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911 Calls in Dog Shooting Incident Released

By Jayna Smith

A multiple dogs at large in-cident on July 19th ended in a Calais police officer shooting one of the animals and has some people in the community outraged.

The Calais Advert iser, through the Freedom of Infor-mation Act, obtained a copy of the police report from City Manager Jim Porter, as well as a copy of the Washington County Regional Communica-tions Center (RCC) transcript of the calls made to 911 that evening. Additionally, The Calais Advertiser also ob-tained from City Manager Jim Porter, a copy of Calais Police department’s firearms policy and from the City’s website, a copy of the Animal Control Ordinance.

The City of Calais’ Animal Control Ordinance defines “at large” as “off the premises of the owner, and not under control of the owner, keeper, either by leash, or otherwise.” Section 4-145, Running at Large Prohibited, reads that “no owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such a dog to run at large at any time.”

It has been reported from various forms of media that the two dogs that were at large did sometimes escape outside without their owners present, but that the animals “always come back.”

What led to the shooting of the dog seems to have begun with calls made to RCC from residents. RCC received its first call regarding the dogs at 9:52 pm. The report’s sum-mary reads, “caller reporting two vicious dogs barking and trying to attack them when they go outside.” The detail is as follows:

Caller 1: Hey, South Street, Calais, (near-specific location given), I’ve got two dogs that are charging the neighbors. They’re growling outside my fence.

911 Operator: Ok, let me give you the number for the animal control officer.

Cal le r 1 : Ok , Dav id Townsend?

911 Operator: Yes.Caller 1: K, I’ve got his

number. 911 Operator: Oh, you do?Caller 1: Yeah, I’ll give him

a call.911 Operator: Ok.Caller 1: Alright, thanks.Two minutes after the first

call, Caller 1 called back for the number as he/she did not have it as previously thought. As he/she waits for the operator to find the number, RCC has reported the caller as saying to a person other than the dispatcher, “Honey, can you close the inside door? Close the inside door. (Why?) So he doesn’t get out with these dogs out here.” The caller took the number for the Animal Control Officer from the 911 Operator and ended the call.

At 9:59 pm, a second call came into RCC. The report’s summary reads, “Caller report-ing two vicious dogs barking and trying to attack them when they go outside.” The details are as follows:

911 Operator: What’s the ad-dress of your emergency?

Caller 2: It’s (specific loca-tion given) South Street, Cal-ais, Maine.

911 Operator: And what’s the phone number you’re call-ing from?

Caller 2: What’s that?911 Operator: I said what’s

the number you’re calling from?

Caller 2: Uhm, I have two dogs that are vicious in our door yard and they’re not leav-ing and they have charged at us once already.

911 Operator: Ok.

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Caller 2: And they’re not our dogs.

911 Operator: Ok.Caller 2: I have no idea,

they’re just dogs at large.911 Operator: Ok, somebody

else, a couple people have called and they tried calling the animal control officer so I assume he’s on his way but I’ll send an officer to check it out.

Caller 2: Well, yeah, because we can’t even get off the door step because they’re in the door yard. Like I said, they’ve already charged us once, and they are barking and growling, you know, these things ain’t friendly.

911 Operator: Ok, alright, I’ll get somebody over there.

Caller 2: It’s almost like a pitbull-type of dog.

911 Operator: Ok, I’ll let somebody know.

Caller 2: Thank you.The police report explains

that the officer “took a com-plaint of two dogs attack-ing people” at a South Street residence after RCC reported to the officer unsuccessful at-tempts had been made to locate Animal Control Officer David Townsend. According to the report, when the officer arrived, he was told by a South Street resident that “the dogs charged at them and attempted to bite them,” and when asked where the animals were at that time, the resident told the officer they had run off “in the direction of the wooded area along Harrison Street.”

A border patrol agent arrived to assist the officer in the search for the animals at which time a neighbor to the first South Street resident mentioned in the report came outside to re-port the dogs had been on her property as well. The police report reads, “When she made her presence known to the dogs, they became aggressive with

her, and the black one had come at her.”

After about a half hour, as noted in the police report, the officer “came upon the two dogs as they were crossing South Street and heading back over to the yard of (specific location given) South Street.” The officer then described in his report his perspective of what occurred that led to his shooting of the dog:

“At about 2230 hours, I came upon the two dogs as they were crossing South Street and head-ing back over to the yard of (XXX) South Street. I came to a stop in front of the drive-way, and got out of the vehicle. Opened the rear passenger door to my cruiser, and attempted to call the dogs over. The yellow one was especially apprehen-sive. He began to growl, but also began to walk towards me. The black dog began to follow a short distance behind. I was hopeful that they might get into the car without incident, but they began to growl back and forth at each other. When the two dogs got to within three or four feet of me, the yellow dog growled more intensely, stiffened, and began to charge at me. I took out my sidearm and dispatched the yellow dog and it fell to the ground about a foot and a half away. The black dog ran away...The yellow dog was not dead yet, and began to howl and writhe in pain...In (sic) shot it once more in the head and it lay still. I noticed it did not have a collar on.”

The officer is under great scrutiny by many who have come to hear of the story. Questions such as why did he shoot the dog, why did he shoot it a second time, why did he not take it to the vet down the street, why did he not use pepper spray, and the like have arose on social media sites.

Calais Police Department’s firearms policy explains that an officer may discharge his/her firearm under the following circumstances: “To dispatch an animal that represents a threat to public safety or as a hu-manitarian measure where the animal is seriously injured.”

A call by The Calais Adver-tiser to the Calais Veterinary Clinic was made following the incident. The question “What would have happened had the officer brought the dog in after the first shot” was asked. The reply from the clinic’s staff member: “We would not have been open.” When questioned further about emergency care or on-call staff, the employee explained that the answering machine as well as a note on the door refers all emergencies to “the closest one” to handle such situations, which she claims is in Brewer.

Regarding no use of pepper spray on the dog by the officer, the officer’s police report reads, “I did not bother to explain (to the owner) that my foam pep-per spray would not have been effective.” And the fact that nothing was recorded by the officer was brought to the atten-tion of Calais City Manager Jim Porter by The Calais Advertiser for comment. Body cameras, he said, “have merit and should be discussed.”

Calais Police Chief Dave Randall’s only comment on the incident was in a press release. Along with a review of events noted in the officer’s police report, Chief Randall added, “A review of the incident shows that the officer did not violate any Calais Police Department Policies and Procedures while handling this incident.”

The owner of the dog spoke to The Calais Advertiser, but later wished not have any com-ments included.

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To The Editor:Dear Robbinston resident:

When, several years ago, it was suggested that the smaller schools consolidate, Robbinston passionately fought not to close our grade school. Collectively we felt that our school was such an asset to our students and our community. We recognized the dedication of our teachers and staff, the excelling of our stu-dents (as represented by them going off to receive a higher education), and both community support and pride in our Wild Cats. Our school provided pay-roll for our qualified residents and a home for our students who needed one. It was working and working well.

Fast forward several years and very suddenly we rec-ognize another movement to close our school. Robbinston’s First Selectman wrote a very persuasive letter exclaiming the benefits and glorious program-

ming of Calais School system, all but pleading the tax payers to abandon our small school that we have already so passionately fought to keep open.

What I have not learned, in reading letters and or speak-ing to parents and community members, is that more has been omitted than committed. I have yet to see a budget, for keeping the school open or for closing it. I have not seen the transition plan for the near forty students who thought they were returning to RGS is just a few short weeks. I do not understand how busing will work? I do not know if the parents want their children to at-tend Calais or if that have chose other smaller local schools?

WHY the URGENCY? Why is our First Selectman and the Chair of our School Board seek-ing to close our school in six short weeks? Who, does such a rapid closing, benefit? More time is spent planning for a party or

vehicle purchase then what our town has been given to consider this monumental question. As a tax payer I want to have time to consider the implication of my vote. I need to review the cost analysis, both short and long term. As a community member I want to hear what our town is going to do with a building we do not fully own. As a parent

and grandparents I want to know how this impulsive decision is going to affect our students.

I encourage you to ask our School Board Chair, Joe Footer, and our First Seletman Tom Mo-holland, what is the rush?

Richard and Katherine Berry

15 year residents of Robbinston, now retired

To The Editor:I am a resident of Robbinston.

I have lived here over thirty years. We have a dilemma.

Two of the school board members want to close the school. I thought the school board was there to support the school, to come up with ideas to keep the school open, not to close it. Sure the school has budget problems, but so do other schools.

People in Robbinston have been going to the meetings, but all we hear are reasons to close. Not one meeting have I heard reasons to keep it open. What can we do to save our school?

There is never anything posi-tive said to keep it open, all I hear is about taxes, how many homes are for sale in Robbin-ston. Have you been to Calais lately?

People move for different

reasons: No job, deaths, to be close to family. Not just because of the school budget. There have been a lot of kids that have gone through the Robbinston school system and some who are on the school board, or have been a school board member. These kids love their school and are proud of their school and their teachers. You have the best teachers who are for these children. For the

residents who want this school to stay open, you better get out there and vote to keep it open. If you have something to do that day of the voting, put it aside for another day, because our school can't wait another day. Be sure to vote to keep the school open on August 19, 2015.

Deanna Mitchell

Dear Robbinston Resi-dent,

As indicated in an earlier letter, the Friends of Robbin-ston Grade School have come together to ask questions, ex-plore historical challenges and present information to you, the voter, in a way that encour-ages further curiosity and inter-est in the decision facing our town. While many topics need to be considered when mak-ing a decision about whether the Robbinston Grade school should remain open or close, the budget has been the most talked about.

In this letter, we hope to provide you with a more in depth understanding of our current state of affairs, some insight as to how we got into this position and encourage you to seek answers to the ques-tions you have. While we hope you will share your concerns, questions and ideas with your neighbors, your first official op-portunity to communicate with Superintendent Freve, Town Selectman Tom Moholland and School Board Chair Joe Footer will occur on August 5th, at a scheduled public hearing which will be held at the Robbinston Grade School.

Why is there a school bud-get deficit?

The answer to our current financial challenges, with re-spect to funding the school, is multifaceted. Those described in this letter are not meant to encapsulate all of the factors but draw attention to those most frequently attributed to our cur-rent budget challenge.

1.) The EPS model (Essential Programs & Services) used by the State to determine our reim-bursement, per student, contin-ues to decrease the amount of funding Robbinston receives per enrolled student. This is because:

The EPS model favor ’s schools with larger enrollment rates, and our enrollment has declined.

Robbinston student body has fluctuated between 35 and 51 over the past five years.

Schools are penalized when their towns only raise the mini-mum requirement needed to operate the school. Robbinston has not supported budgeting for a contingency fund, there-fore raising only the minimum requirement and reducing our State reimbursement.

2.) Our current formula for generating a tax base mini-mizes our ability to contribute to the budget.

Robbinston has chosen to use our First Selectman as our

property assessor versus using an independent assessor.

The First Selectman works diligently to keep our homes assessed for minimal worth which supports lower taxes.

Many residents have a fer-vent interest in maintaining a low mill rate to support lower taxes.

3.) Homes that are assessed at a fraction of their worth located in a town striving for a low mill rate decreases a town’s annual revenue coming from tax pay-ers. The town’s ability to fund a school and provide for its children’s education becomes dependent on state reimburse-ment. If the town does not fund a contingency school budget, has a top priority of minimiz-ing its mill rate each year, and has fluctuating student popula-tion, the result is the town has diminishing funds to maintain an adequate school budget on an annually basis. In the worst case, there is a downward spiral over time that cannot support maintaining a school

Creating a reliable budget that will inform our vote?

As of the date of this letter, Superintendent Freve reported that he was actively creating two budgets, one to keep the school open as well as a closing budget. This process includes

gathering of information from our Principal and teachers and then making his best estimate as to what the anticipated costs may be (heat, electricity, main-tenance, books etc.). Superin-tendent Freve then sits down with the Chair of the School Board, Joe Footer and our First Selectman, Tom Moholland and reviews each budget and each line item in each budget. Our school board officially “owns” the budget from this meeting going forward. Typi-cally a town’s first selectman is not privy to or a part of the school budgeting process; however, as Robbinston is now a stand-alone school the protocol allows it.

Superintendent Freve made a verbal commitment to provide both budgets to residents prior to the town meeting, support-ing an opportunity to review and prepare for the town dis-cussion.

What do we know about the budgets so far?

The “Remain Open” Budget items and questions:

→ staff requested to maintain an Ed-Tech position to support upper grade level block sched-uling and restructuring from three grades to a classroom to two grades per classroom.

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→ multiple staff made changes to their health insur-ance plans to support a reduc-tion in cost to budget.

→ initiating a contingency fund

The “Closing” Budget items and questions:

→ a 90 day severance pack-age offered to all staff (law) and the impact from MEA negotiations

Staff at the Robbinston Grade School are members of the Maine Educational As-sociation (MEA). This profes-sional membership provides them with bargaining powers, via a MEA representative. As of the date of this letter nego-tiations included one year of paid health insurance for all employees, pay out of all sick bank time and an additional 30 day pay out. Our school board was put on notice on July 1st, by the MEA representative that they were required to participate in the negotiations. Negotiations have not been settled and according to Supt. Freve may not be settled prior to budget creation. In the event negotiations are not complete an estimated figure may be entered into the appropriate line item.

→ Allocation for additional busing (multiple bus and/or runs in the morning, late bus-ing)

→ Additional Special Educa-tion costs

Students currently enrolled in Special Education services will continue to receive services as indicated by their IEP. Students who currently receive support by Ed-Techs, in classroom, of-fered at the Robbinston Grade School (not enrolled in Special Education Services) may not have this option in Calais. How many of these students will be evaluated for Special Education as a result of the change in classroom size and availability of support? What is the financial cost to Robbin-ston when one of our students enters, for the first time, the Special Education Program? What is the above and beyond tuition rate/charge per student to maintain students in Special Education?

