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October 29, 2015

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! — Enjoy your night trick or treating Saturday, but be care- Halloween, Lake Region High School will offer Trunk and Treats on Friday from 4:30 to ful out there! Bridgton will close some of its village area streets near the Town Office 6:30 p.m. This is a free event! These interesting faces were the work of William Janelle, from 4 to 9 p.m., where this year’s Halloween party will be held. To get a jumpstart on of West Bridgton who competed in a pumpkin carving contest in Jackson, N.H. last week.

Town ready, some owners want more time Sewer ordinance on Nov. 3 ballot Editor’s note: In last week’s edition, a story regarding the proposed Bridgton Sewage Ordinance incorrectly stated there is 2,000

to 3,000 gallons of excess capacity remaining available. This was incorrect. The actual amount is 661 gallons at Wayside Avenue. The

lower ballfield is at capacity. The article also incorrectly reported that the existing sewer system includes 55 users — the correct number is 73.

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer A group of local business owners support measures needed to improve Bridgton’s economy — including

expanding the town’s sewer system.

However, they question whether residents have had adequate time to review, question and receive answers regarding elements of the proposed Sewage Ordinance set for a vote this Tuesday.

“We are responsible business people who want to see Bridgton reach its optimum,”

Judy Oberg said. “But, I think a lot of people think this ordinance is simply something targeting businesses. It is not.

It includes homeowners. It affects them, too.”

The group feels too many questions still exist, from whether their number of “users” within the building is accurate to what is the ultimate costs they will face.

Town Hall tour, Bridgton briefs

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The reshaping of the historic Town Hall continues.

With the building now stabilized, work continues both inside and out. Bridgton selectmen toured the facility prior to their board meeting Tuesday night.

Town Manager Bob Peabody, along with Public Works Director Jim Kidder and Economic Development Director Anne Krieg, outlined completed work and “things still to do.”

Colleen Messina One new door had been Student Representative installed on the left side on Bridgton board of the structure with three more doors scheduled for replacement. New double-pane windows are on order, and will be installed upon their arrival.

A new “entry card” system will be installed, replacing the “button” front lock.

“Over the years, half the town probably has keys to get into the hall,” Peabody said. “The card system allows us to decode it once the person is no longer allowed inside the building during off hours.”

In keeping with the building’s “historic” nature, MEETING NOTES, Page 7A

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Inflation stalls fire truck purchase

As SAD 61 pushes project, Sebago looks at withdrawal

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Could SAD 61 become a three-town district?

Quite possibly.

In a letter dated last Friday, Oct. 23, Sebago Town Manager James Smith III informed Superintendent of Schools Alan Smith that the board of selectmen had voted unanimously to explore withdrawal from SAD 61.

The decision was based on SAD 61 formally voting last week, during a school board meeting, to move ahead with the proposed $9.6 million construction/renovation of Crooked River School.

Superintendent Smith and some directors tried to settle worries expressed by Sebago residents regarding the possible closure of their community school if CRES is expanded, leaving the door open to transport Sebago students to either Bridgton or Casco facilities. While School Board chairman Janice Barter and director Phil Shane both noted that no formal SES closure talks had taken place, nor are any scheduled, school officials could not offer up any SCHOOL, Page 8A

For many, they are still wading through the ordinance and feel more time is needed to ask questions before a vote occurs.

“If I went in for a subdivision approval, as an owner, the planning board would require me to contact all abutters. Here’s my proposal and here is when the public hear-

SIGN DEMOLISHED — A vehicle involved in an early morning high speed chase crashed into the R.G. Johnson Sporting Goods sign. The driver fled the scene, but was arrested later in the morning after he allegedly broke into the Chamber office.

High speed chase ends with crash, man’s arrest

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Many times, when planning a big purchase, inflation outpaces what has been tucked away into a savings account.

The cost estimates from a company that sells fire trucks are almost double what was originally estimated by the town’s fire department, according to Naples Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak.

“The cost of the fire engine is coming in higher than anticipated. We thought it would be $250,000. But, the cost came in at $400,000,” Paraschak said on Tuesday.

This development puts the purchase of a replacement fire apparatus on hold.

It also means that a Special Town Meeting is not yet on the horizon. A Special Town Meeting would be required in order for residents to approve the expenditure of additional funds.

“Right now, we are looking for less expensive options,” Paraschak said. “The [Fire] Chief [Chris Pond] is looking at all the options. We don’t want to waste taxpayers’ dollars,” he said.

The trade-in price for the older fire apparatus most likely won’t be enough to offset the cost of a new or gently-used rig, Paraschak said. “As a trade-in, it might bring a couple thousand dolPURCHASE, Page 8A

A high-speed chase ended early Friday morning when a Portland man reportedly crashed a stolen car into the R.G. Johnson Sporting Goods sign off Route 302.

A Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was traveling on Route 302 in Naples at about 2 a.m. when he met a vehicle traveling at him at 100 mph in the middle of the road. The deputy attempted to catch up with the vehicle and observed it nearly strike a tractortrailer truck on the Naples Causeway. The deputy lost sight of the vehicle as it traveled toward Bridgton at over 100 mph.

Another deputy was able to set up in the area of the

Bridgton Drive-In and deploy his spike mats. The suspect vehicle struck the spike mats and continued on toward Bridgton. The vehicle was located about 30 seconds later crashed into the sign at R.G. Johnson Sporting Goods at 192 Bridgton Road in Bridgton, causing extensive damage to both the sign and vehicle.

The operator had been seen running from the vehicle. Sheriff’s Office K-9 Team responded to the scene in an attempt to locate the operator. Deputies also learned during that time that this vehicle had been stolen out of Portland.

After fleeing into the woods and eluding police

By Gail Geraghty Staff Writer “Hard work and community commitment” were cited by Bridgton Police Chief Richard Stillman in the investigation leading up to last week’s arrest of six people on drug charges following a raid at 739 Kansas Road in Bridgton.

The 9 p.m. Thursday night raid netted over 25 grams of heroin with scales

and baggies, along with of heroin in the area. the home — Christina cash, pills and marijuana, Arrested were the Rummell, 36, and John hypodermic needles and two people who lived at RAID, Page 5A cell phones, “all consistent with a significant trafficking operation,” Chief Stillman said. He declined Established 1870 to give specifics as to what P.O. Box 244, 118 Main St. probable cause led up to the police raid, saying only that Bridgton, ME 04009 it stemmed from an inves207-647-2851 tigation that BPD Officer Fax: 207-647-5001 Phil Jones had been conbnews@roadrunner.com ducting into the distribution

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Halloween event on Bay of Naples Bridge

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — What did one Jack o’lantern say to the other?

“I heard there is a community event — a celebration — happening at the Naples bridge on Halloween night. And, guess what?

We’re invited!”

Jack o’lanterns of all shapes and faces will be arriving at the Bay of Naples Bridge around 5 p.m. on Halloween. The carved pumpkins will be arriving, carried in the arms of students from a local preschool and after-school program.

The students will decorate their town’s bridge on Halloween night, leaving behind their pumpkin creations lit up by batteryoperated tea lights for all passers-by to see.

The idea behind the event is “to try to get more community-involved activities on the Causeway — that is our goal,” said Kathy Sweet, of Naples Main Street.

The pumpkin lighting will be held Halloween night on the Bay of Naples

PLENTY OF PUMPKINS is a perfect recipe for an upcoming community event sponsored by Naples Main Street. The public is invited to join the students at Naples Before and After Care for a Jack o’lantern lighting on the Bay of Naples Bridge. It happens on Halloween around 5 p.m.

(De Busk Photo) kins. Then the pumpkins Bridge. Rows of the Jack as Halloween eve decora- feel free to do that,” she the event.

Earlier this week, about came along on a field trip to o’lanterns will be left behind tions along the bridge. said.

The public is invited to Extra pumpkins are avail- 75 pumpkins were delivered the Causeway amphitheater, this event, Sweet said. able at the Singer Center for to the school site so that the where the children played It’s BYOP, bring your children who would like to children could participate in games like Simon Says and make a jack o’lantern for the the very traditional activity showcased their new Jack own pumpkin.

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“People could carve bridge, she said.

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demented doctor character on Halloween night is a reallife doctor. He is a summertime resident and a longtime volunteer at the library, who in years’ past postponed the departure to his wintertime home until after the spooky holiday, she said.

This year, the collegeaged daughter of one of the library board members is taking the torch and getting excited about being part of the children’s’ haunted house, Brenner said.

Volunteers are a big part of pulling off Halloween night’s Spooktacular each year, according to both Brenner and Beth Latsey, the Casco Recreation Department director.

During this last week of October, volunteers will be setting up for the Halloween Spooktacular.

The library won’t be transformed into a haunted house until early in the day on Saturday, which is Halloween, Brenner said.

However, Latsey and her crew will start the setup process earlier. A core group of volunteers will be meeting at the Casco Community Center on Wednesday, today and Friday.

Several rooms, including the gym, need to be revamped for Halloween night. The gymnasium will become games central, where children can test their abilities and get free items for participating. A special guest will be appearing as part of the Mad Science show in the large meeting room. Also, in the small meeting room, children can choose from seasonal arts and crafts.

There is still a need for volunteers to help set up the Community Center, Latsey said.

The annual event is for children from preschool through fifth grade, Latsey said.

“We’re having a Mad Science show. We’re having crafts, games and candy,” she said.

Because the event on All Hallows’ Eve takes place in Casco Village, the neighboring homes and businesses are prepared for trick-or-treaters.

Also, members of the Casco Fire and Rescue Department will be directing traffic on Route 121.

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — It’s not too scary.

That’s what the Library Director Michelle Brenner said about the annual haunted house at the Casco Public Library.

After all, the haunted house is part of the Halloween Spectacular, a night of games and activities that is geared toward children in preschool and elementary school.

Several years ago, the tour of the haunted house included a stop at the crazy doctor behind a curtain. At some point, the doctor performed surgery on his pretend patient — using a large saw with a toothy edge. Then, he threw a rubber arm across the room, sometimes startling kith and kin.

Like an urban myth, that scenario is no longer part of the haunted house inside the library.

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Naples lot satisfies storage unit space need how Naples Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak describes the storage unit property on Route 11.

“It is a great building.

It is a beautiful building. It has a nice roof. The furnace is in good working condition,” he said.

The building was designed as a garage with

Tour the graveyard

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Historical Society will host the First Historical Graveyard Tour at the Village Cemetery on Main Street in Fryeburg on Saturday, Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The cost is $5 per person. Reservations are required by calling 256-3001 (please leave a message and your call will be returned). Refreshments will be served.

The tour will be a fun and not-so-spooky way to learn about Fryeburg’s forefathers (and mothers) as they resurrect to tell their stories. The Fryeburg Historical Society expects to make this an annual event, visiting the many graveyards in the area.

offices overhead. Other buildings on the lot include a shed and a well house.

The newly-acquired property will be the winter storage spot for a couple of the older vehicles of the Naples Fire and Rescue Department, Paraschak said. Two trucks are already parked there; and some of the department’s trailers usually stored behind the fire station will end up at the Route 11 lot, too, he said.

In fact, as part of the purchase agreement, the space can be used solely for storage. Using it as office space or for public gatherings is not permissible.

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Cleaning up the space and figuring out where to store everything will be “a work in progress,” he added.

Until September — when the town’s purchase was finalized, the lot was owned by the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT).

The state sold the land for $115,000. All of the money, with the exception of $20,000, came from existing Reserve Accounts, Paraschak said. The purchase was approved at Town Meeting.

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“They are interested in a little bit of land now.

That lot is too big. They are going to ask the (Naples) Board (of Selectmen) if they can use the space behind the fire station,” he said.

“They are looking at spaces to store materials,” he said.

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11:37 a.m. A hypodermic needle was found on the ground near a garage on Depot Street.

2:50 p.m. A vehicle rolled over on Kansas Road.

5:09 p.m. An unknown motorist struck a parked vehicle, which had a dog inside, behind Bridgton Books store and left the scene.

Saturday, October 24 1:17 p.m. A female asked to speak to an officer concerning harassment by a male subject.

Sunday, October 25 8:05 a.m. Police were initially asked to back up a county deputy who was responding to a domestic situation on Serenity Lane in Harrison (a male allegedly punched a female in the face). The BPD officer was told en route that the situation was under control.

7:21 p.m. Police received a report that a female motorist had struck the curbing on North High Street.

Bridgton Arrest Log The Bridgton Police Department made the following arrests: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1:55 p.m. Jason D. Smith, 39, of Luther Street in Peaks Island was charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer by Bridgton Police Officer Phillip Jones.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 2:52 p.m., Vance A. Emery, 18, of Dugway Road in Brownfield was arrested for gross sexual assault by Bridgton Police Officer Phillip Jones. Mr. Emery was released on bail.

Saturday, Oct. 17, 12:08 a.m., Casandra L. Lavezzi, 24, of Harpswell Island Road in Harpswell was arrested for operating under the influence by Bridgton Police Officer Mac McCormick. Ms. Lavezzi was released on personal recognizance.

Sunday, Oct. 25, 11:04 p.m., Darrell E. Vaughn, 26, of Main Street in Bridgton was arrested for operating under the influence by Bridgton Police Officer Todd Smolinsky. Mr.

Rep. Powers to appeal waste bill decision

State Rep. Christine Powers will appeal the Maine Legislative Council’s rejection of her bill cracking down on houseboat owners who dump septic waste into lakes, ponds and rivers.

The vote of the Council was 5-5. A bill needs at least six votes to move forward.

Powers’ legislation is a direct response to a July incident in which a houseboat owner emptied an entire holding tank full of septic waste into Brandy Pond in Naples.

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on a strong reputation for cleanliness and safety,” said Powers, D-Naples. “We must do everything in our power to protect that reputation, including serious consequences for those who would treat these pristine bodies of water like their own personal toilet.”

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These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, October 19 7:10 a.m. Police responded to a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Budrich Road and Portland Street.

12:01 p.m. A 16-year-old was charged with possession of tobacco products by a minor following a stop at the corner of Main Street and Andy Lane.

3:58 p.m. Police investigated a burglary on White Birch Lane.

8:30 p.m. A drug complaint at a Main Street location was deemed unfounded.

9:44 p.m. Alexander O. Erickson, 32, of Stow was charged with assault.

Tuesday, October 20 5:32 p.m. Police investigated a criminal trespass complaint on Black Bear Road.

Wednesday, October 21 11:58 a.m. and 12:48 p.m. Police investigated suspicious activity reports on Lovewell Pond Road and Bridgton Road.

Thursday, October 22 8:25 a.m. Police responded to an assault complaint at a Main Street business.

2:51 p.m. A criminal trespass complaint was made at a West Fryeburg Road location.

Friday, October 23 9:39 a.m. Police were sent to a Preble Drive residence due to a disturbance.

11:31 a.m. A report was taken regarding a theft at a Spring Drive home.

4:44 p.m. Responding to a welfare check on Smith Street, police charged Kayla M. Wallace, 23, of Fryeburg with failing to appear in court, and Travis O’Neil, 24, also of Fryeburg, with failing to appear in court on a criminal summons.

Saturday, October 24 6:36 p.m. Police handled a civil issue on Cobb Street.

9:04 p.m. Police addressed a violation of a protection order at a Bridgton Road business.

9:21 p.m. Police checked a report of suspicious activity on Corn Shop Road.

Sunday, October 25 9:21 a.m. to 10:43 p.m. Police stopped 12 motorists and issued 10 warnings and two summonses.

Log Clarification ONE ARREST, NOT TWO — In the Fryeburg Police Department log entry of Oct. 4 at 11:47 a.m., Roland Mulherin, 28, of Fryeburg was charged with reckless conduct. The log entry contained a second entry at 5:30 p.m., which appeared to be a second charge. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin clarified the situation, saying “Mulherin was only arrested once that day, and the second call was a followup complaint.”

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These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, October 19 10:44 a.m. A red Lune kayak was missing from a Shore Acres property.

7:42 p.m. A North Bridgton Road resident reported that her fiancé allegedly pushed her to the floor to take a MP3 player from her.

9:12 p.m. A Whispering Pine Lane resident reported that she had been the victim of identity theft.

Tuesday, October 20 11:07 a.m. Police responded to an accident near the Bridgton/Fryeburg town line. Minor damage was reported.

12:26 p.m. A motor vehicle crash with property damage occurred on North High Street.

3:22 p.m. An unidentified subject left a 20-pound propane tank in a local store’s parking lot, and drove off.

7:40 p.m. A caller told police that she was attempting to sell an item on Craig’s List for $300, and a subject agreed to buy it but wanted to send the caller a $1,900 check for her to cash and return the remaining funds.

8:45 p.m. A two-vehicle crash in the CN Brown parking lot resulted in no injuries.

9:43 p.m. A Memory Lane resident thought someone was tapping on a window.

Wednesday, October 21 10:29 a.m. Police handled a theft report at a Cross Street residence.

4:50 p.m. A report was made that a group of people allegedly were shooting guns recklessly at a Monk Road property.

Friday, October 23 8:45 a.m. Police received a report of a male on a bicycle with a backpack, possibly containing a baby in it.

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Raid leads to arrests, drugs seized (Continued from Page 1A) Allen, 35. Bail for the two suspects was set at $10,000 each.

Town tax maps show Allen as the owner of the home since 2007.

Also arrested were Ryan Benton, 31, of Cumberland ($10,000 bail), Colin Grant, 27, of Naples ($1,500 bail), McKenna Roberts, 29, of Naples (no bail) and Samantha Stoddard, 23, of Bridgton ($1,500 bail). All BIG BUST — Laid out are the drugs, needles and cell were inside the house at the phones consistent with a significant heroin trafficking time of the raid.

Rummell and Allen were operation that were seized in a Thursday night raid at a both charged with traffickhome at 739 Kansas Road. ing, and the others have been charged with possession of heroin, as well as additional charges.

Assisting Officer Jones with the raid were Bridgton Officers Brad Gaumont, Craig Hammond and Sgt. T.J. Reese.

Two deputies from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department also (Continued from Page 1A) mately arrested after breaking into the Portland Road took part in the raid, and office of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of sent a van to the address in order to transport all six Commerce.

Bridgton Police Chief Richard Stillman said a Chamber people to the Cumberland employee found Tanguay inside when she arrived around County Jail.

8:30 a.m. Friday.

“Obviously, it scared her half to death,” Chief Stillman said.

Tanguay ran outside, where he was further confronted by painters, who were working on the building. Bridgton Police Officer Mac McCormick located Tanguay a short Healthy Lakes HMP distance away, and arrested him on charges of burglary, announced that Food City in theft and criminal trespass, along with an outstanding Bridgton has been recognized probation warrant. for their efforts to curb mar“He broke in through a back window to hide from keting of tobacco to youth. police and get warm,” Stillman said. “He stole some They have become a Star clothing and changed into it, and they probably woke Store as a responsible retailhim up.” er who takes seriously their

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Energy grants Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is awarding loans and grants that will help more than 1,100 rural small businesses and agricultural producers reduce energy usage and costs in their operations.

The funding is for energy efficiency improvements and/ or renewable energy systems. USDA is financing projects in every state, as well as in the Virgin Islands, the Western Pacific and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

“More rural business owners and ag producers are incorporating energy-saving measures into their business plans,” Vilsack said. “These actions improve an operation’s bottom line and help reduce its carbon footprint. This funding will help incorporate renewable energy and energy efficiency technology and reduce energy costs. But beyond the local benefits seen by a company saving energy costs and the global benefits of reducing carbon emissions, this funding will also create American jobs by supporting energy production and efficiency installations that are made in rural America.”

In Maine, USDA Rural Development is investing a total of $1,663,950 in 14 rural businesses through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) including two local companies: Janel Inc., dba Camp Tapawingo, located in Sweden, has been selected to receive $29,900 to purchase and install a new ENERGY, Page 7A

role as a community member in reducing the visibility of tobacco advertising to kids.

“Reducing the amount of advertising that young people are exposed to can make a real difference in preventing Maine’s youth from starting to use tobacco,” said Zoe Miller, Healthy Lakes HMP Coalition director. “This is especially important because 90% of adult smokers started before age 18. We are very pleased that Food City has become Star Store certified, and encourage other retailers in the Lake Region community to do the same.”

The objective of the Star Store program is to reduce the amount of minors’ exposure to tobacco promotional messaging in retail stores, such as special price and discount signage, free branded promotional items, and general tobacco company in-store posters, signs, and other visible logos. The Star Store program works in combination with NO BUTS! (Blocking Underage Tobacco Sales), the Maine CDC program to stop the illegal sale of tobacco to minors.

One-third of underage

experimentation with smoking is attributed to the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics.

Studies also show that the more in-store tobacco advertising a retailer has, the more youth think that tobacco use is common and widespread.

Food City has been an integral part of the Bridgton community for many years.

Kirsten Wears, general manager for the past seven years at Food City, described the grocery store as a part of the support system in the community. The staff regularly participates in providing lunches to young children in need during the summer, donating food for food drives, and cooking meals at the local “kettle dinners.”

Wears says Food City is committed to investing in the Bridgton community in many ways. She has been an active participant in the NO BUTS! program for many years, and is well deserving of the Star Store award through removal of tobacco advertising.

“Tobacco use among Lakes Region youth is a community problem that requires a community solution,” said Miller. “The Star Store program is a great step that local retailers can take to help reduce use among our young people.”

“Tobacco prevention has to start somewhere,” says Wears. Prevention starts in her store by keeping tobacco

products out of the hands and minds of local youth.

The Healthy Lakes HMP engages the northern Cumberland County communities of Bridgton,

Harrison, Naples, Casco, Sebago, Baldwin, Standish, Windham, and Raymond to improve health and wellness for all. Healthy Lakes HMP FOOD CITY, Page 7A

Boat waste bill

(Continued from Page 4A) years, the Legislature generally limits bill submissions to those that address emergencies and other pressing situations.

