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Greene Town Office Calls Village Day Huge Success
Young students from Pelletier’s School of Martial Arts in Lewiston demonstrate some of
their skills to the crowd at Greene Village Days on September 10. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
The town of Greene had
its annual Village Day celebration on September 10.
The town website called
it a “Huge Success”. Bigger and better, this year’s
event began with a morning parade with the theme
“Small Town Heroes”.
The Grand Marshall
was Pam Sirois. Preparing ahead of time for the
event were the entrants
of the Mr. Legs Contest
and the Chili and Chowder Cook Offs. The winner of the Legs Contest
was John Soucy. The Best
Chili belonged to Kristin
Bilodeau while the Best
Chowder award went to
Kevin Harrington.
After an opening ceremony at the Recreation
Fields behind the Greene
Elementary School, citizens had the day of activities and demonstrations
to look forward to. A long
list of vendors and other
groups lined the field with
food and game booths.
Fire trucks were on site
to help with the Fireman’s
Muster between the towns
of Turner, Leeds and
Greene.
Just a few of the activities were: Wagon Rides,
Touch a Truck, Tossing
Games, Frog Jumping for
the youngsters while the
ladies could take part in
a Skillet Throw. Pelletier
School of Martial Arts put
on a Karate demonstration and Sandy’s School
of Dance performed. Several local businesses had
booths along with craft
makers. The Morse Memorial Library had a book
sale. The Wardens, Sherriff and Rescue personnel
were also represented at
the day-long event. Attracting more folks to the
activities was the scheduling of a couple, youth
soccer matches. n
Amy’s New Heart Benefit Supper and Concert
As you read this, Turner resident Amy Prince is awaiting a heart
transplant in a Boston hospital. Sixteen years ago, Amy, daughter
of Don and Jeanne Prince, was successfully treated for cancer.
Unfortunately, the treatments took a toll on her heart and a transplant is now urgently needed.
This medical emergency brings with it a multitude of unexpected
costs and expenses. Turner residents, family and friends have rallied to help with Amy’s financial needs. On Saturday, October 22nd,
there will be a benefit turkey dinner, silent auction and concert by local
artists to raise money for Amy. The festivities will be held at Leavitt
Area High School with the dinner in the café from 5 to 7 and will
continue with a 7 pm concert in the Leavitt Area HS auditorium.
If you would like to donate an item to the Silent Auction, please
contact Mary Richardson at 225-3945. If you would like to contribute a dessert for the supper or help with serving or cleanup,
please contact Cindy Tibbetts at 224-8220.
If you are unable to attend the benefit, there is an online fund raising
site available at https://helphopelive.org/campaign/11856
We hope to see you all on October 22nd. Thank you for your support and
please keep Amy in your thoughts and prayers. n
Androscoggin Historical Society Lists Eight Programs
Beverly Robbins, chair of the program committee of
the Androscoggin Historical Society, announces that the
Society will present eight programs during its 2016-17
season. Topics will include a Maine woman advocating
women’s suffrage, the first African-Americans in Lewiston, and tools and household devices from long ago.
Most of the programs will be presented at the Society’s headquarters, located in the Androscoggin County
Courthouse at the corner of Turner and Court Streets in
Auburn. There will be a genealogy workshop at the Auburn Library. There is no admission charge; donations
are accepted.
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February 28: Candace Kane will discuss the lives of
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Funny things kids say!
4-year-old son lived with us
in our farmhouse. During
a thunderstorm with heavy
rain, we lost power in the
middle of the night. Out in
the country, when you lose
power, it is dark!
A louc clap of thunder
woke up our grandson who
then yelled for his father.
His father felt and worked
his way through the living
room and up the hall to his
son’s room, telling him all
was well and that it was just
the storm that had knocked
out the power.
Our grandson said, “Oh,
thank God. I thought I had
gone blind.”
– Mo Lizotte in Jay.
Years ago, my 3-year-old
niece Brianna came running
into the laundry room, phone
in hand, yelling, “Momma,
Momma, it’s Millie Importure, it’s Millie Importure!”
My sister knew no one
named Millie and when she
got on the phone, no one
was there. This happened
several times over the next
few months until my sister
finally realized her daughter
was mimicking her, as kids
so often do to their parents.
Whenever my sister was
on the phone and the kids
started getting loud, she
would say to them, “Shh, it’s
really important!”
– Catherine White, Wilton.
I heard a funny one from
my granddaughter a few
years back. She was visiting
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in New England from Kentucky. I took her to the beach
and she could not get to the
water fast enough.
All of a sudden she called
out, “Grandma, help! My
feet have headaches!”
This was her first time in
our cold waters. The “feet
headaches” soon disappeared and she had a great
time.
– Evelyn Wedding in Norway.
It has been an unspoken
ritual at our house for many
years: the grandkid(s) come
in, get Gramp’s underwear
out of his bureau, and quickly stuff ‘em in the freezer.
Next morning, Gramps gets
up, rants and raves, “When
will they ever learn that this
is NOT funny!”
Grandkid(s) tee-hee and
it’s another memory never
to be forgotten. Only this
time it was the three- and
four-year-olds who did it for
their first time, after observing their siblings or cousins.
There was only one problem. They hurriedly stuck
the underwear in the freezer
in the ice cube maker! In the
middle of the night, I could
hear grinding noises in the
kitchen.
Yes, you guessed it!
I pulled and tugged to no
avail. Gramp’s underwear
had to be cut out of the ice
cube maker. Thank goodness it didn’t break the ice
cube maker because then
Gramps would have really
ranted and raved.
But the story doesn’t end
there. A few weeks afterward, we had company from
out of state who couldn’t
wait to drink our delicious
well water, not the chlorinated city water they have back
home.
My friend kept saying, “It
doesn’t taste the same. It
just doesn’t taste like the last
time we were here.”
On their last day visiting
My grandson was cooking with me when he asked,
“Nana, do you always make
everything from Scotch?”
“No! No! Do you mean
scratch?” I replied.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
My great-granddaughter
was 5 years old when her
When my grandson was
about five years old, he said,
“Mummy, it is Nana and her
friend Grampy.” My grandson was jumping for joy as
he had been waiting for us to
arrive for a visit.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
Having received a cool
Batman outfit for Christmas,
my grandson wore it to pick
up a dinner order at a restaurant. His aunt was horrified
when he pushed past her
and announced, “I’m Batman and I’m here to rob the
place.”
It got so quiet and then all
you could hear was laughter
in the restaurant!
It took some discussion
when he got home on what
was wrong with making that
announcement!
– Cheryl in Mexico.
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I was visiting my brother
several years ago and his
grandchildren stopped by
to visit after an afternoon of
swimming.
Three-year-old Michael
kept staring at me and having never seen hearing aids
asked,”Aunt Barb, how
come you still have your ear
plugs in?”
– Barb in Rumford.
great-grandfather
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away. Her father told her
that her great grandfather
had gone to heaven.
She said, “Oh, he packed
his bags and has gone to see
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– Hazel in Livermore.
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Blanche A. Judd, 86, a
resident of Montello Heights
in Lewiston and formerly
a longtime resident of Goding Road in Livermore,
passed away surrounded by
her loving family Thursday,
September 22nd at Hospice
House of Androscoggin in
Auburn following a long
illness. She was born in
Livermore Falls, July 20,
1930 the daughter of Alzear Boucher and Blanche
(Bibeau) Boucher. She was
a graduate of Livermore
Falls High School and a
communicant of St. Rose of
Lima Church. Blanche married Thomas Judd, Jr. at St.
