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SOUTH PARIS — The Maine Veterans’ Home recently announced Roland St. Amour was chosen Veteran of the Month for April. St. Amour was drafted to the U.S. Army at 19 in January 1943. He attended basic training at the Army Mobilization Training Camp in Texas and later was sent to a training camp in North Carolina for commando training then on to Georgia to await departure on the ship Queen Mary, heading to England, where he prepared for the Normandy Invasion. He was trained as a gunner for the 3rd Armored “Spearhead” division, which was attached to the 486th Armored AntiAircraft Battalion. St. Amour recalls being on a boat heading to Omaha beach and a sailor giving him a bunk and gun. He said, “You will need it when you get down there; a good night’s sleep.” The battalion landed on Omaha beach in June 1944. St. Amour recollects lots of rifle fire and shooting down quite a few German airplanes. He recalls their anti-aircraft tanks came in and opened up the hedgerow. From there, they moved on to Cologne, where all night he could hear the planes dropping bombs. They were heading to relieve the infantry at the Siege of Bastogne in Belgium. The main objective of the 3rd Armored “Spearhead” division was always to be in front of the infantry, which they did all the way to Berlin. In April 1945, the 3rd armored division discovered the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp and liberated 250 ill and starving prisoners.
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St. Amour can still picture the big ovens, visualizes the people being skin and bones and the dead bodies strewn about. By the time St. Amour was honorably discharged from the Army in December 1945, he had spent two years in active combat, having fought in five campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. St. Amour says he feels very lucky to have made it through the war with only some loss of hearing in his right ear from where he use to fire his rifle. He lost a lot of friends, and most of the guys he was with were killed. St. Amour was able to return to Germany in 1995 to visit with some of the people they
Submitted photo Roland St. Amour, US Army 1943-1945.
had liberated from the concentration camp. He is proud that he was still receiving mail from them, even though he can’t read them because they are written in German. Following his military service, St. Amour worked at Bates Mill in Lewiston as a dyer during the day and, in the evenings, he worked as a door-to-door salesman for W.T. Rawleigh Co., selling health products. He enjoyed
meeting people; at times, some had large families he knew couldn’t afford the medicine, so he wouldn’t ask them to pay. “Usually in the spring, they would pick up nickels and dimes and pay me,” he recalled. St. Amour retired at 65 but enjoyed being around people so much he went to work at Shaw’s Supermarket. He worked there for 15 years until he needed to care for his wife
Rena, who was diagnosed with dementia. He took care of her at home for five years until it was no longer safe to do so. St. Amour met Rena at a dance. In July, they wil have been married for 73. The couple raised four children — three boys and a girl — and have five grandchildren.
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St. Amour has worked all his life and never had time to play games or travel. He is now enjoying life at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, playing bingo, going out to eat, attending re-
ligious programs in addition to other social functions that he enjoys. His biggest enjoyment is socializing. He will tell you, “I like to talk.” He especially enjoys the time he spends with his wife, who now resides at MVH. St. Amour came to the Maine Veterans’ Home in
September 2018 and was recently honored in Augusta at the Remember Me Ceremony, hosted by the Maine Health Care Association. This photography tribute and recognition ceremony is for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities statewide.
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Wildflowers topic of presentation at McLaughlin Garden May 7 SOUTH PARIS — The Norway Memorial Library will present “Maine Wildflowers” Tuesday, May 7, from 11 a.m. to noon at McLaughlin Garden, 97 Main St. The program will consist of learning about wildflowers native to Maine, a tour of McLaughlin Garden, and learning to include wildflowers in a garden. This program is part of the library’s series “A Conversation about Nature.” The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required due to limited space. To register or for more information please call the library at 207-743-5309 ext. 1 or visit the library’s website at www.norway.lib.me.us.
Submitted photo Roland St. Amour with, from left, Michael St. Amour, Paul St. Amour, Leola St. Amour and Joline Colby at the Remember Me Ceremony in Augusta.
