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she should apply. She did, and fresh out of college, she was hired as what she calls “a one-man band” or a Multi-media Specialist.

This means she usually shoots her own video for her special reports and interviews. She had learned well how to handle a television camera while at Lyndon State, and she shared that she is “…just as comfortable behind the camera as in front of it.”

In her conversation with the three classrooms she pointed out a unique occurrence at WCSH. A fellow Leavitt grad, Brian Yocono, also works at the station as

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Sixth grade teacher Tracy Goodwin-Smith wanted to expose her students to someone local who had worked hard in school and found a good career as one result. A friend’s daughter came to mind. Amanda Hill, a 2003 Leavitt High School graduate, had also spent three years at Tracy’s school, Turner Elementary.

Hill’s career is as a Multimedia Specialist for WCSH (Channel 6) in Portland.

She visited her old grade school in Turner on April 6 (her day off) to share some insights about her job and the personal benefits of applying yourself early on in your schoolwork. When asked what her favorite subject was, she answered, “I guess anything to with writing or English. I took a journalism class at Leavitt and I thoroughly enjoyed that.” After graduating from high school Hall attended Lyndon State College in Vermont where she earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

She mentioned twice to the curious sixth graders

a news anchor. Yocono currently anchors the weekend morning report and works out of the Auburn/Lewiston branch. Relative to this in her talk with students was the importance of getting to know people, although, she added a warning about whom you meet and share with on Facebook, etc.

“Everybody you know, knows somebody else but you have to be careful.”

After chatting with the large group she spent a short time in each classroom. She got the students involved in creating their See Out on page 4

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Amanda Hill, a Multi-Media Specialist with WCSH 6, chats with sixth grade students at Turner Elementary School. Hill was a 2003 graduate of Leavitt Area High School and spent three years of her schooling at the elementary school she visited on April 6.

She was invited by teacher Tracy Goodwin-Smith to talk about what her job involved, but more importantly, why it is critical that you work hard in school because it will pay off in many ways later in life. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel) that she “lucked out” in landing her first broadcast job at WCSH in her home state. She explained that she had met a Lyndon State graduate who worked at Channel 6 and he told her

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Student of the Year Nominees at CMCC Announced academic achievement and contributions to the college and their communities. The Student of the Year from each of Maine’s seven community colleges

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AWAP to Host Walk to End Domestic Violence

The Abused Women’s Advocacy Project will be holding the Walk to End Domestic Violence on Saturday, May 8th from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Simard-Payne Police Memorial Park in Lewiston.

The purpose of the Walk is not only to raise awareness about the issue of domestic violence but to help raise money to provide services to victims of abuse in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties.

Participants raise money by collecting pledges and walking laps in the park and along the beautiful Riverwalk in Auburn. Refreshments will be provided and activities for children will be offered. There will be fun for the whole family with face painting, flowers for mothers, and exhibits from partner agencies.

In 2009, the Abused Women’s Advocacy Project answered 2,952 crisis calls, provided over 3,000 hours of advocacy to people experiencing abuse, and provided emergency shelter for 121 people. At this time nearly half of Maine’s homicides involved domestic violence. Nationally, ap-

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proximately one in three American women is subject to some form of abuse by an intimate partner at some point in her life. By providing one- on- one advocacy, court services, emergency shelter and community education, AWAP’s goal is to make communities safer for everyone.

That goal cannot be achieved without the support of the individuals and businesses in the three counties served by AWAP. By joining AWAP in the Simard-Payne Police Memorial Park on Saturday, May 8th you can help show your commitment to the right of every person to feel safe and to live free from violence. Participants can enter the Walk to End Domestic Violence as individuals or as teams, so come yourself or bring friends, family and co-workers. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are also welcome. Pledge forms

and prize information can be found on the AWAP website at www.awap.org.

If you have questions about the Walk, please contact Lana at 795-6744 ext. 14 or lwhittemore@awap.org.

The major sponsors for this year’s Walk are Fox 23 and Platz Associates. Additional sponsors are Central Maine Medical Center; Tambrands Inc., a Procter & Gamble Co.; Sun Journal; Walmart Logistics; Geiger; Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch; Austin Associates P.A.; Mechanics Savings Bank; Ouellette and Associates P.A.; Brann & Isaacson; and The Computer Place.

If you are concerned that someone you know may be a victim of domestic violence and would like to receive information and support, AWAP has a free, confidential helpline available 24 hours a day at 1-800-559-2927. n

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Superintendent Says No Leeds Closing

Dear Leeds Central School Parents, I am writing to you about The Leeds Line article in today's Country Courier.

In her article, Debbie Hite writes, "I've also heard through the grapevine some conjecture about closing Leeds Central School, which has a current enrollment of 201 students.”

I recognize the important role our schools play in each of our communities for students, parents, and community members, and my sense is that reading this information in the newspaper would be very unsettling for all. I am writing to let you know that there has been no conversation between M.S.A.D.#52 ad-

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If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, n Darlene A. Burdin Superintendent of Schools

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Head Start Parents Learn To Make More with Less finished projects.

Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care has provided quality child development services to pregnant women, families, and children, newborn to age five, for over forty-three years. Program options include Full Day, Half Day, Pre-Kindergarten partnerships with local elementary schools, Home Based, Family Child Care, Infant and Toddler Early Head Start, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Services through these programs are provided annually to over five hundred children and families throughout Androscoggin County. Centers are located

Head Start parent Bethany Couture makes “soup in a jar” with Head Start Teacher Wanda Grandmaison at the “Great Gifts you can make” event.

