makes one cut, he’s a really good back.”

Zach Sheehan blocked punter Momentum carried over for Tyson Campbell’s kick and the Raiders into the second lowered a major hit that sent half. the junior Patriot hard into A big kick return by Buzzell the turf. Meanwhile, Bonner and a facemask penalty tacked caught the short kick and on gave the Raiders great returned the ball 28 yards for starting field position. Rascoe a touchdown with 11:05 left in made good use of it, zipping the game. a low pass to Amoako on a The PAT pass fell incomslant pattern. Catching the ball plete. in stride, Amoako shot past The Patriots did move the two defenders and raced 34 ball to the FA-22 late in the yards for a touchdown. Rascoe game, but Sheehan and Jake hooked up with Kyle Bonner Thurston made defensive stops on the PAT, but he fell a yard to stall the scoring drive. short of the end zone.

FA Coach David Turner The Raider defense took liked the fight he saw in his command. Suddenly, there players in the second half, were fewer open lanes for and also was pleased to see Greenleaf and Dumas, while his senior quarterback bounce Dockery, Bartlett and Harmon back after a costly intercepwere lowering the boom on tion.

Patriot quarterback Hodsdon, “I think what helped us and who was sacked four times in I hoped helped him (Andrew) the second half. was that we were in a lot of “I need to thank my coaches dogfights all last year. Our DIVING ATTEMPT — Tanner Wentworth tries to make a because they told me what my games were close and we had diving catch of a two-point pass conversion during Fryeburg’s assignments were and because to battle. We knew we were I executed them, I was able going to get a dogfight today, 26-6 victory over Gray-New Gloucester Saturday. to make some sacks. It was and I thought the experience my best game as an outside from last year helped,” Coach WYONEGONIC POINT (line)backer,” Dockery said.

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Roddick: For the love of the game

By Justin Chaffee Guest Writer As he walked up to the service line, bearing his patriotic star and stripes shoes, he bounced the yellow fuzzy ball and wiped the sweat pouring from his brow. Now with his mind racing was ready to reach back, and give it one more, just one last thunderous serve…

This past Wednesday, Sept. 5, American tennis player Andy Roddick retired at the U.S. Open after losing to Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro in four tight sets. It’s always a sad moment, when a sports athlete decides to hang up their respected glove, stick, helmet or in this case racket, but unlike most sports you still have the team to follow. Tennis is different, an individual sport with the average age of retirement being around 30. So what happens when your favorite player decides to call it a day? In my case, you reflect and realize just how much of an impact an athlete has had on your life. If you play the sport that the respected athlete excels in, then in many ways, they are a part of you, and you come to the realization that whether you knew it or not at the time, they are more than just athletes — they are heroes, role models, even teachers.

We’ve always lived in times where everyone is in search of a hero. Whether it’s Batman, Spiderman or if you live in New England, maybe it’s Tom Brady. With all due respect to the crime fighters, those while they offer aspiring traits, at the end of the day do not exist. That’s another element that makes sports athletes so great. They’re flawed, they’re real, they’re human. Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of athletes being stigmatized by steroids, and true athletes are becoming a rarity.

Andy Roddick is one of them.

Roddick is the definition of all-American. Born in Nebraska, raised in Texas, and then Boca Raton, Fla., he was always grateful to his parents for giving him the opportunities they never had. Andy has an older brother, John, who, at the time seemed like he would be the next great American tennis player.

That was until Andy got older.

If you’re a tennis fan, you know for the most part about Roddick’s accomplishments. For those that do not, let’s recap briefly. Roddick was able to capture the U.S. Open title in 2003, and although he has been unfairly dubbed as a one-slam wonder, you need to look at the state of the men’s game, and keep in mind Roddick has played in quite possibly the golden age of tennis, with Djokovic, Nadal and Federer — all the top

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First Downs: FA 11, GNG

Penalties: FA 6-45, GNG 7-52 Turnovers: FA 3, GNG 0 Rushing: FA 30-208, GNG 43-115 Passing: FA 10-132, GNG 0 Total Offense: FA 340, GNG 115 FA Rushing: Devine Dockery 14-124, Andrew Rascoe 9-5, Kyle Bonner 729 FA Receiving: Kyle Bonner 2-15, Ryan Buzzell 3-28, Bright Amoako 5-89 Tackles (solo, assist, total): Kevin Reardon 7-6-13, Sulo Burbank 1-0-1, Ian MacFawn 5-3-8, Billy Rascoe 2-5-7, CJ

Bartlett 2-1-3, Ryan Buzzell 2-1-3, Devine Dockery 4-1-5, Greg Harmon 3-2-5, Tanner Wentworth 0-1-1, David McLaughlin 1-0-1, Andrew Lyman 0-3-3, Jake Thurston 2-1-3, Zach Sheehan 1-2-3, Bright Amoako 0-1-1, Kyle Bonner 2-1-3, Willy MacFawn 0-1-1, Winston Richards 20-2

Raider football ANDY RODDICK was a talented tennis player but also a good role model. of the game. The competition has never been greater. Roddick also led the U.S. Davis Cup Team to capture the Cup in 2007 over Russia, and perhaps one of the most impressive aspects of Roddick’s career is he managed to stay in the Top 10 for 10 consecutive years. For a sport so physically demanding on the mind and body, this is quite an accomplishment.

There are many other highlights of Roddick’s career. I won’t get into all of them, but there is one I want to pay close attention to.

In the 2009 Wimbledon final, Roddick went up against perhaps the greatest player to ever pick up a tennis racket — Roger Federer. A heavy underdog, Roddick pushed the great Federer to five sets. Many tennis experts, even John McEnroe, stated that this was the best match of Roddick’s

(Continued from Page C) little bit. We were more aggressive,” he said. “I think the difference was we played a little faster than the first half.”

For the second straight year, the Raiders start the fall 2-0.

Now, can they take the next step?

Up next: The Raiders (2-0) host York (1-1) this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. How does FA Coach David Turner size up the game, which could have play-

off implications down the line?

“We need to look at it that we’re playing York, probably the best football team we have seen so far this season. We have to be better than we were this past week. We have to be smarter,” Coach Turner said.

“When you play these teams, like York, that have playoff experience, you know they are coming right at you and you need to play your best to compete with them.”

FA sports beat

Hideaki Nakamura. The Raiders (Continued from Page C) tied Freeport 1-1. Goalie Paul to North Yarmouth Academy RODDICK, Page C on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game Dostie had eight saves. career, but how can that be possible if Federer managed to Up next: The Raiders travel and head to Greely on Tuesday, to Sacopee Valley today, Sept.

Sept. 18 for a 6 p.m. contest.

13 for a 6 p.m. game. FA hosts Boys’ Soccer After an opening game 1- North Yarmouth Academy on 0 loss to Cape Elizabeth, the Saturday at 11 a.m. and take 22. Sullivan Briggs, 23:08 Becker (21:40).

28. David Powers, 24:50 “Freshmen Abby Davis, Raiders dropped a 3-2 deci- on Greely at home on Tuesday, 33. Reid Wales, 28:58 Ariel Fogden and Junior Juliet sion to Gray-New Gloucester Sept. 18 at 4 p.m.

Final standings: Fryeburg 20, Fink all made big moves,” despite a pair of goals from Yarmouth 47, Sacopee Valley Coach Reilly said. “Youth is 72. the mantra here. Keep improvRESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FREE ESTIMATES On the ladies’ side, sopho- ing this year for a great year Fully Licensed & Insured more Elizabeth Grzyb again next year.” proved to be “solid and steady” Here’s how the FA girls with a second place finish in fared: 22:11, behind Yarmouth’s FA X-C, Page C

Eastman, Raider pack cruises to meet FRYEBURG — There will be a few times when someone will push defending state champion Silas Eastman.

Last Friday was not one of those days.

Eastman was 1 minute, 43 seconds better than Yarmouth’s Becker to win the Raider’s first home meet of the fall. Eastman set the winning pace at 16:02.

Logan Gerchman, Thomas Rose and Patrick Carty ran as a “solid pack” to place third, fourth and fifth as the won the three-school meet.

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Laker beat (Continued from Page C) go through. We will fight to the end.”

A big question right now is when is “the end” — hopefully Oct. 20 at Gray-New Gloucester. LR faces a tough stretch, traveling to Cape Elizabeth this Friday night, 7 p.m., and then hosting a tough Marshwood squad (2-0, including a win over Mountain Valley in Rumford) on Homecoming, Friday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.

Girls’ Soccer The Lakers fell to 1-1 following a 3-0 loss to Freeport. Laker goalie Sarah Hancock recorded 13 saves.

Up next: The Lakers host Old Orchard Beach this Friday, Sept.

14 at 7 p.m. at Art Kilborn Athletic Complex. The Lakers then host York on Tuesday at 4:300 p.m. and Sacopee Valley next Saturday, Sept. 22 at 11:30 a.m.

Boys’ Soccer After being shut out in the first two games (9-0 by Greely and 4-0

by Yarmouth), the Lakers lost a tough 2-1 decision to Freeport.

Up next: The Lakers travel to Wells this Saturday, Sept. 15 for a 12:45 p.m. game. The next home game is Tuesday, Sept. 18 against York at 6 p.m. at Art Kilborn Athletic complex. The Lakers then host Sacopee Valley on Saturday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m.

Homecoming next week Laker spirit should be in full view starting Monday as classes battle it out for Homecoming honors.

The Homecoming Parade will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, beginning at Highland Lake Beach in Bridgton and proceeding along Main Street.

If inclement weather strikes, a decision will be made by 3 p.m. regarding the date of the parade.

There will be a bonfire following the parade from 7 to 8 p.m.

The Homecoming Rally is Friday, Sept. 21 inside the school gym at 1 p.m.

The Homecoming Dance is Saturday, Sept. 22 from 7 to 10 p.m.

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(Continued from Page C) Moving junior Lucy Fowler from midfielder to the forward line has paid big dividends. She is leading the team in goals with seven, including two in a 4-0 win over Poland.

“However, we have a diverse front line and I expect any of our mids and forwards to put the ball in the cage throughout the season,” Coach Shane said.

Goals have been scored by Elizabeth Schreiber, Abby ScottMitchell, Tori Girardin and Lepage.

“We have a determined group this year which is great when I know the league is fairly even in the Top 10 and it takes continuous effort to keep improving,” Coach Shane said. “I believe they’re definitely up for the challenge.”

In the 4-0 win over the Knights, LR had goals by Elizabeth Schrieber and Abby Scott-Mitchell. Assists were by Lepage, Meghan Skarbinski and Scott-Mitchell. Sophomore goalie Meghan Van Loan had two saves.

Up next: Due to the death of a Lake Region senior last week, the game between the Lakers and Fryeburg Academy was postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 3:30 p.m.

The Lakers host Cape Elizabeth (2-2) this Friday at 4 p.m. LR hits the road Tuesday for a major test when they take on York (41) at 4 p.m.

Laker X-C times (Continued from Page C)

Laker cross-country team was down to just two runners last Friday. Maude Meeker and Kari Eldridge placed 14th and 18th respectively over the three-mile course. Meeker posted a time of 23:41 while Eldridge ran a 24:44.

Winning time was 20:55.

“I can’t say enough about them (Maude and Kari) — they are such hard workers and pleasant to coach,” Coach Dors said.

“Both run very well. I hope to get the other girls back this week.”

Final standings: Cape Elizabeth 18, Freeport 39, Lake Region no score, Wells no score, Traip Academy no score.

Up next: The Lakers travel to GIFT TO THE LIBRARY — Receiving a check for $1,000 from Bridgton 4 on the Fourth Race Yarmouth this Friday to meet the Director, Jim Cossey, are (left to right) North Bridgton Library Board of Directors Incoming Clippers, Gray-New Gloucester and North Yarmouth Academy.

President Shannon Slayton, Outgoing President Sue Connolly and Treasurer Susan Cole.

Boys at 4:30 p.m. Girls at 5 p.m.

Roddick: Inspiration, good example (Continued from Page C) win the fifth set 16-14? As we learned from the movie Rocky, Rocky squares off against the heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Rocky confessed to Adrian the night before, he didn’t care if he won or lost to Creed, all he wanted to do was go the distance with the best. This match was the same for Roddick. It wasn’t about the heartbreaking outcome as much as the ability to go the distance, to push the best of the best to the brink, and give it all he had. That in an essence is Andy Roddick.

Sure, he may not be the most talented, but he will give you everything he’s got, every time and not leave anything on the court.

This is a true definition of a fighter.

The philosopher Aristotle wrote about the importance or role models in one’s life…“Cherish some man of great character, and keep him always in mind. Then live as if he were watching you and order all your actions as if he saw them.” Role models, teachers, heroes have always been important in my life. For me, it’s Andy Roddick, my parents and my uncle. As I hit the tennis courts, I looked up to Andy Roddick in every way, from his game, to his work ethic on and off the court.

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As Roddick’s professional career came to an end, it also reminded me how important it is to live in the moment. This is a key to living a successful life. It sounds simple, but most of the time, we get caught up in what the future will hold, and wanting to change the mistakes of the past, we lose focus of the moment. One of tennis’ great life lessons is that it teaches you to move on from a mistake and focus on the point at hand. In Roddick’s case, it especially became clear with each match as he drew closer and closer to retirement.

He played each tournament, each match in the moment, knowing this may be it, perhaps even more so, than when he was younger.

In an age where sports heroes have become a rarity, especially with the tarnish of steroids, Andy Roddick is genuine.

Off the court, Roddick founded the Andy Roddick Foundation, which supports at risk youth. He also has made plans to build a sports learning center that not only focuses on sports, but builds character and discipline within kids. The school will be located in Austin and after tennis Andy wants to be very involved in its development. He has been co-hosting a radio

show, with Bobby Bones on Fox Sports Radio on Saturdays, and wants to pursue this passion.

Roddick is appreciative and knows how lucky he has been in life. In his press conference at after his final match at the U.S. Open he said, “I’ve been very lucky and very fortunate. I’ve gotten a lot of opportunities. I wouldn’t trade away a day of it. I got to play. I’ve loved every minute.”