Heywood Club planning neighborhood yard sale June 8 NORWAY — The annual 7 1/2 mile yard sale, sponsored by the Heywood Club, will be held rain or shine Saturday, June 8, starting at 8 a.m. This event is always held the second Saturday in June. Many sales will be held by neighbors along Pleas-
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Biologists recommend spring bear hunt for Maine
Growing exotic fruit trees in Maine is Hiram Historical May 11 topic
V. Paul Reynolds Maine has not had a spring bear hunt for many years. Although a re-institution of a spring bear hunt in the Pine Tree State has been talked about on and off as a way of dealing with our ever-increasing population of bears, many stakeholders — including bear guides and outfitters — have opposed the spring hunt for a host of reasons. This year there is a serious legislative plan to bring back the spring bear hunt. As usual, the house is divided over this one. Something needs to be done to properly manage Maine’s bear population. A few years back, Maine’s game management plan acknowledged the problem: “In order to maintain healthy bear populations in suitable habitats, and to minimize conflicts in more urban areas, the growth rate of Maine’s bear population needs to slow down. From 2005 to 2016, the number of hunters and subsequent harvest of black bears declined below 4,000 annually; during that time, Maine’s bear population grew by 2-4 %
each year (Linden 2016). To slow population growth and range expansion, harvests need to increase to 15% of the population (McLaughlin 1998), which would require hunter participation, success, or opportunity to expand above current levels. Rates of hunter participation are currently too low to slow bear population growth within the existing season framework.” There has been a successful spring bear hunt in neighboring New Brunswick for many years. In 1999, Ontario closed down its spring bear hunt in response to public pressure from anti-hunting groups who argued that a spring hunt would prompt a kill off of bear cubs. Bear biologists and bear guides argued that bear/car collisions and male bears kill more cubs than hunters, who generally don’t take cubs. (Boar bears kill cubs because nature will see to it that cubless sows come back into estrus). Three years ago Ontario reinstituted its spring bear hunt as a way to mitigate crop damage and bear-car collisions resulting from an excessive bear population. Ray Dillon, a veteran New Brunswick bear guide and outfitter, says that an attempt by the Ontario anti-hunting element to shut down New Brunswick’s spring bear hunt a few years ago was thwarted. Dillon, his coun-
terparts and state bear biologists convinced voters to preserve the spring hunt by simply presenting citizens with dispassionate facts and findings of wildlife science. Dillon says a spring bear hunt in Maine makes a lot of sense, given our bear numbers and the growing state bear population. Maine bear biologists are advocating for a spring bear hunt as a way to better manage our state bear population. To shy a way from this sensible wildlife methodology simply out of political concerns would be demonstrating a lack of moral courage and represent a compromising rebuke of state wildlife biologists, the professionals we depend upon to scientifically manage our wildlife. The author is editor of the Northwoods Sporting Journal. He is also a Maine Guide, co-host of a weekly radio program “Maine Outdoors” heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on The Voice of Maine News-Talk Network (WVOM-FM 103.9, WQVM-FM 101.3) and former information officer for the Maine Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. His e-mail address is vpaulr@tds.net. He has three books “A Maine Deer Hunter’s Logbook,” “Backtrack” and his latest — “The Maine Angler’s Logbook.” Online purchase information is available at www.maineoutdoorpublications.com.
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Sy’s Trees is a nursery and orchard in Sweden that grows exotic fruits, and Stevens will discuss how he does it and how others can grow them, too. He will bring a few plants for sale. The talk is at 1:30 p.m. at the Hiram Historical Society at Great Ossipee Mu-
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Waterford church baked haddock supper is May 4 WATERFORD — The North Waterford Congregational Church will host a baked haddock supper Saturday, May 4, to benefit the annual Waterford World’s Fair. It will be the church’s last public supper until fall. The supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., and the menu will
include baked haddock and sides and homemade pies. Admission is $10 per person, children 6 to 15 $5 and children 5 and under eat for free. The church is at 5 Kezars Road, off Route 35, across from Melby’s store. For more information, email louise1@maine.rr.com.
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East Sumner church plans public supper, annual sale in May SUMNER — The Congregational Church of East Sumner will hold a community supper Saturday, May 4, and its annual spring sale Saturday, May 18. The supper will feature Mexican dishes — in recognition of Cinqo de Mayo. The menu will consist of casseroles, salads, desserts,
coffee and punch. There will be a raffle of baked goods and household items; donations will be accepted for the meal. For more information about the supper, call 207- 388-2263 or 207388-2609. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. The event features
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Jones Dance Band plays in 5K in Washer’s memory to Buckfield every Saturday night benefit Dempsey Challenge BUCKFIELD — The Jones Dance Band plays every Saturday night, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Buckfield Masonic Hall, 4 High St. The band plays a variety of dance music, including foxtrot, waltzes, jitterbug, two-
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NORWAY — A 5K fun run and walk will be held Saturday, June 8, in memory of Fred Washer, who died two years ago from pancreatic cancer. The Fight Back 5K fun run/walk will ben-
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MOVIE REVIEW
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’Pet Sematary’ Lucas Allen (Paramount Pictures) Maine’s own Stephen King has become a Hollywood icon, with his books adapted for both film and television. One of them, his 1983 novel “Pet Sematary,” gets the second adaptation treatment exactly 30 years after the first filmed version was released. Directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer have taken it upon themselves the challenge of trying to build new ground from what King had already put on paper. The Creed family moves from Boston to the small town of Ludlow, Maine, for a brand-new life. Louis (Jason Clarke) is a doctor working at UMaine, while his
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wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) cares for their daughter Ellie (Jete Laurence) and son Gage (Hugo and Lucas Lavoie). Tragedy strikes when the pet cat Church is killed on the road near their house, and the parents try to figure out how to shield the kids from it. Their old next-door neighbor Jud (John Lithgow) introduces Louis to a nearby pet cemetery where generations of townsfolk buried their pets. Beyond that is a gloomy, ancient burial ground that has the power to bring a freshly dead corpse back to life. Louis makes the rational decision to bury the cat in the powerful ground, and it returns to Ellie without her knowing what really happened. However, the cat starts acting more aggressive to the point of being monstrous. Tthen a second family tragedy occurrs, putting a grief-stricken Louis on a darker path that leads to one terrifying moment after another. Whether or not you liked the 1989 original, you will