The Legislative Council, which is made up of each party’s leaders in the Maine House and Senate, decides which bills fit the criteria.

Of the nearly 400 bills submitted for the 2016 legislative session, 33 received the green light from the Council.

Decisions can be appealed before Nov. 2. The Council will consider all appeals on Nov. 19.

“I want the Legislative Council to understand that we can’t take any chances when it comes to the cleanliness of our lakes and ponds,” said Powers. “If we ignore the problem, than we’ve done nothing to prevent an incident like Brandy Pond from happening again. The people of my district deserve a chance to respond to this problem.”

Powers is serving her second term in the Maine House and represents Baldwin, Cornish, Naples, Sebago and part of Parsonsfield. She was a member of the Naples Board of Selectmen for 12 years.

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(Continued from Page 1A) ing will be held,” Kit Foster said. “I know they have been working on this (an ordinance) for a year or two, but the first public hearing I was aware of, if it wasn’t for Peter (Oberg) who let me know about it, was a couple of weeks ago. I think there should be a couple of public hearings and the people who will be on this proposed expansion need to be contacted, and get their input and their questions answered. As I understand it, if the sewer line goes by your house and you have a perfectly good system and choose not to hook in, you are still charged a fee. We don’t know what the fees are.”

Peter Oberg agreed. “It is being thrown at us way too fast to digest,” he said. “This has woken people up. I think they should go to each existing user and tell them that this is what you pay now and this is what you would pay under the new plan. No one has done that.”

Bridgton Town Manager Bob Peabody, however, believes every effort has been made to inform voters and sees the proposal as a means to scrap an “antiquated” ordinance in favor of a current model that will present a better rate schedule, as well as open the door for local officials to seek out grants or favorable federal funding to expand the sewer system.

“A handful of people have come to the meetings or hearings, despite personal phone calls, articles and advertisements in the newspaper, on the town website. This has been a work-in-progress for well over a year,” Peabody said. “It is technical (the ordinance), but is really black and white.”

Townspeople will be voting on Tuesday on rules and how flow rates are charged out, but the group pointed out that the ordinance is the first step toward sewer system expansion.

Because development of the ordinance was a “long and involved” process, Hamaty believes the public rarely attended those sessions. While he is very appreciative of the efforts by the Wastewater Committee and selectmen, “now that they have come up with something, they need to give the people affected an opportunity to review, ask questions, get answers, ask more questions, if needed,” Hamaty said.

“Although the potential growth and development is positive for our town, right now, the people on the current system take the big financial hit. If they (town officials) were to say that everyone would share in the costs, then fine, but to require someone who doesn’t need the system to pay into the system, I don’t think that’s right.”

“I just don’t think people realize how comprehensive this is,” Judy Oberg said.

“All of these side streets are included in the new system. Do they realize they are going to have to pay?

We are already paying, but do they know? We’ve been told that if it is approved, it can be amended, which will need a town vote. That costs money.”

“Let’s get it right from the beginning, instead of keep fixing it,” Foster said.

“We are prepared to roll up our sleeves and fully get involved. I think we have a better chance to have a better ordinance that will be productive for the town, and people will understand it.

Let’s take it to a town vote in June.”

The group raised a variety of questions from how the town determines the number of users in a unit to why should a property owner with a usable septic system face a fee when he or she is not hooked into the current town system.

Chuck Hamaty is one such owner.

Two years ago, Hamaty discovered that his septic system at Maine Street Graphics was failing. So, he went to the town to find out if he could hook his business to the town’s system.

“We were told it was a

very long, involved process, and unless you are unable to put a septic system on your current property, that would be the only way you could get on the system,” Hamaty said. “We were able to redo our system at a cost of $8,000 and now they are telling me I am going to have to pay toward this system when they wouldn’t let me come on.

But, they won’t tell me how much.”

Peabody addressed Hamaty’s situation, saying, “In this case, there is a ‘readiness to serve (which is not a full rate).’ Catch 22 here, once gallonage is freed up, he can hook up but probably won’t until his system fails. If he sold his building, a potential purchaser is going to look at the ability to hook up to the system as a real plus. He could be a situation that when the Superintendent of Wastewater (Jim Kidder, the town’s Public Works Director) looks at it, he can make a judgment call, which he has the ability to do.”

If the town does pursue sewer expansion, which could occur by 2018, taxpayers could look at financing it either through users (those that “flow”) shouldering the budgetary brunt or spread the cost out to all taxpayers as a major infrastructure improvement.

“That’s up to the townspeople to decide,” Peabody said. “I’ve seen towns go both ways.”

Peabody pointed out, “The current system’s remaining capacity — the way we determine flow for 73 properties — has 661 gallons left. In reality, we have more capacity, but because we use an outdated way to determine flow rates, it has artificially tied our hands.”

Two new developments — Vivo, the new Italian restaurant on Depot Street and Justin McIver’s new office/ restaurant complex at the corner of Cottage and Main Street — used up the remaining available gallons.

“In reality, we have more than that, but based on the current model, that’s the number we are working with,” Peabody noted.

Peabody says the existing rate structure is based on an individual system. His example is as follows: A single-family house is assigned 1,200 gallons. They may not flow all 1,200 gallons in a day, but the system has to have the ability to handle it all.

Under a true flow model for a municipal system, which is being proposed, “rounding thing, you would be at 800,” the manager said. Under the new ordinance, the new flow model, you free up 400 gallons — which could help expand a business or build a new business, Peabody said.

“We need to adopt a true model, not one geared toward an individual system,” he added.

The existing rate structure has inequities, Peabody said.

Currently, the rate is simply determined by flow and a budget.

“You look at last year’s flow, divide it into the budget, and determine a rate,” he said. “If you flow a little, you pay a little. If you flow a lot, you pay a lot. If you hook up to the system and don’t flow anything, you pay zero. Now, what is unfortunate about that, the system is aging, ongoing operational and maintenance costs exist, but if you are not flowing, you get a bye (no cost).”

The new structure has three basic components — debt service, operations and maintenance (fixed and operational costs), and capital reserve (money put aside for things that break down). Under this scenario, all equivalent users pay a fee.

The total cost, billed quarterly, includes an equivalent user fee, a capital reserve fee (the budget is $30,000) and a flow fee.

All numbers predicated by the budget, at this time is $96,000.

Another question was in regards to users and how that number is determined.

Appeals regarding user designation and fees go to the SEWER, Page 7A

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Bridgton selectmen Tuesday meeting briefs (Continued from Page 1A) Peabody suggested that exterior vinyl siding be replaced with wood clapboards.

“Some of the current siding is so degraded that it no longer is able to stay in its channels,” he said.

Wood planking along the sidewalls has buckled in places, so the town will look to resurface the area with gypsum used frequently inside gyms.

Another area needing to be addressed is the ceiling, along with lighting. Krieg suggested that discussion should occur regarding what athletic activities will be allowed inside the hall — such as hitting baseballs — before making a decision on ceiling material.

A propane hot air heating system will soon be installed.

Once it is and is operational, the Town Hall will be ready for use, once more. At this point, the town has spent $441,893 on hall improvements.

Elections will be held at the Town Hall on Nov. 3. If it is cold, warmers will be brought in.

Student on the Board When Bernie King attended a SAD 61 School Board meeting, he noticed that a Lake Region High School student was at the head table.

He liked the idea of a student gaining an inside look at

government by serving as a “student representative.” So, he suggested that Bridgton selectmen follow suit.

A junior from Bridgton, Colleen Messina has a serious interest in history, might someday become a journalist, and felt serving as a student representative would offer her the chance to meet new people and learn more about her hometown.

Selectmen welcomed Colleen to the board Tuesday night. She can express her views regarding issues, but will not be a voting member of the board.

House-cleaning • Selectmen approved the Forest Hills Cemetery deed to Edward and Mildred Hatch.

• Selectmen approved the appointment of Christina Lowell as Warden and Marita Wiser as Deputy Warden for the Nov. 3 election.

• The town is still looking for individuals interested in serving on the Capital Improvement Committee.

To date, “three viable” candidates applied, Peabody reported. A minimum of five members are needed.

• Peabody informed selectmen that the town signed a heating oil contract with CN Brown for a rate of $1.89 per gallon.

• To date, the town has received seven applications

for the Finance Officer position. “Some high-quality individuals,” Peaboby said.

“It’s an exciting process.”

The last date to apply is this Friday, Oct. 30.

• Bridgton’s proposed 2016 state valuation is $942,750,000, as determined by the Maine Revenue Service. The 2015 value was $961,500,000. The state valuation lags actual market values and municipal assessments by nearly two years by the time it is final and certified, Peabody wrote in his manager’s report.

Peabody noted that he is now a Bridgton resident, having signed papers on a local home.

• On the revaluation front, John E. O’Donnell Associates reports that 44% of the field work and data entry have been completed.

• Krieg noted that the Request of Qualification regarding the Main Street streetscape project is due this Thursday. She suggested a committee be formed to review proposals and narrow choices down to three to five.

The committee will include Krieg, Public Works Director Jim Kidder, Lucia Terry (who is currently contracted by the town for Main Street landscaping), a member from Lakes Environmental Association (who can bring some exper-

USDA awards energy grants (Continued from Page 5A) 26.52 kW ground-mounted solar PV array at the camp.

This system is expected to produce 35,230 kWh of energy annually and is projected to meet over 80% of this business’ energy demands.

The Wildwood Corporation, located in

Bridgton, has been selected to receive a grant in the amount of $59,301 to purchase and install a new 70.2 kW solar PV roof-mounted system producing 80,920 kWh annually.

Generated energy will meet this business’ energy needs.

USDA is providing $102 million in loan guarantees and

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tise regarding “creative” stormwater solutions), a member from the Community Development Committee and a selectman. Selectman Ken Murphy offered to represent the board.

The final selection will be made by the board of selectmen.

Streets closed Halloween In previous years, several in-town streets have been closed Halloween night as a safety measure for little Trick or Treaters.

This year, the town Halloween party has been moved to the municipal complex because of continued renovation of the Town Hall on North High Street.

Selectmen voted to close Iredale, Chase, Elm and Bennett Streets from 4 to 9 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 31.

Selectman Paul Hoyt reminded Peabody to check with local police regarding closing a portion of Depot Street on Nov. 11, Veterans Day, due to a brief ceremony in the square.

Getting the word out With the vote on the proposed Sewer Ordinance set for this coming Tuesday, Peabody noted that a copy of the proposed rules and rate schedule is available at the town office and on the town website. Peabody is also making himself available to answer the public’s questions regarding the ordinance.

Selectmen debated whether they should start a public awareness campaign, by placing “Vote Yes” signs around town and offer fact sheets to voters at the Transfer Station.

Because the Transfer Station can be hectic due to steady traffic flow,

Selectman Greg Watkins recommended that information be handed out at a designated spot. Selectman Bob McHatton pointed out that tables have been placed up against the station’s building, to the right of the “Store” doorway.

Town officials have heard

complaints in the past from residents disposing their trash being “accosted” by individuals seeking signatures for petitions.

Peabody suggested that selectmen hold a future discussion on the matter and develop a policy to address the issue.

Food City honored (Continued from Page 1A) works for tobacco-free environments and reduced tobacco use; greater access to healthy foods and nutrition education; reduced drug, alcohol, and tobacco use among teens; active community environments and increased physical activity; and increased equity in access to health services.

Sewer Ordinance on Nov. 3 ballot

(Continued from Page 1A) town’s Appeals Board.

Peabody pointed out that the initial number of users assigned to existing system users was based on an estimate by a field engineer to get an “idea” what a probable equivalent user number would be.

“It was looking down the street and figuring what we have in here and there,” Peabody said. “Those numbers that were estimated are not part of the ordinance.”

The superintendent, Peabody pointed out, will make a more detailed visit or call to determine the user number.

“This is not a ‘us versus them’ situation. This is a partnership. A municipal system,” Peabody said.

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CRES project discussed, Memorial School future?

(Continued from Page 1A) guarantees — as one resident sought, 20 years, the length of the bond to fund the CRES project — that such talk could occur in future years.

While Superintendent Smith and the school board pitched the premise that the two matters are separate issues, some like Sebago Director Joe McMahon were not buying the rhetoric. At last week’s board meeting at Stevens Brook Elementary School, McMahon questioned some figures being used and later was the lone vote against moving the CRES project to the next phase — a public hearing on Dec. 1 at Lake Region High school at 7 p.m., and a public referendum on Dec. 8 in all four towns.

Fellow Sebago Director Ben Bowditch abstained.

The vote led Sebago selectmen to look into what it would take for the town to leave SAD 61. One major obstacle would be paying its share of existing school debt. At a previous meeting, Superintendent Smith said the withdrawal process could take up to two years, which would mean if the Crooked River project passes in December, Sebago would be responsible for part of the $9.6 million. Smith said the state has a formal process the town would be required to follow. However, a town committee or selectmen could informally compile figures and determine if withdrawal is a good option and/or financially palatable.

Superintendent Smith is scheduled to go before the Sebago selectmen on Nov. 17

to present the CRES project.

“I suspect I won’t receive a lot of questions about the project,” he said in wake of the recent letter. “I’m sure the focus will be on Sebago Elementary.”

Tuesday’s stop: Bridgton The traveling CRES PR show made a stop in Bridgton Tuesday night as Superintendent Smith gave Bridgton selectmen an overview of the proposed project.

With renovations and new construction, Crooked River could house a maximum of 350 students, Grades 3-5.

Smith noted that school projects look to meet the educational needs for the next 50 years. So while student population is presently in the 200-plus range, it would offer space to add Pre-K. Barter noted that part of the problem SAD 61 has had in regards to closing CRES and now seeking to reopen the facility and add on were bad enrollment projections it received from outside study firms.

One area directors could expand as they look to the future is the auditorium. If the price is right — meaning if construction bids on the proposed Crooked River School project check fall on the low side — a larger auditorium could be built to accommodate 350. Architect Stephen Blatt told directors if the auditorium’s size increases to house 150 to 250 students, the cost would be about $130,000. If the size is moved up to house 350, it could cost $240,000.

Selectman Paul Hoyt questioned the need to increase the auditorium’s size since no

other facility in the district — other than the high school — has an auditorium.

Exactly Smith’s point.

Again, if the added price can be assumed by other savings, Smith feels the auditorium would benefit the school district — it could hold professional development workshops there — as well as the community — a place for events like community theatre.

“We feel we are getting good bang for the buck” with this project, Smith added, pointing out that the renovation/construction at Stevens Brook 17 years ago was $7.3 million. SAD 61 has just three years left to pay on that note.

Other debt scheduled to be retired includes the portable unit at Songo Locks (savings of $95,000 after this year); $230,000 for the high school field project and Middle School renovation, two years away; $365,000 for Stevens Brook construction, three years out.

There is no state money involved. Smith also noted that the project is severely needed to help ease over-

POWERFUL IN PINK — In observation of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a pink ribbon was incorporated into the lines on the soccer field behind Lake Region Middle School. The girls’ soccer team posed around the symbol in their soccer cleats and shin-guard socks.

(Photo courtesy of LRMS Girls’ Soccer Team)

Ledge surveys taken on lakes’ dam

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — Fishermen who have a favorite fishing hole near the Pleasant Lake Dam might want to consider another location during the next several weeks.

There will be a little more activity than usual around the dam that is located near the former offices of Hancock Lumber.

By mid-November, a small barge will be moved into the pool in front of the Pleasant Lake Dam, accord(Continued from Page 1A) ing to Casco Town Manager lars. The town would be better off putting it out to bid and Dave Morton. selling as it as a dump truck,” he said.

The barge will be the The town manager was not certain if new cost estimates worksite for a land survey would be available by the next Naples Board of Selectmen taking place in the water. meeting on Monday.

Data on the terrain, particu-

Truck purchase

crowding at Songo Locks School.

Selectman Ken Murphy then shifted the talk’s direction, asking the superintendent if there has been any discussion regarding the future of Bridgton Memorial School. He wondered why an apparent stalemate has occurred.

There have been talks in the past about SAD 61 turning the property over to the town, but unforeseen issues arose, forcing the school district to retain the former school building.

If the CRES project is approved, Barter could see more concrete talks occurring. School officials would welcome a “partnership” with Bridgton, possibly seeing the town redevelop the property and leasing space to house the district’s Adult Education program. Barter noted the due to the property’s proximity to Stevens Brook Elementary School, she and the school district would want to be sure that how the Memorial School property is used would be complementary.

larly rock ledge, must be recorded prior to the drafting of engineering plans for the dam.

As of Tuesday, data collection of the terrain was taking place on land.

Morton said the survey crew was still staging the equipment and tools required to start the job on Tuesday. The first leg of the project starts on land — near the Casco Fish Hatchery.

“They are beginning the probing to measure the ledge. They are doing some hand boring on land,” Morton said. Once that job is done, the surveyors will move a small barge into the pool near the concrete dam,

he said.

“I believe November.

Nov. 10 or 11, they’ll put a barge in and do drilling there,” Morton said. The barge is small enough to be launched from the town’s boat launch and driven under the bridge, he said.

“It’s no larger than a small pontoon boat,” he added.

For the past few years, town officials and lake association residents have known that the dam needs to be repaired or replaced.

In fact, the towns of Otisfield and Casco have been on board with a strategy to repair the dam. After all, a reliable dam protects fish eggs and wetlands species as well as preserv-

ing the water quality of Pleasant Lake and Parker Pond — the bodies of water impacted by the dam.

In the two neighboring towns, residents approved money for the survey and engineering plans at Town Meeting in 2015. In time for next year’s meeting, a reallife cost estimate should be provided The survey taking place is the next step toward repairing or replacing the dam.

“Once they get surveys of the ledge, they will give that information to an engineer,” Morton said. “We are a ways away from having those probable costs” for a new dam, he said.

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Area Events Haunted House at Bridgton Ice Rink

On October 29 and 30 there will be a Haunted House at the Bridgton Ice Rink, behind the old town hall on North High Street from 6-9 p.m. This is a scary haunted house. Come if you dare. Presented by Opportunity Enterprises. $3 per person or $10 per family. For more information, call 803-4150.

Graveyard tour by Fryeburg Historical

FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Historical Society presents the 1st annual Historic Graveyard Tour, Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Village Cemetery, Main Street, behind the Fryeburg Town Library. Reservations are required. Please call 256-3001.

Worship in the Taize tradition

NORWAY — All are invited to experience worship in the Taize tradition at Christ Episcopal Church, Norway, on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. The Taize model includes simple chants and songs, sung a capella or with very simple musical accompaniment like flute or guitar; short scripture readings and/or meditations and silent meditation, at times with icons to focus thoughts and prayers.

This is a great opportunity for those who consider themselves “spiritual but not religious” to participate in a unique worship opportunity.

Senior Thanksgiving Lunch and Learn

CASCO — The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office will present a free Senior Thanksgiving Lunch and Learn session on Monday, Nov. 2, at 11:30 a.m. at Camp Sunshine at Point Sebago Resort, 35 Acadia Road in Casco. This event is open to all Senior Citizens of Cumberland County. Parking will be at Point Sebago Resort, with busing to and from Camp Sunshine. Space is limited, so sign up right away by calling 774-1444, ext.

2176, or e-mail mains@cumberlandcounty.org

Thrift Shop holding $2 a Bag Sale

LOVELL — The Lovell UCC Thrift Shop at the Lovell Church of Christ on Route 5 in Center Lovell will be having a $2 a Bag Sale the week of Monday, Nov. 2 through Saturday, Nov. 7. Thrift Shop bags will be provided. The shop is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

Hospital Guild InDesign Jewelry Sale

The Bridgton Hospital Guild will hold the popular InDesign Jewelry and Accessories Sale onsite at the EVENTS, Page 5B

SEASON FINALE — Music with a Mission’s season finale features Heather Masse of The Wailin’ Jennys in concert Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Windham Union Church.

Heather Masse in concert

WINDHAM — Music with a Mission is proud to present Heather Masse of The Wailin’ Jennys with pianist Jed Wilson in concert Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail, Windham.

Currently a New York singer-songwriter, Heather grew up in rural Maine and began singing at an early age.

Trained at the New England

Conservatory of Music as a jazz singer, she is steeped in the jazz tradition, which informs her distinct approach to singing folk, pop and bluegrass. As one of the three members of the folk group The Wailin’ Jennys, she has performed at hundreds of venues across the world. She has been a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, both as a solo performer and as a

member of The Jennys. On the show, she has collaborated with artists such as Elvis Costello, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming and Emmylou Harris.

Heather released her first full-length album in 2009, and with The Wailin’ Jennys won a Canadian Juno award for their newest recording, Bright Morning Stars, in 2011.

Heather’s newest release, Lock My Heart, with legend-

ary pianist Dick Hyman, has been on the Billboard charts since its release in February 2013.

Heather has chosen to support SMART Child and Family Services with the proceeds from the Nov. 7 concert.

Tickets are $15 for all seats, and are available online at www.mwamconcerts.com or at the door. For more information, call 892-7149 or e-mail MWAMconcerts@gmail.com

Environmental artist on display at Gallery 302 and is the current president of the Maine Art Education Association.

Being a Maine native much interested in environmental issues, Bickford reflects on and responds to the effect of the human species on the natural world.

She said her body of work “explores our impact on the environment and the often hidden beauty that surrounds us. My goal was to take ideas that may be an ugly truth and turn them into a beautiful reality.”

To view Debra Bickford’s

work, come to Gallery 302, located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton. Hours are from noon to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

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INHALE, EXHALE is the title of this mixed-media work by Debra A. Bickford, on exhibit through Nov. 13 at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. A reception for the artist will be held Friday, Nov. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The mixed-media/assemblage work of Debra A. Bickford is currently on exhibit at Gallery 302 in Bridgton and runs through Friday, Nov. 13. An artist reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m., with a talk by the artist preceding the reception from 4 to 5 p.m.

