- Exploring Lincoln Maine

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May
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April
19,2012
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Chester, Burlington, E. Millinocket, Edinburg, Enfield, Howland, Kingman, Lakeville, Lee, Lincoln, Lowell, Mattawamkeag, Maxfield, Medway, Millinocket, Passadumkeag, Patten, Springfield, Winn, Woodville,
The Tim Horton’s
Question of the Week
How will you be celebrating
Memorial Day?
Janine DeMers ~ Winn
“Going fishing with my
husband.”
Kooper McCarthy ~ Lincoln
“Going to a Red Sox game.”
Town will
miss Wayne
Campbell
It’s Prom Season!
MILLINOCKET -To say that
Fire Chief Wayne Campbell
will be missed represents an
understatement.
Campbell, who has announced
his retirement as of June 30,
has been the ideal connection
between his job and the town
office. Campbell has served the
town for many years, that last 14
as fire chief.
“He has done an outstanding
job,” Town Manager Gene
Conlogue said Monday. “We get
along very, very well. We have
never had a disagreement.”
Quite a statement, indeed.
Conlogue noted that
Campbell “has been a long-term
dedicated, knowledgeable, and
key employee of the town. In
addition to serving many years
as a Police officer and full time
See Town on page 2
Jacob Nadeau and Christina Leighton pose with a ‘35 Ford before cruising in to the Mattanawcook
Academy prom on Saturday. See page 14, or visit us online, for more MA Prom photos. (Steve
Brown Photo)
Fish Tales
It’s A State
Of Mind
By Kimberley M. Lyons
Barry Kmieczak ~ Lowell
“Staying hime and having a
little cookout.”
Janice Carlow ~ Lincoln
“Probably stay home this
year.”
Jacqueline ~ Enfield
“Watch the Burlington parade
and then go to camp.”
Contessa Butler ~
Mattawamkeag
“Hopefully having a family
picnic.”
Lynn Greenleaf ~ Enfield
“A family cookout.”
Elaine Ferland ~ Millinocket
“I have no idea yet!”
Members of Cub Scout Pack
50 recently spent a couple
hours fishing at the Edwards
Family fishing pond. A few
of the boys had some good
luck as seen in the picture. Also, this past Sunday was their
annual Crossover ceremony(
where the boys “graduated” to
the next level of scouting). This
event was held at the Lincoln
Snowhound’s Club and the boys
received their awards before
crossing the bridge to get their
new neckerchief, slide and book.
Coming up in June will be
the annual planning meeting
for the next year (June 11th
at 7pm at the Congo Church). Any adult interested in
joining the committee and
helping to plan these events
is invited to attend. Please
come and bring some ideas!! Also, the Pack Wagon
Scramble(a timed race that
tests Scout skills) will be held
June 16th in Brewer. Check
email for details around the first
week of June! If you have not
been receiving emails from us
please respond with your name
and email address to pamjor@
hotmail.com or coconnor@
lpandt.com.
KATAHDIN REGION – It’s
not just a way of life; it’s a state
of mind. That one sentence sums
up Lori-Ann Willey who lives
with her soul mate Paul in the
shadow of Katahdin, literally!
Like so many who have
discovered a new world online
with facebook, my friendship
with the Willeys began with a
picture of a bear. An avid bear
hunter, any picture of a bear
will spark my interest, therefore
I began to chat back and forth
with two of the kindest and
most down to earth folks I have
ever met. Lori-Ann and Paul
live most of the year, including
winter months at their camp on
Millinocket Lake. This kind of
life is not without its challenges.
However, for the Willeys, they
would have it no other way.
That lifestyle blossomed a true
love and appreciation for the
gifts of Mother Nature that
Lori-Ann portrays through
photography, and stories that she
shares via the world wide web
as well as several short stories
and books she has written.
Both Lori-Ann and Paul grew
up in homes that believed with
hard work and determination
anything can be accomplished.
“We were poor, but we never
really knew. It was just life.”
Many small rural communities in
Maine were, and still are, full of
families that work hard to make
ends meet. The Willeys attribute
that way of life to having
In case you missed it - News from around the area
As of Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the United States
National Debt was $15,739,514,756,457. Each Citizen’s share
was $50,191, and each Taxpayer’s share was $138,506.
Millinocket sailor is commended
MILLINOCKET - Lt. Cmdr.
Terra A. McIntyre was recently
awarded the Navy and Marine
Corps Commendation Medal.
McIntyre, of Millinocket, was
honored for outstanding meri-
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torious service while McIntyre
served as southwest deputy director of total force manpower,
individual augmentee coordinator and operating support
officer. She was cited for displaying exceptional total force
manpower expertise along with
unmatched
resourcefulness
while managing her demanding
duties in a highly professional
manner.
The daughter of Lillian and
Jammey Legassey of Millinocket, McIntyre graduated
from Stearns High School in
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Dancers compete in North Conway
The Medway Fire Department Auxiliary presented a plaque of appreciation to Erica Blakeman of the Aerie Restaurant for her contribution to the Medway Fire Auxiliary concession
stand which is raising money for the department.
Pictured from left is Ron Michaud(President of Auxiliary), Erica Lakeman, and Dave Austin
(Vice President of the Auxiliary). The Auxiliary volunteers work very hard to raise money for
the Fire Department, and more volunteers are needed to help the department help the citizens.
Also pictured (inset) is the concession stand staffed by Dave Austin.
The Medway Fire Department is also looking for firefighters.
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always appreciated everything
around them. That appreciation
continued throughout LoriAnn’s life. She was a teacher for
many years and strived to show
her students to “be yourself,
feel good about who you are
and show your individuality”.
Lori-Ann accomplishes that
each and every time she takes
a picture, shoots a video
clip or journals on her blog.
Laughing, Lori-Ann said, “I
have been asked if I was a tree
hugger. I am, but not in the
traditional save the trees sense,
but in the love of nature”. An
avid hunter and fisher, she
thrives in her environment.
In Winter, they travel eight
miles from where they park
their truck by snowmobile.
Although this can be the most
challenging, Lori-Ann loves
the seclusion and serenity of the
winter months. On one occasion,
her snowmobile caught on
fire when coming back from
a trip to town for supplies and
burned beyond recognition.
However, she took it in stride
and pictures as if it were just
another bump in the road.
Lori-Ann and I have many
things in common, one being an
absolute love affair with Mount
Katahdin. I envy the fact that
she lives on the water and every
time she looks out her window,
mighty Katahdin towers high
on the horizon. Although I
love her pictures of a bear that
visited quite frequently a couple
years ago, it is her pictures of
Katahdin that truly pulled me
in. I have two of her photos on
my wall in my living room; one
being a superbly unique shot of
the bear looking from behind a
tree and the other of a gorgeous
sunset over the mountain. If I
News
which prompted lawmakers to
re-work the state’s capital investment program.
training officer aboard the USS
Theodore Roosevelt at Newport
News Shipyard in Virginia.
Wood facility benefits from tax
credit
MILLINOCKET – An additional $30 million in tax credits
will provide a big boost to New
England’s first torrefied wood
facility.
Gov. Paul LePage signed
last week. The amendment increases the cap on business selfinvestment tax credits offered
through the state’s New Market
Tax Credit program.
Cate Street proposes to manufacture torrefied wood, described as a replacement for
coal created through microwave
technology that creates far less
pollutants than coal.
DOT looking at Route 6 issues
LEE - Maine Department of
Transportation workers will
study Route 16 this summer
to determine whether they can
fund repairs, next to cross pipes
and culverts that have begun undermining portions of the road.
A lack of lighting is one of
the problems motorists face on
Route 16. Potholes and erosion
to the shoulders of the road are
among the others.
Busy Route 6 also has its
share of accidents. The road
meets Canadian Route 173 near
the Canadian town of SaintGeorges and runs east through
Jackman, Greenville, DoverFoxcroft, Milo, Lincoln, Lee,
Topsfield and Vanceboro.
Budget should help Millinocket area
MILLINOCKET - The state
budget signed into law last
week holds an important provision for economic growth in the
Millinocket area.
The bill increased from $10
million to $40 million the tax
credits available to businesses
that invest in areas on need of
an economic boost.
Cate Street Capital, which
bought the two Katahdin Region paper mills last year, is a
case in point. Officials have announced plans to turn the Millinocket Mill into an industrial
park and use it as a home for
a $35-million wood-manufacturing machine. To do so, they
needed more tax credit money,
Town to vote on police service
MEDWAY — On June 13,
residents will vote whether to
retain East Millinocket police as
the town’s primary law enforcers.
During a board of selectmen’s
meeting last week, a clear majority of residents voted in a
straw poll to reject other options. Selectmen then placed the
$110,000 contract for continued
East Millinocket police services
on the agenda for the June 13
town meeting.
Medway lacks its own police
force. State police and sheriff’s
deputies come through town
regularly on their way to other
areas they patrol and to back up
police and fire services when
needed.
In March, Selectmen Bruce
Cox and Galen Kimball agreed
to investigate options. The options include state police and
the Penobscot County Deputy
Sheriff’s Department, which pa-
had the extra funds, I would have
many more, along with a couple
other photographer’s pictures
of which I have discovered.
However Lori-Ann continues
to be one of my favorites.
She works hard to get just
the right shot or angles. Paul
says she works harder than she
needs to, but Lori-Ann feels
differently. “I don’t just see the
big picture. I tend to see things as
separate objects; the uniqueness
and beauty in everything….we
are all unique and beautiful in
our own ways”, “There is so
much of the natural world that
people don’t see…they see only
their destination and nothing
in between…one of my goals
is to show them what they are
missing”. She accomplishes
that and so much more.
To check out Lori-Anns
photography and follow along
with her musings of life living
“off grid” as she calls it, I
leave you with the following
information: On facebook,
Willeys Dam Camp. www.
ineptblog.blogspot.com . You
can also watch her video clips
on www.youtube.com ; type
in
damcampwifeschannel.
Enjoy!!!
trols Mattawamkeag and Chester, among other areas.
RSU 67 lawyer backs superintendent
LINCOLN – Peter C. Felmley, lawyer for RSU 67, said last
week that there is no evidence
that Superintendent Denise
Hamlin tried to intimidate union
members.
Hamlin and the RSU 67 board
of directors acted in good faith,
Felmley said. Last month, the
union filed a grievance on behalf of Ella P. Burr School second-grade teacher Jodi Bisson.
In the union complaint, attorney Shawn Keenan accused
Hamlin of wrongfully denying Bisson access to school
property — including Bisson’s
daughter’s soccer game. The
complaint also accuses Hamlin
of recognizing Bisson’s union
representative, teacher Holly
Leighton, as only a “guest and
only allowed to speak out of
courtesy” during a disciplinary
meeting.
Felmley urges the board to reject the complaint. RSU 67 officials admitted that “consistent
with standard practice,” Bisson
was placed on administrative
leave with full pay pending the
outcome of “an investigation
into allegations of misconduct”
for about two weeks last fall.
Felmley has not revealed the allegations against Bisson.
Whooping cough is on the rise
AUGUSTA - The number of
whooping cough cases in Maine
is on the rise, reflecting a nationwide trend that health officials attribute in part to children
and adults failing to get booster
shots every 10 years.
Health officials began noticing
an increase in whooping cough
(Left to Right) Shelbi Werner(instructor/choreographer), Mayzie Hall, Millie Richards, Elise Arnold,
Tori Jordan, Kylie Bean, Lily Hall and Brookelyn Theriault. Absent when photo was taken were Kathie
Cote(instructor/choreographer) and Elaina Gilman.
Northern Lights received
The Senior Dazzlers of girls performed a tap routine
Northern Lights Dance traveled to “Footloose” and received the studio award of “Style”
to North Conway, New high gold and 1st place in the Jr for exceptional taste in
and
age
Hampshire this past weekend Teen 13/14 age division. They choreography
costumes
and
and competed at the 2012 performed a jazz routine to appropriate
STEP UP 2 DANCE TOUR. “Rolling in the Deep” and music. Ms Shelbi and Ms Kathie
Director/Choreographers, received high gold and were
Shelbi Werner and Kathie again awarded 1st place for would like to congratulate
Jamison Cote took eight their age division. The girls all the Senior Dazzlers for an
dancers to this event and had also performed a hiphop routine amazing weekend of fun and
a wonderful support group of to “On The Floor” and a lyrical dance and thank all the parents,
parents, family, and friends routine to the Lion King, family, and friends who joined
follow. The students competed “He Lives In You,” receiving us in North Conway. WAY TO
nine routines and brought high gold awards for both. GO DAZZLERS!!!
These talented dancers will
Shelbi Werner competed a
home High Golds in each entry. Tori Jordan of Lincoln lyrical duet, “Turning Tables,” perform at their annual recital
competed a jazz solo to “Black and a jazz duet, “It’s Raining this Friday (the 25th)! You will
& Gold” and won high gold and Men,” with Brookelyn Theriault, have the chance to watch these
receiving high gold awards for girls perform their competition
runner up for her division. Brookelyn Theriault of both. Shelbi also competed routines, as well as many others
Enfield competed a lyrical solo with Lily & Mayzie Hall and that are just as impressive! Join
Friday
evening
at
at the advanced/competitive Brookelyn Theriault in the us
level and won high gold and open category, performing “Jai Mattanawcook Academy and
runner up for her division. Ho,” which included multiple see all of our DAZZLERS
Our group numbers included styles of dance. The girls were shine! Tickets will be sold at
Elise Arnold and Tori Jordan awarded high gold and were the door and are $6 for students
of Lincoln, Kylie Bean, Elaina placed at the “PRO-AM” level / $12 for adults. The show starts
Gilman, Lily & Mayzie Hall, for these three routines. These at 6:30 PM! See you there!
Millie Richard and Brookelyn levels are advanced and include
Theriault, all from Enfield. The extremely difficult scoring. Town
firefighter, he has spent just over
the past 14 years as our Chief.
“When he was appointed,
the department faced many
significant
challenges,
the
biggest one being proposed
reductions in the department
that would have crippled its
future operations. With his
leadership and the support of the
full time firefighters, he was able
to reform the department and
maintain the full time services
we still provide.”
Conlogue noted that Campbell
was there in “the tough times,”
in 1998, when town officials
wanted to cut the fire department
by two employees. Campbell
was instrumental in saving one
of those positions, to the better
of the town.
“It was through his innovative
thinking,” Conlogue said, “that
helped the town survive through
that period.”
“He will be greatly missed.
Please join me in wishing him
a long, enjoyable, and healthy
retirement. He has earned it.”
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is characterized by a whooping
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People of any age can get it, but
cases are seen increasingly in
children and adults who don’t
receive vaccine boosters at the
age of 11.
Book lists LePage’s accomplishments
AUGUSTA - Gov. Paul LePage released a 20-page booklet
touting his policy accomplishments in his first 500 days in office last Friday, May 18.
The booklet outlines policies
the governor proposed or endorsed during the 125th Legislature, which adjourned early
Thursday. The $400 million tax
cut – the largest in the state’s
history and passed by the Legislature last year - heads LePage’s
list.
Democrats criticized the publication, but they went with several of the initiatives, including
a bill authorizing a feasibility
study of an east-west highway
across Maine, addressing domestic abuse, a bill to ease
mining regulations for potential mineral extraction at Bald
Mountain in Aroostook County
and an omnibus bill containing
regulatory reforms.
The booklet devotes an entire section to job creation. The
administration, citing the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, says
the state’s private sector grew
by 4,100 jobs.
The printed booklet cost
about $1 per copy to produce.
The administration had 50 copies printed, and is encouraging
Mainers to download the electronic version from the governor’s website.
Troop Greeters celebrate anniversary
BANGOR – The Maine Troop
Greeters celebrated their ninth
anniversary last Saturday, May
19, at Bangor International Airport.
The Troop Greeters spend
countless hours welcoming and
sending off troops.
“We need to recognize our
troop greeters because we’ve
had 6,703 flights go through so
far and well more than a million
troops and these folks have been
doing it ever since 2003,” said
Maine Troop Greeters Chairman, Chuck Knowlen.
Single-sex classrooms targeted
SANFORD - The American
Civil Liberties Union of Maine
has demanded that the Sanford
school district cease offering
single-gender classes.
Willard School offers voluntary one all-girl, one all-boy and
four co-ed classes for fifth- and
sixth-graders. The same structure was put in place for the fifth
grade this year. Studies such as
art, music and physical education is co-ed.
The ACLU says that the program appears to be based on
gender stereotypes, in violation
of federal law/
Sports HOF inducts eight
BANGOR — Eight new
members were inducted into the
Maine Sports Hall of Fame this
past Sunday at the Bangor Civic
Center.
The members of the class of
2012 are University of Maine
football coach Walter Abbott;
University of Maine tailback
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Phillip Coulombe; Mount View
High School and University of
Maine basketball player Emily Ellis; University of Southern Maine basketball player
and Dexter basketball coach
Ed Guiski; Lake Region High
School and Colby College basketball player Matt Hancock;
University of Maine baseball
player Dennis Libbey; Bowdoin
College football coach Howard
Vandersea; and Husson College
basketball player Dana Wilson.
No tuition hike planned at
UMaine
ORONO - The University of
Maine System has included no
tuition increase for the first time
in a quarter century in its 2013
budget plan.
Trustees have reviewed the
operating budget for the fiscal
year that begins July 1. Tuition
and the mandatory unified fee
for in-state undergraduate students will be kept at current levels. System officials say they’re
presenting a balanced budget to
the trustees despite a $2.3 million decrease in the state appropriation.
More fireworks stores opening
AUGUSTA – Jay Blais, who
recently opened Patriot Fireworks in Monmouth with his
business partner Tim Bolduc, is
encouraged with business since
he opened on May 12.