To Andy Roddick, a champion, I want to say thank you, for the inspiration, for being an example of a true sports hero, who no matter what, went out there, left nothing on the court, and always managed to crack a joke after a hard loss. Thank you for giving back to those less fortunate and for being the torchbearer of American tennis in one of the toughest eras the sport has ever seen. You will be missed. I know each time I walk onto the tennis court, or I am faced with the trials and tribulations life may throw my way, I will think to myself, “What would Andy Roddick do?”

He’d keep fighting, no matter what.

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This week’s puzzle

Theme: Cartoon families

ACROSS

1. Fastener 6. Hermey, e.g.

9. Thunderous character 13. One who avoids company 14. ___ Kilmer 15. Southern chicken stew 16. Grossly unconventional 17. One of Bo Peep’s flock?

18. Daytime host 19. *Peter or Lois or one of their children 21. Onion-like bulb 23. Blue feeling 24. Better ____ Ezra, band 25. DNA transmitter 28. Alternative for Liz? 30. *Todd or Tina or Timmy 35. Right side of U.S. 37. Seed cover 39. Like yellow polka dot bikini 40. Musical finale 41. Linear particle accelerator, for short 43. Castle material 44. Wrong 46. *Heckle and Jeckle, e.g.

47. Test answer 48. *”Rugrats” character 50. As opposed to a wood 52. Knightly title 53. Affirm solemnly 55. Former Soviet Socialist Republics 57. *Flintstones’ neighbors 61. *Surname of family in longest-running American sitcom 65. It can melt 66. Pine juice 68. Lowest part of a ship 69. Rooster to a farmer 70. In the past

71. Another spelling for Layla 72. Low-cal 73. Hitherto 74. *Papa Smurf, e.g, DOWN 1. Dutchman’s wooden gear 2. Frown 3. Opposed to 4. Feudal lord’s property, pl.

5. Modular dwelling 6. Two, e.g.

7. “____ & Order” 8. “Pound of _____” 9. Sound of a bell 10. *Hank or Peggy or Bobby 11. Butter substitute 12. Smallest, as in litter 15. Jimmy Carter product 20. Vitruvian Man, e.g.

22. Mad Hatter’s accessory 24. “Into ____ ___” 25. Summary 26. Actress Watts 27. Echo sounder 29. Stumble 31. Catch one’s breath 32. Approaches 33. Boredom 34. *”Red _____” 36. Homework to a student 38. Batman’s cave, e.g.

42. Crocus, pl.

45. Downhill race 49. The day before 51. Jack is this and quick?

54. Test format

56. Pitch 57. Iranian money 58.

Tangerine-grapefruit hybrid 59. Cry plaintively 60. A dull person 61. See him run?

62. Skidded 63. Stare amorously 64. Not far 67. *”The Jetsons” were a Space ___ counterpart to “The Flintstones” (Solutions on Page 6C)

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The permit allocation is: 27,922 regular, 5,796 for landowners and 442 for Superpack holders.

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HARRISON — Ruby Slippers captured the Harrison Bocce League title on Sunday with an 18-14 win over Worster’s.

In South Division play, Henry’s Concrete defeated Mentus 22-16, then Ruby

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Ruby’s downed Scott’s 2119, while Worster’s rolled past Long Lake 22-9 to set up the finals.

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Adult hockey players are Arena. This is a friendly, “no needed for all levels of play check, self-refereeing” league right now at the Bridgton Ice — a great way to stay in shape and get to know people.

There are two levels — beginner to intermediate plays Sunday at 5:45 p.m. (contact The Bridgton Ice Arena in Pam Ward at 647-2122, work), North Bridgton will offer public and intermediate to expert level skatingas follows: plays Sunday and Wednesday Sundays, Sept. 16 and 23 beginning at 7 p.m. (contact from noon to 2 p.m.

Peter Lowell at 647-8061 or Sunday, Sept. 30 from 3 to 647-2446, work).

5 p.m.

See you on the ice!

Wednesdays, Sept. 19 and 26 from noon to 2 p.m.

Fridays, Sept. 14 and 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sticks & Pucks on Sundays, Sept. 16 and 23 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Conflicts do arise on occasion, so call ahead to confirm at 647-7637, ext. 1310. Prices: $4 for adults, $3 for students in grades 1-12, $2 for children ages 5 and younger, $2 for seniors ages 62 and older, $5 for sticks and pucks, and $4 for rentals

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(Continued from Page C) 12. Abby Davis, 25:03 17. Ariel Fogden, 25:24 28. Kiley Jolicoeur, 30:28 36. Eliza Neidlinger, 38:21 37. Jane Imdeke-King, 38:37 Final standings: Yarmouth 19, Fryeburg 44, Sacopee Valley no score.

Up next: The Raiders travel to Freeport on Saturday, Sept.

15 to meet the Falcons and Falmouth. Boys at 4:30 p.m. and girls at 5 p.m.

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ulation management goals, MDIFW increased the number of Any-Deer Permits issued for the coming season by 7,770 permits from 2011 levels.

Deer hunting season (firearms) begins with Youth Deer Hunting Day on Oct. 20. Youth PERMIT, Page C

NAPLES – Privacy and 140 ft. of gradual sandy frontage with ±3.31 acres and a 3-bedroom, 1-bath ranch with covered deck, with partially-finished full basement. Only $599,900. MLS #1055821

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BRIDGTON – 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1998 cape on ±29 acres for only $165,000. What a tremendous value with acreage. Full unfinished daylight basement, seasonal views of Pleasant Mtn. and Mt. Washington. 5 minutes to skiing.

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THANKS TO GOLFERS — To all the 76 players and 47 sponsors who made the Phil Farrin Memorial Golf Outing on Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Naples Golf Course another huge success, the Sebago Lions offer their sincere “thanks.” Pictured are few of the golfers and Sebago Lion members in attendance.

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Bridgton – This cottage-style lake home includes 4 acres, 220 ft. on the East Shore of Woods Pond. Designed with abundance of windows and open floor plan. $539,000.

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Bridgton – Spectacular Mt. Washington views from this beautiful 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath Ranch. 5-stall horse barn with riding arena, inground pool and pool house. $449,900.

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Harrison – Lovingly-maintained Country Victorian on ±18 acres. Perennial gardens, rolling fields, barn, sugar house and potting shed. Nature lovers and gardeners take note! $465,000.

Nancy Hanson 838-8301 (MLS 1055342)

Naples – Great price for this nearly new and tastefully-decorated 3-bedroom, 2-bath home with its own dock for Sebago Lake boating. Open floor plan, rear deck and level lot. $189,000.

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Naples – Nearly new 3-bedroom, 2 1/2bath with open floor plan and finished basement, on ±2.5-acre lot. Great location with close proximity to village. $229,000.

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Chips from the fairways Library golf benefit The Harrison Village Library Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Lake Kezar Country Club. Registration is at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Dinner and awards will be held at 3 p.m.

This annual event is in support of the Harrison Village Library. The cost per golfer is just $70 ($280 per foursome), and includes golf, cart and meal. If you would like to sponsor a hole or donate prizes, (items or service) please con-

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tact Harrison Village Library for more information at 5832970. Make checks payable to Harrison Village Library and mail to HVL Golf Tournament, P.O. Box 597, Harrison, ME 04040.

Legion Scramble The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #155 (Naples, Casco and Raymond) will hold a golf scramble fundraiser on Oct. 7 at 8 a.m. (rain date Oct. 14) at Summit Springs Golf Course in Poland. Everyone is welcome to play or just eat and

join in the auction, raffles and games.

Cost is $65 per person, which includes golf, cart, surf-n-turf dinner and dessert. The “just eating” fee is $30 per person.

Carts will need to be reserved or players can walk.

Prizes for longest drive, closest to the pin, hole in one putting game and there will be a pay out for the first place team.

There will be a Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle.

Pay by Oct. 6. Checks can be made out to the American Legion Auxiliary #155 or pay cash (and sign up) at the American Legion in Naples.

Contact Martha Poland to sign up for the tournament at 6153997. She will send paperwork.

Bridgton Highlands Last Wednesday before the “end of the season” luncheon was held, a “Queen’s Scramble” was played.

The winning team with a score of 40 was Jan Wall, Pauline Elmer and Martha Eaton. Second place with a 42 went to Vivian Howard, Phyllis Hammett, Carol Davis and Elaine Tinker.

Closest to the pin were JoAnne Diller on Hole 2 at 3 feet, 8 inches and Pauline Elmer on Hole 8 at 6 feet, 5 inches.

After golf, 22 ladies gathered at Tanglewood, Eleanor Nicholson’s home on Highland Lake. A meeting was held with Carolyn Stanhope presiding.

Awards for the season were given out: Lou Burdick, most improved player; most birdies to Pauline Elmer (5), JoAnne Diller (3) and Carolyn Stanhope (2); most pars to Elaine Tinker (9), Yvonne Gluck (7) and Carolyn Stanhope (5).

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Praise for CATHY DODGE and JOCELYN O’ROURKE-SHANE…

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“We want to send thanks and kudos to our realtors, Cathy Dodge and Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane for a job well done with our new purchase. They were immediately responsive, and especially helpful working things out at a distance, their presence without us during some of the inspection that we were unable to attend. Their connections and guidance proved to be invaluable at expediting a quick and successful closing. We are very happy with our purchase, and look forward to many good times on the lake!! It was a pleasure to work with Cathy and Jocelyn, and we would enthusiastically recommend them. Thanks.”

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Hike: Pleasant Mountain

in the summertime.

Pleasant Mountain, like so many peaks in the region, once had a hotel at the main summit for summer guests. The mountain was briefly known as “House Peak” after the hotel that stood from 1873 until 1907. According to Marita Wiser’s Hikes in and around Maine’s Lake Region the yellow Victorian house next to the Fire Warden’s trailhead, now known as the Warren home, was once called Mountain Aqua and served as the base station for the Pleasant Mountain House summit hotel. There were two successive hotels built on the spot, and the second closed its doors in 1903 and was torn down in

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1908.

Also on the main summit next to where the Pleasant Mountain House once stood is a nowinactive fire tower. This 48-foot steel tower was built by the Maine Forest Service in 1920 and was manned until 1992. On the southwest summit are two communication towers. The SW Ridge hiking trail is routed away from the tower site.

Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) and its partners manage the trails on the mountain. LELT conserves 1,500 acres of land on the eastern side of the mountain and the Nature Conservancy protects 1,400 acres on the western side.

The Maine Forest Service owns 20 acres at the main summit.

Pleasant Mountain is one of the “home mountains” of the Denmark Mountain Hikers, and we climb it in all seasons several times a year. There are seven trails totaling more than ten miles on the mountain, offering a variety of challenge and views.

The two most popular are the Fire Warden’s trail (2.3 miles), formerly known as the MacKay Pasture trail, on the west side of the peak and the Ledges trail (1.8 miles) formerly called “Moose Trail” that starts on the Moose Pond side (east) of the peak.

The Bald Peak trail and Sue’s Way trail (formerly known as the North Link trail) are steeper than the other trails. There is a side trail 0.4 miles off the Bald Peak trail that goes to the Needle’s Eye, where a brook cascades through a cleft in the ledge. The upper lift station at Shawnee Peak can be accessed from Sue’s Way. Hike facts Pleasant Mountain is located in Denmark and Bridgton.

Difficulty: Moderate Trail distances: Fire Warden’s trail 2.5 miles (one way to sum-

NEAR THE TOWER — Denmark Mountain Hiker Joan Knolla approaching the summit of Pleasant Mountain and the old fire tower via the Ledges Trail.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) mit), Ledges trail 1.8 miles (one way to summit), Southwest Ridge trail 2.9 miles (one way to summit), Bald Peak trail 2.2 miles, Sue’s Way 0.5 miles and North Ridge trail 0.8 miles.

Hiking times to the summit: Fire Warden’s trail round trip four hours, Ledges trail round trip 3.33 hours, SW Ridge trail round trip 4.5 hours.

Elevation: 2,006 feet Vertical gains: 1,500 feet (Fire Warden’s trail), 1,600 feet (Ledges trail), 1,800 feet (SW Ridge trail).

Coordinates: 44° 1’ 59.88” N 70° 49’ 0.12” W Topographic Map: Mount Pleasant 7.5-minute quad Directions to the eastern trailheads: From Route 302 west of Bridgton, take Mountain Road south past Shawnee Peak. The

Bald Peak trailhead is one mile farther on the right with parking along the shoulder of the road. Sue’s Way, North Ridge and Needle’s Eye trails are accessed from Bald Peak trail.

The Ledges trailhead is about two miles farther with a small parking area on the left opposite the trail entrance.

Directions to the western trailheads: Take Route 302 east from Fryeburg toward Bridgton and turn south (right) onto Wilton-Warren Road. The road will turn to dirt. The trailhead for the Fire Warden’s Trail and a small parking lot are about a mile from 302 on the left just before a yellow Victorian house. Keep heading south on Wilton-Warren Road another 1.5 miles to Denmark Road, turn left (south) on Denmark Road and go another about one mile to the unmarked parking lot and trailhead for the SW Ridge Trail, opposite Fire Lane 78, Spiked Ridge Drive across the road.

(Continued from Page C) Trail Guides: It is recommay take a buck statewide or an antlerless deer only in the wildlife management districts where Any-Deer Permits will be issued mended that hikers refer to one of the many trail guides this fall.

(Continued from Page C) sented and voted upon. Newly-elected officers for the 2012-2013 season are: Carolyn Stanhope, president; Yvonne Gluck, vice president; Eleanor Nicholson, treasurer; and Mary Ellen Taggart, secretary.

Co-chairmen of the luncheon were Yvonne Gluck and Gail Ramage. The luncheon was catered by Janet Montgomery and her staff.

Ladies Golf will continue to be played through the month of September.