find something different about this new version. The filmmakers attempt to make their film fresh and different by deviating a little further from the original book as much as possible. Fans of the book may not like some of the changes presented, but there’s enough of the original that’s acceptable for any King fan. The first act is a slow burn, and some viewers may not be sure if it will get going at some point. But once the cat dies near the end of the second act, the horror element starts to get underway. It then builds to a terrifyingly suspenseful third act that’s scarier than anything in those recent low-budget PG-13 horror films. Along the way, there are moments where its reminiscent of classic golden-age horror films with spooky, foggy atmosphere and gothic-style elements. All in all, the directors seem to really get the genre as a whole. While the acting in the ’89 film was often criticized as flat and unconvincing, the acting in this version is a
RSU 56 wins $500 for Summer Food Program major improvement. Clarke is great as a father going through different emotional phases in the story before heading towards crazy desperation. Seimetz plays the overly scared wife with the right level of commitment not usually seen in this kind of film. Lithgow is also very good as the old man haunted by both the scary history and his own past. You also have to give credit to the children delivering better-than-average child acting that you don’t normally expect. The new Pet Sematary may not be as satisfying as the recent It, but this further cement King’s legacy as horror writer-turned-Hollywood cash-cow. Stylish and scary, this has the right amount of creepiness that’s good for any horror fan. It wouldn’t be surprising if the other author’s works like “Cujo” and “Silver Bullet” get the second adaptation treatment. THE MOVIE’S RATING: R (for horror violence, bloody images, and some language) THE CRITIC’S RATING: 3.25 Stars (Out of Four)
DIXFIELD — Full Plates Full Potential, Maine’s only statewide childhood hunger organization, recently announced the Oxford County Summer Food Program winner. RSU 56 will receive a $500 Summer Food grant to support its 2019 summer program. Full Plates inaugural 16 County Competition was launched to highlight the critical work summer food programs do reaching the 82,000 children who qualify for free and reduced price school meals. RSU 56 is a public school district located in Oxford County. There are approximately 791 students from pre-school through 12th grade. RSU 56 includes three schools and covers the towns of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru. “We are so proud of RSU 56’s summer meals program. (Last) summer was the first year they ran a summer meal program, and they served 1,646 meals,” said Anna Korsen, Full Plates Full Potential’s program director. “Summertime is an extremely challenging time
for children who are hungry. Our 16-county grant program goal was to showcase and reward the best of summer programs across our state.” “We have tremendous need in our schools, nearly 60% of our students are eligible for free school meals” said Debbie Nokes, School Nutrition Director for RSU 56. “During the summer months, many of those children don’t know where their next meal will come from, and serving summer lunches is critical to their well-being.” Maine has 123 Summer Food Service Programs with 450 meal sites across the state. In 2018, 727,238 summer meals were served statewide. Started in 2015, Full Plates Full Potential is Maine’s only statewide child hunger organization. Full Plates Full Potential does its work by partnering with other hunger relief organizations, granting funds and providing technical support to schools and nonprofits and working with chefs, businesses and others to end child hunger. Learn more at www.fullplates.org.
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Business 2Business
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Hire and manage employees Establish a basic payroll structure to help you hire employees. Then, manage employees properly with a general understanding of state and federal labor laws.
Hire and pay employees Before finding the right person for the job, you’ll need to create a plan for paying employees. Follow these steps to set up payroll: 1. G et an Employer Identification Number; 2. Find out whether you need state or local tax IDs; 3. Decide if you want an independent contractor or an employee; 4. Ensure new employees return a completed W-4 form; 5. Schedule pay periods to coordinate tax withholding for IRS; 6. Create a compensation plan for holiday, vacation and leave; 7. Choose an in-house or external service for administering payroll;
8. D ecide who will manage your payroll system; 9. K now which records must stay on file and for how long; 10. R eport payroll taxes as needed on quarterly and annual basis. The IRS maintains the Employer’s Tax Guide, which provides guidance on all federal tax filing requirements that could apply to the obligations for your small business. Check with your state tax agency for employer filing stipulations.
Employees and independent contractors Distinguishing between employees and independent contractors can impact your bottom line, as this affects how you withhold taxes and avoid costly legal consequences. Learn the differences before hiring your first employee. An independent contractor operates under a separate business name from your company and invoices
for work completed. Independent contractors can sometimes qualify as employees in a legal sense. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission created a guide for making the determination. If your contractor is discovered to meet the legal definition of employee, you may need to pay back taxes and penalties, provide benefits, and reimburse for wages stipulated under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Plan to offer employee benefits Healthcare and other benefits play a significant role in hiring and retaining employees. Some employee benefits are required by law, but others are optional.
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Optional employee benefits Your small businesses can offer a complete range of optional benefits to help attract and retain employees. Even if a benefit you offer is optional, it might still have to comply with certain laws if you choose to offer it. Businesses that offer group health plans must comply with federal laws,
for which the Department of Labor hosts a guide. Employees can expand coverage through the Affordable Care Act and some may qualify for benefits via the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. Businesses must extend the option of COBRA benefits to employees who are terminated or laid off. Retirement plans are a very popular employee benefit. Consider offering an employer-sponsored plan like a 401k or a pension plan. The federal government offers a wide range of resources to aid small business owners in choosing their retirement plan and pension.