Bickford has a BFA from the Maine College of Art, and a BS from the University of Southern Maine. She is a visual arts teacher at Westbrook High School with over 27 years of experience,

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Concerts & Entertainment

Friday, October 30 Ricarrdo Valentine and Orlando Hunter Jr. of Brooklyn’s Brother(hood) Dance! returns to the Denmark Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. to share two new works exploring the identities of Afro-American males. Suggested donation is $10.

Saturday, October 31 A man searches for his missing dog through the streets of Rome in Umberto D., the second in a series of Old Man Movies being offered at the Denmark Arts Center, in collaboration with Janus Films of New York. The movie is considered a masterpiece of Italian Neo-realism, and will reduce your heart to ashes. Suggested donation is $5.

The Met Opera Live in HD series presents Wagner’s Tannhauser in a simulcast at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 1 p.m. James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. On Thursday, Oct. 29, Joe DeVito will talk about the opera at 3 p.m. as part of LHEPAC’s Met Opera Lecture Series.

Tickets are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $18 for students.

FMI: www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac, 935-9232.

Friday, November 6 Japanese storyteller and mime Motoko will entertain and delight the audience with her storytelling in a performance at 7:30 p.m. at Tamworth Congregational Church in Tamworth, N.H. A native of Osaka, Japan, Motoko trained with the late master mime Tony Montanaro of Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris. Tickets are for sale online at artstamworth.org and at the door.

Friday & Saturday, November 6 & 7 Fryeburg Academy presents the 2015 All-School Musical, The Pajama Game, at Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. The story deals with labor troubles at a pajama factory, where workers’ demands for a 7 1/2-cent raise are going unheeded. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for students/seniors. FMI: 935-9232.

Your Theatre, 1857 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, N.H., is the venue for a thriller of a play, Wait Until Dark, produced by M&D Productions. Curtain is 7:30 p.m. for the play, which is about a sightless housewife trying to outwit a brilliant criminal over diamonds hidden in a doll. FMI: 603733-5275.

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OUT FOR A TEDDY BEAR PICNIC — Chris Anderson and her Farmhouse Nursery School of Harrison had a teddy bear picnic at Fernwood Cove last week. They hiked to Table Top Rock and had their snack at the beach on Island Pond. Pictured are: (front row) Alana and Xander Heggeman, Dylan Holme, Della Grover, Jacoby Boyce and Grafton Reynolds; (back row) Anjali McDonell, Sadie and Riley Braun, Ember Grimm, Hope Griffin, Arianna Burke and Charlie Mayo.

Halloween party is moved due to renovations

The Halloween Party in Bridgton has been around a long time. For years, Bridgton has had 150 to 200

children from around the area come to the Bridgton Town Hall on the last day of October to enjoy games,

Breakfasts & Suppers Sunday, November 1 The Fryeburg/Lovell VFW Auxiliary #6783 will be having a New England Boiled Dinner from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall on Smarts Hill Rd. in Lovell. Great veggies and smoked shoulder plus dessert and beverage at $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under.

Saturday, November 7 Roast Beef Supper will be served at 5 p.m. at the Hiram Community Center, 14 Historical Ridge (old VFW, off Rt. 117 just east of the Saco River bridge) Hiram. Adults $9, under 12 $4/family rate. Takeout available. Handicappedaccessible. FMI 625-8074.

Sunday, November 8 8th Annual Battle of the Bowls Chili Challenge from noon to 2 p.m. at the Lovell Fire Station. Admission $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for children six and under. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for kids who don’t eat chili. Baked goods and ice cream also available.

Veterans Day free community luncheon at the Lovell VFW Hall from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All veterans and families invited to attend. Sponsored by the North Fryeburg Community chapel.

Wednesday, November 11 Veterans Day Dinner will be held at Oriental Masonic Lodge, Route 117, Harrison Road, Bridgton at 12 noon. This complimentary meal is being hosted by volunteers of the Bridgton Community Center. All veterans and their families are cordially invited to attend. FMI 647-3116.

A Veterans Day Supper will be served beginning with a 4 p.m. social hour to meet and thank veterans at the Ronald St. John VFW Hall on the Waterford Road in Harrison. Hors d’oeuvres at the social hour will be followed by a delicious meal at 5 p.m. of baked ham, macaroni and cheese with chicken, turkey shepherd’s pie as well as many other dishes.

Cost is $10 per adult and $5 per child (children under 12 are free). As always, all veterans will be honored guests and enjoy the evening at no costs. FMI: Sharon, 583-4255.

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All veterans and their families are cordially invited to join in a time of feasting (ham dinner with all the fixings) and fellowship as Bridgton honors all who have served in the country’s Armed Forces. Please plan to come and connect with old friends and create new ones. For more information, call 647-3116.

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November looking quite busy here in Lovell LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library serves many purposes, not just the caretaker of books, use of computers etc., but a showcase of local artists and their works.

Presently in the former main room of the library is an amazing display of migrating birds. Many of the birds are found right here in Lovell and on our beautiful Lake Kezar. This display is the work of Susan Welchman; this is not her first at the library but perhaps the most attentiongetting. Susan is retired from her 30-year position at National Geographic, where

she served as senior photo editor.

An accomplished artist, the materials used for the birds were nothing fancy, but plain ordinary cardboard boxes and any leftover acrylic paint in the library. It takes craftsmanship to take ordinary materials and turn them in to something spectacular. You don’t have to take out a book, but visit the library if only to see the birds. See how many you can recognize, then take out a book.

The last event in October is on Friday, Oct. 30, which will be the weekly fitness walk around the school play-

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The Fryeburg/Lovell VFW Auxiliary #6783 will

Back by popular demand: From Cabbage to Kraut

LOVELL — The Monthly Speaker Program at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library will present “From Cabbage to Kraut: Demonstration and Tasting” with organic farmer Jen Ward on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 7 to 8 p.m.

Back by popular demand!

For all of you who could not make last year’s presentation Jen decided to have another kraut-making workshop. This year, the library will hold the talk in the evening to give more patrons a chance to attend.

Fermented foods are foods that have been through a process of lactofermentation in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food creating lactic acid.

This process preserves the food, and creates beneficial enzymes, b-vitamins, omega3 fatty acids, and various strains of probiotics. Natural fermentation of foods has also been shown to preserve nutrients in food and break the food down to a more digestible form. This, along with the bevy of probiotics created during the fermentation process, could explain the link between consumption of fer-

“From Cabbage to Kraut” is the topic of the next program at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell on Nov. 5.

Jen Ward from Fly Away mented foods and improved digestion. Cultures around the Farm will show step-by-step world have been eating fer- how to create your own saumented foods for centuries, erkraut and kimchi. Everyone from sauerkraut in Germany will have an opportunity to to kimchi in Korea and every- taste some of her own fermented vegetables along with where in between. homemade bread by Justin Ward.

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Battle of the Bowls

CENTER LOVELL — Calling all chili aficionados!

The Eighth Annual Battle of the Bowls will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Center Lovell Fire House. This popular event provides an opportunity for both professional and amateur chefs to compete for top awards and bragging rights.

The Chili Challenge donates all proceeds to the Lovell Friends Helping Friends Emergency Fuel Fund. This program helps local residents who are in need of assistance with winter heating costs. Last year’s Chili Challenge raised more than $1,000.

Residents, businesses and organizations throughout western Maine and Mt. Washington Valley are invited to participate. There are two distinct categories: People’s Choice and Judges’ Favorites. Special awards will be given to all winners.

Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for children six and under.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, ice cream and a bake sale will also be available.

For those unable to attend the Chili Challenge but who would like to support the program, personal donations may be sent to Friends Helping Friends, Town of Lovell, PO Box 236, Center Lovell, ME 04016.

For more information, contact Stan Tupaj at 925-1500 or stan@fairpoint.net

be having a New England boiled dinner on Sunday, Nov. 1 at the VFW Hall on Smarts Hill Road in Lovell from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Yum, think of all those great veggies and the smoked shoulder. That’s a meal to yearn for. For the price of $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under, you also get dessert and a beverage. This event starts off another very busy month in Lovell.

For all chefs out there, the 8th Annual Battle of the Bowls of Chili Challenge is coming up in November so you better start planning your batch to take the 2015 crown. There were many contestants last year cooking for bragging rights, and as usual, it was hard for the judges to pick the winners. The Challenge supports a great cause — Lovell Friends Helping Friends for fuel assistance. If this winter is as bad as last winter, we’ll need to fill the coffers.

Any and all chefs in the Mount Washington Valley can take part. There are two different categories — People’s Choice and Judges’ Favorites. In past years, both people and judges seem to have the same taste bud.

The date for the 2015 Challenge is Sunday, Nov. 8. For those taking part, the setup starts at 11 to 11:30 a.m. The event itself begins at noon to 2 p.m. Each contestant is asked to prepare two gallons of chili.

Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children six and under. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be available for kids who don’t like chili. There will also be baked goods and ice cream available. Start practicing those recipes to come out a winner.

For those unable to attend

the Chili Challenge, but who would like to support the program, personal donations may be sent to Friends Helping Friends, Town of Lovell, PO Box 236, Center Lovell, ME 04016. For more information contact Stan Tupaj at 925-1500 or stan@fairpoint.net In honor of Veterans Day, there will be a free community luncheon at the Lovell VFW Hall on Sunday, Nov. 8 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All veterans and their families are invited to attend the autumn harvest luncheon sponsored by the North Fryeburg Community Chapel.

Once again, the students of the New Suncook School will be selling pies to help pay for the fourth and fifth grade trip to Plymouth Plantation. Pie orders must be in by Nov. 4 and will be taken by any New Suncook student or you can contact Jean Andrews at 925-1163 or online at frogalley@fairpoint.net.

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Fryeburg/Lovell VFW Post #6783 will be holding Veterans Day ceremonies to honor the past and present veterans for their service to their country in war and peace. The first stop will be at the East Conway Memorial at the junction of Route 113 and River Road in New Hampshire for an 11 a.m. ceremony before moving on to Bradley Park in Fryeburg. After the service is completed in Fryeburg, the members will travel to Lovell for a noon ceremony there. After the service is completed, everyone is invited to the VFW Hall on Smarts Hill Road for lunch put on by the VFW Post #6783 Ladies Auxiliary.

The Lovell United Church of Christ will be holding their Snowflake Fair on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is your chance to buy freshly-made wreaths made by the busy hands of church members. Among

the many items available are Berry Bowls and those wonderful scented fir pillows.

There will be baked goods and treasures, costume jewelry and a Christmas boutique. There will be a raffle for a Thanksgiving basket filled with all the important items for a Thanksgiving dinner. Make a morning of it by shopping and then have lunch prepared by the Youth Group. What a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

The Lovell United Church of Christ will be holding a $2 a bag sale at the Thrift Shop from Nov. 2-7. There will be loads of fall and winter clothes for the shoppers.

The shop is open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the church of Route 5.

If you want to see a great movie go and see Bridge of Spies starring Tom Hanks. It deals with the trading of spies for spies, one being Gary Powers, whose plane was shot down by the Russians.

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Calendar ATTENTION TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS! All calendar listings/press releases must be sent in at least one week before the event.

E-mail bnews@roadrunner. com or mail to P.O. Box 244, Bridgton, ME 04009.

BRIDGTON Sat., Oct. 31 — Walk With A Doc, walking program in Pondicherry Park with Dr. Jen Smith and Dr. Peter Leighton, meet 9 a.m. at Dunning Bridge, Depot St. Sat., Oct. 31 — Bridgton Fire Department Open House, 1 to 3 p.m., Central Fire Station.

All ages encouraged to attend.

Sat., Oct. 31 — Bridgton Health Care Center open for Halloween trick-or-treaters, 4 to 7 p.m., Portland Rd. Sat., Oct. 31 — Bridgton Recreation Halloween Party, 5:30 downstairs conference room of the Town Office, 10 Iredale Street.

Sun., Nov. 1 — Party to celebrate the life of Burr Chase, 4-7 p.m., Gallery 302, Main St. Tue., Nov. 3 — COPD Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Introduction to Quilting 7-wk. series starts, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. Preregister thru adult ed: 627-4291, ext. 21.

Wed., Nov. 4 — Senior Lunch, 12 noon. Community Center.

Thur., Nov. 5 — In Design Jewelry & Accessories Sale, % of proceeds benefits Hospital Guild, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bridgton Hospital.

Thur., Nov. 5 — Free Community Kettle Supper 5 p.m., Community Center.

Thur., Nov. 5 — Learn to Read Music - Intermediate, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Stevens Brook Elementary School. Runs thru Dec. 10. Register: 627-4291, ext. 21.

Fri., Nov. 6 — Wine & Cheese Reception for artist Debra A. Bickford, 5-7 p.m., Gallery 302, 112 Main St. Sat., Nov. 7 — Early Bird Sale, participating Bridgton businesses, starts 7 a.m.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Free Woodburning Demo by Dave Derosier as part of Early Bird Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bridgton Arts & Crafts Craft & Cookie Sale, 12 Depot St. Wed., Nov. 11 — Caregiver Support Group, 1 p.m., Community Center.

Wed., Nov. 11 — Prostate Cancer Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Community Center.

BROWNFIELD Sat., Oct. 31 — Halloween Festival, dinner 5:30 p.m., costume contest, trick or treat to follow, Community Center.

Sat., Oct. 31 — Brownfield Lions Dance with Hurricane Mountain Band, 8 p.m. to midnight, Lions Den, Rtes. 5 & 113.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Adult Play Group, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Community Center.

CASCO Mon., Nov. 2 — Senior Thanksgiving Lunch & Learn

by Sheriff’s Dept., 11:30 a.m., Camp Sunshine, Point Sebago.

RSVP: 774-1444, ext. 2176.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Coastal Navigation, 5-8 p.m., Crooked River School. Register: 6274291, ext. 21.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Microsoft Office for Beginners, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Crooked River School.

Runs thru Dec. 8. Register: 6274291, ext. 21.

Mon., Nov. 9 — K-9 Advance Obedience, 6-7 p.m., Crooked River School. Runs thru Dec. 14. Register: 6274291, ext. 21.

Tue., Nov. 10 — Weight Loss Boot Camp, Level 2, 6-7 p.m., Crooked River School.

Runs thru Dec. 15. Register: 627-4291, ext. 21.

DENMARK Fri., Oct. 30 — Brother(hood) Dance, 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St. FRYEBURG Thur., Oct. 29 — Met Opera Lecture Series, Joe DeVito discusses Wagner’s Tannhauser, 3 p.m., Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy.

Sat., Oct. 31 — Historic Graveyard Tour by Fryeburg Historical, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Village Cemetery, Main St., behind library. RSVP: 256-3001.

Sun., Nov. 1 — Holiday Photo Shoot to benefit A.C.T.S., by appt., Telling Tails Training Center, 285 Main St. Appts.: 603-986-6600.

Sun., Nov. 1 — Fun Run & Walk, 10:30 a.m. runners, 11 a.m. walkers, Fryeburg Academy gym. FMI: 890-6088.

Wed., Nov. 4 — Learn Conversational Italian, 4:45 p.m., Molly Ockett Middle School. Preregister: 627-4291, ext. 21.

HARRISON Sat., Oct. 31 — Halloween Festival, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Fire Station.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Senior Social Extravaganza, lunch, games, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fire Station Community Room.

Wed., Nov. 4 — Harrison Ski Program Signups, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Fire Station Community Room.

LOVELL Mon., Nov. 2 — $2 A Bag Sale starts, runs thru Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to noon, Lovell Thrift Shop, Rte. 5.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Middle School Book Discussion, The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick, 5:30 to 7 p.m., library.

Thur., Nov. 5 — “From cabbage to Kraut” workshop, Jen Ward. 7 to 8 p.m., library.

Sun., Nov. 8 — Battle of the Bowls Chili Challenge, noon to 2 p.m., Center Lovell Fire House. FMI: 925-1500.

Mon., Nov. 9 — Medicare talk, 4-6 p.m., New Suncook School. Register: 627-4291, Ext. 21.

NAPLES Wed., Oct. 28 — LRVC Career & Technical Education Fair, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Lake Region Vocational Center Great Room. Public invited.

FMI: 693-3864, ext. 385.

Thur., Oct. 29 — ParentTeacher Conferences, 4:30 to 8 p.m., Lake Region High School.

FMI: 693-6221, ext. 230.

Thur., Oct. 29 — Costume

THE POWER OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE — Those who attend this year’s Art Moves fundraising gala on Saturday, Nov. 7, will enjoy a special performance of “Harlem Nocturno,” a 40s-inspired dance medley created simultaneously by two dance companies in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil and the Art Moves Dance Ensemble in Norway (pictured). The dances were created to highlight the power of cultural exchange and collaboration, while celebrating jazz from the big band era. The gala takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Art Moves Dance Studio, Cottage Street, Norway, and will feature 40s music, raffles, dance and dining to benefit the Globalocal mission of the nonprofit Cottage Street Creative Exchange, Inc. Tickets are on sale now at Books N Things on Main Street, Norway or online at artmovesdance.com (Photo courtesy Brunno Martins) Story Time, 6 p.m., library.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Children’s Movie, 4 p.m., library.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Pl Mt. Ski School registration, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., LRHS front lobby Sat., Nov. 7 — Hollyberry Christmas Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., LRHS. FMI: 5955135.

Mon., Nov. 9 — The Food Basket and Kyrie’s Kitchen, 1 to 3 p.m., Town Hall gym. FMI: 615-3226.

Tue., Nov. 10 — Alaska Travelogue, Bruce and Gail Small, 6 p.m., library.

RAYMOND Thur., Oct. 29 — Book Group, The End of Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, 7 p.m., library.

Wed., Nov. 4 — Lego Club, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., library.

Wed., Nov. 4 — 6 Steps to Simple with Lisa Luken, 6:30 p.m., library.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Holiday/ Food Sale by Raymond Friendship Group, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Raymond Fire Station, Rte. 302.

SEBAGO Sat., Nov. 7 — Craft & Bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Sebago Methodist Church, Rte. 114. Light lunch served.

Mon., Nov. 9 — Sebago Food Pantry, Nazarene Church, Rte. 114, 3 to 7 p.m.

Tue., Nov. 10 — Freedom Through Forgiveness, 6-8 p.m., Sebago Elementary School.

Register: 627-4291, ext. 21.

SWEDEN Sat., Nov. 7 — Craft & Bake Sale, Sweden Town Hall, Rte. 93, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefit Sweden Fire Dept., 693-3681.

WATERFORD Mon., Nov. 2 — Socrates Café, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., library.

FMI: 583-6957.

Wed., Nov. 11 — Mystery Book Club, Dennis Lehane books, 4 p.m., library.

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Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton. O/D MONDAYS Medicare Open Enrollment, by appt., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bridgton Community Center. FMI: 647-3116.

Sebago Food Pantry, 9-11 a.m., Nazarene Church, Rte. 114. FMI: 274-1569.

Casco/Naples Senior Meal Site, noon, Casco Fire Station.

FMI: 655-7162 Bridge, 1 p.m., Bradley St., Fryeburg. Runs year-round.

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

Coed Adult Basketball, 6 to 7:45 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI: 583-2241.

Lake Region Community Chorus, rehearsals, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Twitchell Chapel, Bridgton Academy. FMI: 6473733.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Casco.

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

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

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

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

FMI: 647-4476.

Senior Lunch, noon to 1 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room, Harrison.

Bridge, 12:15 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Medicare Open Enrollment, by appt., 1-4:30 p.m., Bridgton Community Center. FMI: 647-3116.

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

Adult Volleyball, 6:30 DAILY Alcoholics Anonymous, to 8:30 p.m., Brownfield 9 a.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Community Center.

Episcopal Church, 35 Paris St., Norway.

Sun., Nov. 1 — Book Group, This Changes Everything

by Naomi Klein, 1-3 p.m., Universalist Church, Main St., Norway. FMI: 743-2828.

Sun., Nov. 1 — Worship in the Taize Tradition, 4 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, Fair St., Norway.

Sun., Mon., Nov. 1, 2 — Auditions for The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical, 6 p.m., Your Theatre, 1857 White Mtn. Hywy., No. Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-733-5275.

Tue., Nov. 3 — Reading Group, The Names: A Memoir

by N. Scott Momaday, 6:30 p.m., Norway Library, Main St. Fri., Nov. 6 — Work Day, putting the gardens to bed, begins 9 a.m., McLaughlin Garden, Main St., So. Paris.

Sat.-Sun. Nov. 7-8 — OldFashioned Christmas Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Ctr. Rd., Windham. FMI: 892-1433.

Sat., Nov 7 — Holiday Fair, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; pancake breakfast 7 to 9 a.m., beef luncheon, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. West Baldwin United Methodist Church, Rte. 113.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Windham Hill Church Holiday Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 140 Windham Center Rd., Windham.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Health & Happiness Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, Main St., So. Paris. FMI: 743-5493.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Moose Pond 1/2 Marathon, Shawnee Peak.

Sat., Nov. 7 — Art Moves fundraising gala, 6-9 p.m., Art Moves Dance Studio, Cottage St., Norway. FMI: artmovesdance.com Sat., Nov. 7 — Mainstream Level Square Dance w/Mt. Washington Valley Stompers, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Salyards Center for the Arts, 110 Main St., Conway, N.H. FMI: 603-6942080.

Al-Anon Bridgton, 7 p.m.

Newcomers Meeting, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Open Meeting, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

AA Step Mtgs., 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, Casco.

WEDNESDAYS Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Senior Lunch, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m., Harrison Fire Station Community Room, Harrison.

Assistance with Online Needs, 4-6 p.m., Harrison Village Library.

Over 40 Pickleball, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. FMI: 583-2241.

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

Pickleball, 7 p.m., Casco Community Center Gym. FMI: 627-4187.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 to 8 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, So. Casco.

THURSDAYS AA Ladies Step-Meeting, 7 a.m. & 7 p.m., Clyde Bailey Center, Rte. 302, So. Casco.

