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INDEX Funny Things Kids Say........... 2 John McDonald.................... 10 Healthy Geezer.................... 11 Classifieds........................... 12 Movie Review...................... 14
FEATURE ARTICLES Maine woman discusses her near death experience following pneumonia ............ 4 Simple steps to better balance................................. 4 Good Times in an RV................ 9 Go green in your lawn and garden this spring................. 13 Cassadaga: A town with real spirit......................... 15
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RUMFORD — “R.E.S. We’re the best!” Although not the message from Humphrey the Hamster to the students at Rumford Elementary School, it was, however, the popular chant from students at the end of their exciting, monthly assembly April 5. An expectant student body gathered in the cafeteria at 8:20 a.m. to see which of their peers would be named students of the month at each grade level, as well as what classes might be getting a free ice cream or pizza party. However, a special event was presented by the Literacy Group teachers, including a sketch they developed featuring the popular children’s book character, Humphrey the Hamster. The fictional pet is known in schools around the nation because of author Betty Birney’s series called “The World According to Humphrey.” In the series, classroom pet Humphrey gives advice to the human characters around him — and to the readers, of course — about how to deal with the challenges of school and home life. He gets the opportunity to share his wisdom as the teacher (initially annoyed with Humphrey) gives each child in her class a chance to take him home for a while. In his sleepovers, he manages to help each of the students deal with their troubles. The teacher begins noticing the positive changes Humphrey’s visits have made, and she begins to appreciate him
Bill Van Tassel photo Rumford Elementary School teacher Alexis Noyes is crouched behind the table as she plays the part of Humphrey the Hamster for a skit on “The World According to Humphrey.” Checking the hamster cage is teacher Lynn Newell, the father of a family learning to live without their television constantly on. more. [The series has multiple books.] At the RES assembly, the literacy teachers portrayed a family who spent most of their time watching television instead of talking to each other, playing family games, or reading. The family room had a hamster cage containing the infamous Humphrey. One of the teachers played the part of the hamster and over the
course of a few nights and somehow got the family interested in playing a game or reading. The message to the RES audience was clear — watching television is not very good for bringing a family together. The Literacy Group and Principal Jill Bartash introduced their One School – One Book event at the assembly. Over the course of three weeks, all
the students, teachers and parents will be asked and encouraged to read “The World According to Humphrey.” Schools across the country, including Turner Primary School in Turner, are implementing the One School – One Book challenge. TPS chose “A Boy Named Bat” about a child whose veterinarian moth-
er is nursing a sick skunk back to health. In addition to the Humphrey presentation and the students of the month, recognition was also given to those with perfect attendance as well as to the janitor and his student helper. The awards included certificates and “RES Dragons” T-shirts.
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Funny things kids say!
I was sitting on the couch soaking my foot in a tub of warm water. My 4-yearold great-granddaughter, Ramsey, hopped up on the couch beside me and asked me to read a book to her. She looked down at my foot soaking in the tub and said, “G.G., your foot is dirty!� “What?� I said. I set me foot up on the side of the tub. “Your foot is all purplely!� she said. Of course, we laughed! It was my bad veins she was seeing! — Rena “GG� Clark of No. Anson. When my boys were little (they were 4 and 5 years old, just 14 months apart), the younger one was messing
in the trash can and I raised my voice to scold him. My oldest son, then about 5 years old, said, “But Mama, Gregory is your mother and he loves you.� Well, I busted out laughing. Of course I knew what he meant. — Marilou Suchar, now 78, of Vassalboro My 4-year-old greatgrandson and I were singing Christmas songs. I started singing “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.� I was half way through the song when Hunter held up his finger and said, “ Meme, wait. You need the whole mouth full!� I have no teeth. Out of the mouths of babes.— Janet
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Lisbon native returns to the classroom to give back By Ross Cunningham
LISBON — The corporate board room and a pre-kindergar ten classroom intersected in a very unique way March 26. Doug Herling, Lisbon native and president and CEO of Central Maine Power, took time out of his day to read a story to preschoolers at Lisbon Community School. “For the last 19 years, CMP has donated children’s books to school libraries and municipal libraries across the communities we serve,” said Herling in a letter to the students’ families. The books selected were t raditionally Caldecot t Award winners. “As the
company’s new president and CEO and as a lifelong Mainer, it will be my goal to select work by the talented and hardworking writers and illustrators who choose to call Maine home.” Joining Herling was author Patty Farrin, who has written “The Teacup Café.” The two took turns telling the wonderful tale of a mother and daughter sharing a cup of tea together and learning about finding the beauty inside of things. As Herling read the story, Farrin showed the beautiful drawings, created by Maine resident Hillar y Davis. The four- and five-year-old children in teacher Kendra O’Connell’s class listened
