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October 2016 • Volume 14 • Issue 10
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Fish Chowder
Supper
Vikings Over Rams
The East Otisfield Free
Baptist Church will be
serving a Fish Chowder
Community Supper on
October 8th, 2016. The
dinner will include Fish
Chowder, Corn Bread,
Assorted Roasted Vegetables, Rolls, beverages
and a delectable dessert.
There will be two seat-
ings, at 4.30 PM and 5.30
PM. The meal is free, but
donations are graciously
accepted and will support
community centered activities. The church is located on Rayville Road in
Otisfield, 1 mile off Route
121. We hope to see you
all there and please bring
a friend. n
Fall Festival
Everyone is invited
to the Fall Festival on
Saturday October 29th.
There will be free Carnival Games, lots of prizes,
and fun for everyone! Fun
food will also be available for purchase at low
prices.
The children’s and
teen’s ministries of Ho-
sanna Church are hard
at work, putting together
events which are a good
time for your whole family.
This Festival begins at
1 PM and goes through 4
PM. The location for this
special fun event is
Hosanna Church, located at 109 Schoolhouse
Road in Oxford.n
Oxford Hills freshman Cecelia Dieterich handles the soccer ball well. She was one of the many, scoring Vikings in
their 6-1 win over the Cony Rams during a September 29 game in South Paris. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
Paris Public Children’s Library
Thanks to the hard
work of free landscaping by Michael Myrick
and Miche Grenier and
the donated mulch from
Dennis Rugg, all from
South Paris, the garden
spot in the Paris Public Library’s parking lot
has thankfully come to
life. Join us on Columbus Day, October 10
at 3:00, at Paris Public
Library, rain or shine,
to plant crocuses, daffodils and tulips that will
bloom next spring. The
bulbs will be made avail-
able by the library. If you
have access to a small
trowel, please bring it.
All are welcome. FMI
call the Paris Public Library ay 743-6994. n
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Funny things kids say!
Years ago, my 3-year-old
niece Brianna came running into the laundry room,
phone in hand, yelling,
“Momma, Momma, it’s
Millie Importure, it’s Millie
Importure!”
My sister knew no one
named Millie and when she
got on the phone, no one
was there. This happened
several times over the next
few months until my sister
finally realized her daughter was mimicking her, as
kids so often do to their
parents.
Whenever my sister was
on the phone and the kids
started getting loud, she
would say to them, “Shh,
it’s really important!”
– Catherine White, Wilton.
Back in 2003 our daughter and her husband and
4-year-old son lived with
us in our farmhouse. During a thunderstorm with
heavy rain, we lost power
in the middle of the night.
Out in the country, when
you lose power, it is dark!
A louc clap of thunder
woke up our grandson who
then yelled for his father.
His father felt and worked
his way through the living
room and up the hall to his
son’s room, telling him all
was well and that it was just
the storm that had knocked
out the power.
Our grandson said, “Oh,
thank God. I thought I had
gone blind.”
– Mo Lizotte in Jay.
I heard a funny one from
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my granddaughter a few
years back. She was visiting in New England from
Kentucky. I took her to the
beach and she could not get
to the water fast enough.
All of a sudden she called
out, “Grandma, help! My
feet have headaches!”
This was her first time in
our cold waters. The “feet
headaches” soon disappeared and she had a great
time.
– Evelyn Wedding in
Norway.
It has been an unspoken
ritual at our house for many
years: the grandkid(s)
come in, get Gramp’s underwear out of his bureau,
and quickly stuff ‘em in
the freezer. Next morning, Gramps gets up, rants
and raves, “When will they
ever learn that this is NOT
funny!”
Grandkid(s) tee-hee and
it’s another memory never
to be forgotten. Only this
time it was the three- and
four-year-olds who did it
for their first time, after
observing their siblings or
cousins.
There was only one problem. They hurriedly stuck
the underwear in the freezer in the ice cube maker! In
the middle of the night, I
could hear grinding noises
in the kitchen.
Yes, you guessed it!
I pulled and tugged to no
avail. Gramp’s underwear
had to be cut out of the ice
cube maker. Thank goodness it didn’t break the ice
cube maker because then
Gramps would have really
ranted and raved.
But the story doesn’t
end there. A few weeks
afterward, we had company from out of state who
couldn’t wait to drink our
delicious well water, not
the chlorinated city water
they have back home.
My friend kept saying,
“It doesn’t taste the same.
It just doesn’t taste like the
last time we were here.”
On their last day visiting
us, we talked about each
other’s grandkids again for
the hundredth time. Suddenly it dawned on me that
maybe the water tasted
“different” because of the
ice cubes! Was there an
aftertaste from the chewed
up underwear? Was THAT
why the water tasted different?
– Meme in Dixfield.
I was visiting my brother
several years ago and his
grandchildren stopped by
to visit after an afternoon
of swimming.
Three-year-old Michael
kept staring at me and having never seen hearing aids
asked,”Aunt Barb, how
come you still have your
ear plugs in?”
– Barb in Rumford.
My grandson was cooking with me when he asked,
“Nana, do you always make
everything from Scotch?”
“No! No! Do you mean
scratch?” I replied.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
My great-granddaughter
was 5 years old when her
great-grandfather passed
away. Her father told her
that her great grandfather
had gone to heaven.
She said, “Oh, he packed
his bags and has gone to see
Jesus.”
– Hazel in Livermore.
When my grandson was
about five years old, he
said, “Mummy, it is Nana
and her friend Grampy.”
My grandson was jumping for joy as he had been
waiting for us to arrive for
a visit.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
Having received a cool
Batman outfit for Christmas, my grandson wore it
to pick up a dinner order at
a restaurant. His aunt was
horrified when he pushed
past her and announced,
“I’m Batman and I’m here
to rob the place.”
It got so quiet and then
all you could hear was
laughter in the restaurant!
It took some discussion
when he got home on what
was wrong with making
that announcement!
– Cheryl in Mexico.
Share the funniest thing your kid or grandkid
said this week! You could win a
gift certificate to an area merchant!
It’s easy! Simply write down what your kid said that was so funny and mail it !
Welcome to the Neighborhood.
Eric Gerchman, MD - Family Medicine
Western Maine Family Medicine and Stephens Memorial Hospital
welcomes their newest doctor Eric Gerchman, MD. Dr. Gerchman earned
his Medical Degree at Finch University of Health Science / The Chicago
Medical School in Chicago Illinois and completed his family medicine
residency training at Lancaster General Hospital Family Practice Residency
Program in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Dr. Gerchman has been a family
medicine provider in Maine for the past 17 years and was named Maine’s
2016 Family Physician of the Year.
Dr. Gerchman is accepting new patients. For more information please
visit us at www.wmhcc.org or call (207) 743-9292.
Western Maine Family Medicine
a department of Stephens Memorial Hospital
8 Pikes Hill, Norway Maine 04268
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October 2016
Over Half of the State’s Population is
Saving Millions on Financial Services…
Are You One of Them?
Nearly 680,000 Mainers are saving money every
year just by choosing to be
a member at one of Maine’s
Credit Unions. But just how
much money are they saving? Based on previous
studies, Maine credit union
members collectively save
$40 million a year by belonging to a credit union. These
collective savings are put
together from earnings that
are returned to members in
lower loan rates, higher interest rates on deposits, and
lower fees – it’s no wonder
more than half of Maine’s
population belongs to a credit union!
