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Funny Things Kids Say............ 2 Maine News Calendar............. 4 Movie Review....................... 10 John McDonald..................... 16 The Healthy Geezer...............21 Classifieds........................... 22
FEATURE ARTICLES It’s time to consider end of life planning for Windows 7 ......... 5 Do you work 9 to 5 for free?... 13 Good Times in an RV............. 14 Go green in your lawn and garden this spring................. 15 Cassadaga: A town with real spirit............................. 17 Maine woman discusses her near death experience following pneumonia ........ 20 Simple steps to better balance.............................. 20
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stay overnight with us. One morning I asked them if they wanted French toast for breakfast. Oliver answered, “No. I don’t want any because I don t want the smoke alarm to go off again!” My 2-year-old granddaughter was trying very hard to put a left shoe on her right foot. After several failed attempts, I told her the shoe may fit better on her other foot. She thoughtfully looked down at her left foot and said, “THERE’s the foot I was looking for!” — Suzanne Johnson of Buckfield My husband, sisterin-law and I took my 3-year-old grandson to a Marriners hockey game. He loves hockey and was very excited to go. When we got there I asked if he was hungry. He said, “Yes, but you have to go get it; Papa and I are watching hockey.” The funny thing is the game hadn’t even started. The teams were still practicing! — Tammy Thatcher of Durham
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Hoang Realty: All signs point to growth AUGUSTA — The bright neon green HOANG REALTY signs all around Central Maine are unmissable, even when tooling along at 55 mph on Route 3 through China or on Route 27 in Belgrade. The high-profile signs are ideal for sellers who want their homes spotlighted, but as broker/owner Hoa Hoang explains, there are multiple reasons for her color choice. “Green suggests energy and movement and progress,” she said. “What do you want to see when you’re driving? A green light. Green represents our environment. Especially at this time of year, green means spring, grass coming up — growth. These are all positive associations, embodying the way business is conducted at Hoang Realty at 31 Western Ave. in the heart of Augusta. Take “growth,” for example. After 10 years with MBNA in Belfast, rising to managerial positions, Ho-
ang entered real estate in 2004, working at two large firms in Central Maine and Portland. In August 2013, she founded Hoang Realty, with just one agent, Heidi Witham. Today, approaching its sixth anniversary and having grown to include five employees and 12 REALTORs® employees (Witham is still there, of course.), Hoang ranks high among Central Maine’s most prominent and successful realties. In 2018 the firm was fifth in Kennebec County for number of transactions. In 2016, three of the four priciest properties in Vassalboro were sold by Hoang REALTORs®. The agency applies its expertise to residential (waterfront a specialty), multifamilies, land, commercial and rentals. “Our technology is a particular strength, as the Vassalboro sales illustrate. We employ technology that in Southern Maine, you would find used only on the high-end listings,”
she explained. “We use professional photography, including aerials on all our houses, or as many for which it’s possible, and Matterport tours as well. Listings also receive high visibility on our LED sign outside the office.” Hoang went on to not that according to the NAR, 89 percent of homes are sold because people saw them on the Internet. “If you do not put a property in the best light, as we do, people are leaving money on the table,” she said. “We do the best job possible to save people money and to help them make money. We will also list a home for a flat fee of $300.” Eric Pronovost, a senior vice president at Baird Private Wealth Management in Portland and Camden, attests to Hoang’s acumen. “I’ve worked with her for more than 10 years, with residential, second homes and investment properties. She’s an incredibly hard worker who always does
the best for her clients,” Pronovost said. “She is not afraid to tell you if she thinks you’re making a bad investment,” he continued. “And Hoa is certainly not afraid to negotiate, as my wife and I found when Hoa helped us buy a place
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passage. Dammed at its head of tide in 1761, Cobbosseecontee Stream is the largest coastal watershed in Maine (after Presumpscot River/ Sebago Lake) still impassible to native migratory fish. A tributary of the Kennebec River and upper Merrymeeting Bay, the Cobbosseecontee wa-
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MAINE NEWS CALENDAR APRIL April 13 — Auburn United Methodist Church Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, 8-9:30 a.m. free with donation of canned good for food bank, limited to 50 participants, 439 Park Ave. 207-782-3972. April 13 — Turner Public Library’s Spring Seminar in Gardening (bee-friendly gardens), 9 a.m., Community Room of Leavitt Institute building, Route 117, (98 Matthews Way) Turner, 207-2252030. April 13 — Author T. Blen Parker will discuss his historical novels revolving around Swan Island, 10 a.m., Bridge Academy Public Library, 44 Middle Road, 207-737-8810. April 13 — Public invited to attend monthly meeting of Maine Chapter of Freedom From Religion Foundation, 10 a.m. to noon, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 207-613-7080. April 13 — Inside yard sale with refreshment counter, 9 to 2 p.m., VFW Auxiliary 9787, 58 E. Main St, South Paris, 207-7435723. April 13 — Auburn Public Library hosts The Tanglewood Marionettes in "The Fairy Circus," 2 p.m., Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, 329 College St., Lewiston, tickets available at library, $2, call 207-3336640 ext. 3 to reserve. April 13 — Bean and casserole supper, 5 to 6 p.m., Minot United Methodist Church, Route 121 and Empire Road, Minot. April 13 — Annual pork supper to benefit Leeds food pantry, 5 to 6:30 p.m., free-will donations, Leeds Community Church, 123 Church Hill Road, Leeds,
207-524-5444 or 207-5247151. April 13 — Fourth annual prom night for adults, 7 p.m., Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston; for reservations, 207-783-1585. April 13 — Farmington Contradance, (live music, all dances taught, beginners welcome) 8 to 10 p.m., Farmington Grange, 124 Bridge St., West Farmington, 207-491-9928. April 13, 20 — Easter Candy & Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Cary Memorial Library, 17 Old Winthrop Road, Winthrop, 207-6853612. April 14 — Singer/ Songwriter Kristen Short “An Afternoon of Original Music,” 2 p.m. Our Lady of Ransom’s church hall, 117 Elm St., Mechanic Falls. Donations accepted for admission. Event benefits cancer support charity www.shortfolks.org and Our Lady of Ransom Renovation Committee. Refreshments. April 14 — Reception UMA Student Art Exhibition, 4-6 p.m. Charles Danforth Gallery, Jewett Hall, University of Maine at Augusta, refreshments, Facebook, artsuma.com. April 15 — Babysitter’s training course, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St., Bridgton, register by April 8, 207-647-3116. April 16 — “What Matters Most,” first of two health care decisionmaking workshops, free, limisted seating, 1-4 p.m., SeniorsPlus, 8 Falcon Road, 207-795-4010. April 17 — Maine mystery writer Sandra Neily will discuss "Deadly Trespass: A Mystery in Maine," 4 p.m., Oakland Public Library, 18 Church St.,
Oakland, 207-475-7533. April 17 — Kennebec Historical Society free presentation, “Stagecoaches on the Kennebec,” 6:30 p.m., Hope Baptist Church, 726 Western Ave., Manchester. April 19 — The Table's Good Friday Simple Service, 6 to 8 p.m., Norway Grange, 15 Whitman St, Norway, 207-461-3093. April 19, 20 — Tommy's Feral Feline Friends bake sale, bottle drive, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., old office of Sabattus Street Self Storage, 1434 Sabattus St., Lewiston, normblais39@yahoo.com, Tommy's Feral Feline Friends on Facebook, or www.tommysferalfelinefriends.com. April 19, 21 — Evangelist Wendell Calder and Gospel music group The Hyssongs Kennebec Valley Baptist Church, Marston Road., 7 p.m. Good Friday service, 9:45 a.m. Easter Sunday Sunday School, 11 a.m. worship. Open to public, nursery services provided, all services are signed for the hearing impaired, 207-872-7021, bkennebecvalley@roadrunner.com or church Facebook page. April 20 — Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oakland United Baptist Church, 45 Church St., Oakland, 207-465-7828. April 20 — Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Rangeley Health and Wellness host Best Dog on Earth Day (a celebration of dogs and Earth Day), Fun Walk/Run registration starting at 9:15 a.m., stepping off at 10 a.m.; for details, call 207-864-5571. April 20 — Randolph United Methodist Church Easter egg hunt, 2 p.m., refreshments, at the church, 16 Asbury St., 207-582-
