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The Leavitt Boys’ Nordic Ski Won State Championships The Leavitt Boys’ Nordic ski team won the 2010 Nordic Class A State Championships. The races took place during February school vacation at Black Mountain on February 16 and 18. What made the win particularly classy was that the entire Leavitt team not only cheered on their own skiers but those of other schools as well, showing how winners can also be top in sportsmanship. Tom Rabon placed first for Leavitt in both the classical and skate races, followed closely

by Derek Drouin, Dylan Chase, Travis Adams, Elliott Wiegman and Keith Lemelin. The team is coached by Dustin Williamson and Aaron Duphily and was assisted during the season by Liam Cassidy and Kristin Ross.

The team worked hard for the championships, not only running and roller skiing during the summer, but working out with or without snow and taking a trip to Fort Kent during Christmas school break to train as well.

Leavitt also had a number of representatives who qualified for and skied in the J2 championships in Jackson, New Hampshire this year, skiing against teams from all over the Northeast as well as Canada, Washington state, and New York. Tom Rabon represented Leavitt in the boys’ races and Lucy Knowlton and Lillian Ramser represented the Leavitt girls. These skiers represent the top 20 skiers for the State of Maine in their class. n

Leeds Historical Society Seeks Interviews

Last year, the Leeds Historical Society took a look back at Leeds in the mid1800s. This year, the focus of its program will move to the mid-1900s and the town’s one room school houses, based on interviews with former students.

Through the interviews, the group has seen the children of Leeds go from riding a horse or walking to school to riding a yellow school bus, and from 16-year-old. old teachers, barely out of high school

themselves, to mature, married teachers with a college education. Schools have progressed from woodstoves for heat and the sun for lighting, to schools with oil burners and electric lights. We have heard funny stories and poignant stories. What remains constant is the stories these former students tell of a sense of community and neighborhoods, a general fondness and respect for their teachers, and an abiding love for recess!

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When the last of the oneroom school houses closed and the Leeds Central School opened in 1954, the Superintendent of Schools, Isaiah Hodges, reported school history had been made in the town of Leeds.

History had been made, but was the centralization of education a gain or a loss?

This is one of the questions the Historical Society will consider when it presents its program in mid-April.

Interviews are ongoing, and the Historical Society asks people who attended Leeds one-room school houses to share their memories. If you are willing to be interviewed, please call Pam Bell (9334121) or Laura Juraska (524-2324.) n

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Bright Ideas Fundraiser for Haiti

March 18, 2010

The staff, children and families at Bright Ideas Child Care Center in Livermore recently conducted a raffle fundraiser for Haiti. We called it “Hearts For Haiti,” and raffled off three baskets that contained many items, including gift cards for coffee, gas, a local restaurant and chocolates. The winners were: Lindy Leonard of Rumford, Jeremy Johnson of Hartford, and Shannon Breton of Hartford. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who helped. The children raised $555 that will be sent to the Red Cross and learned a valuable lesson about helping others in need.

Chiropractic Care Helps Fibromyalgia Patient

Chiropractic care is often thought of only in terms of relief from a back or neck injury, perhaps suffered in an auto accident or in lifting a too-heavy weight improperly. But the plain truth is that case studies suggest many different health problems may respond to a regular program of chiropractic care.

According to a recent case study, the condition known as fibromyalgia, a neurological disorder characterized by pain and a lack of coordination in muscle movements, was resolved following a regimen of chiropractic adjustments.

"There are certainly no guarantees with any course

of care," said Dr. Patrick Keiran, a Jay-based chiropractor who strives to keep current with the developments in health and wellness.

“Every case depends on the specific factors associated with that case, to but we see, from time to time, individual case studies that give rise to hope for many.”

Dr. Curtis Fedorchuk, the Georgia chiropractor who conducted the study, says fibromyalgia is a widespread pain syndrome of unknown cause affecting an estimated 1% to 4% of the U.S. population. It is diagnosed based on two factors being present: pain lasting more

than three months in multiple upper and lower body locations, and pain created by applying less than four kilograms of pressure to 11 of 18 trigger points in the body.

"Common symptoms include persistent fatigue, problems with sleeping and depression,” said Dr. Keiran, “and women are 10-20 times more likely to be affected than men.”

The 40-year old female in this particular case had been experiencing fibromyalgia symptoms for eight years and had been taking both prescription and non-prescription medications, with little success in treating the problem

or its symptoms. The patient underwent a thorough chiropractic exam and a transneuronal dysfunction to the right cerebellum was noted and a diagnosis made. Subluxations were also noted as a result of the examination.

“A subluxation is a misalignment of the spine that disturbs normal nervous system function,” said Dr. Keiran. “Many chiropractors, including myself, have non-intrusive technology allowing them to conduct Surface Electromyography (sEMG) and thermal imaging tests to assist in locating where such conditions exist.”

According to the case

study, reported last fall in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, This patient received chiropractic care for nine months. Objective, reliable, and valid findings of subluxation reduction were demonstrated through radiographic analysis, sEMG, and thermography readings. “This patient’s reduction in subluxations correlated with increased quality of life in seven of eight measured domains of wellness. This patient also experienced reduction in her fibromyalgia-related symptoms of widespread pain, fatigue, depression, and headaches.”

“This is just one case

study,” Dr. Keiran emphasized, “and more studies are needed before any absolute conclusions can be drawn.

But as chiropractors, we believe that the nervous system is the master-controller of the systems and functions of the human body. It stands to reason, then, that improvement in nervous system function, which is what we do as chiropractors, can have a beneficial effect on overall health.”

Anyone wishing more information may contact Dr. Keiran, whose office is located at 259 Main Street, Jay, Maine 04239 (telephone 207-897-2332). n

Easy Days and Laughter Bill Van Tassel

Retirement came a little early for me as an elementary school teacher at age fifty-one. Now, after 60 birthdays and nine years of rehabilitation, I have begun to reminisce. With an eye and heart generally focused on the future, reminiscing or living in the past is not a regular pursuit of mine.

Yet one can’t teach young children for 28 years without some memorably funny moments.

During my tenure as an educator of fifth and sixth graders, I was known for a creative streak that found its way into much of what I did in the classroom. I recall a unique strategy I discovered for guaranteeing myself an easy day once in a while. (I use the word “guarantee” tentatively.)

When a child arrived at school with a bad cold or flu-like symptom, before sending the student to the office to call home I’d announce a “Magic Circle.”

Arranging the class in two tight concentric circles, I’d then have them rub their noses and shake hands with their peers. Within a day

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or two a third of my class would be absent. Thus, an easy day.