Maine Credit Union
League President John
Murphy said that the credit
unions’ ability to focus on
saving member’s money
make credit unions an increasingly viable and valuable option for Maine people.
“The credit union philosophy of putting the interests
of members first continues
to highlight the difference
between credit unions and
other financial institutions.
Credit unions are owned
and operated by and for their
members, so all members
benefit from better rates and
lower and fewer fees. That is
a key and distinct difference
of credit union membership.”
To find a credit union near
you, visit www.mainecreditunions.org. n
Your Credit Union is With You Wherever
You Go with Shared Branching!
For 12 years, Shared
Branching has allowed
many Maine credit union
members to enjoy the convenience of using other
Maine credit unions, as well
as credit unions across the
country and even the world,
just as if it were their own
credit union. And now, with
over 170 locations throughout Maine, there are more
Shared Branches than any
single bank in Maine by
nearly three times! There
are also more than 5,400
branch locations across the
nation—that’s the third largest branch network in the
country!
Shared Branching allows
members of participating
credit unions to access thousands of credit union service
center locations via the cooperative network of service
centers in the United States
and overseas. Most member services are offered at
Shared Branching locations
across the country including:
account deposits; cash and
check withdrawals; transfers
between accounts; cash advances, loan payments, and
balance inquiries. Extended
service hours and weekend
hours are offered at some
locations, while money orders, traveler’s checks or
official checks can also be
purchased at various Shared
Branches.
“From Madawaska to
York, Shared Branching allows Maine’s nearly 680,000
credit union members the
ability to conduct financial
transactions no matter where
they are while still receiving
the exceptional credit union
service that Maine’s Credit
Unions are known for. No
matter if members are trav-
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across the globe.
5. It’s free. That’s right –
Shared Branching is all
about giving you the best
service at no cost to you.
Visit
www.mainecreditunions.org for more information, or to find a Shared
Branch location near you.
eling across town, across
state, or across the country,
with Shared Branching,
their credit union is with
them wherever they go,” explained John Murphy, President of the Maine Credit
Union League.
If you’re still wondering
why you should use Shared
Branching, here are five reasons to start.
1. It’s convenient. Whether
you’re traveling out of
town or moving away
to college, you can keep
your money right where
it is.
2. It’s accommodating.
When you visit a Shared
Branching location, you
can access your accounts,
deposit checks, and make
loan payments just like
you can at your home
credit union.
3. It’s supportive. Credit
unions work together to
provide members with
the best services. When
you use these services,
you are supporting your
credit union so it can
continue to serve you.
SURF’s Up!
Have you seen SURF
Dude in your travels? He
is the icon of Maine Credit
Unions’ SURF Surcharge
Free ATM Network. No
matter where you are in
the state – from Portland to Presque Isle, or
Brunswick
to Bethel,
when you
see SURF
Dude, you
know that
your ATM
experience will be feefree! That’s right – FREE
access to your money –
nothing else can compare!
When you’re a member
of a Maine credit union,
you have access to the
largest
surcharge-free
ATM network in Maine.
With 250 locations, members have surcharge-free
access covering the entire state! Don’t forget,
in addition to accessing
cash, you can also make
deposits at some ATMs
with no extra fees – so
you can take your credit
union with you, wherever
you go.
4. It’s easy. Download the
Co-Op Shared Branch
app for iPhone or Android or go to co-opsharedbranching.org for a
full list of Shared Branch
locations nationwide and
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Formed in 1999, 98%
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further evidence of the
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credit unions work together to bring the largest, most convenient ATM
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stated
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Credit Union League.
Finding a SURF ATM
is easy. For a complete
listing of the SURF ATM
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October 2016
Communication
John McDonald
Just when you think cell
phone antics couldn’t get
any goofier you see something involving cell phones
that’s goofier than the last.
I was walking down a residential Portland street the
other day and saw a woman
wrestling furiously with
several shopping bags and
her cell phone. What was
so vital that she had to talk
while trying not to dump her
bags all over the ground?
Well, she was explaining
to the person on the other
end that she was taking her
shopping bags out of the car
and getting ready to go into
her apartment.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I
think this was information
that the woman could have
kept to herself until later.
People used to be able to
take shopping bags out of
the car and bring them into
the house without feeling
the need to share the whole
experience.
The cell phone incident
reminded me of years ago
when I experimented with a
few communication devices
of my own.
One afternoon when I was
a kid my friend Neil and I
spent several hours making
what today might be called
“a dual-station, single purpose communication system.” It was a neat walkietalkie we saw in “Boy’s
Life” magazine. According
to the article and simple diagram, all we needed to make
our own device was a long
piece of string and two Birdseye orange juice cans. The
article did, indeed, specify
“Birdseye” cans, but then
added that the cans of other
brands may also be used.
After getting our mate-
Ticket Auction
Members and friends
of the Second Congregational Church, UCC Norway, are busy planning
their annual TICKET
AUCTION for Saturday,
October 15th.
Elaine
Emery is coordinating the
work crew, which is processing over 300 items for
the auction. There will be
a Dollar Table featuring
antique Paris Manufacturing children’s chairs, vintage apple crates, a Maine
Gift Basket, and much
more.
Viewing for the auction starts at 3:30pm with
the auction starting at
5:00pm. Ticket envelopes
will be available in many
price ranges for every
budget. Homemade Food
and beverages will also
be available during the
auction.
Donations for the Auction are welcome (and
encouraged). Items can
be dropped off at Second
Congregational Church,
205 Main Street, Norway
on Tuesday through Friday from 9am – noon; or
you can call the church at
743-2290 to make other
arrangements. Proceeds
will benefit the many
missions and community
outreach programs of the
church. n
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rials together we ran the
high-tech string between
our separate locations in my
yard - a little over 100-feet
- and used a state-of-the-art
six penny nail to poke a hole
in the end of each can. We
then threaded the ends of the
string through the holes and
tied a fat knot in each end of
the string to prevent it from
slipping out of the hole.
Once the string was tightly
stretched between our locations and the Birdseye cans
were securely in place we
tried to talk back and forth.
We must have been way
ahead of our time because,
for the rest of the afternoon,
we kept yelling into the
Birdseye can, “Can you hear
me now?” just like that annoying guy in those old cell
phone service commercials.
The next day Neil called
me on the phone and said
he wanted to call me on the
Birdseye walkie-talkie. He
wanted me to go outside in
my yard so we could resume
our experiments with our
Birdseye cans. It was the
only time I ever had a call
holding on a juice can.
For the next several weeks
Neil and I experimented with
our communication system.
We made a shorter version and used wire instead
of string and that worked
pretty well. Eventually we
gave up and just called each
other on the phone when we
wanted to talk. It was a lot
easier. Come to think of it,
lots of things were easier
back then.
I’m old enough to remember when the phone rang
and if you were there you
answered it? If you weren’t
there, it rang until the caller
gave up. Simple.
Then someone invented
the answering machine
and before long it seemed
like everyone had one and
in an attempt to solve one
problem - missing phone
calls - more problems were
hatched - like not missing
phone calls.
We’ve all heard the messages:
“Hello,
you’ve
reached the home of Bobby
and Barbara Schlahbotnik
and all the little Schlahbotniks. We can’t come to the
phone right now but if you
leave a name and number preferably your telephone
number - we’ll get back
to you as just soon as possible.”