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Supermarkets donated information on their Guiding Stars program as well as food coupons. Wal-Mart’s Auburn location donated 100 reusable totes for participants to bring home their

own news story by using a standard reporter’s form and reminding the kids about the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of gathering information. Hill hoped that

cancer awareness, services provided by other area nonprofit organizations, and general information related to Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care.

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Small Town Punk On Sunday afternoon, March 21st, Lawrence “Punk” House reminisced with a spellbound gathering of townspeople in the Community Room of the Leavitt Institute Building, in a program sponsored by the Turner Public Library and the History Rooms. In the audience was Caiden Leavitt, currently a sophomore at Cornell. Upon returning to school, she sent us her thoughts on the afternoon – and on storytelling in general – and we are privileged to share them with you.

Caiden Leavitt, Reflecting on the Merits of Nostalgia Story telling is representation and augmentation; it is reality and something beyond that. “Punk” Lawrence House stood in front of a group of about one hundred familiar faces on March 21 to share his stories about a small town in Maine: his town, and my town. In an atypical start to my spring break, I sat in the basement of the Turner Public Library, among an audience in which I was the youngest, to listen to this man recount the history of our town in a series of personal stories.

“Punk,” now retired, used to run a corner store owned first by his father and his grandfather before that. His narratives weaved in and out of this small establishment, as did, I began to imagine, the many people who frequented his store. It seemed many of his former customers were even in the audience. “Punk, remind me where you got your nickname,” someone called out shortly into his talk, which quickly turned into an enumeration of all the town appellations: Tink, Peaches, Orange Blossom.

It seemed that his store was the center of town (perhaps an implicit prejudice of the person speaking) and that it was the place where

gossip was told and made.

Punk said he kept a nickel nailed to the floor of his store so that people would lean down and try to pick it up. But as time, currency and the frugality of his customers changed he had to nail down a quarter to make his practical joke worth the while.

In listening to Punk recount the past, I was drawn in to the romanticism of his stories, nostalgic images of a time which had seemingly gone by. They reminded me of some of the stories my grandfather would tell me on his farm which had housed the Leavitt family for three generations, or of when my sister and I would trudge through snow up to our ten-year-old chests just to get some hot chocolate at our neighbor’s house.

No, these moments did not make up my childhood, which (if they had) would seem to have occurred in the 1950s. Yet they evoked a coherent set of memories from my own experience — a kind of idealized version of my life which was linked by an unconscious understanding of the idea Punk was communicating.

But, since it had only been two days since I left the ivory tower and returned home to Maine, his stories also made me cognizant of a contrast that I had only sensed before. The smell of molasses, the warmth of a wood stove and the

virtue of a family-owned farm stand — all of which I would call, though not necessarily my experience, my culture — feels incongruent with my experience at Cornell. Convinced of the moral decadence of an age plagued by facebook, we, at the university and in the present in general, too often forget that we also can tell stories, that our lives too might be romantic or idealized. We cannot be sure that our parents or grandparents’ experiences were as grand as their recounting of them is now, but it is precisely in the telling that they become so.

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Tales for the Journey - Potatoes, Eggs, or Tea A story is told about a young man who went to his grandfather telling him all about his life and how things were so difficult. He was clueless how to continue. Weary of fighting and struggling, he was ready to quit. The moment one problem was solved, another seemed to lurk around the corner, just waiting to vex him again.

The old man listened, nodded, and with a caring smile motioned to the frustrated young man to follow him into the kitchen.

He watched as grandfather filled three pots with water, placed each on a high fire, and brought the water to boil. Without speaking, he placed potatoes in one, eggs in the second, and added tea leaves to the last, reducing the three to a simmer.

The impatient young man said, “Grandfather, what are you doing?�

The old man smiled with that same caring smile, lifted his hand, and gently shared, “Just wait, my boy, just wait.� Without speak-

ing further, they sat and waited.

After twenty minutes or so, he turned off the burners. He fished out the potatoes and placed them in a bowl. He removed the eggs from the hot water and placed them in another bowl. Then, he poured the piping hot tea into a nearby teapot. He turned to his grandson and asked, “What do you see?�

"I see boiled potatoes, eggs, and tea," he replied.

Grandfather brought the young man closer. “Feel the potatoes.� He did and noted that they were soft.

The wise old man then asked his grandson to take one of the eggs and break it.

After pulling off the shell, he found the once raw egg was now hard-boiled. Finally, the grandfather asked his grandson to pour some of the tea into a nearby cup and sip it. The once frustrated young man smiled as he tasted the now strong tea, savoring its aroma as he drank it.

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The old man explained, “My boy, each of these objects faced the same hardship – boiling water. But each reacted differently. “The potato went in strong, hard, relentless, but after submitting to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. “The egg was fragile.

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"Which are you?" he asked his grandson. "When troubles invade your life, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a tea leaf?"

As we consider this story, ponder this: Which

am I? Am I the potato that seems strong, but with pain and adversities do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship, or some other trial, was I hardened and did I become rigid in my life? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I now bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? Or am I like the tea leaf? The simple little unassuming leaf actually changed the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the leaf, when

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Maine Army Guard Soldiers Receive Combatives Training

The Maine Army National Guard graduated 17 warriors from the Combatives Trainer Course held in Waterville, a course designed to prepare Soldiers for the physical and mental stress of hand to hand combat with the enemy.