Casco Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, Village Green.

Casco/Naples Senior Meal Site, noon, Casco Fire Station.

FMI: 655-7162.

Gathering Place Support Group, noon, Bridgton Community Center.

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

Table Tennis, Bridgton Town Hall, cancelled until repairs completed.

Free Community Kettle Supper, 5 p.m., Bridgton Community Center.

Coed Adult Softball, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Park, Harrison. FMI: 583-2241.

Chickadee Quilters, 6:30 p.m. Bridgton Community Center.

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

NA Women’s Meeting, 7 to 8 p.m., St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Sweden Rd., Bridgton.

FRIDAYS Harrison Farmers’ Market, 1 to 5 p.m., Rte. 117, Bridgton side of Village.

Awana Youth Program, grades K-6; transportation provided; Cornerstone Gospel Church, Rte. 114, Naples. FMI: 583-7674.

Over 40 Men’s Basketball, 4 p.m., Brownfield/Denmark School.

Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. ODLH SATURDAYS Bridgton Farmers’ Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Depot St. Green Space.

Sebago Clothes Closet, 9 a.m. to noon, Warming Hut, Rte. 114, Sebago, next to Nazarene Church.

AA Meeting, O/BB/D/A/L, 7 to 8 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, 1174 Main St., Lovell.

Al-Anon, 7 to 8 p.m., Lovell Church of Christ, 1174 Main St., Lovell.

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

SUNDAYS Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Harrison Congregational Church.

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Area Events (Continued from Page 1B) Bridgton Hospital, Thursday, Nov. 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Friday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. InDesign features a great assortment of jewelry plus accessories starting at $6, at prices 30-75% off department store prices. There’ll be glitz and glam and lots of gift items for the holidays ahead. Charge cards are accepted. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Bridgton Hospital Guild, a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to supporting the local hospital. Their volunteers actively fundraise through various endeavors, including the Twitchell Café, located in the former hospital, and the Thrift Shop, located on Main Street in Bridgton.

Hollyberry Christmas Craft Show

on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., when the annual Hollyberry Christmas Craft Show takes place. Setup is from 7 to 10 a.m. A wide variety of homemade crafts will be on sale from many local vendors, with booth fees going to the Class of 2016 Project Graduation. A raffle will be held of items donated by crafters. For more information, call Rachel Legere at 595-5135 or e-mail, r.legere@hotmail.com

Old-Fashioned Christmas Fair

WINDHAM — An Old-Fashioned Christmas Fair will be held Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7-8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Center Road, Windham. There’ll be gifts, decorations, wreaths, ornaments, linens, sweet treats and more. All of the items are handmade, one-of-a-kind, time-honored and vintage.

There’s a new parking lot to the left of the building. For more information, call 892-1433.

Health & Happiness Fair for the Family

SOUTH PARIS — The Fifth Annual Health & Happiness NAPLES — Lake Region High School is the place to be Fair for the Family will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10

October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 5B a.m. to 2 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris. The fair brings together numerous health care and wellness providers offering free advice on traditional and holistic medicines, mental, physical and financial health for guests of any age. New this year will be an active role by Fitness en Route, a local mobile fitness company that has been instrumental in bringing the fair to the community. For more information, call 743-5493 or 647-5493.

Annual Craft Fair & Bake Sale

SWEDEN — The Sweden Volunteer Fire Association will be holding their annual Craft Fair & Bake Sale on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sweden Town Meeting Hall on Route 93. Table or spaces are still available. Call Bette-Jean at 693-3681 for a table or more information.

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by Cheryl Harmon Naples Correspondent 207-210-7337 scoopharmon01@gmail.com

Wishing you well

Miranda Center for Diabetes staff chat with a patient at Memorial Hospital.

(Photo by Bill Lee)

November’s Diabetes Awareness Month activities, new program NORTH CONWAY, N.H. medical information, includ- “Our service is backed by well- gency family contact, their — When Miranda Leavitt lost ing medications the person is trained Registered Nurses. We primary care provider, or fax her battle with Type 1 Diabetes taking and allergies,” he said. can call the person’s emerDIABETES, Page 6B at the age of 22, she left a legacy of education and support for people with diabetes in her community.

This November, in recognition of Diabetes Awareness Month, the Miranda Leavitt Diabetes Fund, part of the Memorial Hospital Foundation, is announcing a new program for the patients of its Miranda Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology.

It is also organizing several activities and events to build awareness on preventing and treating diabetes and raising funds to help diabetics in our community.

Starting this winter, the Diabetes Center is partnering with the national nonprofit organization MedicAlert to make their identification bracelet and response service available to all of their patients with diabetes. The service will soon be available at no cost, funded in part by the Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Miranda Leavitt Diabetes Fund and by MedicAlert.

Shauna Cameron, MS RN, director of Primary Care and the Diabetes Center, is excited by the MedicAlert opportunity.

“The clinical staff discussed a variety of ways that we could support our patients and improve patient care. Making sure that people with diabetes are appropriately identified in an emergency is a major safety concern, but not everyone can afford the cost of this service,” she said.

Cameron explained that the partnership with MedicAlert will include the bracelet and the company’s 24/7 telephone support service. The cost of annual membership fees for patients in the program is being funded by the Miranda Leavitt Diabetes Fund.

Justin Noland, senior director at MedicAlert based in California, explained that the company is launching the dollar-for-dollar match program as a pilot project at several medical centers around the country.

“As a company, we’re celebrating our 60th anniversary and we’re working on several charitable initiatives. This is a great partnership because anyone who has diabetes should be wearing identification. In an emergency, first responders need that information for critical treatment decisions,” he said.

Noland pointed out that the MedicAlert service is more than wearing a bracelet.

“A first responder or emergency department physician can call us at the phone number on the bracelet 24/7. With the member ID, our service can provide a wide range of

“Get Well” wishes sent out to the following: Audrey Galarneau, the food pantry patrons miss you; Forrest and Betty Proctor; “Beanie” Herbert; and Vesta Libby. Hope each and every one of you are up and about soon.

Well, Jolene is undertaking a challenge at work.

It’s a 56-day program that promotes a healthier lifestyle through walking and exercise. The goal is 336,000 steps by the end of the challenge (6,000 steps a day). Jo was off to a slow start, but she’s coming along now. During the last 11 days, she has had seven days over 6,000 steps. Keep it up!

Voting is coming up Tuesday, Nov. 3 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Naples Town Gym. So come on out and let your voice be heard.

Fish Fry at the American Legion Hall is Friday, Oct. 30 starting at 5:30 p.m.

Trick or Treaters night is Saturday, so please be mindful of the kids (big and small) out and about on our streets. Beware of the ghost and goblins, and maybe some zombies?

Hope to see everyone at the Edes Falls Sewing Circle’s Ho Ho sale on Saturday, Nov. 14. Hunters are welcome for lunch at 11 a.m.

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Couple celebrates 60th wedding anniversary On Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 a surprise 60th wedding anniversary party was held at the Bridgton Community Center for Allan and Flora Mae Richardson of Bridgton. The party was arranged by her family and friends.

Flora Mae Bronn, formerly of Palermo, and Allan Richardson were married on Oct. 22, 1955 in Portland. Flora Mae worked at Pleasant Mountain Moc Shoe Shop in Bridgton, as well as other numerous jobs. Allan retired from

S.D. Warren paper mill in attended from Waterville, Westbrook in 1993 after China, Oxford, Scarborough 36½ years. and South Portland.

A nephew, Bert Bronn, They were presented with flew in from Chicago to surprise them, as well as a niece, Kendra McKenzie from New Hampshire. Many other family and friends All month long • National Picture Book Month — The library will be celebrating all month with a variety of ongoing activities. Find displays, contests, art activities and other picture book oriented events on the monthly calendar or the website calendar.

• Food Drive — For the entire month of November, in the spirit of being thankful and giving, the library will be accepting donations of nonperishable food items and personal hygiene products (i.e. shampoo, deodorant, toilet paper) to be distributed by local food pantries. Please find the donation box near the front circulation box and thanks for your generosity!

Special Events • Monday, Nov. 2 — Dia Allan and Flora Mae Richardson of Bridgton celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

De Los Muertos Celebration: Come learn about this holiday of remembrance at a children’s program at 3:30 p.m. Children can hear stories, make a mask oversight is provided by a take part in raising aware- and learn a little about the (Continued from Page 5B) their medical records to the board-certified endocrinologist ness and raising money for from Maine Medical Partners the Miranda Leavitt Diabetes emergency department.”

The Miranda Center for working with a multidisci- Fund. Businesses who agree Diabetes at Memorial Hospital plinary team dedicated to the to participate will be given is the only New Hampshire evaluation, treatment and edu- special donation boxes, Blue facility selected by MedicAlert cation of people with diabetes. November stickers and inforPub supports diabetes mation on diabetes prevento take part in the program. fund tion and management. These Patients will be enrolled Miranda Leavitt was a true businesses would share the through the Center and provided with all of the necessary advocate for greater aware- diabetes educational materiness and understanding of the als with staff, then encourage information to participate.

The numbers associated disease that took her life at a their employees to make a volwith diabetes make a strong young age. During November, untary donation every Friday case for devoting commu- many initiatives take place in November in exchange for nity resources to education, in support of World Diabetes wearing blue jeans or blue attire awareness and specialty Day and Diabetes Awareness to work for the day. Employees of Memorial Hospital and its care. The American Diabetes Month.

The “Blue Fridays” proj- practices will be participating.

Association estimates that almost 30 million children ect began five years ago as a Businesses interested in particand adults in the United States way to bring people together ipating should contact Kathy have diabetes; 86 million and raise awareness about this Bennett, VP of Community Relations, at 603-356-5461, Americans have prediabetes; growing global epidemic.

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• Date to be determined — Harvest Hills Animal Shelter Visit: As part of Animal Shelter Recognition Month, the library will learn how to be safe around animals, what to do if our animals get lost, and visit with a puppy.

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October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 1C

Valiant efforts, booters blanked

KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET — Just when Lake Region running back Lexus Rodriguez started to build up some momentum during Friday night’s season finale in Naples, he was upended by a good open-field

The road proved unkind to the Lake Region and Fryeburg girls’ soccer teams Tuesday night.

The Lakers (8-8) fell 2-0 to second-ranked York, while the Raiders (8-7-2) were dropped 3-0 by fourthranked Yarmouth.

“We came up against a very organized and athletic York squad tonight. I couldn’t be prouder of our Lake Region girls and the effort they put forth,” Coach Webb said. “York kept the pressure on us all night, but we fought until the end.”

Devynn Turner had an “exceptional” game on the defensive end while tackle by Fryeburg Academy’s Ryan Gullikson. The Raiders rallied Chandler True was big in from an early deficit to knock off rival Lake Region 32-21 to clinch a the goal, even saving a penhome playoff game Saturday against Spruce Mountain. (Rivet Photo) alty kick, Coach Webb said.

“Actually our whole defensive back line was solid. Everyone played well, but York was just too much for us,” the coach said.

The Lakers advanced to the quarterfinals after knocking off #7 Leavitt 4-2 last Friday afternoon SOCCER, Page 3C

Gullikson takes it to the house Raiders rally past LR, secure home playoff

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Ryan Gullikson proved Friday night he can be the most dangerous person on a football field.

Twice, the Raider senior made game-changing plays as Fryeburg Academy (5-3) turned back an inspired Lake Region (1-7) team 32-21 in the regular season finale at Art Kilborn Athletic Complex in Naples.

The FA victory nailed down a home playoff game this Saturday, and made it eight wins in the last nine meetings against their rivals since 2005.

Gullikson returned a first half punt 45 yards for a touchdown to put the Raiders on top at intermission 20-14, then salted away the win with an interception and a 68-yard return for a touchdown late in the third quarter.

“We felt pretty good about the way we were playing,” Lake Region Coach Brian Jahna said. “We knew we had to keep (Ryan) Gullikson in check and, at times tonight, we did with several guys around the ball. But, he managed to get loose a few times and made those plays count.”

Fryeburg started quick as Gullikson found daylight to the left side and raced 36 yards before being caught by LR linebacker Jay Justason (10 tackles). Gullikson then connected with Caleb Eklund for 25 more yards before Nick Wandishin made a hit at the LR-13. But, the Laker D rose to the occasion as Lexus Rodriguez dumped Gullikson for no gain and played the pitch play to Cody Gullikson to perfection, stopping the FA running back for a mere two yards.

Two pass plays were off the mark, and the Lakers survived the early threat.

With 5:25 left in the quarter, the Lakers were pinned deep in their own territory on a nifty Gullikson punt, which UNABLE TO BREAK HIS GRIP — Fryeburg Academy lineman Gage Fowler (#77) stopped rolling at the LR-6. tackles Laker running back Gunnar Harriman for a loss. Harriman, however, did find Rodriguez gave his club a little breathing room with more running room on one play, sprinting 86 yards for a TD. (Photo by Kevin Murphy) RAIDERS, Page 2C

Leavitt scores early, dashes FA hopes

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer FRYEBURG — As Coach Dede Frost watched her team warm up, she felt confident the Raiders were “pumped up” and ready to take on Leavitt.

The first minute, however, hardly went Fryeburg Academy’s way and seemed to set the tone for the rest of the Class B quarterfinal field hockey playoff game.

Sixth-seeded Leavitt stunned the home crowd by scoring in just 53 seconds en route to a 2-0 upset victory last Wednesday.

“The first minute of the game — and this sounds crazy — we attempted three skills and did not execute all three. We had the ball at the start and attempted an aerial, and didn’t get the ball off the ground. We stole the ball and attempted to pass down the sideline and it went off the field. We got a free hit and hit the ball in the air. Right after the high lift, they got the ball down there and scored,” Coach Frost said. “It was almost like being blindsided.

You’re still thinking about making a mistake, and they score. It was a shock.”

The Hornets earned a penalty corner, and made it

FA girls punch a ticket

CUMBERLAND — Bill Reilly always emphasizes to his cross-country runners, it is not how one starts, but how one finishes.

The Fryeburg Academy girls are finishing strong.

“We had a great regional,” Coach Reilly said after the FA girls landed in the Top 7 at Twin Brooks in Cumberland, earning a team spot at the Class B State Meet this Saturday, again at Twin Brooks.

This will be the Lady Raiders first trip to States since 2007.

“They are very excited and anxious to train hard this week in preparation for the big show,” Coach Reilly said.

The Raiders relied on its tremendous strength up front with Emily Carty and Anna Lastra complimented with a solid performance by the #3, 4 and #5 runner pack consisting of Zoe Maguire, Emily Grzyb and Irina Norkin. The always important insurance #6 and #7 runners, Ella Forbes and Olivia Thomson ran well in case one of the other runners had an off day. The alternate runners REGIONALS, Page 5C

count. The ball crossed the front of the Raider goal, and reached the far post where Kiersten LeClerc tapped into the corner for a goal.

Leavitt struck again with 16:43 left on the first half clock. Kaitlyn LeClerc deflected a drive, which sailed to the right top corner past Raider goalie Bridget Fahey for a 2-0 lead.

“We didn’t get off to a good start and for some reason couldn’t overcome it,” Coach Frost said.

With her team frustrated by their inability to penetrate a stifling Hornet defense that clogged up the middle of the scoring circle and were quick to clear passes out.

“I called a timeout, which is rare for me (I’ve called three all season), but when you can tell your kids aren’t clicking it was necessary. We couldn’t recover. We were on the run for 14 minutes.

We had opportunities, but didn’t execute well enough to score,” Coach Frost said.

FA had a chance to change momentum and gain some confidence with 13:41 remaining in the half.

Senior Nicole Thurston and PIVOTAL MOMENT — Down 2-0 in the first half, Fryeburg Academy had a great chance to cut the deficit in half sophomore Jade Fox pres- when Leavitt was whistled for an infraction, sending junior Bridget Tweedie to the penalty stroke line during last sured Leavitt goalie Hailey week’s quarterfinal. Tweedie fired a solid drive, but was stopped by the Hornet netminder. FA fell 2-0. (Rivet Photo) BATTLE, Page 4C

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Raiders fend off LR challenge (Continued from Page 1C) an eight-yard gain. Speedy Gunnar Harriman bolted like he was shot out of a cannon, hitting a seam on the right side and bolting into the open, making a nice cut down the field to pull away from Ryan Gullikson for a 86-yard touchdown. Marcus DeVoe booted the extra point for a 7-0 LR lead.

“Gunnar and our other running backs showed really good patience and discipline, hitting the holes hard and then showing their speed,” Coach Jahna said.

FA closed the gap four minutes later as Gullikson found his brother, Cody, for a 43-yard strike to the LR-13. On third down, Gullikson found freshman Cobey Johnson on a quick hitter from six yards out for a score. The two-point pass conversion failed.

Lake Region again found itself near its own goal line courtesy of another good Gullikson punt. From the LR-11, quarterback Doug Banks zipped a ball over the middle to wideout DeVoe for 11 yards on third down to keep the drive alive.

Dipping into their bag CHANCE TO SAY THANKS & GOOD-BYE — Lake Region Head Coach Brian Jahna called a timeout with 1.8 of tricks, the Lakers caught seconds left as a chance to honor his seniors. (Rivet Photo) the Raiders “biting hard” on what appeared to be a pitch and run by Jordan Williams.

But, the senior back — who also has seen time at quarterback — unloaded a pretty deep ball to a wide open Nick Wandishin for 56 yards.

Six plays later, Williams and the LR front line pulled a page from a rugby attack playbook, as a pile of blue and gold slowly chugged THE RIVALRY TALE OF THE TAPE seven yards with Williams (Lake Region leads the series 20-16-1) crossing the goal line.

2015 Fryeburg Academy 32, Lake Region 21 One game official said he 2014 No game, exhibition was unable to find the ball 2013 No game, exhibition carrier amongst the sea of 2012 Fryeburg Academy 40, Lake Region 27 blue to declare a touchdown, 2011 Fryeburg Academy 20, Lake Region 16 and had to rely on another 2010 Lake Region 27, Fryeburg Academy 6 line judge to make the call.

2009 Fryeburg Academy 28, Lake Region 22 DeVoe added the extra point 2008 Fryeburg Academy 46, Lake Region 14 for a 14-6 LR lead with 4:26 2007 Fryeburg Academy 32, Lake Region 0 left until the half.

2006 Fryeburg Academy 32, Lake Region 26 OT “Every time I watched 2005 Fryeburg Academy 14, Lake Region 6 them (Lake Region) either 2004 Lake Region 38, Fryeburg Academy 8 on tape or in person, I 2003 Lake Region 36, Fryeburg Academy 14 thought they had really good 2002 Lake Region 51, Fryeburg Academy 6 speed and athleticism. We 2001 Lake Region 30, Fryeburg Academy 7 knew we had to come here 2000 Fryeburg Academy 48, Lake Region 8 ready to play,” FA Coach 1999 Lake Region 34, Fryeburg Academy 8 David Turner said. “While 1998 Fryeburg Academy 22, Lake Region 20 this was a big game in rela1997 Lake Region 14, Fryeburg Academy 12 tion to whether we could get 1996 Fryeburg Academy 20, Lake Region 12 a home playoff game, our 1995 Fryeburg Academy 12, Lake Region 7 focus was on Lake Region.

1994 Lake Region 19, Fryeburg Academy 16 We knew we had to play a 1993 Did Not Play solid 48 minutes against our 1992 Fryeburg Academy 21, Lake Region 8 rival, and we expected it to 1991 Lake Region 14, Fryeburg Academy 12 be a real battle. And it was.”

1990 Did Not Play #9 then put on a show 1989 Lake Region 21, Fryeburg Academy 12 over the final four minutes.

1988 Lake Region 39, Fryeburg Academy 0 Gullikson moved his team 1987 Fryeburg Academy 27, Lake Region 18 80 yards in eight plays and 3 1986 Lake Region 20, Fryeburg Academy 6 minutes, 19 seconds, finding 1985 Lake Region 13, Fryeburg Academy 8 end Nick L’Heureux-Carland 1984 Lake Region 21, Fryeburg Academy 8 on a slant for a nine-yard 1983 Lake Region 14, Fryeburg Academy 12 TD. The senior signal caller 1982 Lake Region 41, Fryeburg Academy 14 completed four straight pass1981 Lake Region 32, Fryeburg Academy 20 es, including 21 and 24 yards 1980 Fryeburg Academy 28, Lake Region 14 to Eklund.

1979 Fryeburg Academy 13, Lake Region 6 LR stopped the two-point 1978 Lake Region 8, Fryeburg Academy 0 run by Gullikson as Justason, 1977 Lake Region 40, Fryeburg Academy 0 Harriman and Rodriguez 1976 Tie: Fryeburg Academy 6, Lake Region 6 combined to make the stop.

1975 Lake Region 27, Fryeburg Academy 8 Although the Lakers had 1974 Did Not Play good field position to start 1973 Did Not Play their final drive of the half

CLAMPING DOWN in the Lake Region backfield were Fryeburg Academy defenders Oscar Saunders (#12) and Alex Ehrensberger (#88).

(Rivet Photo) — at the 30 following a squib kick recovered by True Meyers — they were unable to move the ball or run enough time off the clock as Harriman was chopped down for a nine-yard loss on a quick pitch play by FA lineman Gage Fowler.

From the LR-22 with just 22.2 seconds left, LR punter Marcus DeVoe drove the ball close to midfield, playable to Ryan Gullikson.

Big mistake.

Gullikson made a couple of quick cuts and then dashed right for a 45-yard kick return. He then hooked up with Eklund on the twopoint conversion pass, and FA suddenly took the air out of the Lakers’ sail, 20-14.

“They (Lake Region) tried to run the clock out, but we made some big stops and had enough time make a big play,” Coach Turner said.

“I really didn’t think they would kick it to us when we put Ryan back there.”

The plan was to kick the ball away from the dangerous Gullikson, LR Coach Jahna said. “But, we obviously didn’t execute it right and it hurt us,” he said.