5188. April 20 — Teacher's Lounge Mafia, 7 p.m. Treat Memorial Library, 56 Main St., Livermore Falles, family friendly show to benefit new computers and children's programming, $9, snacks for $1, 50/50 raffle, tickets from canceled October show will be honored, Facebook and Twitter @TreatMemLibrary. April 22 — Earth Day Volunteer Cleanup, 1-3 p.m., meeting at Pierce House, 204 Main S., Farmington, 207-778-2200. April 22 — L-A Metro Chamber of Commerce "Tourism 101," 3-6 p.m., free, registration required, Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St., www.LAMetroChamber. com, 207-783-2249. April 23 — “Next Steps: Making Your Wishes Known,” second of two health care decisionmaking workshops, free, limited seating, 2-4 p.m. SeniorsPlus, 8 Falcon Road, 207-795-4010. April 23 — “Cobbosseecontee: On the Edge of Restoration,” 6 to 7:30 p.m., Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St., Gardiner, 207-582-0213. April 25 — Meditation and focused breathing workshop, 5-7 p.m. Waterville Public Library, 73 Elm st., Waterville, free, registration required, https://guided-meditationfocused-breathing.eventbrite.com. April 25 — "The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating,” by Elisabeth Tova Bailey book discussion, 6:30-8 p.m., Norway Public Library, part of spring book discussion series, 207-743-5309 ext. 1 or visit the library’s website at www.norway.lib. me.us. April 26 — The Table's
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Thursday of the month, Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St. mainebeekeepers. org/kennebec-beekeepers. Augusta Age Friendly Committee knitting group, 10 a.m.-noon Mondays, Buker Community Center, 26 Armory St. 207-6262350. BRIDGTON: Friends of the Bridgton Public Library, 9:30 a.m. second Tuesday of the month, Bridgton Public Library, 1 Church St. Lakes Region Substance Awareness Coalition, 4:306 p.m. second Thursday of the month, Bridgton Municipal Complex, downstairs, lrsacmaine.org, lrsacoalition@gmail.com, 207-803-9987. FAYETTE: The Coffee Break, social gathering, weekly 10:30 a.m. Thursdays (beginning Oct. 4), Underwood Library, 2006 Main St. 207-685-3778, faylib@faytte.lib.me.us. RANDOLPH: Prayer Shawl Ministry knitting/ crocheting group, weekly, 9-10:30 a.m., Wednesdays, Randolph United Methodist Church, 16 Asbury St., 207-767-3024. SABATTUS: Sabattus Rec Club Running Program, weekly 6 p.m. Wednesdays, meets in front of Mixer’s parking lot, Sabattus Road, all ages/ abilities,running@sabattusrec.com, Sabattus Rec Club Running Program Facebook. Hall, University of Maine at Augusta, gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayThursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday Facebook, artsuma. com. CANCELLATIONS None listed. POSTPONEMENTS None listed. Publish your event for $1 a word. Call 207-2252076 for prepayment options. Events for the Maine News Calendar should be received two weeks before the event in order to be considered for publication. Please refer to our deadline chart at this link for specific publication deadlines: http://www. centralmainetoday.com/ pdf/Deadlines.pdf/. Email your event information to mainenews@turnerpublishing.net and include: Date of event; name of event; time of event; venue location; town; contact phone number. Late submissions may not be published. Emailed events are processed faster.
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Calder, Hysongs featured Easter weekend at Kennebec Valley Baptist Church WATERVILLE — Evangelist Wendell Calder, of Newport, and Gospel music singers The Hyssongs will be featured Easter weekend at Kennebec Valley Baptist Church, Marston Road. The Good Friday service is at 7 p.m. Friday, April 19. Sunday morning, April 21, begins with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and the worship service at 11 a.m. Services will also be held on Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Calder has been in church and evangelistic ministry for nearly 60 years, speaking throughout the country and in a number of foreign countries. Dell, Susan, and son Richard Hyssong and family travel full-time ministering at more than 250 events each year throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Hyssongs have received numerous awards and are often featured in Singing News magazine
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Submitted photo The Thomas Cup trophy was presented to Maranacook Community High School students Vincent Bero, left, and Anna Swimm at a full-school assembly March 20 with Thomas College professor and Thomas Cup organizer Frank Appunn, Ph.D. The Thomas Cup is an annual, overnight IT competition for high school students at Thomas College. Winners of the Thomas Cup 2018 were the two Maranacook students and three Baxter.
Snow Pond Seniors will hold open house April 30 OAKLAND — The Snow Pond seniors — an independent non-profit made up of Oakland residents — has a new home at 47 Heath St., thanks to the cooperation of the Town of
Oakland and RSU 18. Renovations have been made to the former office of the superintendent of schools, and an open house will be held Tuesday, April 30, from 10 a.m. until noon featuring
tours of the facility. The SPS board members will be soliciting ideas and comments from seniors in order to develop a calendar of activities to be held each Tuesday and Wednesday
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AUGUSTA — Marilyn A. (Spiller) Baker, 87, of Waterville, passed away March 13 at the Maine Veteran’s Home in Augusta. She was born Feb. 26, 1932, in Leominster, Mass., the daughter of Merrill E. and Grace J. (Carter) Spiller. She was a graduate of Leominster High School and of the Massachusetts School of Nursing. She was employed for several years in the field of nursing in doctor’s offices, nursing homes, VA Home Health
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and private patients. Marilyn was a member of the Somerset Samplers Quilting Club and enjoyed quilting and cooking; she also loved cats. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Edmund Boucher, of Augusta; two sons, Kevin Baker and wife Penney of Mt. Vernon, Greg Baker and wife Paula of Smithfield; three grandsons, Chad Baker and wife Tonya of Palmer, Alaska, Seth Baker of Portland, and Benjamin Baker of Bangor; two great-grandsons, James and Alexander Baker, both of Palmer, Alaska; a brother, Merrill Spiller and wife Betty Joan of Vernon, Vt. A memorial service will be held at the Maine Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Augusta at a later date at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, friends may make donations in Marilyn’s memory to the Humane Society Waterville Area, 100 Webb Road, Waterville, ME 04901, or a charity of their choice. Arrangements under the direction of Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, Skowhegan.
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Kennebec Land Trust holds April BUSINESS PROFILE 27 event at new Pittston preserve Gardiner Surf and Turf GARDINER — Mike Hamlin of Gardiner Surf and Turf has been cooking food for many years. He makes homebread (bread crumbs) for his seafood baskets. He buys his seafood locally and that means fresh. And in the meat department hamburger is 80/20 certified beef and all single burgers are a healthy 5 ounces.
on the Eastern River. A 14-mile tributary of the Kennebec River, the Eastern River starts in East Pittston at the confluence of its west and east branches, and flows southwest past the historic village of Dresden Mills into the Kennebec River. Located off Blodgett Road in Pittston, this Kennebec Land Trust preserve will be managed to protect wildlife habitat
and water quality, for low impact outdoor recreation and for nature observation. This spring, KLT stewardship director Jean Luc Theriault will construct a new trail on the property that will lead to a tidal hand-carry access point and scenic overlooks on the Eastern River. For more information, contact the KLT office at 207-377-2848 or visit www.tklt.org.