Rose of Lima on February
1, 1951.
He passed away June 6,
2000. She is survived by
her daughters, Deborah and
husband Wayne Printy and
Terry and her husband Clifford Berry; grandchildren,
Michael Riley, Jennifer
Berry Fogle, Keith Riley,
Jessica Berry, Karen Riley,
Howard Fogle, Kevin Hudson and Emily Bilodeau;
great-grandsons, Evan Riley
and Ben Fogle, and her sister, Irene Castonguay of Jay.
She was predeceased by her
parents, her husband, Thomas Judd, Jr., her sister, Moselle Dubord and her brother,
Robert Boucher. The family
is profoundly grateful to the
staff of Montello Heights for
the care and kindness they
showed her over the years
she resided there. Also, they
would like to thank the staff
of Androscoggin Hospice
and Homecare. Messages
of condolence may be sent
to: www.finleyfuneralhome.
com. n
Church Supper
A church supper will be
held Saturday, Oct. 22, at
5 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Gray,
Route 115, Gray.
The menu will include
baked beans, casseroles, salads, homemade breads and
desserts, and assorted beverages.
Adults are $8 and under
12 are $4. Handicapped accessible. For more info, contact 657-4279; on the day of
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Keeping Fitness Pace with the Weather
Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well
Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA
Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
and Motivational Speaker
[email protected]
Don’t slowdown your
activity level just because the weather is
changing. It is so easy
to hibernate when the
days start getting shorter and the weather cooler. Most of us are much
more active in the warm
sunny days of summer.
Golfing, biking, hiking,
boating, yardwork and
just doing outdoor activities has whipped us
into shape and now we
are faced with the chilly
nights and days or Autumn. Hmmm, what to
do? Let’s keep all those
healthy fitness gains
you made this summer.
Change with the weather
instead of hibernating.
When playing 9 holes of
golf at the end of the day
is no longer an option.
Bundle up and take a
brisk walk but make sure
it at least 2 miles. That’s
what it will take to substitute the exercise you
get on the golf course.
If safety is a concern of
yours, many of the local
schools will allow you to
walk inside in their gymnasiums when not in use.
The mall is also a good
option for a few walking
laps at the end of your
day. You can always
join one of the local Y’s
or gyms and enjoy the
social groups, exercise
classes and exercise
equipment that these
facilities provide. Still
not ready to pull your
fitness routine inside?
Well one of my favorite
things to do this time of
year is hike and explore
Maine’s Parks. Hiking in
the Fall Foliage is fabulous right now. Try making the time to explore
these parks and take
advantage of the hiking
opportunities. Here are a
few of my favorite plac-
es. Many of these Parks
have hikes and special
events going on in the
month of October.
•Mt. Battie in Camden
Hill State Park in Camden
•Lily Bay State Park in
Greenville – “they have
a special hike around
Moosehead Lake on Oct
10th.”
•Wolfe’s Neck state
Park in Freeport – “they
have a special event hike
on Oct 10th”
•Range Pond State
Park in Poland – “they
have a special event
Hike on Oct 15th”
•Mt Blue State Park
and Tumbledown Mountain – in Weld
•Acadia National State
Park Many hiking trials
which are safe and clean
•Bigelow Range in
Western Maine
•Gulf Hagas in the
North Maine Woods
•Saddleback and Kennebago Mt. in Rangeley
I hope you take advantage of some of these
autumn foliage hikes and
enjoy the views and stay
fit.
Live Long, Live Well. n
Kennebec County
Retired Educators Support
the Classroom
By Kay Grindall
The Kennebec Retired
Educators
Association
(KREA) is comprised of
retired educators from 60
schools in 31 cities and
towns. In an effort to give
back to the schools where
they spent many years,
KREA awards two $150
grants to two educators
in Kennebec County for
classroom use. The grants
will supplement expenses
for student-centered, inter-disciplinary projects
and may be expended
for materials used in the
classroom, speakers’ fees,
project development expenses, etc.
“Even though we are
not actively teaching in
the classroom anymore,
for many of us retirees
that is where our hearts
remain long after we leave
teaching,” says Phil Gonyar, chairperson of the Innovative Classroom Grant
Committee, and retired social studies educator from
Waterville High School.
Grant description and
applications have been
disseminated to every
principal of all elementary, middle, and high
schools. The principals
have made them available
to the classroom teachers.
Grant applications are
to be submitted by October 31. The winning
applicant will be notified
by December 1 and will
receive the grant money at
that time.n
Cheryl Wheeler to Perform
Cheryl Wheeler will
be performing at Johnson Hall Performing Arts
Center on Water Street in
Gardiner on Friday, Oct.
7, at 7:30 p.m.
Cheryl Wheeler has to
be seen to be appreciated. Nothing you read and
nothing you hear from
her albums prepares you
for how good a performer she is. You may not be
familiar with Cheryl, but
you have probably heard
her music. She is very
respected as a songwriter
by her peers, which can
be seen by how many of
them record her songs.
Cheryl’s songs have
been covered by artists
as diverse as Dan Seals,
Peter Paul and Mary,
Kenny Loggins, Garth
Brooks, Suzy Boggus,
Melanie, Bette Midler, Maura O’Connell,
Sylvia, Kathy Mattea,
and Holly Near. If they
think she is great, then
you owe it to yourself to
learn more if you aren’t
familiar with her. From
her albums you can tell
that she is a gifted songwriter with a beautiful
voice. From other people’s comments about
her you can learn that
she is a natural storyteller with a fantastic sense
of humor. But until you
see her in person, you
never really believe what
you’ve been told about
her. Besides, almost half
of the songs she does
during her shows haven’t
been recorded!
Doors open at 7 p.m.
All seats are $32. Tickets
are available at Johnson
Hall’s Box Office from
12 to 3 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday and
Friday or at 582-7144
or by visiting their website at www.johnsonhall.
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Critter Chatter - Mange!
Carleen Cote
In our 51 years of rehabbing Maine’s wildlife, we have dealt with
many animals with
mange It used to be confined to foxes. Now we
get many infested porcupines. If they are heavily
infested, they do not survive.
Sarcoptic
mange,
which is passed from animal to animal by bodily contact, is caused by
a microscopic parasite
which burrows under the
skin. Signs of mange are
mild to moderate itching,
skin thickening, seborrhea (crust formation),
then severe, almost constant itching. The mite’s
secretions cause the itching. Hair or fur starts o
fall out because of the
constant scratching and
ensuing damage to hair
follicles. The scratching eventually leads to
open wounds, which
then become infected.
An animal will literally
die from overwhelming
infections. Sightings of
nearly bald animals as
a result of mange have
been reported. In this
case, late in the year, an
animal will perish from
the lack of protection
against winter’s freezing
temperatures.
Any animal can become infested with the
mange mite, including
humans. Many years ago,
during one of my husband
Don’s treks through the
woods, he came across
a dead fox and handled
it. Several days later, he
started itching, which increased daily. He visited
the family doctor who
diagnosed the cause of
itching as maybe something he ate or a change
in laundry detergent.
The itching continued to
worsen, finally sending
Donald to the hospital
emergency room! Diagnosis: mange. His treatment was the application
of lindain, a pesticide
absorbed through the
skin to kill the burrowing
mites, while taking care
to launder all bedding
and clothing. The activity of the mites ended, but
the itching continued,
slowly subsiding, for six
months.