With an answering machine you would never
miss another phone call, not
even those annoying calls
that you wanted to miss. A
whole new set of rules and
practices developed around
the telephone. If there was
someone you had to call but
didn’t want to talk to, you
could call them when you
knew they weren’t there and
leave a vague message: “It’s
me and I guess you’re not
there so I guess I’ll just say
I’m sorry I missed you and
try to call me when you get
back.” Then it was their turn
to try and reach you. This
childish game of avoidance
became known as “phone
tag.”
Then came the cell phone.
And as we all know, things
are worse now than ever and
there’s no place to hide.
Just once I’d like to have
someone say, “John, you
have an important call holding on your Birdseye can.”
John McDonald is a
Maine Storyteller who performs regularly at banquets,
conferences, conventions
and other events throughout
New England. He is also
the author of five books on
Maine including: The Maine
Dictionary, A Storyteller’s
Guide to Maine, A moose
and a Lobster walk into a
Bar and its sequel: Moose
Memoirs and Lobster Tales.
Telephone: 207.899.1868 or
email: [email protected] n
Paris Public Library Summer Reading
Challenge Concludes
Fifty-eight
participants successfully completed the Paris Public
Library?s 2016 Summer Reading Challenge.
They read eight books
in eight weeks and accomplished eight various
reading-related challenges. Each received a $10
gift certificate to Books N
Things of Norway, a free
McDonald?s Happy Meal
from the Napoli Group, a
free soft serve ice cream
cone donated by Norway/
Paris Soft Serve and a
custom-made commemorative t-shirt. The chal-
lenge concluded with an
ice cream sundae party on
August 20th.
The library hosts a summer reading event every
summer to help children
retain or improve their
reading abilities over the
summer vacation months.
For more information,
please call the Paris Public Library at 743-6994
or email [email protected]. The
library’s events and programs are also listed on
the library?s Facebook
and webpages. n
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Critter Chatter - Mange!
Carleen Cote
In our 51 years of rehabbing Maine’s wildlife,
we have dealt with many
animals with mange It
used to be confined to
foxes. Now we get many
infested porcupines. If
they are heavily infested,
they do not survive.
Sarcoptic
mange,
which is passed from animal to animal by bodily
contact, is caused by
a microscopic parasite
which burrows under the
skin. Signs of mange are
mild to moderate itching,
skin thickening, seborrhea (crust formation),
then severe, almost constant itching. The mite’s
secretions cause the itch-
ing. Hair or fur starts o
fall out because of the
constant scratching and
ensuing damage to hair
follicles. The scratching
eventually leads to open
wounds, which then become infected. An animal will literally die from
overwhelming infections.
Sightings of nearly bald
animals as a result of
mange have been reported. In this case, late in the
year, an animal will perish from the lack of protection against winter’s
freezing temperatures.
Any animal can become infested with the
mange mite, including
humans. Many years ago,
during one of my husband
Don’s treks through the
woods, he came across
a dead fox and handled
it. Several days later, he
started itching, which increased daily. He visited
the family doctor who
diagnosed the cause of
itching as maybe something he ate or a change
in laundry detergent.
The itching continued to
worsen, finally sending
Donald to the hospital
emergency room! Diagnosis: mange. His treatment was the application
of lindain, a pesticide
absorbed through the
skin to kill the burrowing
mites, while taking care
to launder all bedding
and clothing. The activity of the mites ended,
but the itching continued,
slowly subsiding, for six
months.
We have received
several mange-infested
foxes, none of which displayed signs of the afflic-
Gary Leroy Garcelon
1935-2016
Gary Leroy Garcelon,
81, passed away peacefully August 30, 2016, with
his family by his side. He
was born July 15, 1935 in
Houlton, ME to Cecil and
Dorothea (Lovely) Garcelon. He was the youngest
of three sons.
Gary graduated from
Houlton High School in
1953 and was drafted into
the United States Army.
While in the service, he
played in the US Army
band in front of President Eisenhower and State
Hood for Hawaii. He returned to Houlton and attended Ricker Classical
Institute for two years. He
was employed with the
Department of Transportation for 25 years as Inspector of roads and bridges,
was the Director of Public
Works in Millinocket, ME,
three times, and worked for
Wright-Pierce for 15years
as Project Manager on
projects throughout Vermont, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine.
Gary married Sandra
Wentworth on August 16,
1963, at the Methodist
church in Corinna, ME. He
had four children. Gary
was also a brother of the
Masonic Lodge #206 in
Island Falls, ME, for many
years.
He is survived by his
loving wife of 53 years,
Sandra (Wentworth) Garcelon ,daughters, Tanya
and her husband Reverend
Sterling Lawrence of Oakfield, and Andrea Campbell and Brent Dubois of
Levant,
sons, Charles
Garcelon and Cindy Boyd
of Hermon, Mark and his
wife Tess Garcelon of Jay;
seven grandchildren, Ryan
Lawrence, Lindsey Aggen,
Brock Campbell, Kate and
husband Tyler Secord, Kaleb Campbell, Cassie Garcelon, Katrina Boulay; and
one great grandson, Samuel
Aggen, as well as many
nieces and nephews.
Gary was pre-deceased
by his parents, brothers Cecil Garcelon Jr, and Harol
Garcelon , and his son-inlaw, Gary Campbell.
Arrangements under the
care and direction of Dan &
Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, 445 Waterville
Road, Skowhegan. n
tion when they arrived
at our Center. As soon
as we were aware of the
situation, we removed
all bedding from the
fox houses, sprayed the
houses and grounds with
pesticide, burned the hay
bedding and treated the
animals and then the humans. Once we received
a young fox so heavily
infested with the mites
that we were advised
not to try to save it and,
reluctantly, agreed. With
the onset of winter, we
were told that any mites
left on the ground by the
fox would not survive the
freezing temperatures.
Wrong! We discovered
that, not only had the
mites survived, they had
migrated from the area
where the young fox had
been kept over to the fox
pens some 25 feet away!
All the foxes were treated
and survived to return to
the wild.
Carleen and Donald
Cote operate the Duck
Pond Wildlife Care Center on Rt. 3 in Vassal-
boro, a nonprofit facility, supported entirely by
the Cotes’ own resources
and outside donations.
Call them at 445-4326 or
write to 1787 N. Belfast
Ave., Vassalboro, ME
04989. n
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October 2016
Keeping Fitness Pace with the Weather
Don’t slowdown your
activity level just because
the weather is changing.
It is so easy to hibernate
when the days start getting
shorter and the weather
cooler. Most of us are much
more active in the warm
sunny days of summer.
Golfing, biking, hiking,
boating, yardwork and just
doing outdoor activities
has whipped us into shape
and now we are faced with
the chilly nights and days
or Autumn. Hmmm, what
to do? Let’s keep all those
healthy fitness gains you
Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well
Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA
Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
and Motivational Speaker
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made this summer. Change
with the weather instead of
hibernating. When playing
9 holes of golf at the end
of the day is no longer an
option. Bundle up and take
a brisk walk but make sure
it at least 2 miles. That’s
what it will take to substitute the exercise you get
on the golf course. If safety is a concern of yours,
many of the local schools
will allow you to walk inside in their gymnasiums
when not in use. The mall
is also a good option for
a few walking laps at the
end of your day. You can
always join one of the local Y’s or gyms and enjoy
the social groups, exercise
classes and exercise equipment that these facilities
provide. Still not ready
to pull your fitness routine
inside? Well one of my favorite things to do this time
of year is hike and explore
Maine’s Parks. Hiking in
the Fall Foliage is fabulous
right now. Try making the
time to explore these parks
and take advantage of the
hiking opportunities. Here
are a few of my favor-
ite places. Many of these
Parks have hikes and special events going on in the
month of October.