Mystery author Neily to visit Oakland Public Library April 17 OAKLAND — Maine author Sandra Neily will visit the Oakland Public Library to talk about and read passages from her book “Deadly Trespass, a Mystery in Maine,” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17. Neily is a Maine native whose varied career has included working as a registered Maine guide as well as a whitewater river outfitter. An avid outdoorswoman who loves woods, waters, and wildlife, Sandra has paddled, fished, hiked, and skied all over Maine, and
enjoys transporting readers into the places she knows so well. She is the winner of the Mystery Writers of America Helen McCloy National award, as well as a finalist for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association’s Rising Star Contest, and a finalist in the Maine Writers and Publishers’ 2018 Maine Literary Awards competition. She has served in leadership positions at the Maine Conservation School and Maine Audubon Society. She also received the Natural Resources Coun-
and a choice of onion ring or seasoned french fries. Open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Gardiner Surf and Turf offers free delivery to local areas including all of Gardiner, all of Farmingdale, all of Randoplh, half of West Gardiner and half of Pittston. Call 207-5828666 any time for free delivery.
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Eastern River Preserve WINTRHOP — As part of Earth Month, the Kennebec Land Trust will celebrate its newest land acquisition, the 22-acre Eastern River Preserve in Pittston, at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27. The public is invited to celebrate with KLT and the land donors, Judy Schuppien and Phil Brzozowski. The Eastern River Preserve features more than 3,000 feet of frontage
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’Dynamic Duo’ husband and wife team work different businesses in same buildings WATERVILLE — Linda Saulter has been a dental hygienist since 1985, and has seen a lot of changes in the dental world in the past 34 years. In 2008 her career took a turn for the better when she became the first independent licensed practicing dental hygienist after the state legislature passed the access to care bill allowing dental hygienists to practice dental hygiene without the supervision of a dentist. When her business started, she had the opportunity to join office space with her husband, Jay, who has had a thriving chiropractic practice at 81 Western Ave, since 1994. Jay, who grew up in Waterville, is one of four Saulter brothers are practic-
ing chiropractors in the state of Maine. After graduating from the University of Maine with a bachelor of science degree Jay followed his two older brothers and went to the Palmer College of Chiropractic, in Davenport, Iowa, completing his four year degree. The last 30 years he’s been helping people with a variety of musculo-skeletal injuries and sees patients ranging from the earliest childhood years to senior citizens. Even though Jay and Linda work in the same building, which they say is nice, they often they don’t see each other until the end of the day. Many of their patients overlap so it really makes for a homey atmosphere.
They also share an office in Madison. Linda’s practice there opened in 2010, two years after the Waterville branch. It’s open once a week, and she is looking for another dental hygienist to help grow that branch, which is in the center of town and was the original Old Otis Dairy Drive-In Treat. She said the change that allowed her to open her won business was “a huge learning curve.” “Looking back, there was no book on how to do this and it has certainly been an adventure, but now due to regular customers, it’s a thriving business.” She has patients whose teeth she’s been cleaning for 27 years, and a personal referral is the best compliment she can get. She loves
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to chat with her patients will tell you that her patients and business are one big happy family. When it comes to scheduling, she can usually accommodate a cleaning even if the call comes in the day before a wedding. She does a lot of seasonal patients who go south and also cleans for people who are up in Maine seasonally and college students. Often dentists will call her to get a patient in that they can’t see as quickly. She loves seeing children and she accepts Maine Care for patients under 21. For dental cleanings call 207-861-8080 and for chiropractic services call 207861-8221, or visit 81 Western Ave, or 3 Old Point Ave in Madison.
Submitted photo Linda and Jay Saulter of Saulter Dental Hygiene Center and Mid Maine Chiropractic. This husband wife dynamic duo team operate their businesses under the same roof in Waterville and in Madison.
Kennebec Land Trust benefits from Winthrop Hannaford bag program in April WINTHROP — The Kennebec Land Trust will be supported by the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for the month of April. The program is designed to make it easy for customers to contribute to their local community while supporting the environment. For the month of April, each time a reusable Community Bag is bought at the Winthrop Hannaford, $1 will be donated to the land trust.
The trust also announced that the Parker Pond Headland Preserve in Fayette will be closed to hikers until April 30. Fellows Cove Road is only open to homeowners during this time to minimize impact to the road during mud season. The trust also urges hikers to walk carefully and minimize travel on wet and muddy trails until trail surfaces have had a chance to dry and harden. The trust, based in Win-
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Three ways to restart fat loss when it stalls
By Lanell Beckles The journey to a healthy body composition is filled with peaks and valleys, and sometimes, flat terrain. The highs of seeing the scale decrease, the clothes fitting better, and the increase in energy can feel like smooth sailing. When the scale indicates weight gain, there is enough data for us to make necessary adjustments to reverse the trend. But what happens when the scale doesn’t budge for an extended period of time? What’s the next step? The body loves to be in homeostasis, or a state of equilibrium. Fat loss
is minimized as the body wants to maintain weight for our survival, also known as the metabolic set point. When you disturb this set point, the body will do whatever it takes to get back to where it was functioning optimally. A sign that your metabolic set point is disrupted is an increase in hunger signals. When fat loss stalls, most people tend to increase exercise and decrease caloric intake. This approach may not work for everyone When the scale doesn’t budge, many people think they’re not working hard enough and they’re eating too much. This may actually be the opposite in many cases.
Don’t opt to decrease calories unless you are consulting with a qualified professional. If you’re exercising and eating right and still not losing weight, you may have metabolic and hormonal issues that need to be addressed. Here are three (nonobvious) ways to restart fat loss when the scale doesn’t budge. 1. Sleep more. In a world of chronically sleepdeprived people, sleeping more is a simple answer. Being sleep deprived will increase your hunger signals, thus causing you to consume more calories mindlessly. If these calories were of the healthier
variety, everything would be fine, but these calories usually take on the form of processed foods, sweets, and salty snacks. By sleeping more, your body regulates your hunger, as well as lowers cortisol (a stress hormone), and gives you a clear head to make better decisions 2. Promote better gut health. All foods do not work for all people. Thus eating what everyone else is eating may not be sound advice for you. Instead, try a month of clean eating to reset the gut. The most popular one is the Whole30 diet, which is based on eating more quality meats and veg-
etables, and less processed foods. Along with some simple supplements to help rebuild the gut (glutamine, curcumin, and cod liver oil), you should feel a dramatic difference in 21 days. 3. Increase muscle mass. Fat is metabolically inactive, which means it doesn’t require many calories to survive. Muscle, in contrast, is metabolically active and requires energy to be maintained. When muscle mass is increased and caloric intake is maintained, fat loss should resume again, if all your other health markers are reasonable.
Assuming you are eating a relatively clean diet full of vegetables, quality meats, and good carbs, these three tips should jumpstart your fat loss journey. The body wants to function optimally and you can help it by eating clean and maintaining an active lifestyle. Lanell Beckles is a certified strength and lifestyle coach. Along with helping people and athletes function optimally through performance training, he also educates and guides people in revamping their metabolism through lifestyle choices to be the best version of themselves.