to the tale and talked with Farrin after the story. She shared her experience finding an old trailer and the beauty inside of it as she restored it. She encouraged them to look for the beauty inside people they meet as well. As a graduate of Lisbon High School, Herling said he found this visit especially rewarding because O’Connell taught Herling’s daughter when she was a student at the Marion T. Morse elementary school in Lisbon Falls. Lisbon Com mu nit y School Principal Robert Kahler was honored by not only the visit but also by the gift of autographed
books for all the children in the class. “Although the PTO very graciously arranges for a visiting author or artist each year, this was a wonderful added bonus,” he said. It is a CMP tradition that the president visits a class to read each year, emphasizing the importance of reading in everyday life. March is National Reading Month, and Herling’s letter further states, “Education is a priority in our giving, and we think this simple but special tradition emphasizes that commitment in a special way for children and Maine families.” “The Teacup Café” is available on Amazon.
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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.
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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. T he fou r 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-yearold 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. Da n a c ou ld br e at he 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 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
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ala nce is some thing we all need to work at and keep finely-tuned. That old saying — “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. G et 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. F or 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. I f you are unable or un-
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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
The Western Maine Foothills www.centralmainetoday.com 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. 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 lear ned, 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 kind of got a twofer. I got really sick and lost my toes, but the medications they gave me for the pneumonia were
basically the same medicines they give patients when they go to detox. It was kind of a blessing in a way because I got sober. I can say that I was an alcoholic for sure and it’s just not the same at all. I don’t have a craving, I don’t hide it, it’s not the same. I have nothing to hide anymore,” Dana stated. Nothing to hide anymore, which is why Dana decided to tell her story. The whole story. Maybe someone else with a drinking problem will read it and turn his or her life around before something drastic happens. “I was just so dumb and drunk all the time that I didn’t care. I only wanted to drink and be happy. I hope people can see that
you can get past drinking. I just want them to know that there’s going to be a better day. You may have a really great day and it might backfire and you have a really bad day. You may feel like punching someone or something. It’s going to be a battle, but keep fighting. Things get better, the next day is going to be amazing. Just keep going forward,” said Dana. Dana, who is 38, used to work in the sales department at Turner Publishing in Maine and before that, was in retail, jobs she’s not able to do right now. Determined to move on with her life and earn a living she has created a website and blog called LivingwithDana.com. Among other
vidual touch their nose as they walk heel-to-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-totoe 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 through your nose and, as you exhale, suck your stomach in and blow it all out. That’s proper breathing and should be done all day long. Nobody
benefits from shallow breathers. • Weight shifting is my favorite for balance. Hold onto a stable structure like a chair, table, the wall or a counter top. Put all your weight on your left leg and take your right foot off the floor. Hold for 30 seconds. Repeat on the
other side. Don’t forget that breathing exercise; when you lift your foot off the floor you should be exhaling and sucking your belly in. Do this a lot throughout the day until eventually you can let go of the wall. Challenge yourself but always have that safety net of the wall
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willing 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 arrested for OUI. The police officer has the indi-
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Artist Dreher honored in Bethel with month-long art show BETHEL -Table Rock Arts Center has announced ts newest newest exhibition, “The Dennis Dreher Retrospective,” which will run until Sunday, April 28. A celebration of life for Dreher, who died in July, will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Sudbury Inn. Both locations are on Main Street. Dreher’s artistic career began with painting, and later sculpture, jewelry making, silk screening, set
design building and carpentry. Dreher was a Bethel resident for nearly 40 years. His signature pieces involve intricately-woven geometric sculptures constructed of fine stainless steel wire. They are often in the form of circles linked together to suspend multi-color glass marbles. Many pieces must be touched and handled to be appreciated — they might fold, roll, or twist into new shapes altogether.