We have received
several
mange-infested foxes, none of which
displayed signs of the affliction when they arrived
at our Center. As soon
as we were aware of the
situation, we removed
all bedding from the
fox houses, sprayed the
houses and grounds with
pesticide, burned the hay
bedding and treated the
animals and then the humans. Once we received
a young fox so heavily
infested with the mites
that we were advised not
to try to save it and, reluctantly, agreed. With
the onset of winter, we
were told that any mites
left on the ground by the
fox would not survive the
freezing temperatures.
Wrong! We discovered
that, not only had the
mites survived, they had
migrated from the area
where the young fox had
been kept over to the fox
pens some 25 feet away!
All the foxes were treated and survived to return
to the wild.
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the Cotes’ own resources
and outside donations.
Call them at 445-4326 or
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Fall Breakfast
New Location!
Dermatology Services
at the Androscoggin Valley Medical Arts Center
The Leeds Volunteer
Fire Department will host
its fall French toast and
pancake breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 6:30
to 10 a.m. at the Leeds
Fire Station, Route 106,
Leeds.
Menu items will include
pancakes, French toast,
eggs, bacon, sausage,
homefries, ham, homemade donuts, coffee and
juice. Adults are $6, and
children $4.
Funds raised at the
breakfast will be used to
upgrade the scene lighting
equipment on the town’s
mutual aid pumper truck. n
Turkey Dinner
Turner Fire and Rescue
will host its second annual
turkey supper on Nov. 12
at Boofy Quimby Hall,
Route 219, in North Turner. Dinner will be served
from 4 to 7 p.m.. and the
cost is $7 for adults and
$5 for children under age
12. A 50/50 raffle will be
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of moles or growths; treatment of pre-cancerous lesions; digital mole mapping; removal of
skin cancer and benign growths; skin patch testing; narrow band ultraviolet light therapy;
cryosurgery and electrocautery; steroid injections and more!
Dermatologist Dr. Joshua Sparling is a native of Maine who received his medical degree from
Dartmouth Medical School. He is board-certified and a Fellow of the American Academy of
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A referral from your primary care doctor may be needed for most services.
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Downeast Hatchery Suffers “Trout Crash”
V. Paul Reynolds
Plagued by low water at
West Grand Lake and rising
lake water temperatures of
the intake water at the Grand
Lake Stream fish hatchery,
the state wound up losing an
estimated 20,000 brook trout
fry at the hatchery over the
past few weeks.
According to Todd Langevin, Superintendent of
Hatcheries in Augusta, the
loss, while significant, should
“not impact the state’s overall
stocking program.” Langevin
says that in the state’s annual
stocking plans there are built
in buffers for such sudden
losses.
The fish that were lost were
close to fingerling size and
would have been stocked late
this fall. Although this was the
largest “trout crash” in recent
years at the Downeast hatchery, some hatchery trout were
lost in 2008 and 2012 due to
excessively warm lake water
being taken from the West
Grand Lake intake source.
Langevin says that there
have been no other significant
water temperature issues at
the state’s other trout hatcheries.
When asked if there was a
plan in the works to mitigate
the water temperature issue,
the hatcheries director indicated that there was a plan
on the drawing boards to
extend the lake intake pipe
into deeper water in search
of more suitable water temperatures. Projected cost for
extending the intake pipe to
deeper water is about a million dollars. The state’s annual budget for its stocking and
hatchery program is in excess
of three million dollars.
Estimated cost of this fall’s
trout fry loss is in the neighborhood of $8,000.00
****The man who works
on my always-in-the-shop
outboard motor never stops
grumbling about how ethanol
gasoline raises havoc with
small engines. Another man
I know, who is more engine
savvy than I, had been purchasing ethanol-free aviation
gas at a small airport. He paid
more, but was willing to pony
up some extra cash to keep
his engines running trouble
free. The state purportedly
has put a stop to that.
My outboard man tipped
me off to where I could buy
ethanol-free gas for my outboard. After some searching,
I found the energy company
that sells ethanol-free gas.
The woman at the counter
said that she would sell me
the ethanol-free gas, but first
it would be neccessary for
me to fill out and sign a form,
which was a waiver absolv-
ing the seller of any “liability.” My jaw dropped. “This is
a joke, right?” I queried. The
waiver ordered me to swear
that I would not burn the ethanol-free gas in any “vehicle.”
“This is dumb!” said I.
“Tell us about it,” she said
with a smile. As it turned out
the traditional gas was priced
almost double the going
pump price for the corn-fed
fuel. (Because of Maine law
the energy dealer can only
obtain ethanol-free gas by
bringing it down from Canada). I shook my head and
walked out. A few days later,
right on cue, I took my rough
- running outboard back to
the shop.
In the Florida Keys you
can buy ethanol-free gas right
at the pump, for a few cents
more. Most boaters patronize
these gas stations regularly.
Sometimes I think that
Maine, when it comes to state
government and its unrelenting nannying of its citizenry,
is just plain out to lunch. I
can remember when life in
Maine was a lot less complicated.
The author is editor of the
Northwoods Sporting Journal. He is also a Maine Guide
and host of a weekly radio
program “Maine Outdoors”
heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on
The Voice of Maine NewsTalk Network. He has three
books .Online purchase information is available at www.
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Turner Sailor Serves Aboard Guided-Missile
Destroyer in Pearl Harbor
A Turner, Maine native
is serving in the U.S. Navy
aboard the guided-missile
destroyer, USS O’Kane.
Seaman Justin Buck is a
ship’s serviceman aboard
the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer operating out of Joint Base
Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
A Navy ship’s serviceman is responsible for
managing and supplying
the ship’s laundry, vending
machines, and ship’s store.
“It’s a great job that let’s
me interact with the entire
crew,” said Buck, who also
serves as the ship’s barber
when at sea.
O’Kane, measures ap-
proximately 500 feet and
is powered by four gas
turbines that allow the destroyer to achieve over 30
knots in open seas.
According to Navy officials, destroyers are tactical multi-mission surface
combatants capable of conducting anti-air warfare,
anti-submarine
warfare
and anti-surface warfare,
as well as humanitarian
assistance. Fast, maneuverable, and technically advanced, destroyers provide
the required warfighting
expertise and operational
flexibility to execute any
tasking overseas.
“Our Naval Surface
Group Middle Pacific
guided-missile
destroy-
ers are poised, trained,
equipped and ready to deploy forward and support
the Fleet,” said Rear Adm.
John Fuller, Commander, Navy Region Hawaii
and Naval Surface Group
Middle Pacific. “Working
with friends and allies, our
MIDPAC Sailors provide
sea control, advance maritime security, enhance regional stability, and foster
continued prosperity in the
Indo-Asia-Pacific region.”
Approximately 30 officers and 300 enlisted
men and women make up
the ship’s company. Their
jobs are highly specialized
and keep each part of the
cruiser running smoothly,
according to Navy officials.
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Challenging living conditions build strong fellowship among the crew, Navy
officials explained. The
crew is highly motivated,
and quickly adapt to changing conditions. It is a busy
life of specialized work,
watches, and drills.
“I joined the Navy to
set an example for my little brother,” said Buck. “I
wanted to show him that
I decided to do something
positive in life and I hope
that I can be a good role
model for him. I wanted to
show him that hard work
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Church ‘Angel’ Donates $10,000 Anonymously
The congregation of the North Turner Union Presbyterian Church decided the only
possible way to say thank you for an anonymous donation of $10,000 was with a picture, in hopes the generous and kind-hearted person might see it. “We are truly grateful
and feel very blessed,” the church’s Board of Elders said.