Patriot Fireworks is the second store in Kennebec County
and just the fourth in the state
to begin selling consumer fireworks since the sales ban was
lifted this year. Pyro City owner
Steve Marson has opened stores
in Manchester, Winslow and
Edgecomb. Marson also plans
to open stores in Presque Isle
and Ellsworth by July.
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Calendar And Events
Memorial Day 2012
Schedule for Lee Graham
Post 97 in Howland
HOWLAND – The Lee Graham
Post 97 will be conducting
Memorial
Day
services
On Monday May 28th.
With the participation of
Leveille-Shorey VFW Post
9429, K of C Council 5524 of
Lincoln/Howland, the following
services will be held: Seboeis
8:00am; West Enfield 8:30am;
Passadumkeag 8:50am; Gould’s
Ridge 9:10am; Lowell 9:40am;
Enfield 10:05am; Dodlin Road
10:25am; Edinburg 10:45am;
and Howland 11:00am.
All units and dignitaries
participating in the parade will
meet at 11:30am at the Howland
Town Park with a parade
to start at 11:45am. Post 97
Auxiliary will serve a breakfast
from 6:30am to 7:30am for all
participating in the Memorial
Day honors to the cemeteries.
The concert series performed
by the group M.U.S.I.C. (Many
Uniting Serving In Christ) is
gearing up for the 2012 season.
The concerts are fundraising
events to raise money for the
Fuel Assistance Program. This
past winter, over 30 families
throughout the area were
helped with emergency heating
assistance. The Fuel Assistance
Program is funded by free-will
offerings from three summer
concerts and one Christmas
concert, by donations from
the local area food cupboard,
and by individual donations.
Sandra Wallace, Director of
Music Ministries at the First
United
Methodist
Church
in Lincoln, is the event’s
coordinator. She says, “I’m
pleased to have so much interest
from musicians in our area
who are willing to give of their
time. We are blessed with so
much talent. I start getting calls
in the spring each year from
people wanting to participate.”
Local musicians from many
area churches perform a variety
of Christian music ranging from
traditional to contemporary.
There is no admission, but
a free-will offering is taken.
The first summer concert will
be held on Saturday, June 23,
at 7:00 pm. Other concert dates
include July 19 and an August
date yet to be announced.
Concerts are held at the First
United Methodist Church in
Lincoln. People wishing to
perform or make a monetary
donation are invited to contact
Sandra Wallace at 794-5042 or
[email protected]
at
your earliest convenience. The
slots are going fast!
Food Fight?
Passadumkeag Mountain Friends
Community Cookout
Bake Wars
coming to Lincoln
M.U.S.I.C. Gearing Up for 2012
Lincoln Boosters Golf
Scramble May 27th
Men’s & Ladies Divisions
$35 Walk $45 Ride
4 person scramble min
team hcp 50
Titleist Fitting and Demo Day May 27th
11am - 5pm - Call to schedule your fitting time
A free community cookout will be held Sunday, May 27, from noon to 2:00 p.m., at Nicatous Lodge,
near Burlington. Hosted by the new volunteer citizens’ group Passadumkeag Mountain Friends, the
event will feature food, music, and speakers on industrial wind development in Maine. Interested
community members are invited to attend. FMI call
(207)866-4339 or email [email protected].
Rubbing out cancer
Massages available at Katahdin Relay for Life
MILLINOCKET – The 2012
Katahdin relay for Life will be
held on June 15. In addition to
the fund raising efforts of local
individual and team walkers, a
local massage therapist will be
plying her trade for the cause.
Lora Schaafsma, LMT, will
be offering 10 minute seated
massages for a minimum
donation of $15 between the
hours of 2:00 and 4:30 PM.
Massages will be available by
appointment, with walk-ins
being accommodated on an asavailable basis.
Additionally, walk-in massages
will be offered from 4:30-5:30
PM & 8-10 PM (during Relay
Registration & Relay Events).
A 5 minute massage will be
available for donation of your
choice. All Massages will be
held at the Stearns athletic field
in Millinocket.
Message Linda Lakeman
Osborne on FB, or call 7465951 to book your appt today.
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veterans or non-profit community
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you to send your news and photos to
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news briefs and calendar items is 4
p.m. Monday for publication in the
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LINCOLN – M.A.D.E.
dance competition Team is
having a Baking Competition
on May 26th, at the Lincoln
FCU
Conference
Center.
We will be open from 1:30-4:00
PM for the public to come in
and sample various baked goods. The competition is open
to anyone who thinks they
have what it takes to win. We will have 2 age groups
14 & under and 15 & up. Entry fee is $10.00 per
item. We are asking that each
contestant make 100 sample
size (bite size) treats also. Anyone wishing to can purchase
tickets to taste the treats. The
tickets are $.50 each or you can
purchase a “Golden Ticket” for
$10.00 and sample all you want!
The girls are raising
money to go to the Dancer
Inc.
national
competition
this summer in Portland.
4th Saturday
baked bean
supper slated
HOWLAND – Saturday, May
26, at the American Legion Post
97, 4 Front St, from 4:30pm to
6:00pm the “4th Saturday Baked
Bean Supper” will be held with
fried hot dogs, American Chop
Suey, fried onions, coleslaw,
biscuits, and desert. All proceeds
go towards supporting legion
projects. Takeout available.
Call 290-4490. The public is
welcome.
We’re making plans
for your future.
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United States for our patrons. On your next visit to the
library take a minute and check
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by the Friends of the Lincoln
Memorial Library. Additional
flowers have been planted at
the front entrance to the library
by a member of the Friends. Our planter out front will be
arriving next week! If you
would like to donate annuals or
perennials to the library grounds
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library we offer a bike rack
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to the library. We also offer a
lift for those who cannot walk
up the stairs. In addition we
have a shared room for both
teens and our special collections
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by asking for assistance at
the front check out desk.
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Op-ed
We’ve Got Mail
The real battle
To The Editor:
By Maine Attorney General William J. Schneider, U.S. Army (retired)
Across Maine dedicated
veterans, proud family members,
students
and
concerned
citizens are walking through
fields planting flags, planning
parades and making plans
for community observances. Patriots all, these Mainers are
getting ready to mark Memorial
Day and remember the ultimate
sacrifice that many have made
to protect our liberties and way
of life.
In Dennysville, a small town
in easternmost Maine, the
community is preparing for the
town’s 147th annual Memorial
Day Observance. A parade will
commence at a local church
and wind its way through town
stopping at a cemetery and a
memorial. Participants will sing
patriotic songs, lay wreaths,
offer prayers and read the names
of deceased war veterans going
back to the Revolutionary War.
In Lewiston, a massive
volunteer effort that includes
local veterans groups, the
Knights
of
Columbus,
scouts,
motorcycle
clubs
Op-ed
and others ensures that the
graves of 5,000 veterans
across 13 city cemeteries get
a flag for veterans day. The
dedication of these volunteers
ensures that every veteran is
remembered and that every
passerby gets a reminder of the
importance of Memorial Day.
A day of remembrance and
observance, Memorial Day
is also a chance to teach the
soldiers, sailors and citizens
of tomorrow about honor, duty
and sacrifice. Watching how
my community celebrated
our local heroes played a big
role in my decision to attend
West Point and dedicate my
life to serving our country. And so it can be for kids today.
As Attorney General, I am
Maine’s top law enforcement
officer. Everyday, I see stories
of young people who have lost
their way. I am also a parent
and a disabled veteran who
is convinced that the lessons
of Memorial Day are some
of the most important things
we can teach young people.
Every parent, teacher,
scoutmaster and any other
person of influence in a young
person’s life has an opportunity
this Memorial Day to point to
the flags at a cemetery and talk
about what it really means to
serve one’s country. You can
take the time to attend a parade
or an observance with a young
person and make an impact that
may well stick with them forever. The work you do today may
inspire a future member of
the armed forces as it did for
me when I was growing up. Sharing the lessons of Memorial
Day will also give you a chance
to teach patriotism to the next
generation of productive, law
abiding American Citizens. This Memorial Day please take
time to remember our deceased
veterans and to honor their great
service our nation. And please
consider their great example
for America’s youth and how
honoring our fallen veterans can
inspire future leaders to serve.
Be silent no more
By Cynthia Izon
A German Protestant pastor,
Friedrich Niemoller, who lived
through the Nazi occupation
of WW II is credited with the
quote, “When the Nazis came
for the communists, I remained
silent; I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social
democrats, I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade
unionists, I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews, I
remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me, there
was no one left to speak out.”
People were silent as Hitler
and his evil empire sought
to destroy one group after
another because those groups
were not like them…they
weren’t Aryan. Because good
people were silent at the time
when they should have been
courageously stepping up and
combating Hitler’s political
machine, millions would be
murdered and many more
would die to stop that evil.
So, where are the good
people, especially is Obama’s
administration that will speak up
against the hate-filled rhetoric
of the Black Panther group?
How many of you knew that
the last time Iranian president,
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad,
visited the United States he had
a secret meeting with Louis
Farrakhan, fifty Imams, and
the National Black Panther
Chairman, Malik Zulu Shabass?
There’s an axis of evil.
Ahmadinejad keeps getting
closer (too close for comfort) to
the capability of nuclear warfare
and has been consistent in his
rhetoric for the destruction of
Israel and its allie, America.
Farrakhan has warned the
whites that “their end has
come” and is encouraging
President Obama to convert to
Islam. The New Black Panthers
have become increasingly
more vocal of their hate for
all white people, even women
and children, and threaten that
the time is coming where they
will be the ones hanging white
people. They are promising
active hostility towards whites
after this presidential election.
Obviously, the Black Panthers
and Farrakhan will, and have,
allied themselves with radical
Islam. Ironically, it was the
Muslims that promoted slavery
in Africa and sold slaves on
the market. I guess that doesn’t
bother the Black Panthers now.
For Malik Zulu Shabass to
be so filled with hate for white
people is sad. His desire to see
all whites killed is what I would
consider a slap in the face to
all the white men who died in
the Civil War to bring an end
to slavery. It’s spitting in the
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face of all the white people
who supported and marched
with Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is good and bad in
every people group and in
every generation, but it is hate
that causes atrocities like the
holocaust. You do not fight
hate with more hate. I would
encourage people to read about
the lives of Frederick Douglas,
Booker T. Washington, and
George Washington Carver.
These were great men. Also,
read about the lives of William
Wilberforce and John Newton.
These were inspirational men.
All of them are men to emulate.
Well, John Newton wasn’t a man
to emulate before his conversion
to Christianity. He is the
author of the hymn, “Amazing
Grace”. These men did not
hate and they were not silent.
It is necessary sometimes
for good people to stand up
and
courageously
oppose
evil. It isn’t easy and it may
involve some personal cost. To
paraphrase a quote by Edmund
Burke when good people
remain silent, evil reigns.
“Fear of something is at the
root of hate for others, and hate
within will eventually destroy
the hater. Keep your thoughts
free from hate, and you need
have no fear from those who
hate you.” ~ George Washington
Carver.
Kindness
Thomas Jefferson, JFK,
and Eleanor Roosevelt have
many wonderful acclaims to
fame. But if they were living in
America today they would be an
outcast. The things said about
them would be horrendous.
There would be investigations
and prosecutions. They would
be impeached and laughed out
of office. But why would this
happen today and not then?
Why? Because then people were
not so hung up on what people
did in their personal lives. They
were worried about people
being participating members of
society rather than what they
were doing in their bedrooms. It is well known that JFK
had some serious sexual things
going on while he was President
and married. But he had
something to offer the country.
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accomplishments
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AUGUSTA – Nine groups
informed the Maine Charter
School
Commission
by
Wednesday’s deadline that they
plan to submit applications to
open public charter schools.
Seven of the groups hope
to open a school this fall,
one in fall 2013, and one is
considering
both
options.
The nine include four that
were widely anticipated –
Baxter Academy of Technology
and Science, Portland; Cornville
Regional Charter School; Maine
Academy of Natural Sciences,
based at the Good Will-Hinckley
School in Fairfield; and Maine
Virtual Academy, an online
charter school – plus five others.
One of the five, Monson
Academy, submitted its notice
Monday. The four others, which
were filed with the Commission
on Wednesday, are: Fiddlehead
– Art & Science School, Gray;
John
Jenkins
Leadership
Academy, a virtual school;
Maine Connections Academy,
a virtual school; and Rural
Aspirations Project, Monroe.
“This is an auspicious start
to the process,” said James
Banks, Sr., the Charter School
Commission chairman. “It
shows strong interest in the
role that charter schools can
play in Maine’s educational
future. Commission members
and I look forward to reviewing
these applications thoroughly,
but also as quickly as possible
so that those that are qualified
and ready can open this fall.”
The Maine Charter School
Commission is considered an
“authorizer” under Maine’s
public charter school law. Local
school boards can authorize
additional public charter schools.
The Commission, a sevenmember body that can authorize
up to 10 public charter schools
statewide over the next
decade, published a request for
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applications before then and
could
announce
decisions
starting as soon as mid-June.
Charter schools are public
schools of choice that have
more flexibility than traditional
public schools over decisions
concerning curriculum and
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and finance. However, they
are accountable to the terms
of the contracts, or charters,
that authorize their existence
and the academic standards
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And it is running both ways.
Homosexuals are being attacked
for who they love and religion
is being attacked for the same.
Regardless of what you believe
or who you love it is important
to remember to be kind to
one another. It is important to
remember to love you neighbor.
It is imperative to this country
that we stop fighting amongst
ourselves. One of the most
important facts in almost all
historical teachings on religion
is that the sin of being cruel
to another human being is
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Eleanor Roosevelt would
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But nobody really cared. So why are we so hung up on
gays and lesbians? Why are we
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The Outdoor Notebook
Bear sightings increase
Outdoors in Maine
Wildlife management areas
By Bob Cram
I saw a bear yesterday
afternoon. This is my first bear
sighting of the spring and is
always an interesting event. I
was driving a woods road near
Turkeytail Lake and rounded
a corner just in time to see the
bear give me a startled glance
before disappearing into the
roadside foliage. The animal
seemed to be in good condition
and, as with most bear/
human encounters, it quickly
headed for parts unknown.
Maine’s black bear population
seems to be thriving, thanks
to a great degree to good
management on the part of
the Department of Inland
Fisheries & Wildlife (DIF&W)
and the fact that bears are now
considered a valuable big game
animal rather than a nuisance.
That means they are protected
for much of the year and harvest
quantities are closely watched.
When I was growing up, seeing
a black bear was an uncommon
event.
The animals were
treated as potential problems
around towns and backwoods
camps and the season for
hunting them was open year
around. Some municipalities
even offered a bounty for
bears killed and somewhere in
my files I have a faded receipt
issued to my grandfather
for a $25 bounty fee paid to
him for a bear around 1950.
It wasn’t until the 1970s that
the sport of bear hunting began
to catch hold in Maine. Guides
started to realize that nonresident hunters, especially,
wanted to hunt these fine big
game animals. Certain guides
and outfitters began to specialize
in bear hunting and the modern
Maine bear hunt was born.
Seasons were established and
a one bear per year bag limit
imposed. Supporting businesses
like
taxidermists,
outdoor
equipment retailers, tagging
stations, and food and beverage
stores sprang up to cater to
the needs of bear hunters, and
over a period of decades, an
entire industry came into being.
Today, bear hunting pumps
literally millions of dollars
into the rural Maine economy.
Maine
has
some
excellent
bear
biologists,
literally the best in the business
nationwide. And bears need
study, because numbers can
fall dramatically if populations
and seasonal harvest numbers
aren’t
watched
closely.
Bears only breed every other
year. A sow bear bred in July
will give birth to cubs in her
den during the following winter.
That’s if feed is plentiful in the
fall. During bad years, when
natural feed is scarce, a bear may
go into hibernation early, even
as early as October. With poor
feed, the fat layers necessary
to sustain the animal through
long months of hibernation just
aren’t there and the cubs will
By V. Paul Reynolds
not be born, or may be stillborn.
In such cases the survival of
the sow herself is questionable.
Sows give birth to anywhere
from one to three or more
cubs. I saw one sow with four
cubs west of John’s Bridge in
the Allagash one spring. The
cubs will stay with the mother
through all the next year and den
with her the following winter.
Only in the next spring will
she drive them away to live on
their own so that she can once
again mate in June or July. The
small bear I saw yesterday was
likely one of these juveniles that
had just been given the scoot.
These young bears, recently
separated from their mothers,
are often the ones that come into
conflict with humans during the
spring and summer. They lack
the experience and caution of
older animals and more willingly
move into urban areas in search
of food and entertainment,
somewhat like teenagers going
out for snacks and a movie.
Tipped over trash cans, damaged
buildings, and confrontations
with pets and humans can be
the result. | With trash kept in
proper containers and people
maintaining a safe distance
from wandering bears, they
usually find that their best bet
for safety and food is back in the
woods and that hanging around
humans isn’t very productive.
These animals disappear into
the forest experiencing little
further contact with people.
Occasionally, a nuisance
animal continues to cause
problems
with
property
destruction and even pet or
human injury becomes a very
real possibility. With these
animals, DIF&W personnel
react quickly. Usually this takes
the form of live trapping the bear
and transporting it to a remote
location where it won’t cause
further harm. These instances
are rare, but they do happen.
Ninety-nine percent of the time,
bear/human contact is benign.
Bears form a vital component
of the rural economy in Maine
and are interesting animals to
encounter and watch. With
proper management, we should
have plenty of bears around to
entertain future generations.
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The Penobscot Off Road
Riders Trails are open. There
are still some area’s that are
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behind the Why Not Stop.
Even with the work on the
trail, the rain that we received
has made things difficult.