Lake Kezar CC In Social League play last Tuesday, the team of Art Duggan, Jan Maczuba, Fred Calvert and Bob Bean took home first place with a score of 84. Second place with a 94 went to Bill Wapenski, Chuck Ellis, Mike Caron and George Harden.

Jan Maczuba was closest to the pin on Hole 5 at 3 feet, 4.5 inches while Pat Johnston was closest on Hole 16 at 12 feet, 9 inches.

This year, Maine Residents Only Day is on Saturday, Oct. 27, Greenie: Team 8, Pat Johnston, Leon Shackley, Moe Foulds and deer season runs Oct. 29 through Nov. 24. and Hal Taylor.sw

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Topographic map of Pleasant Mountain showing the trails on the mountain.

(Map courtesy of Loon Echo Land Trust)

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“Again among the hills!

The shaggy hills!

The clear arousing air comes like a call Of bugle notes across the pines, and thrills My heart as if a hero had just spoken.

Again among the hills!…” — From “The Hills of Dartmouth”

by Richard Hovey

By Allen Crabtree Guest Writer Pleasant Mountain is a long, prominent ridge that stretches nearly four miles on a northsouth line just west of Moose Pond.

There are three summits — Big Bald Peak (1,932 feet) on the north, the Main Summit (2,006 feet) in the center, and the Southwest Summit (1,900 feet) on the south end of the ridge.

Pleasant Mountain is probably better known as the Shawnee Peak Ski Area, which is located on the north end of the ridge, but there are more than 10 miles of hiking trails on Pleasant Mountain that offer a variety of challenges and wonderful views.

The mountain burned over in about 1860 creating many bare ledges and vistas enjoyed by hikers today. The wild blueberries along the ledges and at the summit are a bonus treat to the views

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Walk to end polio FRYEBURG — The Rotary Club of the Fryeburg Area will hold a “Walk With Me” day to End Polio on Saturday, Sept.

22. The event will begin from Bradley Park in Fryeburg and proceed through the Fryeburg Village Loop. Registration runs from 9 to 10 a.m. and the walk will run from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The club’s website has a poster and sponsor sign-up sheet.

It is suggested that sponsors donate $5 for every mile the participant walks. Please go to www.fryeburgarearotary.org and click on “Walk With Me,” then click on the links to download the poster and sponsor form.

The donations received from the walkers and others who wish to donate will be used to support area projects and Rotary International’s “End Polio Now” campaign. For years, Rotary International has worked tirelessly with world health organizations to eradicate polio.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believe so much in what Rotary is doing that they gave $355,000 to the Rotary Foundation for the eradication of polio, as long as the Rotary earned $200,000. Rotary reached that goal, and the Gates Foundation match kicked in. Now, there are very few pockets of polio left in the world. Rotary pledges to continue the fight till polio is eradicated from the face of the earth. For more information on the Walk With Me Day, please call David Chaffee at 240-1643.

HIKE UP MOUNT CHOCURUA — Molly Ockett Middle School students celebrate reaching the peak at Mount Chocorua as part of their Environmental Science Academy adventure trip.

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FRYEBURG — The Maine Environmental Science Academy (MESA) kicked off the start of the new school year with a two-day adventure at the 4-H camp at Bryant Pond and a hike up Mount Chocorua in New Hampshire.

The Academy is a new program developed to provide the students at Molly Ockett Middle School in Fryeburg with an organized opportunity to become successful academically in a hands-on environmental stewardship-based curriculum and develop leadership skills and potential. Students will design, organize and implement activities and programs that will enhance the culture of Molly Ockett Middle School and surrounding towns.

Plans include citizen science projects such as monitoring the impact roadways have on fracturing animal habitats, studying climate change and many other service projects that benefit the larger communities.

To reduce the impact on the environment and broaden the opportunities, the program is seeking bicycles that can be donated on a tax-free basis.

Bicycles can be dropped off at Molly Ockett Middle School.

Walk for hunger The Bridgton Alliance Church is hosting a “Rise Up and Walk for Hunger” event on Saturday, Sept. 29. This is a six-mile sponsored walk starting and ending at the Bridgton Alliance Church on Route 117. You are not required to walk the entire route, and there is a shuttle service to bring you back to the church, if needed.

All money raised will be hand delivered to the Good Shepherd Food-Bank (every $1 raised = $8 in food), which will then be earmarked and divided between the following six food pantries: Bridgton — United Methodist Church; Casco — Casco Alliance Church, Casco Village Church; Naples — United Methodist Church, CrossWalk Community Outreach; and Harrison — Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Who needs help? It may be your neighbor, a co-worker, or even a family member… many of whom never dreamed that they would need help.

Refreshments will be available after the walk, and individual prizes will be given away. There is also a trophy for the team who raises the most money. For more information, please go to www.bridgtonalliancechurch.org, or call 647-2027.

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STAINED GLASS RAFFLE — The Friends of the Gingerbread House, a landmark building in Norway, are holding a raffle for this stained glass mosaic made and donated by Sue Moccia to help raise funds for the building’s rehabilitation. Moccia’s beautiful window features a large flower motif showing a variety of colors that would fit with any décor and color scheme. The 37 remaining tickets of the 100 originally available will be on sale through October. Raffle tickets are $5 each and may be purchased by sending your request and contribution to the Friends of the Gingerbread House, P.O. Box 525, Norway, Maine 04268. For further information, email the Friends of the Gingerbread House at norwaylandmarks@gmail.com. Also, check the website at www.gingerbreadhousenorway.org

Brownfield Rec BROWNFIELD — Children’s soccer and cheering programs are beginning soon at the Brownfield Community Center, so now is the time to sign up. Information is on the center’s website, at www.brownfieldrecdept.com, and will be sent home with students this week. For questions about the soccer program, call Kelly at 452-2890; for the cheering program, call Coach Lauren at 595-7245. The cost for either program is $25.

Zumba classes started up again Sept. 10 and will be held on Mondays throughout the fall at 6 p.m. at the Brownfield Community Center. The fee is $36 for six weeks or $8 per class.

The Playgroup for children continues on Fridays, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., and is free to all. For more information, call Director Tara Warren at 935-3800.

for more details on each of these trails in planning a trip. A free map and guide can be downloaded from the LELT website http:// www.loonecholandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Pleasant_ Mountain_Brochure_Map.pdf Both Marita Wiser’s excellent Hikes in and around Maine’s Lake Region and the AMC Maine Mountain Guide have detailed information on the Pleasant Mountain trails.

What to bring: Good boots, rain or wind gear, touring poles, tick and mosquito repellant, sunglasses, water and snacks, personal first aid kit, matches, map and compass, trail guide, flashlight and cell phone. Let someone know your hiking plans before you leave!

Next: The next hiking column will be on Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, N.H. For the next Denmark Mountain Hikers climb check The Bridgton News community calendar.

Opinion & Comment

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A Rep’s View

by Richard Cebra State Representative

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STATELY POSE — This photo of a bald eagle was taken from a boat on Highland Lake last Saturday by Karen Collins of Londonderry, N.H., while she was visiting family at Christmas Tree Shores. Karen noticed the eagle sitting on the branch while at the Association beach and decided to walk to the boating area and try to get a good shot. The eagle stayed on the branch for about 45 minutes and was not disturbed by the photo session. It was as though he knew he was beautiful and wanted to share it!

Last possible phone call Views from the Uppermost House

communication lines where one thing is somehow magically connected to everything else.

Thirty years ago, if you told someone that a day would come when in some packed college auditorium or at a plumber’s convention or in the midst of a polo match everyone’s right

front pocket could start spontaneously vibrating or shouting in the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger, they’d say you’re nuts. Current stats imply that there are 312 million people in the United States and 47 trillion cell phones — you do the math.

A friend and I were driving through a small village the other week and saw a phone booth at a little neighborhood market, with the cute little bi-fold doors and graffiti and everything. It was so quaint we just stopped and stared at it.

Considered snapping a photo with a smartphone.

According to the International Association of Obscure Places Where Phone Calls Have Been Made From (IAOOPWPCHBMF) database, the number of possible locations where one person has rung up another has dwindled to the point where finding a novel place to get a dial tone has become as rare as finding an albino baby hedgehog in your sock drawer. In fact, my son and I made a call from the last place in the known universe back in July. Really.

Over the course of a couple of days, my son, the engineer, PHONE, Page D

spot was where the Narrow Gauge line to Harrison once crossed. I began to imagine what that must have been like, a train passing regularly over this busy main artery into town. I spoke with Burt Mabry, an esteemed town elder, about his memories concerning this line and he recalls waiting as a school boy for the train to pass so he could continue on to his home further up the street. I thank Burt for

his insight about this incidence of town history. * * * I have held my position near the gatepost for a half hour as more and more people jostled their way closer to the railroad track that cuts across wide, dusty Portland Street just up from Stevens Brook and then disappears into the woods past the old mill picker house. We are an excited crowd and wait

with rising anticipation as today is the grand opening of the Bridgton and Harrison Narrow Gauge line and a special train will pass this very spot to begin a day of great celebration. This air of expectation has, for the moment, blocked out the mild sense of foreboding I have had about entering high school in only a few short weeks as a freshman, Class of 1902.

This track is the new extension of the narrow gauge line from Bridgton station to Harrison station with a stop at North Bridgton, a distance of five miles. The line has been under construction since March and these tracks have been here for a while as trains hauling equipment, supplies and workers to the job site rolled by quite often so most folks are aware of them.

There is lots of hubbub along the street on this bright, sunny day of Aug. 3, 1898 as the usual horse-drawn vehicles plod along in both directions. I take note of all that pass over the tracks.

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These days the telephone has become as ubiquitous as hair on a cat, covering It is painful to watch Democratic Rep. Seth Berry on his one- virtually every square inch of man crusade to mislead Maine voters about recently enacted society in a matted tangle of income tax cuts.

Who is Seth Berry and why would he mislead you? It’s an election year, of course, but this story begins nearly three years ago, with passage of LD 1495, the Democrats’ flagship tax reform. You may remember that it expanded the sales tax to 102

By Peter C. Berry items and services, such as auto repairs, computer repairs and Special to The News diaper services, and then lowered the top income tax rate by 2 percentage points, from 8.5% to 6.5%.

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Rarely does a television ad these days offer anything but a negative appraisal of a particular candidate. And when the ads do offer a positive view, you really wish they wouldn’t: (Music swells: camera pulls out from the teeth of President Obama, who is grinning that cute little grin of his): “This man cares. He cares enough to help children fund college scholarships, even kids as dumb as asparagus. He cared enough to help local teens get a federal grant to find the short way

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor Medicare covers mammograms in two different ways.

1. Preventive mammograms are covered if you have no history of breast cancer, and no symptoms. As long as you see a Medicare Participating Physician, there is no deductible and no co-pay for these screening exams. Medicare covers one baseline mammogram for women age 35 to 39; and one screening mammogram every 12 months for women over 39 years of age.

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Democrat platform excludes God driving our country to bankruptcy. I expected Governor Chris Christie to do that, but he didn’t.

I expected Congressman Paul Ryan to do it more vehemently, but he was way too easy on them. I was disappointed.

At the Democrat convention, people on the floor who were panned by TV cameras brought back memories from when I belonged to that party.

They looked like hero-worshipers. There was something in their eyes that told me they were looking for someone to follow and were ready to abandon themselves in the process.

They were people in whom

feelings trumped thought. As they responded to different speakers, I saw envy and anger and grievance. They wore funny costumes with flags, stars and stripes, buttons. Funny hats too.

It all seemed relatively harmless though, until I saw how they reacted to the floor vote about putting God back into their platform. That was troubling. Deeply so.

It’s not clear exactly who removed God’s name or why, but Republicans noticed it right away and pounced on it.

The Mainstream Media tried to ignore it — as they always have when something reflects negatively on liberal Democrats — but conservative outlets like AM radio, the Drudge Report, the blogosphere, and Fox News are getting more and more audience share and the story went out so widely that the Dems had to do something. So, President Obama told convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa to

(Continued from Page D) physical exam reveals a lump.

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By Meredith Wheeler President Friends of Sebago Lake On Oct. 4, 2012, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MeBEP) will commence the legal journey that decides the environmental fate of Sebago Lake.

The MeBEP will hear testimony for the appeals of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s (MeDEP) Water Quality Certification (WQC).

The MeDEP submitted this WQC to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Aug. 29, 2011. The WQC includes recommendations for lake level parameters and other lake management limitations. A WQC must state that the operation of the SD Warren Company’s Sebago Lake outlet dam and hydroelectric project will not cause water quality degradation and conforms to state and federal environmental laws.

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by Tom McLaughlin News Columnist

(Continued from Page D) Silly things, these national conventions are — part costume party, part Halloween. I enjoy political conferences like CPAC — the Conservative Political Action Conference — because there’s a lot of intelligent debate by informed participants, and without the silliness.

Conventions seem more like masquerade parties at which people have too much to drink and behave accordingly.

I was unhappy with the Republican convention because it didn’t go after Democrats strongly enough on how they’re

fix it. “He wanted both God and Jerusalem back in the platform,” said the chairman, who is also mayor of Los Angeles.

Villaraigosa did his best, but rather than fix the problem, he inadvertently made it worse.

The reaction from hundreds of rank-and-file delegates on the floor was downright scary.

First, he asked that the change to be read aloud, and cameras focused on a dignified-looking man who read the amendment, which included language endorsing Jerusalem as capital of Israel and the following: “I am here to attest and affirm that our faith and belief in God is essential to the American story and informs the values we’ve expressed in our party’s platform.”

Then, Villaraigosa called for a voice vote to accept it. Many said yes, but when he asked who was opposed, many others shouted “No!” Although it took a two-thirds majority to

change the platform, it sounded like a majority were quite vehemently opposed. Villaraigosa looked very troubled up there on the podium. Because he knew what a public-relations disaster was unfolding before him? You’d have to ask him, but that’s the way it looked to this writer. Anyone watching with a belief in the Almighty had to be dismayed. No, not dismayed.

Repulsed. They had to be asking themselves what kind of party Democrats had become.