→School ChoiceOur school board has the

option of allowing parents “school of choice”. This simply means that parents can enroll their children in the elemen-tary school of their choice; however, they are required to provide transportation to and from school and subsequent activities. When and will our school board make this deci-sion? What is the impact to the town if the school chosen by the parent has a tuition rate that exceeds the Calais tuition rate? Who is responsible for the difference?

If the School closes, what is the plan for the School build-ing and property?

As the deed to the Rob-

binston Grade School reads, the Town of Robbinston does not unequivocally own the land. The land was deeded to the town with conditions. The conditions include:

→ the land must have one of the following three buildings and/or uses

Town SchoolMunicipal Building (cannot

be used for Department of Transportation Purposes)

Community ParkIn the event that Robbinston

does not meet this obligation the land ownership returns to the heirs of the individual who trusted the land to the town. If we vote to close the school, what is Robbinston’s intent of use for the building and/or land? Multiple scenarios have been discussed and include:

Keep the current town office on the property, meeting the terms of the deed. The Town would accept financial respon-sibility for heating, securing and maintaining the empty school building, at whatever cost.

Move the current municipal building, surrendering the land to the heirs. Would the town be responsible for the destruction/clean-up of the school?

Convince the heirs of the land to sign over their individ-ual rights, securing the town’s ownership of the land and all of its building, with the option of selling it in its entirety.

Being as Informed as Pos-sible

An accurate cost analysis

of keeping the school open or closing it has yet to be provided to the residents. While this let-ter does not claim to represent all of the unanswered ques-tions/concerns shared by the residents of Robbinston, it does seeks to highlight those that have come to the attention of many in recent weeks.

Equal responsibil i ty is shared, between our town leadership and residents to seek out information, study the pro-vided budgets and participate in informed voting. Our first selectman Tom Moholland, our school board members, Joe Footer, Julie Murray and James Trainor as well as our Superintendent Ray Freve will all make themselves available for questions at a public hear-ing on August 5th.

We encourage you to attend, to listen, ask questions and evaluate the responses for ac-curacy, completeness and trans-parency. The responsibility of educating our children, while maintaining fiscal responsibil-ity, is one that each and every resident must carry.

Respectfully,Friends of the Robbinston

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Robbinston School Board Meeting By Dorothy Johnson

The Robbinston School Board met on Monday evening with all board members, Superintendent Ray Freve and approximately 25 residents in attendance. Calais Elementary School Principal Sue Carter also attended to answer any question residents had about the Calais school system.

After the introductory pro-cedures were observed and the regular business of adjusting

the agenda and approving the minutes of the July 1st meeting, the business moved to several reports compiled by Superin-tendent Freve from a variety of sources.

Tuition contract for second-ary students was studied. The Secondary Tuition Contract with Calais is for 3 years (9/15 through 6/30/18) with tuition decided by the state based on per pupil cost of Calais High School. Special Education students will

have a higher tuition rate depend-ing on their prescribed services. A sentence in the contract stat-ing that Robbinston students and parents have school choice and that parents will pay any tuition above what is charged by Calais was eliminated by the school board. Robbinston will be responsible for transportation to Calais only; if parents want their students to go elsewhere, they must provide transportation. Tu-ition billing will be sent monthly. Chair Footer made the motion to accept this contract and it was seconded by board member Mur-ray. Motion passed.

Superintendent Freve pre-sented a list of all the elementary schools and secondary schools in the county and what each school charged for a tuition rate. Because the state decides the rate for each school based on its cost per student, these numbers fluc-tuate to some extent. Freve said he did not expect the rates to go up very much over the three year period (the length of the second-ary contract). The tuition (i.e. per pupil cost) charged by each elementary school ranged from a high of $19,192.52 (Wesley)

to a low of $6254.60 (Machias). Robbinston’s per (elementary) pupil cost was listed as $8406.52. Generally speaking, as the enroll-ment decreases, the per pupil cost increases. The same dy-namic does not occur with state subsidies i.e. as the enrollment decreases, the state subsidies also decrease. Freve presented a comparison of state subsidies to Robbinston over the last three years. The amount of the budget not paid by state subsidies must be picked up by the tax base. (the property owners). The new 2016 subsidy as passed by the State Legislature will mean a total of approximately $25,000 to Robbinston’s benefit. Secondary per pupil costs are higher with a top cost for Moosebec CSD at $14,383.55 and low cost for Shead with a $7505.60.

Next on the agenda was the presentation of the budgets for 2015-16 with the school opened and 2015-16 with the school closed. Each line item was ex-plained, but the actual numbers are not yet available. The cost of the impact of closing the school for all staff has to be negotiated between the MEA Educators’ Association and the school board (town) and cannot be started until the final referendum is complet-

ed. Therefore, any numbers for this line item are unavailable and will continue to be unavailable for quite some time. Some of the line items for closing will be one-time costs and will only impact the budget for 2015-16. The sal-ary lines for keeping the school open are uncertain because some staff members may be moving to other schools and new teachers will have to be hired.

Regardless of what the ref-erendum states about the cost of keeping the school open, the numbers are still uncertain and according to Superintendent Freve extremely flexible. Bus-ing costs for closing are also unknown because several options are being considered for getting the students to Calais schools.

Residents came away from the meeting with more understand-ing of the budgets. Learning that the numbers are not yet available and may not be for some time was eye-opening for the inter-ested residents.

Superintendent Freve will have several informational pa-pers ready for the public hear-ing on August 5th. Both he and the school board welcome any questions on the budget and the process as it goes forward. Meet-ing adjourned at 8:17 pm.

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By Lura Jackson

The Calais City Council met on Thursday, July 23rd for the first and only meeting of the month. Several requests were brought before the council in-cluding the opening of a new takeout stand and the approval of two new appointments for Calais Fire-EMS.

The first new appointment for the Fire-EMS department was Robert Peterson, Jr., who would be a replacement for the fire-man/paramedic position. “He’s very well qualified. He’s had a long time in the service. He’s got some teaching certificates we are very excited about,” Fire Chief Robert Posick said. The council unanimously approved the request with the exception of Councilor Moreside, who abstained. The second appoint-ment for the department was that of the business manager po-sition, which was successfully advertised in-house. Posick recommended Karen Clark for the position and the council expressed their support with a matching vote.

The new takeout stand was requested by Julianna Mahan, owner of the former restaurant Julianna’s World Café on North Street. The new business—named Double Dog—will be opening in the same location. Open from May to September or October, Double Dog will serve ice cream, hot dogs, and various “eats”, and it will feature out-door as well as limited indoor seating. Mahan requested to the council that the recently cleared lot adjacent to her building be graded so that picnic tables and additional positive ambi-ence could be added. Eventu-ally, Mahan anticipates adding outdoor awnings similar to the ones across the street on the Urban Moose building. The council unanimously approved the request.

The council briefly discussed previous complaints regarding amplified noise at Just South of the Border. Councilor Mar-cia Rogers said that she and Councilor Billy Howard had spoken with owner Gary Young about the noise levels produced by the amplified sound during live music. Rogers said that Young was “very receptive” and worked with the council-ors to find what was mutually agreed to be an acceptable noise level. Additional sound barriers were raised around the area to reduce the reverberation and prevent the sound from disturb-ing patrons of nearby sleep-ing lodges. Rogers said that since the adjustments had been made, she had only received one complaint which stated that it was better but still not perfect, particularly during live bands. Young expressed that anytime the noise was too loud, he would speak with the band to make the appropriate adjustments. Mayor Marianne Moore said that open communication should continue and the council thanked Young for his cooperation.

City Manager Porter reported

Marianne Moore (left), owner of Curves of Calais, graciously hosted a “blanket-raiser” to benefit Something to Snuggle, a non-profit charity founded by Sara Disselkamp (right), aimed at providing blankets to Maine's children in foster care. Here, Sara is pictured collecting those blankets before she delivered them to Sonja Libby at the Calais office of DHHS. Sara wishes to thank everyone who donated. A very special thank you goes out to Rosella Lagerquist, of Robbinston, who donated hundreds of brand new Beanie Babies to also be given to the children! For more info on Something to Snuggle, visit: http://bit.ly/1MvOSEM (Photo by Lisa M. Clark)

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that the amount previously approved for the repair of the retaining wall at the transfer sta-tion is insufficient to complete the task. Porter said that the wall was approximately halfway finished with $1,600 remaining in the budget. He estimated that it would take up to $6,000 more to finish the job at this point but that if it was not addressed now it could cost between $10,000 and $20,000 in the future. The council approved the use of up to $6,000 from the unassigned fund balance.

The council was presented with a voting ballot for the Maine Municipal Association election. Mayor Moore is one of three candidates nominated for directing the MMA, an appointment that will last for three years. Moore has been a member of the MMA Execu-tive Committee since 2011 in addition to other roles within the organization. The council ap-proved the signing of the ballot in support of Mayor Moore.

Financial Director Crystal Myers said that the recently hired auditing firm of Runyon Kersteen Ouellette had visited the city and offered several help-ful and promising suggestions to improve the city’s financial organization. She said that the trio was young but experienced and that they said there would be no problems meeting the De-cember deadline for this year’s audit as preliminary work had already been completed.

Councilor Eddie Moreside noted that the conditions of the culverts on the Carson Road were “atrocious” and that they needed to be addressed. Myers said that about $1,500 remained in the CIP fund for culverts and Porter replied that he would request a quote. Councilor Artie Mingo raised concern regarding the Shattuck Road, and Coun-cilor Billy Howard brought up the Hardscrabble Road, which is beset by beavers. Howard said that there is a stretch of road about 100’ in length that is covered in water as a result of beaver dams. The council agreed that it would look into requesting the trapping of the beavers on the nearby game reserve.

Several summer events were

reviewed and approved by the council.

Owner John Marchese of the Calais Motor Inn requested permission to set up a beer tent during the International Festi-val. Police Chief Dave Randall was on hand to comment that the tent had produced no prob-lems last year. “There were plenty of people and we never had any issues...we had a lot of good compliments.” The coun-cil unanimously approved the request, which was motioned for by Councilor Howard and seconded by Councilor Eddie Moreside. The tent will be open on July 31st from 4 pm to 1 am, on August 1st from noon to 1 am, on August 7th from 4 pm to 1 am, and on August 8th from noon to 1 am.

The Chair Affair auction of Adirondack chairs decorated by local businesses and indi-viduals will be held on August 9th at noon in Triangle Park. Chairs are already on display at various businesses around town. The auction is sponsored by the Calais Downtown Revitaliza-tion Coalition.

The second annual Arts and Crafts along the Waterfront with live music and a wine and beer tasting was unanimously met with approval. The event is sponsored by the St. Croix Val-ley Chamber of Commerce and will be held on September 26th from 12 to 5 pm on the Calais Riverfront Walkway.

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The band Elevate from West Virginia passionately performed in Memorial Park on Saturday, July 25th at the request of the newly-opened Common Ground Church on Germain Street. (Photo by Lura Jackson).

Common Ground Church Opens in CalaisBy Lura Jackson

While it is true that many of the churches of Calais have fallen away over time—and in fact, the oldest church in town will soon be demolished—it’s also true that the spirit of the community is based in renewal. Appropriately, a new church has opened on Germain Street. Named the Common Ground Church, it offers a promise to all visitors of “Loving people to life.”

The church is the product of the efforts of Pastor Johnny Chambers, who has spent the last three months restoring the building with his friends and family members. In addition to repairing the interior, Cham-

bers hopes to restore the down-stairs soup kitchen to working order as soon as possible. “We want to see people healthy,” he emphasized, describing health as a composition of body, mind, and spirit.

A Calais native, Chambers now lives in St. Stephen with his wife and family. “My heart’s always been here in Calais,” he says with a generous smile. Active in the faith for his en-tire life, Chambers has been a minister since he was 16 or 17. He experienced a life-changing event when he went on a mis-sion trip to India, where he saw people struggling with the most basic necessities. “Growing up in Calais, it was safe and there was always food on the table.

Seeing people without that was very humbling.” Since return-ing to Calais, Chambers has recognized how community members are having difficulties providing for their families and how addiction and alcoholism are becoming a significant problem. “So many people turn to drugs or alcohol when they are desperate. The drugs are tearing this city as well as individual families apart.

“If we don’t stand in the gap, who will?” Chambers asked.

One of Chambers’s primary goals is to actively work with the poverty-stricken and youth of the community in an effort to ease the suffering that can be

caused by a lack of necessities. The house next to the church is being restored to offer a place for displaced families to stay. As a former member of the Ascensions, a group that was admitted into the Gospel Hall of Fame, Chamber s is a firm believer in the healing and connecting power of music. As such, he aims to bring a variety of musical performers to Memorial Park, just outside of the church.

One such group by the name of Elevate drove for seventeen hours to perform on Saturday, July 25th in the park. The band is composed of passion-ate musicians that have each

found redemption from their troubled pasts, and they were more than willing to share their stories with the assembled local residents. Chambers invited the band to stay for services the following morning, bringing a welcome splash of Southern flavor to the proceedings.

The Common Ground Church holds its services on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. It is located at 9 Ger-main Street. Chambers hopes to conduct Bible Study in the fall, though specific dates are not yet set. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/common-groundcog or call 904-9005.

Tour of Historic St. Anne’s Church to be Held

By Lura Jackson

Of the many resplendent churches that have been con-structed in Calais over the centuries, there are a few that still remain as luminous beacons of the community. Located at the intersection of Church and Washington Street, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church is one of the oldest surviving churches in Calais. Residents and visitors will have the opportunity to freely tour the architecturally

stunning building on August 6th between the hours of 2:00 and 4:00 pm.

The tour will be conducted by St. Croix Historical Society member and former teacher Jer-ry LaPointe, with the assistance of Shane DelMonaco. LaPointe will be dressed as a member of the clergy of the church from the early 1900s while DelMonaco will be acting as his young as-sistant. Together the pair will provide background on the church building itself and its

significance to the community while portraying historically ac-curate ceremonies and services appropriate to the period. Old-fashioned refreshments will be served to visitors at no charge.