Things will get better as things
dry out. We hope to have
folks out next week putting
up trail signs. Please check
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16th. The club meetings are
the first and third Thursday of
the month. Come join us for a
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Maine outdoor reporter Steve
Carpenteri has written an eye
opening three-part series in
the
Northwoods
Sporting
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Management Areas (WMAs),
which are owned by the
people of Maine and managed
by the Maine Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
(MDIF&W). In his report,
Carpenteri has cultivated a
simple, straightforward theme:
Maine’s 61 WMAs, comprising
more than 100,00 acres are
not being managed the way
they were intended to be.
More specifically, Carpenteri
asserts that the WMAs are,
by law, supposed to be
managed for wildlife habitat
that directly benefits hunters.
This is a pretty strong charge,
but he backs it up with facts
and even a quote or two from
MDIF&W officials themselves!
Here is how it is supposed to work.
When you buy guns, ammo
or bows and arrows anywhere
in the country, there is a special
federal tax levied under the
Pittman-Robertson Act. These
federal tax dollars are then
parceled out to the states on a
formula related to the number
of hunting license sales in a
given state. In turn, this money
is by law supposed to be used
for improving wildlife habitat
in a way that benefits those
who paid the bill: American
hunters. Carpenteri says that
in Maine, and most other
states, the money is coming in
but not being used properly.|
To directly benefit hunters,
the money would underwrite
the cost of improving habitat in
the WMAs for wild game. This
would mean one thing: the use
of chain saws and bush hogs to
Free Drifting
By Joel Susen
The main stream of
current formed wide curling
loops as it wove its way through
what looked like a never ending
sea of cattails. As the crow flies,
my destination was probably
only four hundred yards off,
but paddling a canoe through
the twisted maze put me back
to paddling at least a few miles
of water. The slow moving
brook trout flowage gives up
its best secrets but once a year
when a narrow window of great
opportunity cracks open in the
springtime. Though I wouldn’t
categorize this as trophy water,
knowing the trout are native
makes it that much more
desirable in my eyes, and any
native trout water that I don’t
have to drive an hour to fish
is nothing to complain about.
The water temperatures had
finally started to approach the
magical 50 degree mark, and the
apparition of black fly swarms
mingled with the occasional
mosquito was an indication
that mayflies were on the way,
namely the Hendrickson hatch.
The yearly emergence of
Hendrickson mayflies usually
triggers an onslaught of heavy
springtime feeding by the
resident brook trout population,
and without question can offer
some extremely fast paced
and addicting dry fly fishing.
During these heavy mayfly
emergences probably the most
important characteristic of any
dry fly imitation is its size.
Many trout will accept or reject
your fly based on this quality
alone. In all likelihood, by the
time you arrive the trout will
have eaten dozens of bugs that
all look exactly alike, and if
your imitation is off they will let
it pass right by. For those who
know their dry flies I usually
fish a size 14 in either Parachute
or Catskill designs. Though the
mayflies appear brownish-gray
their bellies are usually a light
pinkish hue, and this is what
the trout will see just before
they poke their nose through
the surface and take the fly.
Based on that notion, I fish a
light pink colored Hendrickson
imitation almost exclusively.
This particular evening’s
conditions supplied the perfect
circumstances; little to no wind,
warm afternoon temperatures,
and small light chestnut colored
mayflies could already be seen
breaking free from the water’s
surface. The dimples from
rising trout stretched on until
the forest of cattails seemed to
swallow them up, but around
every corner were more. On
occasion a rise from a large trout
could be distinguished amongst
the many others, but most of
the trout were around twelve
inches; nothing to write home
about, but wildly entertaining
for any dry fly enthusiast.
The twisting stream bed was
thickly lined with plant life
that can only be described as
resembling Woolly Mammoth
hair swirling in the rambling
current. These weeds provide
an ideal environment for
the thousands of mayflies to
flourish, but it also provides
ample opportunity for the trout
to escape capture once on the
hook. Multiple fish were able to
shake the fly by diving headlong
into the plant growth, and I
found myself retrieving nothing
but greenery. The feisty blue
halo-speckled brook trout that
enter the flowage from the many
tributary streams and brooks will
gorge themselves by ambushing
the emerging mayflies every
afternoon until the hatch ends
in a week or thereabouts. Once
the penetrating hot summertime
temperatures set in the water
temperature in the marsh
reaches a high that the trout
cannot handle, and they retreat
to springs and cooler tributaries
that provide the much needed
cold water they thrive in. After
that the window of opportunity
closes, but for now the fishing
stretches on until dark.
Cold evening air trickled into
the Marsh as the sun fell behind
the trees. It crept up on me
while I was distracted by the
rising fish. Accordingly, the
canoe ride back wasn’t nearly
as warm as the ride in, and I felt
a shiver starting to brew. Along
with the absence of warm air
I also took note of the almost
total absence of black flies and
mosquitos. The coolness of
night has a way of slowing down
the blackflies and mosquitos,
though only temporarily. It
was getting quite dark by the
time I approached the canoe
take-out area, and I could hear
the trout still splashing on the
surface from time to time, but
there wasn’t enough light left
to see their riseforms. As much
as I wished for more daylight,
with the insect hatches now in
full swing, there will be plenty
of opportunity to make another
cast at a rising trout.
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“Many programs presently
underway on WMAs and
designated as “wildlife habitat
improvement” projects (more
semantics) are designed to
provide habitat for species
that are illegal to hunt. For
example, I recently visited a
65-acre clear-cut on the 5,000acre Vernon Walker WMA in
Newfield that is designed to
create and improve habitat for
moths and butterflies – neither
of which may be hunted.”
So once again hunters are
getting the short end of the stick.
Money they spend on licenses
and taxes is going everywhere
else EXCEPT to manage wild
game and wild game habitat.
Another head-shaking irony
is that, while MDIF&W holds
private
forestland
owners
accountable for not protecting
deer habitat, the Department
itself apparently does not steward
game habitat on the large parcels
of forest that it directly controls.
The author is editor of the
Northwoods Sporting Journal.
He is 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 (WVOMFM 103.9, WQVM-FM 101.3)
and former information officer
for the Maine Dept. of Fish and
Wildlife. His e-mail address is
[email protected] and
his new book is “A Maine Deer
Hunter’s Logbook.”
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manipulated by a chain saw
or bush hog in over 70 years.”
In 2010 Maine received
$4.5 million in PittmanRobertson funding. So where
does all of this money go?
“Salaries and operating
costs,” said John Boland, a
supervising biologist with
MDIF&W. Boland notes that
about half of the WMA acreage
are wetland areas that don’t lend
themselves to logging and other
forms of habitat manipulation.
Still, that leaves 50,000 acres
or so that sit idle with no habitat
improvement to speak of.
Predictably, a USFWS official
admitted that logging on
federal or state land (creating
successional
growth
for
wildlife) often isn’t being done
for public relations reasons
( read political correctness).
It
The games begin
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cut,
mow
or
otherwise
manipulate only about 1 percent
of those 95,000 acres annually.
The majority of our state WMA
acreage has matured into climax
(i.e., wildlife-empty) forestland
in a slow process of unchecked
growth that began when most of
those lands were first acquired
during the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Frary Home Companion
The Maine Conservative Voice
Through the looking glass
of adversity
The joys of matrimony
By Professor John Frary
The Marriage issue has now
come into the foreground of
the presidential race. There is
talk of Mitt Romney rallying
skeptical evangelicals and
conservatives to his side by
defending traditional marriage.
Libertarians, including the dread
Koch brothers, support gay
marriage. North Carolina’s
voters have attracted the scorn
and wrath of enlightened
progressives by insisting that
marriage can only be between
a man (one each) and a woman
(one each). Barack Obama
has come to an end of his
long and painful evolution,
possibly impelled by a remark
from Blurting Joe Biden,
and repudiated his previous
support for traditional marriage. Progressive pundits congratulate
the president on his courage.
Skeptics speculate about how
what role protecting his base
and securing contributions
from gays (estimated to be a
sixth of his cash “bundlers”)
played in stimulating his
courage. Cynics suspect a
purely political calculation.
When we set aside the
current political uproar we see
that the institution has been
under perpetual siege and its
defense a never-ending job.
An unknown sixteenthcentury Englishman expressed
the
anti-marriage
position
in blunt and brutal terms:
“To hang or wed;
both
hath
an
hour;
And whether it be; I am well sure
Hanging is the better of the twain
Sooner done, and shorter pain.”
Move on a century and you will
find a character in Shakespeare’s
All’s Well that End’s Well
sneering that “A young married
Mom’s Eye View
is a man that’s marred.” Other
seventeenth century writers passed equally severe judgments
on the institution. A sampling:
“There may be good,
but there are no pleasant
marriages.” La Rochefoucauld. “Marriage is good for
nothing but to make friends
fall out.” Thomas Shadwell.
“Advise none to marry or
go to war.” George Herbert.
“Every man plays the fool
once in his life, but to marry
is playing the fool all one’s
life.” William Congreve.
“If I were married to a hogshead
of claret, matrimony would make
me hate it.” John Vanbrugh. The last remark is attributed
to a man passionately devoted
to claret. If that century seems
especially critical of wedlock,
durable proverbial wisdom
has often been equally hostile.
A Greek proverb, “Marriage
is the only evil that men pray
for” seems to have descended
from the fourth century,
when Philemon advised that
“He who would marry is
on the road to repentance.”
And so it goes. Spaniards
were warned that “Marriage is
reaching into a bag of snakes
in the hope of catching an
eel.” Pious Poles were advised
“Before going to war say a
prayer; before going to sea
two; before getting married
say three.” Russians felt that
“No matter how fiery love may
be, it is cooled by marriage,” a
sentiment shared by the Scots
who predicted that “A dish
o’ married love grows soon
cauld.” The Irish also took a
stand-offish position: “If you
marry at all, marry last year.”
The Dutch: “In marrying
and taking pills it is best not
to think about it too much.”
Germans, true their reputation
for
thoroughness,
give
marriage a thorough goingover: “Marriage is a school
in which the pupil learns too
late.” “Marriage is fever in
reverse: it starts with heat and
ends with cold.” “Marriage is
the hospital of love.” “If you
want a good year, marry; if you
want two, refrain.” Summing
it up pithily: Ehestand.
Wehestand (Wedlock. Woe). For a little balance there’s a
Finnish proverb. “Love is the
flower; marriage is the fruit.” I
hesitate to offer marital advice,
but this suggests that some one
looking for a spouse might be
well advised to find a Finn.\
Certainly there are more
benevolent views of wedlock,
but it has always faced severe
criticism and defending it is a
job without beginning or end.
You see from the observations
above why some homophobes
are all in favor of gay marriage.
They expect them to suffer and
hope they will. Professor John Frary of
Farmington, Maine is a former
US Congress candidate and
retired history professor, a Board
Member of Maine Taxpayers
United and an associate editor
of the International Military
Encyclopedia, and can be
reached at: jfrary8070@aol.
com
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The end of September brings
the Farmington Fair . The
fair runs for six days and is
considered to be one of the best
agricultural fairs in the area.
A place of relative quiet can
be found on the Sandy River.
At six miles long and winding
its way from Farmington Falls
to New Sharon, it’s an inviting
place to swim, kick back and
spend a day. With just enough
deep pockets for swimming it
also has many sandy shallow
areas for smaller children. In Phillips, just a few miles
outside of Farmington, off the
beaten track is another fun
way to spend the afternoon.
The Sandy River and Rangeley
Lakes Railroad. Though the ride
itself is short, the authenticity
of the train and knowledge of
the conductor will fill your
head with a wealth of historical
information. Not long into the
ride the train stops in order for
the guide to take visitors through
a roundhouse full of antique
engines in various stages of
refurbishment and restoration. Moving onwards into Wilton,
home of the Wilton Blueberry
Festival you’ll find a tidy little
town filled with specialty shops,
antique emporiums and a busy
general store. A main attraction
for Wilton along with the
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end, as was the callous and
shallow approach for the past
administrations. He views these
dollars as the means of working
men and women and should be
used effectively not wastefully.
Treasurer Poliquin’s dogged
adherence to integrity and
accountability has not endeared
him to some in Augusta. There
are those that have lost their
jobs. Some are facing criminal
charges. Undoubtedly, many are
trying to cover their proverbial
“behinder parts” anxiously as
Governor Lepage’s fiscal super
sleuth keeps searching through
buried lockers in search of more
shady dealings. Exorbitant
credit card accounts, massages,
magic shows, fortunetellers, and
expensive luxury suites all on
the taxpayer dime. The media
has called these revelations a
“witch hunt”. The courts have
called it a crime. It seems the
courts take a dimmer view of
misappropriation than Governor
Baldacci and Governor King. These administrations did not
commit much capital or energy
towards the ferreting out this
criminal activity. Governor
Lepage and Bruce Poliquin have.
But the pattern continues at
the National level. Yes, credit
cards and the like, again. From
Washington D.C, conservative
legislators like Mike Lee have
called on Maine to send them
Bruce Poliquin to help in the
fight against the mountains
of corruption and redundancy
in the U.S. Capital. His
strength of will in the face of
adversity is sorely needed in
the halls of Washington. I have
seen this strength first hand.
I was at the Republican
Convention in Portland when
Bruce Poliquin was running
for Governor. Bruce was the
last to speak. Most had left the
Convention floor to follow then
candidate LePage out to the
foyer. The din surrounding the
soon to be Governor was nearly
raucous, which made it, I’m
sure, difficult to speak. I had
made up my mind who I was
voting for. It wasn’t Bruce, but
I stayed out of respect to hear
each candidate. What I saw left
a lasting impression that I shall
not soon forget. In the face of
inevitable defeat, Mr. Poliquin
bravely gave his speech, with
the same enthusiasm had it been
a full auditorium. He never
wavered. He was determined
to finish the job. I whispered
to my wife that it takes a lot of
courage to stand in the face of
defeat and finish what you began
A lot can be said about a man
in victory. But much can be said
in defeat. Everything Bruce
Poliquin has done since that day
has only confirmed what I saw
on that convention floor. He was
a man willing to be measured by
adversity. He refused to back
down against all odds. So it
is with great enthusiasm that
The Maine Conservative Voice
endorses our State Treasurer
Bruce Poliquin for United
States Senate. His tenacity and
refusal to waver on matters of
finance and accountability is
just the antidote to a corrupt,
bloated and spend-addicted
Federal Government. Please
vote for Bruce Poliquin to be
our next United States Senator. Let’s turn the searchlight on
Washington!
Right Minded, but Left of Center
Random thoughts
By John R. Clark
By Debra Colby-Conklin
I’ve been fortunate enough to
have lived in several different
locations throughout Maine.
Although moving my family
around from place to place
was tough, I also knew the
moves were only temporary.
So I decided to make the best
of each move and take the
opportunity to really get to
know the places where we
had to, for a short period of
time, set up housekeeping.
We spent over a year
in Farmington and though known
as a college town (University of
Maine at Farmington) I found
it to be much more than that. It
became a second home for us.
Downtown Farmington is as
bustling and busy as the college
students who become a part of
the community for nine months.
Geared towards the students,
many of the shops become
crammed in late August, with
trendy clothing, footwear and
dorm decor. New and used
bookstores carry lines of literary
tomes, and the cinema tends
to show movies that attract
the 18-30 year old age group.
Many local events occur during
the summer months. Farmington
Summer Fest happening in
late July is a daylong event. It
features live music and art as
well as a host of other events.
By: Andy Torbett
The primary is nearly
upon us and ‘tis the season
for endorsements. The
Maine Conservative Voice
has
decided
to
endorse
Bruce Poliquin for United
States Senate. Here is why.
Since the Lepage administration
took office, bureaucratic elites
have been running for cover
as accountability’s hot light
of scrutiny has been scouring
the landscape of Maine State
government in search of
every misappropriated fund. The flippant, frivolous and
spend thrifty culture of past
leadership has found that a
new sheriff’s in town, who
views every tax dollar as a
precious commodity, the charge
and the carriage of which is a
sacred trust. Governor Lepage
could have found no better an
individual to administrate his
new culture of frugality into
the bureaucratic labyrinth of
Augusta than Bruce Poliquin. From the moment he
was appointed to be State
Treasurer,
Bruce
Poliquin
has executed the duties of his
office looking through the
prism of guardianship. Like a
bloodhound on a scent, he has
demanded that every penny
be accounted for, not because
it is his money but because
it is not his money. Unlike
administrators of the past, this
treasurer understands that it
is an awesome and sobering
responsibility to be entrusted
with the guardianship of the
hard earned treasure of the
many fine residents of this
great State. It is no small thing. Thankfully, for Maine,
this man has not viewed tax
dollars as the means to an
blueberry festival is Kineowatha
Park. A former girls camp, meant
to enlighten the young ladies on
the joys of camping, horseback
riding, pottery making and
crafts, it now serves as a
public beach and playground.
What’s
spectacular
about
Kineowatha is the mountain
range that seems to enclose
the beach, making it seem
worlds away from civilization.
A place not to be missed is
Webb Lake in the Mt. Blue State
Park. Once summer has faded
into September and the green
leaves give way to sharp reds and
blazing oranges, the lake seems
to sparkle with the reflections
of colorful trees bouncing off
its depths. A stroll through this
park on well-maintained roads is
an afternoon of peace and quiet
that will relax and rejuvenate. A day spent in Farmington
and its surrounding areas is not
just for college kids but also for
nature lovers who can appreciate
life outside the college dorm.
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This will be a random thought
week. First up is a comment on
the Gordon Lightfoot concert
last Saturday. I was introduced
to his music back in college
in the late 1960s by a fellow
from Colorado who ultimately
disappeared and was never
heard from again. Lightfoot was
one of several folk singers Ted
Bynum liked that we listened
to, but Gordon grew on me and
I spent a lot of time listening to
his music over the next 40 years.