It wasn’t this simple of a deal when a student became suddenly ill during class. A couple years after our school began serving students breakfast, each day, I had a boy, Greg, who would bring some rather novel items to break his fast. One particular morning his early meal consisted of: One red-raspberry Fruit Roll-Up, a very processed and unnaturally white vanilla pudding and a Blue Shark Kool-Aid. About an hour later, while having math class, Greg threw up all over his desk.

Upon hearing the event, I rushed to his side to evaluate the incident. Gaping at

the desktop, I couldn’t decide if I should buzz for the school’s janitor or salute.

It looked as if a besotted Betsy Ross had torn up her first efforts on the American Flag and tossed them on Greg’s desk along with an overturned snifter of her favorite blueberry cordial.

The boy in the adjoining seat, Brent, being a quick study, like his teacher, warily observed the red, white and blue gastric artwork edging toward his personal space. He looked up at me, “Mr. Van Tassel, does this mean we have to say the Pledge (of Allegiance) again?” I was mildly upset at the boy for making such a query simply because I See Easy on page 3

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Incredible news! According to an October 2009 Maine survey the Department of Environmental Protection participated in; “three in five Mainers (58%) never leave their car or truck idling for more than 30 seconds when they run into a store or wait to pick up someone elsewhere”.

“Among those that drive and/or have a vehicle, more than three-quarters (77%) are interested in reducing the amount of time their vehicle idles.”

These results are good news and suggest people really understand how small actions can make a difference. When a car is idling, such as warming it up on those frigid winter mornings or when waiting outside a store or a school to pick someone up, it wastes precious fuel and unnecessarily releases air pollution and carbon dioxide into the air. These pollutants contribute to health effects as well as climate change. Of course, only you can decide when it’s necessary to idle your vehicle and when it isn’t.

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Driving To Save In Our Back Yard

ways to reduce the costs of driving too.

When you’re ready to take your car care to the next level you may find our expert’s Driving to Save strategies helpful. Here are five steps that will help you make your car last longer, save on car maintenance and fuel expenses and protect the environment too.

1) Keep an eye on your check engine light to ensure best engine performance and fuel economy. If the light comes on, get it serviced within a few weeks.

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checks of the air pressure in your tires will ensure your tires last longer and fuel costs will be lower too.

Tire air pressure changes as seasonal temperatures rise or fall. To ensure the best results for fuel economy and long lasting tires, be sure to use the PSI rating recommended on your vehicle’s tire sticker rather than what’s listed on the tires. It is usually found posted inside the door frame or in the glove or engine compartment. The tire pressure rating listed on the tire is the maximum

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hadn’t thought of it first.

Seeing that Greg felt instantly better after his patriotic upchuck, we all had a good laugh over Brent’s comment and the messy affair. Then I buzzed the janitor.

About 20 years before the occasion just recounted, when kids still ate things more closely resembling food, I accidentally stepped on someone’s full lunch bag. I had been moving from desk to desk, helping students with their math. I backed up a step or two and felt my right foot touch down on something softer than the carpet. It became quickly evident that Debbie’s lunch bag contained an orange. Twelve-yearold Debbie had a great sense of humor and an ever-ready smile that was already developing on her face. “Ah – Mr. Van Tassel, you stepped on my lunch!”

As the aroma of fresh squeezed orange juice filled the air, something

temperature gauge normally runs and if it varies from normal get the car to the service garage right away.

You’ll prevent it from overheating and the engine from seizing.

4) If your car maintenance light comes on, you can save yourself extra added expenses by taking care of your maintenance needs according to the manufacturer’s recommended schedule. Waiting can often end up causing additional problems and expense.

5) If your oil light should ever come on – stop the car immediately and call for assistance. It means the oil pressure is too low and the engine is in danger of overheating and possibly seizing.

Make the choice to Drive Softly on the Earth very rare occurred. It probably happened for a combination or reasons.

The student’s easy smile and carefree nature was likely a cause. The serious demeanor I wore in the classroom and the gravity the kids knew I attached to all learning surely needed a rest. Maybe I hadn’t had a good belly laugh in a while.

I don’t know why, but I just began to laugh, noting first that Debbie seemed at ease with the accidental crushing of her noon meal.

Her smile soon became an audible giggle and the initial hesitancy of the class to laugh soon faded. I, and the class, began to erupt in a real, communal heehaw and it wouldn’t stop.

I say “it” because control of our laughter seemed in other hands. I tried to calm down after several minutes, and when all appeared quiet, I began to snicker again. The kids caught on and we erupted once more.

I finally had to leave the room and attempt regaining my composure, with

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eyes red and wet with the moment a teacher who happened to be in the hallway wondered what was going on. In between breaths I explained the situation. I returned to the room somewhat calmed though my diaphragm was spastic. Things eventually did die down and we got back to math, with only an occasional and knowing smile or snicker from a child.

The foregoing anecdotes are wonderful examples of ways that students can see that their teachers are actually human beings; where, by Divine intervention, the veneer is stripped off the master learner and the apprentice can begin to understand that even the ‘boss’ can lose it.

As I finish scribing these vivid recollections, I would ask the reader to please forget I ever mentioned the above, my magic circle/ easy day brainstorm.

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DON’T MISS North Turner History Stories with “Punk” House

The Turner Public Library and The Turner History Room are honored to offer the opportunity to listen to “Punk” House tell true history stories.

If you can imagine Maine Comedian Bob Marley relating the history of his home town, you will have an idea of what it will be like to sit back and enjoy listening to Punk at 2pm on Sunday, March 21, in the Community Room, downstairs in the Leavitt Institute Building.

Lawrence "Punk" House is perhaps more closely connected with the village of North Turner than any person on the planet. Born in 1934, he has always lived in North Turner and continues to reside in the village with Laverna, his wife of 55 years.

His roots run deep into

North Turner history as it was Caleb House, the first settler of the area, built a house on Tory Hill in 1784. Punk descends from the Keene family as well.

John Keene, who came to the area in 1777, ran an early and his old wooden tavern sign survives to this day. Later on, Elias Keene owned a large hotel in North Turner village.

Elias' daughter, Minnie, married Richard House that couple being Punk’s grandparents.

Punk's vast storehouse of historical knowledge and folklore no doubt results mostly from his association with a crossroads country store known as House's Store or House's Market.

Grandfather Richard opened the store in 1925, father Maynard (longtime unofficial "may-

or" of North Turner) took over in 1927, and Punk was the proprietor from 1954-1999. For many years the North Turner Post Office was located in the store. House's Store was often visited by not only the citizens of North Turner village but by the folks of outlying areas from Bear Pond to Howes Corner and beyond. Until 1936, when Route 4 bypassed the village center, many a through-traveler stopped at the store. Certain locals, plus people from away, comprise a long list of "characters" who have passed through the doors of House’s Market. They often lingered a while to humor Maynard, Punk and any patrons happening to be there at that time.