•Mt. Battie in Camden
Hill State Park in Camden
•Lily Bay State Park in
Greenville – “they have
a special hike around
Moosehead Lake on Oct
10th.”
•Wolfe’s Neck state Park
in Freeport – “they have a
special event hike on Oct
10th”
•Range Pond State Park
in Poland – “they have a
special event Hike on Oct
15th”
•Mt Blue State Park and
Tumbledown Mountain –
in Weld
•Acadia National State
Park Many hiking trials
which are safe and clean
•Bigelow Range in
Western Maine
•Gulf Hagas in the North
Maine Woods
•Saddleback and Kennebago Mt. in Rangeley
I hope you take advantage of some of these autumn foliage hikes and enjoy the views and stay fit.
Live Long, Live Well. n
Downeast Hatchery Suffers “Trout Crash”
V. Paul Reynolds
Plagued by low water at
West Grand Lake and rising
lake water temperatures of
the intake water at the Grand
Lake Stream fish hatchery,
the state wound up losing an
estimated 20,000 brook trout
fry at the hatchery over the
past few weeks.
According to Todd Langevin, Superintendent of
Hatcheries in Augusta, the
loss, while significant, should
“not impact the state’s overall
stocking program.” Langevin
says that in the state’s annual
stocking plans there are built
in buffers for such sudden
losses.
The fish that were lost were
close to fingerling size and
would have been stocked late
this fall. Although this was the
largest “trout crash” in recent
years at the Downeast hatchery, some hatchery trout were
lost in 2008 and 2012 due to
excessively warm lake water
being taken from the West
Grand Lake intake source.
Langevin says that there
have been no other significant
water temperature issues at
the state’s other trout hatcheries.
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When asked if there was
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issue, the hatcheries director indicated that there was
a plan on the drawing boards
to extend the lake intake pipe
into deeper water in search
of more suitable water temperatures. Projected cost for
extending the intake pipe to
deeper water is about a million dollars. The state’s annual budget for its stocking and
hatchery program is in excess
of three million dollars.
Estimated cost of this fall’s
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****The man who works
on my always-in-the-shop
outboard motor never stops
grumbling about how ethanol
gasoline raises havoc with
small engines. Another man
I know, who is more engine
savvy than I, had been purchasing ethanol-free aviation
gas at a small airport. He paid
more, but was willing to pony
up some extra cash to keep
his engines running trouble
free. The state purportedly
has put a stop to that.
My outboard man tipped
me off to where I could buy
ethanol-free gas for my outboard. After some searching,
I found the energy company
that sells ethanol-free gas.
The woman at the counter
said that she would sell me
the ethanol-free gas, but first
it would be neccessary for
me to fill out and sign a form,
which was a waiver absolv-
ing the seller of any “liability.” My jaw dropped. “This is
a joke, right?” I queried. The
waiver ordered me to swear
that I would not burn the ethanol-free gas in any “vehicle.”
“This is dumb!” said I.
“Tell us about it,” she said
with a smile. As it turned out
the traditional gas was priced
almost double the going
pump price for the corn-fed
fuel. (Because of Maine law
the energy dealer can only
obtain ethanol-free gas by
bringing it down from Canada). I shook my head and
walked out. A few days later,
right on cue, I took my rough
- running outboard back to
the shop.
In the Florida Keys you
can buy ethanol-free gas right
at the pump, for a few cents
more. Most boaters patronize
these gas stations regularly.
Sometimes I think that
Maine, when it comes to state
government and its unrelenting nannying of its citizenry,
is just plain out to lunch. I
can remember when life in
Maine was a lot less complicated.
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2016. This event helps
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A
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Diners are encouraged to
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masquerade costume for
a full night of fun and
entertainment! Kiwanis
will hold live and silent
auctions, all proceeds
to benefit Kiwanis service projects. Tickets are
$60.00 per person and are
available from Kiwanis
members; by contacting
Tina at 393-3612 or Mary
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Danielle Does DIY: Pumpkin Art?
Danielle Pushard Emery
Danielle is a wife and a mother
to her two fur babies. She is
a graphic designer at Turner
Publishing. She has her degree in communications and
new media.
My favorite time of year!
Fall. I did a poll on Facebook
and this month’s DIY project
was the winner. If you want to
help vote for the next DIY, go
to Turner Publishing’s Facebook page and “like” one of
the options provided that I
have chosen from Pinterest. If
you would like to see me do
a project that you have found
on Pinterest, go head and
send me a message through
our Facebook page. If you
would like to mail me, address it to Danielle Does DIY
and send it to P.O. Box 214,
Turner, ME 04282.
To start the project, I went
to Hobby Lobby and got the
items needed for this DIY
project: a can of white spray
paint, a stencil, some sparkly
crayons, contact cement, and
some painter’s tape. I also
went to a dollar store and got
two 48-packs of crayons. I
suggest you buy a cheap hairdryer if you don’t own one
or ask to borrow a friend’s, if
they are willing. Most of this
list was suggested by the Pinterest project I followed. At
the time I did not realize the
adventure I had in store.
I spray painted all the
pumpkins and decided to use
some paint from a past project and sprayed one pumpkin
purple to add my own flare to
the DIY. I did a couple coats
to make them as white and
purple as possible. I waited
for them to fully dry before
beginning the next step.
Next I unwrapped the crayons to be used in this project.
This part was a little difficult.
I snapped them in thirds to
peel the paper off more easily.
Next, I glued the unwrapped
crayons to the pumpkins with
contact cement. I used contact cement because I could
Paint Night
October 15th from 6
to 8:30 pm at the First
Congregational Church
of South Paris. Release
your inner artist, raise
funds for the library and
enjoy a fun evening,
punctuated with lots of
laughter.
Participants
will be instructed and
complete a 16”x 20”
acrylic painting to keep.
The Paris Public Library is hosting a Paint
Night fund raising event,
with artist Karen Schroeder Daniels of “Paint
the Town,” on Saturday,
All the necessary materials are supplied. Tickets
for the event are $35 and
are available at the Paris
Public Library. Space is
limited. For more information, please call the
Paris Public Library at
743-6994 or email paris.
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not find tacky glue like used
in the pin. I believe the tacky
glue would have stuck better.
I just had to wait a little longer
for the contact cement to dry.
After I glued the crayons to
the smaller pumpkins, I taped
the stencil to the pumpkin to
change the project a little.
The stencil shows a couple
standing under an umbrella.
I have seen this stencil used
in other melting crayon art
projects and decided to give
it a shot.
I covered the couple painted on the pumpkin with paper
using the painters tape. That
way it would give the effect
of the umbrella protecting
them from the colorful crayon rain.
Once all the paint and
glue was dry it was time to
use my hairdryer to melt the
crayons, or so I thought. The
crayons that melted the
best were the Crayola
brand, but it was slow
going at that. I tried a lighter
but that was a hassle. After
about an hour of trying to
melt the crayons using both
the lighter and the hairdryer, I
called in reinforcements, my
father.
I called my father and he
had a solution: a heat gun.