He’s 70 now and isn’t as agile
as he once was. Heck neither
am I at 64. It was a gray and
graceful performer and crowd
coming together for a night
that was completely satisfying.
As regular readers know, our
younger daughter Lisa teaches
in the Bronx. After making
some significant inroads with
her middle school special
education literacy students, she
(to put it bluntly) got screwed
by the principal who abruptly
moved her to a new group of
kids and left her feeling angry
and frustrated (not uncommon
in public schools). Fortunately,
one of her good friends from
Fordham was working in an
inner city charter school and
called her to let her know
that they needed a third grade
teacher. Lisa had some real angst
over abandoning the kids she
had connected to at the middle
school, but everyone in her life
kept reminding her to take care
of herself. She made the move.
Fast forward two months;
she’s working longer hours, but
loves the challenge of working
in a charter school with a focus
on the arts. The school was
started by rapper Swizz Beatz
who is married to Alicia Keys.
Since the school is primarily
supported by private money,
they have an annual fundraiser
and both Alicia Keys and Kanye
West were there to perform and
help support the school. While
getting to see them close up
was cool, my daughter says
the best part of working in the
new environment is the level
of involvement by parents.
That, folks is both a low cost
and renewable resource. Too
bad so few Maine parents
have any involvement in their
kid’s education these days.
I’m going to briefly revisit Gov.
LePages’ corruption comment.
There are major problems with
state government. Anyone
who worked/works there can
tell you stories about people
who have no business getting
a paycheck every week. I had
a man I supervised back in
the late 1970s who was out of
control. The paper trail was
long, stressful and created
plenty of hostility on his part,
but he was eventually boxed
in by his own behavior and
faced a choice of professional
counseling or termination.
If I were to change ONE aspect
of state government, it would be
the asinine and unproductive
pattern of rewarding good
employees by promoting them
to positions where they are
uncomfortable and no longer
competent. Better to give them
a raise and let them keep doing
what they’re good at.
Feedback as always to
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The Older Americans Act was Aging:
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breaking law was the first National Older Americans
federal government initiative to Month, a strong tradition that
provide broad-based assistance demonstrates
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nation’s
to older adults that would help commitment to recognizing the
them stay in their own homes achievements and contributions
and communities for as long of older Americans. Further,
as possible. If you have ever this annual recognition month
been a caregiver for an aging also gives us the opportunity to
loved one, you probably know showcase available programs
how much they cherish their and services in Maine that can
independence and how much make a tremendous difference in
they appreciate their connection our communities. For example,
to
familiar
surroundings. in addition to Meals on Wheels,
The Older Americans Act another program that helps
supports many programs that thousands of older Mainers
enable seniors to maintain that every year is the Supplemental
level of independence. Meals Nutrition
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supported by this landmark as SNAP. SNAP helps those
law. Through Meals on Wheels, who qualify with the cost of
hundreds of volunteers deliver groceries, a much needed benefit
nutritious meals to older adults during these tough economic
(60+) who can no longer do times. SNAP participants use
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your local Area Agency on are available at many locations
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The Maine Long-Term Care
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Perhaps the best way we can
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Month is by helping our
friends, family and lovedones
remain
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and in their own homes and
communities for years to come. As always, AARP is working
with local agencies and other
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Opinions & Columns
In 500 Words Or Less…
Dealing with ad-versity
The importance of knowing
who
you are not...
B J L
By Chuck McKay
The Maine Orifice of Tourism
has the lamest ads on the Red
Sox Radio network, and that is
certainly saying something.
People who listen to baseball
on the radio are nice, peaceful
folk who love their kids and
their communities. They don’t
deserve to be subjected to inane
sales efforts that would insult the
intelligence of a brain-damaged
chimpanzee.
You can barely get through
an inning without one of the
announcers telling you to call
Giant Glass. “If you need auto
glass replacement, don’t be
outsourced,” they say.
How the hell does a cracked
windshield leave me at risk for
having my job shipped overseas?
Am I the only baseball fan in New
England who sees how this makes
no sense?
The dictionary defines the
verb “outsource”as follows: “to
procure a good or service under
contract from an outside supplier.”
So if I call 1-800-54-GIANT,
apparently they’re going to tell
me to replace my own damn
windshield, because otherwise,
the job would be outsourced. Or
something.
Anyway, I always thought such
commercial foolishness could
not be topped on the radio, but
as soon as I heard the first Maine
Orifice of Tourism ad this season,
I realized how wrong I was.
I thought I could expect
someone working in the LePage
administration to come up with
a better marketing strategy than
telling people in Massachusetts
and Connecticut all about the
various silly annual festivals and
events they could enjoy if they are
willing to drive whatever distance
is necessary for them to get to
Vacationland.
“This week, come to West
Turdfield for the Annual Goat
Milking Extravaganza and PotBelly-in-Tank-Top Fashion Show.
For more information on how
you can waste $100 worth of gas
to see something the people who
live here would never bother with,
log on to visitmaine.com.”
I probably don’t need to explain
how deeply flawed this is, but
just for fun: all of the Maine
events that have been featured
on the Red Sox broadcast so
far either have ridiculously
narrow appeal or, most likely,
have similar counterparts in
New Hampshire and Vermont.
Other parts of the ads are more
general. “Come to Maine. The
ocean may be salty, but the people
certainly aren’t.” Welcomes don’t
get much warmer.
Puh-leeez.
“Come to Maine for a dose
of the spontaneous. Bring your
hiking shoes and your flip-flops.”
Again, there are serious
problems with this strategy.
People who listen to baseball on
the radio are, by definition, either
A) sitting in rocking chairs on
their front porches, wondering if
y an
they should go ahead and take
their dentures out for the night;
B) already living in Maine; or C)
both of the above.
These are not spontaneous
people.
And Maine is not a spontaneous
place. It’s not like anyone’s going
to start hiking the Appalachian
Trail and then suddenly decide
to go digging for clams that
afternoon.
I don’t know what these ads
cost, but they are so dumb the
only thing they could possibly
accomplish is driving tourists
away from Maine.
Hey, wait a minute... Oh. My.
God.
I just realized how brilliant this
is. I’m going to have to vote for
LePage in 2014 after all.
Chuck McKay is a Maine
freelance writer and marketing
consultant.
His
email
is
[email protected].
over
disgruntlement with a Boston
team that was swept twice by the
Oakland Athletics in the playoffs.
Then his numbers dropped .
From 1993-1995 he failed to
strike out 200 batters. He DID
strike out 257 in 1996, but he
was 10-13 with an ERA of 3.63.
It must have killed him to be
less than the best. That’s when, I
believe, he sought artificial help.
“Roger Clemens’ only crime was
having the poor judgment to stay
connected to Brian McNamee,”
said his lawyer Rusty Hardin.
In 2008, he didn’t have to
testify before Congress. Had
he told the truth about the drug
use he may have even been
forgiven – as was his former
Yankee teammate Andy Pettitte.
Instead he cast himself down
with fellow drug users Rafael
Palmeiro and Mark McGwire –
good players who will probably
never get into the Hall of Fame
because of their steroid use.
Clemens chose to fight and
defend his image, and he’s
going to lose that fight. The best
pitcher baseball ever had will,
sadly for his fans, live in shame.
He can forget about Cooperstown.
Newman’s K9 Corner
My kind of weekend
have swung so far in the direction
of “positive only training” in
which you “simply ignore”
unwanted behavior as opposed
to actually correcting it that
somewhere the wires may have
become crossed where now
people think showing a dog is
somehow a wrong thing to do.
Many of the new generation of
internet correspondence course
certified “dog trainers” freely
advertise this “positive only”
training techniques while playing
down the shows. “I would never
put my dog through that” is a
common answer. Put the dog
through what? Luke loves going
to shows. He has a plethora
of girlfriends at the shows not
to mention all of the human
admirers. He is treated like a
king, is pampered all day with
every one of his needs met before
he even thinks to need them. The
fact that these new trainers don’t
earn any titles on their dogs may
be by choice or it may be that their
dogs could not perform on that
level since “ignoring unwanted
behavior” is a tough thing to do in
a crowd of several hundred people
and dogs and they know that.
Whatever the reason for
the decline I fear that my
grandchildren may never get
to see a dog show. I learned to
appreciate this sport from my
Grandfather who was one of the
first handlers at the Westminster
Kennel Club at Madison Square
because I could never get it to record the show I wanted.
Knowing who you are not does
sometimes give you the opportunity to discover who you might
want to become. Now I know I
will never become a quarterback
in the NFL or a great opera singer.
The reasons for are obvious. But
the question the interviewer asked
did get me thinking about the future. Too old to retire?
As I carefully considered my
answer to the question, it was
difficult to not think about the
“wanna-be’s”. If I were smarter,
trusted people more or worked
harder. If I told people what I really though or believed.
As we continued the discussion
on the phone, and I was drinking
my third cup of coffee, I came to
the conclusion that it was important to “know who I am not.” But
understanding who I am not may
not may not be the difficult part.
The hard part may be to admit it
to others.
By: Norman Hartley Clarke
By Mike Estrada – WTOS FM 96.7, 101.1, 105.1 FM
By Betsy Newman
Any one of you that is a regular
follower of my weekly column
knows that competing at dog
shows is a big part of who I am.
Having earned my first show
ribbon in 1968, it is fare to say
I have been witness to many
changes in the sport of dogs…
some that are great and some that
are not so great. Unfortunately
one of the changes that we
are seeing in this era of the
sport is a down turn in entries.
I personally can remember
a time in the early 80’s that a
Maine show would draw an
average of sixty or more entries
for the Novice level of obedience
competition. This last weekend
there were eight entries in Novice
obedience. It makes you wonder
what has happened, doesn’t it?
It is a no-brainer to say it could
be the economy affecting the
shows. God knows the vendors
at the shows are dying on the
vine out there barely breaking
even. I used to be a vendor
at such events and I thank my
lucky stars I got out when I did.
But I have concluded it is not just
the economy affecting things but
perhaps an overall loss of interest
in the sport. Despite efforts made
by the AKC to boost entries by
allowing neutered mixed breed
dogs to compete for obedience
titles the entries are still low.
Personally I think it is a
reflection in the mentality of the
dog owner these days. “We”
There are those who see themselves as good and hard working,
understanding and caring, when
in reality they are not so far out
of reach from exaggerating a truth
(to lie) for the sake of benefiting
one’s self interest and maybe even
take part in a ‘guilty pleasure’ or
two.
I know people who consistently
have difficulty meeting deadlines
and yet they see nothing wrong by
the inconvenience and confusion
created. Does that make them a
procrastinator or are they just being arrogant, inconsiderate and
selfish?
We often view our self, or more
often deny who we are, from the
way we want others to see us.
So I thought about the question.
I am not a professional dancer, an
athlete, nor am I “Brad Pitt-like”.
While I can work my way around
my computer and other technologies at home (electronic thermostats), I am not proficient and
would not even consider suggesting to others that I am an expert,
although there are those who do. I
still prefer the old paper and pencil and it has been only in recent
years that I have come to understand how to effectively use the
DVR. For a long time I thought
the ‘D’ was short for “damned”
Open
Egomaniac Clemens has only
himself to blame
the next two seasons.
According to McNamee’s
testimony,
Clemens
knew
what he was doing. McNamee
testified that the pitcher supplied
the needles, the drugs, and the
alcoholic swabs needed for
the injections. McNamee kept
some evidence of the shots.
Later he became a “reluctant
but cooperative” witness against
one of the most successful
baseball players of all time.
“It destroyed me. It killed me,”
he told the court, according to the
Associated Press. “I put myself
in a situation where I had to
do this. I had to tell the truth.”
There are three basic questions:
Why did Clemens take injections
in the first place, when by 1998
he already had a Hall of Fame
career? Why did he agree to testify
before the Congressional panel in
2008? And why did he lie when
honesty wouldn’t lead to prison?
The overall answer is
easy. His ego wouldn’t let
him do anything different.
When “Rocket” Roger Clemens
was drafted in the first round
of the 1983 amateur draft, the
Boston Red Sox knew of his
genuine talent. Three years later
with Boston he went 24-4 with
238 strikeouts and an earned run
average of 2.48. At six feet, four
inches tall and 230 pounds he was
intimidating force on the mound.
Later in his Sox career there were
reports of his rude behavior, and
aux
I recently was part of a telephone
interview. The advantage of the
interview was that the person on
the other end of the line could not
see me lounging in my pajamas
on my back porch, sipping a cup
of coffee, not yet showered or
prepared to tackle the activities
and adventures of the day. Perhaps the interviewer was sitting at
home in his “binkies” too.
There were the usual questions
that are traditionally part of an
interview. But then there was a
question that caught me by surprise. Tell me who you are not! I
had been prepared to tell him who
I was: charming, witty, intelligent, energetic. But ‘who I was
not’ was a bit of a twist. Could I
convince him I was not Brad Pitt?
Generally we like to see ourselves in the positive. For example, there are many who see
themselves as great leaders in
business, when in reality they
are not because their motives are
self-serving and driven by ego.
There are others who see themselves as good, honest, as in being a politician, hoping someday
to become the President or world
leader. ( Sorry John Edwards.
I did not intend to use the word
‘honest’ and ‘politician’ in the
same sentence.)
Just what I thought
Mr. Mike’s Musings
There’s a saying I like: “When
you’re up to your rear end in
alligators, remember your original
intention was to drain the swamp.”
Former major league pitcher
Roger
Clemens
should
have heeded that warning.
Consumed with preserving
the greatness of his pitching
career, I believe he lied to a
U.S. Congressional committee
in 2008 about his use of steroids
and human growth hormones.
Should Clemens be convicted
for lying under oath, he could
face 30 years in federal prison.
“He raised his right hand
(in 2008) and swore he never
used (steroids),” Assistant U.S.
Attorney Steven Durham told the
District Court jury in Washington,
according to the Associated Press.
“That was false and he knew it.”
For a while Clemens was able
to deflect the drug enhancement
rumors. After all, he totaled
354 wins and 4,672 strikeouts
and seven Cy Young Awards
in his career. That’s not easy.
Clemens said he benefited from
intense 12-month workouts.
Those kept his body sharp
for the major league season..
But as we learned during his
perjury trial, “Rocket” Roger
was losing steam around 1998
with the Toronto Blue Jays, and
he did seek drug help through
the team trainer. Brian McNamee
claims he injected Clemens with
steroids on eight to 12 occasions
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Garden in New York, NY back
in the late 1800’s. It pains me
to see something so wonderful
and full of such tradition dying
out before my very eyes.
I was so pleased that a handful
of my students attended the
show and did very well their
first time out a few of them even
earned titles in the four day event
and walked away with a new
relationship with their dogs. But
they will not be enough to keep
this sport alive and I sincerely
encourage any of you that want
to know what this is all about to
attend a show and see for yourself
what fun you can have with your
dog. You have another chance
in Maine at the Cumberland
Shows the third weekend in June.
Betsy Newman owns Moosehead
trail Boarding Kennel and Back
to Basics Obedience Training
in Newport, Maine. She is a
professional groomer, trainer,
show handler and a retired
Animal Control Officer, veterinary
assistant and breeder.
We are all consumers and
at one time or another, have
had some degree of difficulty
getting into or at the product we
purchased. It’s sort of a double
your pleasure thing. You spend
your money on the item and then
have lots of fun trying to use it.
Take for example the ever-hated
plastic blister packs. Seems like
more and more stuff is packed
in them and they are so hard to
open. You can severely injure
yourself trying to pry or cut
them open. You try to be careful
because you might have to take
the product back if it’s defective
and you want the packaging to be
preserved so it can be returned.
Good luck with that. There is a
product you can buy which will
help you get into those pesky
plastic vaults. It comes in a plastic
blister pack. I think Band Aids
are just about the hardest thing to
open especially if you have a cut
and are trying to stop the bleeding
and open the damn thing. I’m sure
there are people who have bled to
death trying to get at a bandage.
People with arthritis or just
about anyone without the strength
of a body builder can tell you
The Knit Ditz
how hard it is to open child proof
caps, get pills out of the little
aluminum packets or line up the
little almost invisible arrows on
the tops of the little pill bottles.
It’s a safety thing you know.
It’s easier to get into a safe.
Another gripe is the CD packaging.
They are easy to open if you
have a knife handy, or chain saw.
While we are on the subject
of bottles, how about those
little foil caps on juice, milk
and other drinks. They claim
it’s to seal in freshness. I claim
it’s to seal out consumers.
Even products designed to help
us open stuff are working against
us. I have those little plastic letter
openers with the razor blades
in them. They work some of the
time but the rest of the time, the
flap bunches up as you try to open
the letter and I end up tearing it
and often damaging the contents.
I think the most evil things
are the plastic bags inside cereal
boxes. If you can actually get into
a cereal box, you find a plastic bag
that has been sealed to prevent
damage if there is ever a nuclear
attack. Pull hard and it breaks
spreading your corn flakes all
Queen Elizabeth
As I’ve discovered the joys of
knitting, I’ve often wondered
about the people who invented
the tools and techniques that we
take for granted today. Those
knitters, whose names are lost
to history, changed our craft
forever.
Who was the first
knitter to turn a perfect heel? To
conceive of knitting in the round
and circular needles? To use
short rows to shape a garment?
To knit a length of I-Cord?
This last question, at least,
I can answer. The I-Cord, or
Idiot Cord, was “unvented”
by a revolutionary BritishAmerican craftswoman named
Elizabeth Zimmerman. While
other designers were modifying
established designs, Elizabeth
dared to think outside the box and
change the way knitters thought
about their work. She encouraged
knitters to take ownership of their
knitting and to alter designs to fit
their needs. Her patterns were
only templates and her techniques
could be adapted and modified
to suit innumerable situations.