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aside, Punk has been eyewitness to triumph and tragedy alike in the history of North Turner. He fondly recalls the Memorial Day parades, minstrel shows at the G.A.R. Hall and the wonderful 4th of July celebrations. Not so fondly remembered are the burning of the hotel and the school as well as the demise of the Burnham and Morrill Canning factory and Teague's Mill.

Before and after the meeting, homemade cookies, Laverna’s gingerbread, coffee and tea will be provided. Punk will be happy to answer questions and talk with visitors individually following the presentation. He is currently writing a history of North Turner with Pat Jacobs as scriber. n

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CMMC Dental Program

The Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program has launched a new dental health program for young children.

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Dear EarthTalk: What are the environmental implications of all the food we throw away here in the United States?

-- Mike Schiller, Cambridge, MA Food waste is a huge issue in America, especially in light of the growing divide between the profligate rich and the hungry poor.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Loss Project, we throw away more than 25 percent—some 25.9 million tons—of all the food we produce for domestic sale and consumption. A 2004 University of Arizona study pegs the figure at closer to 50 percent, finding that Americans squander some $43 billion annually on wasted food. Lead researcher Timothy Jones reported that on average, U.S. households waste 14 percent of their food purchases. He estimates that a family of four tosses out $590 per year in meat, fruits, vegetables and grain products alone.

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Once this food gets to the landfill, it then generates methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times as potent as carbon dioxide in trapping heat within our atmosphere. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, landfills account for 34 percent of all methane emissions in the U.S.—meaning that the sandwich you made and then didn’t eat yesterday is increasing your personal— and our collective—carbon footprint.

Furthermore, researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) concluded in a 2009 study that each year a quarter of U.S. water consumption and over 300 million barrels of oil (four percent of U.S. oil consumption) go into producing and distributing food that ultimately ends up in landfills. They add that per-capita food waste has increased by half since 1974, and suggest that the “U.S. obesity epidemic� may be the result of a “push effect� of increased

“According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Loss Project, Americans throw away more than 25 percent -­ some 25.9 million tons -­ of all the food we produce for domestic sale and consumption.� (Photo credit to Patrick Michael Mcleon, courtesy Flickr.) food availability and marketing to Americans unable to match their food intake with the increased supply of cheap food.

In spite of all this, environmentalists are optimistic that Americans can

reduce their food waste.

For one, restaurants and markets are increasingly finding outlets—including soup kitchens feeding the poor and farms looking for cheap animal feed—for food they would otherwise

toss. Some communities now pick-up and centrally compost food waste from commercial and residential buildings and put the resulting nutrient-rich soil to use in municipal projects or for sale to the public. And a few enterprising cities now have waste-to-energy technologies that extract methane from landfills for use as fuel.

An extreme reaction to the food waste issue is “freeganism,� a movement of people who live on the food cast off by others. These “dumpster divers� share, in the words of movement founder Warren Oakes, “an anti-consumeristic ethic about eating� and not only avoid creating waste but live off that caused by others.

Going freegan might be a bit much for most of us, but we can all take action to minimize food waste. The University of Arizona’s Jones suggests more careful purchase planning, including devising complete menus and grocery lists, and knowing what foods

are lurking in the fridge and pantry that should be used before they go bad. And don’t forget that many foods can be frozen and enjoyed later. Jones contends that if we as a nation were able to cut our food waste in half we’d extend the lifespan of landfills by decades and reduce soil depletion and the application of untold tons of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.

CONTACTS: University of Arizona Food Waste Study, www.communitycompost.org/info/usafood. pdf; N IDDK, www.niddk. nih.gov; Freegans, www. freegan.info.

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MSAD 52 Adult and Community Education Second Session of Saturday Classes The second session of Saturday Special classes sponsored by MSAD 52 Adult and Community Education will be held March 27.

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Deer Yard Debacle

V. Paul Reynolds For sportsmen concerned about our disappearing deer numbers in Northern and Eastern Maine, our corresponding loss of deer wintering areas (DWAs) have long been a concern.

Indeed, the history of this state's deer wintering areas, if plotted on a line chart, is a tragic downward depiction of systematic decline.

In many of our forested townships, deer yards compromise less than one percent of the woods, when, ideally, they should be 8 percent or more!

Whether we attribute this to the spruce budworm epidemic, greedy logging policies, or inept forestry regulation and enforcement, our whitetail deer populations are fighting a losing battle with habitat, predation by coyotes and bears, and severe weather.

The point is that deer wintering areas are on the radar and have been long before this latest deer wintering area bombshell. And it's a beaut! It is, in fact, so outrageous as to remind us of this expression: "Just when you think that things can't possibly get any worse, they get worse."

In a Down East Magazine article George Smith,

(Photo credit http://www.sweetwoodruffbedandbreakfast.com) spokesman for the Sportsmen's Alliance of Maine (SAM), revealed that the Gardner Land Company allegedly cut over a major 350 acre deer wintering area in T2R4. Adding insult to injury, according to Smith, Gardner contracted with the state to protect the deer yard when it swapped its Katahdin Lake parcel with the state in exchange for a parcel of public lands.

(This was the result of the infamous Baxter Land Swap last year).

Here is an excerpt of the contractual language between the state and the Gardner Land Company.

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The plot sickens. According to Smith, "Joe Wiley and Allan Starr, an assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist in Enfield, submitted a three-page briefing paper providing their professional assessment that the deeryards on the public lands sold to the Gardners are gone. In one of the largest deeryards, 350 acres in

The family of Grace E. Holt wishes to thank everyone for their cards, condolences, prayers and support we received during this sad time.

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Per the Governor’s request, IFW is gathering all of the facts about the allegations and the Commissioner has assigned Deputy Commissioner Paul Jacques to take the lead in this matter. This effort includes meeting with staff involved, gathering correspondence, meeting with the Gardners, and doing site reviews with our staff on the ground in the areas in question. I’ll know more when we’ve completed all of these steps."

Whatever we learn, whether this lost deer yard was a result of bureaucratic bungling, corporate excesses, or sheer incompetence, it does not instill public confidence in future deer yard protection. If our government can't protect a deer wintering area in which it has a legal contract for resource protection, how in the world will it ever have any success with so-called "cooperative deer yard agreements" with private landowners?