Twice more, Villaraigosa asked how many were opposed.

Each time, the anti-God and anti-Israel contingents shouted louder. It was bad, very bad, and one Republican took advantage of it immediately. Congressman Allen West, who is targeted by Democrat billionaire George Soros for defeat in his Florida district, edited it down to a 60second commercial that is, in my opinion, the most effective political ad I’ve seen in decades.

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After depicting the abovedescribed events, text appeared saying: “That’s [West’s opponent] Patrick Murphy’s party.”

It then asked the question: “Who would have thought that the word ‘God’ would be that controversial?”

As indicated, I used to belong to the Democrat party, but resigned 20 years ago. It had changed and so had I. It moved left even faster than I moved right. For decades, Democrats had been driving out anyone who didn’t support abortion, just as they’re now calling those who oppose so-called gay marriage “hateful.” They’re driving America off a fiscal cliff and blaming the “rich” for it.

Democrats and I became fundamentally incompatible.

How many more will look at events at their convention last week and come to the same conclusion?

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

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A Sebago Lake showdown in Augusta

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Greater Lovell Land Trust Lovell, Maine Property Offered by Public Bid

A certain property, that includes a residential building, garage and 53 acres off of Christian Hill Road in Lovell, Maine, is being offered for sale by a sealed bid process.

For more information and to receive a bid package, contact Tom Henderson, Executive Director, Greater Lovell Land Trust at 207-9251056, or tom@gllt.org or visit the land trust website www.gllt.org 4T37

The 2011 WQC contains a significant change from the present 1997 MeDEP Lake Level Management Plan (LLMP). The new WQC allows lake levels to fluctuate four feet, eight inches below the maximum spillway height before a minimum flow of one third of the average outflow is required. The WQC parameters more resemble the lake levels, and fluctuations that occurred before 1982, except the lower historical levels have been mostly eliminated.

Two individuals have filed a timely appeal of the WQC — Douglas Watts of Augusta and Charles Frechette of Sebago, a marina owner. The Watts appeal contains 15 claims, which state that the WQC violates state and federal laws. The Frechette appeal claims that the WQC will hurt marina interests, render shallow coves and rivers inaccessible to boats, de-water

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THE TOWN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FROM 8 A.M. TO 11 A.M. ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 TO ALLOW FOR ANNUAL STAFF TRAINING. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

wetlands and displace fish and wildlife. Several of the Watts’ claims involve restoring the native landlocked salmon fishery access to the upper Presumpscot River and the natural flow of the river, which existed before Warren’s Eel Weir hydropower project diverted the flow of the river to a power canal in 1904.

Watts claims that at least every two in nine years, lake levels must drop five feet, eight inches and lower below the spillway as they formerly did. This must occur to preserve suitable habitat and water quality for native fish species.

Mr. Frechette is asking that lake levels not fall less than 1-foot, 8-inches below the spillway from April 1 to Nov. 1. It is likely that the MeBEP will deny both appeals. In that event, both appellants will file their appeals before Superior Court. Unlike Frechette’s appeal, which is

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Title 14 § 6203-A 3 117 Woods Pond Drive, Bridgton, Maine 04009 Mortgage in Book 26245, Page 23 at Cumberland County Registry of Deeds

By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by WP MANAGEMENT, LLC to BLUESTONE CAPITAL, LLC dated JULY 30, 2008 and recorded in the CUMBERLAND County Registry of Deeds, Book 26245, Page 23, of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, PURSUANT TO AND IN EXECUTION OF SAID POWERS for breach of conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same there will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION all and the singular premises AS CONVEYED

BY SAID MORTGAGE DEED TO WHICH REFERENCE MAY BE HAD FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION THEREOF. THE SALE WILL TAKE PLACE ON October 9, 2012 at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon, said place of sale being located on the premises known as 117 Woods Pond Drive, Bridgton, Maine 04009.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00: cash, certified or bank check or other funds satisfactory to the mortgagee to be paid at time of sale, and the

balance to be paid on delivery of deed on or before thirty (30) days from date of sale, otherwise deposit shall be deemed liquidated damages. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale; to convey to the next highest bidder upon default of the successful bidder to complete the sale; to reject any and all bids; and to announce further terms at the time of sale. The successful bidder will be required to execute a memorandum of sale. The mortgagee will convey the property to the purchaser by a quitclaim deed without covenant.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

Additional information regarding the sale may be obtained by contacting the auctioneer: James R. St. Jean, 45 Exeter Road, Epping, NH 03042, (603) 734-4348.

Date: September 11, 2012 Bluestone Capital, LLC, by its Attorneys, s/Alexander S. Buchanan, PLLC Alexander S. Buchanan, Esquire 30 Temple Street, Suite 201 Nashua, N.H. 03060 (603) 882-5129

The Harrison Board of Selectmen is seeking individuals interested in serving on the Harrison Planning Board. The term of this appointment will be until the next annual town elections in June 2013. Anyone interested in this appointment may contact the Town Manager George Finch, or Secretary Mary Tremblay by calling 583-2241, or stop in at the Harrison Town Office. The Selectmen will consider this appointment at its meeting on October 4, 2012.

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s/Mary M. Tremblay, Secretary PUBLIC NOTICE

The Harrison Planning Board will meet on October 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Office Meeting Room to hear a proposed Site Plan Review Application submitted by Harrison Marina, represented by Jason Randall, to rebuild and include a small light fare restaurant.

Located at 7 Main Street, Harrison, Tax Map 45, Lot 81.

All interested individuals are encouraged to attend.

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s/Mary M. Tremblay, Secretary Harrison Planning Board

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TOWN OF NAPLES BOARD OF APPEALS The Naples Board of Appeals will meet on September 25, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Naples Municipal Office Building located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: 1. Review and approve Minutes of July 31, 2012.

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INVITATION TO BID

Bid Specs available at Town Office. Bids are due at town office by 4:00 p.m. September 26, 2012. Mark envelope “Sand Bid.”

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The regularly-scheduled Planning Board meeting is to be held immediately after the public hearing.

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The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a Public Hearing on September 25, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room located at the Municipal Office Building at 3 Chase Street in Bridgton, to receive public input regarding applications from Paul A. Gallinari (Powerhouse Salvage), and Ovide Corbeil (Ovide’s Used Cars) for renewal of their Automobile/Junkyard permits to be issued for October 2012 until October 2013 pursuant to the provisions of 30-A MRSA 3751 et. seq.

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THE TOWN OF DENMARK IS ACCEPTING BIDS FOR 3000± YARDS OF WINTER SAND

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Many of the letters and documents related to the WQC and the relicensing of the Warren’s Eel Weir dam can be read on the website www.friendsofsebago. org The position of the new highwater organization, Save Our Sebago, supporting the appeal of Charles Frechette can be read on the website, www.saveoursebago.org Watts was the subject of a chapter in the acclaimed book Eels by James Prosek. Watts is no newcomer to court battles with government agencies and hydro dam owners about restoring sea run fish to their natural inland ranges. Insight to the motivation behind the Watts appeal can be discovered in Douglas Watts’ new book, Alewives. The book can be ordered online at www. lulu.com Note: The Oct. 4 date is tentative. MeBEP has already changed the meeting time twice before. It appears they are having difficulty preparing their case against the Watts’ appeal.

The Denmark Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thurs., September 27, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Denmark Town Office to consider a Conditional Use Permit for Map 34, Lot 66, at 34 Autumn Lane, Denmark.

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mainly based on claims of economic harm, the Watts appeal challenges the WQC on upholding foundations of the Clean Water Act and the Great Ponds Act. The Portland Water District and three other state agencies with jurisdiction over the Presumpscot River Watershed have indicated their support of the WQC. The Friends of Sebago Lake (FOSL), the most active and oldest citizens advocacy group for protecting the quality of Sebago Lake has agreed to accept the WQC as a compromise. However, FOSL has filed letters to FERC stating that the WQC will fail to create adequate storage capacity sufficient to reduce unnatural flooding and will contribute to more unlawful flowage trespasses. FOSL believes that the Watts claim that the lower levels are necessary for restoring the natural bio-diverse habitat of wetlands, littoral areas and streams entering Sebago Lake is correct.

2. New Business: An Administrative Appeal for property located on Dees Way and shown on Naples Tax Map U35, Lot 25, submitted

by Cynthia White.

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For more information contact Ken Richardson at 452-2310.

The Town of Denmark reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

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TOWN OF DENMARK PUBLIC NOTICE 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.

Any questions, please contact the Denmark Town Office at (207) 452-2163.

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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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To The Editor: The Casco Village Church United Church of Christ would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the following summer camps for donating what food remained in their kitchens at season’s end to our Food Pantry: Camp Pinehurst, Camp Wawenock and Kingsley Pines.

The need is so great this year and your kindness helps further our mission in the community and in the church. God bless!

Wanda Vaughn-Carr Office Administrator Casco Village Church United Church of Christ

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To The Editor: Today is my 73rd birthday and as a present to myself, I am writing yet another letter to The Bridgton News. It seems to be my only public avenue in which to express my own individual spirit.

So here goes in the Virginia (Tilla) Durr, as per usual mode: Tom McLaughlin tells us our president when employed as a community organizer used the black people of Rosalind, Ill. to indulge his own racial bias against white people to “engineer” inexpensive subprime mortgage loans. He claimed this young new graduate from Harvard Law School did this so that black people, living in

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poverty, could buy homes they could not afford. The particulars are that Obama, acting in his role as a community organizer before he entered elective politics, launched a class action suit on behalf of blacks against Citibank, claiming Citibank discriminated against black people by refusing to loan them money to buy houses they could ill afford. According the McLaughlin and his “fact base,” the president won the suit and now Rosalind, Ill. is (like the rest of America) in economic shambles. I suppose I could go and “fact check” whether or not Obama organized his case against Citibank, but I have determined that these days “facts” are a matter of who has the bully pulpit. This is not to say Democrats, as well as Republicans, share some of the

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blame for the creative financing, subprime fiasco.

However, everything I know to be true in this world from 73 years of living, tells me Obama is not the “engineer” of subprime loans. I do not believe he was born in Kenya, or that he hates God and America because he was abandoned by his anti-Colonialist father. I do not believe Obama is a Muslim, Communist, conspirator against America, etc. Every bit of my 73 years of life experience and reading about the ebb and tide of human history tells me Tom McLaughlin’s “facts” are out of context and misleading at best.

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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

HEATING

A –1 Thompson’s Services LLC Cleanings and repairs, Boilers Furnaces, Monitors, Oil tanks New installations, 24 hr burner service Licensed and insured 207-693-7011 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 13, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page D gians, politicians and pundits can distort truth because they convince themselves that God sees them and their success as God given. Victims of exploitation, stereotyping, economic and social injustice and persecution are declared to have “brought on their own victimization or pathology.” This is caused by everything from genetic make-up, inadequate parenting, to refusing to surrender to positive thinking and the connective energy of universal energy proved by quantum physics.

So, I write this “letter to the editor” on my 73rd birthday to remind myself that I am profoundly imperfect and flawed.

I write this as well to remind myself that despite of the frailties of human imperfection, the challenges of the aging process LP GAS

and an ever growing knowledge of approaching death, I must not let go of the daily wrestling match I have with conscience, faith and the nature of an intended, if not always practiced democracy. I must remind myself to love myself and others unconditionally, even with all that looms in the shadows of the human soul. I must confess to times of envy, jealousy, competitive strivings, fear, poor judgment, poor decisions with lasting consequences, anger, rage and despair. I am impatient to think that my desire to tell the truth best I can and love God may not be rewarded on this earth but in some mythical heaven. I want heaven on earth. So, I daily take the plunge in prayer to allow my soul to go naked LETTERS, 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

Classifieds

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 at 42 U.S.C. 3604(c) makes it unlawful “to make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale, or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

CHALMERS INSURANCE

EVERGREEN CLEANING — Lake Region’s eco-friendly cleaning service. Homes-offices-camps and more. Great rates, fully insured. Call 207-253-9044.

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DAY CARE

CATERPILLAR CLUBHOUSE — Childcare has openings for ages 6 weeks to 10 years of age. I have a degree in childhood education and 180+ hours of early childhood developmental trainings. Year round preschool curriculum. To set up an interview, call 595-5209.

6t32 PENCIL BOX KIDZ — Before and after school care program for your elementary and middle school child.

Call Tracy for more details at 207595-3647, thank you!

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FOR SALE

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REAL ESTATE

Part of the Chalmers Group

100 Main Street, Bridgton, ME 04009 Phone: 207-647-3311 Fax: 207-647-3003 www.chalmers-ins.com

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL — Logger and heat with carbon neutral wood or wood pellets. Purchase a Central Boiler outdoor wood furnace on sale, EPA qualified to 97% efficient.

603-447-2282.

13t27x $5 FOR TATTERED – U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x 5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46 PIGLETS — Ten, 7 weeks old, all white. 5 males, 5 females. $60 each.

Call after 6 p.m. 787-4243. Naples.

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HELP WANTED

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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WANTED GUNS - AMMO

ITEMS FOR SALE — Couch; love seat; 3 high-backed chairs; TVs; stereo equipment; some antiques; lots of miscellaneous furniture; one season old woodstove 78,000 BTUs, heats 2,200 square feet, big frontloading glass door with blower, $550; lots of beautiful paintings and numbered prints; vintage John Deere 316 with hydraulics and 3 attachments, $1,250. 207-809-4002, 508-566-9333 cell.

2t37 J C HURD FIREWOOD — $290 cord seasoned, cut, split and delivered. $280 per cord for 2 cord minimum. Call 207-925-6127.

7t37 GLENWOOD COOK STOVE — CH 280, good condition. $400 cash or best offer. Denmark, 412-889-9353.

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ELECTRIC SCOOTER — Four wheeler extra front. Two baskets, excellent condition. Books included.