"According to the Army our job is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy no matter what military occupation you are," said Sgt. Zachary W. Kazan lead instructor for Maine's Modern Army Combatives Program.

Kazan, a Durham native and the lead medic for the 251st Sapper Company in Norway, considers the training beneficial to all Soldiers. "The point is to live the warrior ethos; today's Army is a very nonjob specific force. You never know, you might be a cook or a unit supply specialist and the next thing you know you’re out on a convoy, guarding prisoners or something else you never expected to do."

The level one course teaches 17 moves and submissions to help you in a foreign engagement. For National Guard Soldiers this training is especially beneficial due to the nature of their mission serving both overseas and at home.

"Were not only defenders of the Nation but defenders of the local population; in today's day and age you never know what kind

Pfc. Thomas Colby squares off against Master Sgt. Ricky Bourdeau with electric shock knives to facilitate realistic training.

Cpt. Joel Dunn spars with his fellow classmate Spc. Allen Hill in order to gain and maintain a dominant body position during the weeklong Combatives Trainer Course held in Waterville of stuff could go on, you should have the ability to protect the public and yourself," said Kazan.

"Things don't always need to come to violence," Kazan is quick to point out, "but having the ability to stand up in a tough situation is sometimes enough to stop it."

Soldiers are taught how to stand up in a tough situation as they first learn to fight on the ground, learning dominant body positions and techniques. Later in the week grappling and take down moves are taught from the standing position.

Pfc. Curtis Winslow,

Det-1 152nd Maintenance Company, is impressed with the demands of the course. "It was physically tough. I usually score high on my Army physical fitness test. No workouts I have done preparing for my PT test have been this difficult. This is the sorest I have ever been, but it was a lot of fun."

In order to pass the Combatives course Soldiers must demonstrate their ability to not only execute the move but to teach the steps back to the instructors.

"Going over all the moves, everyday, drilled it into our heads and I intend

to show those moves to my fellow Soldiers during drill weekend," said Winslow.

The Regional Training Institute at Camp Keyes, Augusta runs the Combatives program. With Kazan, the program has seen significant growth. States like Florida and Nevada are requesting classes in their area based on the success found in the Maine program.

Cpt. Grant Delaware, the RTI operations officer and Westbrook native, hopes to run a level one course each quarter, and an advanced course once per year to start.

Chief Warrant Officer Abel Gleason C Co 1/126th Aviation, “escapes the guard.” (Photos by Army Sgt. Peter D. Morrison) "When it falls right down to it people think I will be alright because I am in my up-armored vehicle or I am on the Forward Operating Base, but at some point you could be faced with the very real situation that your

weapon jammed and you're in a tight spot. You have to be able to defend yourself against the bad guy. This training will make you that much more successful if things fall apart," said Delaware. n

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May Events at McLaughlin Garden!

May 1st – “Weed & Feed,� 9am – 12pm Join the crew of volunteers at this McLaughlin Garden signature event and spend a few hours working in the beauty of Bernard’s garden, learning tricks of the trade and meeting other garden-

ers. After we complete various projects, we’ll enjoy a healthy lunch. Pre-registration required. FREE May 7th – National Public Gardens Day, 10am – 5pm McLaughlin Garden is delighted to participate in this 2nd annual national

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Reiki Level Two class will be held May 11. The second degree of Reiki con-

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Hanging baskets, container gardens, vegetable, herb, and annual plants are also available for purchase.

Our cozy one-room gift shop is brimming with charming garden-related gifts and accessories. We also offer gift certificates, garden consultations, and floral arrangements by request.

Find yourself surrounded by hundreds of healthy, colorful, and fragrant plants both in the established display gardens and in containers for purchase.

The majority of the plants are raised on location and suited for the challenges gardeners face in our Zone 4 area.

Bass Hill Gardens & Gifts offers their customers individual attention, experienced advice from a Master Gardener, and an extensive collection of garden books for reference.

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lished in 2000, licensed and inspected by the state of Maine, we are a member of the Mt. Blue Garden Club, the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce. We accept FCCC Chamber Bucks and offer a FCHN HealthCard discount.

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Northeast Bank Donates to Rebuilding Together L/A

Stacey Curit, Northeast Bank Sales & Marketing; George Greenwood; Board Member for Rebuilding Together L/A and Remax, Broker/Owner, Alina Burke, Board Member for Rebuilding Together L/A and Mortgage Loan Officer for Northeast Bank As part of its commitment to social responsibility and concern for its community, Northeast Bank has donated $1,000 to the Rebuilding Together L/A to help in the building and restoration of homes in the Lewiston/Auburn area.

In addition to the financial contribution, Northeast Bank employees will also join other volunteers in the actual building of a home this year starting on National Rebuilding Day on May 1. This is the 5th year that Northeast Bank has

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contributed to the Rebuilding Together organization and that employees have volunteered to help build.

“The Lewiston/Auburn area is our home community, and we are dedicated to seeing it grow successfully for businesses and residents,” says Jim Delamater, President and CEO of Northeast Bank. “Rebuilding Together L/A is a wonderful organization, and I’m proud that we can be a part of it both financially and through the dedication of our employees to

volunteering and community service.”