The author is editor of the Northwoods Sporting Journal and has written his first book, A Maine Deer Hunter's Logbook. He is also a Maine Guide, cohost of a weekly radio program "Maine Outdoors" heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on The Voice of Maine NewsTalk Network (WVOM-FM 103.9, WCME-FM 96.7) and former information officer for the Maine Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. His e-mail address is paul@ sportingjournal.com. n

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T2R4, the biologists wrote, all of the HMA (deer yard) except the shoreland areas were heavily harvested to GLC specifications. Stocking in shore land areas was reduced by 40 percent.

Softwood canopies are now open and intercept little snow. Functionally this HMA is unlikely to support wintering deer in its present condition.”

What the devil is going on here? Although former Conservation Commissioner Patrick McGowan has long argued the fairness and public benefit of the Baxter Land Swap with the Gardner Company, some of us skeptics have remained equally passionate about the downside of this deal.

Certainly this latest devel-

opment hardly buttresses the McGowan view of the Baxter deal. McGowan, who has announced his gubernatorial candidacy, told me on the phone that this deer yard debacle is all news to him. He said, "If the Gardner family overcut in a deer yard of the land they acquired during the transaction it is for professional wildlife biologists and foresters to determine.

At no time during my tenure as the Commissioner of Conservation did any biologist or land manager approach me about deer yard protection issues anywhere in the State of Maine."

There are many unanswered questions: 1. What about Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Roland Martin? Was he aware of the illegal cutting, or did his subordinates not inform him?

2. Why did it take George Smith and Dave Trahan to bring this all to light? Were public officials squelching this public information?

3. Gardener Land Company reportedly filed the necessary paperwork before cutting the deer yard.

Did somebody in Augusta let them off the hook?

4. Why would a local land owner like Gardner, a former recipient of the state Landowner of the Year award, risk this kind of negative publicity?

According to Ken Elowe, we may get some answers.

In response to my query, he said, "We are taking the allegations very seriously.

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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.

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Friends tell me it’s getting harder by the day to be a serious cigarette smoker.

Anyone can be a droll cigarette smoker and being an amusing smoker is easy.

But it’s now clear that serious smoking is becoming pretty difficult.

It’s also clear that with fewer smokers around it’s getting easier to see.

I was thinking about things like this the other day when I read in the paper that health officials want to raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes again, making our cigarettes the highest taxed in the country.

I was lucky to have done all my huffing and puffing during the halcyon days of smoking when cigarettes were eighty cents a pack and a person could light up and blow smoke at any one, anywhere for any reason.

You could go visiting friends and if you felt like having a smoke you’d just haul out your deck of cigarettes, light up and start puffing away. It was considered anti-social for a host to tell you that you couldn’t stink up their house with

your noxious smoke.

Don’t think I’m defending the practice of puffing because I’m not. I was a pack-and-a-half a day smoker who quit almost 30 years ago and am glad I did.

I just wish I knew where all the money went that I saved by quitting.

When I see articles about raising the tax on cigarettes I remember back to a time when cigarettes were cheap and smokers ruled!

Oh, you might have been discouraged from smoking in places like church, especially during funerals and such, but if the church was holding a more secular event like Bingo Night or they were having a festive Las Vegas-style fundraiser in the church basement, you could go and smoke up a storm right there in church and no one said a word.

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phrase “Holy smoke!” came from?

Today, you can’t smoke at any inside job and antismokers are starting to lobby against all outside smoking, too.

That wasn’t always the case. One of my first jobs was as an announcer at a radio station in Ellsworth.

Not only did the boss make sure that there were several large ashtrays (remember them?) in every office and studio in the building but he also arranged to have a cigarette machine right there in the employees’ lounge.

In those days I was doing the six to midnight shift on the air and I would relieve a coffee-guzzling, chain-smoking guy named Al Crimmons who did the noon to six shift.

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Basketball Boosters Seek to Replace Chairs

By Debbie Hite

The Leavitt Boys Basketball Boosters organization is setting out to replace the folding chairs used by the home and visiting teams during the basketball season. A total of 40 chairs are needed and the association is hopeful that individuals and groups will step forward to “purchase” a chair at $100, each.

The possibility exists to designate a chair in someone’s memory, if deceased, or in their honor, if living.

A label will be applied to the back of the chair in-

dicating the person(s) being remembered. There is a limit of two names per chair. One can also arrange for the label to simply read “donated by” plus a name.

Of course, there exists the option of just purchasing a chair without any name attached.

All donors will receive a thank you note, and names of designees and donors will be listed on a plaque to be hung in the gym area.

The frame of each chair is 18-gauge, flat-tube steel, powder coated to match our Leavitt green, and the cushions are high density foam covered with heavy duty marine-gauge vinyl. The Hornets name and logo will be on the cushions. The chairs will have interlock-

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The manufactured, JV Pro, Inc., is offering a sales promotion through May, so the Boosters are anxious to hear from anyone who may be interested in contributing to this project. The tentative deadline for your commitment is April 14.

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Carriage House Café’s New Management Focuses on Families

The Carriage House Café, of Livermore, is excited to announce that it is under new management with Cindy Rioux, native of Poland, as manager, and Daniel Pearce, native of Lewiston and Gardiner, as the new chef. Both Cindy and Daniel now reside in Livermore and are looking forward to their new opportunity to meet lots of great people and to provide a casual and enjoyable family dining experience at an affordable price. As a former assistant manager of Big Apple and a certified registered medical assistant, Cindy enjoys people, and top-notch customer service is her number one goal.

Cindy and Daniel pride themselves on the Carriage House’s continued community involvement with projects and fundraisers for local people and events.

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Simply hearing the enthusiasm in Dustin Gilbert’s voice, as he narrates his Great Outdoors videos, apprises the viewer of Gil’s love for doing just about anything in Maine’s woods, or on its waters. In one of his more recent YouTube clips, his whooping and hollering can almost be felt as he describes the action of a vintage snowmobile race in Turner.

The 2004 Leavitt High School grad picked up his love for the outdoors from his family and watching nature shows on television.

Early in 2010 he decided to See Gil on page 13

This photo is a still from a YouTube video by Dustin Gilbert of Turner, called The Monster Fish.” These kids are holding an 18-pound Pike caught while ice fishing this winter.

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New Rec Trails Open to Public In Norway

By Duke Harrington

If you happened to drive down Route 118 in Norway recently, with Lake Penneseewassee on one side and picturesque Pikes Hill on the other, you may have detected a sound not heard in that area for more than 50 years — cow bells.

At one time, Pikes Hill was home to a herd of dairy cows housed on the Roberts farm. Until about halfway through the last century, local shoppers could buy Roberts Farm milk in area stores, easily spotting the brand in its distinctivelyshaped “cop the cream” bottles.