Once I had that in hand I first
tried the low setting and, voila, we had melting crayons,
ladies and gentlemen! I found
that the cheaper crayons were
the problem. I even used the
high setting on the heat gun
to get an even crayon melt
on the pumpkin. After quite a
few hours of working on this
project I was finally done and
I think they look fantastic. I
touched up some spots with
marker and white tape.
My final thoughts: Don’t
use cheap crayons. Doing
this project, you need to have
patience if using a hair dryer
and don’t expect it to be a
quick project. One thing I can
say is spray painting outside
in the fall is easier all the way
around than inside or in the
summer. The air is cooler and
easier to breathe and thankfully the wind was in my favor. Now rating this pin based
on the facts I would give it a
two-and-a-half stars just because the original project did
not specify a brand of crayons
to use which I feel makes all
the difference on the melting
point. I would call this Doable only because I was able
to get it done after hours of
working on this project. n
Otisfield Sewing & Craft Group
Come bring a project or just
come to enjoy the comraderie
of a small group of women
who meet every Wednesday
EXCEPT THE 3RD WED at
the Otisfield Community Hall
from 12:30-3:00 p.m. (correct
to 1-3:30 as of 9/14/16). We
put the tea kettle on and work
on our own projects and sometimes on a group project. We
share ideas, skills, books, and
patterns. For more information call Elaine at 461-1995 or
email at dobleverrill@gmail.
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October 2016
Stephens Memorial Hospital Among 10 MaineHealth Hospitals
and Affiliates Recognized for Tobacco-Free Initiatives
The Maine TobaccoFree Hospital Network
(MTFHN), an initiative of
the Breathe Easy Coalition
of Maine, today recognized Stephens Memorial
Hospital alongside 10 other MaineHealth hospitals
and affiliates through its
2016 Gold Star Standards
of Excellence program
at an awards celebration
in Augusta. This annual
initiative recognizes hospitals for addressing tobacco use and exposure
to tobacco smoke through
best practice policies and
procedures.
Maine hospitals that
met at least seven of the
10 standards were recognized at the gold, silver or
bronze level depending on
the number of standards
they met. 100 percent of
all MaineHealth hospitals,
including Stephens Me-
The Norway Main Street
sidewalks were busy at the
2015 Norway Downtown
Halloween Festival!
Norway Downtown will
be presenting the 12th Annual Norway Halloween
Festival on Friday, October
28th! This event is open
to the public regardless of
residence. Children and
adults from everywhere are
invited to dress up and par-
morial Hospital, received
“Gold Star” awards.
Three Maine Medical
Center (MMC) nurse practitioners – Donna Chamoff, Maura McDonald and
Deirdre Sulka Meister –
were recognized as MTFHN Gold Star Champions
for providing intensive
tobacco treatment at the
bedside for MMC patients
and their continued leadership and advocacy for tobacco-free environments
and resources at MMC.
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable
disease and death in the
United States. Cigarette
smoking causes cancer,
heart disease, stroke, lung
diseases, diabetes, and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is
responsible for more than
480,000 deaths per year in
the U.S., including nearly
42,000 deaths resulting
from secondhand smoke
exposure.
The recognized hospitals are addressing this
issue through comprehensive policies, education,
and treatment support.
Examples of the Gold Star
Standards of Excellence
include creating a 100%
tobacco-free campus, prohibiting advertising or promotion of tobacco products; promoting smokefree community lodging
for patients and families;
and providing tobacco
treatment and medication
benefits for employees.
MaineHealth President
Bill Caron said, ““MaineHealth
hospitals
are
deeply committed to supporting tough policies and
programs that prevent and
treat tobacco use – we’re
proud of all of the hard
work by our clinicians,
administrators,
boards,
and employees to achieve
100% recognition from
the Maine Tobacco-Free
Hospital Network.”
The following MaineHealth hospitals, affiliates
and individuals were recognized in 2016:
Gold Level:
Franklin Memorial
Hospital
Lincoln County
Healthcare
MaineGeneral Medical
Center (affiliate)
Maine Medical Center
Mid Coast-Parkview
Health (affiliate)
Pen Bay Medical
Center
Southern Maine
Health Care
Spring Harbor Hospital
Stephens Memorial
Hospital
Waldo County General
Hospital
Bronze Level:
New England
Rehabilitation Hospital
of Portland (affiliate)
Gold Star Awards:
Donna Chamoff, NP,
Maura McDonald, NP,
Deirdre Sulka Meister,
NP, Maine Medical
Center
About MaineHealth
MaineHealth is a notfor-profit family of highquality hospitals, providers and healthcare organizations, ranked among the
nation’s top 100 integrated
healthcare delivery networks. The MaineHealth
integrated system of care
comprises an exceptional
team of 18,000 employees
across 12 member organizations and 12 counties
in Maine and New Hamp-
shire who are dedicated to
a vision of working together so our communities are
the healthiest in America.
With eight local hospital
systems, a comprehensive
behavioral healthcare network, a laboratory, home
health agencies, and over
1,500 employed and independent physicians working together through an
Accountable Care Organization, MaineHealth provides the highest level of
preventive care, diagnosis
and treatment to nearly 1.1
million residents across
Maine and New Hampshire.
Stephens
Memorial
Hospital is a member of
MaineHealth. Visit Western Maine Health on the
Internet at www.wmhcc.
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12th Annual Norway Halloween Fest
ticipate along Main Street
from 2-5pm!
Trick or Treat on Main
Street,
‘Start
Where
You
Park’. Enjoy
your healthy
one mile journey as you
participate
in crafts and
games,
listen
to a storyteller,
!
enter costume contests and
raffles. Meet notable characters like Baxter, Newbie,
Smokey The Bear, Sparky
and more!
This year’s Norway
Downtown
Halloween Festival is
sponsored by the
Norway
Downtown Promotions
Committee, Norway
Parks & Recreation
Department, Norway Memorial Library, Healthy
Oxford Hills and Main
Street businesses.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood.
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welcomes their newest doctor Benjamin Hagopian, MD. Dr. Hagopian
earned his Medical Degree at Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine in Cleveland Ohio and completed his family medicine residency
training at Maine Medical Center where he served as the Chief Resident
in his program. Dr. Hagopian also completed his Integrative Medicine
Fellowship at Maine Medical Center.
Dr. Hagopian is accepting new patients. For more information please
visit us at www.wmhcc.org or call (207) 743-9292.
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All are Welcome to the 2016 Business & Community
Expo and Chili-Chowder Contest
The
Oxford
Hills
Chamber of Commerce
will host the Business &
Community Expo and
Chili-Chowder Contest
on Saturday, October 22
in the gym at Oxford Hills
Comprehensive
High
School.
This
family-friendly
event is free and open to
the general public from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There
will also be scheduled entertainment and presenta-
tions throughout the day.
“This event is about
showcasing the business
community and other area
resources to the general
public,” said John Williams, Executive Director
of the Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce. “This
year we’re also bringing
in some performances
and demonstrations for
the public to enjoy so
there will be something
for everyone.”
Celebration Barn Theater will entertain attendees with a performance
at 11 a.m. and the ChiliChowder Contest will run
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. There will also be
presentations from Mt.
Abram Ski Area about
their solar projects and
the Aspire Higher racing
team will talk about their
student-built race car. The
car will be on display
outside the cafeteria en-
trance. A more detailed
schedule of events can be
found on the Chamber’s
website at www.oxfordhillsmaine.com.