National Rebuilding Day occurs every spring and is the culmination of a year of planning, evaluating, training, organizing, fundraising, and assembling the largest nationwide group of volunteers. People help from all walks of life, to repair and restore houses and non-profit facilities, revitalize entire communities and make a lasting impression on those families and individuals who are helped. n

More News MORE Often If you’re a regular Country Courier reader, you may have noticed last summer that the only free paper mailed to every home in your town started coming to you twice a month.

In 2010, we hope to mail it to you free of charge every week. This will allow us to offer you the reader more local information more often. Look for this change to happen this spring, perhaps sooner if all goes well.

During the last 18 years, with our monthly format the most difficult issue has been to be timely. We hope that by providing a weekly format, you the reader will get even more benefits without having to spend a nickel, the way we’ve always done it.

Artwork By Local Artist In Art & Ale Window

The Art & Ale Window at the corner of Main and Court Streets, Auburn, has once again exchanged artwork. In pursuing their goal of supporting and promoting the arts in our community, L/A Arts invited local artist Melanie Therrien to display her artwork in this very visible art space.

Frogs, butterflies, flowers and a haunting landscape are among the images on display, artwork that clearly reflects Melanie’s talent as an artist/illustrator and her fascination with the world around her.

Artist/Instructor, Melanie Therrien is showing her original acrylic paintings in the Gritty's Art and Ale window throughout April.

Therrien is a resident artist at Captive Elements Art House and this year opened Wicked Illustrations Studio and Gallery where she holds her acrylic painting classes for children. She has been painting murals and commissions for nearly eighteen years and is also the illustrator for The Little Cape Cod Witch Series of children's books by J. Bean Palmer. Her Studio and Gallery, located at 369 Main Street in Lewiston, is a center for the education, creation and enjoyment of art. To view Melanie's work and for more information on classes, visit her site at www.wickedillustrations. com.

Works in the Art & Ale Window are pulled from Melanie’s ten series of original paintings representing the diversity in her and in all of us. In her artist’s statement she reflects, “They are parts of the bigger picture: the reality, PUNK, from page 4

Yet, our academic concern with reality too often makes us wary of stories which we assume are mere rhetoric and creation. We assume that, even if an event occurred, the telling of it does not represent the event itself. However, one can imagine Punk, whose customers came into the store expecting not just groceries, but stories, played his coin trick while thinking precisely of the story he could tell afterwards. In this way, the foreknowledge of story-telling changes the event itself. A walk through

Blue Frog 16” x 20”, Acrylic on canvas by Melanie Therrien

Meeting at Dusk 24” x 30”, Acrylic on canvas by Melanie Therrien dreams, thoughts and imagination that create our universe. Subjects as simple as flowers represent this; all different, but all a part of the magic of nature and creation, just like we are.”

All of the works in the window are for sale and can be viewed on line at www.laarts.org. To inquire or purchase a show-

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the plantations, a late night at the library or even a frat party can take on a new meaning if only we think of the stories they could become.

One can only know with certainty what stories spark our own consciousnesses.

I doubt that Punk’s anecdotes would have ignited the idealized imagination for everyone in the same way they did mine. And precisely because of this, this article (though it could have) does not mean to preach the moral superiority of some sort of simple, rural life. Rather I want to communicate that, even in

our academic education, it is important to value the knowledge and the power of imagination. Intellectual realism does not need to be separate from stories and idealization that, if good, are precisely based in reality. And perhaps it is in the fusion of these two things that we can reach the highest forms of knowledge.

For if not in the experience, at least in the telling — if not in the moment, at least in the nostalgic moments that follow — there is the opportunity to reach beyond experience into our pasts, our desires and ourselves. n

We want to know what you would like to see more of in the pages of the Country Courier. More hard news? More soft news? Obituaries? Crossword Puzzles?

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UFMAS Livermore Falls Martial Arts Test

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Andrew Bernier, Sensei Jaaron, Richard LaPointe, Tyler Mills On Friday, March 26, 2010 three students at United Fitness & Martial Arts Studio in Livermore Falls tested for their next rank. This was the first test

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Angers Inducted into Hall of Fame

Normand Angers of Lewiston was inducted into the Maine Legislature’s Franco-American Hall of Fame on March 17 at the Ninth Annual FrancoAmerican Day celebrated at the State Capitol in Augusta. Also inducted were Annette Daigle of Fort Kent, Severin Belliveau of Hallowell and John Dionne posthumously.

Events in both the House of Representatives and Senate included the bilingual invocation by Reverend Philip Tracey of South Portland, followed by the Presentation of Colors by the Franco-American Veterans, Post 31, Lewiston.

The U.S., Canadian and French national anthems were sung by Melanie Saucier of Fort Kent, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by state Sen. Lisa Marrache of Waterville and Representatives Magnan and Lavoie.

Dignitaries from France, Canada and the Province of Quebec were introduced.

Angers, a retired master electrician, is President of the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society on High Street, Auburn, and is the director of research there. He is the major impetus for the development and improvement of the Society.

For the past 20 years, he

Normand Angers inducted into Maine Legislature’s Franco-American Hall of Fame (Photo by Rachel Morin) has volunteered countless hours helping hundreds of people research their Franco lineage and given them an appreciation of their Franco heritage. He is known for saying “You do not know who you are related to until you do your genealogy.”

Angers has been instrumental in teaching elementary students how to do simple research in family

Community Service Day Turner Grange #23 on Rt. 117 Turner will have a community service day on May 8th, 9pm - 4pm.

The Snowmobile Club will be having a chicken BBQ as well.