But all things pass. Over time, the fields of the Roberts Farm lay fallow, the pastures grew over, and the cowbells fell silent — at least until one crisp February morning, just a few weeks ago.

That’s when Rev. Anne Stanley, of Paris’ Christ Episcopal Church, clutched a large brass bell in her hand and gave it a good, vigorous shake, making a clang which seemed to roll down the hill and echo off the lake. Next to her, Rev. Don Mayberry, from the First Congregational Church of Paris, did the same. gil, from page 11

start taking his video camera on his outings with friends. In addition to just filming their fun, he wanted to show people, especially kids, “there is a lot to do in Maine.” Beginning his new hobby in mid-winter meant documenting ice fishing excursions or derbies. The first video he edited for YouTube (nearly 20) was the Sabattus Lake Derby.

Several ice-fishing trips to the Androscoggin River, Worthly Pond, in Kezar, and smelting on the Kennebec, followed.

They’re now all on YouTube along with a special “Monster Fish” clip that features a bunch of young kids holding an 18-pound Pike one of them caught.

Each of Gilbert’s videos is accompanied by his de-

On behalf of the Western Foothills Land Trust, Rev. Anne Stanley, of Paris’ Christ Episcopal Church, and Rev. Don Mayberry, from the First Congregational Church of Paris, offer a blessing and ring bells to open 13 kilometers of recreational trails on Norway’s 165-acre Roberts Farm Preserve. (Photo by Duke Harrington) The gesture was part of a “trail blessing” called to open eight kilometers of newly minted ski trails, plus a five-kilometer snowshoe loop, on the 165-acre property, now known as the Roberts Farm Preserve.

The Western Foothills Land Trust (WFLT) built the trails last year — at a cost of nearly $100,000 — tailed commentaries and that unmistakable enthusiasm.

Dustin is currently filming the Maple sugaring process from tree tapping to boiling down. He is an avid hunter and he just recorded the recent “Ancient Ones” Gun Show held at the Augusta Armory in February. In the future, Gilbert plans to film turkey hunting, openwater fishing and probably some ATV and dirt bike action. These will likely feature all of his buddies (and sometimes their girlfriends) who all enjoy the Maine outdoors.

One of his current videos on the Tube is in fact titled, “Gil’s Great Outdoors with Gil’s Gals.”

This new pastime of the USM student is not all fun. Dustin says he is

and the group’s director, Lee Dassler, says she wanted to mark the occasion.

“It's not a religious thing,” she said of the blessing. “I just thought it would be a really nice thing to do, to sort of ground the community's ownership of the whole preserve.”

The Roberts Farm was originally among the landoccasionally up till after midnight editing his videos and creating the WMV files to upload to You Tube. He makes trip to local businesses and asks them permission to put up a flyer about his videos on You Tube. In exchange, he gives them a 10 to 20 second spot on a video to say something about their business.

“I just love outdoor recreation and my friends and I will always be able to look back on this stuff, and say, ‘Wow – that really happened?’” was one of Gilbert’s last comments to me.

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holdings of Norway cofounder Dudley Pike, for whom the hill is named. In 1787, Pike bought the surrounding area from Henry Rust, holder of the first land grant in what is now Norway. In 1881, the farm passed to Pike's son-inlaw, John Roberts, an active Granger who served as Maine's Commissioner of Agriculture from 1913 until his death in 1918. Roberts son, Thaddeus, continued to farm the land though the 1940s.

The land fell out of family hands in 2000, by which time much of the cultivated property had been reclaimed by the forest.

Richard Penley bought the site and harvested more than 200,000 board feet of pine before selling it to the Growth Council of Oxford Hills in 2002. Plans were launched for a five-town cooperative effort to develop a technology-based business park on the site but, despite six figures spent on planning and engineering, the project never got off the drawing board.

The Growth Council eventually folded and, in 2007, WFLT bought the land for $310,000, later adding an adjoining 11-acre parcel and the Pike-Roberts farmstead, built in 1823.

Dassler says the eight-kilometer trail system is part of 12 that are planned. All will be open to the public year-round for non-motorized recreation, including

skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, mountain biking and horse riding.

“We hope to encourage healthy lifestyles along with an appreciation of the beautiful Western Maine foothills we all live in,” said Dassler.

However, Dassler points out that because last year's heavy rains delayed some work, the trails may close for a time this spring to allow for seeding and cultivation of grasses. Before visiting the site, bikers and horseback riders should contact WFLT (by calling 743-2124 or emailing wflt@megalink.net) to check trail status.

WFLT now manages about 3,600 acres in 10 Western Maine towns, split almost evenly between property the nonprofit owns outright, and land it controls through conservation easements.

The largest single lot (1,300 acres) surrounds South Pond, in Buckfield.

Work will begin there this summer on hiking trails designed by Mike Cooper, of Bethel, who also laid out the Roberts Farm trail system.

The actual trail work was done by Todd Sawyer, of Waterford, owner of TRS Timber Maintenance, Inc., which cuts utility corridors and is licensed to work on wetland mitigation projects.

Dassler says the Maine Conservation Corps also helped with the project.

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Also unveiled at the trail opening was a kiosk built by Otisfield carpenter Shawn Kane. It has panels specially made by Moose Pond Arts + Ecology, of Norway, detailing the local personality for whom each preserve trail is named.

That history, said Rev. Stanley, is a part of what makes the Roberts Farm Preserve so special.

“We send up and out our great gratitude for all those who have made this preservation possible,” she said during her blessing, at the trailhead off Roberts Road.

“Let us revel in the beauty of these woods, and these trails.”

“Even though we spend a lot of time in church, we like the outdoors, too,” joked Rev. Mayberry, before a crowd of nearly 100 conservation buffs.

“I know, I just feel best when I’m outside,” he added. “I look around at the Western Maine hills and the lakes and the streams and the woods and I feel so connected. I feel that all of my life is the hills and the mountains and the snow and the creation that I’m part of.

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I skied Sugarloaf once over 25 years ago, at a time when hardly a soul had heard of a snowboard. Today at Sugarloaf Mountain, there is a huge, carved half -pipe constructed on one whole upper level of “The Landing,” the wide trail that faces the base lodge. One of the reasons it’s now there is the huge growth of snowboarding and its ‘Maine’ proponent, Seth Wescott of Farmington. If you stare out one of the windows at the lodge you will likely notice that 20 to 25 percent of the skiers shedding their gear for lunch are dropping snowboards instead of skis.

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couver Games in the history books, Seth Wescott came home to Sugarloaf with his second gold medal in snowboard cross. This sport was initiated as an Olympic event at the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy, where Wescott won his first gold. His recent come-from-behind win in Vancouver earned him his second straight Gold.