St. Anne’s Episcopal Church was built in 1853 in the Gothic style by James Renwick, who is recognized for designing some of the most famous buildings in America. Prior to St. Anne’s, he designed the Smithsonian Insti-tution Building (also known as the “Castle” for its combination of Romanesque and Gothic styles) in Washington, D.C. He would later design St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. St. Anne’s Church is now listed on the register of historic places.

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Fatal Crash in Crawford By Jayna Smith

An accident in Crawford on Monday, July 27th, has resulted in the death of one. Chief Deputy Michael Crabree of Washington County Sheriff's Office reported that the call to 911 came in at approximately 2:00 pm.

The accident involved a 2001 Kenworth tractor trailer truck and 1999 Chevy Cavalier. The car was driven by 28-year old Dustin Cote of Glenburn. Cote was pronounced dead at the scene.

The tractor trailer truck was driven by Stephen Gould, age 69, of Princeton, and was not loaded, according to Chief Deputy Crabtree. Traveling with Gould was Kyle Metcalf, age 28, of Tal-madge. Both appeared to be uninjured, the Chief Deputy said.

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Pratt Expansion Underway

Additional space for new and used vehicles, as well as for more customer parking, is being created at Pratt Chevrolet Buick GMC on Route 1 in Calais. (Photo by Jayna Smith)

By Jayna Smith

The fastest General Mo-tors dealership in the State of Maine—Pratt Chevrolet Buick GMC—is expanding its grounds.

This expansion, owner Ian Pratt explained, will allow for more customer parking, as well as more parking for employees and for vehicles being worked on. For the City of Calais, it also means more property tax base.

Of course with a growing dealership comes more vehicles on the lot. “We're also adding more area for vehicles to dis-play to handle the increased inventory that we have,” Pratt stated. The dealership's lot currently carries about 150 ve-hicles, most of which are new. The expansion will allow for an upwards of 200.

Pratt attributes the expan-sion to the business' growing customer base. “I really ap-preciate all the customers for making the expansion possible, making new jobs possible, and for us to have more offerings,” Pratt stated. The additional offerings he referenced is the dealership's recent addition of the GMC brand.

The response from customers regarding the GMC vehicles now being available locally, Pratt said, has been very posi-tive. “It's been overwhelm-ing. We've grown tremendous amounts. It's one of the things that made us the fastest grow-ing GM dealership in Maine.”

It's not just the GMC busi-ness, however, that is growing

at Pratt. The Chevrolet and Buick business is growing as well. “We continue to grow and we've added a few jobs over the last couple of years,” Pratt said, reporting having 20 full-time employees currently.

“We recently extended ser-vice and are open six days a week,” he added, explaining that Saturdays at Pratt Chevro-let Buick GMC is a day like any other during the week. “Sat-urdays aren't just oil changes. You can come get your car worked on on a Saturday.” And of course the sales department is full service on Saturdays as well.

Not only is Pratt Chevrolet Buick GMC the fastest growing dealership in the state, it has also won more Mark of Excel-lence Awards than any other in the state thus far during its 19 years in business. But great customer service is not the only factor to consider when looking at its increased customer base.

“When people compare our prices to others, they find out that our price is actually lower. We've advertised for a while that we'll meet or beat any ad-vertised price,” Pratt said. And how a small-town dealership in such a competitive world is able to do this is simple: Pratt keeps his dealership's overhead extremely low.

“When you come shop here, you don't have to talk to a sales person, a closer, a sales manag-er, a general manager, a finance and insurance manager. That's a lot of overhead and a lot of dif-ferent people. You're going to talk to one person from begin-

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“We intentionally keep our overhead low. We're always busy, we're always scrambling. We don't over staff. Those ex-penses have to be passed on to somebody.

“Every new car dealer in the country pays the same ex-act price for the new cars, so there's no reason we can't sell just as cheap as anyone else. There's no volume discounts or anything like that,” Pratt said. “We're able to compete head-to-head, and our low overhead allows for every person who wants to buy local to buy lo-cal and they're going to save money to do it.”

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-Farmers’ Market at Trian-gle Park in Calais from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

- Music on the Green at Tri-angle Park in downtown Cal-ais at 6:30 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket. Concessions avail-able.

-First Tuesday of every month: Death Cafe at CCLC. Understanding of death and wonder of life. Light refresh-ments. FMI call 207-733-4844.

2nd Tuesday - July & Au-gust: Sunrise Snowmobil-ers, snowmobile club Calais summer meeting at Method-ist Homes Rec Center at 6:00 p.m.

-Lunch with the Librarian at the Calais Free Library 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Bring your own lunch! This program ends on July 28).

-Shape Note Singing School. August 4, 18 and 25 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Located at Pem-broke Historical Society Mu-seum. Info. at [email protected].

-3rd Wednesday of Each Month: St. Croix Internation-al Quilter’s Guild meets at the Methodist Homes Rec Center, 6:00 p.m. New members wel-come.

-Last Wednesday of the Month: Seniority Breakfast at 7:00 a.m.

-TOPS Chapter #ME228 Baileyville meets at the Unit-ed Methodist Church in Bai-leyville, Third and Summit, from 3:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m. Members are welcome and needed.

-AL-ANON meets at 6:30 p.m. in the old Calais Hospital basement.

-Morning Knitters at Calais Free Library from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

- On the Big Screen at Calais Free Library: Tuesday movie night at 6:30 p.m July 29.

-‘Souper-Market’ at the Congregational Church Den-nysville parish hall (15 King St./Rt. 86). Eat in or take out. Soups, Breads, Cookies, Pies, Granola, Local greenhouse vegetables, vegetables, apples, eggs, jams, etc. Weekly buy-ing club orders with Crown of Maine Denny’s River Farm-ers Market.

-Irene Chadbourne food pantry open 10:00 a.m. to noon. Closed holidays.

-Princeton Farmers’ Market on West Street. Fresh produce, flowers etc. 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

-Recreational Readers (Cal-ais Free Library) at Calais Recreation Center, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 16, 23, 30. Ends on July 30.

-Wiggles and Giggles at the Calais Free Library at 10:30 a.m. Babies, toddlers, and caregivers are welcome. Pro-gram will end July 24 until further notice.

-Irene Chadbourne food pantry open 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Closed holidays.

JULY 29: Bernie Sanders to speak via the internet at the “Eastern Washington County Organizing Meeting for Bernie Sanders” at CCLC in Lubec from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

JULY 30 & 31: Giant Chi-nese Raffle and Bake Sale. Thursday from 2-7 ( Cana-dian Time) and Friday 12-4 ( Canadian Time). Humphreys Funeral Home Community Room, 20 Marks Street, St. Stephen, NB. All proceeds go to Charlotte County Housing Council.

JULY 31: Calais Celtic Concerts: The Stanfields from N.S. at Calais High School at 7:00 p.m.

JULY 31: Chicken BBQ Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at St. Anne’s Parish Hall. Chicken, salads, rolls, desserts, bever-age.

AUGUST 1: Calais Celtic Concerts: Dallahan from Scot-land at Calais High School at 7:00 p.m.

AUGUST 1: Breakfast at the Parish Hall in Dennysville at 9:00 a.m. Pancakes, eggs, home fries, bacon etc. Adults $5.

AUGUST 1: Meddybemps Blueberry Pancake Breakfast at the Meddybemps Commu-nity Center 8-10 AM. Home-made pancakes, sausage, ba-con, egg casserole, fruit salad. Real maple syrup. Silent Auc-tion. Meddybemps t-shirts and trivets for sale.

AUGUST 2: Lake Med-dybemps Association annual meeting 11 AM-1PM at the Meddybemps Community Center. Come learn what is being done to preserve our beautiful lake. New members welcome!

AUGUST 4: Victorian Tea and Treasures at the St. Cro-ix Historical Society, Main Street, Calais from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tickets are avail-able at the Holmes Cottage or at the door.

AUGUST 4: Music on the Green at Triangle Park, down-town Calais featuring Ken and Jane Brooks. Begins at 6:30 p.m.

AUGUST 5: Friends of Bai-leyville Playground Commit-tee meeting. 6:00 p.m. at Bai-leyville Memorial Park, Main St. Baileyville Rain location Baileyville Town Office. All Welcome, please help us im-prove our children’s park.

AUGUST 5: Music on the Rocks Concert Series at 5:00 p.m. at Sutherland Overlook Ampitheater on Water Street in Eastport. Rain location EAC.

AUGUST 5-9: International Homecoming Festival Four days of fun in 2 nations!! A great time for kids and adults. http://www.international-homecomingfestival.com.

AUGUST 6: Drawing for the Boston Red Sox Getaway on August 22. Proceeds benefit Milltown Elementary School Fundraising Committee. To purchase tickets call Angela at 466-1197. $5 each.

AUGUST 7: Riverside Re-bekah’s Food sale, 9:00 a.m.

to noon near Woodland Food Mart. Benefits Campership Fund.

AUGUST 9: Ron and Sue Chaffee present their South Korean Pilgrimage at the Ma-sonic Hall on Calais Avenue at 1:15 p.m. All are welcome.

AUGUST 9: Guest Speaker Ron Chaffee “ A Great Crowd of Witnesses” at 11:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church on Calais Avenue at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome.

AUGUST 10: Riverside Rebekah’s 3rd Annual Bottle Drive from 4:30 p.m. to dusk. Call Gilda at 454-7682 or Pol-ly at 796-2230 for pick up.

AUGUST 11: Music on the Green at Triangle Park, down-town Calais featuring New Realm. Begins at 6:30 p.m.

AUGUST 18: Music on the Green at Triangle Park, down-town Calais featuring Tomato Tomato. Begins at 6:30 p.m.

AUGUST 21: Calais Celtic Concerts: Socks in the Frying Pan from Ireland at WCCC at 7:00 p.m.

AUGUST 22: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Community yard sale, food sale, and 50/50 raffle to benefit Friends of Baileyville Playground Committee’s play-ground equipment fund. Do-nations of items and money welcome. Pickup of donations available. Please visit our site on facebook for more infor-mation. Rain date August 29, 2015.

AUGUST 25: Music on the Green at Triangle Park, down-town Calais featuring Satur-day Night Rock Band! Begins at 6:30 p.m.

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-Sacred Harp Singing at the Cobscook Community Learn-ing Center, first Saturday of every month from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Potluck supper after.

-Outdoor Adventure Club at the CCLC from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For youth age 8-12, all skill levels. FMI call 207-733-2233.

-Overcomers Meeting at St. Croix Valley Assembly of God Church in Calais for those wanting to turn their lives around after prison or those wanting to break from drug/alcohol addiction. FMI call 207-454-8160.

-Calais Community Cafe is serving lunch at 12 noon at 72 Palmer Lane, Calais. For res-ervations call 454-2215.

West Quoddy Head Light House and Visitor Center, South Lubec Road. Through July 4 open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. July 4 to Labor Day 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Labor Day to closing on October 15 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 4: Riverside Rebekah’s Food sale, 9:00 a.m. to noon near Woodland Food Mart. Benefits Camper-ship Fund.

SEPTEMBER 26: Applef-est at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.


The Polks were overjoyed at the support demonstrated by the Calais community at the benefit potluck on Saturday, July 25th. From left to right: Chris, Emma, and Toni Polk, and organizers Arlene and Bill Gibson. (Photo by Lura Jackson).

Benefit Raises $3,244 for Polk FamilyBy Lura Jackson

The extended community of Calais has once again come together in splendid fashion to show its support for a local fam-ily in need. A benefit potluck and auction was held on July 25th at the Second Baptist Church for four year old Emma Polk and her parents, Chris and Toni. More than $3,200 was raised for the family, which has been traveling back and forth to Boston, New Hampshire, and Portland over the course of young Emma’s life.

price, as did a beautiful dream-catcher donated by Maine Indian Education. Dozens of businesses in Calais contributed gift cards, goods, or memberships to the auction including a painting kit and outfit from Sherwin Wil-liams, $20 to Just South of the Border, coffee and a mug from Dunkin Donuts, $100 to River-side Electric, 18 holes of golf at the St. Croix Country Club, a front end alignment from Pratt’s, $25 to Calais Motor Inn, $30 to PCT Communications, and $20 each to Mercier’s and Hair Masters. When the auction was completed and the grand total announced, the Polks and Gib-sons gave an emotional thank you to everyone that helped make the event possible.

“My daughter’s very lucky,” Chris said, describing the dif-ficulties she has been able to surmount. Born almost three months premature, Emma need-ed surgery within three weeks to fix a defective heart valve. A staph infection led to her right kidney shutting down, and she experienced ongoing seizures until the age of three. After constant visits to specialists and treatments costing upwards of $40,000 a month, Emma became stabilized and no longer suffers from seizures. However, it was soon detected that the previous infection had produced addi-tional difficulties, and Emma’s leg was partially amputated in April of this year. The surgery was successful and her recovery was rapid. Emma was energetic at the benefit, sharing her joyful smile with everyone present.

Chris credits the support of the community and his family for helping him and his wife through the many obstacles they have faced. “When someone asks me how we go to Boston when we can’t afford to, I reply, ‘We just do,’”, he said. “If it wasn’t for my family, we couldn’t do it.” Chris said that last winter they’d lost their car and motor, but were able to keep going thanks to the generosity of others. He said that some people have reached out from other states and even other countries to lend the family a hand. “When I heard about that, I lost it,” he said.

The benefit was organized by Bill and Arlene Gibson, and it featured over eighty donated items to be auctioned. Included were children’s toys such as Lego sets, a Slip N’ Slide, and a water gun as well as home decorations such as handmade quilts, dolls in rocking chairs, and lawn ornaments. Signed books written by local authors as well as paintings donated by local artists were highlights of the auction. Several pans of homemade fudge went for a fair


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(BELOW LEFT) Wee Miss International Homecoming Fes-tival Ella Kinney of St. George with 1st runner up Savannah Wilcox of St. Stephen. (Photo by Dawn Winchester).