It was a Sunday morning like any other until
the church treasurer Anne
Harrington opened a letter
and found a check made
out to the North Turner
Union Presbyterian Church
for $10,000. A bank check
with no name and no way to
identify the generous angel
who had sent it. Harrington
checked with some folks
just to make sure she was
reading it correctly.
The congregation could
think of no other way to
possibly reach this generous and wonderful person
except through the media.
The picture was meant to
convey not only their thanks
but their genuine happiness
and gratitude.
The little community
church in North Turner has
made a tremendous comeback in the last 15 years
after it was nearly closed
by the greater Presbyterian
Church. There were only
about six people attending,
there was no budget and
no pastor. But at the threat
of closure, a core group of
people got together and
started over, moving forward. It has been through
thoughtful and heartfelt
gifts, such as this one, that
the church now boasts between 40 and 50 people
each Sunday, public church
suppers, outreach missions
and an active and supportive pastor.
Known locally as the
“friendly” church, you are
more likely to get a hug
instead of a handshake
and every service includes
laughter. Members of the
congregation are hoping
their anonymous angel has
received some of those hugs
and speculation is running
rampant on who it might be.
What will be done with
the money has not been decided but at a recent meeting of the Board of Elders
they voted to donate $1,000
of the contribution to charity. Members of the congregation will be given a
number of possibilities and
asked to vote on their favor-
ite in the near future.
The church has a number of outreach programs
including the Turner Food
Bank which volunteers
from the church and community run with the monetary support of the Town
of Turner. Church members
give approximately 1,000
volunteer hours per year to
this program. Church volunteers also run the Community Clothing Center
from May to October and
give another 250 hours
per year. The church also
supports Teen Challenge
in Winthrop, a recovery
program for young adults
as well as the The Center
for Wisdom’s Women in
Lewiston, which serves as
a sanctuary in the midst of
one of the poorest neighborhoods in the area.
The church is immensely
grateful to our secret angel,
Elder Marie Duncan said.
And everyone is hoping the
person is getting their share
of hugs even if no one except the angel knows! n
Antique Auto Show Held
The Antique Auto Show
sponsored by the Hartford
Heritage Society, held at
the J & O Irish Museum,
was a huge success. On
display for visitors to check
out at the celebration were
25 cars, and more than 100
people toured the Museum.
The Best of Show chosen
by spectators were: • 1st place, a 1928 Ford
owned by Alfred Ferland of
Peru
• 2nd place, a 1954 Willy’s Jeep,owned by Mike
Norton of Sumner
• 3rd place, a 1930 Model A Roadster owned by
Glenn Wilcox of Sumner
Each entry received a
small gift from the society
with slightly larger gifts to
the winners.
Many visitors had not
previously seen the museum and several promised
donations of items they
thought could be added
to the building décor. The
museum was originally the
store and post office owned
by James and Orlando Irish
with living quarters on the
second and third floors of
the building. There is also
an attached two-story barn
that is full of antiques, including a horse-drawn
Hurst along with other
sleighs, farming equipment, a schoolhouse corner,
a sapping display and many
other items. The living
quarters are fully furnished
and two rooms have been
remodeled to the period.
Music was provided by
Ben Hampden, Greg Bessey
and Bob Stewart for everyone’s entertainment. They
did a fantastic job, and even
a little dancing took place.
Along with tours of the autos and the museum, lunches were sold and served on
the lawn, while ice cream
sundaes were offered inside
the museum.
The association is always
looking for new members
to help with the upkeep of
the building and its restoration. If you are interested
in joining, please call the
town office for contact information. The society is
continuously raising money
and restoring the building
and its contents.
Thank you to everyone
that exhibited their autos in
the show, and to everyone
that showed up to check
them out as well as tour the
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appointment. It is open on
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Communication
Just when you think cell
phone antics couldn’t get any
goofier you see something
involving cell phones that’s
goofier than the last.
I was walking down a residential Portland street the
other day and saw a woman
wrestling furiously with several shopping bags and her
cell phone. What was so vital
that she had to talk while trying not to dump her bags all
over the ground? Well, she
was explaining to the person
on the other end that she was
taking her shopping bags out
of the car and getting ready
to go into her apartment.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I
think this was information
that the woman could have
kept to herself until later.
People used to be able to
take shopping bags out of
the car and bring them into
the house without feeling the
need to share the whole experience.
The cell phone incident
reminded me of years ago
when I experimented with a
few communication devices
of my own.
One afternoon when I was
a kid my friend Neil and I
spent several hours making
what today might be called
“a dual-station, single purpose communication system.” It was a neat walkie-talkie we saw in “Boy’s
Life” magazine. According
to the article and simple diagram, all we needed to make
our own device was a long
piece of string and two Birdseye orange juice cans. The
article did, indeed, specify
“Birdseye” cans, but then
added that the cans of other
brands may also be used.
After getting our materials
together we ran the high-tech
string between our separate
locations in my yard - a little over 100-feet - and used a
state-of-the-art six penny nail
to poke a hole in the end of
each can. We then threaded
the ends of the string through
the holes and tied a fat knot
in each end of the string to
prevent it from slipping out
of the hole. Once the string
was tightly stretched between our locations and the
Birdseye cans were securely
in place we tried to talk back
and forth. We must have
been way ahead of our time
because, for the rest of the
afternoon, we kept yelling
into the Birdseye can, “Can
you hear me now?” just like
that annoying guy in those
old cell phone service commercials.
The next day Neil called
me on the phone and said
he wanted to call me on the
Birdseye walkie-talkie. He
wanted me to go outside in
my yard so we could resume
our experiments with our
Birdseye cans. It was the
only time I ever had a call
holding on a juice can.
For the next several weeks
Neil and I experimented with
our communication system.
We made a shorter version
and used wire instead of
string and that worked pretty well. Eventually we gave
up and just called each other
on the phone when we wanted to talk. It was a lot easier.
Come to think of it, lots of
things were easier back then.
I’m old enough to remember when the phone rang
and if you were there you
answered it? If you weren’t
there, it rang until the caller
gave up. Simple.
Then someone invented
the answering machine and
before long it seemed like
everyone had one and in an
attempt to solve one problem
- missing phone calls - more
problems were hatched - like
not missing phone calls.
We’ve all heard the
messages: “Hello, you’ve
reached the home of Bobby
and Barbara Schlahbotnik
and all the little Schlahbotniks. We can’t come to the
phone right now but if you
leave a name and number preferably your telephone
number - we’ll get back to
you as just soon as possible.”
With an answering machine you would never miss
another phone call, not even
those annoying calls that you
wanted to miss. A whole new
set of rules and practices
developed around the telephone. If there was someone
you had to call but didn’t
want to talk to, you could
call them when you knew
they weren’t there and leave
a vague message: “It’s me
and I guess you’re not there
so I guess I’ll just say I’m
sorry I missed you and try to
call me when you get back.”
Then it was their turn to try
and reach you. This childish
game of avoidance became
known as “phone tag.”
Then came the cell phone.
And as we all know, things
are worse now than ever and
there’s no place to hide.
Just once I’d like to have
someone say, “John, you
have an important call holding on your Birdseye can.”