Banks nearly had the Lakers stealing the momentum right back when he sailed a deep ball down the sideline to Wandishin for 27 yards to the FA-35. LR tried a field goal with 1.3 seconds left, but the attempt by DeVoe was wide left.

Ultimately, the game was decided in the third quarter.

Twice, the Lakers faced critical drives, and twice the Raiders made big plays to stay ahead on the scoreboard.

First, the Lakers moved the ball well on the ground to open the period, advancing into Raider territory. On

fourth down, Rodriguez got the call on a pitch play, but fell a yard short after a hard hit by Cody Gullikson (team leading eight tackles on the night).

FA cashed in as Ryan Gullikson scampered 23 yards before Rodriguez brought him down inside the red zone. LR was later whistled for a facemask penalty, setting the Raiders up at the LR-7. Cody Gullikson banged ahead off tackle for the score, but his two-point run was stuffed by Justason.

Again, the Lakers drove into Raider turf as Rodriguez rushed three times for 25 yards. Banks looked for DeVoe near the sideline, but the pass fell incomplete.

LR tried again, but this time Ryan Gullikson saw Banks was locked in on DeVoe, surged ahead and picked the FEND OFF, Page 3C

WRAPPED UP — Lake Region defensive back Marcus DeVoe tackles Raider receiver Caleb Eklund in the open field after the Raider tight end picked up a big first down during Friday’s season finale.

(Rivet Photo)

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October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 3C

Lakers’ weekly recap

BOYS’ SOCCER Wells 8, Lakers 1: Coach Michael Chaine knew his Lakers had their work cut out for them this fall, starting with a new goalie and a whole new defensive line. Even with the return of two upperclassmen that had taken the previous year off, Class B South — specifically the Western Maine Conference — continues to prove a very, very tough place to play, especially for a rebuilding program.

Lake Region showed plenty of fight this fall, but fell short of cracking the win column. On Senior Night against Wells, the Lakers “came pumped up and ready to play,” Coach Chaine said.

The Lakers, however, were battered, bruised and shorthanded with a squad of only 14 including a backup goalie.

“We have played many games this year with few FLYING TO THE BALL — Lake Region’s Gunnar Harriman leaps toward Fryeburg subs, but injuries have Academy quarterback Ryan Gullikson in hopes of a deflected pass or sack. plagued our numbers as

(Photo by Kevin Murphy) well as missing players due

Raiders fend off LR challenge

(Continued from Page 2C) pass off. Gullikson beat LR defenders down the sideline for a 68-yard TD return to put FA up 32-14 with 2:39 left in the third quarter.

“Ryan had a chance to redeem himself after they completed that halfback pass, which he came up strong on thinking it was going to be a run,” Coach Turner said.

“He’s aggressive, and always looking to make a play.”

Refusing to mail it in, the Lakers responded with a 65-yard, eight-play drive with Williams following strong lead blocks by Mark Mayo and Jay Justason to rumble 12 yards for a score on the first play of the fourth

quarter. DeVoe added the extra point.

Big plays in the drive included an 11-yard run by Rodriguez and a 23-yard burst by Williams to the FA -12 before freshman Oscar Saunders just managed to trip up the LR senior back, making a saving tackle.

If Gullikson had one blemish on his final trip to Laker Land, it came with 7:11 left in the contest. With the Raiders driving following a 15-yard catch by Saunders and an 11-yard run by Cody Gullikson, Ryan G. scooted straight ahead, eyeing the end zone when suddenly the ball popped free. Rodriguez recovered at the LR-8.

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as Cody Gullikson rushed for fivr yards before Williams stopped him.

With the Raiders content to let the clock run out, Coach Jahna called a timeout with 1.8 seconds left.

He called for his seniors to exit the game, giving each a hug before they reached the FOOTBALL, Page 6C

Laker opportunities to score.

“Unfortunately, as we have struggled all season offensively, we were unable to finish on our limited chances,” Coach Chaine said.

Langadas did break up the shutout bid scoring in the second half.

• The Lakers JV squad was also unable to end their season with a win as they dropped their game 5-2.

Sophomore Ethan Chadwick and freshman Paul Vigna scored for the Lakers in the first half of play.

Soccer playoffs (Continued from Page 1C) in Turner. Kristen Huntress tallied three goals, and Neva Leavitt iced the victory with a score to end a furious Hornet comeback attempt.

“In my eyes, this season was a success. We attained our goal of making it into the playoffs further than we did last year. I would not be surprised if York makes it to the state final for they are just that good,” Coach Webb said.

“The season was very exciting and a lot of fun to be a part of. The girls are great and make coaching a true pleasure. I believe our squad has improved greatly from the start of the season and look forward to what lies ahead for Lake Region girls’ soccer.”

Fryeburg Academy advanced to the quarters by dispatching fifth-seed Oak Hill 6-0. FA peppered the Oak Hill goal with a 20-4 shot advantage and 6-1 edge in corner kicks.

Esme Hernandez proved to be FA’s trigger gal as she scored twice and assisted on two goals. Ori Inirio netted two goals, while Kaylin Delaney and Katherine Parker also scored.

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LR saw a big run on third down by Williams erased by a holding call, and FA linebacker Matt Boucher stopped Banks for a two-yard gain to the LR-11 on third down. LR Coach Jahna decided to kick the ball away, rather than try for the first down with 4:46 left.

“At that point, our guys had really fought hard and I didn’t want the game to get away from them. If we turned the ball over deeper in our own end with that much time left, I know they would have a better chance to score,” he said.

Lake Region would not touch the ball again as the Raiders — who gave senior lineman Isaac Wakefield a chance to run (he gained 4 yards) — drove to the LR-4

to other commitments,” the coach said. “With the short list of players, we were forced to start a lineup with several players taking on roles they had not seen all season, which became apparent early on.”

Wells started the game lightening fast, scoring in under a minute. The Warriors brought wave after wave of attacks, and rolled to an 8-1 victory.

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SIDELINE JUGGLE — Fryeburg Academy’s Bridget Tweedie manuevers past a Leavitt defender along the far sideline.

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Raiders unable to battle back

(Continued from Page 1C) DeMascio, who kicked one drive aside, but had a rebound shot nearly squirt through her pads. A scramble ensued resulting in the netminder dropping to her knees, and subsequently pinning the ball.

Fryeburg was awarded a

penalty stroke at 7:48 — a big chance to cut the deficit in half. Junior Bridget Tweedie, who has a strong drive and has been effective all season lifting the ball high into the air on free hits, stepped to the stroke line, bent down low and fired a wrist shot on net. But, the ball sailed about

ALMOST SNEAKS A SHOT THROUGH — Raider senior Nicole Thurston nearly tucks the ball past Leavitt’s goalie during first half action in last week’s Class B quarterfinal. The Hornets scored twice early in the half to put the Raiders in a hole they were unable to dig themselves out of, losing 2-0. FA finished 11-4. waist high to DeMascio’s left and was stopped.

As time wound down, Tweedie nearly scored when a line drive from the top of the scoring circle missed the left inside post by inches, rolling out of bounds.

“It was a huge difference in the game. When a team is down by two, a team spends a lot of energy trying to dig

SURROUNDED BY HORNETS — Raider Jade Fox (right) tries to move past a swarming Leavitt defense, which pitched a shutout against third-ranked Fryeburg Academy in last week’s quarterfinal playoff game.

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out of that hole. To cut the score to one would have been huge. Yet, I really felt we could come back from 2-0,” Coach Frost said. “The kids were totally prepared for a difficult game. Down 2-0 knocked some wind out of our sails and trying to play catch up took us out of our game. We just couldn’t flip flop from their game to ours.

We were always reacting instead of acting the whole game.”

In the second half, the Raiders unloaded several quality shots on goal, but were unable to beat DeMascio.

“We were still playing more defensive because the girls knew they couldn’t afford to give up that third goal.

Understandable,” Coach Frost said. “We still had a tough time moving the

ball inside the Leavitt circle because (defender) Chantel Eells was right at the top of the circle and shut us out. We couldn’t get the ball around her, and we didn’t use the whole field.”

Coach Frost could sense her team was unable to find their stride — the one that made them a top offensive threat all season.

“When we play well, we have tremendous offensive push. Today, we couldn’t bring all the pieces together.

We had some of the pieces some of the time, but not all of the pieces at once,” she said. “When you don’t play your best in the regular season, it’s not the end of the world. You get another chance. In the playoffs, if you don’t play your best, it’s your last game. If we

had played our best, there would have been no tears today. I wouldn’t be disappointed. That’s competition.

That’s what the playoffs are all about. It’s a little harder to swallow when you just can’t quite step it up.”

Although the loss was tough to accept, Coach Frost reminded her players after the game that it was important to focus on how they got to that final point.

“It’s a journey. If someone told me we would win 11 games, I wouldn’t have believed it. The 11-3 (record).

The blood, sweat and tears.

They worked very hard. It’s an amazing accomplishment, and they should be so proud of that phenomenal season,” she said. “Obviously, you want to go as far as you can.

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BLOCKING A HARD DRIVE — Fryeburg Academy’s Janelle Wiesemann (right) blocks an attempted drive by Leavitt defender Chantel Eells, who was a force at the top of the Hornet defense.

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This week’s puzzle Theme: Veterans Day ACROSS 1. Laugh at with contempt 6. *Veterans Day stems from this war 9. *Hand-to-hand combat weapon 13. Par on a short golf hole 14. Immeasurable period 15. Gossipmonger 16. Triangular road sign 17. “M*A*S*H” character 18. *Commander’s instruction 19. *a.k.a. American flag 21. *Like soldier honored at certain tombs 23. Present plural of “be” 24. Acer, e.g.

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X-C Regionals (Continued from Page 1C) — Emily McDermith and Costanza Santarelli — were there to help and cheer the team on but were ready to run just in case FA had an injury or sickness.

“This type of team commitment is what got the girls into the championship run,” Coach Reilly said. “Special thanks to my assistant coach, Dylan Alden, who has worked with the girls all season and has been a tremendous role model to the girls.”

Meanwhile, Lake Region Coach Dan Dors felt a degree of disappointment as his top two runners — sisters Audrey and Addie Blais — saw their hopes of returning to the State Meet dashed due to the injury bug over the final weeks of the season. While both girls ran “with a lot of heart” Saturday, they failed to crack the Top 30.

“It was a rough day,” Coach Dors said. “Audrey and Addie gave it their all, it just wasn’t to be. I can’t be any more proud

of them. Audrey is still the best girl I ever coached at Lake Region in 22 years. Addie will be back next year, along with four sophomores, who should be better.”

GIRLS

1. Katherine Legatt-Barr, Greely, 19:10.12 6. Emily Carty, FA, 20:01.48 8. Anna Lastra, FA, 20:14.46 35. Audrey Blais, LR, 22:13.06 42. Zoe Maguire, FA, 22:20.76 43. Emily Grzyb, FA, 22:21.63 48. Irina Norkin, FA, 22:48.93 66. Olivia Thomson, FA, 24:12.99 67. Ella Forbes, FA, 24:20.85 76. Addie Blais, LR, 25:04.83 90. Emily Colson, LR, 28:38.86

Top 7 teams qualify for the State Meet #1 Yarmouth, total time 1:42:41.86 #6 Fryeburg Academy, total time 1:47:47.26 Lake Region no score 13 teams competed in the Regionals; 94 finishers On the boys’ side, it was too close and heartbreak for

STATE BOUND — The Fryeburg Academy girls’ cross-country team earned a spot in the Class B State Meet this Saturday in Cumberland. Pictured are (left to right) Ella Forbes, Zoe Maguire, Emily Carty, Olivia Thomson, Anna Lastra, Costanza Santarelli, Irina Norkin, Emily Grzyb and Emily McDermith. the Raiders. FA just missed qualifying as a team, finishing eighth with top 7 going.

Individually, Patrick Carty and Ryan Hewes qualified for the championships. Christian Bedell, Alfie Walker, Connor Moody, Seth Johnston and Antonin Santarelli “all ran very well and all will be back next year to give it another

shot at the State Meet,” Coach Reilly said. Ben Caffrey, Sam Paulding and Reed Wells helped and cheered for the team at the meet for a full team effort.

BOYS

40. Christian Bedell, FA, 18:51.96 54. Alfie Walker, FA, 19:26.09 70. Connor Moody, FA, 20:14.72 72. Nick Scarlett, LR, 20:16.16 82. Seth Johnston, FA, 21:21.74 89. Devyn Hatch, LR, 22:05.62 1. Luke Laverdiere, Yarmouth, 92. Antonin Santarelli, FA, 22:18.79 16:32.00 10. Patrick Carty, FA, 17:21.04 93. Cameron Meserve, LR, 22:56.41 26. Ryan Hewes, FA, 18:12.45

98. Alexander Creaser, LR, 29:01.85 99. Brandon Ross, LR, 29:03.34

Top 7 teams qualify for the State Meet #1 Freeport, total time of 1:26:25.44 #8 Fryeburg Academy, total time of 1:34:06.26 #14 Lake Region, total tim 2:03:23.38

Page 6C, The Bridgton News, October 29, 2015 FOOTBALL STAT SHEET RAIDERS 32 LAKERS 21 First Downs: FA 15, LR 12 Penalties: FA 2-10, LR 3-30 Turnovers: FA 1, LR 1 Rushing: FA 29-194, LR 42-243 FA Rushing: Isaac Wakefield 1-4, Ryan Gullikson 16150, Cody Gullikson 12-40 LR Rushing: Jordan Williams 12-72, Gunnar Harriman 11-105, Lexus Rodriguez 13-60, Doug Banks 6-6 Passing: FA 12-22-195, LR 3-11-94 FA receiving: Caleb Eklund 3-70, Cody Gullikson 1-23, Cobey Johnson 4-25, Nick L’Heureux-Carland 2-32, Oscar Saunders 2-25 LR receiving: Nick Wandishin 2-83, Marcus DeVoe 1-11 Total Offense: FA 389, LR 337 FA tackles (solo, assist, total): Cody Gullikson 4-48, Gage Fowler 4-2-6, Oscar Saunders 4-2-6, Baha Demir 1-2-3, Matt Boucher 6-0-6, Caleb Eklund 3-1-4, Isaac Wakefield 2-3-5, Alex Ehrensberger 3-3-6, Ryan Gullikson 3-0-3, Kevin Ventura 3-0-3, Jahmi SeeleyBrown 1-0-1 Interception: Ryan Gullikson LR tackles (solo, assist, total): Lexus Rodriguez 6-5-11, Dan Neault 0-1-1, Paul Angelone 1-1-2, Jordan Williams 3-5-8, Nick Lepage 2-2-4, Jay Justason 6-4-10, Nick Wandishin 5-1-6, Ben Moen 1-1-2, Gunnar Harriman 2-3-5, Thomas Noble 0-1-1, Andrew Douglass 1-3-4 Fumble recovery: Lexus Rodriguez Up next: Fryeburg Academy (5-3) nailed down the #4 seed in the Class C South Crabtree Standings and will host #5 seed Spruce Mountain (4-4) this Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

The two clubs did not meet during the regular season, and both teams finished with a Crabtree Index of 107.8125.

The Raiders are 2-2 at home this season, while the Phoenix are 2-2 on the road.

Points For: FA 222 (27.8 ppg), SM 190 (23.8) Points Against: FA 185 (23.1), SM 196 (24.5) Coach’s Comment: Raider Coach David Turner said the Phoenix like to run some option, which FA saw last Friday night against Lake Region. At times, the Lakers broke some big gainers, which Coach Turner attributed with players failing to “stick with their assignments.”

The winner advances to meet the victor of the Yarmouth (#1, 8-0) and Mountain Valley (#8, 2-6) contest.

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Jordan Turner

Former Laker at the point Jordan Turner of Casco is off to a good start as the point guard of the Southern Maine Community College Lady Seawolves basketball team.

In the season opener at the annual Can-Am tournament, hosted by Central Maine CC, against the Lions of St. Lawrence, Turner led the team with 15 points, four steals and four rebounds in a 67-46 win.

The Seawolves improved to 2-0 with a 62-44 victory over the University of New Brunswick. Turner again filled up the stat sheet with eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.

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The Pleasant Mountain Ski Club will be sponsoring the Ski Program in SAD 61 for children in grades 2 to 12, giving them an opportunity to ski at Shawnee Peak.

The 2015-2016 program will run for six weeks (not including holidays and vacations) beginning Jan. 5.

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Mayo selected

John Mayo of Bridgton, a teacher at Lake Region Vocational Center, has been selected as the new boys’ varsity basketball coach at Lake Region High School.

Mayo was approved by the SAD 61 School Board on Monday, Oct. 19, following a recommendation by Athletic Director Paul True. Mayo, who succeeds JP Yorkey, has served as the Laker JV coach, as well as having coached both youth travel and rec basketball teams.

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(Continued from Page 3C) sideline.

“I wanted to give the seniors a chance to be recognized by the crowd because they have worked very hard this season,” Coach Jahna said. “I’ve been with them for a long time, and wanted to thank them and show our fans how much I appreciated their efforts over the years.”

FA field hockey

(Continued from Page 4C) I am so proud. For the seniors, the last game is always hard.

It’s an end of an era. We won a lot of games, not because of skill but because of heart and soul. We were scrappy, and wanted it more. And, we were good sports. They earned every single win. It’s been a great run. They are great girls.”

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Senior Rambles Hiking Trips & Tips

by Allen Crabtree

Jockey Cap

The climb to the summit of Jockey Cap is easy, with one short, steeper section.

South Face supports several bolted climbing routes ranging from 5.11 to 5.12b. The overhang on the eastern side of the South Face looks quite difficult. The West Wall, on the other hand, was much more conducive to our abilities with some 5.6s and 5.8s.”

Legend has it that Molly Ockett (aka Lockett), one of the last of the Pequawket Indians, used to camp in a cave under one of the large boulders at the base of Jockey Cap when staying in the Fryeburg area. She was reported to have an extensive knowledge of medicinal herbs and plants and had amazing healing skills, and was a welcome visitor in the homes of early settlers in the area. This “Molly Ockett Cave” is located on the old trail to the summit.

According to the Lost Ski Areas of New England Project, the first ski area served by a lift in Maine was located on the slopes of Jockey Cap. A 500-foot long rope tow was built there in 1936 to serve a quarter-milelong by 300-foot-wide ski slope. The area had a vertical of 300 feet and a slope of The cliffs of Jockey Cap are a favorite with local 240 and featured lighted skirock climbers. Denmark Mountain Hiker John Patrick ing on Friday and Saturday practices his free climbing.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) evenings. The Jockey Cap Ski Area operated from 1936 until 1938, and went out of business when Cranmore Mountain Skimobile was built. Today, the ski slope has totally grown in and there are no traces of it remaining. The rope tow was sold to a ski area in Cornish when Jockey Cap closed.

A unique feature on the top of Jockey Cap is the bronze and granite monument to Admiral Robert Edwin Peary.

It features a map and a pan-

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(Photo by Allen Crabtree)

Jim, Abbey, and Kim Crabtree at the Peary monument on the summit of Jockey Cap. (Photo by Allen Crabtree) oramic outline of the surrounding peaks. Peary lived in Fryeburg (1878-1879) and is credited with being the first explorer to reach the North Pole. Peary made a drawing of the mountains seen from the top of Jockey Cap and in 1938 his wife and daughter erected a bronze monument on the summit depicting this drawing.

Visitors to Fryeburg, who plan on climbing Jockey Cap but who haven’t done so in a few years, will have to take a new trail to the top. For years, the trailhead began on the south (right) side of the motel next to the Quinn’s Jockey Cap Country Store on Route 302 in Fryeburg, but in the last few months a new Dollar General Store has replaced the old motel.

The trailhead has been shifted to the north (left) side of the Country Store, and the new trail connects with the

old trail at the base of the cliff. However, don’t despair because the new trail is still a very short and easy (halfhour round trip) hike to the top. Even though mountain is only a modest (600 feet) outcrop of granite, once at the summit hikers are rewarded with nice views of the village of Fryeburg and surrounding mountains, including Pleasant Mountain, the Presidentials and the CarterMoriah Range.

Although the new Dollar General Store required moving the trailhead and relocating the trail, it did open up the view and Jockey Cap is now visible from Route 302, and the new trailhead is easy to find. There used to be parking next to the motel for hikers, and now parking is limited at the Country Store.

Additional parking can be found across the street at the shopping mall.

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mates were frequent visitors to Jockey Cap, where they practiced their rock climbing techniques on its granite cliffs. The cliffs are still a favorite with rock climbers and the large glacial erratic boulders at the base of Jockey Cap are also popular for bouldering. Quincy Koetz in Rock Climbing Jockey Cap, Fryeburg, Maine claims that this is the “Perfect climbing destination in western Maine! An alternative to the crowded routes on Cathedral and Whitehorse Ledge.” He describes the Jockey Cap cliff as “a very large wall supporting many routes of varying difficulties. The

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Jockey Cap in Fryeburg is a little climb that is often overlooked — but it shouldn’t be.

Not only is an easy local hike yielding great views, but this little chunk of rock has a very interesting history. Steve Pinkham, in his Mountains of Maine, alleges that Jockey Cap got its name “because it resembles a horse jockey’s cap when viewed from the west.” He goes on to say that it was originally called “Pigwacket,” which has been interpreted to mean “punched up mountain.”

When my youngest son Jim was attending Fryeburg Academy, he and his class-

Page 8C, The Bridgton News, October 29, 2015

School page Lions’ Student of the Month Laura Hunt of Naples has been selected as the area Lions Clubs’ “Student of the Month” for October.

Each month, area Lions Clubs recognize a Lake Region High School senior who has excelled academically. The recipient is honored at a Lions’ dinner meeting and is presented a monetary award.