Her ideas changed knitting in
ways we can barely comprehend.
Elizabeth realized that there
probably isn’t anything truly
original in an activity as ancient
as knitting.
New techniques
have been discovered, utilized
and forgotten throughout the
centuries. She coined the phrase
“unvented” to indicate those
ideas and techniques that, while
probably not entirely new in
the history of knitting, she had
not seen used anywhere else.
My appreciation for Elizabeth’s
work came early in my knitting
experience, when I read “Knitting
Without Tears” (1971). Elizabeth
introduced “Tears” as an “...
attempt to explain some of the
ideas that come while designing
knitted garments...”.
It is a
wonderful introduction to the
business of knitting. Elizabeth
believed that, “There is no right
way to knit; there is no wrong
way to knit.”
Those were
welcome words to a new knitter!
While she assumed that her
reader has knowledge of the
basics, Elizabeth began with her
thoughts on yarn, needles and
the qualities of different types
of knitted fabrics. She covered
casting on, casting off, knitting,
purling, increasing, decreasing,
grafting and seaming. She then
expanded her teaching to borders,
pockets, buttonholes and her
iconic “phoney seams”. She deftly
covered all the fundamentals
of knitting...in Chapter One.
From there, Elizabeth jumped
right into her forte: sweaters. Not
one to avoid a challenge, Elizabeth
presented her “Ski Sweater
in Color Patterns”, wherein
she demystified such topics as
colorwork, Norwegian sweater
design and (gasp!) steeking. She
then forayed into her renowned
“Seamless Sweaters”, which
require no seaming and very
few purl stitches. This design
is featured in yoke, raglan and
saddle-shouldered versions, and
as both a cardigan and a pullover.
While this volume focuses
on sweaters, it briefly covers
hats, mittens, scarves, socks,
shawls and blankets. Finally,
it concludes with a chapter on
the care of your new handknit
items. This book covers it all!
“Tears” was the first of
Elizabeth’s work that I studied and
it was her first published book,
but her designs and ideas had a
receptive audience long before
that volume. Beginning in 1958,
Elizabeth printed and distributed
semi-annual newsletters under
the titles “Newsletter”, “Wool
Gathering” and “Spun Out”.
The editions dating from 1958
to 1968 have been collected,
annotated and published as “The
Opinionated Knitter” (2005).
“Opinionated” offers
a fascinating look at the
over the counter. Who decides
how much glue goes into sealing
the things? The same people must
make chip and snack bags too.
Added to the list of hard to open
things is used paint cans. After an
hour of trying to open the things,
you find the paint inside is all
dried up. I find it hard to open
some pop-tops on soda cans. I
also find it hard to open many
jars and have to use a jar opener
thingy or someone’s less arthritis
plagued hands. I will never buy a
pair of button fly jeans. Besides
being stupid, they can result in
an extreme difficult situation
in an urgent bathroom call.
That’s enough. I could go on
and on. I’m sure you have your
own list of hard to open things.
What’s the hardest thing to open?
I read somewhere that it’s a
conversation.
Norman lives in Pittsfield and
believes smoking pot can lead to
abusing other kitchen cookware.
By Diane Oliver
development
of
Elizabeth’s
knitting methods, notably her
EPS (Elizabeth’s Percentage
System). While most patterns
demand that the knitter produce
the required gauge, Elizabeth
allowed the knitter to choose her
favorite yarn and needles, create
a fabric with the warmth and
drape that she desired, and knit
the sweater of her dreams. Her
EPS allows the knitter to use
just one pattern to knit a sweater
in any size, from any weight
wool, with any needles and in
any gauge. By freeing knitters
from the confines of unnecessary
restrictions, Elizabeth encouraged
creativity
and
individuality,
while ensuring a sweater
that fit the intended wearer.
In 1974, Elizabeth introduced
her “Knitter’s Almanac”, a
journey encompassing 12 months
of knitting projects beginning
with January’s challenging Aran
Sweater. Of special note is the
February Baby Sweater. 1981
saw the publication of “Knitting
Workshop”, a written version
of the video series by the same
name, featuring her amazing
Baby Surprise Jacket.
And
in 1989, Elizabeth published
“Knitting Around”, expanding
on her seamless techniques.
While there is some repetition
among the various works, each
affords a unique view into
Elizabeth’s creative process.
Until her death in 1999,
Elizabeth continued to inspire
knitters through her printed
works and knitting camps. Her
signature sign-off is inspiring at
all times, but especially when life
is most difficult. “Knit on, with
confidence and hope, through all
crises.”
Please enjoy this vintage Knit
Ditz column, which was originally
published in November 2008.
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SPORTS AND CAMPUS
Sporty Sermon
Beantown Breakdown
Unusual Suspects
There’s no time like
summertime
By nathan conley
- By shelBy Gilcott
Since last weekend was our
first glimpse of summertime,
the kayaks were dusted off at
my house. My mom and I are
at it again, paddling through
Maine waters and working
on our lobster tans (or at least
I am: I’m doomed with the
blonde hair.) We planned a
trip to Belgrade last weekend
but never made it. Our minds
are at least in our kayaks as
we sit dazed at our computer
screens during the work week.
The season of my favorite
water sport has arrived, and I
can’t wait to splash my yellow
paddle into some Maine lakes.
Lawn sale-ing is also a
summertime tradition that
started last weekend. The
Annual Ten-Mile Yard Sale held
in Skowhegan and Cornville was
last weekend. We were equipped
for bargains and my goal was the
same as always: anything with
a shamrock or red socks on it.
Starting out at the official
sponsor of the Red Sox, Dunkin
Donuts, the day started in the
right direction. Right off the
bat, I kept spotting NASCAR
memorabilia almost every
stop—but it was all the wrong
drivers.
Ricky
Craven—
outdated. Rusty Wallace—
retired. Dale Earnhardt—seen
one piece, seen them all. Jeff
Gordon—Oh, please. Prices
were extremely low (50 cents,
one dollar, two bucks, etc.) on
all these, but I wasn’t about to
empty my pockets for anyone
other than Tony (smiley face).
There were even a couple
kayaks for sale along the way:
A beautiful red Old Town
(they wanted $375) and a
green one which had a morereasonable $225. If I didn’t
already have a kayak I love
and pennies clinking together
in my pockets, then I may have
considered them a little more.
I did end up finding a Red
Sox pennant for one dollar
to add to my collection (I
don’t
understand—who
wouldn’t want that?) but
no Celtics stuff to speak of.
I was also told of a woman
carrying a tin sign that read,
“Tony Stewart Dr.” at the sale.
I was prepared to negotiate (or
dicker as they say in Cornville)
if we ever crossed paths, but
we did not (for her sake).
So I am excited about the
80-degree weather, 25-cent tags
and kayaking—yup, another
beautiful Maine summer has
begun. Camping is also on this
summer’s agenda which mixes
well with all of the above (just
add an ice-cold beer and we are
set).
PVHS is aiming at the top - B
y
The Penobscot Valley Howlers
stumbled once. But come
playoff time in Eastern Maine
Class D softball, the Howlers
might be the team to beat.
PVHS, which concludes its
regular season with a home
game next Tuesday against
Katahdin, will go into the
postseason as one of the top
three seeds. Behind ace pitcher
Kayla Dube, PVHS can play
with anyone.
“We’ll probably go in 1 or 2,”
said Coach Thom Coyle. “Girl
for girl, I don’t think anybody
can keep up with us.”
Limestone (LCS/MSSM) and
East Grand are competing with
the Howlers for the top three
spots.
The Howlers’ only loss came
at the hands of Woodland, which
might not have a winning record
going into the playoffs.
“We went in overconfident,”
Coyle said. “We left 12 runners
on base.”
Penobscot will go as far as
Dube’s arm takes it.
Going into this week’s games,
the PVHS ace had allowed more
than two hits in just one game.
She had six shutouts, and 145
strikeouts in 11 games.
“She’s the premier pitcher
around,” Coyle said.
Eliza Pelletier and Shaelyn
Jones give the Howlers two
good power hitters. Reese
Leonard and Molly McGinn are
the premier contact hitters, and
keep the base runners moving.
Preliminary-round games
are scheduled for June 5, with
quarterfinals on June 7.
Stearns was only 6-6 going
into this week’s softball games,
but was ranked sixth in East
C, one place ahead of 9-2
Mattanawcook. The reason: The
Minutemen upended the Lynx,
2-1, on May 18, and also have
beaten ninth-seeded Piscataquis.
Top five teams get a first-round
bye. The 2-7 teams are fairly
tightly bunched, with unbeaten
Bucksport definitely the team to
beat in the playoffs.
Ashley Rollins picked a great
time to pitch her best game of
the season, going the distance
in Stearns’ big win over
Mattanawcook. The schedule
is favorable for Stearns, which
could run the table and go 10-6
on the season.
Mattanawcook has a big
contest on Friday, a home game
against undefeated Calais. A
victory over the Devils would
catapult the Lynx into the top
five.
In baseball, Stearns, Lee
Academy and Mattanawcook
Academy appear headed to
Class C preliminary-round
tilts. The top four look set, with
teams ranked 5-9 all battling for
that fifth spot.
Stearns, which has been
playing with a depleted roster,
was ranked fifth as of Monday.
A victory in next Monday’s
home game against Houlton
could give the Minutemen some
larry Grard
valuable Heal points.
Lee was sixth. The Pandas
conclude their regular season
next Wednesday against No. 1
Orono, a team that is beatable
despite its ranking.
Mattanawcook was ninth,
but in solid position for the
postseason. The Lynx have a
big home game Friday against
third-rated Calais.
The Katahdin Cougars
will make the top 13 and
earn a playoff spot in East
D. The Cougars will be in a
preliminary-round game, and
could be seeded as high as fifth.
They have a big game Friday, at
home, against Bangor Christian,
which is worth a bunch of Heal
points.
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Friday’s games
Bangor Christian at Katahdin,
3:30
Calais at Mattanawcook, 4
Penquis at Stearns, 4:30
Saturday’s games
Mattanawcook at Searsport, 1
Monday, May 28
Bangor Christian at Schenck, 1
Houlton at Stearns, 4:30
Tuesday, May 29
Katahdin at PVHS, 4
Mattanawcook at Houlton, 4
Wednesday, May 30
Stearns at Schenck, 4:30
Orono at Lee, 4:15
The Red Sox season has
been a curious one thus far.
The horrendous start can be
attributed to the massive number
of injuries the teams sustained at
the outset. With Cody Ross being
the latest casualty, the Boston
Red Sox now have 14 players
currently on the disabled list.
While some teams might
fold under those disastrous
circumstances, the Red Sox
have shown a resiliency that
was noticeably lacking during
last year’s collapse, which drew
a healthy amount of criticism
and lead to a number of
changes within their clubhouse.
Injuries are certainly an
unfortunate part of the game,
but often times are simply
unavoidable. They are also the
part of the game that separates
the well run from the poorly
run organizations. Luckily for
the Red Sox, they are one of
the latter rather than the former.
This slew of misfortunes has
provided the organization with
the opportunity to showcase
their depth of young talent and
although the bad start might have
been the effect of those early
injuries, their recent success
can be directly attributed to the
players who have performed
well in those players’ absence.
Will Middlebrooks, the
young offensive star who has
been filling in for the injured
Kevin Youkilis at third base,
has clubbed five home runs
and driven in 16 runs in just
18 games. Perhaps the prize
of the Red Sox farm system,
Middlebrooks has done all this
damage while maintaining a
respectable .297 batting average
and a very impressive .905 OPS.
Daniel Nava, the latest
addition to an outfield ravaged
by injuries, has been nothing
short of awesome in his first
twelve games after being called
up. Nava, as Red Sox fans
might recall, broke onto the
scene with a bang after crushing
a grand slam on the very first
pitch of his very first major
league at bat. He has followed
up the breakout performance
with a stellar encore. He is
carrying a .343 batting average
and sporting a ridiculous
.479
on-base
percentage.
Ryan Sweeney, who seemed
like an afterthought in the Josh
Reddick for Andrew Bailey
trade, has been utilized far
more than what was originally
expected due to the injuries to
Ellsbury, Crawford and now
Ross. Although he is currently
battling
concussion-like
symptoms and could also fall
victim to the injury bug plaguing
all of the current Red Sox
outfielders, his production has
been a pleasant surprise. While
the power numbers are fairly
ordinary (0 HR and 12 RBI),
the .311 batting with 14 doubles
shows he is exceeding any of the
expectations that accompanied
his
arrival
in
Boston.
Lastly, a player whose insertion
into the starting lineup was met
with a lot of uncertainty, Mike
Aviles has been one of the most
productive short stops in the
American League. His .279
average isn’t overwhelmingly
impressive, but his 8 home runs
and 28 RBI are both tied for
second on the team; behind only
a scalding David Ortiz. Perhaps
his most impressive work has
come at the leadoff spot though,
which was a huge concern once
the injury to Ellsbury occurred
There are many others who
have stepped up and performed
admirably in roles that were
probably not expected of
them going into the year – too
many to mention in a single
article.
And while a .500
record through 42 games into
the season isn’t anything to
be celebrated for a team with
a $173M payroll, when 43%
of that payroll is injured then
the accomplishment is worth
mentioning and these players
deserve to be commended.
By larry Grard
DOVER-FOXCROFT –
Mattanawcook
Academy
distance runner Matt Guiod, who
has been nursing a foot injury,
will be back in action Saturday
as the Lynx compete in the PVC
Small School Championships at
Foxcroft Academy.
Junior Isaac Ocana, a standout
in the 400 and the hurdles, and
Guiod are the top prospects
for the Mattanawcook boys.
Sharlene Maynard and Mandy
Ferguson are top performers for
the Mattanawcook girls.
Saturday’s meet begins at
11:30 a.m.
The Lynx have some
outstanding athletes, but lack
the depth to compete for the
team title.
Guiod dropped a 25-pound
plate on his foot while working
out in the weight room three
weeks ago. He will compete in
the 800 and 1,600 meter runs.
“The doctor feared a broken
or crushed toe but x-rays were
negative,” said Coach Kerwin
Whitney. “The question mark
with Matt is the lapse of training
due to the injury.
“Down time is never good for
the conditioning of a distance
runner. But knowing Matt, I
expect he will be ready and will
turn in great performances.”
Ocana has an excellent chance
to win the 400, and also will
be tough in both hurdle events.
His time of 52.35 seconds in the
400, set on May 5, is the best
this year in Eastern Maine Class
C.
In addition to Ocana’s seed
in the 400, he is also seeded
high in the 110 high hurdles.
His season-best time of 16.20
established a new school record.
The former record of 16.24 was
set by Casey Hartley in 2006.
The Mattanawcook boys
4x400 relay team of Ocana,
Jacob Pelkey, Jake Levangie
and Guiod will be one of the top
teams in the meet The boys’ best
time of 3:41.93 is less than three
seconds off the school record.
“I expect the competition at
the PVC Championship and
State Championship meets will
bring out their best,” Whitney
said.
Levangie’ s 5’10” will put him
near the top of the seeds in the
high jump.
Maynard enters the
championship meets with recent
PRs (personal records) in the
long jump (14’06.50”) and the
triple jump (29’06.25”).
Ferguson has a great chance to
score in the 1600 RW with her
seed of 9:55.39.
Last Thursday, May 17, in
Orono, Ocana won the 100
hurdles in a time of 16.4. He
finished second to Orono’s
Miguel Caballero in the 400.
Levangie recorded a leap of
5’6” to win the high jump, and
was fourth in the 1,600 run.
Josh Wheeler was third in both
the 1,600 and the triple jump for
the Lynx.
Maynard came in third in
the triple jump, Ferguson was
third in the racewalk and Erica
MacPhail was third in the 100
hurdles.
Lynx back at full strength for PVC Meet
Mattanawcook Junior High School Prom
Mattanawcook Stats and Schedules
BASEBALL
April 18, Mattanawcook 9, Penquis 7
April 20, Lee 9, Mattanawcook 1
April 23, Mattanawcook 14, Schenck 1
April 25, Stearns 3, Mattanawcook 1
April 27, Central 3, Mattanawcook 0
April 30, Mattanawcook 2, Houlton 0
May 2, Mattanawcook 9, Searsport 4
May 9, Mattanawcook 14, Central 2
May 11, at Calais
May 13, Mattanawcook 13, Schenck 2
May 16, Lee 9, Mattanawcook 3
May 18, Mattanawcook 7, Stearns 2
May 22, at Penquis
May 25, Calais, 4.
May 26, at Searsport, 1
May 29, at Houlton
SOFTBALL
April 18, Mattanawcook 12, Penquis 0
April 20, Mattanawcook 13, Lee 1
April 23, Mattanawcook 24, Schenck 0
April 25, Mattanawcook 8, Stearns 1
April 27, Mattanawcook 9, Central 2
April 30, Mattanawcook 12, Houlton 0
May 2, Mattanawcook 21, Searsport 1
May 9, Central 7, Mattanawcook 6
May 11, at Calais
May 16, Mattanawcook 12, Lee 0
May 18, Stearns 2, Mattanawcook 1
May 22, at Penquis
May 25, Calais, 4.