2015 International Homecoming Festival Pageant Winners(LEFT) La Petite Miss Inter-national Homecoming Festival McKenna Perry of Cherryfield, Junior Miss McKensi Mills of Cherryfield, Teen Miss Sarah Henry of Oak Bay, and Ms. International Homecoming Fes-tival Misty Gaddis of Machias. (Photo by Dawn Winchester).

Tiny Miss International Homecoming Festival Abigail Kinney of Lake Utopia with 1st runner up Brylea Newman. (Photo by Dawn Winchester).

CDRC Chair Affair Auction Set for Sun., Aug. 9

The Chair Affair auction is

scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 9, at noon at the Triangle Park on Main Street. The ever popular and entertaining Jeff Demmons has agreed to be the auction-eer again for this wonderful fundraiser to benefit the Calais Downtown Revitalization Co-alition (CDRC).

Businesses and organizations throughout Calais are offer-ing 30 decorated Adirondack chairs at auction at this year’s event which is back by popular demand due to its huge suc-cess. An incredible amount of creative energy goes into these unique chairs. Here’s your chance to own one!

Chairs can be viewed all over Calais and here are some of the businesses and organi-zations who have generously sponsored and decorated these great chairs: Artemis’s Attic, Artisans Downeast, Bangor Savings Bank, Boston Shoe Store, Calais Bookshop, Cal-ais Free Library, Calais Motor Inn, Calais Regional Hospital, Calais Thrift Shop, CDRC, City of Calais, Crumbs, D & G Auto Service, Down East Credit Union, Downeast Pawn Shop, The First Bank, Flowers by Janie, Hunnewell Blueber-ries, International Motel, Jo’s Diner and Pizzeria, Kendall’s Fine Jewelers, Machias Sav-ings Bank, Maine Tourism, and Urban Moose. Visit these es-tablishments to view the chairs in advance of the auction.

The funds raised enable the CDRC to do many more projects to help revitalize downtown Calais. For more information, call Diane at 214-6581 or like Calais Downtown Revitalization Coalition on facebook.

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43rd Annual Miss International Held at Calais High School

Pictured are the royal courts for the baby and 2-4 year old Pageants.

The 2015 Miss International Court with escorts RCMP Corporal Scott McKenzie and Trooper Jason Satler. (l-r) Miss International Outstanding Teen Mia Rollins, Miss International 1st Princess Desree Beal, Miss International Erica Hemphill, Miss Maine 2015 Kelsey Earley, Miss International Maritime Rachel Glynn, Miss International Outstanding Teen 1st Princess Olivia Mazerolle, and Miss International Maritime Teen Macy Jenkins.

Pictured is the 2015 Miss In-ternational Court with escorts RCMP Corporal Scott McKenzie and Trooper Jason Satler. (l-r) Miss International Outstanding Teen Mia Rollins, Miss Inter-national 1st Princess Desree Beal, Miss International Erica Hemphill, Miss International Maritime Rachel Glynn, Miss International Outstanding Teen 1st Princess Olivia Mazerolle, and Miss International Maritime Teen Macy Jenkins.

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Woodland Rec. Dept. / Dutch Soccer Camp

AUGUST 10 / 14, 2015

The Woodland Rec. Dept. is proud to an-nounce that the Dutch Soccer Camp will be coming to Woodland on August 10 / 14. This is a top of the line soccer camp with licensed international coaches, and a a cutting edge European curriculum. The camp will be held at the Spednic Field for Gr. K - 5 and Gr. 6 / 12 (2 divisions)

1) Grades K-5 will be from 4:30 / 7 pm at the Spednic Field. Only $95.00 for 5 days. Participants are urged to bring a soccer ball, water bottle, shin guards, cleats / sneakers, warm clothes in case of inclement weather; and a great attitude! All participants will receive a free t-shirt.

2) Grades 6 / 12 will be from 8:30 / 11 am at the Spednic Field. Only $95.00 for 5 days; participants are urged to bring a soccer ball, water bottle, shin guards, cleats / sneakers, warm clothesin case of inclement weather; and a great attitude !! All participants will receive a free t-shirt.

F.M.I. and a registration form contact the Woodland Rec. Dept. at 427-6205 or [email protected] or on Facebook.

Woodland Rec. Dept. Summer Day

The Camp has been going FANTASTIC! Campers having a great time playing various games, Tie-Dye, wrestling, kick ball, hide & seek, movies, and the all day trip to “Playland Adventures.” The Camp starts at 9 am at the Woodland Elem. School, with upcoming activi-ties, nature walk, Halloween in July, face paint-ing, arts & crafts, just to name a few. Children, who have completed Kindergarten through 7th grader eligible to participate. Brochures and more information can be picked up at the Woodland Town Office or Elem. School.

F.M.I. contact the Woodland Rec. at 427-6205 or on Facebook.

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Some sports fans are taking quality sports/recreation photos that might be suitable for printing within our sports section. These pictures should be at 300dpi, very sharp focus, jpeg, and a nice action/still shot. If you have 1-3 such pictures we would be in-terested in seeing them for consideration, along with appropriate copy. Please e-mail photos & copy as attachments to our sports reporter at [email protected]. They must be received anytime on Monday for the Tuesday edition.

Pictured is the 2015 Calais Recreation Howard Fox Memorial Pool staff. Staff includes front l-r: John LaPointe, Kobey Gillespie, Director Darcey Gillespie, and Josh Carr. Back l-r: Kylie Donovan, Sean Cavanaugh, and Katie Cavanaugh. (Photo by John Rogers).

Pictured is the 2015 Woodland Recreation summer day camp staff. Staff includes front l-r: Ashley Knowles, Kaitlyn Niles, and Ariel McPhee. Back l-r: Camp Director Alec McGaw, Andrew Howland, and Robert Worcester. (Photo by John Rogers).

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The Dana R. Bowen Jr. 7 vs 7 Soccer TournamentSaturday August 22nd

Shead High School

If you would like to enter a team or have any questions please contact Dana or Mina Bowen

at 853-6175, 214-2346 or email [email protected].

There will be a girls and boys division for high school and up. Cost $75.00 per team.

Woodland Rec. Dept.Activity Calendar

WED. JULY 299 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

THURS. JULY 309 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

FRI. JULY 319 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

MON. AUGUST 39 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

TUES. AUGUST 49 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

WED. AUGUST 59 am: SUMMER DAY CAMP, WES GYM

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Calais RecreationNews & Notes

Howard Fox Memorial PoolOn Friday, July 31st we are having a teen pool party this will

go from 7pm to 10pm. We will be playing games in and out of the pool. There will be music, pizza, and drinks. You can sign up at the pool we would like people to sign up in advance so we know how many Life Guards to have. The cost is $7. For more information call the pool at 454-2762

Johnson’s International Road RaceThe 36th Annual Road Race is Saturday, August 8th starting at

the Memorial Park. Pre-Registration is $15 and will be accepted until 1:00 pm Friday, August 7th. If you register the morning of the race the cost is $20 and registration stops at 8:00 am. Registra-tion forms are available on calaismaine.org web site. Johnson’s True Value, City Hall, or at the Rec Center.

Summer CampThere will be no Summer Camp Next week. The camp will

resume Monday, August 3rd. We continue to have high numbers but we still have openings. Anyone wishing to come to summer camp can sign up on Monday, August 3rd. For more information you can call the Rec Center at 454-2761

Pictured are members of the 2015 Calais Recreation Summer Camp staff. Staff includes l-r: Camp Director Justis Smith, Shannon Brown, Olivia Smith, Carson Hold, and Cameron Parr. (Photo by John Rogers).

UMM Summer Hoop LeaguePlayoff ResultsUMM BOYS PLAYOFFS

Thursday July 23rd – Varsity playoffs start4:00 WAJV 38 vs. JBJV 415:00 MJV 29 vs. NJV 336:00 Game 1 WA 62 vs W 217:00 Game 2 M 59 vs. JB 158:00 Game 3 S 36 vs. N 34

Tuesday July 28th – playoffs4:00 JV Game 1 WAJV vs. JBJV5:00 JV Game 2 MJV vs. CJV6:00 JV Game 3 NJV vs. Winner of JV Game17:00 Game 4 JB vs. N8:00 Game 5 C vs. WA9:00 Game 6 M vs. S

Thursday July 30th - playoffs 4:00 JV Game 4 Loser JV Game 1 vs. Loser JV Game 25:00 JV Game 5 Winner JV Game 4 vs. Loser JV Game 36:00 JV Game 6 Winner JV Game 3 vs. Winner JV Game 2(JV Championship)7:00 Game 7 W vs. Winner Game 48:00 Game 8 Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 69:00 Game 9 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Varsity Championship)

UMM GIRLS PLAYOFFSWednesday July 22nd 4:00 NJV 35vs. WAJV 195:00 Game 1 SUM 14 vs. N 366:00 Game 2 M 33 vs. S 297:00 Game 3 WA 48 vs. JB 118:00 Game 4 W 31 vs. C 45

Monday July 27th4:00 NJV vs. WJV5:00 Game 5 SUM vs. S 6:00 Game 6 JB vs. W7:00 Game 7 N vs. M 8:00 Game 8 WA vs. C

Wednesday July 29th 4:00 WAJV vs. WJV5:00 Game 9 Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 66:00 Game 10 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 67:00 Game 11 Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 88:00 Game 12 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (Championship)

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DANNY HARPER TO PERFORM FOR VETERAN’S

MONUMENT FUNDMaine Country Music singer, song-writer, entertainer, Danny Harper will be appearing at The Chowder House Restaurant on Sunday, August 2nd from 2 to 4 pm.For more than 40 years Danny Harper has been writing and per-forming his own brand of Country Music to both small and large au-diences. In this performance Danny brings his award winning band and a spe-cial guest appearance direct from Nashville TN, Kayla Wass, a Maine native who now lives and performs in Nashville. Her exceptional vocals are a welcome addition to Danny’s show, so don’t miss this talent filled show. Also appearing, two Maine Country Music Hall of Fam-ers, Fred “Tommy” Thompson and Chris Fyfe, both part of the talented band that worked both in the studio on his latest CD release, “For the Love of Country” as well as touring with Danny.Danny has opened for many ma-jor acts, such as Conway Twitty, Reba McIntire, Gene Watson and most recently, Charlie Daniels.This is a show that the whole fam-ily will enjoy, so make plans now to purchase tickets early by calling The Chowder House at 853-4700.Proceeds to benefit the Veteran’s Monument Fund Raiser.

Joe Ruff of Phoenix Rising Farm in Waite (left) presents Sierra Bryant with a plaque commemorating the creation of the Princeton Farmers’ Market logo that she designed (Thanks to Terry Moffitt for photo).

Princeton Youth Designs Logo for Farmers’ Market

By Lura Jackson

The Princeton Farmers’ Mar-ket has been graced with a color-ful new logo thanks to the efforts of a local young artist. Sierra Bryant, a soon-to-be 6th grader

at Princeton Elementary, has provided a visual impression of the farmers’ market that speaks to the importance of its function within the community.

Bryant’s design depicts ven-dor booths topped in blue with a red farming tractor moving between them underneath a radiant sun and wandering gray clouds. In the upper right corner, an ear of vibrant yellow corn sits surrounded by a circle of leaves resembling hands. “I wanted to draw something that really represented a farmers’ market,” Bryant says, explaining that

the image isn’t particular to the Princeton market but represen-tative of farmers’ markets as a whole.

Farmers’ markets in Maine are a powerfully enduring rem-nant of centuries past, offering the freshly grown produce and skillfully crafted wares of com-munity members. For many rural towns in Maine, the farm-ers’ market provides a place for residents to gather and share in their goods, an exchange that invariably strengthens the com-munity as a whole. “It really gives the town a chance to come together,” Bryant says. “It’s a place to talk to each other, to get to know what is happening, to meet new people or to get together with friends.”

The Princeton Farmers’ Mar-ket is one of five in Washington County, each of them working to connect residents with fresh produce and unique pieces of art.

In recognition of the vital role of farmers’ markets in sustain-ing the community, the Princ-eton market and the associated Friends of Princeton are actively making an effort to reach out to area youth. Events like Kids’ Day seek to promote interest in fun and healthy ways while contests to create tee-shirt and logo designs encourage creative interaction.

For Bryant, visits to the farm-ers’ market are a regular occur-rence. Having grown up in rural Maine, she is accustomed to an outdoor lifestyle complete with hunting, trapping and fishing. Visiting the various booths of the craftspeople gives her the opportunity to appreciate artistic expressions of rural living. “I like the woodcrafts and seeing what people can create.” Bry-ant says that she herself would like to create art and sell it at the market someday as it seems like

“a good way to get exposure and learn about the process of selling one’s creations.”

Bryant is also a fan of the homemade sweets available at the market, many of which are made from local recipes. In ad-dition to sweets, the market pro-vides a great source of her favor-ite vegetable, the carrot, which she enjoys raw or cooked.

Bryant was presented with a plaque and her framed artwork by the Princeton Farmers’ Mar-ket for the creation of the new logo. She expressed that she hoped the design competition will be offered again to enable more students to participate, a desire that the Friends of Princ-eton are happy to meet.

The Princeton Farmers’ Mar-ket is open from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursdays. Vendors are able to take credit, debit, and SNAP/EBT cards.

Downeast Lakes Land TrustThe Maine Way-- A Col-

lection of Maine Fish and Game Recipes

Date: Thursday, July 30th. Time:6:30 PM- 8:00 PM. Location: Grand Lake Stream School Building, Grand Lake Stream. Join authors Judy Marsh and Carole Dryer as they present and discuss the newly updated and revised edition of their classic Maine cookbook. The cookbook was originally written in 1978 and illustrated by game warden John Ford. It features dozens of recipes for big and small game, upland birds and wa-

terfowl, fish and other aquatic delicacies that were collected from Maine folks statewide. For more information, call the Downeast Lakes Land Trust at 207-796-2100or by emailing [email protected].