Used twice. Call 925-1800. 2t37x

Small Engine

Repair & Sharpening • Trimmers • Chain Saws • Push Mowers • Blowers

Modern or Antique Buy • Sell • Trade

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Sweden Trading Post

HARRISON — 1-bedroom, 1-bath furnished apartment. $725 month.

WANTED Some utilities included. No pets. No smoking. Call 595-2199 FMI. Avail. THE ROTARY CLUB — of 10/1-6/1.

1t37x Fryeburg Area is looking for your old, used, unwanted and discarded items BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom, 1-bath for our Annual Bountiful Harvest updated apartment, 2 levels with stor- Live and Silent Auction. Please call age, w/waterfront on upper Moose Pat White at 207-935-3733 to arrange Pond, w/dock, deck, quiet area, 2 pickup.

1t37 miles from Shawnee Peak. $715/ month includes heat only. No pets/ REAL ESTATE FOR SALE smoking. First and security required NAPLES — 5-bedroom with full inwith application. Call 647-4000. law apartment, dock on Sebago, rights

3t35 to 3rd beach. $390,000. Call Chris, tf15 ROOMMATE WANTED — in 207-693-4408.

Bridgton in a brand new home with CASCO — Stunning, 70-acre lot. own private bath. Washer and dryer, One minute off Route 302, very $350. a month plus utilities, security private, 20-acre pond, wildlife, huge deposit and references. No pets. 595- trees, unique. Sacrificed for $149K. 2969.

4t35x Other unique lots available. Call 6173t37 BRIDGTON — 3-bedroom, 2-bath 625-1717. furnished house. $850 month, no utili- LAKEFRONT — Denmark. Moose ties. No pets. No smoking. Call 595- Pond 2.18 acres, 184 feet shorefront 2199 FMI. Avail. 10/1-6/1 1t37x with dock. Mountain Road, Firelane LOVELL — Serene. Quiet. Very large #56, $350,000. 207-452-2569. tf23 apartment: 1 bedroom, full kitchen & BUSINESS SERVICES bath, and living room with fireplace in new carriage house. $995 month HEAP HAULERS — Towing includes electricity, laundry hookup, service. Cash paid for junk cars. Call tf12 and 50% of heat. Mountain views and 655-5963.

Kezar Lake access. No pets/no smoking. 1 year lease/first and security de- HANDYMAN SERVICES — Over posit/reference check required. (207) 20 years of experience with a spe925-6586.

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Free estimates, please call Anthony 4t34x BRIDGTON — Quiet 2-bedroom 647-4287. apartment, $875, utilities included or $685 no utilities. Call for details. 781- ORGANIC CLEANING — Lakes 361-1368. tf36 Region’s first non-toxic cleaning service provides all equipment and BALDWIN — 3-bedroom, 1-bath supplies. 15-plus years of excellent basement apartment with shared service. Excellent references. FMI tf32 kitchen on a 1,000-acre horse farm. 595-1542.

Animals welcome. $800 month, 1/2 utilities and use of barn, dog kennels J. C. HURD — Property ManageHome/cottage, and trails. 310-3960.

1t37x ment/Caretaking. building and repairs, lawns, fields, BRIDGTON — Main Street house trees and road driveway maintenance. with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, new Lovell & surrounding towns. Call tf25 energy windows, new furnace, new 207-925-6127. appliances, porch, deck, large yard.

Rent $1,100 plus utilities, security DEN­MARK HOUSE — Painting, $1,000, pets negotiable. Call 693- Inc. Inter­ior and Exterior Paint­ing.

3968.

3t37x Also, Paper­hang­ing. 40 years of painting ex­pe­ri­ence. Call for esti­ WEST BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom, mates. Call John Math­ews, 207-452 tf49 1-bath, 2-level apartment with deck, 2781. newly updated, waterfront on the upper basin of Moose Pond, with dock. RON PERRY CARPENTRY — Storage area in basement. No pets/ Renovations and new construction. smoking. $715 month includes heat 35 years of experience, no job too only. Application required. 1st & se- small or too big. Bridgton, Me. 9785t33x curity required. Call 207-647-4000. 502-7658.

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CASCO — 1-bedroom, 1-bath furnished apartment for year ‘round lease. $700 month, utilities included.

Avail. immediately. 595-2199. 1t37x BROWNFIELD — 3,000-squarefoot, three-level, 3-bedroom, 3-bath contemporary home on 5.8 acres with open fields and woods. Spacious, open floor plan, three season sun room, wood stove, central vac, lots of windows and doors for natural light with southern exposure. 2-car garage, 2-stall barn for horses, oil heat/wood, hot water/electric. Part of #72 School District. Fryeburg Academy $1,300 plus utilities. No smoking. No cats.

1st & security deposit with application. Call 207-647-4000.

3t37 NAPLES — 1-bedroom apartment, attractive open floor plan with woodburning fireplace and large deck. Private location over garage with new laminate floors. $650 month with inexpensive utilities. No smoking. References a must. Call 310-8664. 3t37 BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom sunny upstairs apartment. $500 plus utilities and security deposit. No pets. Available immediately. Call 935-2472.

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WINTER RENTAL — Home on Highland Lake, mid-October through end of May. Walk to downtown. 3bedroom, 2-bath, open concept, W/D, dishwasher. New construction. No NEW WOOD/COAL BOILER smoking, no pets. $800 a month plus — still on pallet. $3,200 or trade for utilities. References required plus setf34 enclosed trailer. 647-8123.

1t37x curity deposit. 647-5991.

CAMPERS FIREWOOD — ½ HARRISON — 3-bedroom, 1-bath cord loads. Please call Ron at 647- home, $1,300 month. Some utilities 5173 between 5 and 8 p.m. Thank included. No pets. No smoking. Avail.

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23t17x 10/1-6/1. 595-2199.

VEHI­CLES FOR SALE WATERFORD — 2-bedroom mobile home in quiet neighborhood, 1990 FORD F150 4X4 — with plow. nicely maintained grounds, no pets, Used to plow only my driveway. first, last, security. $650. 583-4011. $1,900. 647-8123.

1t37x 2t37x BOLSTERS MILLS— 1-bedroom apartment includes lights and heat.

References required, non-smokers, no pets. $500. per month. Call 743-6895.

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Buying and Offering US Coins Gold & Silver Bullion

LITTLE SEBAGO LAKEFRONT — 2-bedroom furnished house, W/D, no smoking, September - June. Security plus utilities, $500 month. Call 829-6704.

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142 Main Street Conway, NH 603-447-3611 Metal Detectors

HELP WANTED Inside Sales Clerk

207-415-9463 BRIDGTON

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For Rent Commercial:

Fryeburg: 4500 sq. ft. heated space for commercial enterprise. Uses can vary from retail to light manufacturing, assembly, electrical/plumbing repair area. Water and heat are supplied. Electricity is negotiable. If you are a start-up or older business and need more space, let’s talk, we may be able to help you as you grow. Space can be divided to fit your needs.

207-256-8056

NAPLES SHOPPING CENTER

Equal Opportunity Employer

No. Bridgton, ME 04057

207-595-8741 or 207-647-2555

Green Assorted Hardwoods Loose Thrown Firewood Cut, Split and Delivered • State-Certified $ per cord

190.00

Price subject to change. Let us help keep you warm.

STUART SALVAGE 838-9569

693-5499

DENMARK SELF-STORAGE 10' x 10' Unit $50.00 per month

207-452-2157

SEASONED FIREWOOD

250

$

per cord

Green, $200.00 per cord. Minimum 2 cords for delivery Call 925-1138 or check us out on the web at www.westermainetimberlands.com

Lawns & Fields

Western Maine Timberlands Inc.

Tamed & Trimmed

The candidate should possess a BA, be certified as Ed Tech III and qualify for a Behavioral Health Professional Certificate, (BHP).

Land Clearing • Logging/Chipping Stump Grinding • Erosion Control

Visit our web site www.NAFI.com or e-mail us at audreyhuot@nafi.com or nfinorthhr@nafi.com

FREE ESTIMATES

SENIOR & MILITARY DISCOUNTS A QUASNITSCHKAGRINNELL CO. GRIZ 1T37CD

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207-415-9463 | BRIDGTON grizgrent@aol.com

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• Tree Removal • House Lot Clearing • Pruning • Brush Mowing

• We Buy Standing Timber • Crane Work • Firewood 25 Years Experience � Fully Insured

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Candidates send cover letter and resume to: Program Director 15 Wayside Avenue Bridgton, ME 04009 EOE/AA

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Lots & Land

For our Day Treatment Program In the Bridgton area, which serves grades K-8

Some Weekends are required.

Mother’s Hours.

Please apply in person between 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Route 302, Bridgton No phone calls please

M&J FIREWOOD

207-693-3988

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER’S AIDE

Housekeeper

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for Junk Cars

a National leader in Human Services has an immediate opening for the position of

Part-time, year round

BRILL LUMBER

Paying TOP DOLLAR

NFI NORTH, INC.

HOUSE — Available July 1st. 3bedroom/1-bath, home built 2005. tile/hardwood. Dead end street/nice yard/deck/storage shed. $1,075. 207319-5772. tf24

NOW HIRING!

159 Harrison Rd., Bridgton, Maine

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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NORTH BRIDGTON — 1,700square-foot, 3-bedroom apartment, 2½-bath, Monitor heat, $800 month, 1st, last, security. Some utilities paid.

647-3953.

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Rte. 302, Bridgton

Full-time. Experience helpful but not necessary. Competitive wages and benefits. Inquire within. Ask for Steve.

103 North Bridgton Road

The Umbrella Factory Supermarket

NORTH BRIDGTON — 2-bedroom, 1-bath plus loft apartment. Washer & dryer, deck. $800 per month. Pets considered. No smoking. Call for info 207-712-5996.

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HARRISON — 3-4 bedroom, 2bath house, living room, dining room, washer and dryer. 1½ acres. Close to school and town and beaches. $950 month. References and security. Call 207-653-8718.

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A Quasnell Co.

Will Travel

FOR RENT

HARRISON — Main Street, sunny 2nd floor 2-bedroom apartment, fully -applianced in “like new” condition.

Available now at $895/month heat included. For information or to apply, contact Susan at Heritage Rentals at 207-583-6001. tf42

14 FT. ALUMINUM BOAT — Heavy gauge, very solid. Now on Long Lake, $325. Call 703-6278735.

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SPEEDBOAT — 1966 Century mahogany 16’ 285 Gray Marine. 888 original hours. Needs some plank restoration. 1988 trailer. $6,500. 693- JESUS IS LORD – new and used 6701, Sonny 04055-1535.

6t33x auto parts. National locator. Most HILLTOP FIREWOOD — parts 2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s Seasoned, $220 cord delivered. Call Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton,

tf30 for details, 890-9300. tf25 207-647-5477.

& MILITARY ITEMS

207-647-8163

TRUMPET— 1,000 B CG Conn. with case. $300 OBRO. 647-8123. 1t37x

FOR RENT

SANDY CREEK — One-bedroom furnished apartment, $650 per month plus utilities, security deposit. 6473565. tf30

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Discriminatory Advertising under the Fair Housing Act

WORK WANTED

SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR — looking for plumbing and electric FIREWOOD — Green, $175 cord; work in the local area. Call 647-8026. dry $225 cord. Call 595-4016 or 583 tf45 4227.

4t36 NEED YOUR HOUSE CLEANED? 3/16 x 6’, 8’, 10’ POWER SHEARS — I am your girl. $15 per hour. Also — 6’, 8’, 10’ press brakes, 16 gage could run local errands. Excellent ref- notcher, spot welders, sand blaster, erences. Call 632-0540.

3t37x lathes, mills, surface grinders; also, EXCAVATING – Have hoe, will wood working equipment. risons@ travel. Site work, foundations dug, comcast.net, www.risons.com. Phone: back filling, septic systems, sand, (603) 382-5671, Fax: (603) 382loam, gravel. Call Brad Chute, 653- 8288. 253 Main Street, Plaistow, N.H. 3t37 4377 or 627-4560. tf44 03865.

FOR RENT

CASCO — Completely furnished rooms, heat, lights & cable TV included. $120 weekly. No pets. Call cell, 207-650-3529. tf44

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Classified advertising is sold in this space at the rate of $3.50 for 20 words or less and 15¢ a word over 20. All ads are payable in advance.

Repeats are charged at the same rate as new ads. Ads taken over the phone must be called in by Monday with payment arriving by Tuesday. A charge of $1.00 per week extra is made for the use of a box number if requested. A Charge of $1.00 per classified is made if billing is necessary. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriams are charged at the same rate as classified ads. Poetry is charged by the inch.

Classified display is sold at $6.25 per column inch. Classified advertisers must furnish written copy.

The Bridgton News assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements other than to reprint that part of any advertisement in which a typographical error occurs. Advertisers will please notify the business office promptly of any errors that may occur, phone 207-647-2851.

FOR SALE

PLEASE CONSIDER – donating your leftover garage sale items and your attic, basement and closet overflow to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter. Go to our website www. harvesthills.org for details or call 9354358, ext. 21 tf3

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HELP WANTED

PART-TIME DELIVERY DRIVER — 1-2 days a week. Inquire in person at Superior Paint after 10 a.m., 316 Portland Road, Bridgton, Me. 1t37

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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY ADS Deadline: Friday 4:00 p.m.

CLASSIFIED LINE ADS Deadline: Monday 5:00 p.m.

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Opinions

Classifieds BUSINESS SERVICES MOLD & UNWANTED DIRT — removal. Call K & M Pressure Washing Services, specializing in house siding. Call 583-7941.

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YARD SALES

GARAGE SALES — Saturdays at 12 Mt. Henry Road, Bridgton at 9 a.m. Variety and some antiques. FMI call 647-8210.

3t37 MOVING SALE — Saturday, Sept.

15, 8-1, rain or shine, 37 Woodland Shores Drive, Naples. Tools, furniture, household items, linens, patio furniture, lawn mower, shop vac and much more.