Name: Laura Hunt Town: Naples Parents: Douglas N. Hunt and Linda G. Hunt Student organizations, sports teams, activities, hobbies: Reading, writing, skiing, and singing.

Q. What do you like most about school, why?

I like being able to see my friends because they make me happy and school more enjoyable.

Q. What is your biggest challenge in school?

My biggest challenge is math class because I’m not very good with numbers and learning different equations.

Q. What is your favorite subject, and why?

My favorite subject is art class because it gives you a chance to express yourself in a fun way.

Q. If you could change one thing about school, what would it be (and why)? One thing I would change about school is how early we have to go in. I would make school start later.

Q. What characteristics do you believe a good

teacher should possess?

I believe a good teacher should possess passion, open-mindedness and compassion.

Q. What goals did you hope to achieve during your high school days?

I hoped to achieve good grades, to have fun, and to find myself.

Q. What do you hope to do in the future in terms of career, and why are you headed in that direction? I hope to become a psychologist because I like helping people with their problems.

Q. What do you think it will take to be successful in the future? Hard work, dedication and determination.

Q. What lesson have you learned while at Lake Region High School that will help you in the future?

I learned to not sweat the small stuff and hard work pays off.

leather. Everyone will have a job.

Our improvement: We will make fruit leather using a recipe and change the process depending on how it

works and how the leather tastes.

Our new questions: How can we improve our grape crop so next year we can make more fruit leather?

EVERYONE PITCHED IN as part of the Sebago Elementary School Surplus Grape Project.

(Photos courtesy of Kathy Harmon)

Grape surplus leads to project

By Ted BridgeKoenigsberg SES science teacher SEBAGO — Fruit trees across the area are loaded with ripening fruit, waiting to be enjoyed. The Concord grape crop at Sebago Elementary School is very heavy, as well.

This year, we decided to use our annual grape-processing project as a practical S.T.E.M. experience.

Everyone could smell the sweet ripening grapes in our arbor. Clearly, there were many more than we could eat so we decided to start as engineers to solve the problem of too many grapes and how best to enjoy them.

Our problem started with the surplus of Concord grapes which led to our question what could we do with the overabundance of grapes?

We had made jelly and syrup in the past, but wanted to try something that required less cooking this year. It took a while for us to come up with an idea that would be easy to make, taste great, and use the bulk of the grapes easily.

I found a recipe for fruit leather (roll-ups) and tried it at home. That was the simple model we modified at school.

We created a working plan so everyone in our school could be involved with parts of the process. The grapes needed to be picked and sorted, then they needed to be mashed or

chopped up and the seeds and skins squeezed out. Once we had bowls of grape mush, we transferred it to slow cookers and cooked it until it was thick.

We used a dehydrator with six round slotted trays. These needed to be covered with parchment paper and then we spread two cups of grape mush on each tray. The dehydrator was set at 135 degrees and we left it alone for 12 hours. A day later, everyone enjoyed eating our own grape fruit leather. As good engineers will, we needed to think about the future and what we could do to improve the process and product, but right now, we are enjoying what we have made.

Engineering Plan for Surplus Grapes at Sebago Elementary 2015 We have lots of grapes and need to use them. Jelly, jam, and juice are not options.

Raisins are hard to make with Concord grapes because of the seeds. There are recipes for fruit leather and we would like to study the process of making fruit leather.

This is our engineering plan: Pick grapes from vines.

Sort the grapes into two piles by ripeness. Ripe fruit can be used right away, the unripe or poor quality will be composted.

Use blenders to grind/ chop grapes so seeds, skins, and pulp are all mushy.

Use the food mill to strain and separate the coarse skins and seeds from juicy pulp.

Put the thin juice in crock pots and add a little sugar.

When the juice thickens, pour it from crock pot into a tray covered with parchment paper and plug in dehydrator. Set at 135 degrees.

Dehydrate for 10 to 12 hours.

Take off the sheets and cut into strips and enjoy SES Grape Leather.

Jobs different classes can do: Third and fourth can pick grapes.

First grade and kindergarten can sort grapes into the ripe and unripe piles using bowls.

Teachers will help with

blenders.

Second and third grade can use the Foley Food mill to separate skins, seeds and juice.

Fifth grade can help with picking, pouring into crock pots, processing and cleanup.

Mrs. Harmon can take lots of pictures.

Our question: What can we do with all the grapes that will be easy to make and taste great?

Our imagination working: What are all the ways grapes can be processed into food?

Our plan: We started the plan on top of this page.

Our creation: We are going to have many stations so we can make grape fruit

Wastewater Ordinance Changes What are we doing?

We are updating the tables we used for allocation to reflect actual usage

What happens to my bill?

The new billing will cover costs to operate the system, pay off any debt and for savings for future capital projects

Jockey Cap hike (Continued from Page 7C) If you’ve never climbed Jockey Cap I encourage you to do so. This is a short local climb requiring a minimum of effort, rewarding the hiker with nice views of the Village of Fryeburg and surrounding mountains. It is a good hike for children.

Jockey Cap in Oxford County, Fryeburg, ME Difficulty – Easy Trail distance (to summit) – 0.2 miles Hiking times (to summit) – 15 minutes Elevation – 600 feet Vertical gain – 175 feet Coordinates – 44° 1’ 19”N 70° 57’ 44”W Topographic Map – USGS Fryeburg 7.5-minute quad/ 44.10567; -71.094 Directions to the trailhead: The new Jockey Cap trailhead is located on the left (north) side of Quinn’s Jockey Cap Country Store on Route 302 in Fryeburg. Coming from Bridgton, the trailhead is located on the right side of 302 and across the road from the Fryeburg shopping mall. There is room for a few cars at the trailhead with additional parking at the shopping mall. The old trail used to start on the right side of the Jockey Cap Country Store and motel, but the motel has been torn down and there is a new Dollar General Store there now.

Trail information: The Jockey Cap trail is well worn and winds around the base of the summit cliffs, then ascends from the northwest side. It climbs in an easy grade with a short steep part at the top. Or, an alternate trail leaves the summit on the east side and ends at Route 302 south of the store.

Can you be more specific?

Let’s say you own a store with no public restrooms, or a 10-seat restaurant serving two meals; you are considered what would be known as one-equivalent user Right now, you would pay approximately $1,691.39 annually for service.

Under the proposed rate system, you will pay $800.09.

Please note the above noted scenario is based on the current budget.

Please also note the Wastewater Superintendent makes the call of equivalent user based upon demand and a sense of reasonableness.

Still nervous? You can always appeal! You can appeal your equivalent assignment to the Board of Appeals.

Laura Hunt

THIS AD PAID FOR BY: BRIDGTON SELECT BOARD: Bernie King, Paul Hoyt, Bob McHatton, Ken Murphy, Greg Watkins

BRIDGTON WASTEWATER COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Dave Crowell Lucia Terry Mike Truscott Ray Turner Jr. Bear Zaidman Public Works Director Jim Kidder

WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS DOESN’T PASS? 2 things:

1. We will not be able to provide service for high water users in the downtown, thus tenant changes and new businesses may be at risk 2. Our funding sources for an entire new system have indicated we must modify our billing system before they will continue to consider us for grants and low interest loans

VOTE NOVEMBER 3RD

Authorized by the Board of Selectmen and the Wastewater Committee.

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October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 1D

From the House

by Phyllis Ginzler Maine State Representative

My opinion on 1

An interesting referendum will appear on the ballot this Nov. 3, called Question 1. I’m voting an emphatic “NO.” Question 1 seeks to expand Maine’s clean elections law that passed in 1996. The Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA) created a voluntary program of full public (taxpayer) financing of political campaigns for State Senator and State Representative. Not all candidates for these offices take advantage of clean elections money. Some, like me, run traditional campaigns, raising money from capped, legal donations, closely monitored by the Maine Ethics Commission, and reported to the public. It is important to understand that voting “No” on Question 1 does not eliminate MCEA, which remains in effect.

If Question 1 passes, taxpayer funding for political campaigns will triple. Instead of $6,000 per Representative candidate, it would increase to $17,500. Similarly, a state Senate candidate’s funding would increase from $30,000 to $70,000. Question 1 adds gubernatorial candidates, who will get a windfall $3 million each. That’s an awful lot of money for signs that clutter our landscape, for throw away literature, and for unwanted robo-calls, all at taxpayer expense. Is this necessary? Absolutely not. For my 2014 campaign for HD #69, I raised and spent, legally and for public record, $5,700 to unseat an incumbent and win the seat. I do not want and I don’t need $17,500 from hardworking Mainers.

Furthermore, I believe the General Fund should be used to fund the state’s obligations to schools, health care, infrastructure and economic growth, not welfare for politicians.

The argument that proponents of Question 1 stress is that passing this referendum will limit “dark money,” those shadow funds by unknown donors that skirt election laws.

But Question 1 does not change anything. There is no provision limiting how much money political action committees (PACs) can receive and spend. Also, you’ll note that Mainers for Accountable Elections, the front group for Question 1 who run those ads on TV, does not reveal its top three largest donors in its ads. This is ironic because the referendum would impose heavy fines on other groups who do this very thing.

A front-page article in the Maine Sunday Telegram reported that 80% of the $1.3 million raised to support Question 1 is from out-of-state nonprofit organizations such as The Proteus Fund ($350,000), and from wealthy out-of-state progressive activists. Despite its stated intention, Question 1 would have little impact on disclosure.

That is because 501(c)4 corporations such as The Proteus Fund, and other such groups supporting Question 1, are not required by law to disclose its donors. Question 1 would not change that.

On a positive note, Rep. Wayne Parry’s (R-Arundel) bill, LD 174, recently became law and is a significant step in the right direction. An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act Regarding… Participation in Political Action Committees prohibits a Maine Clean Election Act candidate from establishing or participating in the activities of a political action committee (PAC) for which the candidate is a principal officer, fund-raiser or decision maker. This prohibition also applies to the 12 months preceding certification as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate. Now that’s a reform I can enthusiastically support.

In summary, Question 1 is deceptive and expensive. It deserves your “No” vote.

Letters

She’s wrong

To The Editor: In the Oct. 22 issue of The Bridgton News, (reporter) Gail Geraghty wrote in her story regarding the town’s proposed Bridgton sewer referendum, “It’s currently estimated that only 2,000 to 3,000 gallons per day of excess capacity remain.” That is not true. With the current ordinance, there is no room left in the system for any increase. There is no capacity left and there hasn’t been for some time.

There is some rental space in the downtown that is empty and not able to be rented because there is no room in the waste water system.

At a time when there is a necessary change needed in the ordinance, it is a shame that the wrong information was put in Gail’s article. Vote “yes” on Question 1.

Dave Crowell Waste Water Committee Member

FIRST REAL FREEZE of the season was captured early last Monday morning over the Marshy Bog on Meadow Road in North Fryeburg.

(Photo by Eric L. Johnson Photography)

Hoist up the maple leaf

Now that the first Republican and Democratic debates are behind us, we citizens have a pretty good idea of what’s on offer. Something like when you go to the market, you can choose from the fresh or frozen, loud or quiet, dumb or dumber, rich or richer friends. In two words, the selection is not appetizing.

Meanwhile, up in Canada, in case you didn’t hear the fireworks, they’ve just had national elections and the Liberals won a crushing victory over the right wing Conservatives and the left wing New Democrats. All 10 of the provinces — except two in the Midwest oil belt — went for the Liberal Justin Trudeau as the new prime minister. He’s said to be a pragmatic consensus builder, not an ideologue.

It occurs to me that a solution to our local loss of political appetite might be at hand. Here we are wallowing in a slough of despond; up there they are at the start of a national adventure with peaks of possible greatness before them.

Why doesn’t Maine quietly secede and hitch up with the Maritime Provinces of Canada? I can hear you saying immediately that secession is illegal and the last time states tried that there was a bloody civil war. But, be honest, do you think many Americans would look up from their TV sets or put down their cell phones and take up arms against a rugged bunch of moose hunters? And they don’t exactly have an eloquent Abraham Lincoln to lead them into battle.

Chances are those people from away wouldn’t even notice Maine’s departure: most of the lobsters they eat probably come from the Maritimes anyway. We could do it quietly, putting the keys in the mailbox at Portsmouth and changing the password. Think of the benefits: First of all, we would get a national leader who is young and loaded with charisma with two (at least) tattoos. As an amateur, he boxes once a week. And for those of you who find dynasties politically compelling, he is the son of a popu-

late. A multitude of thank you’s and mentions have been published in the past weeks regarding the spirit and energy of the Bridgton community to provide the best experience possible for 400 bicyclists and their crews.

Let’s now talk about food coordination. This was the biggest leap of faith I have ever experienced at the Bridgton Community Center. At the first meetings with the BikeMaine coordinators, I was filled with trepidation and doubt; it was just over my head.

So many details, so many To The Editor: Deliberately, this let- volunteers, so many people ter regarding BikeMaine is to feed not once but twice.

Food for BikeMaine

Enter Joel Hapgood, executive chef and owner of Campfire Grille. There are not enough ways to express my gratitude to Joel. His professionalism, calm demeanor, no-nonsense problem solving and ability to simplify tasks is nothing less than amazing. From the start, he assured me that 400 people would be no problem. The food was delicious!

The next problem was finding 50-plus volunteers.

The Bridgton Lions Club, Bridgton Lake Region Rotary Club and community volunteers came forward in a big way!

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Small World

by Henry Precht BN Columnist

lar PM, Pierre Trudeau, with a mother from a family of political biggies. Better than that, for the royalists among you, the sovereign of Canada is Queen Elisabeth II. How’s that for a dynasty, Hillary and Jeb? And chew on this: The poorer provinces or “have nots” receive equalization payments from the federal government to bring them up to the income levels of the richer bunch.

That receiving group includes the Maritimes, and were Maine to sign up, we would surely benefit, as well.

Counting further blessings to be, Canada has a national health scheme, which already encourages many Americans to take their ailments north. Canada is withdrawing its air force from a combat role in the Middle East and presumably will take on only peacekeeping (not-making) jobs. And get this, at church suppers on Prince Edward Island they don’t serve beans or turkey; they offer mussels and lobster. Line up to the right, please. Doctors and cardiologists also please line up to practice: The national dish is poutine, French fries, covered with gravy and topped with cheese. A sure killer!

What would we lose? Tourists would flock across the border in even greater numbers because the Canadian loony is substantially weaker than the dollar. I wonder if Maine wouldn’t also lose its governor. If the present incumbent had LEAF, Page 6D

Medicare nugget

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Counselor Medicare is trying to combat hospital-acquired conditions (HACs).

A feature in the August issue of Health Affairs explains a new program to reduce HACs. By decreasing Medicare payments to hospitals with the worst performance in preventing avoidable HACs that result in poor health outcomes for patients and increased spending on health care, Medicare hopes to significantly cut back on HACs. In 2010, about 4.8 million HACs were experienced by adult patients out of 32.8 million hospital discharges. These include adverse drug events, falls during a hospital stay, or infections at the site of a surgery.

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HACs can result in tens of thousands of dollars in additional costs to treat patients.

To score hospitals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses a variety of measures related to specific infections and other conditions included in a patient’s medical charts or a claim submitted to Medicare by the hospital. In fiscal year 2015, 724 hospitals were penalized under the HAC Reduction Program.

Medicare volunteer counselors are available for free, one-on-one consultations. Call the Bridgton Community Center at 647-3116 to arrange for an appointment.

Be informed before any Ballot Questions for Nov. 2015 about Town Sewer ordinances.

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WWW.BRIDGTON.NET BRIDGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Prevention For more information please contact:

Station Captain Dana A. Wiswell E-mail: fireprevention@bridgtonmaine.org • Phone: 207-647-8814

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SHOP AND STOMP — The Mt. Washington Valley Stompers invites all mainstream-level dancers to Shop & Dance in “Tax Free,” N.H., the weekend of Nov. 7. Jay Silva will be calling a mainstream-level dance on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Salyards Center for the Arts, 110 Main Street, Conway, N.H. This dance will coincide with a special shopping event “Bring a Friend Shopping” at Settlers’ Green in North Conway, N.H. from Friday to Sunday, Nov. 6 to 8. There’ll be lots of great deals, raffle prizes every 30 minutes and much more. For more information, call Debbie Tillberg at 603-694-2080.

Our goal is to provide education for a safer community.

We offer workshops and educational guidance. Our strategy is to build our community with a better knowledge of fire safety.

We are able to meet the requests of a broad age range audience.

Opinions

Page 2D, The Bridgton News, October 29, 2015

Bird Watch

by Jean Preis BN Columnist

Discovering birds

The pleasures of travel include discovering the exotic, as well as the familiar. On our recent trip to the Highlands of Scotland, we were in awe of the massive mountains, rugged seacoast, miles of rocky moors, and beautiful streams rushing down through the glens. We had not planned it to be a birding trip, but found early on that birds were everywhere, and could not be ignored. One of the first was a large black bird we recognized as a crow, but it was not our crow. In Maine, we can be fairly certain that any crow we see is the American crow, but in the Scottish Highlands, the all-black crows are carrion crows, or the closely related gray-and-black hooded crows. Rooks are all black, except for a patch of white at the base of the bill, and jackdaws, the smallest of the crows, are black with dark gray. We soon learned that carrion crows tend to be solitary, while rooks are often seen in large flocks in the fields. Hooded crows like to perch on roofs, and jackdaws have a distinctive chak-chak call. We were told the flight patterns of each can be diagnostic, but we were not quite ready to absorb that level of complexity.

We saw what looked like our black-capped chickadee at a bird feeder, but when we noticed a wide white stripe down the back of its head we learned it was a coal tit, a relative of our chickadee and our titmouse. (Tit is an antiquated word from Middle English, meaning “small”. These active little birds are found in many parts of the world.) We watched that feeder regularly, and were able to recognize the great tit, which reminded us of a chickadee with a bright yellow underside, and the blue-headed tit, another chickadee relative, with a pretty blue cap.

Seeing birds in unfamiliar territory got me thinking about Alexander Wilson, a Scotsman who emigrated to America in 1794, and who went on to make major contributions to American ornithology. He settled near Philadelphia and became acquainted with William Bartram, a botanist, ornithologist, and artist, who earlier had spent four years exploring the southeastern states, and who had recorded his wanderings and discoveries in a book, Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida.

Inspired by Bartram, Alexander Wilson traveled around the eastern United States, collecting bird specimens, and then writing and illustrating his detailed observations. With Bartram’s encouragement he wrote and illustrated American Ornithology, a massive work of eight volumes, which was published between 1808 and 1814. The ninth, and final, volume was produced and published posthumously. According to Christopher Leahy, author of The Birdwatcher’s Companion, Alexander Wilson’s work was “the first comprehensive, systematic, illustrated account of North American birdlife, and the greatest natural history publication to its time in America.”

Today, Alexander Wilson’s name is not as well known as that of his rival at the time, John James Audubon. A brilliant artist, Audubon arrived in America in 1803, and is famous for his life-size watercolors of birds, many of which include a variety of plants and animals. It has been suggested by Erlich, Dobkin, and Wheye, in The Birder’s Handbook, that while Audubon is the Artistic Father of American ornithology, Alexander Wilson, whose work predated Audubon’s and was scientifically superior, is the Scientific Father of American ornithology.

The Highlands of Scotland are magnificent, and it was a treat for us not only to visit there, but also to see the birds, many of which were new to us. The herring gull, Canada goose, and osprey were the same birds we see at home, but a familiar-looking heron turned out to be a grey heron, rather than our great blue heron. We saw robins, olive-brown birds with a reddish-orange breast. They are not related to our American robin, which got its name from early British settlers in America who saw a bird with a red breast and named it after the red-breasted bird back home. Buzzards, similar to our red-tailed hawks, could be seen across the countryside, perching on fence posts or soaring over the moors. We stopped to look at a huge flock of pink-footed geese, winter migrants from Iceland, and estimated there were five to six thousand of them.

It was not unusual to be distracted from the scenery by new birds, such as the chaffinch, pied wagtail, dipper, dunnock, lapwing, great spotted woodpecker, and others. It was a thrill to see so many birds for the first time, and I could only imagine what it must have been like for Alexander Wilson, a keen observer and skilled artist, to emigrate from Scotland to America, a new country where birds had not yet been formally studied, and where everything was new to him.

TOWN OF NAPLES OFFICE CLOSED

HARRISON WATER DISTRICT

William Winslow, Supt.

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TOWN OF NAPLES Public Hearing

1. An application for a minor site plan review submitted by GCM Investments, Inc., for an addition to be added to the Loon’s Haven Family Campground Store (Tax Map R05, Lot 17), and the addition of a farmer’s porch to the existing structure.

The Waterford Planning Board will hold a Site Walk for a proposed development on McWain Pond at 9:00 a.m., November 8, 2015.

Public welcome

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LEGAL NOTICE

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TOWN OF BRIDGTON 3 CHASE STREET, SUITE 1 BRIDGTON, MAINE 04009

Public Hearing

NOTICE OF SALE

DANGEROUS BUILDING

Pursuant to the rental agreement between AKA Storage and the parties named below, their personal property shall become the property of AKA Storage on October 31, 2015, in order to satisfy all liens brought on by the default of payment.

The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a hearing on November 10, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., at the Bridgton Town Office in the downstairs meeting room located on Iredale Street, to determine whether the building/structure owned by Dan Palli, described as 15 Walker Street, and shown on Map 22, Lot 111 of the current Tax Maps of the Town of Bridgton, Maine, is dangerous or a nuisance.

Michael Segerson – Casco, Maine

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“Earth Notes” is an outgrowth of a deep ecology discussion group.

Writers reflect a delight in and concern for the earth and are individually responsible for opinions and information. Community members are invited to submit articles. E-mail beepbeep207@roadrunner.com for details.

crete vaults. Burial sites of departed loved ones can be found using GPS or can be marked using engraved stones found on the land in the cemetery.