First Readfield History Walk of 2019 is set for April 26 READFIELD — The first Readfield History Walk of 2019 will be held on Friday, April 26, when local historian and author Dale Potter-Clark will lead attendees on a walk and talk of Walker Road. Potter-Clark will point out where the only four farms were once located on Walker Road and share some familial information. Some of the owners in the 18 and 19 centuries and the years their farms Readfield Historical Society photo Sewall Hawes and his family owned a farm on Walker Road in Readfield that was established by his maternal great-grandfather Thaddeus Richardson in 1802. The farm remained in the RichardsonHawes family until 1922 and their road was named in honor of the Hawes family for most of that time and well beyond. In this 1895 photo Sewall Hawes is pictured with his wife Carrie and their children, from left, Llewellyn, Alice, Isadore, Sadie and Lawrence.
Candy and bake sales at Cary Memorial Library April 13, 20 WINTHROP — The Cary Memorial Library Friends of the Library group will holding its Easter Candy & Bake Sale the two Saturdays before Easter, April 13 and 20 from 9 a.m. to noon at 17 Old Winthrop Road. There will be handmade chocolates, a variety of homemade baked goods, and a spring boutique table. As always, there will be gently used books. Jan Folk and her team
are gearing up to make chocolate bunnies, ducks, eggs, chocolate lollipops, chocolate covered cherries, an assortment of bars, turtles, peanut butter cups and more. The chocolates, a Wayne tradition for more than 25 years, sell out quickly. If you want to be sure of a good selection, come early on April 20. All proceeds benefit the library. For more information, 207685-3612.
were either built or purchased include Joshua Johnson (1790), Elias Gove (1800), Thaddeus Richardson, Sr. (1802), Steven Bean (1823), Gilman Hawes (1841) and Henry O. White (1846). Several of those men passed part or all of their properties on to relatives. On the other hand, Bean’s 75-acre homestead had changed hands seven times by 1859, when the town of Readfield bought
it and established the first (of three) town poor farms there. None of the buildings from any of these farms have survived. Walker Road was once known as Hawes and Lewis Road. Both families lived in the neighborhood for decades in the 19 and 20 centuries. When road names were changed or made permanent during the development of the E911 system, it was renamed Walker. The
original homesteads accumulatively held 275 acres, which were subdivided in the 1980s and now holds 17 homes as well as another road, Frost Lane. Participants should gather by 10 a.m. at 41 Walker Road, where they will be directed to park. No fee or registration is necessary. Donations to Readfield Historical Society are welcome. For more information, contact Potter-Clark at
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MOVIE REVIEW
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dition to become part of a new lineup. But afterwards, Sara is the only one chosen of the lot and has to leave behind Zak and her parents for training. Upon arriving in Miami and now named Paige, she quickly finds the regimen under the coaching of Jake Roberts (Vince Vaughn) much more demanding than she anticipated. Worse for her, she doesn’t fit in with the other prettier and bodacious female wrestlers she had to train with. Back home, Zak finds himself unable to cope with rejection, and it’s affecting his personal life. It soon leads to family drama that threatens their dreams. The best way to describe
for some viewers. Vaughn is surprisingly great in a serious role that doesn’t include his unfunny shtick, while Johnson has a good extended cameo. “Fighting with My Family” brings the right attitude and right amount of heart for its audiences. It’s likable enough that you can watch it once and feel good about yourself for the rest of the day. If it doesn’t make you want to watch wrestling, then nothing will. THE MOVIE’S RATING: PG-13 (for crude and sexual material, language throughout, some violence and drug content). THE CRITIC’S RATING: 3.25 Stars (Out of Four)
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Waterville’s Fortier receives 2019 Scouting Citizen Award WINSLOW — Family, friends and scouting volunteers gathered at the Winslow Veterans of Foreign Wars post on March 7 to pay tribute to John Fortier, who was awarded the Scouting Citizen Award for 2019 by the Kennebec Valley District, BSA. The Scout Citizen Award is an annual presentation in the Waterville area to someone in the community who in their daily life exemplifies the high ideals of Scouting such as strong character and good citizenship. Kennebec Valley District serves Scouts in Kennebec, Lincoln, Knox, Franklin and Somerset Counties. “John Fortier is an outstanding individual,” said Kennebec Valley District Boy Scout Chair Bruce Rueger. “John is a graduate of UMaine Orono, past president of the Waterville Rotary Club, past director of the Waterville Salvation Army and past chairman of the board at Inland Hospital. He has lived in an around Waterville his entire life and has spent it helping other people at all times. I was delighted to help honor John Fortier.” Approximately 60 people attended the gathering, including State Sen. Scott Cyrway, R-Benton; New Dimensions Federal Credit Union President Ryan Poulin; Coldwell Banker Plourde Real Estate owner Don Plourde; attorney Dan Bernier; Are You Ready to Party owner Tom Davis; and Kevin and Brian Bowman, of Bowman Construction. The award was presented to Fortier by Northern Lights Inland Hospital President and 2017 recipient of the Citizen Award John Dalton. The event raised $21,000 to support the outreach efforts of scouting in the Waterville areathe highest amount raised
at such an event to date. “We’ll be able to help a lot of needy Scouts and make sure they get a great experience at Camp Bomazeen in Belgrade,” Rueger said. During his acceptance speech, Fortier, who has been a State Farm Insurance agent since 1980, praised the work of scouting. “The Cub Scouts and Scouts hold a special place of trust when they take and develop young boys and now young girls into adulthood and then release them to practice their Scout motto and “Be Prepared” to ultimately become especially accomplished citizens,” he said. Fortier was a Cub Scout as a youth and spent two years in the local Boy Scout troop. “I benefitted from scouting and believe I learned valuable skills that have served me well to my current time. My memory is one of the lessons I learned as a Scout was to keep trying and ‘stickto-itiveness.’ One vivid memory during a weekend jamboree located at a fairgrounds was no gear or Gore-Tex as we know it today — then
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Submitted photo John Fortier, rear, with members of Waterville Scout Troop 436, Tobias Crocker, Dresden Laqualia, Sam Bernier and Malahki Kornsey. the rains came, then the mud and that the primitive gear and tents we had at the time did little to prevent the soaking, shivering and cold. It cemented into my mind the importance of the Scout motto ‘Be Prepared.’ “It is impressive to me
in this digital day and age of social media when there are so many distractions and disruptive activities influencing our youth that scouting has never been a more appropriate and never been a more important activity.”
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Something great is happening in Sabattus By Ross Cunningham SABATTUS — Somewhere around 2010, Christina Barcelou had a great night with good friends at Mixers Bar in Sabattus. She recalls walking out and saying to the people around her, “Someday I am going to buy this place.� In 2016, she and her husband Bob did just that. Mixers was opened in 1993 by Randy Greenwood and later owned by Mike Yohe. When Christina and her husband Bob took over the reigns, it was known as a gathering place for a younger crowd and had a
nightclub feel to it. Christina brought a new vision to Mixers. Her dream was to create a popular venue for live music that features something different each night. While the previous owners did not offer any food products, Christina created a full kitchen that offers delicious homecooked menus items such as shepherd’s pie and meatloaf as well as traditional pub food. The music has changed as well. The weekend lineup at Mixers has become known for a fantastic selection of tribute bands from all over New
England. Recently a Heart tribute band performed to a packed house. “The energy on an evening like that is intoxicating in itself,� Christina noted. Folks are known to travel from as far away as New Hampshire and Bangor to see shows representing the Best of the Best, according to Bob. “Our Sunday night Retro Dance Party has a group of close to 100 regulars that come from places like Scarborough and Winslow to dance to the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s each week� he says. While good food and fantastic music is their
primary goal, the owners are also focused on being a valuable part of the local community. They have used their venue for weddings, celebrations of life and baby showers. Most importantly, however, they have offered their facility for use by local non-profits to host fundraisers on a regular basis. They have hosted individual fundraisers for families in need and events for local sports teams as well as a “Toys for Tots� drive last winter with the U.S. Marines. They are in the planning stages of hosting a “Rally Run� again this June for
Submitted photo Christina Barcelou and Jen Fuller are ready to serve you at Mixers. the Betsy Ann House of Hope in Augusta. While several things have changed at Mixers these days, the most important is the presence of Christina and Bob. While they run a great bar, it’s their passion for live music, good food and a love of the community that sets
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Submissions sought for Maine Open Juried Art Show WATERVILLE — Artists are invited to submit work to the 29th annual Maine Open Juried Art Show, which is held in Waterville Aug. 12 through Sept. 7. Deadline for submissions
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Do you work 9 to 5 for free?