Moonlight Paddle on Big Musquash

Date: Friday, July 31. Time:8:00 PM- 10:30. Loca-tion: Big Musquash Stream, Milford Rd. Grand Lake Stream Rd. Do you want to experience the Downeast Lakes region from a new prospective? Explore the Big Musquash Stream by moon-

light! On the second full moon of July (a blue moon) we will head out at dusk, spending some time stargazing, search-ing for wildlife, and enjoying the solitude of the flat water. Participants should provide their own canoe or kayak, paddle, and personal floatation device. If you would like to join us, but don't have a boat, contact the Downeast Lake Land Trust at 207-796-2100 or email [email protected] to arrange to bor-row one!

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1913 Old Photos

The Ridge Road School in Robbinston in 1913.

Names of the students.

In “ODD” news in 1913 there was the local oppo-sition to a proposed “pop factory” opening in Calais. A local resident protested in the Advertiser “ Well for the love of Mike what does Calais or any other town want with a pop factory? Pop is about the most useless beverage that ever moistened the throat of a man. It’s nothing but water with something put in to spoil the water. It is water fooled with till it wont quench thirst and is spoiled for washing baby clothes. The steady drink-ing of pop will cause a man’s liver to grow white and make him afraid to go home in the dark!”

Americans felt pretty good about themselves in 1913, the economy was stable, Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated for his first term and even the institution of the income tax which had been strongly opposed by the wealthy enjoyed the general support of the population.

President Wilson symbolically completed the Panama Canal by telegraphically setting off a charge of dynamite which demolished the Gamboa dike and connected the oceans.

Perhaps even more important- if you were a kid in 1913- an executive for a struggling company called Cracker Jacks thought it might improve the company’s dismal sales if they inserted a small toy in each box of the product.

Henry Ford also had a thought- why not a “moving” assembly line- by the end of 1913 a car was rolling out of the plant every 2 and a half minutes.

In 1913 the first crossword puzzle appeared in a newspaper, Oregon enacted the first minimum wage law, Death Valley set a still unbroken temperature record of 134 degrees and Kansas passed a law allowing the state to censor a scandalous new form of entertainment, motion pictures. Birds were also in the news- a common tern banded in Maine was found in South Africa, the first instance of a bird crossing the Atlantic.

In sports the Giants signed the legendary athlete Jim Thorpe to play football, Walter Johnson’s 56 inning scoreless streak ended although he still won 36 games and the Phillies and Braves managed to score 1 run in a doubleheader. The first game ended 1-0 and second was canceled by darkness in a scoreless tie in the 10th inning.

NEWS

Jenna Koehne paraded the colors at the National Horse Barrel Association competition hosted at the Pembroke Fairgrounds. (Photo by John Rogers).

Marcia Rogers from Calais riding Chacota. (Photo by John Rogers).

Kassidee Ramsey from Calais riding Zipper Pine Playboy. (Photo by John Rogers).

Ben Dyer riding Dinky’s Billy Red. (Photo by John Rogers).

Pembroke Fairgrounds

Betty Dyer from Perry won the National Barrel Horse Association Open 1ST Division Barrel competition riding Under the Bar with a fine 16.035 time at the Pembroke Fairgrounds. Second place went to Rosena Crossman at 16.573. Top results in the daylong event are:

OPEN First DivisionBetty Dyer 16.035 Under the Bar PerryRosena Crossman 16.573 Miss Weed RobbinstonKellie Kilton 16.574 Jay-Jay Roques Bluff Second DivisionElexis Dubose 17.053 Penny CherryfieldKim Atherton 17.609 Rosie Milbridge

Elexis Dubose 17.721 Freedom Cherryfield

Third DivisionMarcia Rogers 18.073 Chacota CalaisElexis Dubose 18.126 Polly CherryfieldMackenzie Arey 18.155 Babe Milbridge

SENIORSFirst DivisionBetty Dyer 16.024 Under the Bar PerryBetty Dyer 16.645 Pistol B Flyin PerryTerri West 16.782 Can-Can Wonder Milbridge

Second DivisionPam Haskell 17.995 Lucks Scooten Easy Palermo

NBHA Race Results


NEWS

FALL BASEBALL TEAM for ages 9 to 12

Part of the Eastern Maine Fall Baseball LeagueTry-outs will be held Sunday, August 2nd.

To sign your child up and for more information,please email your child’s name, age, and

DOB to [email protected] to sign up is Saturday, August 1st.

At First Step Pregnancy Resource Center our friendly staff is ready to provide you with a free pregnancy test and accurate

up-to-date information you need to make decisions about your unplanned pregnancy and sexual health.

THIS CENTER DOES NOT PERFORM OR REFER FOR ABORTIONS.

FIRST STEP PREGNANCY CENTER336 Mount Hope Avenue, Suite 8, Bangor, ME 04401

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Nancy Curtis from Dennysville riding Cassie. (Photo by John Rogers).

Open and Senior champion Betty Dyer from Perry riding Pistol B Flyin. (Photo by John Rogers).

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Third DivisionMarcia Rogers 18.429 Chacota CalaisPam Haskell 18.776 Sugar PalermoMilt Porter 20.210 Tasunka Skowheagan

JUNIORSFirst DivisionElexis Dubose 16.639 Penny CherryfieldElexis Dubose 17.078 Freedom Cherryfield

Second DivisionKaytie Millay 17.770 Bugs PalermoElexis Dubose 17.965 Polly CherryfieldKassidee Ramsey 18.211 Zipper Pine Playboy Calais

Third DivisionElexis Dubois 19.817 Black Beauty CherryfieldMadison Brown 19.963 Abby PembrokeJenna Koehne 20.408 Salty Defrost Edmunds

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MDIFW Seeking Nominations for Annual Lifetime Outdoor Achievement Award

Hunting, fishing and trapping are an important part of the heri-tage of the State of Maine. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife would like to bring forth and recognize individuals who have been dedicated to the wide use and stewardship of our Maine resources by recognizing an annual recipient of a Lifetime Outdoor Achievement Award.

Nominees for the award should be individuals who have hunted, trapped and fished in Maine for a combined total of 40 years. For example, an individual who has fished for 20 years, trapped for 10 years and hunted for 10 years would be an ideal candidate. Candidates should have also demonstrated a form of mentoring, teaching or instructing outdoor activities.

Nominations for the 2015 Annual Lifetime Outdoor Achieve-ment Award are now being accepted and should include the nominee’s name, address, phone number and a few paragraphs about the individual, their experience in the Maine outdoors and why they are a deserving candidate. Nominations can be sent by email to Bonnie Holding at [email protected] or by mail to 284 State St, SHS 41, Augusta, ME 04333. The deadline for nominations is Monday, August 10 by 5pm.

The recipient of the 2015 Lifetime Outdoor Achievement Award will be selected by a committee of individuals from the Depart-ment and the award will be presented in Augusta by Commis-sioner Chandler Woodcock at the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Banquet on September 12.

For more information, please visit www.mefishwildlife.com

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Sunday church services at St. Croix Masonic Hall, 10 Calais Ave.

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VERNON “LIPPY” CUSHING

Pembroke – Vernon “Lippy” Cushing, 81, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Calais Regional Hospital. Ver-non was born in Pembroke on March 6, 1934, son of the late Clarence and Hazel (Gove) Cushing. He graduated from Pembroke High School, Class of 1951, and held various jobs until being drafted into the U.S. Army. While home on leave after boot camp, Vernon mar-ried his sweetheart, Faye A. Cook. He served his country as a mechanic stationed mostly in Korea. Following his enlist-ment, Vernon returned home where he owned and operated a milk delivery business de-livering milk from Humphries Dairy. He eventually sold his business to Schoppee’s Dairy in Machias and started driv-ing school bus for the Town of Pembroke, a position he held for over 20 years. Vernon served as Selectman for the Town of Pembroke and was a member of Pembroke Trotting Assoc., Maine Harness Assoc., and a lifetime member of Den-ny’s River Sportsman Club. He was an avid Red Sox fan and enjoyed racing horses, salmon fishing, watching high school basketball, and going to Hol-lywood Slots. In his younger years Vernon played baseball for the Quoddy League.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two sisters, Laura Daggett and Norma Sears; and five brothers, Stan-ley, Donald, Merrill, Clayton, and Ralph. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Faye Cush-ing; two children, Ricky Cush-ing and fiancé Joanne Farley of Pembroke, and Michele Caruso and husband Chris of Corinth; four grandchildren, Corey Cushing and companion Victoria Overlock of Hermon, Jessa Cushing and companion Leon Smith of Pembroke, Cody Caruso and companion Taylor Robichaud of Corinth, and Tayla Caruso of Corinth; two sisters, Sandra Rodgers and companion Wayne Caldwell of Florida, and Carolyn Clement of Pembroke; sister-in-law, Brenda Cushing of Pembroke; brother-in-law, Edwin Berry and wife Margaret of Hudson; many nieces and nephews; dear friends Tammy Ramsdell, Bill Varney, Howard Calder, Bob Hinton, Merle Sprague, Ed Bartlett, Brenda and Wes-ley Brown, Anna Blackwood, Brenda Dojay, Stan Hartley and numerous other friends; and his “great-grand fur ba-bies”, Gunner and Duke.

A celebration of Vernon’s life will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 1, 2015 at Iron Works Methodist Church, 38 Little Falls Rd., Pembroke. Arrange-ments by Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport. Condo-lences and memories may be shared at www.maysfuneral-home.com

Brad PhillipsThe Mission: Calais Church of God

I want to encourage you to do something today. I want you to start using the “F” word. If you’re already using it, good! I want you to use it more. Use it at every opportunity you have. Use it on your friends, your family and even the people you don’t like—yes especially the ones you don’t like! Say it to their face, say it in a text--put it on their Facebook wall. Liberal use of the “F” word ought to be embraced by all of us. It should not be shunned but encouraged—proclaimed from the rooftops. Let it be known by the world that our community knows how to use the “F” word and use it well! Calais FORGIVES!

Yes, the “F” word and all its variations: forgive, forgiveness, forgiven. They have the power to turn a human life, a family and even a community upside down—to turn it 180 degrees from the direction they were heading. Forgiveness is powerful. It can stop depression, suicide, anger, violence, hatred, bitterness, resentment and more all in their tracks. Forgiveness is a burden lifter. It’s liberating.

The Bible has much to say about the topic of forgiveness. Check out 1 John 1:9, Matthew 18:21-22 and Matthew 6:14-15 for starters. It’s a common thread woven throughout scripture and it’s foundational to the Christian Faith. It’s as simple as this; there is forgiveness for our sins against God because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It’s something we don’t deserve and certainly haven’t earned but yet God extends this to us a gift of grace through our faith in Jesus. In turn though, God rightly expects us to also extend forgiveness to those who have wronged us no matter how deeply they may have hurt us. If you don’t believe me, take a moment to read the parable of the unmerci-ful servant found in Matthew chapter 18. Jesus was serious about this.

Really, what is to be gained by holding on to things? It doesn’t hurt the person you don’t for-give nearly as much as it hurts you. Holding on to bitterness and resentment increases anxiety and tension. It will affect your emotions and even your physical health. Life moves by at a brisk pace. Why waste any moment of it holding on to things. When Jesus instructs us to forgive those who have wronged us it is for our benefit not our detriment. Jesus came to “set the captives free.” Unforgiveness is a prison. I encourage you to let Him unlock your prison cell today. Tell someone today who needs to hear it that you forgive them and then celebrate your freedom.

Blessings

You Are Invitedto attend the

Installation Mass ofFather Kevin J. Martin

as the new Pastor ofSt. Kateri Tekakwitha

Parish

Friday, August 7th5:30pm

Immaculate Conception Church

A light reception with refreshments to celebrate and welcome Father Kevin to the

communities of Calais, Baileyville, Peter Dana Point, Pleasant Point, Eastport and

Pembroke will be held immediately following the Mass in the Church Hall. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend.

By Dorothy Johnson

Haying season is upon us. I took a ride north on the South Meadow Road last evening and saw some of the fields down there already mowed and harvested. The owners may be trying to get two crops of hay on those fields, but all we ever had on the farm was one crop. Of course, haying then was not as quick or as clean as it now with all of the new machinery and easier ways to store the bales for winter.

The hay in Perry, I believe, is stored for dairy cattle and rid-ing horses. Although there may be some around, I am seeing fewer signs of working teams of horses than I did in the past. Here on the farm at one time we had two teams of horses for woods and garden work and fourteen cows to milk. All of this was before my time and when Grandpa’s family was living here. My uncle said he

had to milk those fourteen cows and from the tone of his voice I am not sure it was a chore he enjoyed. He probably did not enjoy haying either, but all of those animals had to be fed all winter.

We had a large mow on the south side of the barn and a higher smaller mow on the north side. Straight ahead of the door was a very small mow that held the straw for the animals’ bedding. Grandpa’s animals required a lot of work for their winters and all of it was done by hand and horses. No one on this farm had a tractor until my father bought a new Farmall in 1955. That tractor changed how the chores were done and although they still had to be done, it seemed we could get them done faster. No more were we throwing hay by the pitchfork on the hayrack. We hired someone with a bailer and then picked up the bales with a tractor and farm wagon.

I learned to drive the tractor as soon as we brought it home. Because it worked without an accelerator, I could be trusted to go the speed the tractor was set on. My father set the speed and I left it there. I did have a problem with the clutch though and when I drove the tractor to pick up the bales, I would jerk the tractor and the bales would fall off the back of the farm wagon. My father and uncle did not mind putting the bales on the wagon once, but they were not happy with loading them two or three times. (I

still have that same problem with machine clutches because I always jerk the lawn mower when I start it.)

By the time we had the trac-tor we no longer had any cows to keep. (My father said that I did not start drinking milk until we sold the cows.) My uncle had a team of horses and I had my cow pony, Cindy. We did not need as much hay, but we still had to mow all of the fields because we did not want to let them grow with bushes and trees.