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Danielle Does DIY: Pumpkin Art?
Danielle Pushard Emery
Danielle is a wife and a mother
to her two fur babies. She is
a graphic designer at Turner
Publishing. She has her degree in communications and
new media.
My favorite time of year!
Fall. I did a poll on Facebook
and this month’s DIY project
was the winner. If you want to
help vote for the next DIY, go
to Turner Publishing’s Facebook page and “like” one of
the options provided that I
have chosen from Pinterest. If
you would like to see me do
a project that you have found
on Pinterest, go ahead and
send me a message through
our Facebook page. If you
would like to mail me, address it to Danielle Does DIY
and send it to P.O. Box 214,
Turner, ME 04282.
To start the project, I went
to Hobby Lobby and got the
items needed for this DIY
project: a can of white spray
paint, a stencil, some sparkly
crayons, contact cement, and
some painter’s tape. I also
went to a dollar store and got
two 48-packs of crayons. I
suggest you buy a cheap hairdryer if you don’t own one
or ask to borrow a friend’s, if
they are willing. Most of this
list was suggested by the Pinterest project I followed. At
the time I did not realize the
adventure I had in store.
I spray painted all the
pumpkins and decided to use
some paint from a past project and sprayed one pumpkin
purple to add my own flare to
the DIY. I did a couple coats
to make them as white and
purple as possible. I waited
for them to fully dry before
beginning the next step.
Next I unwrapped the crayons to be used in this project.
This part was a little difficult.
I snapped them in thirds to
peel the paper off more easily.
Next, I glued the unwrapped
crayons to the pumpkins with
contact cement. I used contact cement because I could
not find tacky glue like used
in the pin. I believe the tacky
glue would have stuck better.
I just had to wait a little longer
for the contact cement to dry.
After I glued the crayons to
the smaller pumpkins, I taped
the stencil to the pumpkin to
change the project a little.
The stencil shows a couple
standing under an umbrella.
I have seen this stencil used
in other melting crayon art
projects and decided to give
it a shot.
I covered the couple painted on the pumpkin with paper
using the painters tape. That
way it would give the effect
of the umbrella protecting
them from the colorful crayon rain.
Once all the paint and
glue was dry it was time to
use my hairdryer to melt the
crayons, or so I thought. The
crayons that melted the
best were the Crayola
brand, but it was slow
going at that. I tried a lighter but that was a hassle. After about an hour of trying to
melt the crayons using both
the lighter and the hairdryer, I
called in reinforcements, my
father.
I called my father and he
had a solution: a heat gun.
Once I had that in hand I first
tried the low setting and, voila, we had melting crayons,
ladies and gentlemen! I found
that the cheaper crayons were
the problem. I even used the
high setting on the heat gun
to get an even crayon melt
on the pumpkin. After quite a
few hours of working on this
project I was finally done and
I think they look fantastic. I
touched up some spots with
marker and white tape.
My final thoughts: Don’t
use cheap crayons. Doing
this project, you need to have
patience if using a hair dryer
and don’t expect it to be a
quick project. One thing I can
say is spray painting outside
in the fall is easier all the way
around than inside or in the
summer. The air is cooler and
easier to breathe and thankfully the wind was in my favor. Now rating this pin based
on the facts I would give it a
two-and-a-half stars just because the original project did
not specify a brand of crayons
to use which I feel makes all
the difference on the melting
point. I would call this Doable only because I was able
to get it done after hours of
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Tripp Football Team Donates to Food Banks
Members of the Tripp Middle School football team raised funds for local food pantries.
By Bill Van Tassel
During an Aug. 27, oneday bottle drive through
the towns of Leeds,
Greene and Turner, the
Tripp Middle School football team raised $2122.
With super cooperation
from the athletes’ parents, the boys went doorto-door asking for bottle
donations. It was decided
by football coaches and
players ahead of time
that the proceeds would
be divided amongst the
towns’ food banks in RSU
52 (Turner, Greene and
Leeds).
At a pre-practice session on Sept. 8, volunteers
from the Leeds and Turner pantries received their
donations of $325 from
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team members.
Able to attend the event
were Martha Hodgkins of
Turner and Joyce Pratt of
Leeds. The women each
had a chance to tell the
boys how much their donations mean to the towns’
less fortunate.
Coach Peabody also
spoke to the boys, reinforcing what Hodgkins
and Pratt said.“You may
not even know that some
of your classmates may
be receiving the benefit
of this service right now.
They may be going home
tonight and not knowing
what they’re going to eat.
And someday your family
may even need the food
bank to get through a
rough spot.”
The Leeds Food Bank
feeds about 80 families a
month while the Turner
Food Bank estimates it
meets the food needs of
approximately 125 people, sometimes working
in concert with the Good
Shepherd Food Bank in
Auburn. The Leeds (Deacons) Food Pantry at the
Community Church is
open the first and third
Thursday of each month
from 6 to 7 p.m. The
Turner Food Bank’s hours
are on the 4th Wednesday
each month and is located
at the BQMC.
Hodgkins and Pratt both
graciously thanked the
boys, parents and coaches
for their generous donation. Along with the money divided up between the
three pantries, one-fourth
of the bottle drive money went to purchase four
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WLU Seeks Public’s Help in Search for Photos
By Denise Scammon
WLU Historian / Publicist
The home of Horatio G.
and Ella M. Foss at 19 Elm
Street, Auburn, was constructed during the years
1914 to 1917. The length
of time it took for the house
to be built was partly due to
the fact that there was already a large, old house on
the property that needed to
be torn down first. During
excavation on the property
in 1915, three sets of human
skeletons were unearthed,
according to published accounts. At that time, the
skeletons were believed to
have been very old Native
American remains.
The Foss house was designed by architects Eugene
J. Gibbs and Addison Pulsifer with Georgian Revival
features and Spanish elements. The three-story, rectangular-shaped house has a
highly symmetrical facade,
Palladian windows, white
stucco exterior and red clay
tiles on its dormered hip
roof. The front entrance
is a porch flanked by four
two-story Greek columns
topped with a pediment and
the solid-wood front door
has leaded glass sidelights.
The front door, which is
topped with a rectangular
transom, leads into a tilefloored foyer which opens
into a central hall.
Walking through the foyer and into the splendid central hall, one is faced with an
impressive flying staircase,
which looks as if it does
not have the usual support
features in place. On the
circular landing, which divides the staircase, are five
bowed, stained glass windows, two of which are on
interior walls. Positioned on
the landing is an eye-catching grandfather clock.
Another
architectural feature throughout the
house that attracts attention is the woodwork with
its detailed styling. Ornate
moldings encase windows,
doorways, and archways.
Some walls and ceilings are
paneled. The newell posts
of the staircase are of three
designs and topped with a
mahogany bannister. The
stairs are oak covered with a
rich red carpet. Other wood
floors throughout the home
are protected with Persian
area rugs. The area in the
central hall and staircase is
lit with crystal chandeliers.
The Foss house has 12
rooms on the first two floors,
excluding the basement
rooms. The first floor has a
kitchen with butler’s pantry,
formal dining room, living
room, library, bathroom,
and solarium. The second
floor has five good-sized
bedrooms with adjoining
baths. One of the bedrooms
with adjourning bath was
the second-floor servants’
quarters.
The third floor includes a
servant’s bedroom, storage
area, and a large room finished with tongue-in-groove
boards which was known
as the recreation or billiard
room. A back stairway from
the kitchen leads directly to
second and third floor servant quarters.