1t37x FAMILY DOWNSIZING — Everything must go! Furniture, ladies plus-sized clothing, boys and mens clothing, books, games, toys, household, scrapbooking supplies, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m., 1052 South High Street, Bridgton. 1t37x

Letters

(Continued from Page D) in my pleas to Jesus to show me how to better serve God and my brothers and sisters — those within my immediate purview and those who though not known intimately are still God’s family. I do this even as I watch myself and multitudes of others blamed and persecuted for sins of omission and commission that belong to humankind. I do this even when I see the earth scorched and plundered unnecessarily.

Virginia “Tilla” Durr Bridgton

Losing the war

YARD SALE — Saturday, Sept.

15th, 19 Holden Hills, North Bridgton. 2 white wicker bureaus, large cat scratching post, desk chair, ladies clothing, household items & toys, Stampin’ Up stamp sets and To The Editor: scrapbooking. Many new, quilting It’s a bad time to be a cloth.

1t37 Republican. GOP Senator BARN/MOVING SALE — Saturday & Sunday, 9-4 or ongoing by appointment through September at 207-809-4002. Lots of miscellaneous items. 53 Old Elm Rd., North Bridgton (off Route 117).

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Your ad could be right here.

Call

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Lindsey Graham of South Carolina recently said this about his party: “The demographics war we’re losing badly. We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long haul.”

Veteran GOP political strategist Ed Rollins stated that the GOP is “a bunch of old, white guys and unfortunately, a lot of them are fat like me.”

Today’s GOP is 89% white.

The Republican National Convention looked like an ocean of aging Caucasians with a lonely ethnic-minority face peeking out now and then. No wonder it’s become nearly impossible for Republicans to win the votes of young people, women, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics and Muslims. Why would these peo-

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ple vote for a party that clearly detests them?

Susan Feiner, professor of economics at the University of Southern Maine, recently wrote, “Republican positions on every social issue embody nostalgia for a bygone era of women as second-class citizens, immigrants and people of color as despised ‘others,’ and consenting adults monitored by Big Brother.”

It’s clear why right-wingers in America have become so angry and belligerent. They’re scared out of their wits by the prospect of being displaced from their historic position as “top dogs” in our society. In a decade or so, they won’t be able to muster enough angry white voters to win a national election, and that explains their furious war cry: “Give us back our country.”

Our local far-right propagandist, Tom McLaughlin, is the quintessential angry white guy. He rants endlessly against feminists, ethnic minorities, immigrants, “Islamo-fascists” and anyone else he fears might threaten the power of people who look like him.

These demographic realities leave the Republican Party with three options, two of which they probably will reject. They could abandon their failing “Southern Strategy” which has enabled them to win elections since Richard Nixon by pandering to racist, anti-immigrant fears and prejudices, especially in the South. Alternatively, they simply could decide to become a regional minority party, sliding gracefully into oblivion over the next 20 years or so. Nah! Forget it. Nothing enrages these guys more than the fear of being governed by people they consider inferior. Remember, their nearinsane reaction to the election of our first African-American president.

Unfortunately, once Republicans realize they can’t win honest elections anymore, they most likely will try to win dishonestly. Look for ever more brazen attempts to rig our electoral system so they can’t lose, the way they’ve already rigged our economic system.

Consider the current attempts by Republican state governments (including ours) to suppress opposition voting by enacting voter ID laws, abolishing early voting and eliminating sameday registration. No matter what GOP propagandists like McLaughlin may say, that has nothing to do with almost-nonexistent voter fraud.

As the numbers of their potential supporters decrease, expect Republicans to try to decrease the numbers of those who might dare to vote against them. I hope I’m wrong, but I doubt it. I left the GOP decades ago for good reason. I saw this kind of stuff coming.

Rev. Robert Plaisted Bridgton

Constitution week

To The Editor: We are in the midst of the 225th anniversary of the signing the Constitution of the United States. We celebrate Constitution Week, Sept. 17-23.

On Sept. 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was completed and signed by a majority of the delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty-nine delegates signed. Five of the delegates who signed are buried near each other in Philadelphia.

They are Benjamin Franklin, Jacob Broom, Pierce Butler, Robert Morris and James Wilson.

Then on Sept. 25, 1789, 12 amendments were added to the Constitution, but only 10 were approved and adopted by Congress in 1791. They are known today as the Bill of Rights.

Today, we enjoy our freedom, justice, liberty and peace thanks to these sacred documents.

Virginia Moran Molly Ockett Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

Balance the budget

To The Editor: This is my take on the problems on Capitol Hill in

September 13, 2012, The Bridgton News, Page D

SURPRISE PARTY — Past Commander Cathy Merrill and her sister, Kim, both Air Force veterans, held a surprise birthday party at the American Legion Post #155 hall on Aug. 26 for their dad, Delvin Merrill, a Korean War veteran and POW, who is 80 years young, and uncle Curtis Merrill, an Air Force veteran and Post Commander 2012, who is 75 years young. Pictured left to right: Phil Palmer, Marilee Shaw, Delvin Merrill, Pat Grant, Curtis Merrill and Mary Neal. It was a great celebration and fun for all in attendance.

Washington, D.C. The Republican-led House of Representatives has sent approximately 30 bills to the Democratic-led Senate for discussion or vote. Senate Democratic League Harry Reid will not bring any of them up for a “yea” or “nay” vote. If one might pass that the president didn’t like and vetoed it, it might make the Democrats look bad. This is why we need to elect Republican senators to control the Senate and to stop the gridlock.

It is a law that Congress must pass a budget by April 15.

The House has done it, but the Senate hasn’t passed one since April 2009. So why is all of Congress to blame for gridlock on Capitol Hill?

In Maine, we need to elect Charlie Summers. Angus King is a Democrat in disguise. His picture on the front page of the Portland Press Herald supporting President Obama tells it all. We, in Maine, also need to elect Kevin Raye and John Courtney to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Now, I have a question.

What did former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush, with a Democratic-led House and Senate, do to create their recessions? Why is it that Democrats don’t want a balanced budget or a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution? Perhaps, the Tea “taxed enough already” Party can help get it done. If the mainstream media were like Fox News, it would get done.

Erwin McAllister Sr. Fryeburg

Donate cautiously

To The Editor: I want to take this time to remind everyone to be very, very cautious this year when sending your money to any local charity. I made a very costly mistake for the last few years sending my well-intentioned financial donation to help during the holidays and ended up in a true mess. Sadly, I had sent them hundreds of dollars to a supposed local charity over the years and I found my donations weren’t going to help me come tax time. It was my own fault, but never again.

Working hard for your dollar, you should be able to get answers when you ask these charities some simple questions. Don’t get caught up in the emotion of the moment and blindly write that check to charity. Check it out! Most of us never take the time to find out about if they are even legitimate charities before writing our check. I admit I didn’t do it. I didn’t do my homework and it cost me. I got audited later and found out my supposed donation was not even tax deductible. The supposed “local charity” was not even listed as a tax-exempt organization anywhere on the Internet, I later found out. They were just a group of well-intentioned people, but we all know “the path to hell is paved with good intentions.” Those good intentions mean nothing when you get audited.

Check your proposed charity online. Official tax-exempt official nonprofit organizations’ names can be found on Charity Navigator, Guidestar or the Internal Revenue Service website by simply plugging in the organization’s name. If

their name is not there and you want something that you write to be tax deductible, then find another charity to send it to.

Don’t make the mistake I did.

If their names are not listed on these sites, you are throwing your money away.

Nonprofits have a board of directors and oversight for their funds. They have to get tax ID numbers to be able to function.

If you are looking to send it to an official local charity and you don’t know who to send it to, you can sometimes find some by simply typing in the name of the town and state you wish on these sites. The names of the nonprofit organizations will be listed. Believe me, it is all worth the time and effort you make in the end.

Another thing that you can do is to make sure that if they give you a tax ID number, that it does match the name of the organization you are writing your check to. The check should be directly written to the parent organization. You can do this by plugging their tax ID number on any one of these sites.

Red flags should go up if an individual asks you to write out a check directly to them, or if they refuse to give you their tax-exempt ID number, or if you can’t find out information about them on the Web, if you don’t see their organization’s name on the IRS, Charity Navigator or Guidestar websites, or they can’t give you a list of their board of directors when you request them, you may find out that your donation may end up not being tax deductible.

Another no-no is that no check should ever be made out to an individual. Ask questions, check, check, check the organization before you write. Do you know anything about them? Do they have a board of directors, who are they? Do they have a website? Is there any information on them? I can’t stress enough, do your homework!

And yes, don’t be timid. It is your money. You do have a right as a donor to ask these questions. It is for your benefit.

Do write checks and do remember to give to a charity, but do your due diligence and find out who is legitimate and who is not. Give from your heart, but use your head too.

Charlie Libres Berlin Heights, Ohio Harrison summer resident

Disaster relief

To The Editor: Tom McLaughlin’s recent column entitled, The engineer of disaster overlooks much.

Housing peaked under George W. Bush when he proudly announced, “68% of Americans were homeowners.” Subprime mortgages were in fast forward.

What then Attorney Barack Obama did in Chicago was to obtain compensation of 186 homeowners who were victims of unfair lending practices.

Banks were not policing their own loan officers.

To say Attorney Obama by means of his 186-person lawsuit in 1994 was “community organizers-in-chief and helped engineer the subprime disaster” is tantamount to saying 186 fireflies started the Artic meltdown.

Tom McLaughlin should

well know that if history teaches us anything, it is that the larger an incident the more difficult to ascribe blame.

Hazen Kenney North Norway

Compelling

To The Editor: I just spent a week as an inpatient at Bridgton Hospital.

I feel compelled to express my thanks to the wonderful staff of nurses, CNAs, physicians, physical therapists and support staff. I received excellent care.

They all made me feel comfortable when I needed it most.

The nursing staff of Ashley, Carolyn, Lori, Rita, Nancy, Janet and Adrian were all a hardworking group. They never complained, were kind, patient and truly caring people.

Rod and Connie in the Physical Therapy Department were great motivators and kept me up and going during my recovery.

A special thanks to Dr. Deanna Carty, who spent time to review my treatment plan with me and my family members. I feel fortunate to have such a great local hospital right up the street.

I would also like to thank the United Ambulance Service team who were very professional and courteous during my transport to the hospital.

Bridgton residents are lucky to have these excellent healthcare providers and services.

If anyone wins the lottery, the Radiology Department could use a new x-ray table.

Barbara J. Gillis Bridgton

Mike rocks!

To The Editor: Thank you many times over for the return of Mike Corrigan. With regular, intelligently slapstick columns by Corrigan; regular, intelligent and always helpful columns

by Stan Cohen; regular, intelligently thoughtful letters by Virginia Durr; and intelligently analytical letters with source references by folks like Dan Sullivan; The Bridgton News is still a bargain buy in spite of the regular, ridiculous, often outrageous and always unreadable columns by Tom McLaughlin.

Jerry Genesio Bridgton

Help needed

To The Editor: Mainers, your community and your country need your help. The American Red Cross is currently providing aid and comfort to people along the Gulf Coast as the affects of Hurricane Isaac linger. We were in these communities before Isaac hit, and we’ll be helping people for weeks to come by providing food, shelter, relief supplies, and other forms of support. In fact, over 30 Red Cross volunteers from every corner of Maine — your friends and neighbors — have joined thousands of others deployed to lend their time and talent to the relief efforts.

We need your help now.

After a busy summer of helping people affected by wildfires, power outages, and floods, Red Cross resources are stretched thin. Relief services for Isaac could cost tens of millions of dollars. As a point of reference, LETTERS, Page D

Obituaries

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Louis W. Andrews

Austin J. Sloat

NORWAY — Louis Wyllard Andrews, 93, of Harrison passed away at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway on Friday, Sept.

7, 2012 while surrounded by family after a brief illness.

He was born on March 25, 1919 in Casco, a son of Guy Bertram Andrews and Georgia Mae Lewis Andrews.

He loved gardening and fishing. He was an active member of the Harrison Seventh-day Adventist Church. He was a hard worker, independent and loved his family dearly. He will be missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by seven children, Carol Guy of Harrison, Stephen Andrews of Harrison, Thomas Andrews of Waterford, Keith Andrews of Harrison, Gene Andrews of Lovell, Donald Andrews of Sweden and Kimberly Gadway of Harrison; 17 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his wife, Joan Chandler Andrews, of 57 years.

A funeral service was held on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. at the Harrison Seventh-day Adventist Church followed by a graveside service at 2 p.m. at the Lewis Cemetery on Lewis Road, off of Route 35 in Harrison.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Louis’ memory to the Harrison Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Arrangements under the care of Oxford Hills and Weston Funeral Services, 1037 Main Street, Oxford. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com

Milton L. Hard

NAPLES — Milton L. Hard, 95, died on Sept. 2, 2012 at the Hospice House in Auburn.

He was born April 17, 1917 in Fairlee, Vt. “Bump,” as he was known, served his country for 28 years in the United States Air Force, having served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.

His first wife, Inez Kiley, died after 33 years of marriage. They had four children. Bump then married Dorothy Snell and had two children.

They shared 25 years together prior to her death.

He was a man loved by all who knew him. He was quick with a smile and the king of one-liners. Bump was thrilled to see his beloved Red Sox win two World Series, which he thought would never happen. He will be sorely missed by all who loved him.

Surviving are six children; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

Bump was buried last Thursday in the Village Cemetery in Fairlee, Vt. next to his first wife, Inez.

Arrangements were by Hall Funeral Home, Casco.

Ila Y. Green AUBURN — Ila Y. Green, 70, of Poland, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 surrounded by her children and grandchildren at The Androscoggin Hospice House.

She was born in Bangor, Oct. 31, 1941, the daughter of the late Rodney and Dorothy (Sevey) Young. She graduated from Dexter High School, Class of 1959, and received her bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Maine at Orono in 1963. She attended graduate school in the 1980s and received her master’s degree in education counseling from the University of Southern Maine, where she graduated summa cum laude.

Over her 30-plus years in education, Ila taught at several schools, including New Sharon, Sullivan, Poland and Mechanic Falls, with the majority of her tenure at Minot Consolidated School. She finished her career as a guidance counselor at Tripp Middle School.