Jac Arbour CFPŽ, ChFCŽ Many people who earn a paycheck have never been paid. Sounds a little crazy, right? When you hold your paycheck in your hand or view your electronic deposit, I’d like you to consider that the amount you see doesn’t represent what you actually earned. By this point, the amount you see has already had taxes deducted, and the remainder will now go to pay for things such as
your mortgage or rent, your electricity, water, sewer, cell phone, internet, cable, property tax, heating and cooling, your automobile, groceries, etc. When all of this is paid, how much remains for you? Do you get to keep any of it? If the answer is no, then YOU are not being paid. Consider redefining what you are “paid� as what you “get to keep.� Consider opening an account for yourself that is earmarked for the “future you�— the person who might have a
financial emergency someday and need cash or the future version of yourself who wants to retire with a solid nest egg. Either way, you are the person who determines your future capacity in both of these situations and many others. If you have debt, consider the interest rates and
terms of that debt and decide the best way to eliminate it. While eliminating debt, consider building an emergency fund equal to six to twelve months of expenses. After that, it’s time to start one or more investment accounts. Remember, you don’t need to invest much each month;
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Farmer Kev’s Organic, of West Gardiner, which has provided farm shares of organic produce to the communities it serves for 10 years, is still growing. Owner and operator Kevin Leavitt shared his story as he celebrates his 10th year anniversary. “Farmer Kev� prides himself on offering affordable and fresh produce, convenient for his customers. Leavitt grew up in Winthrop in a non-farming family, and was only exposed to gardening and farming when he was in high school and managed the community garden. “After a few summers
of gardening, I challenged myself to grow more food and sell it at the local farmers market,� he said. “I began leasing land and would continue to grow more each summer.� During the off-season he attended the University of Maine. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture and economics. He started Farmer Kev’s in 2009. “I had started Farmer Kev’s because it was something that I enjoyed doing, and I felt like it had many positive impacts on my community,� he said. “I felt a career in agriculture is something that I
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Your best cabin fever cure is on wheels: RVing Coddiwomple: Life in an RV By Chris Decker Experienced RVer About this time every year, adults and children alike, dream about warmer days in the sun and summer nights under the stars. Yes, cabin fever has set in! With daylight barely over nine hours a day, my wife, Deb, and I dream of sunsets after 8 p.m. and sunrises before 5 a.m. Days at camp, nights in a tent, or days in an RV, it’s how we seek revelry in the Maine summers. Before you know it, we’ll be watching the
snowbanks dwindle and grass and daffodils peeking up through the frozen tundra. Camping season is coming! This is a new article about learning and experiencing life camping, particularly RVing. Each article will focus on learning experiences, things to know, and anecdotal remarks on our personal experience on learning about life on the road. I will also be soliciting feedback from you, the reader. What do you want to know, learn about, or just read about? Here’s a little bit of background about our experience with camping. Camping used to be a serious backwoods adventure with very few luxuries. For
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selves. Let me tell you about an early learning experience with our new TT. With a Ford F150 and a good size trailer, you can carry a lot, but not everything. And where you carry it makes a difference. Deb and I have a nice tabletop grill we purchased at Beans and it works great. Nothing like hamburgers and steaks on an outside gas grill! And we even have bacon and eggs cooked up on it for breakfast. But, where do you store it when traveling? Deb and I take a lot of stuff with us, particularly if there are more than just the two of us. There is a lot of unused space in the bathroom of an RV, especially in the tub area. Great! The
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Spring & Summer SPECTACULAR Go green in your lawn and garden this spring Spring is a season of rejuvenation. As the cold days of winter drift away, spring blooms begin to sprout and grass regains its lush green look. Green is certainly a color that’s synonymous with spring. Gardening enthusiasts can find a way to make spring even more green by embracing several ecofriendly gardening practices as they bring their lawns and gardens back to life in the months to come. • Create a compost pile. Composting is an eco-friendly way to enrich lawns and gardens. Composting helps to conserve water because compost promotes moisture retention in soil, reducing homeowners’ need to water their lawns and gardens while also helping them to save money on their water bills. Composting also helps homeowners avoid the need to use potentially harmful chemical fertilizers because compost is a natural, slow release fertilizer. In addition, according to Canada’s Green Action Centre, compostable materials make up 40 percent of residential waste. So composting can dramatically reduce the
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• Water at the right times of day. Homeowners who water their lawns and gardens at the right time of day can help the planet and reduce their energy bills. As spring gradually gives way to summer, temperatures typically rise. Watering during the coolest times of the day means less water will be lost to evaporation, ensuring water-needy soil will get all it needs to help lawns and gardens thrive. Early morning watering before the sun reaches its midday peak and/or evening watering as the sun is setting are typically great times to water lawns and gardens, rather than when temperatures are at their hottest. • Use a rain barrel. Rain barrels provide another great way to conserve water while tending to lawns
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Thomas College announces dual-enrollment dean’s list WATERVILLE — Thomas College recently announced its dual-enrollment students named to its fall 2018 dean’s list. Thomas College offers dual enrollment to 35 Maine high schools. The program allows high schools to offer students a variety of college-level courses available
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President’s List (3.804.0 GPA) Adelle Belanger, of Cornville; William, of Readfield; Richard Down and Amanda Goucher, of Wayne; Isabel-
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Dean’s List – High Honors (3.50-3.79 GPA) Grace Begin, of Chelsea; Wyatt Cannell, of Readfield; Kalina Danner, of Knox; Alexandria Fountain, of Liberty; Tambre Hope, of Unity; Thurston Illingworth, of Monroe;
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A good question: Does travel really ‘narrow the mind?’