Though now 33 years old, Wescott said at a Sugarloaf press conference on March 6 that after a few months of “down time” that includes mountain-biking, golfing, running and hiking, he will “buckle down” and begin training for the 2011 World Championships and ultimately the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.

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When Wescott is he’s home he still hangs around with the same friends he had in sixth and seventh grade and at Carrabassett Valley Academy.

While Wescott awaits the slowdown of the media obligations (Seth will be on the Wheaties box), he will start a national tour to promote the Seth Wescott Come Ride With Me SBX Tour. One aim of Maine’s gold medallist is to get more kids involved in snowboard cross. He told reporters that with the difficulty and danger of Snowboard Freestyle (as in Shaun White) Snowboard Cross racing is more available and attainable by more young people.

The kids are interested in Seth Wescott, too. Dozens of them followed him down the mountain Saturday on both boards and skis. Dozens more youngsters and adults lined the edges of The Landing waving flags donated by Wescott sponsor, Norway Savings Bank.

Though obviously tired from the training, the Vancouver Games and the many, media demands on him (attacked, with grati-

Fella Cake Bake Contest

The cub scouts of Greene, are having a Fella Cake Bake Contest/Auction and you’re invited. Come bid on cakes decorated by the boys in Cub Scout Pack 113. Along with help from their parents, they are making and decorating cakes to be auctioned off to help raise the needed funds so they can attend scout camp

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tude, from behind by NBC’s Matt Lauer and Not having a meal for 48 hours after getting his medal,) Seth was more than willing to spend his Sugarloaf Homecoming Day giving interview after interview, chat with the crowd and kids and sign autograph after autograph – on hundreds of posters, helmets, snowboards, or whatever was brought through the huge line into the base lodge.

As an up-and-coming young skier in his late teens, Seth had seen some of the big names in skiing refuse to give autographs and he told himself at the time, “If I was ever in that position, I would make the effort to give back something to the sport that gave so much to me.” So, he signed the autographs and made a public joke about “getting carpal tunnel syndrome.”

Wescott now has a home in the Carrabassett Valley, not far from the mountain, and I hope he was able to go there immediately after the last poster was signed to begin his “down time”, have a decent meal and get some well-deserved rest. n

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Head Start Children Read with Lewiston MAINEiacs Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care’s River Street Pre-Kindergarten and Child Care Center, Washburn Pre-Kindergarten and Child Care Center, B Street Pre-Kindergarten and Child Care Center and Hillview Pre-Kindergarten Center were recently visited by members of the Lewiston MAINEiacs hockey team.

Players read to the children as part of the MAINEiacs’ “Lewy’s Read to Succeed” program. This program encourages early reading by having team members visit elementary schools, prekindergarten programs, and child care centers to read with the children.

Participating in Head Start’s reading events were Lewiston MAINEiacs #42 Eric Bonowitz, #3 Zack Evans-Renaud, # 41 Jordan Kennedy, # 22 Stefan Fournier, and #27 Cameron Critchlow. Players read to approximately 125 children, ages 3 to 5, in their visits to the four Head Start Centers.

“Promoting early reading is so important in a child’s development.

Having the Lewiston MAINEiacs come to visit with Head Start’s children, and more importantly read to them, shows their dedication to our youngest community members,” said Estelle Rubinstein, Executive Director

Lewiston MAINEiacs’ player Eric Bonawitz reads to 3-year-old Cassidy Lessard of Mechanic Falls at Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care’s Hillview Pre-K Center. of Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care. “Thanks to Elaine Makas, Chair of our Board of Directors, for assisting to make these visits possible, and to the Lewiston MAINEiacs players for being such positive reading role models for our

children.”

The Lewiston MAINEiacs Hockey Club is the only American based team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The MAINEiacs are currently in their seventh season, and the team is proud to provide

quality entertainment to the Lewiston-Auburn area.

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 in Lewiston, Auburn, Lisbon Falls, Livermore Falls, and Mechanic Falls.

Applications for all Head Start programs are accepted at any time. Full day childcare services are available on a sliding fee scale for parents who are working, continuing their education, or participating in job training thirty or more hours per week. Please call (207) 7954040 for more information.

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Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care is a United Way funded and Lewiston and Auburn CDBG supported agency. n

Kindergarten Registration for Turner residents will be held on Thursday, April 8, and Friday, April 9, at Turner Primary School.

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from 6 to 7pm on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. This is for parents only. Please leave children at home.

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Many things may be stark opposites, with the distinction being apparent at first glance, while other differences may be subtle and require a second look. Submissions are being sought for the L/A Arts Gallery 5 Exhibit “In Contrast,” which will explore these differences either visually or within a deeper meaning.

The submission deadline for “In Contrast” is Sunday, April 18, 2010, an earlier date than previously published. Submission forms and guidelines are available online at http://laarts.org/ visual/gallery-5.htm.

Artwork must be submitted in digital image format

and submissions must arrive at L/A Arts office by midnight on the submission date, although early submissions are strongly encouraged. Up to four different works per artist may be submitted for consideration. This is a juried exhibit open to Maine artists. Artists will be notified of selected entries within a week of the submission deadline.

“In Contrast” exhibit dates are May 28 – July 10, 2010.For questions regarding the “In Contrast” or any Gallery 5 exhibit, contact Jeanelle Demers, Gallery 5 curator, at gallery5@laarts. org or (207) 782-7228. n

tive woodland, while maintaining existing uses and protecting sensitive habitat, flora and fauna.

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Lewiston and Auburn are of many communities in Maine to have a community forest board. Established in 2000, the Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board (LACFB) has promoted tree-planting and urban for-

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Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for ”Deathtrap” on Sunday, March 28, at 1 p.m. and Monday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Center for the Arts, 30 Academy St. Rehearsals start in mid-April. Play dates are June 18-27.

Mary Meserve is directing the mystery/thriller by Ira Levin. It is an edgeof-your-seat cat and mouse game with plenty of twists and turns to keep the audience guessing until the very last scene. Auditioners are encouraged to be familiar with the entire script as there are numerous plot and character switches.

Scripts may be picked up at the box office.

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p.m. The 1982 movie version with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve is a good representation of the script and follows the plot of the play closely.

The brilliant playwright Sidney Bruhl is convinced his best writing is behind him when along comes a promising new play by Clifford Anderson, a former student. Sydney becomes convinced he must find a way to make the play his own, even if it is over Mr. Anderson’s dead body!

Cast of Characters Sidney Bruhl – Playwright and author of the longest-running thriller on Broadway. Well-educated.