Before my time, haying was

an all-family chore. Even the girls of the family who were excused from milking and barn chores had to help with the haying. I am sure some of the older readers will have fond memories of this farm work in the heat. These were good times, but everyone worked hard for food and heat and shelter, both for the humans and the animals.

This week’s recipe is a quick and easy recipe for pineapple drop cookies, another great snack for a picnic.

Pineapple Drop CookiesIngredients:

One-half cup brown sugarOne-half cup white sugar

One-half cup melted shorteningOne-half cup drained crushed pineapple

One beaten eggTwo cups flourPinch of salt

One teaspoon baking sodaOne teaspoon vanilla

One-half cup walnuts optionalMethod: Mix ingredients in order until everything is combined. Drop by teaspoon on

cookie sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for twelve minutes.

Out and About By Dorothy Johnson

The weather has been cool, hazy and damp lately. This morning the temperature was the same number as the dew point in several Maine towns. The experts have been predict-ing thunder storms, but thank-fully, we have not seen them in this area.

The community received word of the passing of Charlie Morrell last week. Charlie celebrated with the Class of 1965 five years ago for their 45th reunion. He has been in ill health since then. He had been planning on a retina transplant in the near future. He is the son of Melva and the late Lester Morrell of Robbinston. After high school he followed his father’s footsteps in the Navy and has since lived on the west coast. He will be missed by his siblings, Deanna Brooks, Jim, Stanley, Ernie of Robbinston and Steve of Brunswick and his many friends from the Class of ‘65.

Congratulations to former Dragons Kim Carter and Alicia Roderick for making the Dean’s List at the University of Maine at Augusta last semester.

The Bangor Daily News did an excellent article on Law-rence Lord of Alexander and his collection of old machinery. Collecting artifacts of farm days gone by is a passion of his. His many colorful seats from old machinery may be seen in local parades and across Route 9 from his home in Alexander.

The Calais Second Baptist Church is planning for Pastor Matt Burden’s ordination on Sunday, August 2nd at 4pm. Pastor Burden is the grandson of former Calais Memorial High School Principal Fred Burden. This will be the third ordination presented by the church as they also had celebra-tions for Pastors Chet Garrison and Chris Stevens in recent

history.Sympathy is extended to the

family and friends of Vernon “Lippy” Cushing, who passed away last week. Many of the former Pembroke students that met Lippy when he was a bus driver have stories about his antics. He was a friend to all.

Marguerite and Dennis Mains were visited by Linda Peare of Grafton, MA over the weekend. Linda was visiting in Robbin-ston commandeering a project for her Aunt Dot. Marguerite was also visited by Justin and Emily Stanhope of Ellsworth over the weekend.

The Charlotte August Public Supper will be on Wednesday, August 5th at 5:30. This will be an old-fashioned baked bean supper with all of the fixings including many pies for des-sert. All proceeds will go to the Charlotte Fire and Rescue Department.

Lincoln Memorial Library of Dennysville is offering free computer classes in Microsoft Word during the month of Au-gust on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7:30 pm. Instructors from Axiom Technologies in Machias will be providing hands-on tutorials designed to lead students from a begin-ner to an intermediate level of this word processing program. Interested parties are urged to pre-register for this free class by calling or visiting the library during regular hours, Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 4 pm and on Monday evenings from 4 to 7 pm at 726-4750 or e-mail [email protected].. Space in this class is limited.

The library has added many new children’s as well as adult books. The book and flower sales continue on Thursday from 2 to 5 pm.

The summer festival held at the Dennysville Congregation-al Church was very successful last weekend. This week the Market resumes in the church

The 2015 International Homecoming Festival Committee from the U.S. side: Matt Vinson, Jayna Smith, Laurel Perkins, Candy Bridges, Anthony Giard, Amy Jeanroy (absent from photo, Regina Taylor).

2015 International Homecoming Festival Committee

parking lot from 3 to 7 pm.The 119th annual meeting

of the Pembroke High School Alumni Association will be held at the Pembroke Ele-mentary School on Saturday, August 8th, beginning with a potluck meal at 5:30 pm. A business meeting will follow.

Along with the oldest gradu-ate present, the 50-year class of 1965 will receive special recognition. This was one of the largest graduating classes of recent years, and many remain in the immediate area. Oth-ers are in more distant places but the committee is hoping many will find their way to Pembroke and join their friends and classmates for an evening of reminiscing and a delicious

potluck meal. Ralph S. Mahar was principal of Pembroke High School at that time, while other teachers were Harold F. Blackwood, Cedric Brooks and George C. Drisco.

The Class of 1965 included Mary Isabelle Brown (de-ceased), Frances Daggett Hatch, Amelia Davis Shew, Stepha-nie Ebbeson Pressey, Lowell Kilby, Muriel Lincoln Leigh-ton, Peter Mahar (deceased), Carolyn Maker Lowe, Deborah Mills Flower (deceased),Mary Moore Agrillo, William Mor-gan (deceased), Karen Owen Weiss, Marilyn Owen Sawyer, Dennis Lee Preston, Dennis Murray Preston, Stephen See-ley, Robert Sawyer, Harland Gary Tabor, Donna Vance

Lampron and Gail Wentworth Gzregorowicz.

Cala is Memoria l High School’s Class of 1965 will also hold the 50th anniversary of their graduation on August 7th and 8th. Calais Memorial High School’s Class of 1962 will also hold their reunion this week.

A special hello is going out to Father David Sivret. He underwent surgery this week and is recovering well.

The Robbinston School Board and Selectmen will hold a pub-lic hearing on the two school budgets on August 5th and the referendum will be held at the Fire Station on August 19th. Everyone is urged to attend the hearing and the polls.

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King Welcomes Calais Native and Former Intern Jesse Clark to Washington

Senator King with Jesse Clark and his Korean counterpart, Gab Cheol Ji

U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) welcomed Jesse Clark, a University of Maine honors student and Calais native, to Washington. Clark, also a former intern in Senator King’s office, is in Washington as one of ten American students selected for the 2015 U.S. Congress – Korean National Assembly Exchange Program. As part of the exchange program, the American participants host their Korean counterparts for a one-day internship on Capitol Hill.

“Jesse is an impressive young man, and I know he will make Maine and our country proud as a representative in this great pro-gram,” Senator King said. “Edu-cational and cultural exchange programs like the one Jesse is participating in build strong ties and help our students to foster greater understanding and create a more welcoming world. I’m proud of Jesse and am confident that he will continue to demon-strate the strong work ethic and enthusiasm that he had while working in my office.”

The U.S. Congress – Korean National Assembly Exchange Program was created in 1981 to ex-pose Korean and American young people to the legislative process, the history of U.S. – Korean rela-tions, and the current economic, political, and security aspects of the bilateral relationship.

After his time in Washington

this week, Clark will travel to Seoul, Korea for a two-week pro-fessional visit. Clark served as an intern in Senator King’s office from January-June 2015, and is currently an honors student at the University of Maine. Gab Cheol Ji studies in the Department of Education and Public Administration at Sung-kyunkwan University in Seoul.

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nual Bay Day, a celebration of life on Passamaquoddy Bay. Au-gust 1st, 2015 brings a free, fun filled day for kids and families to Eastport, Maine.

10am: Unveiling & Dedica-tion of Eastport’s Mermaid Stat-ue Installed on the Sea Walk

Eastport sculptor Richard Kly-ver to speak about the inspiration

and design process. Philip Jepsen, a Danish author

and historian of “Mermaids of Earth” discusses the world’s fas-cination with mermaids inspired by the Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Andersen lore located in Copenhagen’s harbor

11:30 am and 12:30 pm: Tails Of Quoddy Bay / An Original Puppet Show at Overlook Park

Amphitheater. Free to all. Two showings of an original

puppet show written by local resident Denise McCurdy about the adventures of Teeny Tiny, a mermaid living on Indian Island who gets caught in a lobster trap. Freed by her friends Buddy the seal and Lester the crow, she tra-verses to Eastport and discovers Rosie’s hotdogs, a secret apple

pie recipe and pirates! 2pm: Kids Activities to Cel-

ebrate Mermaids at the Amphi-theater

Little Miss and Mr. Mer-maid / Merman pageants. Come dressed in your best seaworthy costumes. Tails encouraged! Local judges to crown the win-ners.

Mermaid Parade. Decorate bikes, big wheels, skateboards, wagons, etc. and walk from the post office to the Tides. Prizes for best rides and costumes.

3pm: Neptune’s Throne Race1st annual bucket race / toilet

bowl race. Racers can be any-thing on wheels as long as the racer is seated. The “throne” is decorated in a seaworthy theme. Racers maneuver through a sla-lom course on Sullivan Street using nothing but plungers. The course is 50-100 feet long ending at Water Street. “Golden Plunger” awards go to the quick-est time and best decorated.

A practice run will be held Fri-day evening, July 31st in front of the Eastport Visitor Center at

the corner of Sullivan and Water Streets. Come at 5pm to practice before the big event. .

5pm: Happy Hour Concert / Sponsored by Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce

Free outdoor concert located at the amphitheater, Fiddle Chick and Picky perform a with music from their original CD, Tails of Passamaquoddy Bay. EACC will be selling tickets for beer and wine.

6pm: Lobster Bake / Seaview Campground & Cottages

6th annual raffle/auction fund-raiser, 2015 benefits the Eastport Senior Center.

7pm: Stage East “Almost Maine”- Eastport Art Center a romantic comedy by John Cariani

Dusk: Evening showing of Splash at the Amphitheater, sponsored by Port O’ Call

Bring the family to amphithe-ater on Water Street for a free movie night. Sun sets at 7:56pm, so settle by 7:45. Bring blankets for a chilly night! Calais Regional Hospital

is pleased to welcome Fam-ily Nurse Practitioner Blaire Siefken to CRMS Family Prac-tice. Ms. Siefken earned her Bachelor and Masters of Sci-ence degrees in nursing from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, graduating at the top of her class. Prior to her nursing education, she spent 5 years working with the Maine Migrant Health Program in many areas of Maine, includ-ing a lot of time in Washington County. During her time with the Maine Migrant Program she was able to see healthcare provided in a very approach-able, friendly, hands on and education based manner, and it inspired her to be able to pro-vide care in the same way.

Ms. Siefken has most re-cently been working for the Baltimore Medical System in Baltimore, MD. She pro-vided primary care services to children and adults in a busy

Baltimore city community health center, with approxi-mately 50% of her patients being non-English speaking, including many immigrants, refugees and asylees. “One thing I have loved is building my practice with families,” said Ms. Siefken. “I have been able to experience taking care of multiple generations within a family unit, which creates a great rapport and relationship for patient care.”

Ms. Siefken grew up in Pal-ermo, ME, and is excited to be coming home. Her mother and father still reside in the small town of about 1500 between Augusta and Belfast. She also has an older sister in Clinton and lots of other extended family around. When she began looking to return home, Washington County was on her

list. She enjoyed her previous time spent here and it felt like a good fit for her.

Ms. Siefken is looking for-ward to setting down roots in her home state and caring for the people of Eastern Washing-ton County. And maybe even one day creating memories of growing up in a rural Maine community with children of her own such as, Saturday dump trips with her dad, stops at the local store for penny candy and afternoons in the family garden “helping.”

Ms. Siefken will begin see-ing patients on August 3. Call 454-8195, option 1 for an ap-pointment or to inquire about her services. Please take the opportunity to welcome our newest provider when the op-portunity presents itself.

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Don’t forget I am collect-ing Birthday and Anniversary dates for this column, if you would like me to share those of your loved ones please send me a message. My con-tact information is at the end of the column.

Pomona Grange was held at the Alexander Grange on Thursday, July 2nd. They had a Pot Luck Supper and a meeting with election of officers. The officer posi-tions stayed the same, ex-cept for Lecturer and Gate Keeper, who is now Elizabeth McVicar. Everyone was very glad to see Liz and have her become involved again with the Pomona Grange. Pomona meets monthly and visits each grange in Washington Coun-ty. It was also announced at Pomona that the Princeton Grange will be closing. Hope-fully members of that Grange will find homes at nearby lo-cal Granges.

On July 21st a total of 30 adults and children attended

the Alexander Elementary School Summer Library. Folks returned and signed out books and played a bit outside before the cooler misty weath-er had them head back into the school where kids painted wind chimes, worked on the yearly banner or headed to the gym to put together all kinds of puzzles or played games with the parachute that Glen-da Wood brought. (Thanks Glenda I understand it was a big hit). A healthy lunch was provided once again free of charge. The lunch program will end once July is over.

Family and Friends gath-ered at the Alexander Cem-etery on the afternoon of July 22nd to pay their final respects to Maxine Seavey. Follow-ing the service folks went to the Alexander Grange Hall to share a lovely luncheon and memories of Maxine.

School will be starting at AES on August 31st and some of the staff has been in and out of the building trying to start the process of getting things in order for the kids.

Janitor Tim Sanford has been painting and staff is making plans. Don’t forget to con-tinue to save those Box Tops for Education and Campbell Soup Labels, every little bit AES gets goes directly to the kids.

The Holst Family has been enjoying having their Aunt Pauline DeWald here from Albany, New York for several weeks (Pauline is Mildred Holst’s Sister). She stayed through the weekend to attend the annual Seavey Reunion being hosted by Roxanne and Terry Holst, taking place on Love Lake.

Roxanne and Terry Holst are having a great time with their Grandkids, Keith who is 14, Emily who is 11 and Jacob who is 9 and this year, a pair of twins have been added to the clan, Noah and William, who are both also 9. Everyone is enjoying all that a Maine vacation has to offer, which includes lots of swimming, fishing, playing in the lakes, riding ATV’s on the awesome trails through-out Crawford and Alexander, story-telling, campfires, mak-ing crafts and eating deli-cious barbeque foods! They have all sighted several deer, moose, bears, turtles and an array variety of funny little creatures and birds. The Fam-ily has enjoyed the breakfast at the Breakneck Mountain ATV Club and had a blast at the Hometown Jubilee, bring-ing home three cakes from the cake-walk. The kids’ only complaints were having to miss out on visiting with other Holst Family members, who always comes for vaca-tions during the firs week’s of August and International Fes-tival. They have to get home to Missouri because school begins there in less than three weeks! They say kids who get to live in Maine are very lucky!