In her retirement, she continued her mission of lifelong learning by attending and teaching at Senior College in Auburn.

She was a proud and active member of Poland Community Church, UCC for 40 years. She was a member of Eastern Star, DAR, Poland Busy Bees and many support groups and clubs.

Ila believed in giving of herself to others in a variety of ways, including volunteering for numerous church and civic groups, local nursing homes and donating to charitable organizations. Most recently, she was a volunteer at Androscoggin Hospice House.

She is survived by her son, Greg Burns of Windham; her two daughters, Laurie Flynn of Raymond and Heather Bingelis of Sabattus; six grandchildren; and many other treasured friends.

She was predeceased by a granddaughter; and her two brothers, Blaine and Dale.

You are invited to offer condolences and pay tribute to Ila’s life by visiting her guest book at www.thefortingrouplewiston.com There will be no visitation. A memorial service will was held on Saturday at Poland Community Church.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ila’s memory to The Androscoggin Hospice House, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Arrangements by The Fortin Group Funeral Home, Cremation & Monument Services, 70 Horton Street, Lewiston.

Agnes E. Thompson SOUTH PARIS — Agnes Ellen Thompson, 93, of Casco, died Tuesday, Sept. 4 at the Maine Veterans’ Home. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on Nov. 17, 1918, the daughter of Andrew Thompson Sr. and Ester Eddie Thompson.

She spent her preschool years in the country of Norway. Upon entering public school in the United States, she had to learn and adapt to the English language. She graduated from Jamaica High School in the borough of Queens, New York and served in the Women’s Army Air Corps during World War II. Agnes worked as a secretary at Eastern Airlines for 33 years in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida. She retired to Kissimmee and St. Cloud, Florida, where she enjoyed writing stories, creating poems and painting. In 2004 she became a resident of the Casco Residential Inn. She is survived by her brother, Andrew Thompson of Harrison; her niece, Susan Lobsiger of Gretna, Nebraska; two grand-nieces, Brianna Thompson of Portland and Karlee Lobsiger of Gretna, Nebraska; and a grand-nephew, Alex Thompson of Norway. Graveside services will be held at the Harrison Village Cemetery in Harrison on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 11 a.m.

Arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris. Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com

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Austin John Sloat, 17, of Bridgton passed away Sept. 5, 2012 as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.

He was born in Portland on July 13, 1995, the son of Darrell W. Sloat and Kimberly J. Watson Pierce.

Austin was a senior at Lake Region High School. He had many goals he wanted to achieve, one being a truck driver. Austin was loved by many. He had an infectious smile.

He was always rooting for the underdog, and always took care of his friends. A lot of people considered Austin their “best friend.”

Austin was willing to help anyone and will be missed by all of his friends and family.

He is survived by his mother, Kimberly J. Watson Pierce; his father, Darrell W. Sloat; his sisters, Maeghan Sloat and Mariah Sloat; his grandparents, Bill Wolf, Peggy Wolf and Jill Sloat; his stepfather, Bobby Pierce; as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Visiting hours were held Monday at Hall Funeral Home, 165 Quaker Ridge Road, Casco. A celebration of Austin’s life was held at 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday at Crooked River School on Route 11 in Casco.

Online condolences may be left for the family at hallfuneralhomeinc. com

Richard Moffa STANDISH — “Beau” Richard Moffa, 51, of Standish, passed away at Maine Medical Center on Aug. 31, 2012, as a result of complications from a motorcycle accident.

Beau was born Aug. 10, 1961, to Mary Pelfry in Marlborough, Mass.

Beau was a man of many trades and had been employed in a variety of ways over the years. He was a member of the Sebago Church of the Nazarene and would occasionally prepare meals for the Sebago Senior Lunch, which meets there.

Beau loved boating, playing guitar and riding his motorcycle.

Beau was predeceased by his mother, Mary Pelfry.

Beau will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by his daughter, Cassandra Moffa and her mother Joann Scarponi; his longtime companion, Laurie Bradley; his stepson, Dan Wiley; stepdaughter, Kristen Wiley; a grandson, his cousin as well as several other family members.

A celebration of Beau’s life was held on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m., at the Sebago Church of the Nazarene. A reception followed.

In lieu of flowers. Donations may be made to: The Sebago Church of the Nazarene, P.O. Box 184, Sebago, ME 04029.

Dorothy J. Dole CASCO — Dorothy Jean (Smith) Dole, 91, of Casco, died on Sept. 7, 2012, at Country Village Assisted Living, where she resided for the last five years.

She and her husband, Richard Dole, had moved there from their beloved retirement home in South Londonderry, Vt., in March of 2007. He died two days before her birthday that May. Recently, Dot had told people that her husband was coming to pick her up. On the morning of Sept. 7, Dick’s birthday, she died peacefully and joined him.

Born in Boston, on May 20, 1921, Dot attended Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls, then worked as a bank teller after graduation and until she married her Navy man on April 20, 1943. They lived in Chelsea, Mass., Sebago Lake Village and Worcester, Mass., before building a home in Shrewsbury, Mass., where they raised their four children.

Their retirement home in Vermont was where they truly felt at home.

They were active in the First Baptist Church of South Londonderry, where they had many friends. Dot was also Secretary of the Derry Dames.

After reluctantly leaving Vermont, Dot would often talk about the hills on either side of their little house by the brook, the beautiful autumn trees and their friends. Dot was a wonderful cook, liked to read and enjoyed letters and cards.

She was predeceased by two children, Laurie Jean and Jonathan Richard; and her husband, Richard D. Dole.

She is survived by her daughters, Claudia D. Lowe of Sebago, Mary D. Fohlin of Williamstown, Mass., and Leanna J. Dole of Morgan Hill, Calif.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held at the Sebago Lake Cemetery, Route 114, Standish, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 11 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Dolby Funeral Chapel, 434 River Road, South Windham.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com Memorial donations may be made in Dorothy’s name to: The First Baptist Church, P. O. Box 278, South Londonderry, VT 05155, Country Village Assisted Living, P.O. Box 600, Casco, ME 04015, or Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME 04240.

Mary A. Bennett NAPLES — Mary A. Bennett, 96, of Lewis Rd., died Tuesday evening at the Casco Inn. She was born in Naples, a daughter of Frank O. Pitts and Margaret E. Rogers. Mary was a proud graduate of Bridgton Academy in 1934. She married Gordon Bennett in 1944. He died in 1979.

Mary especially enjoyed going out to eat. Each year she looked forward to the Harrison Old Home Days, often staying from open to close each day. Mary was a lifetime member of the Edes Falls Sewing Circle.

Surviving are three sons, Wayne, Hugh and Gary; three daughters, Janice Wilson, Peggy Bennett and Ruth Nichols; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the Edes Falls Cemetery in Naples. Following the service there will be a gathering at the Pitts farm at 608 Harrison Road in Naples. Arrangements are by Hall Funeral Home, Casco.

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William C. Prouty WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — William Carl Prouty, 88, of West Hartford, Conn., passed away suddenly of natural causes on Sept. 6, 2012, in Raymond.

He was born in Portland on Aug. 8, 1924, the son of Clayton and Rebecca Prouty of Cape Elizabeth. He spent his childhood in Portland and at Sebago Lake. He graduated from Harvard University in 1946 and served in the Army Air Force in World War II as a First Lieutenant. He was stationed in a number of countries including India and France.

In France, he met his wife, Chantal Prouty (Munier) and married shortly thereafter.

Following his service and college education, he became a member of the Society of Actuaries. He was employed by Aetna Life & Casualty in Hartford, Conn., where he worked in a number of positions as an actuary. He retired from Aetna as a senior vice president of the Aetna Employee Benefits Division.

Following his retirement, he spent many years enjoying his summer home on Crescent Lake in Raymond. He and his wife enjoyed the opera, and saw many performances together at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

He also served as a past President of the Connecticut Opera Association.

He is survived by his wife, Chantal Prouty; his children, Carl Prouty of Granville, Mass., Stephen Prouty of Wethersfield, Conn. and Georges Prouty of West Newbury, Mass.; and three grandchildren.

Visiting hours were held on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Hall Funeral Hall, 165 Quaker Ridge Road, Casco. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at 11 a.m., at the Spurwink Church at the Riverside Cemetery, located at the corner of Spurwink Avenue and Bowery Beach Road, Cape Elizabeth. Interment will be immediately following the service at the Riverside Cemetery.

Letters

(Continued from Page D) just last year, Red Cross relief efforts for Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee alone cost $18 million.

All assistance provided by the Red Cross is free of charge and made possible by the generosity of the American public.

As Mainers answered the call for help after last year’s storms, we’re asking you to display your generosity once again to not only allow us to continue our work on the Gulf Coast, but to equip the Red Cross with the tools we need to respond when, not if, the next disaster strikes.

Your gift will have a direct impact on the lives of those who have been shaken by tragedy. As little as $40 can supply meals for a family of four for one day, $50 can buy four days of supplies for an infant whose family has been left without basics like diapers, wipes, and formula, and $100 can buy clean-up kits for five families whose homes have been damaged (including a mop, broom, trash bags, and cleaning supplies). Put simply, the need is real and your generosity can help us meet it.

To donate, people can visit www.MaineRedCross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800733-2767) or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

As the storm subsides and the public’s attention on its impact wanes, victims are still left to pick up the pieces after the devastation left in Isaac’s wake. They need our help now more than ever.

Allen Campbell, Chairman Maine State Board American Red Cross

Community appreciation

To The Editor: The Bridgton Recreation Advancement Group (BRAG) would like to invite the community to come see Bridgton’s Ham Recreation Complex on Saturday, Sept. 22 beginning at 9 a.m. The day will begin with official Youth Rec soccer games, the first formal play on the new fields. A baseball tournament will begin at noon with players from Bridgton and surrounding towns. The first game begins at 12 p.m., the second at 2:15 p.m. and the championship game at 4:30 p.m. From 1 to 5 p.m., guests can swing for the fences during the Home Run Derby. There is no fee to enter. Jump in to a game of 9Square, played throughout the day. There will be kick ball and a bounce house for the little ones. Lunch will be served as BRAG directors will be cooking up burgers and hot dogs at no cost. Please get your meal ticket upon arrival to the complex. Tux Burke has donated his time to entertain the folks during the lunch hour.

The ballfields, fences and dugouts are finished and the group’s focus is now on the concessions building designed

by Sally Thompson and her students at Lake Region Vocational Center. Site work

for the basketball/tennis courts is being done and the parking lot will be next.

To date, the group has raised $700,000 dollars toward these extraordinary community fields. There is still a lot of work and fundraising to be done. Your donations and services are needed. The complex will be able to host tournaments, helping to sustain it for many years to come. The entire complex will be gifted to the Town of Bridgton with a formal Grand Opening at a later date.

The citizens of Bridgton have been very supportive. We are anxious to show everyone the progress to date. The complex is located on BRAG Way, just west of Macdonald Motors on Route 302.

Please bring your chair, some drinks and snacks and listen to the laughter of children, the encouragement of parents and the crack of the bat. Take pride in this long awaited day!

Jon Evans Chairman, Public Relations BRAG

Forward vision

To The Editor: The political conventions are over and the choice is clear.

It is not about the candidate, or the party; it is about the vision! The Democratic vision is forward, and the election this November will validate that vision. The Democratic vision — looking forward, articulates a series of commitments that will result in job growth and deficit reduction. Those commitments are: restoration of the middle class, rebuilding America’s infrastructure and a quality education for all students. Moreover, taking the Affordable Health Care Act and the Republican drive to defeat President Obama off the front burner of American politics will assure the success of the “vision” because then, the Republicans will have to give up their “Just say No” campaign.

The issue with Republican and Conservatives is they spent years building the problem, won’t take responsibility for it, and now Republicans want the economic crisis solved over night. Governor Romney is no “Miracle Worker” and his ideas would take a lot more time than he brings to the table, even if he stopped switching views every other year.

I smile as I drive around and see yard signs that say, “Save America, Vote Republican!”

The tunnel vision of these signs is blinding. I was born during the Great Depression so I was too young to read such a sign while President Roosevelt led America through the depression and WWII. During the tumultuous decade of the 1960s and then Watergate, I didn’t even see the sign. I was searching for the sign during the presidency of Bill Clinton, who balanced the budget and left office with a budget surplus, but I think Republicans hid the sign. During the current economic crisis with its concomitant deficit, I would LETTERS, Page D

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(Continued from Page D) recommend people read the Constitution — you know, the Constitution that begins with the words, “We the people…”

Solving the current economic crisis and bringing down the national debt will take all Americans making a shared sacrifice. The Republicans, especially the Tea Party, just don’t get this fundamental axiom.

President Obama looks forward with a balanced “vision” cutting spending and raising revenue; of shared sacrifice for all Americans. The choice then becomes quite clear — play the same hand that lost the last pot or go forward!

Joe Angelo Chickadee Lane Bridgton

A right to clean water

To The Editor: Hello everyone. With this letter, I want to address Fryeburg Water Company’s vice president’s comment about “strict state guidelines” surrounding new municipal water sources.

The problem is getting the Maine Drinking Water Program (and the Environmental Protection Agency) to enforce these laws and hold people (corporations) accountable for violations of these laws. A good example of this is when FWC started selling us water from the Dump Road well

(PMS). In September 2003, FWC announced a “boil order” when rumors surfaced regarding a pump breakdown. That was when FWC hooked the Dump Road well into our water system. Near the end of 2007 at a Fryeburg Water District meeting, I asked Dick Krasker, “Does the water from the well on the Dump Road (PMS) test the same as Well 2?” Krasker answered, “Same aquifer, isn’t it?” He went on to say that although approximately a half mile apart, the two wells were the same quality.