The Grange will be selling hot dogs, the

American Legion Auxiliary will have a bake sale.

Turner Library will have a yard sale. Turner Center Universalist Church will have a yard sale and there will be others.

For more information call Mary at 225-3945. n

history and has encouraged them to continue with their parents. College students have also benefited by his expertise in genealogical research. The library contains over 1,000 books dedicated to French history.

New members are always welcome. The annual membership is $20 with half that if another household member joins. The annual meeting is in Octo-

ber and the mid-year meeting is in April.

The Father Leo E. Begin Library is open Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is open to the public with a fee of $3 per visit. Members are free of charge. For more information, access the website at www.avcnet.org/begin or call 786-3327. n

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The Silent Killer in Our Back Yard

While recent chatter is dedicated to carbon dioxide and its impact on our environment, take away one molecule of oxygen and you have a deadly killer, carbon monoxide (CO). CO is produced by the burning of any fuel. Leaky furnaces of any type, faulty fuel-fired heaters, blocked chimneys, idling vehicles, and outdoor generators or gas grills too close to a window are just a few of the many sources of CO poisoning. Installing CO alarms in your home is important protection for you and your family.

Annually in the United States there are over 20,000 hospital visits due to CO and its colorless, odorless, and tasteless character. In addition, approximately 200 of the nearly 500 deaths from CO poisoning each year are due to faulty home fuel equipment. In Maine, fire

departments and emergency medical units respond to over 250 carbon monoxide alarms every year. Over half of these emergencies result in hospital visits and extended stays. And sadly, an average of one to four Maine citizens die yearly from carbon monoxide poisoning. Note too, multifamily units in Orono, Augusta, and Oakland were evacuated in recent years after serious levels of CO were detected in the structures.

With CO the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in the US and cases of CO poisoning up 36 percent in the last 5 years, it’s wise to install electric and battery backup CO detectors in your home.

These monitoring devices should be maintained similarly to smoke detectors: See CO on page 13

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Lewiston Middle School Names 2010 START Star

Jump For Heart

Dustin Carrier Leeds Central School participated in the 2010 Jump For Heart for the American Heart Association. The School has participated in this fund raiser for four consecutive years. The previous years the children raised as follows (06/07 - $3,193. 50), (07/08 - $3,448.00), (08/09 - $3,092.56). The fund

raiser was overseen by Mrs. Tammy Scott, physical education teacher for Leeds Central School. The students raised for (09-10 - $3,631.55) surpassing years past and the goal they had set for themselves of $3500.00.

All the students participated in the Jump For Heart which took place the week

of March 15-19. Jacob Koris was presented with a medal from Mrs. Scott for being the student to raise the most money this year.

Jacob raised an amazing $625.00. Mrs. Scott would like to thank the students and staff as well as the volunteers that helped out with this great cause. n

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Dustin Carrier graduated from the University of Maine – Orono in 2008 with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Landscaping Horticulture.

He was a four-year swimmer for UMO. Currently, he owns Carrier's Lawn and Landscape, and he is a licensed State of Maine arborist. Dustin started mowing lawns in high school and now that part-time job has evolved to his livelihood.

In addition, Dustin returned to his high school alma mater in 2009 as an assistant coach of the Lewiston High School Swim Team.

As captain of the 2007-08 University of Maine Swim Team and NCAA Trials qualifier, Dustin has been a great addition to the high school swim program.

“It is our belief that every student can excel in life. It starts with quality education supported by a community that celebrates successes” according to Peter Geiger, Lewiston Education Fund President. The START (Steps to Accomplishing Real Life Transitions) Star program, which began in 2007, is funded by the Lewiston Education Fund.

Each year, a Lewiston High School graduate is featured as a keynote speaker. Mr. Carrier kicked off the aspiration’s week on April 12, 2010. n

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This column was submitted by Vicki Schmidt, a GIS Specialist with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land & Water Quality. She is also a State Fire Instructor and a volunteer firefighter with the Buckfield Fire Department. In Our Back Yard is a column developed by the Maine DEP. E-mail your environmental questions to infodep@maine. gov or send them to In Our Back Yard, Maine DEP, 17 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. n

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CO, from page 11

with testing and battery changes every six months. Changing batteries in conjunction with daylight savings time is an easy way to remember these tasks.

Another defense against CO poisoning is prevention. Establish no tolerance for the misuse of fuel burning equipment in or near the home, and make sure all furnaces and other heating appliances are professionally installed and inspected annually.

Other safe keeping and CO poisoning prevention tips include: Keep gasoline-powered generators outside and at least 20’ away from windows and doors – one portable generator can produce as much CO as 100 idling cars!!

Do not use cooking equipment for heating inside – especially charcoal, gas grills or propane stoves designed for outdoor use.

Keep all exhaust vents clean and free of snow or debris and never idle cars or other vehicles in your garage, even with the doors open.

Recognize the symptoms of CO poisoning: many are flu-like but with no temperature - headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, confusion, and loss of consciousness.

Pets are usually affected the same way at the same time as humans.

Never ignore a CO alarm. If the CO detector goes off, call 911 and get everyone outside. Most fire departments carry CO detectors and can determine the level of CO in a building.

For more information on preventing CO poisoning, call the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office 626-3873 or visit their homepage at http://www.maine. gov/dps/fmo/inde x. htm. Also visit the Maine Division of Environmental Health at http://www.maine.gov/ dhhs/eohp/air/co.htm.