Employee incentive programs Employee incentive programs can boost morale and create more draw for open positions: Common incentives such as stock options, flex time, wellness programs, corporate member-
Follow federal and state labor laws Protect workers’ rights and your business by adhering to labor laws, which means you must ensure that business practices align with industry regulations. This includes learning applicable laws for hiring veterans, foreign workers, household employees, child labor and people with disabilities, among others groups. You must also comply when terminating an employee, laying off workers, or downsizing the company. – Courtesy of Small Business Administration.
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Harmful foods that can fool you Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA Nutritionist, Personal Trainer and Motivational Speaker jcornelio@turnerpublishing.net
There are so many new foods being marketed today and nutrition myths coming at us from all sides. What’s good, what’s bad? It can all be very confusing. Just when you think you are doing the best for your
health, a new product appears with a claim to be nutritionally a good idea. The food industry is a billion dollar business and unfortunately they are not all in business to make us healthy. All of these new studies and research methods by reputable research centers are there to help us make better food choices. Paying attention to new studies can improve our health and in some cases save our lives. Let take a look at some foods and studies to pay attention to. Microwave popcorn This one hurts as we all think popcorn is good
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body’s filter” is unable to break these chemicals down and filter them so that these harmful chemicals namely perfluronoctanic acid (PFOA) gets stored in the body for many years. Many manufactures are in the process of phasing out PFOA, but that process may not happen until 2015. Pineapple, Apple and Grape Juice We love our juices and many have great nutritional properties. The problem is that many are laced with sugars. One 8 0z glass of one of these juices can contain
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with sugars. Beware for cranberries and other berries can be tart so to make them more palatable, many companies will add sugar to the dried version. By doing this they are adding at least 30grams of sugar to each serving. Again search the labels for no added sugars or just stay away from those packaged quick foods. They are not worth the calories. Eat fresh fruit whenever possible if you feel the need to munch. Live Long, Live Well.
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Are backyard chickens right for you? Raising backyard chickens has been a growing phenomenon for several years. Many cities have passed laws legalizing backyard chickens, encouraging many to raise chickens as a rewarding hobby.
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One of the biggest benefits to raising backyard chickens is that their eggs are fresher and often tastier than store-bought varieties. Hens can lay one egg per day. Multiply that egg per hen, and breakfast is always available.
Before investing in backyard chickens, people should determine if chickens will fit with their lifestyle. Costs and care are a big consideration.
Another benefit to chickens is they produce a natural fertilizer that can be used in gardens. “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” says chicken manure can be composted, aged and eventually added to the garden. In about six months, a person will accumulate about one cubic foot of manure per chicken. Egg shells and other compostable material can be added to create an even
Despite being seemingly independent birds, chickens need people to be active caregivers. They require feed and water daily. The chickens will need a caregiver while you vacation. People who are frequently away from home should reconsider chickens.
Chickens also can help control bugs around the yard, offers the experts at Tractor Supply Company.
Chickens also are prone to worms, parasites and lice. They need to have rear feathers trimmed to stay clean and sanitary, and they will require an area where they can “dust” and self-groom.
Each chick will cost anywhere between $3 to $5 a bird. Then there’s feed to consider. The most expensive item will likely be the coop. The experts at The Happy Chicken Coop, a resource for raising chickens and starting coops, says handy men and women can build homemade coops, but readymade ones will cost a few hundred dollars. The coop will need to offer around four square feet of space per chicken (or what’s recommended for the breed).
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises not to cuddle and kiss chickens like pets because they can carry salmonella. Not every coop is completely varmint-proof, and some chickens may succumb to predators. Squeamish or sentimental folks may find chickens aren’t the right fit. Chickens require commitment and care that many people can provide. It is essential to do one’s homework to ensure that backyard chickens are a sound investment.
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How to protect yourself from fire Buckfield Junior/Senior High School Trimester 2 honor roll announced nose with a moist towel or an article of clothing to protect yourself from dangerous fumes.
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By Fred Cicetti Q. We had a fire in our retirement community recently and an older woman died. Now I’m worried about fires. What can I do to protect myself? A. Seniors face the highest risk of perishing in a fire because their senses don’t detect danger as easily as they used to, and they don’t move quickly to escape during an emergency. So, fire safety is especially important to all older people I went to a bunch of experts and collected suggestions for protecting seniors against fire. The following is a list of 20 tips distilled from all the best material. 1. First, here are fire-emergency recommendations:
• If you must exit through smoke, crawl under it (smoke rises).
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• Avoid elevators; use stairs or fire escapes.
2. Install smoke alarms on all levels of your home and outside all sleeping areas. You double your chance of surviving a fire with alarms. Vacuum and test them regularly. Replace all batteries at least once a year. Replace your smoke alarms every 10 years; they lose sensitivity. 3. Plan a primary escape route and alternates. Discuss your escape plan with family, friends, neighbors and run fire drills. See if everyone can evacuate your home within three minutes — the time it can take for an entire house to go up in flames. 4. Being on the ground floor is safer in an emergen-
cy. If you live in a multi-story house, sleep on the ground floor near an exit.
11. Do not exceed the wattage recommended for light fixtures.
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12. Replace appliances that spark, smell unusual, or overheat.