Linda and Freddy Wallace hosted again this year the 24th Annual Sprague-Call-Wil-liams Family Reunion at their Crawford Lake Camp Cozy Haven on Saturday, July 18th. They had 36 in attendance. Farthest away was from Top-sham. A Pot Luck Dinner was enjoyed by all. Lots of great conversations were had

as well. Several photos were taken. A big hit again this year was a Photo Prop booth by daughter Tanya Fossett. Games were played, includ-ing the ever popular Piñata. Also a big hit again this year was son Joey’s Portable Con-cert stage and some wonder-ful musicians performed. Un-fortunately, missed this year was warm enough weather for boating and swimming. Also, the crew missed those folks who couldn’t make it this year. Next year’s Reunion will be on August 13th, 2016.

Fred and Linda Wallace’s youngest daughter Tracey Brasier spent a week follow-ing the Reunion with Linda and Fred. While there, she enjoyed trips to Jonesboro (White House Restaurant), Eastport (Chowder House Restaurant) and St. Andrews, New Brunswick. While in St. Andrews, Linda and Tracey enjoyed a whale watching trip on the Island Quest and a dinner at the Harbor Front Restaurant. It was such a pleasure for Freddy and Linda to be able to spend time with Tracey the baby of the fam-ily.

Here is some news, thanks to Phyllis Wheaton. Elizabeth Bursque, her grandmother, Phyllis Wheaton and Phyllis’s mother, Vivian Scott par-ticipated in the recent Grand Lake Stream Parade as mem-bers of the Uke-Nicks (the lo-cal ukele band). Seven year old Elizabeth, youngest band member, played the concert ukulele and eighty-eight year old Vivian, oldest band mem-ber, played the tambourine and sang. Following the parade, the Uke-Nicks, performed a one hour concert. This was Elizabeth’s first public per-formance, so she was thrilled that the Uke-Nicks earned two of the parade awards, Best Float and Best in Parade. Phyllis, who plays tenor uku-lele, gives her granddaughter lessons. Barbara Wheaton, another daughter of Vivian, also plays tenor ukulele in the band. If anyone has the op-portunity to see this band they should definitely jump on it.

Good thoughts are be-ing sent out to the following folks, Lynn and George Hill, Rhoda Leavitt, Dennis Per-

kins, Mathew Sullivan, Mary Wallace, Michelle Gallant, John Harvey, Chris Landry, Elwin Daley, Eleanor Dean, Mike and Marilyn Trafton Avis McIntyre, Frank and Toby Peoples, Rolfe and Jan-ice Flood, Betty Fountain and Joline Thornton.

Birthday wishes go out to Tamey Holmes, Fabio Napo-leoni, Mike Howell and Dana Niles II.

Anniversary wishes the go out to David and Eliza-beth McVicar and Kerry and Tamey Holmes.

Lucky Loser the past week was Pedro Cejas. Recently I was asked about what was a Lucky Loser.

So I will let you all know. A Lucky Loser is a person that buys an online lottery ticket at Randy’s Variety and loses on that ticket. They then put their name and contact in-formation on the back of the ticket for a second chance to win, thus a Lucky Loser!

This week has been fairly quiet for me. I have attended the Beckett Center every day and we have been playing games, going to the Robbin-ston Boat Landing. On Friday my cooking team, The Wiz-ards, prepared Friday’s meal the gang. We cooked BLT’s and chips with ice cold Crys-tal Light, and juicy grapes.

If you have news for the column you can get it to me by email at [email protected], contact me on my Face-book page, by phone at 454-2344 (if I’m not home please leave a message), or drop-ping off a note at Randy’s Variety for me and Dad will make sure I get them. You can also leave news for me at AES. Of course you always have the option of snail mail, 1328 Airline Road, Alexan-der, Maine 04694. Until next time, stay safe.

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Wednesday, August 5 at 5:00 p.m. will be the Opening Ceremony for the 42nd Inter-national “Homecoming” Fes-tival at the Calais Ferry Point Bridge. Come on out and sup-port our community and “All” the volunteers who have made this event possible.

I am still sending out 2016 SAL & Legion membership and insurance cards. Please complete the insurance card and forward to the address provided.

Well wishes for Dave Sivret on a speedy recovery.

Any correspondence: Commander Calais Ameri-can Legion Sherman Broth-ers Post #3, Calais, Maine 04619. Email: [email protected]. Face Book: Calais American legion. Tel: 207-214-4410(cell). Please leave message. You Served-You De-serve! Commander Mike.


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July 31st - Full Thunder Moon

It’s difficult to think any-thing but pleasant thoughts while eating a home grown tomato.

42nd Annual International Festival August - 5th to 8th.

The Chocolate Fest will run from August 1st - August 8th in St. Stephen. There will be roast beef dinner, chocolate luncheons, ham supper, pan-cake breakfast. Check your schedule for dates and times.

I attended my uncle’s funeral at Christ Church in Pennfield, N.B. He had prepared most of the service that took place

prior. Rev. John Matheson of-ficiated. A lovely lunch was served following the burial. Lots of aunts, uncles and cous-ins I don’t get to see very of-ten. I visited my brother and wife, shopped a bit, visited Richard and Jane Smith and had lunch with them. A full day was had.

The St. Stephen High School Class of ‘58 reunion will gather at Carman’s Diner (back room) on Friday, July 31st from 5:30 Canadian to whenever.

The Down East Gospel Quartet held their concert Thursday evening at 2nd Bap-tist Church. It was lovely. Not so loud you couldn’t under-stand the words. A lunch was

served following the concert.Richard Oulette and friend

Mike of New York surprised the Sunday breakfast group. He was so happy to be back for a while before his next treatment.

Pat Yardley’s daughter Lynn and hubby John Sale of North Carolina spent a few days in PEI. Pat stayed in Moncton with Sister Judith.

July 31st. On Friday there is a chicken B-B-Q dinner at St. Anne’s Parish Hall at 5:30 pm. Chicken, salads, rolls, desserts and beverages.

53rd Class Reunion hosts Carl Smith, Sonny Pike and Dick Hodsdon welcome Cal-ais High School Class of 1962 to their 53rd class reunion on July 31st, August 1st and Au-gust 2nd at the Wickachee Restaurant. Looking forward to seeing you all, have a safe trip and a good time.

Dayton and Eunice Dineen did some touring in New Bruns-wick last week. They visited an Amish farm in Patten, onto Mars Hill, Grandma’s Restau-

rant at Houlton. Eunice was very impressed with the food. On to Fort Kent, Madawaska, Edmunston, New Sweeden, Caribou. They visited an old church. Dayton must have had a compass. He doesn’t travel far usually. A great time was had. Lots of pictures to show.

The Fundy Artists’ Group Show will take place in Van Horne Ballroom at the Algon-quin Resort on July 29th, 30th and Friday the 31st. Great art-ists this year will be award winning metal sculptor Alanna Baird and jewelry maker Anna Fitzgerald. The show will run from 9 am to 9 pm (Canadian) all three days.

The St. Andrews Arts Coun-cil will present “An afternoon of musical delights” at King-brae Garden on August 2nd. The benefit concert will get underway at 4:30 pm (Can) and will feature Wendy Niels-en, Artistic Director of the Arts Council’s open workshop and 18 of the finest young singers in Canada. Advance tickets only at Scotia Bank on Water

St. $25. each. Phone 506- 529-1140.

Lots of action going on the rest of July and part of Au-gust, so don’t be bored. Grab a friend or relative and take in some excitement. The snow will be here before we know it.

A Victorian Tea is being held at the Holmestead at 527 Main Street on August 4th from 11 - 2 pm. You can purchase tickets from Gerry LaPoint or Fred Becker. I have some also. There will be art displays and a drawing.

Rev. Dr. Thomas Bentum, son of Bill & Olive Bentum, former pastor of United Meth-odist Church in Caribou, Maine has been appointed Senior Pastor of the United Methodist Church in Gales Ferry, CT

Nancy Bentum Galliner, daughter of Bill & Olive Ben-tum, has joined Water Resor-ces as Manager in Portland, Maine. Congratulations Nan-cy!

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On Monday, July 20th, there was a town meeting held at the Cathance Grange Hall/Cooper Community Center in Cooper to act on Article 1 - ar-ticle 6 for the Cooper School Department,. Article 1A was to choose a moderator to be sworn in by the town clerk and Stuart Shortwell was voted in. Bill Brown, Superintendent of Schools was introduced

by the moderator. All articles passed, with little discussion, to the recommended amount of $196,947.00.

There was a record crowd for the July Town Meeting. Some I did not recognize. Article 7, 8 and 9 was all about winter road contracts which was passed with some heated discussion. There is one road, the Vining Lake Road, that was opened by a past selectboard member and was never voted on by the Town of Cooper and this road

is a thorn in the side of many others who have to plow their own driveways. The meeting was adjourned on Article 9. I was impressed at the large at-tendance and hopefully these same folks will be at the an-nual town meeting in March.

Joey Wallace and David Lee submitted bids for the winter road maintenance. Wallace asked for an annual contract of $90,400 and Lee asked for $77,536. The bid from David Lee was accepted by the se-lectboard.

The Town Clerk, Sandy Lyon, informed me that the se-

lectboard will meet on Satur-day, August 1st and Saturday, August 15th for a temporary change for the rest of the sum-mer, at 8 am at the Cooper Town Office/Cathance Grange Hall Community Center.

Pauline DeWald is stay-ing in Alexander for several weeks visiting family and friends. She is a sister of the late Mildred Holst. We met up with her at the graveside services for Maxine Seavey. She is a cousin to Ralph and there is lots to talk about. At 85 years young, she drove by herself from York, ME. Her

mother was a Seavey, sister to Pike Seavey and the rest of the Seaveys.

Wednesday evening, Ca-thance Grange met at the Grange Hall at 7 pm with all but the Flora and Pomona Chairs filled. Flora filled anoth-er chair. Only two guests from the town office attended and one visitor from North Caro-lina. The selectboard member, Dan Ackley, was asked for comments. There will not be a meeting on August 12th due to the busy blueberry season. Louise Lee, the lecturer, had a fun program with a new sound effects story. The DWA prize was won by Mary Campbell. The mystery prizes were won by Peggy Hallee and John Johnson. A great lunch was served downstairs in honor of the guests that attended. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 26th at 7 pm.

We’re happy to report that Rolfe is much improved and out taking a daily walk with his grandson, Jacob Turner.

The Town of Baileyville will hold a public hearing in the council chambers located at the town office at 63 Broadway, at 5:30pm, on August 10, 2015, to discuss the following proposed ordinances:

1) Consumer Fireworks Ordinance. This ordinance governs the use of consumer fireworks within the boundaries of Baileyville, to ensure the safety of the residents and property owners of the Town of Baileyville and of the general public. State statutes also apply. This ordinance will be enforced by the Baileyville Police Department when necessary. Copies of this ordinance are posted at the town office and other conspicuous places in town.

2) Domesticated Livestock Ordinances. The purpose of this or-dinance is to provide standards for the keeping of domesticated livestock within the designated zoned areas of Baileyville. The ordi-nance is intended to enable residents of single family homes to keep a small number of domesticated farm animals on appropriately sized lots while limiting the potential adverse impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. The keeping of exotic animals is addressed by state statutes. This ordinance will be enforced by the Animal Control Officer and/or the Codes Officer. Copies of this ordinance are posted at the town office and other conspicuous places in town.

Interested residents can call the Baileyville Town Office if they have questions or concerns. Dial 427-3442 or email to: [email protected]

Notice Town of RobbinstonPublic Hearing August 5th 7pm at

Robbinston Grade School to discuss the following:"Shall the school board of Robbinston be authorized to close

Robbinston Grade School?

Yes.................... No....................

The additional cost of keeping the school open has been estimated by the school board to be $130,000"

The Town of Princeton is seeking bids for culvert setting or reset-ting, and other work as specified in the specs which can be viewed at the town office. Proof of insurance must be provided. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked “Bid, Culvert Work” with bidder’s name and/or company listed to the Princeton Town Office, 15 Depot Street, PO Box 408, Princeton, Maine 04668 by 3 PM on August 4, 2015. The bids will be opened August 4, 2015 at 6:30 at the Selectmen’s meeting. The Board of Selectmen reserve the right to accept or reject any/or all bids.

Town of Princeton - Open Dump DayThe Princeton Transfer Station will be open on Sunday, August 9, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to accept the following at no charge:

Brown goods (furniture/mattresses, box springs etc.)White goods (washing machines, stoves, refrigerators, dryers, etc.)Demolition debris - no asbestos, no paint, no nails, no screws in wood, no hinges or other hardwareTwo pickup loads per householdFour (4) tires per household

This free disposal is for 1 day only, after this date the normal disposal fees will be required. The open dump day is for Princeton residents only. Transfer Station stickers are available at the Town Office for residents who do not have one.

Televisions, computers, monitors, etc. will not be accepted. These items can be taken to the town office on Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

This is a RAT ROD from Canada. (Photo by Jimmy Lowe).

Public Hearing of Intent to File Application withUSDA-Rural Development Rural Utilities Service

A Public Hearing will be held in the Indian Township Tribal Government Council Chambers on Friday, August 7, 2015 from 10-11 am to discuss an application to be submitted to

USDA-Rural Development for:

Wolf Avenue Pump Station Replacement & Route 1 and Grand Lake Stream Rd. Pump Station Replacement.

UMA Announces 2014/2015 Dean’s Lists

UMA Provost Joseph Szakas today announced the University

of Maine at Augusta’s 2015 Spring Full-Time Dean’s list and the Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Part-Time Dean’s List.

The Full-Time Dean’s list is issued once a semester and the Part-Time Dean’s list is issued once a year. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.25 or higher.