May 26, at Searsport, 1
May 29, at Houlton
BOYS TENNIS
April 24, Mattanawcook 5, PCSS 0
April 26, PVHS 4-3, Mattanawcook 1-2
April 30, Hermon 5, Mattanawcook 0
May 5, Schenck 3, Mattanawcook 2
May 7, Hermon 5, Mattanawcook 0
May 15, Schenck 3, Mattanawcook 2
GIRLS TENNIS
April 25, Mattanawcook 3, PCSS 2
April 26, Mattanawcook 3-3, PVHS 2-2
April 30, Hermon 3, Mattanawcook 2
May 2, Lee 3, Mattanawcook 2
May 7, Hermon 3, Mattanawcook 2
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Church Directory
Chester
Lincoln
Medway
Chester Baptist Church - 794-2541
Saint Mary of Lourdes Parish - 794-6333
Seventh Day Adventist Church - 794-3361
New Vision Nazarene Church - 794-4855
Maranatha Riverside Church - 794-3338
Jesus Community Outreach - 746-3648
Glad Tidings Church Of God - 746-5304
East Millinocket
Living Hope Church Of Nazarene - 746-3760
First Congregation Church Of E. Millinocket - 746-5575
Calvary Temple Assembly - 746-5274
Enfield
Enfield Baptist Church - 732-4200
Howland
United Methodist Church - 732-3589
Saint Leo The Great Catholic Church 732-6259
Howland Baptist Church - 732-3170
Lee
Millinocket
Lincoln Christian Fellowship
Service Times: Sun. 10am & 6pm ~ Thru 7pm
689 W. Broadway
Lincoln, ME 04457
207-403-1346
www.lincolnchristianfellowship.com
Lincoln Center Church Of God - 794-2730
Lincoln Center Baptist Church - 794-2842
First United Methodist Church - 794-8443
First Congregational Church - 794-6613
First Bible Baptist Church - 794-6650
Congregation Church Inc. - 794-3152
Community Evangel Temple - 794-6181
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints - 794-2929
Church of God Pentecostal - 794-2730
Mattawamkeag
Lee Baptist Church - 738-2747
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St. Peters Church - 746-3333
St. Martin of Tours Parish - 723-5902
St. Andrews Episcopal Church - 723-5893
Millinocket Baptist Church - 723-6681
First Pentecostal Church - 723-6223
First Congregation Church - 723-5591
First Baptist Church - 723-5580
Church Of The Nazarene - 723-4533
Passadumkeag
Passadumkeag Baptist Church - 732-3270
Springfield
Springfield Congregational Church - 738-2155
West Enfield
Zion Pentecostal Church - 736-7655
Mattawamkeag Methodist Church - 365-4372
Church Of God - 736-7676
Bible Baptist Church - 736-4791
Church Of God - 290-5353 or 290-5354
West Enfield Baptist Church - 732-4410
Winn
St. Thomas Episcopal Church - 736-2010
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Last Weeks Answers
Aerie ~ Medway
Al’s Bar & Grill ~ Medway
Appalachian Trail Cafe ~ Millinocket
Berry Land Take Out ~ Winn
Blue Ox Saloon ~ Millinocket
China Light ~ Lincoln
Country Diner ~ Medway
Crossroads
Restaurant
270 Main St.
Mattawamkeag, ME
(207) 736-3020
Divine
Cuisine
Cafe & Catering
Open
Mon. Wed. 12-8 Thurs. 12-9
Sat. 11-9 Sun. 11-5
www.dccafeandcatering.com
Located at Barnes Brook Golf Course
Open to the public!
949-5732
1886 Main Road (Rt. 2)~West Enfield
Regional Restaurant Guide
Enfield General Store ~ West Enfield
Gilmor Family Restaurant ~ Lincoln
Golden Jade ~ Lincoln
Hamlet Pub ~ East Millinocket
Highlands Tavern ~ Millinocket
Hang Wong Restaurant ~ Millinocket
J J’s Pizza & Subs ~ Lincoln
King Festa’s Restaurant ~ Millinocket
Lincoln House Of Pizza ~ Lincoln
McDonalds ~ Lincoln
Mill Stream Grocery ~ Springfield
Millinocket House Of Pizza ~ Millinocket
Ninety Five Market-Diner ~ Howland
Orvieto ~ Millinocket
Offering friendly,
casual and affordable
dining for the entire
family!
237 Main Street
Lincoln
794-2211
Monday - Closed
Tues. - Thurs. 10:30am-8:00pm
Fri. - Sat. 10:30am - 9:00pm
Sunday 11:00am-8:00pm
Roosters Bar & Grille ~ Millinocket
Scootic Inn ~ Millinocket
May’s $5.00
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Pizza Sub
115 W. Broadway, Lincoln
794-2008
Trece Lagos Cantina Mexican Grill ~ Lincoln,
Wing Wah ~ Lincoln
Shooters Billiards ~ Lincoln
Subway Sandwiches & Salads ~ Millinocket
Pit Road Concessions ~ Lincoln
Raymonds Variety & Diner ~ Lee
River Driver’s Restaurant ~ Millinocket
Ronita’s Take Out ~ West Enfield
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Exploring Local Businesses
Accountants
Stanley’s Auto Ctr~ Medway
Winn Service Ctr~ Winn
Advertising
Access Auto ~ Lincoln
Barker Business Services - Lincoln
391 W Broadway,
Lincoln, ME 04457
(207) 200-4457
ExploringLincoln.com
Auto Sales
Big Dan’s Sports Bar ~ West Enfield
Hamlet Pub ~ East Millinocket
Highlands Tavern ~ Millinocket
Clay GMC Chevrolet
Alanas Nail & Hair Care ~ Lincoln
Ann’s Beauty Shop ~ Howland
of Lincoln
Serving the Tri-County Area for
more74than
Years!
Main30
Street
Lincoln,
ME 04457
Sales
Service
Parts
(207)800-286-6191
794-6522
or 1-800-799-6522
~ 470 Main Street ~ Lincoln
www.colewhitneyford.com
www.ClayGMCChevrolet.com
~ [email protected]
Katahdin Signs & Screen ~ Millinocket
Penobscot Valley
Custom Sled & Cycles ~ E. Mill.
Explorer
[email protected]
61 Main Street, Suite 5
Bangor, ME 04401
207-990-1109
www.pvexplorer.com
Lee Motors ~ Lee
Agricultural
Mike’s
Carroll Stanley ~ Medway
Chesley Farms ~ Lincoln
Stonewall Farms ~ Lincoln
Sweet Riverview Farm ~ Lincoln
Auto Repair
Michael Tompkins & Sons
Air Conditioning
Cal’s Septic Svc ~ Lincoln
Chi Energy Inc ~ West Enfield
Clover Hill Sun & Wind ~ Lincoln
Dayle Rollins Heating ~ Millinocket
Hartford’s Plumbing & Heating ~ Lincoln
Lyons Family Heating ~ Millinocket
Master Contractors Inc ~ Lincoln
MKBABIN Plumbing-Heating-A.C. Service ~
Lincoln
Plumb Crazy ~ West Enfield
Complete Mechanical Services ~ Tires
Major & Minor Repairs ~ State Inspections
Two Convenient Locations
30 River Road
119 Main Street
Lincoln, ME
Lincoln, ME
794-2335
794-8688
Airports
Rejuvenate
Escape
We are a full service hair
and beauty salon
184 West Broadway
Lincoln ~ 794-6145
Eva’s Beauty Shoppe ~ Mattawamkeag
Fingers & Toes Nail Care ~ East Millinocket
Follicle’s End Electrolysis ~ Lincoln
Hair Razor ~ Millinocket
High Performance Salon ~ Lincoln
Linda’s Hair Care ~ Lincoln
Little Debbie’s Salon ~ Howland
Lorena King ~ Millinocket
Marie’s Hair Design ~ Millinocket
Mi Suk Hair Fashions ~ Millinocket
All Maine Adventures ~ Molunkis Twp
Baxter State Park ~ Millinocket (207) 723-5140
Magic City Mini Golf ~ Millinocket
Mattawamkeag Guide Svc ~ Mattawamkeag
Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park ~
Mattawamkeag
Mountain Man Guide Service ~ Millinocket
New England Outdoor Center ~ Millinocket
Springfield Fair Association ~ Lee
Hair, Nails and Tanning Salon
(207) 794-6300
150 West Broadway, Suite 2 | Lincoln,
Maine 04457
Monday & Wednesday 9 - 8
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 - 5
Saturday 9 - 1
Reflections Beauty Salon ~ Mattawamkeag
Steel Magnolia’s Nail & Hair ~ Millinocket
Transition
Hair and Tanning
104 Main Street
Lincoln, ME 04457
207-794-0909
[email protected]
Amusements
Rogers Small Engine Repair ~ Lincoln
South Shore Enterprise
Lincoln
West Enfield
Animal services
KD Stable
Deb McKay - Owner/Instructor
(207) 738-2248
www.kdstable.com
202 Thomas Hill
Lee, Maine 04455
“Ride with Pride”
Only 15 minutes from downtown Lincoln
North Ridge Boarding Kennel ~ Medway
Penobscot Valley Humane Scty
1 Park Ave, Lincoln, ME 04457,
(207)794-3457 (207) 794-3457
www.penobscotvalleyhumanesociety.org
e-mail: [email protected]
Wildwood Pet Cremations ~ Enfield
Apartments
Acorn Apartment Buildings ~ Lincoln
Bailey Park Apartments ~ Lincoln
Hale Street Apartments ~ Lincoln
Lincoln Court Apartments ~ Lincoln
Lincoln Manor~ Lincoln
Mott Apartments~ Millinocket
Sand Hill Apartments~ Passadumkeag
Sherman Heights Apartments~ West Enfield
Sweet Seniors~ East Millinocket
Wildwood Apartments~ Lincoln
Auto Supply
Carl’s Auto Parts ~ Lincoln
Carquest Auto Parts ~ Millinocket
Clay GMC Truck Inc ~ Lincoln
Dubay NAPA Auto Parts ~ Lincoln
Hogan Tire Company ~ Lincoln
NAPA Auto Parts ~ East Millinocket
Treeline Service Ctr ~ Lincoln
Banks~Credit Unions
Bowling
Art Galleries
Memories Of Maine Gallery ~ Millinocket
Attorneys
Aiken & Wilson ~ Lincoln
Broderick & Broderick ~ Lincoln
Dean Beaupain Law Offices ~ Millinocket
Gateway Title Services, Inc ~ Lincoln
Law Offices of Edwards & Johnson ~ Lincoln
Patricia R Locke ~ Lincoln
Martha Novy-Broderick, Esq ~ Lincoln
Tanous & Snow
East Millinocket
Millinocket
Building
Maintenance
Clean Right Cleaning Svc ~ E. Mill.
Fiddler On The Flue ~ Lee
Moses Cleaning Services Inc ~ Matt.
Rainbow Cleaning Inc ~ Millinocket
Bus Charter
Bragdon Bus Svc Inc ~ Millinocket
Business Services
Cormier Lumber ~ Kingman
Select Embroidery ~ Lincoln
Weatherbee Appraisal Services ~ Lincoln
Cable TV
Bee-Line Cable TV ~ Millinocket
Campgrounds
Hidden Springs Campground ~ Millinocket
Jo-Mary Lake Campground ~ Mill.
Katahdin Shadows Campground ~ Medway
Lakeside Campground & Cabins ~ W. Enfield
Lakeside Camping ~ Enfield
Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park
Sleeping Bear Campground ~ Lee
Auto B Washed Wright ~ Lincoln
Corner Car Wash ~ Millinocket
Carpenters
Maine Gas Refrigerators ~ Burlington
Sears ~ Lincoln
Eastmill Federal Credit Union ~ E. Mill.
Howland-Enfield FCU ~ Howland
Katahdin FCU ~ Millinocket
Key Bank
Lincoln
Millinocket
Bob Paquin ~ Millinocket
David Wright’s Carpentry ~ Lincoln
Jay Nadeau & Sons ~ Howland
Jordan Carpentry ~ Lincoln
Matts Carpentry ~ Lincoln
R & M Carpentry ~ Howland
Catelogue Stores
www.cclmaine.org
Civic and Fraternal
American Legion
Lincoln 794-3985
Millinocket 723-8088
Howland 732-4111
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 50
Lincoln 794-6576
Daughters of Isabella
Lincoln 794-8841
Disabled American Veterans
Medway 746-3315
East Branch Snow Rovers
East Millinocket
Elks Lodge
Millinocket 723-4207
VFW Post 7409
Mattawamkeag 736-4141
Knights Of Columbus
Lincoln 290-7930
Lincoln Snow Hound Club
Lincoln 794-6109
Cleaning Services
Cleaning Edge ~ Lincoln
Computer Services
& Web Design
Concrete
Ireland’s Concrete Construction ~ W. Enfield
Penobscot Concrete Products ~ Lincoln
Sargent Materials ~ Lincoln
Construction
Ben Fiske & Sons Inc ~ Medway
Brent Thompson ~ West Enfield
Brown’s Siding & Roofing ~ Lincoln
Custom Builder ~ Lincoln
Dan’s Handyman Services ~ Lincoln
DBI ~ Lincoln
Drywall Unlimited ~ Lincoln
Elwood Downs, Inc. - Lincoln
Front Porch Renovation ~ Lincoln
G F C Builders ~ Lee
Gray’s Custom Builders ~ Medway
H B McCarthy ~ Mattawamkeag
H E Sargent Inc ~ East Millinocket
Herring Builders ~ Millinocket
Ireland’s Construction ~ Lincoln
James Macdougall Construction ~ Enfield
Jean Chouinard Logging ~ Lincoln
K. A. Construction ~ Lincoln
Kevin Crocker Construction ~ Lincoln
King Brothers Trucking ~ West Enfield
Larry Ham Construction ~ Lincoln
Lovely Home Improvemen ~ E. Mill
M O Harris Inc ~ Howland
MacLeod Custom Buildings ~ Lincoln
Mark L Helsor & Sons ~ Lincoln
Molunkus Stream Construction ~ Lincoln
Moulton Reconstruction ~ Lincoln
Overlook Log Homes ~ Lincoln
Pelletier Roofing Siding ~ Mill.
Penobscot
Developers
Catering
Divine Cuisine Catering ~ W. Enfield
Cellular Phones
Barber Shops
Folsters Barber Shop ~ Lincoln
Lee Barbershop & Styling Salon ~ Lee
Main Street Barber Shop ~ Lincoln
Russ Barber & Styling Center ~ Mill.
Bars & Taverns
Al’s Bar & Grill ~ Medway
Chimney Services
Clean Sweep Chimney Service ~ Lincoln
Chiropractic Services
Family Dollar
Lincoln
Millinocket
Marden’s ~ Lincoln
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Miller’s Workshop!
989-3187
Easy access ~ Great parking
15 Acme Road, Brewer
Monday - Friday 8-6 ~ Saturday 9-5
Sunday 11-3
Wal-Mart ~ Lincoln
Doctors & Physicians
Boreas Family Medicine ~ Lincoln
Carl F Alessi Family Practice ~ Lincoln,
Cold Stream Health Ctr ~ West Enfield
Hamlin Primary Care ~ East Millinocket
Health Access Network ~ Lincoln
Jack Nobel MD ~ Lincoln
Nicole J Smith, MD ~ Lincoln
Noah Nesin MD ~ Lincoln
Nobel Clinic ~ Lincoln,
Northern Maine Obstetrics ~ Lincoln
Northern Maine Primary Care ~ E Mill.
Northern Penobscot Orthopaedic ~ Mill.
Patricia Nobel MD ~ Lincoln
Penobscot General Surgery ~ Lincoln
Penobscot Valley Primary Care ~ Lincoln
S. John Shannon, DO ~ Lincoln
Sarah Irving, MD ~ Lincoln
Todd O’Brien DPM ~ Lincoln
Two Rivers Family Practice ~ Lincoln
Vision Care Of Maine ~ Medway
White Birch Medical Ctr ~ Millinocke t
William R Jenkins MD ~ Millinocket
Driving Schools
ABC Violettes Driving School ~ Lincoln
Quality Driving School ~ Lincoln
Drug Stores
Davis Pharmacy ~ East Millinocket
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Lincoln
Millinocket
Hannaford ~ Lincoln
Walmart ~ Lincoln
Dry Cleaners
Jim’s Dry Cleaners ~ Millinocket
Village Dry Cleaners ~ Lincoln
Electrical Equipment
& Supply
Gilman Electrical Supply ~ Medway
Northeast Burglar & Fire Alarm ~ East
Millinocket
Electricians
Abor Electric Inc ~ Medway
AM Electric ~ Lincoln
Banks Electric ~ Burlington
Boarder Electric Inc ~ Millinocket
Brown Electric ~ Lincoln
Crawford Electric ~ Millinocket
Jl Herring Contractor ~ Millinocke
Larry Ham Construction ~ Lincoln
MAD Electric ~ Lincoln
Mc Laughlin Electric ~ Lincoln
McLaughlin Electric ~ East Millinocket
Mike Rioux Electrical Contr ~ Medway
Power Tech ~ Lincoln
Employment Agencies
Caring Hands Providers ~ Millinocket
KFI ~ Lincoln
Equipment Rental
& Sales
Mainely Rent To Own ~ Lincoln
Ware’s Power Equipment Inc ~ Lincoln
Lincoln Waterfront (The) ~ Lincoln
510 W. Broadway~Lincoln
207-290-0200
Fabrication
Porter Construction ~ Lincoln
Rdh Contractors ~ Millinocket
Robert Smith Building & Rmdlng ~ Howland
Robinson Builders ~ Lincoln
S L Construction ~ Millinocket
Sierra Construction ~ Medway
Tolman Construction ~ Mattawamkeag
Tomilson & Assoc ~ Lincoln
Excavation
Emery Lee & Sons Inc ~ Millinocket
Sheridan D Smith Inc ~ Lincoln
Twin Oaks Excavation ~ Lee
Fastco Corp ~ Lincoln
Family Services
Winn Welding & Supply ~ Winn
Care Development Of Maine ~ Lincoln
Child Development Svc ~ Millinocket
Children’s Emergency Response ~ Millinocket
Family Planning ~ Lincoln
Katherine Page Msw Csw Ip ~ East Millinocket
Kathryn Klein ~ Medway
Meals For Me ~ Millinocket
Milllinocket Housing Corp ~ Millinocket
Penquis Community Action ~ Millinocket
St Mary Community Food Cupbrd ~ Lincoln
CHRussell Group, LLC ~ Lincoln
Scotts Co ~ Medway
Consulting
Verizon Wireless ~ Lincoln
Department Stores
Event Centers
Construction
Equipment
Machias Savings Bank ~ Lincoln
Penobscot County FCU ~ West Enfield
Savings Bank of Maine ~ Lincoln
TD Bank ~ Lincoln
Associates In Orthodontics ~ Mill.