6. Ask your fire department for a home-safety inspection. Ask for suggestions to improve your escape plan. 7. The primary cause of fire deaths among older adults at home is careless smoking. Enough said. 8. When cooking, use a timer if you have to leave the stove. Don’t cook if you take medication that makes you drowsy. Keep dish towels, aprons, napkins away from stove tops. Don’t wear loose-fitting clothing when cooking. 9. Don’t overload electrical outlets and extension cords. 10. Buy a fire extinguisher. An extinguisher on each level of your home is ideal. A fire-sprinkler system is worth considering.
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13. Don’t put electrical wires under carpets. 14. Keep lamps and night lights away from fabric. 15. If children are in your home, make sure you put plastic safety covers on electrical outlets. 16. Children playing with matches is a major cause of fires. Hide matches and lighters when kids are around. 17. Keep portable space heaters away from anything flammable. 18. Put screens on fireplaces to contain sparks. Have the chimney cleaned annually. 19. Keep candles away from kids, pets and curtains. 20. One of the major causes of household fires is flammable liquids. Store them safely away from heat sources and children.
BUCKFIELD — Buckfield Junior/Senior High School has announced its Trimester 2 honor roll for the 2018-19 school year. Named to the honor roll are:
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MAINE NEWS CALENDAR MAY May 3 — Turner Public Library fundraiser concert, featuing local acts, 6:30 p.m. First Universalist Church, Route 117, featuring LA Winds, pianist Ethan Rombalski, Celtic Echoes, Anthony and Una Shostak, $5, www.TurnerPublicLibrary.org. May 3 — Spring Pops Concert Series, Kennebec Performing Arts Co., 7 p.m., William and Elsie Viles Auditorium, Cony High School, $8 until May 2. $10 at the door; students free, 207-370-5381, kpac.board@gmail.com, Kennebec Performing Arts Co. on Facebook. May 4 — Cary Library First Saturday book sale and boutique breakfast, 9 a.m.noon, Williams House, 14 Old Winthrop Road, Wayne, benefits Wayne Library Assotiation, 207-685-3612. May 4 — Kiwanis Club of Greater Waterville annual Health and Safety Fun Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, Messalonskee Middle School, 33 School Bus Drive, Oakland, 207-465-2496. May 4 — Mother's Day Spring Fling craft and vendor event, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mixers Nightclub & Lounge 136 Sabattus Road, Sabattus, 207-330-5330. May 4 — Free Comic Book Day, 10 a.m.-2p.m., Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm St., 207-872-5433, staylor@watervillelibrary.org. May 4 — Androscoggin United Way’s ninth annual Touch-A-Truck, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St., Auburn, https://www. facebook.com/events/1073188846200899/. May 4 — North Waterford Congregational Church baked haddock supper to benefit the annual Waterford World's Fair, 5-6:30 p.m., $10, ages 6-15 $5, children 5 and under eat for free, 5 Kezars Road, louise1@maine.rr.com.
May 4 — Community Supper, 5:30 p.m., at the Congregational Church of East Sumner. featuring Mexican dishes for Cinqo de Mayo, 50 Main St., Rte. 219, East Sumner, 207-388-2263 or 207-388-2609. May 4 — Grange supper and acoustic mic night, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wilson Grange, Main Street, East Wilton. May 4 — Spring Pops Concert Series, Kennebec Performing Arts Co., 7 p.m., Winthrop Performing Arts Center, Winthrop High School, $8 until May 2. $10 at the door; students free, 207-370-5381, kpac.board@ gmail.com, Kennebec Performing Arts Co. on Facebook. May 4 — CODA Chorus, Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony, Pineland Suzuki players spring concert, 7 p.m., Hope Baptist Church, good will offering accepted. May 5 — Leeds Historical Society program the early 1900s “shopping mall” of downtown Leeds Center, free, 1 p.m., Leeds Town Office, 8 Community Drive, 207-524-2324 May 5 — Hart-to-Hart Farm & Educational Center, ShineOnCass Foundation 3rd annual ShineOnCass Animal Baby Shower & Egg Hunt, free, 2-4 p.m. ,16 Duck Pond Road, Albion, 6 and under hunt 2:30, followed by 7-12 hunt; attendants asked to bring a pet item for Humane Society Waterville Area, 207-437-2441, info@ hart2hartfarm.org, www. hart2hartfarm.org, shineoncass.org. May 5 — Aging in Mount Vernon forum, 3-4:30 p.m., Mount Vernon Community Center, discussion, refreshments, free and open to all, contact Neighbors Driving Neighbors at 207-860-0677 in in need of a ride, for more nformation, call 207-2932954 (Mary Anne Libby) or email Alice at alson815@ gmail.com. May 5 — Trinity Jubilee
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required, 207-783-0461. May 15 — SCORE Oxford Hills social media workshop, "Hashtagging Bravely on Instagram,"free, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oxford Hills School District Building, 232 Main St. oxfordhills.score. org, ali.simpson@scorevolunteer.org. May 16 — "The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod,” by Henry Beston book discussion, 6:30-8 p.m., Norway Public Library, part of spring book discussion series, 207-743-5309 ext. 1 or visit the library’s website at www.norway.lib.me.us. May 17 — Gardiner ArtWalk, 5-8 p.m., downtown Gardiner, free, open to public, Facebook. May 18 — Skowhegan Class of 1963 breakfast, 9 a.m., Wentworth's Country Diner, 347 Waterville Road, Norridgewock, 207-8580946. May 18, 19 — NorwayParis Fish and Game Assn. 6th annual Gun, Sportman and Crafter Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Oxford Fairgrounds, Pottle Road, Oxford, NPFG. org.