John McDonald
When you awoke this morning you probably didn’t think you would be reading a quote from noted English essayist Gilbert K. Chesterton before your day ended, but what can I say? My thoughts of Chesterton came about one recent morning after I checked the kitchen thermometer. I can’t remember what the thermometer said, but it wasn’t nice. It made me want to take a trip to a place where thermometers know how to behave. At about this time, I remembered a quote I once read on the subject of travel. I’m almost certain it was Chesterton who once wrote something like this: “I’m now more certain
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than ever that travel narrows the mind.” It was one of those ironic statements English essayists like Chesterton are always making. You see, we’ve been told travel “broadens” the mind and makes us more tolerant and accepting of other cultures, languages and customs. Travel is not supposed to make us more narrow in our thoughts and beliefs. After reading Chesterton’s opening comment, I had to read more. Chesterton says when he is in his study reading books about the exotic places of the world, he loves learning about the hearty miners or farmers or tradesmen of Asia or Africa or South America and his mind is broadened by this knowledge. He reads and celebrates the family of man, the human race to which we all
belong and he enjoys a feeling of kinship with his brothers and sisters in far off places, who are going about their daily tasks and providing for their families — all that good stuff. Chesterton then cautions that after reading such books and having such universal thoughts, we should think long and hard before we decide to pack up and actually go and visit these noble human beings in those far off and exotic places, because once we go there (wherever it is) and meet these people and engage them in conversation and commerce, they cease to be “universal” and “noble” images in our minds. More than likely, they become obnoxious individuals — often in our face. Anyway, that’s what Chesterton thought. Like I said before, it’s winter, a time when I start
collecting and reading tour books and travel brochures about far-off places where the skies are always blue and sunny, the temperatures never dip below 70, and all the people in the travel pictures are either at the beach or the theater or some fancy restaurant. They’re all smiles like they don’t have a care in the world and their credit card bill will never arrive. I’ve been thinking a lot about tour books lately, and it’s not just because it’s so cold and the oil man comes by the house so often these days the neighbors now think he lives here. No, I’m thinking about tour books a lot lately because I’m supposed to be updating my book “Down the Road a-Piece - A Storytellers Guide to Maine,” — a travel book for the people here in Maine and
or another has increased or decreased over the years here in Maine. At this point, I haven’t quite decided what those things should be. Any ideas? In fact, I want to hear from you about any other things you’d like to see in a Maine travel book, because I want this book to be as useful to you as I hope it will be to me. I’ve just begun my editing so all of this might change. I look forward to hearing what you think.
our summer visitors. The way I see it now, my travel book will be the kind I’ve always wanted to have handy as I wandered around an unfamiliar place. I’ve already decided my revised tour book will have all kinds of detailed maps. Why? You ask. I’m not sure exactly why. I still have to decide what they’ll be maps of and what colors I’ll use for my color-coding; the book will have maps showing roads that actually exist (of course), but it will also have maps showing roads I wish existed. This tour book will show all the scenic routes throughout Mane, which you’d expect, but it will also show less scenic routes and some routes in our state that are just plain ugly. My tour book will also have graphs and charts showing how one thing
John McDonald is a storyteller and the author of five regional bestsellers – including “A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar” and “The Maine Dictionary.” Contact him at 207-240-8324 / maineauthorjohn.mcdonald@ yahoo.com.
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Cassadaga: A town with real spirit
By Victor Block Travel Writer As my wife Fyllis, our friend Kathy, and I contemplated visiting a tiny town in Florida, the choices were both varied and intriguing. Did we prefer joining a healing meditation circle or seeking spiritual counseling? Would we opt for a séance or class in ancient wisdom teachings? This is how planning for a trip to the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp went. Adding to the appeal was the ironic fact that this destination, focused upon life after death and communicating with those who have entered that realm, is near Walt Disney World, with its wealth of fantasy-land, man-made attractions. Cassadaga was founded by George Colby, a medium, who claimed his “spirit guide” Seneca advised him to establish a spiritual center in Florida. Colby purchased land and, in 1894, incorporated the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association. The camp
— actually a neighborhoodsized community — sits in the lowlands characteristic of central Florida. Many of its approximately 75 residents are spiritualists of one kind or another. The bookstore and welcome center is the logical place to begin a visit. Its selection of books explores topics ranging from spiritualism and metaphysics to meditation and ghosts. Crystal balls and candles share shelf space with incense, Tibetan singing bowls and fairy statues. This is where people choose their activities and make arrangements. The names and telephone numbers of certified mediums and healers on duty each day are listed on a board. While Fyllis and Kathy headed for sessions with a “Certified Medium, Healer and Teacher,” I met with the Rev. Doctor Louis Gates, who is pastor of Colby Memorial Temple. I wanted to learn about spiritualism, and he was a treasure-trove of knowledge. Gates is very affable and
down-to-earth which, I concluded, are perfect traits for one who serves as both a pastor and a medium/healer/ teacher. Based upon his description of Spiritualism as a combination of religion, philosophy and, among its disciples, science, I found I can relate to a number of its precepts. It is very welcoming, uplifting and supportive, and the overall message is one of love and hope. I understood the principle that people are responsible for themselves and control their own destiny, but that comes with a bit of poten-
Among other observations were that I am a photographer (I take pictures to illustrate travel stories.), Fyllis’s daughter Ariane “has a good head on her shoulders” (she does) and that Fyllis has something to do with relics (which, I hope, referred to our recent visit to Greek and Roman archaeological sites during a trip to Sicily, rather than to me). On the other hand, some Submitted photo remarks seemed less relevant. For example, Fyllis tial downside. “Spiritual- has no present plans to be ism is a tough religion,” the in the Pacific Northwest, Gates explained, “because speak before a large group there’s no one else to blame of people or write a book. if things go wrong.” After our talking and lisWhile I was receiving an tening sessions, we strolled overview of Spiritualism, around town which, given Fyllis and Kathy participat- Cassadaga’s compact size, ed in a session with a prac- didn’t take long. The walktitioner. Fyllis came away ing tour pamphlet led us impressed with a number of to Seneca Park, which is the woman’s comments. named for George Colby’s “I see you traveling a lot spirit guide; a healing area for work” fit well with my and Fairy Trail Park where, wife’s role as a travel writer. we read, Nature Spirits “You like the outdoor and “only show themselves to open space” was in keeping those who believe.” with the her love for hiking We ended our visit at the through woods. Cassadaga Hotel for a snack
and look-see. Even there, in the midst of its Victorian setting, guests may arrange for a psychic reading, séance and other services in keeping with the overall purpose of the town. That overriding goal, I concluded, is one with which both believers and any doubters can relate. For example, I suspect many people agree with the inspirational saying on a sign in the hotel: “Forgiveness lifts heaviness from the burdened heart.” On the other hand, skeptics might have less faith in another nearby pronouncement, which reads: “I believe in fairies. I do, I do, I do.” Those who consign themselves to that category of visitor may take heart in the assurance that Cassadaga welcomes “not only believers, but the curious and skeptical as well.”
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Hathway Mill Antiques hosts Antiques in the Garden April 27, 28 WATERVILLE — Hathaway Mill Antiques will host Antiques in the Garden, Saturday April 27 and Sunday April 28, with special in-store savings of up to 20 percent off. The weekend will include refreshments, door prizes, gift certificate drawing, floral arrangement workshop, plants, shrubs, garden accessories and antiques. Located in the former Hathaway Shirt factory at 10 Water St., the showroom is 10,000 square feet, well lit, clean and organized — perfect for browsing. It offers a blend of country primitives, antiques, farmhouse chic, architectural finds, ephemera, jewelry and early country store merchandise. On Sunday April 28, floral designer Robin Getchell, of The Robins Nest, located in the Hathaway, will host a floral design eorkshop at Hathaway Mill Antiques. Registration is required at https://www. eventbrite.com/o/the-robins-nest-17094427186. After working as a flo-
WAY MILL ANTIQUES A H T A H ral designer in central Maine for more than 25 years, Getchell realized her dream of owning a full-service flower shop. In June 2018, The Robin’s Nest, opened. It offers local and nationwide delivery, floral design classes, the freshest flowers and exceptional customer service. Getchell has a true passion for floral design and a genuine desire to be a part of her clients’ large and small events, and works hard to build a relationship with each and every customer no matter their budget. On Saturday and Sunday of the weekend, Sunset Flowerland & Greenhouses will fill Hathaway Mill Antiques with offerings of bulbs, plants, shrubs and garden accessories. Sunset Flowerland and Greenhouses, 491 Upper Ridge Road, Fairfield, is a family owned and operated business since 1952.