Dorena Kramer DDS ~ Millinocket
Durwin Libby DDS ~ Lincoln
Frank Civiello DDS ~ East Mill.
HAN Family Dental ~ Lincoln
John E Tozer DDS ~ Enfield
Jonas Westbrook, DDS ~ Lincoln
Joseph Thibodeau DDS ~ Lincoln
Kyes Dentistry ~ Lincoln
Louis J Hardy DDS ~ Millinocket
Matthew T Boynton DDS ~ Millinocket
Michael Cangemi, DDS ~ Lincoln
Neal E Surrette DDS ~ East Mill.
Septics, landscaping
and construction from
the ground up.
J C Penney Catalog ~ Lincoln
Auto Repair
95 Towing Svc ~ Howland
Al’s Auto Repair ~ Medway
Enfield Citgo and Service Center ~ West Enfield
Enfield Tech Svc ~ Howland
Glidden’s Auto Repair ~ Lincoln
High Tech Auto ~ Lincoln
John & Sons Towing ~ Millinocket
John’s Auto ~ Millinocket
K & M Motors ~ Millinocket
Katahdin Motors Inc~ Millinocket
Lee Motors~ Lee
Linscott’s Auto Body~ . Mill.
Markie’s Garage~
Mclaughlin’s Auto Repair~ . Mill.
Northern Auto Electric~ Enfield
P & H Auto Inc~
Peter’s Auto Body~
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NCIS Computer Services ~ Springfield
PAWS Web Designs ~ Lincoln
Car Wash
Appliances
Christian Civic League
of Maine
Lincoln Motor Co ~ Lincoln
Nicatou Outfitters ~ Medway
Two River’s Canoe & Tackle ~ Medway
Boat Sales
Avanti Bridal Salon ~ Lincoln
Town Line Auto Sales ~ Lincoln
West Broadway Auto Sales ~ Lincoln
Churches
Coastal Technologies ~ Lee
Computer Solutions ~ Millinocket
Computers To Go ~ Millinocket
Develop-One, Inc ~ Lincoln
Greenbush Technologies ~ Howland
Bridal Shops
Serving the Lincoln and
Millinocket regions at:
Toll Free 1-800-244-8666
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Lankhorst Chiropractic Office ~ Millinocket
Village Cut & Style Shop ~ Lincoln
Village Hair & Tanning Salon ~ E. Mill.
Pins N Cues ~ Millinocket
Enfield Hatchery Telecomm ~ Enfield
Gail’s Gentle Grooming ~ East Millinocket
Dentists
Relax
“Your Full Service Salon”!
Millinocket Municipal Airport
P K Floats Inc ~ Lincoln
GA Hussey & Son ~ Winn
Beauty Shops
Razors Edge
Rand Advertising ~ Lincoln
Demolition
Dance Studios
Studio One ~ Millinocket
Day Care
Farm Supplies
Financial Services
Financial Services-New England ~ Howland
Almost Home Day Care ~ Lincoln
Chickadee Preschool ~ E. Mill.
KidCare America ~ Lincoln
Log Cabin Nursery School ~ Howland
Olivers Melanie Day Care ~ Lincoln
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Enfield Road, Lincoln
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794-8306
Annuals, Perenials, Herbs & Shrubs
Tash Family Greenhouses ~ Lincoln
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Affordable Plumbing ~ Lincoln
Cal’s Septic Svc ~ Lincoln
Chi Energy Inc ~ West Enfield
Clover Hill Sun & Wind ~ Lincoln
Dayle Rollins Heating Inc ~ Millinocket
Hartford’s Plumbing & Heat ~ Lincoln
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Modern Woodmen of America ~ Lincoln
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Lee Rand Photography ~ Lincoln
Maine Focus Photography ~ Lincoln
N Jipell Studio ~ Lincoln
Northwood Studio ~ Millinocket
Riverview Portrait Studio ~ Medway
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8 Taylor St., Lincoln, ME
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C N Brown Heating Oil ~ Mattawamkeag
Dead River Co
Millinocket
East Millinocket
Lincoln
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Marquis Heating inc ~ Lincoln
Preble Oil ~ Millinocket
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Lincoln
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Medway
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Circle K ~ Lincoln
De Laite’s General Store ~ Macwahoc Plt
Drinkwater’s Variety - Lincolon
Handy Stop ~Howland
Hannaford Supermarkets
Lincoln
Millinocket
Haskell’s Old Country Store ~ Lee
High Street Market ~ Lincoln
Katahdin General LLC ~ Millinocket
Lennie’s Superette ~ Medway
Lounsbury’s Shop & Save ~ East Millinocket
Maryanne’s Market ~ Medway
Millinocket IGA Foodliner ~ Millinocket
Rick’s Market ~ East Millinocket
Rideout’s AG Market ~ Millinocket
Smith’s General Store ~ Springfield
Steaks N’Stuff ~ Lincoln
The Corner Store ~ Howland
Why Not Stop ~ Lincoln
Hardware Stores
Worcester Brothers ~ Lincoln
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Crandall’s Hardware ~ East Millinocket
Levasseur’s Hardware Store ~ Millinocket
Smart’s True Value Hardware ~ Lincoln
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Acadia Hospital ~ Lincoln
Community Health & Counseling ~ Lincoln
John S Hale Psycholgst ~ Lincoln
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Arnold Family Heating Service ~ Lincoln
Lakes Region Heating ~ Lincoln
Lincoln Plumbing & Heating ~ Lincoln
Murchison Heating ~ Lincoln
Hospitals
11 Tamarack St.
Millinocket, Maine
Phone: (207) 723-4000
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East Millinocket, Maine
Phone: (207) 746-3817
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Briarwood Motor Inn ~ Lincoln
Gateway Inn ~ Medway
Hotel Terrace ~ Millinocket
Katahdin Inn ~ Millinocke
Katahdin Shadows Motel ~ Medway
Lincoln House Motel ~ Lincoln
Pamola Motor Lodge ~ Millinocket
Twin Pine Camps ~ Millinocket
White Tail Inn - Lincoln
Insurance
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C A Neal Adjustments ~ Howland
Cross Insurance Agency ~ Lincoln
Don Howard Assoc ~ Millinocket
F A Peabody Co ~ Lincoln
Harry E Reed Insurance Inc ~ Millinocket
Katahdin Gateway Insurance
East Millinocket
Millinocket
Met Life ~ Millinocket
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Modern Woodmen of America ~ Lincoln
Neal Associates ~ Lincoln
New York Life Insurance Co ~ East Millinocket
Glass Work
ABC Glass ~ Lincoln
Portland Glass Co ~ Millinocket
Church Tree Nursery ~ Lincoln
Hesseltine Family Contracting ~ Lincoln
J & J Michaud Residential ~ Howland
Mc Intyre Gardens & Landscape ~ Lincoln
Nicastros Landscaping ~ Lincoln
Laundromats
Downtown Laundromat ~ Millinocket
Gold Star Cleaners ~ Lincoln
Shoe-String Laundry ~ Winn
Libraries
Jim Currie Library ~ Howland ~ 732-4143
Lincoln Library - 794-2765
Mattawamkeag Public Library ~ 736-7013
Millinocket Memorial Library ~ 723-7020
East Millinocket Public Library ~ 746-3554
Lock Smith
Pop-A-Lock ~ Lincoln
Logging Services
A & G Logging ~ Howland
B D Crocker & Son Inc ~ Lee,
Babineau Logging Inc ~ West Enfield
Bradbury Logging Inc ~ Burlington
Bruce Peters Inc ~ Mattawamkeag
Delaite Trucking Inc ~ Lincoln
Gardner’s Garage ~ Millinocket
H Arthur York Logging ~ Medway
Hanington Brothers Inc ~ Macwahoc Plt
L & H Corp ~ Millinocket
Mc Kinnon Logging Inc ~ Mattawamkeag
Mc Laughlin Logging ~ Medway
Mike Thurlow Company ~ Lee
Perry York ~ Medway
Robin Crawford Wood Co ~ Lincoln
T Raymond Forrest Products ~ Lee
Thibodeau Wood Management ~ West Enfield
Thompson Trucking Inc ~ Lincoln
Lumber & Building
Supplies
Ben Tibbetts Inc ~ Lincoln
Haskell Lumber Company ~ Lincoln
J T Levasseur & Son ~ Millinocket
Mallett’s Lumber Mill ~ Lee
Sterns Lumber Co ~ Millinocket
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Nursing Homes
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Cummings Health Care ~ Howland
Evergreen Enterprises ~ Lincoln
Katahdin Nursing Home ~ Millinocket
Lakeview Adult Family Care Home ~ Lincoln
Graphic Design
Pawn Shops
Lindsay’s Artworks ~ West Enfield
Mid-Maine Graphics ~ Howland
Rand Advertising ~ Lincoln
Jewelers
Green Houses
Ferland Jewelers ~ Millinocket
Cyr Equipment & Greenhouse ~ Medway
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Lincoln
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Septic Services
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Real Estate
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Chester Forest Products ~ Chester
Cold Stream Lumber Co ~ West Enfield
Woody’s Enterprises ~ Medway
Cal’s Septic Garage ~ Lincoln
Surveying
Cook Land Services - Enfield
Tattoo Artists
DNA Tattoo ~ Lincoln
Red Lotus Tattoo - Millinocket
Tobacco Shops
Cigarette Shopper ~ Lincoln
Smokes for Less ~ Lincoln
Tree Services
Adam’s Tree Service ~ Lincoln
Veterinary Services
Chester Animal Hospital ~ Chester
Water Treatments
CWA & Lake Street Real Estate ~ Lincoln
Dail Crommett Real Estate ~ West Enfield
First Allied Realty Associates ~ Lincoln
Gifford Realty ~ Lee
Maine Land Store (The) ~ Lincoln
Maine Woods Properties ~ Lincoln
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Wells, Pumps
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Welding
Day’s Welding & Machine ~ Medway
Fastco Fabrication Inc ~ Lincoln
Millinocket Foundry & Machine ~ Mill.
Ramsay’s Welding & Machine Co ~ Lincoln
Katahdin Motor Sports ~ Medway
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Resale Shops
Lyons Family Heating ~ Millinocket
Master Contractors Inc ~ Lincoln
MKBABIN Plumbing ~ Lincoln
Plumb Crazy ~ West Enfield
Kelley’s Mobile Home Park ~ Millinocket
David J Shippee OD ~ Millinocket
Gaetani Eye Care Assoc ~ East Millinocket
Gregory M Farrell OD ~ Lincoln
Mark Weatherbee OD ~ Lincoln
Barnes Brook Golf and Ski ~ West Enfield
Hillcrest Golf Club ~ Millinocket
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R A Sibley Refrigeration ~ Lincoln
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Mobile Home Sales
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Refrigeration
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Le Page Memorials ~ Millinocket
Mainely Memorials ~ Lincoln
Nutter’s Memorial ~ West Enfield
Music
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Plourde’s Rubbish & Recycling ~ Millinocket
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Obituaries & Faith
Robert C. “Bob” Doyle
BANGOR & MILINOCKET
– Robert C. “Bob” Doyle,
78, passed away at his
home Friday, May 18, 2012
surrounded by his family. He
was born May 15, 1934 in
Harve Boucher, Nova Scotia,
Canada, the son of Thomas
J. and Rose S. (King) Doyle.
Bob moved to Millinocket
in 1943 and was a graduate of
Stearns High School. He was
a veteran of the Korean War,
during which time he served
in the U.S. Army. Bob worked
for the Great Northern Paper
Company from 1950 - 1987,
where he worked as a pipefitter
before retiring with 37 years
of service. After his retirement
from GNP, he worked for
local #321 as a construction
worker until retiring in 1990.
Bob was a lifetime member
of the following organizations
in Millinocket – local #485
Plumbing
and
Pipefitting
Union, Elliot Stinson Post
#4154, V.F.W., Donald V.
Henry Post #80, American
Legion, B.P.O. Elks #1521,
and St. Martin’s Council #680,
Knights of Columbus. An
active participant in all these
organizations, he was a 4th
degree Knight, belonging to
Council #347, and was also a
member of the Honor Guard
of the American Legion for
20 years, and a member of the
V.F.W. Color Guard for 20 years. Some of Bob’s favorite
pastimes were travelling across
the United States every winter
with his wife and riding his
Harley Davidson. He especially
enjoyed spending time with
his family and loved ones.
He is survived by his wife
of 49 years, Linda (Falone)
Doyle; 3 children, Shawn A.
Doyle and his wife Rachel of
Bangor, Curtiss R. Doyle and
his wife Billie Jo of Tenants
Harbor, and Karen L. Doyle
of Windham; 4 grandchildren,
Emily and Kaci of Bangor,
and Garrett and Alexis of
Tenants Harbor; a sister,
Beverly Gee of Millinocket;
and many nieces, nephews,
and cousins. In addition to his
parents, Bob was predeceased
by 3 brothers, Oswald, Wilson,
and Bert Doyle, and three
sisters, Mabel McGee, Eileen
Riccio, and Ethel Sherry.
A prayer service was held
Monday, May 21 at the Lamson
Funeral Home, conducted by
the officers and members of St.
Martin’s Council #680, K. of
C. A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated Tuesday, May
22, 2012 at Christ the Divine
Mercy Parish at St. Martin
of Tours Catholic Church, 19
Colby St., Millinocket, with the
Rev. Joel Cyr, pastor, presider.
Graveside committal services
with military honors will be
held 11 A.M. Friday, May 25 at
the Millinocket Cemetery. Gifts
in memory of Bob may be sent
to the New Hope Hospice, 1344
Main Road, Eddington, ME
04428.
Berthe Ringuette
HOWLAND - Berthe
Ringuette,
66,
wife
of
Roger Ringuette, formerly
of Lawrence, Mass., passed
peacefully from our world May
18, 2012, at a Bangor hospital.
She was born Sept. 19, 1945,
in St. Ann, New Brunswick,
the daughter of Rene and
Donata (Desjardin) Tardif.
Above all she loved spending
time with her family and
spoiling her grandchildren.
Berthe loved playing bingo,
baking sweets and crocheting. In addition to her husband
of 49 years, Roger, she is
survived by three sons, Mario,
Paul and his wife, Leslie, and
Kevin and his wife, Rachel;
seven grandchildren, Amanda
(Ringuette) Simpson and her
husband,
Patrick,
Bobby,
Michael, Julie, Alyssa, Justin
and Emily Ringuette; nine
siblings and their spouses,
Irene Clavette and Theo,
Irma Guerrette and Norman,
Monique Dube and Rosaire,
Mariette
Tardif,
Jean-Guy
Tardif and Nicole, Guildo Tardif
and Brigette, Guilda Morin and
Richard, Anne Dube, and Mike
Tardif and Brenda; and many
extended family members. Family and friends may call
2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, May
25, at Clay Funeral Home, 7
Lee Road, Lincoln. A Mass
of Christian burial will be
celebrated 11 a.m. Saturday,
May 26, at St. Leo the Great
Catholic Church, Howland,
with the Rev. James MaGee
officiating. Per Berthe’s request,
in lieu of flowers, donations
may be made to CancerCare of
Maine. Donations may be left at
the funeral home.
Pamela Joslyn
LINCOLN and OLD
ORCHARD - Pamela Joslyn,
55, died May 14, 2012 at
Colonial Health Care with
her family and friends by her
side, after a courageous battle
with cancer. She was born
April 1, 1957 in Lincoln, the
daughter of Neil and Virginia
(Lowe) Joslyn. Pam worked
as a CNA for many years. She
was a very compassionate
person who enjoyed very much
taking care of the elderly. She is survived by her parents,
and her sisters Donna (Joslyn)
Cambelton, and her husband,
Randy of Carmel, Debbie
(Joslyn) Busse of Biddeford,
Sandy (Joslyn) Tash and her
husband, Luke, of Chester;
boyfriend, John Foley of
Biddeford, very dear friend,
Carey Besse of Glenburn;
special aunt, Dora Weston of
Milo; nieces, Heidi, Rikki-Ann,
Stephanie and Victoria; great
nieces and nephews, Sophia,
Maria, Nicholas, Gavin and
Garrett; also many friends. Funeral services were held at 2
p.m. Saturday, May 19, with the
Rev. Garnett Chute officiating.
Donations in her memory may
be made to Cancer Care of
Maine.
Laura E. Kecki
LOWELL- Laura E. Kecki,
86, died May 13, 2012 at a
Lincoln health care facility. She
was born in Walpole, Ma, Feb
8, 1926 the daughter of George
and Cora (Swenor) Loya. She is survived by her husband,
Mitchell Kecki of Lowell; her
children, Carol Fredette and her
husband Roger of Rhode Island,
David Kecki of Lowell, and
Krystene Ashley of Alabama;
four siblings, Hazel Publicover
of Ipswich, Ma, Helena St.