MONTHLY MEETINGS BUCKFIELD: The Jones Dance Band, 7-10 p.m. every Saturday, Buckfield Masonic Hall, 4 High St., $5 donationm Facebook page The Jones Dance Band Playing in Buckfield. OTISFIELD: Sewing/Craft group, 1-3:30 p.m. Wednesday except third Wednesday, East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, 231 Rayville Road, free, 207-461-1995, dobleverrill@gmail.com. Community Lunch,
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11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. third Wednesday, Community Hall, 292 Oxford Road, 207539-4368. Friday Walking Group, 9 a.m., Community Hall, carpools to site, email jimandmoe@gmail.com to get on list. Contra dances, 6:30-9 p.m., fourt Saturday of month, Facebook Otisfield Contra Dance, 207-5393072. OXFORD: Oxford Hills Business After Hours, first Thursday of the month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., venue changes, 207-7432281. Anderson Staples American Legion, 169 King St., Oxford, meets at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of the month; all veterans welcome, 207-595-4200. BRIDGTON: Friends of the Bridgton Public Library, 9:30 a.m. second Tuesday of the month, Bridgton Public Library, 1 Church St. Lakes Region Substance Awareness Coalition, 4:30-6 p.m. second Thursday of the month, Bridgton Municipal Complex, downstairs, lrsacmaine.org, lrsacoalition@ gmail.com, 207-803-9987. GREENE: Morse Memorial Library book discussion, third Thursday of the month, every other month beginning in January; 2 p.m. January, November; 5:30 p.m. March, May, July, September. Attend any or all, comment on Facebook, 105 Main St., 207-946-5544, www.morse.lib.me.us.
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LOCAL ARTISTS
Art show receptions planned for May 3 in Norway NORWAY — The Western Maine Art Group continues its spring season with a two-location First Friday Reception May 3 at the Main Street Gallery, 426 Main St., and the Matolcsy Art Center, 480 Main St. These galleries exhibit the work of fine artists and artisans living and working in Western Maine. The Main Street Gallery reception is from 5 to 7 p.m.; the Matolscy Center will be open from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Featured at the Main Street Gallery in May are the paintings of Judson Pealer, Western Maine Art Group’s Artist of the Month, who describes his abstract work: “I love color and I love the things paint can do to create a visual experience. I usually work fast with bold strokes hoping to be surprised and invited into a new world. I hope that is your experience too.” The Main Street Gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. At the nearby Matolcsy Art Center, Don Best and Judy West Schneider will host an exhibit of their original artwork. Best is carving musicians with attitudes and pets while Schneider is
experimenting with painting over dry-point prints to create abstracted landscapes. The work will also be available for viewing Saturday May 4, from noon to 3 p.m. The window of opportunity to see their work is short because of a show of student work slated for Friday, May 10. The galleries are free and open to the public.
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Lisbon native returns to the classroom to give back
By Ross Cunningham LISBON — The corporate board room and a pre-kindergarten classroom intersected in a very unique way March 26. Doug Herling, Lisbon native and president and CEO of Central Maine Power, took time out of his day to read a story to preschoolers at Lisbon Community School. “For the last 19 years, CMP has donated children’s books to school libraries and municipal libraries across the communities we serve,” said Herling in a letter to the students’ families. The books selected were traditionally Caldecott Award
winners. “As the company’s new president and CEO and as a lifelong Mainer, it will be my goal to select work by the talented and hardworking writers and illustrators who choose to call Maine home.” Joining Herling was author Patty Farrin, who has written “The Teacup Café.” The two took turns telling the wonderful tale of a mother and daughter sharing a cup of tea together and learning about finding the beauty inside of things. As Herling read the story, Farrin showed the beautiful drawings, created by Maine resident Hillary Davis. The fourand five-year-old children in teacher Kendra O’Connell’s
class listened to the tale and talked with Farrin after the story. She shared her experience finding an old trailer and the beauty inside of it as she restored it. She encouraged them to look for the beauty inside people they meet as well. As a graduate of Lisbon High School, Herling said he found this visit especially rewarding because O’Connell taught Herling’s daughter when she was a student at the Marion T. Morse elementary school in Lisbon Falls. Lisbon Community School Principal Robert Kahler was honored by not only the visit but also by the gift of autographed books for all the chil-
dren in the class. “Although the PTO very graciously arranges for a visiting author or artist each year, this was a wonderful added bonus,” he said. It is a CMP tradition that the president visits a class to read each year, emphasizing the importance of reading in everyday life. March is National Reading Month, and Herling’s letter further states “Education is a priority in our giving, and we think this simple but special tradition emphasizes that commitment in a special way for children and Maine families.” “The Teacup Café” is available on Amazon.
Ross Cunningham photo Doug Herling, president and CEO of Central Maine Power Co., joins Maine author Patty Farrin to read her book, “The Teacup Café,” to pre-K students at Lisbon Community School.