Three funeral homes in Maine have earned Green Burial Council certification: Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home in Portland, Veilleux Funeral Home in Waterville and Lindquist Funeral Home in Yarmouth. Another plus for green burials is that they are generally less expensive than full-body burials.

Respecting the dead while ensuring that the living and future generations are left with a livable planet can be compatible goals. As we prepare for winter — putting our gardens to bed, marking driveways for inevitable snow, getting wood supplies ready, filling the oil and gas tanks, etc. — we might also think about the “big chill” of our bodies, which will be left on the earth in one form or another.

Letters

(Continued from Page 1D) Everyone performed their designated tasks and more.

Suggestions were offered, problems were solved and the cheerful, helpful personalities won the hearts of BikeMaine participants.

The whole experience was amazing.

Thank you to each one who volunteered.

Carmen Lone, Executive Director Bridgton Community Center

They gave up so much

To the Editor: The Harrison Historical Society is not holding its regular meeting in November so that members may attend the special Veterans Day Supper on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Harrison VFW Post.

We urge you to attend and join the Post at their dinner.

Please reflect and honor all our living and departed men and women who gave so much up for us. We owe our LETTERS, Page 5D

PUBLIC NOTICE

Tax Map/Lot 27-0011 – Acct: 1752.

This is a 31± Acre Property Located on Plains Road, Bolsters Mills Road end.

Sealed bids, clearly marked “Foreclosure Sale,” will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2015. Bids will be opened and reviewed at the Selectmen’s Meeting that evening at 7:00 p.m.

The successful bidder will be given a Quit Claim Deed from the Town releasing any interest in the property the Town may have. Any unknown liens and attachments on this property will be the responsibility of the successful bidder.

The Board of Selectmen reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

The Naples Planning Board will be having a site walk at 41 Loons Haven Drive at 6:30 p.m., prior to holding a meeting at 15 Village Green Lane on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. On the agenda:

PLANNING BOARD Site Walk

Earth Notes

The Town of Harrison has for sale by sealed bid, (minimum bid $22,000), the municipality’s interest in a tax-acquired parcel of land:

Public Notice

TOWN OF WATERFORD

LEGAL NOTICE

By Sally Chappell As long as many of us are bracing ourselves for a long winter here in Maine, we might as well consider another chilling thought: We’re all going to die someday. Notwithstanding the efforts of the transhumanists working on living forever via sophisticated technology, most of us will be passing through this world with our bodies giving out in a variety of ways.

What will our families do with our bodies? Death can happen at any age. This may not be the cheeriest of topics, but its importance cannot be overlooked. With over seven billion humans on the planet right now with more to come, the impact of burial practices has to be considered. Over 30 million board feet of hardwood, 1.6 million tons of concrete and more than 100,000 tons of metal are used in full-body burials each year. Many people are looking at “green burials.”

What are green burials? Generally, green burials speed up the natural decaying process rather than retarding decay like the techniques so many modern funeral practices employ.

The Green Burial Council advocates replacing toxic embalming fluids like formaldehyde with greener alternatives such as dry ice and nontoxic formulations. Biodegradable shrouds, coffins and caskets are other ways of lowering the impact of burial as well as forgoing a concrete vault, which is often required by traditional lawn cemeteries to prevent the soil from subsiding.

I checked out local options for green burials. For earth burials, it is possible to forego embalming with a closed casket. A wood casket is a good choice for biodegradability, and even cardboard is available although not a popular item.

Except for a cemetery in Bolsters Mills, all local cemeteries require concrete vaults as a casing for the casket, coffin or shroud. Despite the fact that nobody actually sees the vaults, some can be quite elaborately decorated although Dana Chandler of Chandler Funeral Homes gives Mainers credit for being “smart enough not to spend our money that way.”

Another option for avoiding a vault is to create a cemetery on your private property.

Cremation saves space in cemeteries and eliminates the need for embalming. It is not without its environmental impacts, however, such as emissions of dioxins and mercury plus the high temperatures needed resulting in greenhouse gas emissions.

A new technology, alkaline hydrolysis, washes the body in an alkaline solution eliminating soft tissue and leaving only bones as the remains. It is legal in only seven states, Maine being one of them. There are religious objections to the process presently, but perhaps given time, it will become more acceptable in the same way that cremation did.

Maine hosts two green burial sites — one in Orrington (Rainbow’s End Cemetery) and the other in Limington (Cedar Brook Burial Ground). These cemeteries preserve natural habitat and eliminate the need for mowing and con-

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Public Notice

The walk will start at the corner of Passaconaway Road and Mayflower Ave.

‘Chilling Out’ in Maine

We will be flushing mains and hydrants starting Oct. 24th, through Nov. 14th.

You may notice some discoloration of the water during the period.

Public Notice

THE NAPLES TOWN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015, IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY

QUIETER TIMES ON THE CAUSEWAY — With the arrival of colder temps, boats have left their dock spaces and the Naples Causeway is much quieter these days.

(Photo by Ashleigh London)

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s/George Finch Town Manager

TOWN OF BROWNFIELD Public Notice – Intent To File

Please take notice that the Town of Brownfield, 82 Main Street, Brownfield, ME 04010, (207-935-2007), is intending to resubmit an application with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on or about November 1, 2015, pursuant to the provisions of 38 MRSA, Section 1301 et seq. and Maine’s Solid Waste Management Regulations.

The application is for an update to the original Transfer Station License that reflects the switch to single-sort recycling and includes a revised site map, revised operation and maintenance manual and change in traffic pattern.

There has been no significant change to the facility itself or the nature of the activities taking place at 1076 Pequawket Trail in Brownfield, Maine.

According to Department regulations, interested parties must be publicly notified, written comments invited and, if justified, an opportunity for public hearing given. A request for a public hearing, or for the Board of Environmental Protection to assume jurisdiction over this application, must be received by the Department, in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is accepted by the Department as complete for processing.

The application and supporting documentation are available for review at the Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management (BRWM) at the appropriate DEP regional office, during normal working hours. A copy of the application and supporting documentation may also be seen at the Town Office located at 82 Main Street in Brownfield, Maine.

Send all correspondence to: Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0017, (207-287-2651) or (800-452-1942).

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Obituaries

October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 3D

John E. Winckler

Marian S. Wallace

Donna J. Grover

CHAMBERSBURG, PA — John Edward Winckler, 64, of Chambersburg, Pa. passed away on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 at his home.

Born May 31, 1951 in Portland, he was a son of Lois E. (Mayberry) Plummer and the late Elroy C. Winckler.

John was a 1969 graduate of Gorham High School. In 1981, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from North Park College in Chicago, Ill. and completed his master’s degree in Pastoral Studies at Alliance Theological Seminary, Nyack, N.Y. in 1994. John served pastorates in Portland, Casco, Elysburg, Pa. and Danville, Pa. He served as a medical chaplain at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. and most recently as a chaplain for SpiriTrust Lutheran Homecare and Hospice in Chambersburg, Pa. John was a member of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church of Chambersburg, where he led an adult Sunday school class.

Chaplain John was especially known for his genuine care for people, his love of God’s word, and sense of humor. He enjoyed his granddaughters, gardening, photography, and rock collecting. John’s deepest passion was for everyone to know his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the peace and joy that come from knowing Him. John is survived by his wife of 37 years, Ingrid M. (Tostenson) Winckler, whom he married on Aug. 19, 1978; two sons, Jason T. Winckler of Lansdale, Pa. and Jesse A. Winckler of Orlando, Fla.; two cherished granddaughters; five siblings, E. Clifford Winckler of Naples, Eric Winckler of Casco, Allan Winckler of Portland, Anita Sanuk of Scarborough and Joan O’Reilly of Scarborough.

A funeral service to celebrate John’s life was held on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church, 230 Siloam Road, Chambersburg, Pa. Rev. Jeffrey McCracken officiated. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 in the Cornerstone Gospel Church, 29 Sebago Road (Route 114), Naples.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Eastern PA Church Planting (EPCP), 1200 Spring Garden Drive, Middletown, PA 17057, or to SpiriTrust Lutheran Home Care and Hospice, 2700 Luther Drive, Chambersburg, PA 17202.

Condolences and memories may be shared on his Book of Memories page at www.geiselfuneralhome.com

PORTLAND — Marian “Minty” Sibley Jewett Wallace, 96, died on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 from complications of pneumonia.

Minty’s husband of 65 years, Stanley B. Wallace, predeceased her in 2002.

Minty had been resident of St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation & Residence for the past five years. She enjoyed her time there and remained clear and healthy right up until a week before she died.

Marian grew up in Mechanic Falls and graduated from high school there in 1937. She and Stan were married that year after meeting and falling in love at Old Orchard Beach, where they both had summer jobs. They lived in Syracuse, N.Y., Fort Worth, Texas, Bath, Mechanic Falls, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, South Portland, Bridgton and Gorham before retiring to Florida, again at various locations, Melbourne, Okeechobee and finally Gainesville. Minty returned to Maine to live at Bay View Heights after Stan passed away.

Marian loved her family and throughout their marriage there were many family gatherings, picnics, and reunions. Both Stan and Minty were one of seven children, so there were plenty of relatives all around. Minty was a wonderful cook. She braided and hooked rugs, refurbished furniture, served on the Hospital Auxiliary in Bridgton and was a member of the Congregational Church there.

Mostly, she was Stan’s first mate, assisting him in his many business adventures, before and after his retirement.

Marian was predeceased by sisters Dorothea, Harriet, and Carolyn; and two brothers, Harlan and Norman Jewett.

She is survived by a sister, Eleanor Brandli; three children, Carolyn, Bob and Richard; and seven grandchildren. Minty loved and cherished the visits from her grandchildren and their children whose pictures and poems covered the wall around her.

They were members of the Woodfords Congregational Church where there will be a memorial service on Saturday Oct. 31, 2015 at 11 a.m. in the Maloon Chapel, 200 Woodford Street, Portland, followed by interment in Mechanic Falls Maple Grove Cemetery.

Please visit www.advantageportland.com to sign Minty’s guestbook and leave memories and condolences for the family.

Donations to the St Joseph’s fundraiser for a new wheelchairaccessible van can be made at www.crowdRise.com/sjrr or mailed to: St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation and Residence, 1133 Washington Ave., Portland ME 04103.

STANDISH — Donna J. Grover, 75, of Standish passed away after a short illness at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015.

Donna was born in Yarmouth on Dec. 25, 1939 to Harold E. and Nettie A. Grant Hayden. She was one of five children.

Donna will be always remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother, whose greatest passion was helping others.

In addition to caring for her four children, Donna took care of many seniors, helping them with shopping, house cleaning or just being there as a friend. She loved spending time with family and her cocker spaniel “grand-dog” Punkin with whom she’d take many walks.

Donna enjoyed gardening with her husband. They grew lots of vegetables that were shared with family and friends. Donna worked at Zayre’s, Ames and Walmart department stores, retiring in 2010.

Donna is survived by her son, Bruce Grover of Bridgton; daughter, Debbie Harney of Cape Elizabeth; son, William of Cape Elizabeth; siblings Arlene Morton, Phyllis Tavano of Yarmouth, Joanne Hayden of Kentucky and Edward Hayden of Brunswick; a grandchild, many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours and service were held on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Road, South Portland. Burial was at Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery, 83 Stanley Road, Springvale.

Condolences can be left at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, a donation in Donna’s memory may be made to: Cocker Spaniel Rescue of New England, Inc., P.O. Box 162, Greenfield, NH 03047 or online to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland.

Blanch Stevens LAMAR, MO — Blanch Stevens, 72, of Lamar, Mo. passed away Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by family.

Blanch was born Nov. 26, 1942, in Barton County, Missouri, to James and Cora (Hayward) McCulley.

On June 6, 1961, in Tijuana, Mexico, Blanch married the love of her life, Lewis “Steve” Stevens and they made their home and raised their two children, Stevi and Gary, in Lamar. Many will remember Blanch as their hairdresser and confidant, as she worked as a cosmetologist and owned and operated beauty shops for many years. She was an accomplished artist, working in oils and tole painting, inspiring many budding artists who attended her art classes. She was a wonderful cook, sharpening her skills while cooking at her sister’s Tuck’s Café. She was a self-taught quilter and enjoyed collecting antiques. Her first priority, however, was always her family, and her greatest joy came from spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bob McCulley and an infant brother; sisters, Flossie Tuck, Pearl McMackin, Barbara McCulley and an infant sister.

Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Steve, who grew up in Bridgton; two children, Stevi Robertson and Gary Stevens, both of Lamar; two brothers, Bud McCulley and Earl “Butch” McCulley of Lamar; three sisters, Mabel Jones of Reeds, Mo., Ida May Kozoil of Joplin, Mo. and Janie Freeman of Lamar; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a special niece and caregiver.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at Daniel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lake Cemetery.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in care of Daniel Funeral Home.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net

Elizabeth R. Larsen WATERFORD — Elizabeth R. Larsen, 90, of Waterford passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 at her home.

Affectionately known as Betty, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Oct. 31, 1924, the daughter of Dennis W. and Frances E. Leeper Ryan. In 1941, she graduated from East Haven High School in Connecticut and later attended New Haven Teachers’ College. For many years, Betty worked as a secretary at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she would meet Harold Ludwig Larsen. The two married on Jan. 21, 1950, and started a family with five sons and two daughters.

They loved vacationing in Maine, and in 1981, Harold and Betty moved from Connecticut and settled on Papoose Pond in Waterford.

In Maine, Betty was very active in the local community, volunteering her time with the Good Shepherd Food-Bank and the lunch counter at Stephens Memorial Hospital. And longtime residents may remember Betty and Harold from the Waterford Community breakfasts (Betty cooked and Harold waited tables). She loved music and sang with local groups such as the Sweet Adelines and the Tune Timers. She and Harold made many friends in the square dancing community.

She is survived by her brother, William Ryan of Branford, Conn.; her children, Janet Healey of Waterford, Richard Larsen of Oxford, Kathy Esposito of Hamden, Conn., William Larsen of Hebron, Conn., Thomas Larsen of Wakefield, R.I., Bob Larsen of Harrison and Bruce Larsen of Sutton, Mass.; nine grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents; her husband of 47 years; brothers, Thomas Ryan and Dennis Ryan.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www. oxfordhillsfuneralservices.com In lieu of gifts, please consider a donation to the Trinity Lutheran Church of South Paris, Maine.

Memorial services were held at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 34 Buckfield Road, South Paris on Sunday, Oct. 25. Arrangements were under the care of Oxford Hills Funeral Services, 1037 Main Street, Oxford.

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Kimberly J. Simpson

SUMMERFIELD, FLA. — Kimberly J. Simpson, 42, of Summerfield passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015.

Ms. Simpson was born Feb. 13, 1973 in Bangor. She moved here in February of 2013 from Lisbon. Kim was the Director of Rehab at The Club in The Villages. She was dedicated to her profession and devoted to helping others. She had a love of horses, especially “Playboy” and “Mac.” She was very active in the Susan G. Komen Three Day Walk for breast cancer and the Dempsey Challenge for cancer.

Tansy Beth Goodman, beloved wife, Kim was a tireless volunteer. Whether it mother, daughter, sister and friend passed was in parent organizations of her son’s away suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24, schools, on the sidelines of sporting events, or at national fundraising 2015 at New York Methodist Hospital in campaigns, Kim found the time to contribute, and had received presiBrooklyn, N.Y. dential recognition for her service.

Tansy was a Maine native and the Survivors include her life partner, Larry Partash; son, Gregory Scott daughter of Carole and Forest Goodman Simpson; parents, Carol and John Dean of The Villages and Richard of Bridgton. For the past 15 years, she and Pam Simpson of Hampden; brother, Kevin Simpson of Raymond; has lived in New York City and leaves a niece; paternal grandmothers, Doris Cyr and Mary Simpson. behind a 10-year-old daughter, Ella, a A celebration of life with a visitation was held on Sunday, Oct. 25, 7-year-old son, Lyle, her husband George 2015 in the Banks/Page-Theus Chapel, 410 Webster Street, Wildwood, Fuchs and her sister, Ivy Goodman. Both Fla. 34785.

Tansy and Ivy were natives of Bridgton, Online condolences may be shared by visiting www.bankspagethattending and graduating from Lake eus.com Region High School. Both eventually For those who wish, consider a contribution in Kim’s name to moved to Brooklyn. cancer research, the Blue Moon Ranch in Wildwood, or a charitable Tansy went to the State University of New York in Albany, organization of your choice. where she met her husband George. Tansy later earned her master’s degree in Real Estate Financing at NYU and worked for years on various real estate projects throughout New York City.

She and George shared the responsibility of raising two beautiful children and renovating their brownstone in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The whole family participated in tae kwon do with Tansy earning the level of red/black belt. Recently, she added personal WINDHAM — Anna Mae Stuart, 67, died on Saturday, Oct. 24, training to her career development becoming a certified personal 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Portland. trainer helping people who require special rehabilitation, highlightShe was born in Milford, Conn., on June 30, 1948, daughter of ing her commitment to health and fitness.

Lloyd Burtsell and Kathleen (Plummer) Burtsell.

In her neighborhood, Tansy was well known for her volunShe enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, cheering teerism. For three years, she ran an after-school program and them on during their various activities. She loved attending the performed duties as a Class Parent, coordinating communication Cumberland Fair to watch the horse pulling and entering her canned between teachers, parents and the PTA at PS 58, as well as shepherdgoods, for which she won numerous ribbons. She had a great sense ing resources and manpower for school events. Tansy was legendof humor and everyone will remember her always having a smile on ary for her enthusiasm concerning class projects for her children’s her face. She will be greatly missed by those who loved her. classrooms, as well as her generosity of spirit and resources, always Ann is survived by her sons Steven and his wife Michelle, and being there when asked and showing up first.

Keith and his wife Sherie; her longtime partner Gus Wilson; her She was surrounded by loved ones from both Maine and New grandchildren, Tyler and Paige McVey, Tucker and Keegan Wilson, York and will be sorely missed by all.

Amanda Blake and Alivia, Owen and Tyler Stuart; her brother If you are so inclined and wish to offer support that Tansy would George Archer; and her sister Donna Cyr Pelletier. She will also be appreciate, please support a charity dedicated to studying, treating greatly missed by Becky and Jason McVey, and Gary and Karen and hopefully curing the disease that Tansy had, cavernous angioma.

Wilson, who were family in every sense of the word.

The website and organizational information is as follows: The Angioma Alliance, 520 W. 21st St., Suite G2-411, Norfolk, VA A celebration of Anna’s life will be held on Sunday, Nov. 1, from 23517-1950; info@angiomaalliance.org; www.angiomaalliance.org 2–6 p.m., at Spring Meadows Golf Club, 59 Lewiston Road, Gray.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mercy Hospital in Ann’s memory directly on their website, mercyhospital.org

Tansy B. Goodman

Anna M. Stuart

Loraine Spenciner BRIDGTON — Loraine Moody Jones Spenciner, 71, passed away at her home in Bridgton after a long illness on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. She experienced little pain and enjoyed life to the very end.

She was born in Farmington on Feb. 21, 1944, the daughter of Ruth Moody Jones and John D. Jones. A graduate of Farmington High School, she went on to get her undergraduate degree from the University of Maine at Orono. It was there that she met her soulmate, Jay. Loraine later received her Master’s degree and PhD from Boston College.

Loraine was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, but she had a special place in her heart for the field of Special Education.

One of her passions was to create a more inclusive world for children with disabilities. She spent more than 25 years as a professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, and additionally spent time teaching at the Beijing Institute of Technology (China) and the National Institute of Education (Singapore). She coauthored multiple textbooks on this subject, but it was the day-to-day interaction with special needs children and her students that brought her the most joy. Loraine also spent 25 years on the board of the Bridgton Public Library. She and her husband co-directed the Bridgton Four on the Fourth Road Race for 20 years, and early on changed the focus of the race so that the primary beneficiary would be the Bridgton Public Library.

She also loved to read and was a longtime member of a local book club. Loraine had a great love for the outdoors and was an avid hiker, downhill skier, and cross-country skier.

She is survived by her two children, daughter Amy Spenciner of Ithaca, N.Y., and son David Spenciner and wife Dina of North Attleboro, Mass.; two grandchildren, Marina and Benjamin; halfsister Reidun Jones-Elliott; her loving husband of 48 years, Jay; and many, many dear friends.

A funeral will be held at Bridgton’s St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 31. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m., at Riverside Cemetery on Rt. 2/Farmington Falls Road in Farmington.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to either: Bridgton Public Library Endowment Fund, 1 Church Street, Bridgton ME 04009 or to the Loraine Spenciner Scholarship Fund, UMF c/o Seth Taylor, 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, Farmington Falls Road, Farmington, ME 04938.

In Loving Memory

Lea Pauline Brown Jan. 14, 1919 – Oct. 21, 2001

In Loving Memory

Irl O. Brown III

Oct. 15, 1959 – May 14, 2001

To my most wonderful wife, Lea, and my son Irl III, there is no time in my life that I do not miss you so much.

You two are always on my mind. I think of you so much. You are my most beloved family and I will always keep you as my family.

Love you Lea, love you Irl III, and miss the both of you.

Your loving husband and father, Irl

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BLACK HORSE TAVERN — is looking for a dishwasher. Please apply in person at 26 Portland Rd., Bridgton.

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PART-TIME — Receptionist/appointment coordinator needed for busy dental office in Fryeburg averaging 24 hours per week. Dental knowledge a plus. Must be dependable, have excellent communication skills, computer literacy and be able to multi-task. Send resume to: William W. Dreyer DMD, 44 Portland St., Fryeburg, ME 04037 or e-mail to: drdreyer@fairpoint. net. Please do not apply in person as interviews will be scheduled.

2t43x ON EAGLES WINGS — Looking for a massage therapist that wants to join our wellness center in Bridgton. We need someone with lots of heart and can do hot stones.