Dreher’s work has an essential and pivotal theme: “As an artist I want to give a message of joy or ecstasy, the uplifting experience. Joy and ecstasy only last a moment. It is that moment that I am trying to create in my art work,” he said. Throughout his life, one peppered by all manner of milestone events — collaborating with architect Buckminster Fuller, serving as artist in residence at Harvard’s Laboratory for
Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis, teaching by invitation at the Rhode Island School of Design, and working the soil of an 1865 farmhouse — Dreher’s commitment to his art and the life of the artist was resolute. “Even though I am known as a sculptor, I consider myself an ‘organic’ painter, choosing color by emotion and form from color. Early in my career I became intrigued by the color reproduc-
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Churchill to retire as head of WMH, Stephens FA R M I N G T O N — Timothy A. Churchill, a veteran hospital executive who has led Western Maine Health and Stephens Memorial Hospital for more than two decades, has announced his retirement effective Jan. 1, 2020. With the an nouncement, Chu rchill, who also serves as president of Fr a n k l i n Com munity Health Network in Farmington, draws to a close a successful career in health care leadership spanning four decades, the health system said in a news release. “This community has
been extraordinarily fortunate to have a leader of Tim’s caliber overseeing the delivery of world-class healthcare right here in Norway,” said Tom Morton, chairman of Western Maine Health’s Board. “Tim creates an environment where people are excited to come to work every day and make a difference in the lives of our patients and the larger community.” Churchill, who has been the leader of Wester n Maine Health in Norway, for 23 years, was named interim leader of Franklin Community Health Network in 2016. In February
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Timothy A. Churchill, who has led Wester Maine Health and Stephens Memorial Hospital for more than 20 years, has also overseen Franklin Community Health Network in Farmington since 2016. He will retired at the end of the year. we think it makes sense for Tim’s replacements to put a focus on just one location.” Morton said his board
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GOOD TIMES IN AN RV
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 25 years, our life has been backpacking
in western Maine, tenting in Baxter, and canoeing the Allagash. Then, 10 years ago, Deb and I purchased a used pop-up camper. This provided a little more fun, a lot less work, and just a few more comforts of home. Over the last four years, we upgraded to a 30-foot tow-behind travel trailer. This opened up a whole new world! Prior to 2015, Deb and I were relegated to camping in Northern New England. Our travel trailer, aptly named “Campah,” changed all of that and gave us the ability to explore beyond our “shores.” During the last four years, we set forth on discovering America and in turn, found ourselves. 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 grill fit in there perfectly. After a weekend boon-
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wife Debra, write about their camping and RV experiences. He is a retired principal and elementary teacher and lives in Maine. Questions, ideas or feedback can be emailed to Chris at campahedu@gmail.com. You can follow his blog at campahedu.com/.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Central Maine Medical Center participating in key heart valve trial Study finds catheter-based procedure better than open-heart for many patients LEWISTON — Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute was a participant in a recent national trial that could change the way many heart patients are treated, finding that catheter-guided aortic valve replacements perform better than openheart surgery in low-risk patients who normally would undergo the more invasive procedure. CMHVI was the only Maine medical center in-
cluded in the study, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Sevent y- one med ical centers and 1,000 patients participated in the trial of trans-catheter aortic valve replacement, which is a less invasive option for patients too frail to undergo surgery. The procedure, where doctors thread a catheter through a groin artery in the heart and install a new aortic valve, has become common over the last decade especially for this subgroup of heart patients. What doctors did not know is how the many low-risk patients — strong enough for surgery
but offered this lower-impact option instead — would fare with the procedure. The study found that one year after the procedure, the rate of death, stroke or re-hospitalization among these patients was significantly lower than with surgery. Hospital stays were shortened, too. There are an estimated five million adults in the United States with aortic stenosis — a buildup of calcium in the aortic valve that can lead to heart failure. The new study suggests that open-heart surgery may be required for many fewer patients going forward. “It’s absolutely going to change things,” said Dr.