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Chili Chowder Challenge a Great Success for the Children’s Center

Fifteen local restaurants participated in the competition on Saturday, March 20, 2010. A thousand people attended the community event, which benefited the Children’s Center and raised more than $25,000 for early intervention education and therapy services for local toddlers and preschool children of all abilities.

The crowd bid on live and silent auction items, and everyone enjoyed the music by The Flashbacks.

Children enjoyed coloring, face painting, nail painting, colored hair spraying, and making crowns, edible necklaces,

and donut decorating with Tim Hortons. Story Time with Sarah Schultz-Nielsen of the Lithgow Library was a big hit!

The restaurants competing for the best chili and chowder awards were: Al's Pizza, Applebee’s, Augusta House of Pancakes, Cohen on the Meadows, Damon's, Dennis' Pizza, Lisa's Restaurant and Lounge, Little Dan's BBQ, Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center, Margaritas, The Red Barn, Red Robin, Texas Roadhouse, The Liberal Cup, and Wings Hill Inn. The event was sponsored by many local businesses, led by this year’s “Super

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The Children’s Center is grateful to everyone who showed up and to the support of everyone who helped make the Chili Chowder Challenge a huge success. Volunteers from the Augusta Kiwanis Club and Cynergy contributed to the success of the event.

On this beautiful first day of spring, the Augusta-area community came together for an event to benefit children. Special thanks go out to Chili Chowder Chairperson Judy Griffin and the Committee for all of their hard work! n

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“Hottest Chili” award to the Liberal Cup for “Ring of Fire.”

Mayor Katz at Maple Hill Farm. Maple Hill Farm voted Most Original Chowder, Most Creative Display, and Most Creative Name with “Summer Splash.”

Red Barn held onto the coveted title of Best Chowder for the seventh year in a row at the Children’s Center’s 9th Annual Chili Chowder Challenge.

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Now It’s Really Spring -- Osprey Return to Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park

Capistrano, Hinckley and now, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport has become the latest site for the sure sign of spring.

The swallows return to California; the buzzards return to Ohio; and the eldest male osprey has returned to Wolfe’s Neck and is doing his spring nest clean-up, according to Park Manager Andy Hutchinson.

“Dick,” as some park visitors have named him, showed up sometime Sunday, April 4 and begun work on the Googins Island nest in anticipation of the arrival of his mate, Hutchinson said Tuesday.

The state park is the home to two nesting pairs of osprey, with one nest on

Googins Island and a second nest located in a salt marsh on the mainland.

“It’s definitely a sign of spring and very typical – usually the male arrives first,” the park manager said, adding that the birds return after wintering in Brazil. “This is a great sign. He’s back right at the normal time, the last week of March or the first week of April.”

The osprey’s return not only is a sure sign of spring, but it’s also perfect timing for the upcoming Wolfe’s Neck Woods Birding Festival, scheduled for 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, April 25, at the park. Visitors will be able to enjoy an interpretive nature talk on the osprey and view the

birds on their nests through spotting scopes at the ideal observation point overlooking the island.

More information soon will be available on the event, one of two major birding festivals being held this year at Maine state parks. Another festival is being held on Saturday, June 12, at Aroostook State Park.

Osprey are one of the largest birds of prey in North America and eat fish almost exclusively. Once an endangered species because of pesticides, they are found on all continents except Antarctica. Osprey build nests on high trees and manmade structures.

They mate for life, though if a mate dies, the remain-

ing bird will find a second mate. Osprey can live 15 to 25 years.

Dick is thought to be the older male of the two Wolfe’s Neck pairs, though males are not as distinctive as females, Hutchinson, a naturalist, said. The bird is mated to a younger female, and the mating is thought to have occurred nine years ago, after he lost his first mate.

Right now, the male is adding to the existing island nest, which fortunately is pretty much intact, Hutchinson said. The salt marsh nest blew down last fall after the mainland pair fledged two chicks, he said.

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A lone male osprey – the first to return to its traditional nesting site -- sits on a branch at Googins Island, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park. (Photo courtesy of Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands) Gorham climbed that tree and “topped it off with a nice whorl of branches,” Hutchinson said. It is hoped the mainland birds will return to the same nest, the park manager said.

“We’re pretty confident they will,” he said. “Osprey get quite attached to their nest sites.”

The island nest blew down in 1997 and was rebuilt with some human help, “and they’ve been returning there successfully,” he noted. The nest was rebuilt with advice from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists, Hutchinson said.

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ally excited to see what happens with the new [mainland] nest,” he said.

Looking ahead to the birding festival, Hutchinson pointed out that “now that the osprey are back at Googins, they may even be laying their eggs” by then.

The birds normally begin laying in late April and early May. “We’ll definitely see activity out on the island,” he predicted.

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Earth Talk - Getting Rid of Weeds Without Chemical Herbicides Dear EarthTalk: I pruned back an overgrown bush in my back yard last fall and now the soil around it is covered in dandelions and other weeds. Is there any way to get rid of these weeds without resorting to RoundUp and other chemical herbicides?

-- Max S., Seattle, WA Weeds are nothing if not opportunistic. While you may not have bargained for getting one form of eyesore (weeds) by clearing another (an overgrown bush), dandelions and other fastgrowing, quickly spreading plants know no bounds when some new territory opens up. They will colonize and spread out given the slightest opening—after all, that’s what defines them as weeds.