Conceited but not without charm. Husband of Myra although we later find out he is Clifford’s lover. Age 40-60. Must be in good

shape physically and capable of some combat choreography.

Clifford Anderson – Student of Sydney’s.

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will include being in charge of maintenance and repairs for the department's six fire trucks and seven support and staff vehicles.

A member of the department since 1983, Fournier

Young and good looking, polite but also brash and ambitious. We later find out he is Sidney’s lover.

Age 25 – 35. Must be in FILE, from page 9

was promoted in 1994 to Lieutenant with service on Engine 1, Ladder 1, and for many years on Engine 7, at Central Station.

Over the years, he has also served the Firefighters’ Association in multiple ways, including service as station representative, union treasurer, vice president, and president. Fournier also has served on various department committees, focusing on redefined fire response districts associated with assignments of fire units.

In addition, he has provided the fire department with vast computer technical support and played a major role in building the current 911 Communications Center database utilized to dispatch Lewiston fire units to emergency calls. n

of coffee a day and was a three pack-a-day man. He would light his next cigarette from the one he was still smoking and he often had two or three cigarettes going at once, sitting precariously on the edge of overflowing ashtrays around the studio.

When I came in to start my shift, Al would often jump in surprise and more than once his startled response sent an ashtray or two tumbling to the floor where live cigarette ashes would sometimes set the rug to smoldering.

I remember one time when Al was scurrying around the studio straightening things up before leaving. He had a fresh-lit cigarette dangling from his mouth and just before he went out the door he emptied all the ashtrays into the wastebasket.

About thirty minutes later the wastebasket burst into flames.

Lucky for me, I knew where the extinguisher was and the fire was quickly put out. Not much damage was done and I got another Al Crimmons story in the bargain.

According to an article I read, some of the money raised from a cigarette tax

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good shape physically and capable of some combat choreography.

Myra Bruhl – Sydney’s devoted wife. An “At home in Connecticut society” intelligent, a bit high strung.

Age 35-60.

Helga Ten Dorp – Famous psychic from Europe, visiting the United States. Dutch accent is a necessity. Seen as an eccentric by others. Strong personality, confident in her psychic abilities. Age 40-70.

Porter Milgrim – Friend of Sidney’s and Myra’s and their lawyer. Observant, with good humor, and protective of Sidney.

Age 40-60 (contemporary of Sidney’s) For more information, please call the box office at 783-0958. n

increase will fund programs that encourage people to quit smoking.

But if people quit smoking won’t they sell less cigarettes? And if they sell less cigarettes won’t the tax have to go higher to raise the same amount of money for the smoker cessation programs?

I don’t know where it’s all going to end, but can you imagine what the tax will be on the last cigarette pack sold to the last smoker standing?

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est management earning both cities the designation of "Tree City US," going on seven years.

A community forest is considered an ecosystem where people, trees and other vegetation, soil, wildlife and natural resources all interact.

The community forest includes trees in yards, along streets, in parks and around the buildings in the community. It is the “green infrastructure” that enhances the economic, social environmental value of the urban environment. Between both cities, there are more than 1,000 acres of publicly owned forest, collectively known as a community forest.

LACFB undertakes projects to manage the forested acres, develop an inventory of street trees, provide education programs and initiate long-range plans. The Board receives no public funding and relies on in-kind services and grants. Board members, all volunteers, participate in National Arbor Week by distributing free tree seedlings to Lewiston and Auburn residents.

Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board members are: Jay Braunscheidel, president, Lois Wagner, vice chair, John Painter, secretary, David Griswold, Chris Bakkila, Suzanne Roy, Robyn Holman, Rick Shea, Doug Boyd, Bruce Damon, Steve Murch and Rick Hersom.

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‘Flat Stanley’ spends ‘a night In the Museum’ in L-A

Alexandra Chase holds her Flat Stanley and the journal created by family friend Sharon Clark, right, chronicling the character’s visit to Museum L-A – which included a unplanned overnight stay when Clark inadvertently left him behind.

Sharon Clark of Lewiston inadvertently added another adventure to “Flat Stanley’s” recent visit to Museum L-A when the paper figure slipped out of her hands (or did he jump?) unnoticed while she was viewing the Rivers of Immigration exhibit. Flat

Stanley spent the remainder of the afternoon among the life stories and photos of newcomers to L-A before being spotted by Karla Leandri Rider of the Museum staff while she was closing up the gallery for the day.

Overnight, Flat Stanley took in the history of brickmak-

ing in Lewiston-Auburn as he awaited his reunion with Clark the next day.

Clark was helping Alexandra Chase of Wells, a friend of the family, with the third grader’s Flat Stanley Project. Schoolchildren from around the world participate in this proj-

ect, where they read Jeff Brown’s 1964 children’s book Flat Stanley featuring Stanley Lambchop, a boy who becomes flat after a bulletin board falls on top of him during the night.

He survives and makes the best of his new shape, having adventures that he wouldn’t have otherwise.

The school project involves students creating their own figures and journals to mail along to family and friends who document their Flat Stanley’s travels and experiences. Flat Stanleys and their journals are returned to the student and shared with the class as a way to learn about different places – close and far. Chase sent out three Flat Stanleys and will share their adventures with her classmates at Wells Elementary.

Clark created a binder with photographs taken of Flat Stanley at Museum L-A along with newsletters, brochures and highlights of what was learned during the visit. She recalled a visit to her second-grade classroom by the Museum L-A educator last year as she chose her Flat Stanley’s journey. Clark felt the lessons learned at the Museum would be of particular interest and relevance to Alexandra and her classmates – especially the exhibit on child labor in the mills. n

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… Scapes Art Exhibit at L/A Arts Gallery 5 Art Show

Cash Crop, photograph, by Len Bartel “Evening Sail,” (oil on canvas) by Scott Hunter The newest exhibition at L/A Arts Gallery 5, titled “... scapes,” will feature work by 26 Maine artists, and will run from April 2 to May 8. Each artist has contributed their unique view of the theme: to present the beauty of a landscape, the intrigue of an urban cityscape, or the mystery of an abstract colorscape.

L/A Arts invites the public to the opening reception for ... scapes, to be held on Friday, April 2, from 5-7pm in the gallery, located in downtown, Lewiston at 49 Lisbon Street. This event is free and light refreshments will be served.

Curator Jeanelle Demers comments, “Many types of artwork, styles, and various mediums are represented in this show, and there is definitely something for everyone. It is a lot of local talent in one room, and a reminder of what Lewiston-Auburn has to offer to the Maine art scene.”