To verify this (Krasker produced no paperwork), I called the Maine Drinking Water Program and requested water test results dating back two years. Since FWC was selling us water from both wells, it should have been easy to compare the two. The MDWP only sent test results for Well 2. So, I called Mr. Piasecki (compliance officer at MDWP) asking him why he didn’t send results for the Dump Road well. It turned out that the MDWP had received just one test result for the Dump Road well, dated June 2002!

We will never know what we drank from the Dump Road well during that 4 ½-year span that FWC sold us water. It is the responsibility of FWC to make sure “strict state guidelines” (along with federal laws, especially a new water source) are followed. Since FWC followed these “guidelines” for Well 2, but not following the “strict state guidelines” for the Dump Road well looks deliberate.

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Instead of investigating this blatant violation, the MDWP decided to help FWC hide what had happened, labeling me “the customer who complained” although I made no complaint (see The Bridgton News, April 24, 2008 story, “Fryeburg water is safe”). And when the Dump Road well was finally tested in 2008, there was plastic in it.

It is hugely obvious that the operators of the FWC are very poor stewards of our town’s water supply. It’s time for us to take control! On Sept. 18, let’s put the Fryeburg Water District “to work.” It’s time to protect our water for the many, many generations to come! Pay attention. I’ll keep everyone posted the best that I can.

William Harriman II LIKING HARRISON — Week Five, the drama continues at Bluff Point on Long Lake, reports Fryeburg Ray Sirois of Harrison (who snapped the above photo). A golden eagle has determined this place is a good home. Yet, a pair of bald eagles have not been welcoming it to the neighborhood. More frequently than not, one or two bald eagles perch on the island as if to claim it as their own — often perching in the same tree, which drives the golden eagle crazy! Boaters and kayakers have been seeing and hearing lots of eagle activity here, and it has been going on for over a month.

Horror isn’t too strong

To the Editor: Many of us older Americans are horrified at what has happened to our wonderful country over the past several decades.

Not only do we believe economic catastrophe is just around the corner, but all signs point to a moral collapse as well if we do not soon turn our wretched culture around.

After years of massive growth of government at all levels, a day of reckoning is fast bearing down upon us. Politicians and especially Democrats have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams in enlisting tens of millions of willing Americans

to entitlements and an almost total dependence on government for handouts to meet their every need.

We have also, for nearly 50 years now, looked the other way as our culture became more and more coarse on a daily basis. Greed, drugs, a media soaked in licentious content and the awful disintegration of the family structure are just a few of the areas of our culture that have reached such critical mass, that unfortunately there may be no turning back now. Regrettably, many Americans, particularly young

people, develop their view of morality not from strong families, but from celebrities who more often than not are totally amoral.

Most of us have apathetically stood by as religious expression has all but been eliminated from the public square.

America has been a deeply secular nation for a long time now, and it won’t be long before a majority of Americans are agnostic. If God does not bring about revival to our nation, at the rate we are going, we will eventually become a country where atheism becomes the

dominant belief system.

Those of us who had the good fortune to be born as children and grandchildren of the “Greatest Generation” can recall a time when America, despite many flaws, was truly the most magnificent nation in history. Millions yearned to come to our shores to taste the freedom and opportunity that was offered nowhere else.

In just three short generations, we are on the cusp of destroying all the overwhelming sacrifices our ancestors made for us in handing over LETTERS, Page D

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A couple of one-horse dog carts make their way past a heavy wagon pulled by a smart looking pair of matched grays. Part way down the hill, a slow-moving haywain stacked sky high with new mown hay makes its way toward Depot Street and the livery stable. Several one-horse buggies, the most common form of transportation, move in each direction weaving in and out and around the slower moving traffic.

At the top of the street, a familiar horn sounds and along comes the stagecoach, The Tallyho, nearing the end of its run from Naples. The four-horse team, sensing home, begins to prance, their sweat-covered flanks aquiver in anticipation of cool water and a rub down.

I have always taken delight in seeing the stage go by, there being in its passing a sense of journeying and adventure, but now the excitement of the train has me thinking of speedy travels to far away places. My daydream is cut short, however, as the mail phaeton flies by on its last run of the day — the driver filling the air with shouted warnings and well-placed oaths.

Then, with a clanging of bells, the wooden gates drop on each side of the street and I hear a familiar steam whistle away off by the condensed-milk factory and then the rumble of old No. 7 as its three-car train comes into view. A great whoop goes up from the folks waiting along the street and as traffic stops nervous horses stamp their displeasure. A few steps away from me, Mrs. Eunice

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and streams, through forests and along the shore of Long Lake to finally cross “The Point” near the steamboat landing to end at Harrison Depot.

What a sight is now before me. Horse-drawn vehicles of every description; saddle horses ridden by young, local dandies and visiting swells; ox carts and freight jiggers plodding along about their business, and on the far side of the street, Mr. Pike in his fancy dog cart pulled by his lovely mare, Long Lake Lady.

She is a sort of reddish brown all over her body with her mane and tail a much darker almost black color. She is called Miss Lady by all who know her and know she was trained to the sulky and that she won many times on the New England Fair Circuit, but now she is content to trot around town in frisky retirement. And there, just going out of sight in Pondicherry Square, a surry with the fringe on top.

Horses are not perfect so here and there along the street are small heaps of what Mum refers to as, “pomme de rue.”

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Haynes sits on the plush seat of her neat buggy with her wellbehaved black and white dog at her side. She smiles a thank you as I gently pat the neck of her stylish brown mare before grasping its halter to keep her calm.

The train arrives amongst cheers and hurrahs and great jubilation then rumbles and grumbles across Portland Street in a clanging whoosh of steam, black smoke and dust. The engineer sports a grin and gives a blast of the whistle while in the cars behind him exuberant passengers wave and hoot from every window, and then the train is gone down the track to the trestle and the bridge over Stevens Brook. It will cross Mill Street, Lower Main Street and Pond Road before making its way to North Bridgton and Harrison stations.

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Caring ads: A footnote about footnotes

(Continued from Page D) vilified subject look like a cross between Adolf Hitler and some other madman only slightly more popular. Although we’ve all already seen enough pictures of President Obama, most of these ads, curiously, also feature pictures of… President Obama. (He is getting a lot of airtime. The man’s Q-Rating must be through the roof these days. You’d think the Romney camp would complain.)

The funniest thing about these ads, whether they feature Tweedledeedum or Tweedledeedee, is that many of them are now footnoted! It’s

like watching an animated version of your freshman year term paper, complete with some of the misinformation you unfortunately left in.

I guess the footnotes are there so that you can check the accuracy of the statements. The trouble is, the quotations go by so fast you’d have to Tivo any particular ad to check the fine print, as it were. And nobody who is sane is also that masochistic.

So, yeah, okay, I Tivo’d one. And there was President Obama, looking as if he didn’t care. The ad basically said that Obama was a sap, who got in on

a technicality, ruined Medicare and killed the economy. Also, it added breathlessly, he hoped to create a socialist state because he hated business and jobs and America. It also noted that he was such a failure as president that, after nearly four years in office, he was still trying to get by with a weak mid-range jump shot. Man, I thought to myself, what a loser!

I might not have caught all the points correctly, but really, does it matter anymore? It went something like that. The great thing was, all of these statements were footnoted! As if they might actually be true! As

if anyone worth quoting were actually being quoted!

There were seven footnotes for that one ad. Here’s what I think they said. (I had to go to the magnifying glass for a couple of them, and then the power went out.)

1. The Committee for the Complete Polarization of American Voters.

2. The American Association of AK-47 Users on People Who Disagree With “Reality” 3. Koch Brothers (private conversation; no money changed hands) 4. Inside source, Romney campaign

5. Mitt Romney, 4/12/05 6. “The Audacity of Hope,” pp. 35…39…114…142 (paraphrased) 7. Deliberate misquotation of editorial, Wall Street Journal, 8/1/12 I was a little surprised they were that frank about the mendacity of the last few attributions, but I guess the folks who paid for the ad — whoever “The Committee for Patriotic People With A Lot of Cash to Spend” is — knew that by the time anyone ever found out whose bank account was behind it, exactly, the election would be over.

Sure, the “fact”-checking blogs

would list all the errors the next day, but it already would be too late. And the television stations just want the revenues, anyway, so they would never pull an ad, especially one that’s copiously footnoted. And, just as Agent Scully once said, “According to unnamed sources, the truth is already Out There.”

So, there you have it. Just try correcting anything, once it’s on TV. Or on my Tivo.

Mike Corrigan, long-time Bridgton News reporter and columnist, tries to watch as little television as possible, especially lately.

(Continued from Page D) partisan vote. In response, a hodge-podge of concerned taxpayers, including the Green Party, formed the group “Still Fed Up with Taxes.”

In a monumental effort and against a well-funded, organized group of signature blockers — led by Rep. Berry — they were successful in gathering over 60,000 signatures to place the issue on the ballot.

Undeterred, Maine Democrats, again led by Berry, challenged the signatures in court. Maine Superior Court rejected their claims, and in a June referendum, Maine voters overwhelmingly repealed the Democrats’ new law before it could take effect.

In the next election cycle, Republicans took over the

Legislature and the governor’s office. In an act of true payback, Maine Democrats appointed Rep. Berry their minority lead on the Taxation Committee.

Recently, Berry has published misleading columns in nearly every major Maine paper, calling the new income tax cuts a “shift” on to the working people and claiming they are a “giveaway to the rich,” even though he and most of his fellow Democrats voted for them. (He has sent the same column, verbatim, to all major Maine dailies.)

It does not matter to him that the experts disagree. Maine Revenue Service (MRS) officials describe the new system as more progressive than the old one, because high-income Mainers will shoulder more of

the overall income tax burden.

The Maine Today newspapers, in their “truth test” coverage of Democratic TV ads, reached the same conclusion, stating, “Maine’s income tax is more progressive because of the changes.”

Rep. Berry tries to further confuse Maine people with another sleight-of-hand comment: “Due to many tax measures passed by the majority, the few making $350,000 and up will receive an income tax cut of $3,000. In future years, this windfall will increase to more than $24,000 per year.”

What he did with this claim was combine two new laws — the budget and LD 849. The income tax cuts take effect in 2013, and nearly all Maine households will see higher

take-home pay. In contrast, LD 849 is unlikely to affect anyone now — or indeed, if ever.

LD 849 is a “trigger” bill. It changes the way surplus state revenue is doled out. After all state spending obligations have been met, surplus revenue is filtered through a series of funds called the “cascade.” The last “fund” is the “income tax relief fund.” Under LD 849, surplus funds would be used to gradually lower income tax rates.

In order to give “the rich” the $24,000 tax cut Rep. Berry cites, MRS estimates state government would have to experience a surplus of $3 billion.

Considering the entire state budget is $3 billion, this claim is ludicrous.

Rep. Berry continues his distortions with claims that

cuts to towns and property tax programs will cost “homeowners and renters more than $400 apiece.” Naturally, he left out some crucial facts.

Municipal revenue sharing — money sent to towns — was not cut this session. According to the non-partisan Office of Fiscal and Program Review, it went up. The big cuts he refers to actually occurred when Democrats were in power in fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010. Revenue sharing was cut in each of those years, declining from $133 million in 2008 to $93 million in 2011.

In 2012, by contrast, revenue sharing increased by nearly $4 million and went to $96.9 million, and in 2014 it’s scheduled to hit $141 million.

In addition, the Republican-

led budget increased education funding by $63 million.

The cuts Rep. Berry cites were enacted under Governor Baldacci in LD 353, (Public Law 2009, Chapter 13), which Rep. Berry supported as a member of the Democratic majority.

The same bill included a 20% cut to the “Circuit Breaker” program and another cut to the Homestead Exemption.

Rep. Berry is one of the most partisan Democrats in Augusta, and he is a man who holds a grudge. It’s unfortunate that he cannot debate the issues on the merits but instead is reduced to trying to fool Maine residents.

State Rep. Rich Cebra (RNaples) chairs the Legislature’s Transportation Committee.

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A phone call from the last unique place in known universe (Continued from Page D) using calculus and mechanical advantage and Ziploc bags and big rocks and stuff, managed to

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And there’s the phone, just hanging there like it was on some suburban kitchen wall.

Most natural thing in the world.

After pinching my nose and blowing (to equalize the pressure) and shaking my head like a wet golden retriever to dispel the cold lake water, I grabbed the phone, listened for a dial tone, got one (amazing), and dialed my wife, who was at work. She answered on the third ring and the historical conversation went like this.

“Hi! I’m calling you from the bottom of the lake!”

“So.” “Isn’t this just the coolest

thing ever?”

“Look, I’m really busy here, so I gotta go.”

Click.

She later told me that a coworker asked who was on the phone and she said something more or less along the lines of, “Oh, that was my husband.

He’s out on the lake with our nut-job son and they called me from underwater.” And then she shook her head, less like a wet and enthusiastic golden retriever and more like someone who just discovered spoiled cabbage in the refrigerator.

History-making events, it seems, often aren’t quite as dramatic as we like to think.

On March 10, 1876, Alex Bell

made the first possible phone call and all he said was, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” On July 21, 2012, my son and I made the last possible phone call, and Mrs. Lewis (no relation to Mrs. Watson) was too busy renting golf balls to take the moment seriously, and she hung up before I could tell her how much I loved her. I suppose I should have sent her a text message, for history’s sake.

Editor’s note: Peter provided me a link to a YouTube video of the underwater phone call to authenticate his column.

Indeed, he did place the call in an underwater phone booth.

our president spends his time complaining that his neighbor doesn’t keep his grass cut.

His priorities are completely out of whack. In fact, his (Continued from Page D) this wonderful country to our actions make one wonder if his agenda is to destroy the counstewardship.

May we be forgiven for what try rather than lead us out of its morass. Instead of working we have done.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

with the opposition to increase the job environment, he and his henchmen concentrate on abortion, contraceptives and similar diversionary issues. Just as a sailor knows he can’t control the force or direction of the wind but can adjust his sail to take advantage of the condi-

tions, so should the president act. Instead, he complains about the situation he is in and blames others.

What to do? Get rid of him.

Giving a failed employee another four-year contract is insane.

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