The basement, which is
one of the home’s areas not
open to the public, is reached
by a stairway located in the
back hallway. The basement
is divided into many rooms
for the furnaces, coal storage, vegetable / root cellar,
and laundry room. Also located in the basement is the
central vacuum cleaning
unit, hot water boilers, and
electric panel. During World
War II, the Woman’s Literary Union permitted the Red
Cross organization to use a
room in its basement for
home nursing classes.
In addition to the detailed,
quality woodwork throughout the house and the flying
staircase, other outstanding
features include four fireplaces, period wallpaper,
several original paintings,
concealed lights in the dining room, sliding pocket
doors, and a dumb waiter
that goes from basement to
third floor. Georgian-Revival features are prominent in the symmetry found
throughout the house, inside
and out, such as the way the
porte cochere on one side of
the house is balanced by the
solarium on the other side of
the house.
A detached garage was
built in the same style as the
house, and wide enough for
two cars. A turntable was
built into the floor of the garage so that a car could be
driven onto the turntable,
which could be spun with
a crank, and the car would
spin so that it was facing
the street. The turntable has
since been removed and the
floor is cement. The garage
has a basement and chauffeur’s quarters on the second floor. There once was
a gas pump installed near
their garage. The pump was
later sold to a collector of
automobilia.
The Foss Mansion was
bequeathed to WLU by Ella
Foss upon her death in 1941.
Denise Scammon photos
Photos taken at the Foss mansion, 19 Elm Street, in Auburn, show the mansion’s sun room, a favorite with visitors;
the sign on the front lawn which identifies the mansion; the flying staircase decorated for the holidays; and the
central vacuum engine located in the mansion’s basement. The Woman’s Literary Union hold many public events
throughout the year at the mansion to support the maintenance of the mansion. Upcoming events include a history
slide show on Oct. 12, a kids costume party on Oct. 29 and Bunco on Nov. 12.
It was listed in the National
Registry of Historic Places
in 1976. WLU members are
seeking the public’s help in
locating photos of the mansion pre-1941 and the Fosses, Horatio and Ella.
P E R M A N E N T
On Wednesday, Oct. 12,
the Woman’s Literary Union
will be host a history slide
show at the Foss mansion,
19 Elm Street, Auburn, at
6:30 p.m. This event is open
to the public and donations
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upcoming events include a
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on Saturday, Nov. 12. The
costume party and Bunco
require reservations. Visit
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for more information. You
can also email [email protected] or
leave a voice message at
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Beautiful Quilt Raffle
The Livermore Village
Scrappers have donated a beautiful quilt to
the Washburn-Norlands
Living History Center in
Livermore. The quilt is
being raffled and all proceeds benefit the Raise
the Barn Fund. Tickets
are available for purchase in the Norlands
gift shop or by calling
897-4366. Tickets are
$3.00 for one chance,
$5.00 for two chances, or
$10.00 for ten chances.
The drawing takes place
on December 10 during
Christmas at Norlands
event. You do not have
to be present to win. For
more information about
Norlands, visit www.norlands.org. n
Caroline Washburn (aka Carolyn Lawson, president of Norlands’ trustees) and Amanda Norton (aka Deliliah Jordan, Billie Gammon Fellow) hold the quilt donated by the
Livermore Village Scrappers.
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DHHS Statement Regarding
the Now is the Time-Healthy
Transition Grant
As part of its ongoing
effort to improve financial
management while preserving needed services,
the Maine Department of
Health and Human Services
(DHHS) recently chose to
relinquish the Now is the
Time-Healthy Transition
(NITT-HT) Grant we have
been fortunate to receive
over the last eight years to
assist young people with
mental illness to transition
smoothly into adulthood.
We found these services
can continue uninterrupted
by folding them into current state spending within
the Mental Health Block
Grant, Medicaid program
and other funding sources.
Whether we are utilizing
Federal or State dollars,
we have a responsibility to
manage those dollars with
utmost frugality and integrity – it would be irresponsible to continue drawing
down these grant dollars
when other funding sources
exist.
Again, to be clear: services for these youth will
continue undisturbed. Only
the funding source will
change
These types of grants are
not meant to be permanent
sources of funding; in particular, the NITT-HT Grant
was designed to test models that would help craft
policy. The Department
is confident the grant was
successful in helping us
test and move forward with
evidence-based models to
produce the best outcome
for these young Mainers.
The NITT-HT grant
was covering two separate
services: Transition to Independence Model (TIP)
and the Portland Early
Identification and Referral Program (PIER). There
were 91 active youth being
served through these services; 68 youth within the
TIP program and 23 youth
within the PIER.
The TIP model is an enhancement to the current
Targeted Case Management
(TCM) planning model that
specifically targets youth
ages 16-25 in transition
into adulthood. The model focuses on supporting
youth to control their own
future while also building
a natural support system.
Goals are identified and developed related to employment, education, housing
and overall well-being. The
TIP planning model will
now be incorporated into
our current TCM model
and funded through Medicaid.
The PIER program
screens and treats youth
who show early signs of
serious mental illness and
signs of psychosis. The
program combines family
psychoeducation, support
education and employment,
and pharmacological treatment. Again, this program
will continue through other
state revenue streams.
The Department has
identified every person receiving these services and
we are working with them
to ensure they continue to
have the appropriate services in place. In addition,
we are working closely
with providers to ensure a
smooth transition plan is in
place.
Again, this is not an effort by the Department to
revoke or reduce services
to youth. This is about returning federal money the
state does not need because
we cannot create a dependency on funding that could
be gone tomorrow based on
federal decisions. We are
incorporating these services into our current funding sources. This is what a
smart reduction in the size
of government looks like.
It is the Department’s
goal to provide individuals
with the most appropriate
services available to them
in order to allow them to
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
Add something new to your
pumpkin repertoire
Pumpkins are readily available in
fall, when people carve jack-o’-lanterns out of pumpkins for Halloween or serve up pumpkin pie after
a hearty Thanksgiving dinner. But
people who are unsatisfied with
plain old pumpkin pie can add something new to their repertoire this
fall by cooking up the following recipe for “Pumpkin Cheesecake with
Gingersnap Crust,” courtesy of Lori
Longbotham’s “Luscious Creamy
Desserts” (Chronicle Books).
Serves 8 to 10
Crust
1½ cups gingersnap cookie
crumbs
½ cup finely chopped
hazelnuts
6 tablespoons unsalted
butter, melted
¼ cup sugar
Filling
1½ pounds cream cheese,
at room temperature
½ cup packed light
brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1½tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin
pie spice
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1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Lightly butter an 8- or 81/2-inch
springform pan.
2. To make the crust: Stir together all of the ingredients in a medium bowl until the crumbs are
moistened. Press the mixture over
the bottom and up the sides of the
pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Increase the oven temperature to
425 F.
3. To make the filling: With an
electric mixer on medium speed,
beat the cream cheese, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large
deep bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs and then the egg
yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and
pumpkin pie spice and beat on low
speed until just combined. Add the
pumpkin purée, créme fraîche and
vanilla, and beat until just combined. Pour the filling into the shell.
4. Place the cheesecake on a bak-
ing sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to
250 F and continue baking for 1
hour.
5. Turn the oven off and let the
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21/2 hours. Then transfer to a wire
rack and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate, tightly covered,
for at least 10 hours, until thoroughly chilled and set, or for up to
2 days.