Of course, conventional herbicides such as Monsanto’s RoundUp will take down the weeds in a jiffy, but the negative effects on people, animals and the environment may be both profound and long-lasting.

Independent studies of RoundUp have implicated its primary ingredient, gly-

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California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation reports that, year after year, RoundUp is the number one cause of pesticide/herbicide-induced illness and injury around that state.

RoundUp is also blamed for poisoning groundwater across the U.S. and beyond, as well as for contributing to a 70 percent decrease in amphibian biodiversity and a 90 percent decrease in tadpole numbers in regions where it is used heavily.

Given that you’ll have to manually remove dead weeds from your yard after applying RoundUp (or any other “post-emergent” herbicide), why not just pull them up by hand in the first place? No doubt, the most eco-friendly way to get rid of weeds is to yank them out without the aid of poisons.

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ly if you don’t want them to grow back; if need be, use a metal weed puller with a hooked end or a mechanical grabber—available at any local garden supply or hardware store—if you don’t want to have to pull those very same weeds next year.

Garden expert Dean Novosat of the Garden Doctor website suggests giving the weed beds a good watering the night before you pull weeds. “…the soil will be softened and will yield the entire weed plant, root and all,” he says. Another way to kill weeds, he says, is by pouring boiling hot water over them.

Of course, once you’ve killed or pulled up all those weeds—and make sure you’re thorough or else it’s waste of time—you’ll want to make sure new ones don’t start showing up in their place. Planting some regionally appropriate and ideally native plants in place of the removed weeds would be a good first step— check with a local nursery about what some good choices might be for your neck of the woods.

Once the area is cleared (and replanted), cover it with three to six inches of mulch. Mulch forms a barrier between the soil and the sun, depriving any new germinating weeds of the sunlight they need to photosynthesize. Mulch is composed of large chunky material such as wood chips and bark nuggets, and works well for weed control also because it is low in nutrients and thus won’t fertilize plant starts below.

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April 22, 2010 Once upon a time, you could walk down Main Street in Anytown, USA, and do your banking, your groceries, get a haircut, say hello to an old friend while shopping for a gift for a birthday, anniversary, well…you get the picture.

You may think that just doesn’t exist anymore; but it does! On Water Street in Gardiner, Maine, you will find a true gem of a store called The Village Jeweler.

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Writing through the Darkness

The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is pleased to offer a free workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers where participants are encouraged to aid the healing process through writing.

The six-week workshop titled ‘Writing through the Darkness: A Journal Writing Series for Cancer Patients, Survivors and Caregivers’ is scheduled Tuesdays, May 4 through June 8 from 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. at 12 High Street, Lewiston, Conference Room D. Participants are en-

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They know their customers by name, and if you walk in for the first time, it won’t be long before you feel like you are part of the family.

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Whatever you are looking for, a gift for your spouse or family member, a birthday,

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Unlike some of the larger chains, or department stores where the salespeople may not take much of an interest in the customer, or even what is being sold, every single person at The Village Jeweler is an expert and committed to providing you with exceptional service, at the time of the sale and for the life of your jewelry!

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The Village Jeweler is located at 221 Water Street in Gardiner, Maine. Stop by of give them a call at 5826676. n

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The Public Theater - Summer Drama Camp

This Summer, The Public Theatre, Lewiston/ Auburn's Professional Theatre, will be offering a professional theatre training program foryoungactors, ages 10 to 16.

Whether you’re an experienced young performer wanting intensive theatertraining, or a “raw talent” looking to channel your creativity and imagination, this high quality theatre program will challenge and inspire you. Taught by theatre professionals, offering professional standards and insights, The Public Theatre's professional theatre training program is aunique alternative to summer camps with drama programs and the best place to start learning the tools for acting.

Our three week acting program, offered July 5th 23, 2010, Monday -Friday from 9am - 4pm, will include classes in stage combat, movement, voiceand speech, singing, and text analysis during the morning sessions. Afternoon sessions will be used for master acting classes and rehearsals. The program will culminate in a public performance at the end of the final week of camp.

We encourage young actors to tap into their potential - making the process of creation as important and exciting as the final show.

Students willl earn to think on their feet and work as an ensemble, building self esteem, confidence, and acting skills, while having tons of fun!

Application and Fees - Participation in our summer acting program is through audition only. Serious students who seek professional training are urged to apply.

The fee for the program is $450.00.

Scholarships or discounted tuition will be available for a limited number ofstudents with appropriate financial need.

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upon acceptance into the program, a non-refundable $50 deposit will be required to hold your space.

Audition Information - Students interested in attending drama camp will beasked to audition with a memorized monologue of their own choosing. Themonologue should be approximately one minute long and can be taken from a play, a poem, or adapted from another form of literature. Monologues that work best are those in which one character is talking to another character from whom they need something.

Also, please prepare a one-minute segment of a song which you may sing acappella. Students should also provide a resume of their theatrical experience.

A second round of auditions will be scheduled for May. You will be contactedregarding auditioning scheduling.

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Scholarships - A limited amount of scholarship funds are available.

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2010 St. Mark’s Photography Contest Winners

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3rd place is: Paula Anastasio 1st Place winner is: William Haley We are proud to announce the winners of the 2010 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Photo Contest. More than 3 dozen images taken by amateur and professional photographers from across Maine were submitted.

Submissions were judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and the effectiveness in con-

veying the beauty and/ or unique character of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Augusta.