The greenhouses were first opened by Floralie and Richard Ellis. After they retired in the 90s, two of their children, Cathy and Ken, took over. Their families are now involved in the daily operations, and are the next generation to run the business. The 21 greenhouses come alive in the spring and summer full of bedding and vegetable plants, trees, shrubs and perennials along with a gift shop. Ken’s Family Restaurant Takin it to the strEATS food truck from Skowhegan will return and be on site for the weekend as well. In 1972 Ken and Martha Dionne opened Ken’s Family Restaurant on Madison Avenue in Skowhegan. Popularity quickly grew with their Famous Fried Chicken baskets and home-style meals served in a family atmosphere. Randy, Ken’s son and his
wife Monique have now been in this family restaurant business for 32 of its 46 years. Randy and Monique operate the Takin it to the strEATS food truck at festivals, fairs and special events throughout Maine. Hathaway Mill Antiques is handicapped accessible and all major credit cards and personal checks are accepted. The Antique Mall is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information contact Deborah J. Stufflebeam, Hathaway Mill Antiques Manager at 207-877-0250 or email info@hathawaymillantiques.com. Visit www. hathawaymillantiques. com and follow on Facebook like and follow on Facebook and Instagram #hathawaymillantiques. https://www.facebook. com/Hathaway-Mill-Antiques-324981234619830/
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Readfield Historical Society honors Marius Peladeau READFIELD — More than a hundred people attended the Readfield Historical Societyannual meeting and program March 16 when Marius Péladeau of Readfield was honored for decades of helping to preserve various aspects of Maine history. Bob Harris, RHS president presented Péladeau with a certificate of honor. Péladeau’s career started in Maine in 1962 when he began working as a sports reporter for the Lewiston Daily Sun. In 1967 he moved to Washington, D.C., and served as press secretary for U.S. Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito of Pennsylvania for five years. When Péladeau returned to Maine in 1972 he shifted his focus to the preservation of Maine history, a passion he has continued for nearly five decades. His first position in the field was as director of the Maine League of His-
torical Societies and Museums, which he held for four years. Following that, he became director at the Farnsworth Library and Art Museum in Rockland, a capacity he filled for 12 years. Upon leaving the Farnsworth in 1987, Péladeau became general manager of the Theater at Monmouth, where he remained until his retirement. During the 1992 Readfield Bicentennial, Péladeau thoroughly researched Readfield’s historic industrial hub, called Factory Square, and created a slide show he has presented to the public many times over the years. From 2003-2005, he volunteered as curator and vice president of the Readfield Historical Society. There, he created historical exhibits for their museum, taught members how to clean historical artifacts, prepare them for display and make informative signage. Many of these
displays remain in place to this day. In 2009, Péladeau took on the challenge of overseeing the restoration and revitalization of the Readfield Union Meeting House. Built in 1827, the brick building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Under Péladeau’s direction as board president UMH became visible in the community again after a period of neglect. Many structural repairs and improvements were made to the building during Péladeau’s tenure, and he also oversaw the preservation of rare trompe l’oeil art throughout the interior, painted by Charles Schumacher of Portland in 1868. The trompe l’oeil at UMH is one of 51 works Schumacher completed in Maine, but the only known example to have survived intact. Péladeau also attended to other historical
Submitted photo Marius Péladeau, left, of Readfield was honored at the Readfield Historical Society’s annual meeting March 16, for his efforts to preserve Maine history. Bob Harris, RHS president, bestowed the award. features of the building, such as several stained and unique stenciled glass windows and an 1890 organ produced by the Chicago Cottage Organ Co. Péladeau retired as UMH president in 2017, but he
remains on the board of directors as historian and consultant. He also continues his lifelong work in the historical realm in other ways. Péladeau serves as a consultant and lectures throughout the northeast
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Maine woman discusses her near death experience following pneumonia By Diane Atwood Health Reporter Dana Scammon nearly died last year. She’s still dealing with the aftermath of what happened. I know her mother Denise and asked if she’d see if Dana would let me interview her for a blog post. I thought there might be some lessons she had learned from her experience that could help someone else. Dana said yes. And then she caught me off guard when she told me about her most important lesson. I’m not quite sure where to begin her story — I think maybe somewhere in the middle. At about 1: 30 a.m. on July 17, 2018, she called
her mother because she was having trouble breathing. She’d been under treatment for bronchitis, but Denise was alarmed by how she sounded and called for an ambulance. Dana thought it would be a quick trip to the ER. She had no idea how sick she really was. “When I got there, I was pretty much unconscious. I had about a dime size amount of air left between both of my lungs. I had pneumonia. They had to pump me full of fluids I was so dehydrated and malnourished. I was really out of it for the first week. I was pretty much in what they used to call a drug-induced coma. Basically, that’s what they had to do to keep me
alive. My organs were shutting down so they had to put me on vasopressors, which in a sense, cut off circulation to your legs and your arms and just keep your vital organs alive. That’s how bad the pneumonia was,” said Dana. The infection wasn’t confined to Dana’s lungs. It had spread into her bloodstream and her organs were shutting down because her body was in septic shock. “The night I arrived, doctors told my mother that I probably wouldn’t be alive in the morning. At some point, they asked my parents if they wanted to pull the plug and my parents said no, don’t, not yet. And within a few hours, I
came to,” said Dana. She came to but had a fierce battle ahead of her. The four vasopressors she was on were her only chance of surviving the massive infection. That’s a lot for someone her size. She only weighed about 89 pounds at the time. She was also being treated with IV fluids, antibiotics, and other medications. When she started to “wake up” about a week after she was admitted, Dana still had trouble breathing on her own. “They were saying they wanted to do a tracheostomy and I was stubborn — not realizing I was dying. My mom just looked at me and said you know, this is life or death, it’s yes or
no. No, you’re dying. Yes, do this and save your life. And I was literally like a 16-year-old child. I rolled my eyes and said fine. They gave me a tracheostomy so I could breathe. That’s when it hit me — holy s**t, this is real,” explained Dana. Dana could breathe again, but she wasn’t out of the woods. The vasopressors drastically lowered the blood flow to her extremities, pushing it mainly to her organs, her heart, and her brain to keep them alive. Once she was well enough to be off them, she noticed that her toes began to look as if they were bruised. “It just kept getting worse
and worse and worse and my hands, fingertips had a little bit of that as well. But those started to kind of go away, so I figured my feet would too — I was like, come on guys, wake up, but my feet just never, never healed,” said Dana. Because they hadn’t been getting enough blood, all of Dana’s toes developed gangrene. There was nothing that could be done to save them. At first, doctors thought they would need to amputate half of at least one foot, but in the end, the surgeon did her best to save what tissue she could. Dana lost most of both
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Simple steps to better balance
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Live Long, Live Well Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA Nutritionist, Personal Trainer and Motivational Speaker jcornelio@turnerpublishing.net
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alance is something we all need to work at and keep finely-tuned. That old say-
ing — “Use it or lose it” — certainly holds true when it comes to balance, especially as we age. Maintaining our balance is particularly important in our senior years because trips and falls can lead to major setbacks, such as resulting in a broken hip, arm or other injury. Many things can interfere with balance, like loss of vision, loss of hearing and the use of new medications. Make sure you and your doctor are aware of your situation and discuss
the following methods and exercises, which can help you with balance throughout your life and in your senior years. 1. Get appropriate amounts of vitamin D. This helps with strong bones in the event of a fall and also helps prevent sore muscles and improves mental awareness. Now that the days are longer and spring is around the corner you can get appropriate amounts of vitamin D from 30 minutes a day