6. To serve, run a knife around the
side of the cheesecake and remove
the side of the pan. Serve slightly
chilled or at room temperature, cut
into thin wedges with a sharp knife
dipped into hot water and wiped
dry after each cut.
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Makes about 1/2 cup
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup créme fraîche or sour
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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES:
We Heard This Story, But is it True?
gymnasium. True or false?
shore of Loon Pond in Acton. True or false?
By Denise Scammon
TPI Production Leader
Do you like a good mystery? October is a great
month to appreciate and
talk about folklore and
mysteries. In the news
world, we base our stories
on fact. How can you tell
fact from fiction if the mystery has been passed down
for generations and no
physical evidence has been
found to refute or establish
the mystery as fact?
We did a bit of browsing
of some of the well-known
folklore stories circulating in various communities throughout Maine. We
would love to hear more
about these mysteries.
If you, dear reader, want
to participate in this discussion of folklore and mysteries, type up and email your
mystery or your response
to a mystery published in
this “Unsolved Mysteries”
column, to [email protected] and put
MYSTERY in the subject
line. We contacted a few
people we thought might
want to know what we’ve
heard or read about a location and have included
any responses we have received. We look forward
to hearing from you and
learning more about the
ghosts, spirits, paranormal
activity, and false stories
that abound in your world.
ACTON: Some say there
is a three-legged, glowing
ghost dog that roams the
GREENE: Local legend
says a train disappeared in
Mine Meadows bog near
Sullivan Road. Is it under
quicksand? True or false?
MANCHESTER:
A
stone in a wall around a
cemetery near North Manchester Meeting House
is reported to display the
devil’s footprint. The stone
was once in the way of a
construction crew building
a road and one of the workers said he would give his
soul to the devil to have the
stone gone. True or false?
POLAND: Hasn’t everyone heard of a female
hitchhiker who disappears
after getting in the car of
whoever stops to give her
a ride? Sometimes she is
dressed in white as if a
bride. True or false?
RANGELEY:
Many
old inns are reported to
be home to ghosts. The
Rangeley Inn and Tavern
may have shown signs of
paranormal activity such as
doors opening and closing
by themselves, the smell of
cigar smoke when no one
is smoking, and the sound
of footsteps when no one
is walking. Some believe
there are five ghosts that
haunt the inn. True or false?
READFIELD: Whispers, moans and screams
have been heard in the
Readfield Historical Soci-
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The ghost of a young girl
appeared when the building
was privately owned. True
or false?
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only sounds have been
through the radios set up
by the paranormal groups.
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been conversations with the
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The stepfather confessed
to killing her. The stepfather dismembered his stepdaughter’s body and put the
pieces in burlap bags. Five
bags were found but none
contained her head. True or
false?
SACO RIVER: There
was once a curse placed on
the Saco River by a Native
American chief whose infant child had been thrown
in the water by three white
men who wanted to see if it
was true that Native Americans can swim at birth. The
curse was that three white
men drown in the river each
year which was fulfilled
until the mid 1940s. True
or false?
SKOWHEGAN: The
Strand Cinema is home to
ghosts that unplug devices,
throw objects, and leave
handprints on the movie
screen. True or false?
WALES: Oak Hill High
School is supposedly built
on the site of where a home
had burned. The children
who lived in that home
visit the school. One time
they pranked the custodian
at 5 a.m. by throwing rolls
of toilet paper around the
WILTON: The Wilton
Farm and Home Museum
is home to ghosts that touch
visitors, yell and play musical instruments. True or
false?
RESPONSE:
Pam
Brown of the Wilton Farm
and Home Museum called
to give us the facts. As far as
ghosts “touching” visitors,
sensitive visitors may feel
a cold draft or feel a spirit
go right through their body,
but no touching like a tap
on the shoulder. No yelling
has been heard but there is
believed to be the ghost of
a grouchy old man in the
military room who hates
women and apparently
scares the little boy and girl
ghosts into staying on a different floor away from him.
Visitors believe they have
heard a ghost banging the
drum. Pam has been present for various paranormal
investigations and although
the investigations are held
separately and the results
are not shared among the
investigators, the results
of the investigations are
almost always the same as
to what spirits dwell in the
museum. Pam has watched
the monitor set up by the
investigators and says that
watching the monitor for
two hours is like watching paint dry. There is not
much activity on the monitor although she has seen
a lot of orbs zip across the
room. Occasionally a door
will open and close on its
own. She had a lot more to
save which we will save for
a future column.
So, there you have a
list of some of the more
well-known mysteries that
we’ve heard about. What
mysteries have you heard
about? We hope to hear
from you and be able to
shed some light on these
and other mysteries. Write
to [email protected] and put MYSTERY
in the subject line. n
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Happy Birthday to Maine Author Stephen King
By Sarah Jane Abbott
Off the Shelf
Guinness Superlatives,
the group that awards the
Guinness World Records,
has named Stephen King
the living author with the
greatest number of motion
picture adaptations of his
work. This comes as no surprise, as it seems that nearly everything Stephen King
writes is adapted into some
sort of film. Many of these
adaptations have become
iconic horror movies, while
some are lesser known.
They are based on King’s
novels, short stories, novellas, and even on original
screenplays.
In honor of some exciting new adaptations on the
horizon, we decided to run
down our favorite Stephen
King writings that have
been adapted for the small
and big screen. Go ahead,
read the source material for
a film you love—you’ll be
glad you did!
Hearts in Atlantis
The gentle, nostalgic 2001
film, “Hearts in Atlantis,” is
based on the melancholic
short story “Low Men in
Yellow Coats.” In the summer of 1960, 11-year-old
Bobby befriends the mysterious older man, Ted Brautigan, who moves into the
upstairs apartment. Little
does Bobby know that Ted
is being pursued by sinister
“low” men in yellow coats.
Bag of Bones
The 2011 two-episode
miniseries “Bag of Bones”
is based on the Stephen King
novel of the same name.
Mike Noonan is a bestselling author who is unable
to write in the wake of the
sudden death of his wife.
Plagued by nightmares, he
returns to his Maine lake
house where he starts receiving messages from his
wife from beyond the grave.
Different Seasons
The beloved 1994 film,
“The Shawshank Redemption,” is based on the novella “Rita Hayworth and the
Shawshank Redemption.”
The novella is the most
satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat es-
town. Now they must fight
for their lives or become
victims of this vicious cult
themselves.
cape since THE COUNT OF
MONTE CRISTO. The film,
which starred Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, was
nominated for 7 Oscars.
Carrie
Stephen King’s legendary
debut novel follows Carrie
White, a bullied high school
girl who discovers she has
telekinetic powers and famously uses them to enact
horrific revenge against her
tormentors at the prom. It
was adapted into a film in
2013, but I vastly prefer the
1976 version starring Sissy
Spacek as Carrie. This original adaption is considered a
landmark film in the horror
genre.
Misery
When novelist Paul Sheldon is in a terrible car crash
on a wintry night, he is rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes,
who just happens to be his
biggest fan. But when his
latest novel isn’t to Wilkes’s
liking, Sheldon becomes
prisoner to her violent temper. The novel is gripping
and nightmarish and the
1990 film features Kathy
Bates at her creepy, demented best.
Dolores Claiborne
King’s novel DOLORES
CLAIBORNE was adapted
into the 1995 film starring
(again) Kathy Bates. When
The Shining
housekeeper Dolores Claiborne is questioned in the
mysterious, sudden death
of her wealthy employer,
a long-hidden dark secret
from her past is revealed- as
is the strength of her own
will to survive.