Winning images from the contest will be reproduced onto greeting cards and sold by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church as a fundraiser.

This year’s judges definitely had their work cut out for them,” Tina Mann,

Communications Director for St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, says. “But I couldn’t be more pleased with their selections. We want to thank everyone who took the time to submit their photos, and I hope you’ll enjoy these as much as we did.”

1st Place winner is: William Haley Photographer William A. Haley of Hallowell is a Maine native and has been

capturing life through a lens since he was a little boy. He is a member of the Capital Area Camera Club in Augusta and the Kennebec Valley Art Association in Hallowell. His work can be viewed at the Camera Club website, Josiah Smith Antiques and Joyce's Restaurant in Hallowell and the Senator Inn in Augusta.

2nd Place is: Gary Mann

Honorable Mention Gary Mann is a self-employed, local contractor in the greater Augusta area.

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Women In Business

Kathi Caton of Goings Electric Supply

Jen Small - Your Local lia sophia Consultant

Kathi Caton Hi, I am Kathi Caton, coowner of Goings Electric Supply, Inc in Farmington Falls and founder and President of Schooling Christian Haitians Out of Love, Inc, a non-profit, 501c3 program to help provide children in Haiti with food and an education.

I have been married to my husband, Robert Caton of Avon, for 25 years. We have seven beautiful children and ten precious grandchildren whom I treasure. I enjoy camping, kayaking, photography and mission work. I am also a Christian and help teach Sunday School.

I graduated from Mt. Blue High School in 1979 and attended Husson and Thomas Colleges, majoring in accounting. In 1984, I married my husband Robert, and we raised his three sons. A few years into our marriage, we took in 3 more children that are close to my heart, bringing our family up to 6 teenagers! After they were grown, we took in another daughter, bringing our family to 7.

In 1985, I started working in our family business, Goings Electric Supply. In March 2007, I went on my first mission trip to northern Haiti. I fell in love and felt that God put a mission on my heart to start a school feeding, sponsorship and teaching program. As of May 2007 Schooling Christian Haitians Out of Love (S.C.H.O.O.L.) was incorporated. By October 2007 we received our recognition as a tax exempt charitable program and received our

501c3 status. Today we have 52 sponsors (150 children needing sponsors) and feed 180 children four days per week. We are praying to start the feeding program at the second school this fall, feeding an additional 137 children.

Goings Electric Supply was established in 1976 and Incorporated in 1981. I have been with Goings since 1985 and have run the company since shortly before my father’s passing in early 2003.

My mom, Hope (now retired) and I own the business. My father taught me how important it is to work hard, help others, and to have integrity.

I have the highest respect for his teaching.

In the mid 1950s, my father, Harry, was run over by a Michigan Pay loader which broke every bone in his upper torso. He was told by doctors that he would never be able to lift anything heavier than a pencil. Through sheer determination and the loving support of my mother, he recovered and started his own mechanics business in the early sixties named “Goings’ Gulf” and earned a good reputation through his hard work and honesty.

As the years passed by, arthritis set in but my father continued to work as hard as ever to provide for our family. With encouragement from my brother, in 1976, my father made an investment to start an electrical supply business in one of the bays of the garage. Our business continued to grow

and incorporated in 1981.

In 1987, we lost $100,000 worth of inventory and 3 vehicles in the flood. We had plans of moving across the road (our current location) on Route 2 which then needed to be delayed. Fortunately, we continued to be blessed with growth. In 1994, we built a 60’ x 120’ building on Route 2, containing a 30’ x 50’ lighting showroom. Through the many challenges of running a small business in today’s times, I am thankful.

I look at the man my father was and always know there is one way to go, forward.

Stop in and see what we have to offer, from replacement light bulbs to lighting and most of your electrical supply needs. We appreciate your effort to keep business local. Sometimes there is a misconception that a small town store means higher prices. Come and check us out! n

Jen Small The lia sophia team welcomes new advisor Jennifer Small! Jen resides in Minot with Justin Carver and their cat Brew, and yellow labs, Brady and Crosby. A 1996 graduate of Leavitt Area High School, Jen continued her education at St. Joseph's College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in physical education.

She is an active member in the communities of both Minot and Turner. Jen is the freshman field hockey coach at Leavitt, coaches TAA field hockey, and is the summer director of the Minot Enrichment Program for children in grades 5-9.

Spending time with family and friends, reading, taking hikes with her dogs, and just enjoying down time at home are just a few of Jen's hobbies. Jen was introduced to the lia sophia line of jewelry in the spring of 2009. Attracted by the quality and styles, she decided to begin her own lia sophia business.

“As a full time teacher at Turner Primary School, I was concerned about the level of committment I would have to make. The lia sophia companyhas been outstanding to work for. I make my own hours

and create goals that fit my life. I have fun meeting new new people and enjoy showing off the beautiful jewelry!”

The Spring/Summer 2010 catalog has hundreds of styles to choose from, and endless combinations of great styles to mix and match. With lifetime replacement plans on all jewelry, unbeatable hostess rewards, and exceptional monthly customer save plans, lia sophia is truly a company that "shares the love of jewelry." Contact Jen today 207-650-7923 to book a show! n

lia sophia SHARE THE LOVE OF JEWELRY®

Jennifer Small - Advisor In home events & catalog parties

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MAY CUSTOMER $AVE PLAN: Purchase 2 items at full price & select a 3rd item at half price, then you may purchase 3 additional bracelets or earrings for 1/2 off!

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