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USDA Action Protects Integrity of Certified Organic Labels STATEWIDE The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced recently its “Strengthening Organic Enforcement” (SOE) final rule, which protects integrity in the organic foods supply chain, building consumer and industry trust in USDA organic labeling. The updated final rule aims to strengthen organic control systems, improve farm-to-market traceability, and provide stronger enforcement of the USDA organic regulations. The updated law
enforcements were spearheaded by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.
“When rule-breakers cheat the system, it sows seeds of doubt about the organic label’s integrity and jeopardizes the future of the industry as a whole,” said Pingree. “As a longtime organic farmer, I know how expensive and time consuming it is to adhere to the required standards to earn a USDA certified organic label. It’s been a long wait, but I am pleased that the USDA is publishing a final rule that works to help consumers trust that the food they’re paying for was
actually farmed in a way that supports soil health, minimizes synthetic material usage, and strengthens biodiversity, as the organic label suggests. Equally importantly, it is critical that farmers who comply with the rigorous certification standards are not losing sales to fraudulent growers, suppliers, or importers.” “Protecting and growing the organic sector and the trusted USDA organic seal is a key part of the USDA Food Systems Transformation initiative,” said
OPA Offers Free Films on Sundays in February OGUNQUIT Ogunquit Performing Arts’ (OPA) free classic film festival continues to host film-goers on wintry Sunday afternoons. Supported by volunteers and classic film collectors who donate their time and their classic films, the series, screened at the Dunaway Center’s community auditorium, is a great alternative for those who are not outdoor enthusiasts or just want a place to gather with family, friends and neighbors - and enjoy free popcorn - on a wintry Sunday afternoon. The four February films represent some of the earliest of
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the screwball, physical, and romantic comedy genres. Released between 1938 and 1967, three of the films debut a template followed by many subsequent romantic comedies: zany antics and pratfalls, absurd situations, mistaken identities, miscommunication and animal stars. Wellknown, talented comedy and romantic actors display some of their earliest work in this genre: Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, and Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Unusual for some titillating scenes for the times - an adulterous couple sharing a hotel room, a shirtless Clark Gable (reported as causing a decline in sales of undershirts), a man dressed in a woman’s negligee, and a hanging question of whether one of
the films was the first fictional work to use the word “gay” in a homosexual context- would appear to be mild in today’s sexy hyper-comedies. Films are screened at the Dunaway Center’s community auditorium, 23 School Street, Ogunquit, on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. The following February films are as listed:
It Happened One Night (1934): Sunday, February 5 This film was inspired by a short story, “Night Bus,” by Samuel Hopkins Adams, with screenplay by Robert Riskin. A pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get away from her overprotective wealthy father, and meets a roguish reporter (Clark Gable) while traveling on a Greyhound bus from Florida to New York City, to reunite with the fortune hunter she married over her father’s objections. The bus breaks down and in return for an exclusive story, Gable offers to help her reunite with her husband. And so their adventure begins with hitchhiking, car theft, betrayal, misunderstanding, crossed paths, and of course, falling in love. The film is the first of only three
USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt. “The Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule is the biggest update to the organic regulations since the original Act in 1990, providing a significant increase in oversight and enforcement authority to reinforce the trust of consumers, farmers, and those transitioning to organic production. This success is another demonstration See ORGANIC on page 11 . . . films ever to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. Barefoot in the Park (1967): Sunday, February 12 This film (pictured), based on a play of the same name, written by Neil Simon, and screenplay by Simon, is set in NYC’s Greenwich Village in a fifth-floor walk-up, where mismatched newlyweds, a conservative lawyer (Robert Redford) and a spirited young woman (Jane Fonda), whose passionate relationship descends into comical discord. This light, farcical tale, features an eccentric neighbor (Charles Boyer) and Fonda’s lonely mother (a wonderful performance by Mildred Natwick), multiple mismatches and misunderstandings, a potential love match and a threatened See FILMS on page 7 . . .
AARP Tax-Aide at Kittery Community Center KITTERY AARP Foundation TaxAide provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone, free of charge, with a focus on taxpayers who are over 50 and have low to moderate incomes. Tax-Aide volunteers are located nationwide, and are trained and IRS-certified every year to make sure they know about and understand the latest changes and addi-
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tions to the tax code. Tax-Aide sites are currently open for the 2022 tax season. Beginning Wednesday, February 8, an AARP Foundation Tax-Aide site will be open in Kittery to provide tax assistance. The tax site will be at the Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Road, in Kittery. Appointments are available Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Thursdays 4-7 p.m., through
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April 12. Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, contact the Kittery Community Center at 207-439-3800. For more information on AARP Tax Aide, visit https:// states.aarp.org/maine/tax-aide. COVID-19 conditions may affect site availability on short notice. Call ahead to confirm that the site is open the day of the appointment.
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