Germaine of Ft. Lauiderdale,
Fl, Frank Loya of Concord, NC
and Herbert Loya of Denton,
Texas; grandchildren, Melissa
(Fredette) McDonough of
Smithfield, RI, Greg Fredette
and his wife Monica of North
Smithfield, RI, David Kecki and
his wife Tera of NC and Dustin
Kecki of Veazie; Savannah and
Jessica Ashley of Alabama;
great grandchildren, Loralei
Kecki and Emily McDonough;
Jake and Sophie Fredette;
brothers-in-law, and sistersin-law, Leo and Margaret
Kecki of Washington State,
Louis and Kay Kecki of Iowa,
Chester and Phyllis Kecki,
Jane and Eddie Forkey, Vicki
Kecki and Teddy Kecki all of
Mass; and she leaves behind a
special friend, Cathy Severance. A Mass of Christian burial
was held Saturday, May 19 at
St. Mary’s in Lincoln. Interment
will be in Lowell Cemetery.
Carroll H. Stanley
MEDWAY - Carroll H.
Stanley, 90, husband of the late
Emma Lee Stanley, passed away
Saturday, May 19, 2012, at his
home with family by his side.
He was born Sept. 3, 1921, in
Medway, son of the late George
and Priscilla A. Hopkins Stanley.
Carroll and Emma met
growing up in Medway, living
on adjoining farms. They
took great pride in eventually
obtaining ownership of their
parents’ farms. For Carroll there
was no place like the farm. He
was his happiest working on
the farm with his family by
his side. His family believes
that today John Deere tractors
must be rolling in heaven.
Carroll served in the U.S.
Army during World War II from
1944 to 1946. He was employed
at Great Northern Paper Co.,
East Millinocket, for 43 years.
In 2011 he was honored as the
Oldest Male Citizen in Medway. He is survived by his children,
Carole and her husband, Robert
Pelkey, Paulette Lakeman,
Sherry and her husband, Merle
McLaughlin, Michael and his
wife, Marlene, James and his
wife, Kathy, Thomas and his
wife, Lillian, Frederick, Joel and
his wife, Laurie, Greg and his
wife, Karen, all of Medway, and
Cindy and her husband, David
Plourde, of West Enfield; and a
special daughter-in-law, Linda
Stanley Theriault of Medway.
He was a beloved husband,
grandfather
and
greatgrandfather to 27 grandchildren,
39 great-grandchildren, and
four great-great-grandchildren.
Carroll is also survived by a
brother, Alton “Tashie” of East
Millinocket; sisters, Clara Cox
and Norma Kimball of Medway;
many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his
parents, George and Priscilla;
wife, Emma; his sons, Carroll
and Jeffery; his sister, Beatrice;
and brothers, Earl, George
Emery, Otho, Leon, John,
George Edward and Eugene. Funeral services were held
1 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at
Calvary Temple with Pastor
Regginal Adams officiating.
Interment with full military
honors was at Stanley Farm
Cemetery,
Stanley
Road,
Medway. In lieu of flowers, his
family requests that donations be
made in his name to Community
Health and Counseling Hospice,
313 Enfield Road, Lincoln,
ME 04457. Carroll’s family
sends a special thank you to his
hospice nurse, Amber Murphy.
Arrangements by Clay Funeral
Home, Lincoln.
Nancy R. Batchelder
LINCOLN - Nancy R.
Batchelder, 75, passed away
Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at a
Bangor hospital. She was born
in Lincoln, daughter of the late
Maurice R. and Fern Libby. Nancy was predeceased by
her loving husband, George E.
Batchelder; two sisters, Vivian
Tunks and Irene Crocker;
brother-in-law, Harland Tunks;
and two sisters-in-law, Dorcus
Libby and Clara Libby. She
leaves behind two daughters,
Barbara Ocana of Lincoln and
Laura Hockett of Belfast; five
grandchildren, Tabitha Leighton
and husband, Bob, of Lincoln,
Jennifer Brown and husband,
Patrick,
of
Farmingdale,
Christopher
Furrow
and
fiancee, Mandy, of Lincoln,
April Furrow of Brooks, and
Libby Drinkwater and husband,
Dan, of Medford; seven greatgrandchildren, Eden, Joy,
Eve, Wyatt, Ian, Virginia and
George; two brothers, Earl
Libby and Maurice Libby;
sisters-in-law and brothersin-law, John and Bernice
Batchelder, and Burns and Erma
Weeks; 12 nieces and nephews. A graveside service was held
on Sunday, May 20, at Lincoln
Cemetery.
Committal Services
Eugene B. Leonard
HOWLAND - A committal
service for Eugene B. Leonard
will be held at 11 a.m. Friday,
May 25, 2012 at St. Matthew
Cemetery, West Enfield.
Mary M. Twist
WINN - A committal service
for Mary M. Twist will be
held at 1 p.m. Tuesday May
29, at East Winn Cemetery.
is on– pain and prayer! He
takes Peter, James and John,
his inner trio, to the next level
in Gethsemane. These are the
ones, when Jesus shared about
his suffering and their role in
it, responded with ‘desires’/
ambitions, which revealed their
rash self-confidence (Mk.10:3540; 14:29-31). Importantly,
these will soon be the leaders of
his new movement.
Distress: Break-point?
Handle with care/prayer!
Jesus having come to the
garden alone is being crushed/
‘pressed by sorrow’ (v.38). It
is the great sorrow of heart,
his soul’s agony (dark night)
that was crushing him. Besides
here, Satan giving him his final
blow - that last temptation to
avoid or by-pass the cross. It
was as if his was saying, ‘have
it your way!’ Moreover Jesus
Michael A. Simone
MILLINOCKET – Michael
A. Simone, 63, passed away
peacefully on Sunday, May
13, 2012 with his family
and friends by his side at
Millinocket Regional Hospital.
He was born June 27, 1948,
the only son to Anthony J. and
Evelyn (Hall) Simone. Mike
attended schools in Millinocket
and was a graduate of Stearns
High School, class of 1967.
During his high school years,
he played football under Coach
Westcott’s winning Little Ten
Conference
team.
Known
for his size, Mike stood out
as the heaviest school boy
player in the state in 1966.
After graduation, he went
to Northeast Tech in Boston
and from there moved to New
Jersey working for Hoffman
Motors. In 1970, he moved
back to Millinocket to work
for Katahdin Motors as the
parts manager until 1979,
when he went to work for
the Great Northern Paper
Company, eventually working
in the finishing department. Mike’s hobbies ranged from
old vehicles to hunting, fishing,
and a great passion for Italian
cooking, which led to helping
his wife operate Orvieto’s Italian
Market and deli. His talent for
creating so many versions of
sandwiches never ended. Mike
also loved spending time at his
camper at Nesowardnehunk
and playing cards at the Elks.
He was a member of the B.P.O.
Elks #1521 in Millinocket, and
took part in many of the antique
car and truck shows in the state.
Mike is survived by his wife,
Carolyn Simone of Millinocket;
sons, Anthony of Ellsworth
and Allen of Smith Pond; a
grandson, Zachariah Simone of
Whitefield; several sisters and
brothers in law, nieces, great
nieces, nephews, great nephews,
cousins, and many close friends
who stood by during his final
days with love and support. He
was predeceased by his parents
and a baby sister, Gladys.
The family would like to
thank the wonderful staff at
both the Millinocket Regional
Hospital and also at Eastern
Maine Medical Center for the
care and compassion given to
Mike and the family. Also, a
very special thanks to those
who came daily to visit – John
and Bobbie Allen, Richard and
Sally Ouellette, Jim Ouellette,
Dave Garvin, Bob Gonya,
Henry Harper, Judy Leet, Judy
and Rob Tapley, Brenda Allen,
Joy Allen, Joy and Frank Roy,
Deacon Dan, Charlie and Judy
Beaupain for sending him
the local paper, and for the
flowers from Wayne and Sherry
Campbell, and also to Bob and
Candy Hume as well as to those
who called and sent cards. Your
efforts are greatly appreciated.
To all those who prayed each
and every day, please know
your prayers were and are
welcomed and appreciated.
Graveside services will be
held 2 P.M. Saturday, June 9
at the Millinocket Cemetery
with Deacon Danny Watson
officiating. Gifts in memory of
Mike may be sent to the American
Diabetes
Association,P.O.
Box 11454, Alexandria, VA
22312, the American Heart
Association,American
Heart
Association, P.O. Box 417005,
Boston, MA. 02241-7005 or
to the charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements are by Lamson
Funeral Home, Millinocket.
Theodore C. Wallace, III
ENFIELD – Theodore C.
Wallace III, 77, much loved
husband of Sally B. Wallace,
passed away peacefully at
EMMC after a brief illness on
May 15, 2012, surrounded by
loved ones . He was born in
Millinocket to the late Reverend
Theodore C. Wallace II & Ida
Brown Wallace on July 2, 1934.
Ted graduated from Farmington
State Teachers College in 1959
and went on to a 35 year career
as a well respected and admired
educator. He met Sally in the fall
of 1967 and they were married
in July of 1968 They resided in
Freeport where they raised their
two sons, Theodore C Wallace
IV & Matthew Bryant Wallace.
Ted was gifted with a wonderful
speaking voice which he shared
with listeners of WFAU,
WDME, WABI, WMTW,
WHMX and WPOR. He was
an accomplished creative writer
who was published in The
Shopping
Notes/Yarmouth,
Maine Sunday Telegram and
enjoyed working on his blog
“chalktalk-talk.blogspot.com.”
Ted was a avid sports fan
who enjoyed his sons’ baseball
games, Boston Red Sox and
New England Patriots. He loved
playing golf, gardening and
nature. He approached all of
these pursuits with a great sense
of humor and deep appreciation.
He is survived by his wife of
44 years; two sons: Theodore C.
Wallace, IV and his wife Lola of
Derry NH and Matthew Bryant
Wallace and his wife Patsy of
Minot, Maine; three cherished
grandchildren: Theodore C.
Wallace V (Tucker), Emma
Rose Wallace and Madison
Jane Wallace. He was blessed
with many beloved cousins,
his church family, close
friends and extended family.
Ted
had
a
deep
and
abiding faith in the Gospel
which defined his life and
remains his greatest legacy. Funeral services were held
Friday, May 18, with Pastor
Scott
Taylor
officiating.
Interment was in the Enfield
Village Cemetery.
Clay Funeral Home
Our expandable chapel is comfortable for small services and can be
expanded to seat up to 500 people.
Lounge areas provide comfortable settings for visiting.
Reflections in Faith
By Chris Gnanakan
Gethsemane: what to do at
your breaking point, Aramaic
for ‘Oil press’, was an olive
garden maintained by wealthy
Jews on the west slopes of the
Mt. of Olives (Mt. 26:36-41; Lk.
22:42). On his way to Jerusalem,
across the Kidron valley, Jesus
reveals to his disciples how that
same night they will ‘desert’
him. The Shepherd is going
to be struck and his sheep
scattered (Zech. 13:7); Peter
vehemently vows that even if
the others did, he will never
let him down (v.33) and Jesus
warns that before cockcrow,
Peter would have denied him
thrice! At Gethemane, Jesus
shows us how to be strong.
Jesus will be separated and
meets his disciples only after his
resurrection. So, Gethsemane
is his last hour with them. His
final lesson in the threatening
shadows of this ‘night school’
7 Lee Road
Lincoln, Maine 04457
was painfully aware of what
lay ahead of him – the cross!
Not so much the cruelty of
crucifixion as the challenge
of carrying away the sins of
the world as God’s Lamb
and dealing with the curse
that condemns humanity, as a
human. Yet, the real battlefield
may have been within himself.
Desire: To drink or not to drink?
Jesus invites the three to
intercede with him and for him
to ‘watch and prayer’ as he
falls prostrate on the ground
and in anguish sweats, Dr
Luke records, ‘drops of blood’
(22:44). His focus in prayer
is not Satan, sin or self but his
‘Father’; doing his will from the
heart. His prayer request whether
possible not to drink the cup =
bitter ‘experience’ a metaphor
of ‘punishment and suffering’
(Psa.75:8; Isa.51:17). Here,
Jesus both reveals his perfect
humanity and clarifies his
commitment and full surrender
to God’s redemptive plan.
Discipleship: following
Jesus; doing ‘Father’s will’
Being a disciple/Christian
has to do with suffering, daily
taking up ones cross and taking
everything to God in prayer.
Peter, and tough all-night
fishermen, didn’t have it within
themselves to stay awake just
for one hour. Their spirit was
willing, but their flesh, weak!
At least, initially, they listened
to what Jesus prayed to his
Father, it was what he taught
them (Thy will be done). Their
failure to follow Christ in his
passion shows how ‘prayers of
faith’ correlate to ‘power over
the flesh’. There’s no way out
so, let go and let God!
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207-794-2941 or 1-800-734-2941
[email protected]
Lamson
Funeral Home
www.lamsonfh.com
11 Tamarack St.
Millinocket, Maine
Phone: (207) 723-4000
17 Western Ave.
East Millinocket, Maine
Phone: (207) 746-3817
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Excerpts from the Penobscot County Jail log
May 14
May 15
Christopher Gordon Bridges,
47, of LaGrange was arrested on
multiple outstanding warrants.
Robert
Henry
Chauvette, 24, of Greenbush
was arrested on charges of
domestic violence assault and
violation of bail conditions.
Jeffrey
Raymond
Burgess, 23, of Orneville was
arrested on charges of operating
when license is suspended
or revoked and violating bail
conditions.
May 16
Kaci Nicole Munson,
25, of Enfield was arrested on
an outstanding warrant.
May 19
Ethan T. Austin, 34, of
Millinocket
was
arrested
on charges of criminal OUI
and failure to stop for a
law
enforcement
officer.
Joseph
Andrew
Johnson, 33, of Hudson
was arrested on multiple
outstanding
warrants.
Ashlee Lynn Muise,
26, of Lincoln was arrested on
multiple outstanding warrants.
May 20
court systems, we are currently unable
to obtain active warrants for publication.
According to a spokesperson for the
Maine State Court System, the problem
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Town of Lincoln
For Sale by Sealed Bid
Mike’s
Auto Repair
Michael Tompkins & Sons
We are a full service hair
and beauty salon
Complete Mechanical Services ~ Tires
Major & Minor Repairs ~ State Inspections
Call for an appointment to pamper
yourself today!
Two Convenient Locations
30 River Road
119 Main Street
Lincoln, ME
Lincoln, ME
794-2335
794-8688
184 West Broadway ~ Lincoln ~ 794-6145
Due to a change in how arrest
warrents are processed by the state’s
Cummings
Health
Care
NOW HIRING
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Penobscot County
Philip G. Bowers, Jr., 25, of
Burlington was arrested on a
charge of theft by unauthorized
taking.
1995 Johnson Model 605
Street Sweeper.
For more information go to
[email protected]
Sealed bids accepted at the Town
Office at 63 Main Street, Lincoln, ME
04457 until Tuesday, May 15, 2012
at 2:00p.m. All bids must be clearly
marked on the outside envelope “1995
JOHNSON SWEEPER”. Submit bids
on plain paper and state the bid price
offered, name, address, telephone
number and email address of bidder.
The Town reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Pelletier’s Greenhouse
It’s been a Great Spring and May is here. We’re well
stocked up with flower and vegetable seedlings, large variety
of hanging baskets, beautiful patio pots and bird baths for
your flower garden.
Browse our inventory of
New and Pre-owned
vehicles at...
Everyone loves no-bake
candy cookies, a popular
recipe made in many ways.
Here is my version of them
and they are so moist they
will melt in your mouth. I
suggest that you not make
these with your children as
they are made on the stove
which may not be safe and
they have to be made quickly.
I put all ingredients in pan
first then turn on the heat, and
stir constantly. If you do not
do this , there is a possibility
that they can end up tasting
like burnt chocolate. So
make them swiftly and enjoy.
No-Bake Candy Cookies
Combine all of these
ingredients into large pan on
top of stove:
2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 stick of margarine
3 Tbls. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
Dash of salt
2 heaping Tbls. of peanut
butter
Turn on medium to high
heat stir all ingredients
briskly until completely
smooth (do not boil). Take
pan off heat immediately and
add 3 Cups of quick oats,
stirring together until coated.
Next using a small
scoop mound rows of the
mixture onto a cookie sheet
and place into refrigerator
to cool (they are supposed
to look very moist when
scooping out...and they will
harden). Once cooled, place
into airtight container...then
enjoy a few, share a few or
even freeze some for later.
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We have patio tomatos,
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Looking forward to seeing old and new customers.
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Have you thought about
adding to the family?
There is something
about the pitter-patter of
little feet on the floor that
turns a house into a home.
And if that pitter-patter
happens to come from
a family member with
4 feet, well... twice the
blessings!
The Penobscot Valley
Humane Society currently
has a wide selection of
cats, kittens, and dogs
available for adoption.
Whether you are seeking
that mature feline friend
for lazy Sunday mornings
on the sofa, the high energy of a young kitten, or a canine friend for
bounding romps through the woods, they may have your match.
This week for adoption we have an Alapaha Bull Dog (N/M), a Lab
& Border Collie mix (M), a Beagle (F), a male Lab and a neutered
male Lab, and a Husky Shepard (M). We also have a wonderful
assortment of cats and kittens all looking for loving homes.
Protect
your family.
Prepare
for their future.
Rick Burpee, Agent
285 West Broadway
Lincoln, ME 04457
Bus: 207-794-9003
[email protected]
Monday - Friday
8:30 to 5:00
After hours and weekends
by appointment
I can help with both.
Stop by for your free
State Farm Insurance
and Financial Review .
Like a good neighbor,
State Farm is there.
CALL ME TODAY FOR
MORE INFORMATION..
Also, don’t forget our Yard Sale scheduled for July 12 & 13. We
are currently accepting donations of salable items.
Penobscot Valley Humane Society
(207)794-3457
Park Avenue, Lincoln
1001386.1
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- Exploring Lincoln Maine

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