Lil’ Leapin’ Lizards
Family Adventure Center
will have an inflatable for
children to use throughout the day. There will
also be many door prize
drawings throughout the
event including a winter
trip giveaway.
“To enter the door prize
drawings, visit any booth
at the expo and fill out a
register to win card. You
can fill out a card at each
booth you visit so the
more booths you visit, the
more chances you have
to win. You do not need
to be present to win,” explained Williams.
There is no fee to attend
the Business & Community Expo. There is a $5
fee to sample all the chilichowder dishes in the
tasting contest. The chilichowder contest is sponsored by Oxford Federal
Credit Union. Other
event sponsors include
Androscoggin
Home
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If the answer is “ yes”
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the Business & Community Expo.
The event provides
outstanding networking
and marketing opportunities and will feature
booths from more than
70 local business and
community organizations. Patrick Penley of
Payroll Management
shared this after last
year’s event. “I found
the event to be a great
return on investment in
terms of the networking with businesses
and owners in the region.
The pre-show
Business-to-Business
Networking hour provided a unique opportunity for exhibitors
to have meaningful,
uninterrupted 1-on-1
conversations. For my
business, this provided
an opportunity for them
to discuss their areas
of concern with regard
to payroll processing
and how outsourcing
to Payroll Management Inc. could save
them time, money and
eliminate calculation
errors.”
The Chamber will
provide all event participants a six-foot covered table, chairs, and
access to power and
Wi-Fi. The price for a
standard exhibit space
is $75 for Chamber
members or $135 for a
double space. For nonmembers, the price of a
standard space is $100
or $180 for a double
space.
There are a limited
number of spaces available and preference is
given to members of
the Chamber. Please
contact the Chamber
office at 743.2281 to
reserve your space, or
complete the online
registration form on
the Chamber’s website,
www.oxfordhillsmaine.
com. The final deadline
for exhibitor registration is Friday, October
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October 2016
Nemacolin
Indian Tribe pennants
In 1740, a frontiersman
in England’s American
colonies named Thomas
Cresap was given a challenging task. He was
asked to lay out an eastto-west trail through a
narrow gap in the line of
rugged Allegheny Mountains that runs between
present-day
Maryland
and Pennsylvania. The
goal was to create a direct
route so people heading
toward the frontier would
not have to travel hundreds of miles to the north
or south to get around the
forbidding ridgeline.
Cresap asked a chieftain of the Turtle Tribe of
Delaware Indians named
Nemacolin, who was familiar with the area, to
help establish the path,
following one that had
long been used by indigenous people in pre-colonial America.
Clark Louisiana Purchase
expedition by establishing contacts with Native
American
populations
along the way.
Other reminders of the
lasting influence of Native Americans abound.
Magnificent,
artistic
totem poles that were
carved by Nathan Jackson, a Chilkoot-Tlingli
Indian artist from Alaska,
stand tall in a lobby and
overlook a small lake on
the grounds.
A teepee
rests near a Conestoga
wagon. Not far away, a
row of pennants with emblems of various Indian
tribes, including Crow
and Comanche, Shawnee
and Seminole, flap in the
breeze.
A Crete Indian prophecy hanging on a wall
sounds this dire warning: “Only after the last
tree has been cut down,
only after the last river
has been poisoned, only
after the last fish has been
caught, only then will you
find that money cannot be
eaten.”
Buffalo heads look
down from hallway walls,
and white and black buffalo hang out with a zoo’s
worth of animals -- African lions
and mountain lions,
Bengal and white tigers,
Zebra, emu and more -that reside in large, natural settings at the Wildlife
Academy.
To members of Native
American tribes, buffalo
are sacred.
The white
male represents lightening, while the black female epitomizes thunder.
Nemacolin’s
resident
specimens attract Indians
who come to observe and
worship them throughout
the year, with the largest
gathering taking place
each May.
The paean to native
cultures even extends to
the Woodlands Spa. The
Dream Catcher treatment
available there combines
traditional Indian healing techniques with an
ancient Hawaiian Lomi
Lomi massage. The goal
of the massage, according to its description, “is
to cleanse the spirit, quiet
the mind and heal the
soul.” Afterward, guests
are given a dream catcher
that was made by a Native
American as a take-home
gift.
Along with the usual
attractions of a top-flight
luxury resort, augmented
by a number of unusual
and unexpected activities
and facilities, the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
(844/211-0509, nemacolin.com) introduces guests
to a part of the nation’s
past that makes a stay
there as much a history
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Crafters, artisans, white
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rides, raffles, kids crafts,
games and more.
Free admission and we
will be selling donuts, coffee, chowder, hot dogs,
hamburgers, chips, hot
chocolate and other goodies.
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Lobby relife statue of Chief Nemacolin
A decade later, the trail
that the two men created
was upgraded during the
French and Indian War so
military equipment could
be moved over it, and also
to handle Conestoga wagons and stage coaches carrying settlers to the lands
west of the mountains.
Given its importance, the
route was named the National Highway
by Congress, then subsequently was designated
as U.S Route 40.
In addition, the road
has another, less formal
name. In memory of the
Native American who was
instrumental in establishing the original route, it
became known as Nemacolin’s Trail. Nowhere is
the name of that Indian
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The Nemacolin Woodlands Resort offers the full
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Another enticing feature is how the property
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more ways than its name
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Guests are immersed in a wealth of Indian culture and tradition
throughout the buildings
and across the rolling hills
of the sprawling 2,000acre setting.
The introduction begins
with the assortment of
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the buildings and spills
outside across the rolling hills. Resort owner
Joseph A. Hardy III, who
operates the property with
his daughter Maggie, has
built a museum-quality
collection of about 1,000
items that is valued at
$45 million. So extensive
and varied are the pieces
that a full-time curator recently was hired to maintain, catalog and display
them. Among the paintings, sculptures and other
objects are a number that
fit comfortably into the
resort’s Indian-themed atmosphere.
As guests enter one
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
Add something new to your
pumpkin repertoire
Pumpkins are readily available
in fall, when people carve jack-o’lanterns out of pumpkins for Halloween or serve up pumpkin pie
after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner.
But people who are unsatisfied with
plain old pumpkin pie can add something new to their repertoire this
fall by cooking up the following recipe for “Pumpkin Cheesecake with
Gingersnap Crust,” courtesy of Lori
Longbotham’s “Luscious Creamy
Desserts” (Chronicle Books).
Serves 8 to 10
Crust
1½ cups gingersnap cookie
crumbs
½ cup finely chopped
hazelnuts
6 tablespoons unsalted
butter, melted
¼ cup sugar
Filling
1½ pounds cream cheese,
at room temperature
½ cup packed light
brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1½tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin
pie spice
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1 cup solid-pack pumpkin
purée (not pumpkin pie mix)
½ cup créme frache,
homemade (see below) or
store-bought, or sour
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2 teaspoons pure vanilla
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1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Lightly butter an 8- or 81/2-inch
springform pan.
2. To make the crust: Stir together all of the ingredients in a
medium bowl until the crumbs are
moistened. Press the mixture over
the bottom and up the sides of the
pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Increase the oven temperature to
425 F.
3. To make the filling: With an
electric mixer on medium speed,
beat the cream cheese, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large
deep bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs and then the egg
yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and
pumpkin pie spice and beat on low
speed until just combined. Add the
pumpkin purée, créme fraîche and
vanilla, and beat until just combined. Pour the filling into the shell.