Night Shift
“Children of the Corn,”
a short story from the collection NIGHT SHIFT, has
spawned an ongoing horror
franchise with sequel after
sequel. The story follows a
couple who accidentally hit
a boy while driving through
an abandoned town in Nebraska. They soon discover
that all inhabitants over the
age of 19 have fallen victim to an all-child, pagan
cult that worships a demonic entity who inhabits the
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most famous adaptations of
Stephen King’s work. Who
could forget Jack Nicholson poking his head through
the wrecked bathroom door
shouting “Here’s Johnny!”?
Iconic. The novel tells the
story of the Torrence family
and their move to the isolated Overlook Hotel after the
father, Jack, gets a job as
an off-season caretaker. But
as the harsh winter weather
sets in, the idyllic location
becomes completely cut off
from civilization and Jack
begins to unravel.
Four Past Midnight
Stephen King’s collection
FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT
contains the novella “Secret
Window, Secret Garden;”
the basis for the 2004 film
“Secret Window,” starring
Johnny Depp and Maria
Bello. “Secret Window, Secret Garden” is the story of
novelist Mort Rainey, who
is confronted by a violently
angry stranger who claiming that Rainey plagiarized
his story—and he’s come
King’s novel UNDER
THE DOME was the basis
of the 2013 television series. On an entirely normal,
beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town
is inexplicably and suddenly
sealed off from the rest of
the world by an invisible
force field. Tensions inside
the dome rise as resources
dwindle and power struggles arise. Can the residents
of Chester’s Mill band together to survive, or are they
doomed to destroy one another?
cover a truth about Coffey
that will challenge his most
cherished beliefs ... and
yours.
Storm of the Century
The 1999 TV miniseries
“Storm of the Century” is
based on an original screenplay written by Stephen
King. The residents of Little Tall Island have seen
their share of nasty Maine
Nor’easters, but this one is
different. When a mysterious stranger appears on the
island and brutally murdered
bodies start to pile up, what
the stranger demands is unthinkable ... Read along as
you watch—it’s great fun!
The Green Mile
Stephen King’s serialized
novel, THE GREEN MILE,
was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New
York Times bestseller list—
simultaneously—while the
1999 film adaption earned
4 Oscar nominations. At
Cold Mountain Penitentiary,
convicted killers await their
turn to walk the Green Mile.
Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man
with the body of a giant and
the mind of a child. In this
place of ultimate retribution,
Edgecombe is about to dis-
Full Dark, No Stars
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being brutally assaulted and
left for dead. It also includes
“A Good Marriage,” in
which Darcy Anderson realizes that her husband of 27
years may actually be an infamous, at-large serial killer.
The novella was adapted
into a film in 2014 with a
screenplay by King himself
and Joan Allen starring as
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Over Half of the State’s Population is Saving Millions on
Financial Services… Are You One of Them?
Nearly 680,000 Mainers are saving money every year just by choosing
to be a member at one of
Maine’s Credit Unions.
But just how much money
are they saving? Based on
previous studies, Maine
credit union members collectively save $40 million
a year by belonging to a
credit union. These collective savings are put together from earnings that
are returned to members
in lower loan rates, higher
interest rates on deposits,
and lower fees – it’s no
wonder more than half of
Maine’s population belongs to a credit union!
Maine Credit Union
League President John
Murphy said that the cred-
it unions’ ability to focus
on saving member’s money make credit unions an
increasingly viable and
valuable option for Maine
people. “The credit union
philosophy of putting the
interests of members first
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difference between credit
unions and other financial
institutions. Credit unions
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Barbara Bush Foundation’s
Intensive Reading Programs Yield Impressive Results
A public charity, the
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
is marking this September as its 20th year of
supporting and operating literacy programs
in Maine. As part of a
month-long focus on
Maine, the Foundation is
releasing an independent
evaluation of its intensive
reading program, Teen
Trendsetters™ reading
mentors, along with a
compendium detailing
the $6 million invested to
date.
This three-generation
family literacy program
engages both parents and
volunteer teen mentors
to support literacy skill
development in 1st or
2nd grade students who
are, on average, half a
year behind in reading.
Parents sign a contract
agreeing to read with
their child at least twice a
week, and over the course
of the program, children
receive 15 books to add
to their personal home
libraries. Each student is
also paired with a teen
who has been trained as
a reading mentor, and
the pairs meet weekly to
practice reading during
one-on-one
mentoring
sessions.
“Parental engagement
is too often an overlooked
component of student
success,” said Liza McFadden, President and
CEO of the Barbara Bush
Foundation for Family
Literacy. “Our program
leverages the incredible power of parenting,
empowering moms and
dads to take active roles
in helping their children
gain vital literacy skills.”
During the 2015-16
academic year, the Foundation operated 15 Teen
Trendsetters programs
that engaged nearly 300
pairs of teens (mentors)
and elementary school
students (mentees). Dr.
Craig A. Mason, professor of Education and
Applied
Quantitative
Methods from the University of Maine, recently
conducted an independent evaluation of these
programs, including a
comparison study revealing that participating
elementary school students showed 61% more
growth than their peers
who did not take part
in the program, gaining
nearly half a year’s worth
of additional reading
skills.
“The results of the
comparison study provide even stronger evidence that the program
is having a meaningful
impact on student reading ability, helping these
youth to close the gap
with their peers,” said Dr.
Mason.
The program focuses on improving reading
skills in 1st and 2nd graders, as these students are
at a critical period for the
development of literacy
skills. According to a re-
Age 8 Initiative’ with the
Foundation’s innovative
approaches to family literacy.”
During the 2016-17
school year, the Foundation will operate 18
Teen Trendsetters Reading Mentor programs
throughout the state (see
attached program list).
As Biddeford Primary
School gears up for its
second year of programming, Superintendent Jeremy Ray stated, “Nearly
two out of three students
in our district are eligible for free and reduced
lunch, a widely-used
poverty metric. Students whose bellies need
nourishment often need
their minds nourished,
too. The Teen Trendsetters program has done
just that. By connecting
high schoolers with elementary students, and
furnishing hundreds of
free books to Biddeford
youth, the Barbara Bush
Foundation has made a
very real and tangible
impact in the lives of students. The science of early literacy is unimpeachable; we are so grateful
that the Foundation has
helped us stretch our budget and further serve our
kids—especially those in
port by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, students
who do not read proficiently by the 3rd grade
are four times more likely
to drop out of high school.
The Maine Department
of Education has also
identified literacy development in early elementary school students as a
key factor in long-term
student success.
“The leadership role
of the Barbara Bush
Foundation in family
literacy is as important
to family vitality as it is
to educational literacy,”
said Dr. Bill Beardsley,
Deputy Commissioner
of the Maine Department
of Education. “We in
Maine are already seeing measurable positive
outcomes in the Foundation’s Teen Trendsetters
initiative, which shows
promise as we strive to
close Maine’s persistent
income/achievement gap.
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Hat Trick Haley
Photo by Michelle Rooney.
Photo by Michelle Rooney.
3 out of 4 adults in the US
have foot or ankle pain.
Are you one of them?
Haley Fletcher had a hat trick to become Monmouth Academy’s all-time
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If you answer yes, pick up the phone and call 207.783.1328 and make an appointment with a CMO
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