CHAMBER BUSINESS OF THE MONTH
Valley View Orchard Pies named Oxford Hills Chamber Business of the Month OXFORD — The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce membership committee is pleased to announce Valley View Orchard Pies as the recipient of its March Business of the Month award. Valley View Orchard Pies has made great strides since buying this business last year. The relocation to Oxford
gave them more room and the ability to expand the products they can offer and giving the public the ability to buy retail. They deliver twice a week to many farm stands, gourmet food shops and grocery stores in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. They also can do pie fundraisers
as well through the holiday seasons for organizations and schools. Besides making pies they also offer Whoopie Pies — classic, chocolate mint, chocolate peanut butter and pumpkin cream cheese; teacakes — blueberry lemon, lemon and orange cranberry; trays — apple crisp, blueberry cobbler and blue-
berry crisp; apples — peeled, cored and sliced (September through April). The Chamber’s Business of the Month program is designed to raise awareness and celebrate various member achievements. Each month, the Chamber makes a charitable donation on behalf of the Business of the Month to the
“Feeding Oxford Hills” initiative or Rightstart’s Christmas for Kids and Teens programs. The donation is based on at least 20 percent of the
net proceeds raised during the Festival of Trees event. The January donation of $175 will be given to the “Feeding Oxford Hills” program.
Maine Golf Heritage Scramble We Need Your Help Saving Maine’s Heritage For Future Generations The Maine Heritage Scramble is played on the beautiful and challenging classic Donald Ross-designed golf course, with views of the White Mountains and bordering lakes. Optional period attire, plentiful food, longest drive contests, and bagpipe music add to the experience. We believe Arthur Fenn and Donald Ross, Poland Spring’s golf course architects, would approve. As in the past, this year’s tournament proceeds will be used for the preservation of the Maine State Building and the All Souls Chapel. Because of the generosity of the Poland Spring Resort providing the golf course, carts and food for no cost we are able to put more than 80% of the moneys received directly into our buildings and programs. In advance of the event, we are asking for your commitment to be one of our golfers, sponsors, or donors to the silent auction. We thank you for your interest in and support of the Poland Spring Preservation Society’s mission in preserving Maine’s history and traditions.
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President & Chairman Golf Committee Poland Spring Preservation Society The Poland Spring Preservation Society is a non-profit organization, with fund-raising as our major source of support. The Society is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Maine State Building, built for the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, and the All Souls Chapel, a non-denominational place of worship built in 1912 for the world famous Poland Spring Hotels. Both structures are now owned by the Society and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Society’s other objectives are to: • Offer historic tours, art shows and other educational programming for school children in the Town of Poland and other communities at no cost. • Preserve the rich heritage of Poland Spring, the local community and the state through our research library, archival collections and publications.
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Britny Belskis
Britny Belskis has earned an associate degree in early childhood education and is continuing her ministerial studies at Southeastern University in Florida.
Hey, Friends, I want to apologize to you all for the last few articles that have been sporadic. All I can say is life as a college student is tough right now, but also
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Living like you mean it I’m enjoying every single moment of it. That being said, I want to let you know I still love sharing what is going on in my life with you. Over the past few weeks, I have learned so much about where I am and where I’m going. I want to make sure that I’m intentionally being who God wants me to be, as well as where he wants me to go in this life. I just heard someone say, “Live like you mean it.” This saying has haunted me to the point where it has me intrigued. What does it mean to live like we mean it? Does it mean
we can be brave and show people the truest of ourselves? Does it mean we will embrace the challenges in our lives that once crippled us? I don’t know all the answers, but I know who has the answers. As we all are walking out this journey, we will encounter ways to tap into what it means to live like we mean it. As humans we are born to be in community, which allows us to share our light with those around us. Community with others is essential for building unity in our world. It doesn’t have to be a big thing everyone knows about.
It doesn’t have to be a huge event. Just start small. It’s like when you go camping and you make a fire to roast marshmallows. The fire isn’t already created out of thin air (unless it’s a God thing, then that’s something else), but it’s created by gathering twigs, branches, paper and whatever else you need to build a fire. Let light catch fire and shine through our communities, as bright and strong as it can be. For me, being in community with people is something special, it gives me hope there are people with so much goodness and potential.
Another way we can live like we mean it is facing the unknown. As I shared on having community a second ago, we must be brave enough to embrace the unknown; this is where we can grow into the people we are meant to be. This is/was the hardest thing for me to wrap my mind around. Why? Well, I suffer from anxiety, which has made life tough some of the time. I’ve learned different ways to handle it (celebrate recovery/therapist/pastor). Now I embrace the unknown and put myself out there — to be brave.
One of my favorite authors, Annie F. Downs, once said, “There are times when God pushes me to go past that line and be brave, not in an uncomfortable way, but in a brave way.” (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=uBd6xnimzxg n.d.) This phrase is so true because there have been moments in my life where I wanted to play it safe (stay in my comfort zone), but God gave me a nudge where he said “Britny, here is your new opportunity; embrace it.” So, the next time you feel afraid, know you are not alone. The best is yet to come!