4. Place the cheesecake on a bak-
ing sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
Reduce the oven temperature to
250 F and continue baking for 1
hour.
5. Turn the oven off and let the
cheesecake cool in the oven for
21/2 hours. Then transfer to a wire
rack and let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate, tightly covered,
for at least 10 hours, until thoroughly chilled and set, or for up to
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6. To serve, run a knife around the
side of the cheesecake and remove
the side of the pan. Serve slightly
chilled or at room temperature, cut
into thin wedges with a sharp knife
dipped into hot water and wiped
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Makes about 1/2 cup
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup créme fraîche or sour
cream with live cultures
Pour the cream into a glass jar
with a tight-fitting lid and spoon
in the créme fraîche. Let sit on the
counter, with the lid slightly ajar,
until the mixture thickens, from
4 to 24 hours, depending on the
weather. Refrigerate, tightly covered, until ready to use.
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Are You Nearing Age 65?
• Did you know that if you are Medicare
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the month of your birthday, or during the
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(If you’re still working and you have
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• Did you know that you sign up for
Medicare through Social Security? You
can do this yourself on the Social Security
website, www.ssa.gov.
• Did you know that if you are currently
on a Marketplace (or Obamacare or ACA
insurance) policy, you MUST switch to a
Medicare policy at age 65. If you do not,
you will receive a premium penalty from
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but you are not allowed to keep it.
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Age 65 is a great age – maybe you’re
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are really the big things, the things that
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A Night Divided: Paris Public Library Book
Discussion Group for Adults and Young
Adults Using Children’s Literature
A Novel Idea is a new
book discussion group at
the Paris Public Library
for adults and young
adults. Children’s, juvenile and youth literature
will be read for knowledge, inspiration and discussion. A Novel Idea is
based on Maine Humanities, “Not For Children
Only” Book Discussion.
A Novel Idea will meet
the 3rd Tuesday of each
month at 6:30. The next
group will meet on October 18th.
October’s selection will
be A Night Divided*, a
junior historical fiction
book, by Jennifer A. Nielson.
Please contact the library (743-6994/ e-mail
paris.public.library@
MSLN.net) for a copy so
participants will have ample time to read the selection prior to Oct. 18th.
A snack related to the
book will be available.
About A Night Divided
from Goodreads”:
“From New York Times
bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a
stunning thriller about a
girl who must escape to
freedom after the Berlin
Wall divides her family
between east and west.
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old
Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her
mother, and her brother
Fritz live on the eastern
side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone
west in search of work,
cannot return home.
Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to
think forbidden thoughts
of freedom, yet she can’t
help herself. She sees
the East German soldiers
with their guns trained on
their own citizens; she,
her family, her neighbors
and friends are prisoners in their own city. But
one day, while on her way
to school, Gerta spots
her father on a viewing
platform on the western
side, pantomiming a peculiar dance. Then, when
she receives a mysterious drawing, Gerta puts
two and two together and
concludes that her father
wants Gerta and Fritz to
tunnel beneath the wall,
out of East Berlin. However, if they are caught,
the consequences will be
deadly. No one can be
trusted. Will Gerta and
her family find their way
to freedom? n
Author Carolyn Chute Answers Questions
at Hiram Historical Society
Meet author Carolyn
Chute at the last Hiram
Historical Society meeting
of the season on Saturday
October 8 at 1:30 p.m. to
be held at Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main Street,
Hiram. Historical Society
business meeting at 1 pm.
Carolyn Chute is an
American writer and populist political activist strongly identified with the culture of poor, rural western
Maine.
Carolyn Chute’s first
book, “The Beans of Egypt
Maine” was a sensation
when it appeared in 1985.
In 1994 it was made into
a film directed by Jennifer
Warren and the next year
was updated in “The Finished Version”. “Letourneau’s Used Auto Parts”
followed in 1988, “Merry
Men” in 1994, “Snow Man”
in 1998 dealing with the
underground militia movement, “School on Heart’s
Content Road” dealing
with a polygamist in 2008,
and most recently “Treat
Us Like Dogs and We Will
Become Wolves” in 2014.
In 1992 she was included
in the anthology “Late Harvest: Rural American Writing” along with Edward
Abbey, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard and others. In
1996 she illustrated Olive
Pierce’s book “Up River:
the Story of a Maine Fishing Community.” Chute is
closely associated with the
New England Literature
Program, an alternative
education program run by
the University of Michigan’s English department.
She lives in Parsonsfield,
Maine, with her husband
Michael and has three
grandchildren.
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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES:
We Heard This Story, But is it True?
By Denise Scammon
TPI Production Leader
Do you like a good mystery? October is a great
month to appreciate and
talk about folklore and
mysteries. In the news
world, we base our stories
on fact. How can you tell
fact from fiction if the mystery has been passed down
for generations and no
physical evidence has been
found to refute or establish
the mystery as fact?
We did a bit of browsing
of some of the well-known
folklore stories circulating in various communities throughout Maine. We
would love to hear more
about these mysteries.
If you, dear reader, want
to participate in this discussion of folklore and mysteries, type up and email your
mystery or your response
to a mystery published in
this “Unsolved Mysteries”
column, to [email protected] and put
MYSTERY in the subject
line. We contacted a few
people we thought might
want to know what we’ve
heard or read about a location and have included
any responses we have received. We look forward
to hearing from you and
learning more about the
ghosts, spirits, paranormal
activity, and false stories
that abound in your world.
ACTON: Some say there
is a three-legged, glowing
ghost dog that roams the
shore of Loon Pond in Acton. True or false?
GREENE: Local legend
says a train disappeared in
Mine Meadows bog near
Sullivan Road. Is it under
quicksand? True or false?
MANCHESTER:
A
stone in a wall around a
cemetery near North Manchester Meeting House
is reported to display the
devil’s footprint. The stone
was once in the way of a
construction crew building
a road and one of the workers said he would give his
soul to the devil to have the
stone gone. True or false?
POLAND: Hasn’t everyone heard of a female
hitchhiker who disappears
after getting in the car of
whoever stops to give her
a ride? Sometimes she is
dressed in white as if a
bride. True or false?
RANGELEY:
Many
old inns are reported to
be home to ghosts. The
Rangeley Inn and Tavern
may have shown signs of
paranormal activity such as
doors opening and closing
by themselves, the smell of
cigar smoke when no one
is smoking, and the sound
of footsteps when no one
is walking. Some believe
there are five ghosts that
haunt the inn. True or false?
READFIELD: Whispers, moans and screams
have been heard in the
Readfield Historical Society and Museum building.
The ghost of a young girl
appeared when the building
was privately owned. True
or false?
RESPONSE: No, you
make it sound like a nuthouse. I don’t know where
you got the young girl story,
but I have been President of
RHS for the past 13 years
and the only young girl
ghost we have encountered
is a three-year-old who
turns flashlights on and off
in answer to questions.
Yes, we have ghosts,
but not much noise. The
only sounds have been
through the radios set up
by the paranormal groups.
Through those there have
been conversations with the
spirits.
There have been two
instances of people being
We want to hear about YOUR unsolved mystery. Write to us at articles@turnerpublishing.
net and put MYSTERY in the subject line. Help us solve a mystery or add to the list of
unexplained phenomena.
touched.