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tal deformities of the aortic valve, or very young patients, TAVR may not be appropriate. Previous studies looked at outcomes for medium and high-risk patients, he said.
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FEATURE COLUMN
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 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 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 arou nd an u nfamiliar 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 colorcoding; 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 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. 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 207240-8324 / maineauthorjohn.mcdonald@yahoo. com.
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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. A. 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
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 (urethra) 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, es-
pecially 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 weakens, 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.
Inaugural Rangeley Birding Festival RANGELEY — Rangeley Lakes Heritage Tr ust, a lo n g w it h c o sponsor Maine Audubon, will hold the i naug u ral Rangeley Birding Festival from June 7 to 9. The festival will honor the late John Bicknell and organizers say they plan to make it an annual event. The Rangeley Lakes region is the premier birding destination for rare and sought-after species in New England, the trust said in a news release. Deep in the heart of Maine’s lush
boreal forest, Rangeley provides a convenient hub to find northern specialties like black-backed woodpecker, spruce grouse and boreal chickadee, as well as breeding warblers including Cape May, bay-breasted and mourning. One of the trips offered — a day hike on Saddleback Mountain — will focus on Bicknell’s thrush, one of North America’s rarest and most localized breeders. What sets the Rangeley Bi rd i ng Fest ival apa r t f rom all ot he r s is t he
breeding grounds. W h i le o t h e r fe s t iv a l s hope to catch bi rds as they migrate through, in Rangeley they’ve reached their destination and are on territory. This means that birds are more reliable and displaying different behaviors than in migration. No other festival in New England provides such convenient access to so many boreal birds. The festival will feature highly skilled guides who are excited about sharing their knowledge of rich
bird life that f lourishes at the intersection of northern forest, stunning, clear lakes and the High Peaks of western Maine. Bicknell, who died in 2018, was instr umental i n creat i ng t he Mi ngo Spr ings Trail and Bird Walk, and had a passion for the outdoors and deep and abiding love for nature. For more infor mation about t he fest ival, t he guides and Bicknell, visit www.rlt.org or call Gina Sawin at 207-680-0611.
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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
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Go green in your lawn and garden this spring Spring is a season of rejuvenation. As the cold days of winter drift away, spr i ng blo om s b eg i n 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 ecofriendly 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 amount of waste homeowners ultimately send to landfills. • Replace gas-powered mowers with reel lawn mowers. Reel mowers may seem like relics from simpler times, but today’s reel mowers, while just as eco-friendly as their predecessors, are unlike those of yesteryear. According to the Planet Natural Research Center, an online resource for organic gardeners, gas-powered engines emit more than 10 times the hydrocarbons per amount of gas burned than auto engines. But reel mowers are fuel-free and
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Lucas Allen (MGM/WWE Studios) Some people may be turned off by wrestling that is basically “sports theater,� with pro athletes pretending to kill each other for entertainment. But the new movie “Fighting with My Family� should help non-fans open up to the ins and outs of the rig-
The 16-hour course focuses on general medical concepts and basic life support skills one needs in an emergency. This course is perfectly suited for outdoor enthusiasts and seasonal outdoor staff and will prepare you with the medical skills you may need in the front- or backcountry. The course will be taught by a SOLO instructor and upon successful completion participants will receive a SOLO WFA certification card that is valid for two years. “Accidents happen when we least expect it,� said Program Manager Amanda Laliberte. “Learn what to do when people get sick, hurt or lost. We flip canoes and kayaks and living, working and playing in