All artwork is for sale and there is a selection of prints available for purchase in the gallery as well. The exhibit is sponsored by Central Distributors. Gallery 5 is underwritten by adjoining neighbor, FUEL restaurant. More about Gallery 5 and the exhibit can be found on line at www.laarts.org.

The artists of “...scapes” include Julie Bailey-Breau, Pam Bell, Len Bar-

Synchronicity of Maine and The Gym are offering a CPR and First Aid class on Saturday, March 20.

“A Rock Star,” photograph by David Peitersen tel, Stephanie Berry, Cynthia Cannone, William Cox, Grayling E. Cunningham, Paul Davies, Jeanelle Demers, Jody Dube, Anastasia Gatto, Robert Gibson, Alan Holbrook, Scott D. Hunter, Ann L. Krumrein, Jason Landry, Kerry Landry, Steven Langerman, Vincent Myrand, Jim Nickelson, Ian B. Ormon, Judson Peck, Michael Peitersen, David Peitersen, Melanie Therrien and Michael E. Woodward.

Many of the artists will be in attendance at the opening reception and will be available to answer questions about their work. There will be accompanying Artist Talks, with dates to be announced.

Gallery 5 is a community outreach initiative of the area's Local Arts Agency, L/A Arts. It features and promotes works of art in all media and serves as an educational resource for those who are familiar with original art and those for whom

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“Silver City,” photograph by Michael Peitersen

original art is a new experience. Through exhibitions and programs, Gallery 5 provides a unique venue for contemporary art in Maine. The exhibit is sponsored by Central Distributors with media partner, the new LA Magazine.

The gallery is open to the public on Tuesday - Saturday from 5 - 8pm, and

from 1-4pm on Saturdays from 1pm 4pm. It can also be accessed through arranged appointment with L/A Arts by calling the business office at (207) 7827228. Special interest groups are welcome and accommodated best through an arranged appointment. n

CPR Class in Lewiston March 20

Held at The Gym (770 Main St.) in Lewiston, this class will be taught

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Participants will receive their certificate for Adult CPR and First Aid at the completion of class.

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said Marois.

Marois estimates that it has been over 10 years since the show has played in the Lewiston-Auburn area.

structors and yoga teachers, but anyone who would like CPR certification is welcome to attend.

“It is time to bring it back for a special visit,” said Marois.

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Read Across America at Leeds Central

Comedian Bob Marley Show

Maine’s King of Comedy at Livermore Falls High School, as the Class of 2011 presents Bob Marley at 7pm on April 1 in the

high school gym.

Doors will open at 6:30pm with refreshments, baked goods and other concessions available. Tickets may be purchased for $15 each, at the Livermore Falls High School office, Breakneck RC Speedway & Hobbies, at 15 Depot Street, Livermore Falls, and at Otis Credit Union.

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Leeds second-grader Nick Hale is dressed like his favorite character, Jack Sparrow, from “Pirates of the Carribean.” A student in Mrs. Neptune’s class, he and his classmates await the Favorite Book Character Parade on Friday, March 5. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel) the students created posters of their favorite book character or scene while Maine children’s author Lynn Plourde made a presentation to parents and students at an evening session. On Tuesday, the students were served green eggs and ham, ala Dr. Seuss, for lunch.

Wednesday was Poem in Your Pocket Day, as in Seuss’ “A Wocket in My Pocket” book. The kids were given a choice of a Dr.

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In celebration of Read Across America week and the legacy of Dr. Seuss and his children’s books, Leeds Central School did some extra-fun things during the first week of March.

On Monday, March 1,

Leeds Central School students parade around their school dressed as either their favorite book character or something related to Dr. Seuss. Marching through the gymnasium are, from Mrs. Neptune's second grade class are (from left to right) Natalie Baillargeon, Chrissy Thompson and Robert Oliver.

(Photo by Bill Van Tassel) Seuss movies on Thursday.

The week finished with a character parade by all students around their school interior, accompanied by marching music on the public address system.

Many teachers also dressed up in characters from the books of cartoonist and author Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss). n

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Pavilion Planned for Turner Center

This is an updated architect’s drawing of the planned Mavis Varney Pavilion in Turner Center. The multi-use 'gazebo' will be used by the community for concerts and other social events like the Library's Fourth of July Festival on the Green. Funds raised so far exceed $12,000 with just a few thousand more to go. A “Music for Mavis” concert in January and a February community skate party were good fund raisers. A Cabin Fever Supper will be held (from 4-6pm) on March 27 at the Masonic Lodge in Turner) Donations can be made at the Turner town office. With some locally donated labor, completion of the Pavilion is scheduled for mid June, with summer Tuesdays already being set for Blue Grass music.

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Happy Birthday Phyliss Nearly 40 family members and friends gathered recently to help celebrate the 90th birthday of Phyliss Richardson, of Turner.

Phyliss was born on November 27, 1919, the daughter of William and Arlene Tidswell. She was married to Harland Richardson until his death in 1980.

She has lived her entire life in Turner. Along with being a homemaker and the mother of six children, during her working life she worked for local apple and egg farmers and was on the original crew that opened the Kmart store in Auburn.

Her peanut butter fudge, yeast rolls and pies have been a favorite and enjoyed by friends and family for years. Since her retirement, Phyliss has lived a full life and maintains a very busy lifestyle. She enjoys traveling and has been to Hawaii, Cancun and made numerous trips to the “county” with her special friend, Patty Libby. She can be found on many evenings at local bingo halls in the area.

Phyliss Richardson Her children are: sons Harland, Jr and his wife Diane, of Turner; Blaine and his wife, Jean, of West Monroe, La, Brian and his wife, Tammy, of Winthrop.

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husband, Don Shields, of Turner; and Cheryl and her husband, Joe Lachappelle, of Turner. Phyliss has 11 grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren.

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Gosselin Donation Enhances Franco Collection Roger Gosselin recently donated valuable materials to the University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American collection. Part of the donation documents his late brother Roland’s 1983 production of “Les Cloches de Corneville.” Items include audiocassettes, a videocassette, a souvenir program and a detailed scrapbook.

The donation also includes material from the St. Dominic’s High School 50th anniversary celebration, which Gosselin was instrumental in planning.

Items from that include newspaper clippings, event invitations, programs, tapes, letters, and transcripts. The Gosselins have long been prominent in Lewiston’s Franco-American community and the donation is an important addition to the

Roger Gosselin collection.

The University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American collection is one of the largest repositories of Franco-American archival material in the State of Maine.

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The Collection is located on USM’s Lewiston-Auburn campus, 51 Westminster St., in Lewiston. Hours of operation are currently limited. More information is available online at www. usm.maine.edu/lac/franco/ or by calling 753-6545. n

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