We have had numerous
paranormal investigators
in and they have all found
something. In many cases,
they have found the same
spirits, because I don’t tell
them what other groups
have found until they present me with their results.
So quit it with the whispers, moans and screams
and report the real findings Thank you, Florence
Drake, President Readfield
Historical Society.
ROCKLAND: We heard
about a young woman who
disappeared from Rockland on Halloween in 1940.
The stepfather confessed
to killing her. The stepfather dismembered his stepdaughter’s body and put the
pieces in burlap bags. Five
bags were found but none
contained her head. True or
false?
SACO RIVER: There
was once a curse placed on
the Saco River by a Native
American chief whose infant child had been thrown
in the water by three white
men who wanted to see if it
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was true that Native Americans can swim at birth. The
curse was that three white
men drown in the river each
year which was fulfilled
until the mid 1940s. True
or false?
SKOWHEGAN: The
Strand Cinema is home to
ghosts that unplug devices,
throw objects, and leave
handprints on the movie
screen. True or false?
WALES: Oak Hill High
School is supposedly built
on the site of where a home
had burned. The mother
who lived in that home
visits the school. One time
she pranked the custodian
at 5 a.m. by throwing rolls
of toilet paper around the
gymnasium. True or false?
WILTON: The Wilton
Farm and Home Museum
is home to ghosts that touch
visitors, yell and play musical instruments. True or
false?
RESPONSE:
Pam
Brown of the Wilton Farm
and Home Museum called
to give us the facts. As far
as ghosts “touching” visitors, sensitive visitors may
feel a cold draft or feel a
spirit go right through their
body, but no touching like a
tap on the shoulder. No yelling has been heard but there
is believed to be the ghost
of a grouchy old man in the
military room who hates
women and apparently
scares the little boy and girl
ghosts into staying on a different floor away from him.
Visitors believe they have
heard a ghost banging the
drum. Pam has been present for various paranormal
investigations and although
the investigations are held
separately and the results
are not shared among the
investigators, the results
of the investigations are
almost always the same as
to what spirits dwell in the
museum. Pam has watched
the monitor set up by the
investigators and says that
watching the monitor for
two hours is like watching paint dry. There is not
much activity on the monitor although she has seen
a lot of orbs zip across the
room. Occasionally a door
will open and close on its
own. She had a lot more to
save which we will save for
a future column.
So, there you have a
list of some of the more
well-known mysteries that
we’ve heard about. What
mysteries have you heard
about? We hope to hear
from you and be able to
shed some light on these
and other mysteries. Write
to [email protected] and put MYSTERY
in the subject line. n
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Rumford Hospital to Host Walk
with a Doc Program
Rumford Hospital is
encouraging
Rumford
residents to take a step
toward better health with
Walk with a Doc, a health
program that brings doctors and patients together
to walk every Wednesday beginning September
14th thru October 12th at
5:30pm at Hosmer Field
in Rumford.
Walk with a Doc is a
national non-profit organization whose mission
is to encourage healthy
physical activity in people of all ages and reverse the consequences
of a sedentary lifestyle
in order to improve the
health and well-being of
the country.
“This program has had
tremendous participation
and success in hundreds
of cities around the country,” said Dieter Kreckel,
M.D. “I’m very pleased
to bring this exciting
and simple program to
Rumford as it has shown
such improved health results for countless people
around the country.”
The Walk is open to the
community.
Participation is free and pre-registration is not required.
Walkers will enjoy a refreshing and rejuvenating walk with healthcare
professionals, who will
provide support to participants and answer questions during the Walk.
“Walk with a Doc is
honored to team up with
Rumford Hospital. By incorporating this program
into the practice, the hospital and family practices
are demonstrating an exceptional level of care
and commitment to their
community,” said Dr.
David Sabgir, founder of
Walk with a Doc.
Why walk?
“There’s no question
that increasing exercise,
even moderately, reduces
the risks of many diseases, including coronary
heart disease, breast and
colon cancer and Type
2 diabetes,” said Dieter
Kreckel, M.D. “Research
has even shown that you
could gain two hours of
life for each hour that you
exercise regularly.”
According
to
the
American Heart Association, walking as little
as 30 minutes a day can
provide the following
benefits:
·Improve blood pressure and blood sugar levels
·Help
maintain
a
healthy body weight and
lower the risk of obesity
·Enhance mental wellbeing
·Reduce the risk of osteoporosis
Rumford joins a growing list of communities
nationwide that have
started local Walk with a
Doc (WWAD) programs.
WWAD was created by
Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist with Mount Carmel Health Systems in
Columbus, OH. He has
Walked with patients and
community members every weekend since 2005.
Learn more about Walk
with a Doc at www.walkwithadoc.org. n
The Western Maine Art Group Welcomes
New President Melanie Tornberg
Melanie Tornberg
No
m
October 2016
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er w
The board of the Western
Maine Art Group is pleased
to announce the election of
a new President, Melanie
Tornberg. A former pupil
of WMAG founders Lajos
Matolcsy and Lee Bean,
Melanie has a degree in
Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire
and is a resident of Bethel.
Succeeding local artist
r
atte
m
o
hat the season N
Tami Prescott as President,
Melanie hopes to continue
Tami’s work in building a
strong team of dedicated
members and continuing
to provide local artists with
opportunities to share their
work.
Melanie is excited to
be part of the team which
will be sponsoring the
upcoming 50th anniver-
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Humorist, storyteller & best-selling author
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sary Norway Arts Festival
scheduled for July of 2017.
A painter herself, Melanie
exhibits her work locally
at the Main Street Gallery
at 426 Main Street in Norway and recently won first
prize for original art at the
Mahoosuc Land Trust’s 3rd
annual “Your Backyard”
exhibition in Bethel.
The Western Maine Art
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in western Maine and headquartered at the Matolcsy
Art Center on Main Street
in Norway. For more information about the group
and upcoming events, visit
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BOOK REVIEW:
‘Gabe and the
Mystery Light’
Gabe was never one
to let grass grow under
his feet and there was
nothing he enjoyed
more than a little adventure. If it involved a
little mystery too, that
was all the better.
The abandoned farm
near his home was just
too good an opportunity to pass up. There
was too much activity
going on in a place that
was supposed to be uninhabited, not to mention the
unusual lights and odd noises he had seen and heard
on his last reconnaissance.
Why would there be lights and strange noises at
a vacant property? And why did some of the kids
at school tease him with remarks about his mother
supposedly taking a vacation and seeing strange
lights? What could she possibly have to do with any
of it?
He didn’t know yet, but he was going to find out!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
When her grandson, Joey, returned home to
Maine after visiting her in Florida, Joy Cameron
found she was spending a lot of time thinking of a
lasting gift she could give him.
With a little day dreaming and imagination, the
story line for Gabe and the Mystery Light emerged
in 2009. It was a labor of love that family and friends
thought she should pursue to publishing.
Joy was born in Bangor, Maine, educated in Bangor schools and worked as an administrative assistant in the medical field before retiring and moving
to Florida with her husband.
She returned to work in an elementary school,
and found that being surrounded all day by children, who were always so excited to tell her about
the latest book they were reading, strengthened her
resolve to finish her story. She enjoys writing, painting with acrylics, and travelling with her husband,
especially back to Maine.
Visit your local library or bookstore for a copy of
this book. You can also visit maineauthorspublishing.com for more information.
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