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‘Fighting with My Family’ orous experience that it takes to get to the top. Besides being written and directed by character actor Stephen Merchant, it’s also produced by WWE superstar and blockbuster actor Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, who also appears as himself. Growing up in Norwich, England, Sara (Florence Pugh) and her brother Zak (Jack Lowden), became part of a wrestling family with their parents Ricky (Nick Frost) and Julia (Lena Heady), who are also promoters. Their big dream is to make it to the WWE alongside all the other legends of the sport. Opportunity soon comes k nocking when Sara and Zak are called in
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with training before an eventual climatic fight in the ring. However, the main character’s likability and her family’s hilarious moments help make it feel refreshing without treading on mediocrity. No matter if you already know how it all goes down or not, you’ll be left cheering through the end. Both Frost and Headey easily steal the movie giving such natural performances being given the right moments to shine. Pugh does a fine job portraying her character as a humble yet determined young wrestler. Lowden is basically playing a “wet blanket� character meant to move the drama along, which can get grating for
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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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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 pu rchased 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 “Cer tif ied Mediu m, 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 trea-
sure-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 respon-
wife’s role as a travel writer. “You like the outdoor and open space” was in keeping with the her love for hiking through woods. 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 Submitted photo archaeological sites during sible for themselves and a trip to Sicily, rather than control their own destiny, to me). but that comes with a bit of On the other hand, some potential downside. “Spiri- remarks seemed less reltualism is a tough reli- evant. For example, Fyllis gion,” the Gates explained, has no present plans to be “because there’s no one in the Pacific Northwest, else to blame if things go speak before a large group wrong.” of people or write a book. While I was receiving After our talking and lisan overview of Spiritual- tening sessions, we strolled ism, Fyllis and Kathy par- around town which, given ticipated in a session with Cassadaga’s compact size, a practitioner. Fyllis came didn’t take long. The walkaway impressed with a ing tour pamphlet led us number of the woman’s to Seneca Park, which is 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,
we read, Nature Spirits “only show themselves to those who believe.” We ended our visit at the 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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2016 JEEP CHEROKEE LTD
2016 HARLEY DAVIDSON TRIKE
#P0814B. 4WD, FULL SUNROOF, GPS, LEATHER, LOADED WITH EVERYTHING
#66, RARE, RARE TRIKE, ALMOST NEW, YOU MUST SEE THIS !
PRICE
PRICE
$12,987 or $152 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
2017 NISSAN PATHFINDER
ONLY 202 ORIGINAL MILES
FOR MORE INFO PRICE $23,987 or $281 MO. MO. MO. CALL
SALE SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PER
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER
2009 FORD F150 SUPCAB LARIAT
2018 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT
PRICE PRICE
#J308A. LARIAT WITH LOW MILES, CAP, 4WD, NICE LIST OF OPTIONS
$19,987
or $235 MO.
#P0826. XL TRIM PKG, 4 WHEEL DISC, PASSENGER DOORS, BUCKETS & MORE
$22,987 or$269 MO.
#J166A. AWD, V6, 22K MILES, POWER OPTIONS, NAVIGATION, LOADED
$31,987 or $375 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
2014 DODGE RAM 1500 BIG HORN
#J201C. 5.7L HEMI.Z26 BIG HORN PKG,8 SPD AUTO, STUFFED WITH OPTIONS
$23,987 or $281 MO.
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER
SALELOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS #E346A, PER
2012 GMC SIERRA 2500HD
2017 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD SPORT
2015 FORD F150 CREW
PRICE
#K083A. EXTCAB, V8, 4WD, PLOW & TOW READY, POWER OPTIONS, MORE
$24,987or $293 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
PRICE
#P0840. 4WD, V6, LONG LIST OF OPTIONS, 31K MILES, MATCHING CAP
$29,987or $351 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
PRICE
#P0824. XLT PKG, 35K MILES, ALL TERAIN TIRES, LONG LIST OF OPTIONS
$32,987 or $387 MO.
SALE #E346A, LOCAL TRADE, LEATHER, LOW MILES, LOADED WITH OPTIONS PER PRICE
ALL FINANCING SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL, ALL VEHICLES INCLUDE $289 DOCUMENT FEE, PAYMENTS WITH 25% DOWN CASH OR TRADENO MONEY DOWN TO QUALIFIED BUYERS 3.99% APR, 72 MONTHS FOR 2003 OR LATER, EXCLUDES TAX AND TITLE FEE
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