in the sun. Otherwise, 600 IU to 800 IU of vitamin D supplementation is sufficient. Foods such as salmon and sardines have great sources of vitamin D as well. 2. Weight bearing exercises help keep muscles and bones strong. We always need to challenge our muscles and bones as they will help with balance. The surgeon general rated the best exercises for strength and bone health as
follows: Fast walking/ jogging, jumping rope, stair climbing, dancing, basketball, volleyball, tennis, skiing, skating, soccer, hiking, weight training and rowing. 3. For balance the following exercises are the best — Tai Chi and yoga. If you can find a local class or video, try these options. Only 30 minutes a day will help with your balance. For the best results, try 15 minutes in the morning and 15
minutes in the afternoon. 4. If you are unable or unwilling to join a Tia Chi or yoga class, there are many things you can do in the privacy of your own home. Try some of the following every day several times a day: • Walking on tippy toes. This strengthens your legs and help with balance. • Walk the line. You’ve seen on TV folks being
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The Healthy Geezer By Fred Cicetti Q. I’m a 76-year-old woman, and I have to take a long nap every day because I’m up nights urinating. I know a lot of my contemporaries have the same problem. I’m curious to know how widespread this is. First, don’t presume the nightly bathroom trips are insignificant. See a doctor to determine the cause. There are solutions to your problem, but they depend upon
a diagnosis. You’re suffering from a very common problem called “nocturia” — the need to urinate at night. Some people with severe nocturia get up as many as six times a night to go to the bathroom. The International Continence Society defines nocturia as two or more voids at night. Nocturia is more common among seniors than younger people. In a survey taken by the National Sleep Foundation, about two thirds of the adults (55 to 84 years-old) polled reported an urge to go to the bathroom at least several nights a week. There are a variety of rea-
sons for nocturia in older people. First, we produce less of a hormone that helps us retain fluid. Because of this decreased capacity, seniors produce more urine at night. Second, the bladder — a muscular sac — loses its capacity to hold urine. Third, we have more health problems that can affect the bladder. Both men and women get nocturia. Many men suffer from nocturia because of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also known as enlarged prostate. The prostate is a walnut-size organ surrounding the tube (ure-
thra) carrying urine from the bladder and out of your body. BPH is common in men 50 and older. An enlarged prostate may squeeze the urethra, making it hard to urinate. It may cause dribbling after you urinate or a frequent urge to urinate, especially at night. Pelvic organ displacement, menopause and childbirth can cause nocturia in many women. The pelvic floor is a network of muscles, ligaments and other tissues that hold up the pelvic organs — the vagina, rectum, uterus and bladder. When this hammock-like network weak-
ens, the organs can slip out of place and create disorders. A woman reaches menopause when a year has passed since her last period. Menopause, like many of the changes in a woman’s body through her lifetime, is caused by changes in hormone levels. Menopause can make it difficult to hold urine. There are other medical conditions that cause nocturia. These include infection, tumors, heart disease, high blood pressure, liver failure, diabetes and sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is much more common in older
adults and men. Apnea is Greek for “without breath.” People with sleep apnea stop breathing for as long as 30 seconds at a time. These interruptions can happen hundreds of times a night. The breathing cessations may wake you. There are people who overproduce urine at night. This is called “nocturnal polyuria.” It can cause nocturia, too. Other causes of nocturia that are not medical conditions are drinking caffeine, alcohol or too much liquid close to bedtime. In addition, diuretic medications can contribute to the problem.
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University Credit Union presents donations to UMA for campus food pantries
AUGUSTA — University Credit Union presented checks to the University of Maine at Augusta totaling $2,422 for its student-run food pantries on the Augusta and Bangor campuses. The Augusta campus check of $1,622 was presented to Fatimah Aleem, UMA’s Student Government Association president for its student-run campus food pantry, The Community Cupboard. A check in the amount of $800 was presented to Food for
Thought Student Coordinator Nicole Roberts for the student-run Bangor campus Food for Thought pantry. Through its Ending Hunger on Campus in Maine campaign, UCU raised $12,559.81 in donations for University of Maine System student-organized and campus-sanctioned food pantries. UCU matched this amount for a total donation of $25,119.62 to eight food pantries on campuses within the University of Maine System.
It was the second year of UCU’s Ending Hunger on Campus in Maine campaign to bring attention to student food insecurity in Maine and to recognize student food pantries for tackling the problem headon. From Nov. 26 to Dec. 31, community members were encouraged to donate online through UCU’s website, or by stopping by or mailing a check to any UCU branch. Donors could choose to specify a campus food pantry and non-des-
ignated contributions were distributed among the eight pantries. The donations from UCU will allow the Community Cupboard and the Food For Thought pantry to supplement their offerings. Current supplies come through funding from the Hunger Dialogue Grant, as well as SGA funds allocated to the Community Cupboard and in-kind and monetary donations to the Food for Thought pantry.
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GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE 04/13 vs. Maine Central Institute 2:00 PM 04/17 @ Bangor High School 4:00 PM 04/19 vs. Cony High School 1:00 PM 04/22 vs. Boothbay Region High School 4:00 PM 04/27 Lincoln Academy Home 3:30 PM 04/30 vs. Winslow High School Home 4:00 PM 05/08 @ Oceanside High School 4:00 PM 05/13 @ Lawrence High School 4:00 PM 05/17 @ Boothbay Region High School 4:00 PM 05/20 vs. Erskine Academy 4:00 PM 05/22 vs. Oxford Hills High School 4:00 PM 05/24 @ Lincoln Academy 6:00 PM 05/30 @ Nokomis High School 4:00 PM
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big toes, especially on her right foot and about half of all her other toes. She says she used to run 10 miles a day. Post surgery, she couldn’t even walk. She spent 45 days in the hospital and was finally discharged to a rehab facility where she spent two weeks beginning to learn how to walk again. Dana explained, “When I got there I was still using a wheelchair, being pushed around. Then I forced myself to use a walker and it was about half and half. I’d hustle and wheel myself somewhere, but then I’d get up and walk. Walk like I was 97 years old.” Walking without toes still isn’t easy, but it’s easier. Dana’s goal is to run again someday. The hardest thing she has to endure is constant pain. “It’s like having a rubber band tied around your toes, trying to squeeze your foot down into a shoe that’s two sizes too small, setting it on fire and having it run over. It’s really that bad. And it’s every second of every day,” said Dana.
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arrested for OUI. The police officer has the individual touch their nose as they walk heelto-toe in a straight line. Try it. It’s not easy, even if you’re sober. You will want to pretend you are walking on a balancing beam and heel-to-toe walk in a straight line. Make sure you are close to a wall or the dining room table so that you can grab it if you feel like you are going to tip over. Do this for three minutes, several times a day. • Practice breathing. What does breathing have to do with balance? A lot. Breathing properly strengthens your body’s core muscles and the core of your body helps control balance. Let’s practice. Slowly breathe in a big breath
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The pain is because of nerve damage. She takes a medication to deal with the issue, but takes no other, not even for the pain — which leads me to the biggest lesson Dana learned, She faced the fact that she had a serious drinking problem and that’s why she got into trouble in the first place. Dana explained, “It’s not that I got sick because of drinking, it was because I was too stubborn to admit I was sick because I didn’t want to go to the hospital. Every year I get bronchitis. This time, I did tell my mom I’d see the doctor. Sure enough they said I had bronchitis, gave me an antibiotic and an inhaler. I thought I was good to go back to drinking, but after a month, my cough and my lungs weren’t feeling any better.” She went back to see the doctor and was told she needed to go to the hospital. She refused and two weeks later was near death. As her body began to heal from the infection and the amputations, she came to realize that she no longer had the urge to grab her drink of choice, beer. “I hate to say it but I
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