FEATURE COLUMN
Interpretation. There’s no accounting for it John McDonald
As they say down at the Moxie plant, “There’s no accounting for taste.” Hey, speaking of Moxie, have you heard of the coffee shop in Portland that’s now serving a drink called a “Moxichino?” Sorry, I digress. When it comes to some food — like a plate of sushi or a pile of pigs feet — what is it that makes some folks say they just can’t get enough of it, while another group of equally sincere folks say with equal fervor that they’d rather starve than eat such stuff? Over the years, I’ve of-
ten scratched my head and wondered how there can be so many different responses to one thing. Writing for various newspapers over time, I’ve done lots of stories on all kinds of subjects. In the process of writing these stories, I’ve asked witnesses to describe simply — in their own words —what they saw or heard. You would not believe the responses. Well, maybe you would believe them, but I often didn’t. You’d think these people were in different time zones instead of standing right next to each other watching as a single event unfolded before their eyes. When it comes to the columns I write for this space each week, it’s the same thing. You’d never know
that two readers reading the same column could come up with such different responses, but I suppose that’s what makes life worth reading about in the first place. That’s what eventually feeds things like the giant “letters to the editor” industry. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy getting your letters and emails each week and reading your comments and critiques. As you know, each week at the end of this column (space permitting) my address is given, so that you can get in touch with me. With all that having been said, I want to tell you about the response I got from my column several weeks back. I wrote about how things have been changing here in Maine over the years. Specifically, I wrote of how
we’ve gone from a place where you never had to lock your doors and protect your private property (even during tourist season) to the present state of affairs, where people go driving around the state stealing things like snowplows and shovels. Not more than a few days after the column appeared, I received two letters about it, one from Cambridge and one from Monmouth. Those two writers differed from each other by about 180 degrees. Anita wrote: “Your article this week about taking what isn’t yours made me laugh. We’ve been having a problem with a small ditch that we’ve been fill-
ing over the years with rocks from our fields. Three times now we have had cars or trucks back right up to the ditch to help themselves to all the rocks. It’s like they don’t have a clue that maybe they were put there for a reason. With our suggestion that they put them back, they move on. The good Lord willing, we’ll fill that ditch some day – if people will leave our rocks alone.”
left alone anymore what is our beautiful state coming to? Not that this excuses anybody, Anita, but lately I have noticed a lot of beautiful stonewalls around Monmouth. Feeling pretty good about myself, I then opened the letter from Dianne in Cambridge. Like I said, she read the same column but managed to come up with an all together different view. Unlike Anita she was not amused with the column.
I hear you, Anita! Not only did she agree with me wholeheartedly about how private property isn’t as safe as it used to be, she provided a fine example. I don’t know about you, but when a pile of rocks in a ditch can’t be
She began: “Generally, I enjoy your column, but this one about nailing things down really got me. How do you think we recycle things here in Maine? Ask any Mainer about some of his favorite lawn pieces and chances are you’ll find he ‘appropriated’ them at one time or other. Isn’t there enough to complain about, enough to share, without you adding another straw to the camel’s back? Don’t stir up the hornet’s nest, huh?”
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How about stirring up the hornet’s nest with that straw from the camel’s back? Now that column may not have solved the problem of people going around snitching things, but I sure got people like Anita and Dianne thinking about the problem, and that’s all I set out to do in the first place. John McDonald is a storyteller and the author of five regional bestsellers, including “A Moose and a Lobster walk into a Bar”and “The Main Dictionary.” Contact him at maineauthorjohn.mcdonald@yahoo.com or call: 207 240 8324.
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#66, RARE, RARE TRIKE, ALMOST NEW, YOU MUST SEE THIS !
PRICE
or
PRICE
$12,987 or $152 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER
ONLY 202 ORIGINAL MILES
FOR MORE INFO PRICE $23,987 or $281 MO. MO. MO. CALL
SALE SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PER
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER
2009 FORD F150 SUPCAB LARIAT
2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500LT
#J308A. LARIAT WITH LOW MILES, CAP, 4WD, NICE LIST OF OPTIONS
#J352AA. 4.8L V8, 4WD, CLEAN, LONG LIST OF OPTIONS, HD SUSPENSION PKG
PRICE PRICE
$19,987
or $235 MO.
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER PRICE
2015 FORD F150 CREW
#J435B. 4WD & DISCS, MANY OPTIONS, EXTRA CLEAN, REALLY NICE TRUCK
$27,987 or $328 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
$21,987 or $257 MO.
#J166A. AWD, V6, 22K MILES, POWER OPTIONS, NAVIGATION, LOADED
$31,987 or $375 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
2018 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT
#P0826. XL TRIM PKG, 4 WHEEL DISC, PASSENGER DOORS, BUCKETS & MORE
$22,987 or$269 MO.
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER
2017 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD SPORT
2018 FORD F150 SUPCAB
#P0840. 4WD, V6, LONG LIST OF OPTIONS, 31K MILES, MATCHING CAP
#J198A. ONLY 23K MILES, LIKE NEW, 4WD, LONG LIST OF OPTIONS
PRICE
$29,987or $351 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
PRICE
$33,987or $398 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
ALL FINANCING SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL, ALL VEHICLES INCLUDE $289 DOCUMENT FEE, PAYMENTS WITH 25% DOWN CASH OR TRADENO MONEY DOWN TO QUALIFIED BUYERS 3.99% APR, 72 MONTHS FOR 2003 OR LATER, EXCLUDES TAX AND TITLE FEE
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