Please call Ann Ruel 207-4159166. tf18

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EXCAVATING — Have hoe, will travel. Snowplowing, removal and ATTENTION sanding. Site work, foundations dug, back filling, septic systems, Classified line ads are now posted sand, loam, gravel. Call Brad on our website at NO EXTRA Chute, 653-4377 or 627-4560. tf3 CHARGE! www.bridgton.com SEMI-RETIRED CONTRACTOR HELP WANTED — looking for plumbing work in YEAR-ROUND — Maintenance the local area. Call 647-8026. tf30 person wanted at Denmark Art TREE WORK — Leaf raking, Center. Part-time, flexible sched- lawn care, brush removal, garage ule. Includes snow removal, gen- cleanups, bark mulch, light truckeral maintenance and repair. Inqui- ing and more. Call 595-8321. ries to holisticcoach@gmail.com 6t41x or call at 207-595-8260.

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INTERIOR PAINTING — prep STAIR LIFT — 13 ft. Will work, cleanup. Reasonable hourly deliver. $1200 OBO. Phone 207rates. References available. Call 228-3347. tf44 Chris at 207-274-1768.

6t39x RED’S FIREWOOD — Cut, ODD JOBS — By the hour, day, split and delivered. Any amounts. week or job. Also power washing. Call 615-6342 for details. tf35 Free estimates. Call 627-4649.

5t43x VEHI­CLES FOR SALE GOOD CARS — Reasonable.

DAYCARE From $2000 up. Trades welcome.

OASIS CHILDCARE — Casco. Dave’s Garage 329-2602. tf43 Before & after school care rates $60 and up. 30+ years experience JESUS IS LORD – new and working with children. Maine State used auto parts. National locator.

License, CPR/First Aid/AED, Water Most parts 2 days. Good used cars.

Certification. Call Kelly at 207-329- Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 tf30 2658 or visit us on Facebook for Bridg­ton, 207-647-5477. more info.

12t33 2004 CHEVY — Venture LS extended van. Dependable, handles FOR SALE well in snow. Four all-season tires FIREWOOD — $225 per and four snow tires. Inspected thru cord green. Ask about volume January. $2500 OBO. Call 7872t43x discount. 2 cord minimum 1662. for delivery. 207-925-1138.

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Call Brickwoods FMI 207-452SIDEWALK ELECTRIC — 2441. tf36 snowblower. Used twice. $100 or best offer. Call 655-7418. 2t43x NORTH WATERFORD — House trailer lot. Year-round. SewFIREWOOD FOR SALE — er and water furnished. On Route Green, $235 cord. Cut, split & 118. $200 month. Call 461-0278. delivered. McAlister Logging, 3t44x 207-890-6246.

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HOUSEKEEPING/LAUNDRY We currently have a per diem position open.

The hours are 6 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Laundry or Housekeeping, and 2 p.m. – 10 a.m. in Laundry.

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BRIDGTON — Commercial lease immediately available. A newly-renovated stand-alone, 1,400-sq. ft. building is available for immediate lease in Bridgton.

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BUSINESS SERVICES

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YARD SALES

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October 29, 2015, The Bridgton News, Page 5D

Lost and found: With or without help?

I didn’t want to bother St. Anthony to help me look for my coffee mug. For two days it was lost and I thought I looked everywhere, but then I found it so obviously I hadn’t.

It’s a “Big Apple” mug — red plastic with a black cover and it fits well in my hand. It also fits in the cup holders of both my truck and car and it’s an important part of my life. My hand knows right where to go for a sip without having to think about it.

“Big Apple” has nothing to do with New York City lest readers from places outside Maine get that impression. It’s the name given to a chain of convenience

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Carleton N. Brown lived on Christian Hill Road, where I live now and I knew his daughter, Susie, before I sold our house a mile away down in Lovell Village. Her daughter and my three daughters played together, but that association has little to do with my attachment to that coffee mug. Like I said, it fits in my hand nicely. It’s comfortable.

There’s a place on the rim of its black cover that melted in the dishwasher drying cycle sometime in the 90s and my thumb goes there automatically when I drink from it. I don’t have that dishwasher anymore — brought it to the Lovell dump years ago — but I still have the mug.

I have an even older one that I keep at our South Portland house. It’s also red and black, but has a more uniform shape — made in the

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Front Row Seat

by Tom McLaughlin BN Columnist

days before vehicles came with cup holders. It’s shorter, without that narrow cylinder molded into the bottom to fit in modern cup holders. It fits nicely on the dashboard of three different pickup trucks I drove back then, but not in the cup holders of my present vehicles. I use it only for afternoon tea, which I tend to drink in the house or out on the deck. I also have a newervintage Big Apple mug down there for morning coffee and for traveling — also in traditional red and black.

All of them fit under the new Keurig machines we have in both houses too. I like my coffee dark while my wife

likes hers medium, and since I was always up first to make the coffee when we had one of those old coffeemakers, I brewed it dark. “You can put more cream in yours,” I’d suggest to her, but she went out and bought those Keurig machines. Each cup tends to be more expensive, but we each get it the way we like it: Green Mountain Dark Magic for me and Dunkin Donuts for her. They’re extravagant, I know, but coffee is important.

Back to St. Anthony. My wife nearly always suggests a prayer to him when I lose something because he’s the patron saint of lost things, she

manager Kirsten Wears for because of them.

Allan Denison donating food for our Senior Harrison Celebration. The lunch you provided for our amazing cooks Chris Minicozzi and friends provided a wonderful meal at the Senior Celebration. There were many smiles that day. They To The Editor: On behalf of the Lake enjoyed their friends, the Region Hunger Action company of their community, Committee, we would like to the great food, and music that express our thanks to many Gloria Jean provided. Thank people who made our Second you for being an important Annual LR Let’s Knock part of our event by your out Hunger Seniors Matter donations. We are so grateful.

Our sincerest and most Campaign a success. This heartfelt thanks to our year, we made seniors our Region focus and we shared with Bridgton-Lake Rotary for all of the efforts them free nutritional informaand sweat and tears you put tion, free healthy store tours, SNAP Bingo, information into the entire month’s worth on services for food, meals, of events. Thank you Dick and other senior services in Enright for your encouragethe area, and focused all our ment and your diligence. events other than a couple Thank you for all of the help to senior issues surrounding wherever you were needed.

Thank you Cathy Sullivan hunger and poverty.

Thank you Dawn (De for your beautiful tables and Busk) of The Bridgton News décor and for overseeing for your wonderful coverage the night’s volunteers at the on the events and the fund- Empty Bowl event. We are raisers that took place, and so glad to always have you by all the important informa- our side to serve the commution shared highlighting this nity. You all are a blessing. To year’s hunger action month our Rotary volunteers, thank you! Thank you Chris M. and focus, “Seniors Matter.”

First and foremost, I would team who made the most luslike to thank our Seniors cious lasagna dinner. It was Matter T-shirt sponsors who an amazing and enjoyed by gave from $75 to $100 dona- all who attended. Absolutely tions, whose proceeds will delicious!

This year, we were espego entirely to support nine cially blessed to have the area pantries. We would like support of our local schools, to extend our thanks to these area businesses, civic groups as well. Thank you Rosie and local nonprofits for Schacht and Lake Region their support: The Augustus Vocational Center staff for Bove House, Bridgton your help with arranging Health and Residential the site for the Empty Bowl Care Center, Bridgton-Lake event. Thank you to Jude Region Rotary International, Prevost and her team at the Chalmers Insurance Group, Middle School for the handClement Bros., Lotus Garden, painted bowls worked on by Dingley’s Farm Stand/ local students as mementos Raymond’s Frozen Custard, for those who attended. What Eldridge Construction, a precious thing to have your Evergreen Credit Union, Food involvement in this and other City, Girl Scout Troop 1504 things during this year’s Sebago, Hancock Lumber, month of events. We hope Hannaford, Key Bank, Lake that this is just the beginning Region Properties, CrossWalk of many events we do togethCommunity Outreach, Maine er for those who are hungry Street Graphics, Naples Main in our community. Thank you Street, Pretentious Pie Co. Connie Madura for being the and Ruby Food Chinese liaison in the process there.

A great BIG thank you Cuisine. We truly appreciate to my friend and co-laborer your support for our commuTed Trainer from Southern nity members.

Thank you John Lishkis of Maine Area Agency on LRTV who blessed our pan- Aging who provided guidtries with a $200 donation. ance, support, information We were overwhelmed with and enthusiasm to our events your generosity. Thank you! for our seniors. Many thanks Secondly, I would like to to the American Legion in thank Hannaford of Bridgton, Naples for accommodating Rob Menezes, Hannaford our Senior Celebration, espeemployees, and Dona Forke cially Maxine and Sammie; Health/Wellness Associate thank you Kim Litchfield for for the many donations of providing space at the Grange food, time and talents. Thank for our meetings for over four you for giving 100% of your- months, to Gloria Jean and selves the past two years, her group for providing the especially as our sponsors wonderful entertainment at of the Stuff the Truck event our Senior Celebration. It and the Empty Bowl Dinner was enjoyed by all! Thank Fundraiser. You certainly are you Maine Hunger Initiative a blessing to your employer and Good Shepherd Foodand to your local community. Bank for your advice, supThrough both events we were port and efforts behind the able to raise over $1,100 and scenes this year. Thank you to obtain over 1017.9 pounds Carmen Lone for allowing of food for our area pantries. us to sort and store food at Folks also enjoyed the nutri- the Community Center for tional store tours and all the our pantries. Thank you LR information you disseminat- cheerleaders for your genered during the month. Thank ous donation of food for the you for your commitment to food drive. That was so kind the health and wellbeing of of you.

Kudos to 70-year-old our community.

Mary Phillips, who couraWe also would like to acknowledge Food City and geously shared her story on hunger and its effects on

Heartfelt thank you

says. I’m not a true believer in that stuff but I have to admit, two valuable items I thought were gone forever turned up after she prayed to him. One was my first pair of prescription glasses.

We were on our boat in Kezar Lake and we pulled up onto a remote beach for a swim. I took off my glasses with their red lanyard and put them on the bow before diving in, but didn’t put them back on when we left. Later, when I noticed they were missing, I remembered where I’d left them and figured they were at the bottom of Kezar Lake in upper bay, which is the deepest part — over 160 feet in places. I imagined they bounced off the boat and into the lake as we raced back to the marina over choppy water. For two weeks I wore old drugstore glasses and made another appointment with the optometrist.

Each time I complained about them, my wife offered

a prayer. Then, I was out for a boat ride with a client/friend in upper bay and asked him to go over close to that beach. There they were, with their red lanyard, on the sandy bottom in about three feet of water.

While loading a pile of brush into my truck last summer, I swatted a bug near my ear and knocked one of my tiny hearing aids into the large brush pile I was standing in. I had paid $5,600 for both a year before, so I carefully examined every limb I loaded, but couldn’t find it. My wife again suggested St. Anthony, but again I was skeptical. She went with me to unload at the dump, and together we examined each limb carefully as we offloaded — and there it was on the tailgate.

Coincidence?

Who knows?

Tom McLaughlin of Lovell is a retired middle school U.S. History teacher.

seniors all over our great state. It was inspiring to hear and let us know there is still much more to do in the future to solve these issues longterm. Thank you for your frankness and openness.

Thank you Carolyn Brown, Paige and Denise Laporte for sorting and boxing all of the food from the Stuff event from our pantries.

What a blessing for us!

The assistance received from these events was able to assist these nine area pantries: Sebago Warming Hut, Casco Alliance Church Pantry, Casco Village Pantry, Bridgton Food Pantry, St. Joseph’s Food Pantry, Harrison Food Pantry, Naples Food Pantry, CrossWalk Community Outreach Food Basket, and the Sweden Food Pantry. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the T-shirt sponsorships, glow stick sales at Hannaford, Stuff the Truck kiosk, and the Empty Bowl fundraiser will be split evenly to help them with much-needed support to be used to continue feeding those in need in our communities. Thank you to everyone who attended and were a part of the giving during this month of events. We cannot do this work without your involvement and continued spirit of giving.

And last but certainly not least, thank you to the most amazing, dedicated, hardworking, inspirational group of people from our community that met many times from April until September to prepare, plan and execute these events, the 2015 LR Hunger Action Month Committee: Nancy Grigg, Dick Enright, Tilla Durr, Mary Phillips, Michelle Lamm and the MHI Vistas, Jen Macdonald of Good Shepherd Food-Bank, Dona Forke, Rob Menezes of Hannaford Bridgton, Chris Minicozzi, Sarah Murphy of the Opportunity Alliance, Connie Madura of the Naples Food Pantry, Judy Theberge, Casco Alliance Church, Jim Libby of Sebago Warming Hut, Ted Trainer of SMAAA, Jude Prevost of LRMS, Kirsten Kirschner of Lake Region Chamber of Commerce. Your enthusiasm and passion was infectious. Thank you for pushing through and making it a wonderful year. I enjoyed working with you and look forward to the future as we continue to work toward more awareness and possible long-term solutions for hunger here in the Lake Region.

In two words: YOU ROCK! Let’s Knock out Hunger in the Lake Region!

Joanna Moore, Chairwoman 2015 LR Hunger Action Month

was the format, with the 23 attendees seated in a circle with everyone, in turn, giving their views on the evening’s topic.

The discussion was about the Syrian refugee crisis. The consensus seemed to be that something should be done to relieve the situation, with some sort of acceptance and accommodation of refugees fleeing chaotic situations but, what exactly should be done, was left undecided.

While it is important to recognize the compassion we feel for these refugees, it is also important to consider the impact of accepting them into our country.

It wasn’t until we reached the 16th or 17th person in our circle of participants that someone noted that we currently accept 70,000 refugees a year under our current program, by far the most of any nation in the world; we hear talk of bringing in upwards of 100,000.

It becomes problematic when you understand those fleeing into Europe are from countries other than Syria, many are not fleeing threats to their lives, some are seeking better economic opportunities, and there are questions about security and the screening process.

We must combine our compassion with some hardheaded reality, and consider the cost, cultural, language, security and assimilation consequences of accepting large numbers of refugees.

That taken care of, the topic for the next meeting will be: “Does A Liberal Education Have A Place In Modern Society?” This will require some research and study, much like what I did while pursuing my liberal education. Is this now under attack? Let’s find out.

Bob Casimiro Bridgton

Much to be considered

To The Editor: I attended my first Socrates meeting because of the topic, and will return because of the format.

The topic that attracted me to the Oct. 5 meeting at the Waterford Library was “migrants,” but the surprise

Across barriers

To The Editor: On Friday, Oct. 16, an overflowing crowd of Bridgtonians heard Dr. Donna Beegle, who did her best at a one-day conference entitled “Communication Across Barriers,” to educate us on how to communicate across toxic and pernicious social, class and economic walls (greater than the Great Wall of China built to keep out the Mongolian hordes).

It does appear to me that the destruction of our planet, as well violent revolutions, come about when there is too much inequality between the rich and the poor. Racial, gender and ethnic stereotyping and hatred, alas, occurs far more under conditions of inequality and want rather than economic security. How to achieve this has become ideological warfare between people who have far more in common than not — that is if they truly stopped to listen to one another.

So how do we educate ourselves to be the agents of change we want to be?

Dr. Beegle emphasizes in her teaching — re: issues of povLETTERS, Page 6D

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(Continued from Page 5D) erty — that “learning and education” must be a twoway process that permits all of us to find common ground between our class, cultural, social and economic divisions. She says the culture of those who live within the margins of poverty is entirely different from the culture of those who live in the culture of the highly educated. She calls one culture “the print” culture — i.e., people who learn from books and printed matter whereas the other culture consists of those who live in poverty. This, she names as an “oral” culture, i.e., folks who survive through stories, oral instructions and experience. Dr. Beegle tells us that it does not take Republicans or Democrats or certain ethnic or religious sects, extreme ideologies, the wealthy or the impoverished to save our planet from permanent destruction. However, she says, the new changes required to improve the quality of our lives, involve a new perspective on how to change cultural paradigms. She says these new cultural paradigms must be brought about by ordinary people and that this requires a far more inclusive approach to whom one deems as intelligent and/or deficient.

Once again, she reminded us of the importance of the second commandment which is to “Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself.”

Indeed, in the last few years, America and the planet have undergone an explosive technological revolution. Such has produced an amazing array of competitive products that allow us to communicate through “social” media. Alas, it appears (that is if one is aware of the proliferation of ongoing wars) that this technological revolution has not helped us, thus far, in close the expanding chasm between ordinary people at home and throughout the world. It has also not helped us to have economic security and/or redemptive lives filled with purpose and meaning. However, as with all-powerful inventions and discoveries, the technological revolution can be a force for good or ill depending on whether it is in the service of competition and greed or truly in service of the public interest.

Recently, I have been in touch with a host of social service providers in Bridgton and throughout the state, most of whom are smart,

good, competent and capable people. I have also been in touch with many telephone robots who seem to present ever more “communication barriers” impeding the kind of progress toward solutions that should be the providence of real people (not robotic people) working together for solutions. In my recent efforts to find solutions, I have been in constant contact with robots — more printed material than I can absorb with a scattering of a few sanctimonious, self-righteous bureaucrats. I confess, such people incur my wrath even as I am well aware that such folk simply want jobs and enough money to survive.

This requires that they please their employers whether they do or do not agree with them.

I have witnessed social service providers doing a terrific job even while learning to do what is expedient to “cover one’s ass.” However, as I have been on a mission of mental, physical and economic survival for myself and others I love, I’ve been appalled at the lack of integration between services and how the most vulnerable are too often falling between the cracks of too much fine print filled with every new iatrogenic rule. I would love to see our police department — some who are truly heroes working with health and mental health providers — not always put in the position of having to arrest people with mental illness and throw them in jail because it is the only place where the mentally ill “might” get treatment. It is sad to see DHHS, whose public service could be dedicated to those most in need, to be more beholden to Governor LePage’s notion that all people in poverty would rather scam the system than work for a living. It is difficult to watch as lawyers, created to advocate for justice, too often advocate for those who provide them the best income.

Dr. Beegle suggests that all learning institutions offer courses on poverty so that they become competent. She is aware that because of this lack of education and integration, those who truly wish to serve and those in the most need (sometimes the same folk) often fall between the cracks of broken systems, finding themselves between revolving doors in a “catch 22” Kafkaesque conundrums.

She is aware of how even the best of institutions fall into a trap that pits people against each other. Environmentalists do not see their broader connection with mental health and health providers. Those

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working in favor of affordable housing, good community centers are too often pitted against the economic interest of small business entrepreneurs etc. Cooperation and finding common ground become obsolete values when one competes for dwindling bits of grant money coming from the wealthy. It is time, says Dr. Beegle, to become “competent” in our knowledge of poverty, as well as open to new solutions.

Thank you Dr. Beegle and all those who participated in that amazing conference.

Virginia (Tilla) Durr Bridgton

A new rate structure is also being proposed that equitably shares the cost of operating and maintaining the system. The rate changes from a flow-based-only rate to one that breaks down the sewer budget into debt, operations and maintenance and capital reserve. This shares the various costs of running the system equitably amongst all the users.

If we are to expand the current system or build a new one in the future, the new rate structure is required in order to receive grants (money you don’t have to pay back) and loans. Without the new rate structure all those costs will be borne by the Town.

I am a current customer on the system. I understand and welcome the change because it will benefit Bridgton.

Please join me in voting “YES” on November 3rd.

Sincerely, Chuck Renneker Bridgton

Scary meat industry

To The Editor: I was never scared of all the witches, zombies and assorted goblins wandering around on Halloween next Saturday night.

What really used to scare me was the meat industry.

This is the industry that mutilates, cages, and butchers billions of cows, pigs and other feeling animals, that exposes thousands of undocumented workers to crippling workplace injuries at slave To The Editor: Bridgton finds itself wages that exploits farmers and ranchers by dictating at an economic crossroads wholesale prices, then jails between continued prosperity and stagnation. The Town’s current rate structure is based on a flow model that does not reflect actual usage, therefore, artificially limiting the amount of gallonage the Town’s system can accept. In fact, there are only 661 gallons available — not enough to support any significant new business or expansion in

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those who document its abuses through unconstitutional “ag-gag” laws.

It’s the industry that generates more water pollution than any other human activity and more greenhouse gases than transportation, then promotes world hunger by feeding nutritious corn and soybeans to animals.

It’s the industry that threatens our public health with increased risk of killer diseases, that creates antibioticresistant pathogens by feeding antibiotics to animals, then bullies health authorities to remove anti-meat warnings from their public messages.

Now, that’s really scary stuff.

But, instead of being scared, I decided to fight back by dropping animal products from my menu. I am no longer scared of the meat industry, and I invite everyone to join me.

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the downtown.

The new flow model, as proposed in the Ordinance in front of the voters this November 3rd, frees up capacity allowing development to happen. How? The system has additional capacity that cannot be used because of the present ordnance. The model change will remove the present capacity limitations allowing the capacity to be fully used.

It is a win-win for the current customers because they don’t lose what they currently can do with their properties and a win-win for the entire Town because it opens up the possibility for more economic development. Economic development means jobs, an expanded tax base, increased tourist dollars and opportunities! We can either have a Main Street with businesses, retail, restaurants and venues for people, or one that remains the same with no reason to improve properties.

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(Continued from Page 1D) to be polite and to box with the chief, he might choose to move permanently to Florida (where he would still find many Canadians, but a less aggressive variety).

Still have doubts? This should convince you: The Canadian government actually works. Not only is Mr. Trudeau talking about passing new laws — e.g., making marijuana legal — but he also thinks of amending the constitution to change the way elections are conducted. Ever think, ever dream, something like that might be possible in Washington?

Of course, under the new regime, Mainers would have to make some adjustments. Learn a bit of French and a new national anthem (one that you might actually like to sing), speak the Queen’s English, and reduce the number of gun deaths. History books would have to be revised. Or do you already know who won the War of 1812?

Henry Precht is a retired Foreign Service Officer.