Local students are:Kimberly Carter, Princeton; Kathryn Crowley, Addison; Donna

Dalangauskas, Cherryfield; Kylee Emerson, Addison; Rebecca Fletcher, Cherryfield; Amanda Moores, Calais; Alicia Roderick, Baileyville; Lisa Thompson, Trescott Twp; Katrina Wescott, Machias;

UMF Announces Dean’s List for Spring 2015 Semester

Local students are:Calais: Scott Carpenter,

Lindsey Daggett, Stephanie Pasciuti

Eastport: Sarah Ashley

Invitation to BiddersCalais Downtown Façade Program

Dated July 28, 2014 Bids Due: Aug 5, 2015

The City of Calais’s Downtown Façade Program announces the following individual building façade projects open for bid:

Brief Project Descriptions:1.) J.G. Hamilton & J Packari Building - 415 Main Street, Replace and wrap columns at the façade and repair deteriorated brick work of façade

Sealed Proposals, from qualified contractors, for the work described in indi-vidual building bid sets will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City Building, 11 Church Street, P.O. Box 413, Calais, Maine 04619 until 12:00 noon on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Bid opening will occur at 3:00 pm on August 5, 2015 in the Council Chambers at the City Building, 11 Church Street, and will be a public opening. This project is funded in part by the Community Development Block Grant Program. The “Successful Bidder” will be the low-est, qualified, responsible and responsive Bidder.

Sealed proposals shall be in envelopes plainly marked: “Proposal for the Calais Façade Program” and include building project number and name listed above.

Contractors are encouraged to visit the site and acquaint themselves with the Scope of Work for each prior to submission of bids.

Project Manuals may be obtained by email from the Development Director, City of Calais with an email address of: [email protected] in person from the Development Director, City of Calais, P.O. 413, Calais, Maine 04619 or by telephone by calling Development Director, City of Calais, (207) 454-2521 extension 1001.

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Poliquin Announces Grants for Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities

Maine’s Second District

Congressman Bruce Poliquin announced that the U.S. De-partment of Education will award $200,000 to the Maine Parent Federation, an orga-nization dedicated to helping families of children with dis-abilities .

“It’s critical that our Maine families are given the resources and support they need,” Con-gressman Poliquin said. “I’m thrilled to see that homes with special needs are getting the proper care.”

According to their official website, the Maine Parent Fed-eration provides information, referral, one on one telephone support, and training to parents of children with disabilities or special health care needs and the professionals who work with these families through nu-merous grant-funded projects.

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VOLUNTEERS WANTEDWaterfront Walkway Committee is organizing the annual

walkway maintenance day for Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Individuals and groups are

encouraged to meet at Pike’s Park to get assignments. Volunteers with weed whackers and brush cutters as

well as general laborers are encouraged to attend. For more information please

call Jim Porter at 454-2521 ext. 1001.

ADJUNCT FACULTYWCCC is expanding their adjunct faculty pool and are looking for individuals that are interested in teaching in the college’s new program of manufacturing courses. A background in paper making, manufacturing, production, or quality assurance is a plus.

Interested candidates must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in related field of study. Previous teaching experiences a plus.

Please send cover letter, resume and unofficial transcripts to: [email protected] or mail to Alex Clifford, Dean of Academic Affairs, WCCC, One College Drive, Calais, ME 04619.


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Application available at: Office of the Superintendent of Schools,

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Mental Health TherapistFull time position

Experienced Master’s Level clinician sought; Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred, along with a substance abuse licensure in good standing. Generalist practitioner with experience working with adults, children, adolescents, and families and groups. Ability to work within a busy integrated medical practice in a small rural facility (FQHC). Able to work independently and as part of a team. Must have reliable transportation and willingness to travel to 1 of 3 sites as needed.

Quality Improvement Grants ManagerFull time position

Qualified RN meeting the following expectations:Experience in Quality Improvement, Risk Management, Project Management, Infection Control, Health Care Regulations (Federal, State of Maine and Health Centers), Report Writing and Tracking. Experience working in an FQHC preferred. Must be computer literate, able to create reports and interpret data, and have strong written and verbal communication skills and enjoy working in Teams.

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Position Openings

MeddybempsLinda Baniszeski

First of all, I want to thank all of you who have expressed your enjoyment in reading this column. It always surprises me how many people outside of Meddybemps like to hear

about us. A special “hello” this week to Zach Johnson from Calais, who especially likes hearing about the wild-life out here. And my thanks to all those who provide news and interesting facts to share with others.

It seems our part of Maine is fascinating and enjoyable to a lot of people for many dif-ferent reasons. According to Mainetoday.com, Meddybe-mps is the first name on the list of the “35 best places to say out loud in Maine.” Don’t you just love it!

Happy Birthday wishes to “Boots” Johnson on July 30, Christine Dickey - 31; and Jane Gillespie and Ernest Hansen on August 1st and 5th, respec-tively. Patty Reynolds helped to celebrate her sister Cathy’s 50th birthday. Congratulations to Ted and Carol Bloomhardt who just celebrated their 35th Wedding Anniversary. Our neighbor Sara (Bell) Thomas was feted at a baby shower last Sunday. A large group of fam-ily and friends from here and away gathered to celebrate Sara and Mike’s new little girl who will arrive soon.

Arriving this week to enjoy vacations are my sister Mi-chele and her husband Mike Lattanzio with their two dogs -- Belle, a Bichon, and Daisy, a Havanese. Scuffy is abso-lutely thrilled to have play-dates with her k-9 cousins. The Lattanzios are spending

two weeks here; and are re-freshed by our cooler tempera-tures and lower humidity than where they live in Manning, South Carolina. Karen and Dennis Gilbert are also at their camp for a week with son Todd and daughter-in-law, Tammi, and their three boys Corey, Andrew and Tj. The laughter and activity of the boys really livens up our part of the cove. Kayaking, pedal boating, fish-ing, swimming and boating fill every day for these little guys. No time is wasted enjoying the lake, come rain or shine, morning ‘til night.

Danny Wallace has been busy rebuilding the deck at Terry and Charlie Rier’s camp. He’s doing a great job.

Nature continues to fascinate and delight us. Fireflies (or “lightening bugs” as we called them as kids on the Farm in Pennsylvania) are quite thick in the evening throughout the woods along our lane. It is just magical seeing the intermittent twinkling everywhere I look when Scuffy needs to go out in the early evening. Another beautiful sight greatly blessed me one clear evening when I took her out before bedtime.

The sky was a deep gray with a few light gray clouds streak-ing across the partial moon. The moon’s light cast a bril-liant white glow across the water, like a silvery path to a stairway to heaven. Breath-taking!

Our birds feast on the little bugs that fly through the air and live in the shrubs and grass. A particularly pretty song sparrow family frequents the lilac bush right outside my kitchen window. Their sweet tweets alert me to their presence when they rest and snatch up an occasional little spider. Eww, they can have all they want. We also have gentle little wrens here most of the time, sharing the bounty with chickadees, finches and a woodpecker family of three. Our suet feeder is so popular that we must constantly refill it.

While driving to Calais on Route 191 through Moosehorn Refuge, there was a snapper turtle stopped in the middle of the road exactly on the yel-low line. His head was out and neck twisted as if he was watching for traffic to clear so he could continue to the other side of the Refuge. When I came back home awhile later, he was gone. It appears he safely reached his destination.

Don’t forget the Public Breakfast this Saturday, Au-gust 1 at Meddybemps Com-munity Center - 8 to 10 a.m. Everyone from everywhere is invited to enjoy the bountiful homemade pancakes, break-fast meats and egg casseroles prepared and served by vol-unteers with Lake Meddybe-mps Association. This annual event provides funds for on-going water testing at various points throughout Meddybe-mps Lake, and the additional


Assistant Acute Care Director:Full time, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Provides assistant support to the Acute Care Director, participates in process improvement, administrative duties and participates in staff and patient education. To cover Nursing Service Man-ager responsibilities three days a week. Must demonstrate teamwork and flexibility with schedule. Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Maine, BSN preferred. 3-5 years Medical Surgical experience preferred. Respiratory Therapist (RRT)Full time. Must be licensed in the State of Maine.

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Environmental Services Worker:Part time, Monday to Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at physician office.

Registered Nurses:Full time, Surgery, Monday to Friday, share after hours and weekend on call. Scrub nurse experience preferred. Full time, Medical/Surgical, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.Part time, Medical/Surgical, 1 day and 1 night shiftFull time, OBS, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 1 of 2 RN’s on unitFull time, OBS 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. 1 of 2 RN’s on unit.Part time, OBS 1 day and 1 night shift. 1 of 2 RN’s on unit.Full time, ED 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.Full time, Home Health, shares on-call schedule

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Equal Opportunity EmployerLooking for US or dual citizens for seasonal

salmon vaccination work in Maine for the fall and winter.

Experience in aquaculture a strong asset. Please email [email protected] for more details.

Or text 506-321-1350.

Behavioral Health Integration Care ManagerFull time BHI Care Manager needed to work with clinical and behavioral

health staff to establish effective policies and procedures to support and institutionalize the Behavioral Health Integration Model. Minimum

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For more information call (207) 733-1090 ext 2116. Send Resume to: HealthWays/Regional Medical Center at Lubec, 43 South Lubec Road, Lubec, Maine 04652.

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expensive, but necessary, comprehensive water test-ing and analysis done every few years. There are always very fine items offered in the Silent Auction, and Meddybe-mps Lake themed fundraising items like Trivets and T-Shirts. Emblazened on the back of the T-shirts is “Meddybemps Rocks.” The cleverly word-ed shirts accurately describe our quirky lake with its many surprises hidden beneath the surface, that sometimes move from year-to-year depending on the winter’s ice.

On August 2nd, the Lake Meddybemps Association’s annual meeting is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Meddybemps Com-munity Center. All interested parties are invited, and new members are always warmly welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks to everyone who provided news for this week’s column. Please send your per-sonal, organization and com-munity news to LBaniszeski or phone 454-3719.

Scheduling Coordinator40-hr/wk position in busy dental office with focus on quality care and customer service. Experience in scheduling, customer service, or sales & marketing required. Successful candidate will have personable phone presence, excellent listening/communication skills, ability to make quick & accurate assessments, & enjoy creative problem solving. Must be a self-initiator possessing maturity, confidence, & computer versatility. If you would like to join our team of caring professionals, pick up an application at Machias Dental, 271 Main St, Machias, ME 207-255-8601.


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PrincetonElizabeth Mitchell

As of the reading of the Ad-vertiser on Thursday, July 30, Rosemary Roussel is the librar-ian at Princeton Public Library. She has been part time clerk at the town office and will add

message with your name and phone number. My contact information is: 207-796-2561; [email protected].

Sharon Norman reported that

July’s Paint and Pour Benefit was held at Big Lake where one painter even came by boat. Princeton Farmer’s Market was the recipient of this ben-

librarian hours to her schedule. Librarian substitutes are Sandra Smith and Doug Clement who run the Bellmard Inn in Princ-eton. Sandra is on the Library Advisory Committee and both she and Doug have volunteered hours of labor during the whole renovation process. The li-brary hours will be changing on August 10th. Except for

holidays, the hours will be: Monday: 10-2; Tuesday:10-4; Wednesday: 12-6; Thursday: 10-4, and Friday: CLOSED. I do plan to continue with the column for a time and ask that any readers, who have news-worthy information you would like to share, please call me or e-mail it to me. If I’m not able to take the call, just leave the

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efit. However, a decision has been made to cancel August’s and September’s paint classes. The summer months have proven to be very busy so the attendance has been down. It’s hopeful October classes held at the Princeton Rod and Gun Club will be back in full swing. This idea developed mainly to encourage all people to try painting while donating to worthy organizations in Princeton. Consider giving the next class a try. As usual, Pre-registration and payment are required in advance of class. More information will follow in the next couple of months.

Kids ROCK so consider bringing your children on August 20th to the Princeton Farmer’s Market where Thyme

to Paint will be sponsoring a rock painting project from 4-5pm. FREE to all children. If adults come dressed as children as has been heard, they will pay $10.00 for the class! There will also be mu-sic & dynamites that night, prepared by the Princeton Rod and Gun Club so it should be a fun time.

Before this rock painting happens on Aug. 20th, the Princeton Road and Gun Club will be sponsoring a supper of ham and bbq chicken with a Chinese Auction on Aug. 15. More to follow from the club on this event. Mark both dates on your calendars so as not to miss either fun time.

Last week a Princeton citi-zen asked that I bring to the public’s attention in the col-umn an issue of swimming at the public boat landing. A group of citizens spoke at the regular Selectmen’s Meeting on Tuesday, July 21 where they raised the issue. They were concerned that “No Swim-

ming” signs were going to be posted, leaving nowhere nearby for public swimming. I spoke with Selectman, Doreen Wallace, after the meeting. She said though people had swam there for years, it hadn’t been officially designated for public swimming. She said the Se-lectmen got the money for the improvements to that area spe-cifically for boat launching and landing. Several avenues have to be researched, especially the insurance and safety con-cerns. The signs will be held while the options are being researched. Issues of boaters and swimmers came to the at-tention of the Selectmen when several boaters complained at the Town Office that swim-mers refused to move to allow access to the ramp. And, this isn’t the first year there have been problems at the ramp area. These are some instances where a little cooperation and courtesy can go a long way for those who want to use the same space.

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The 21st Grand Lake Stream Arts and Crafts Fes-tival is now history! Such a great event. This year I spent time making “Lana’s Lus-cious Lobster Rolls” and what a treat. It was a great opportu-nity to see friends who come to Grand Lake just for this festival and to support the lo-cal “Village Church” through the sale of the lobster rolls. As always the crafts, displays and music were of a high standard. Jenifer found some crafts that needed to come to our home.

Jenifer and I started our Monday with a walk to the Pine Tree Store to enjoy a breakfast sandwich and con-versation. The conversation was all about the successful festivities of the weekend and the upcoming week. While we were there an older man who said he was from outside of Washington, DC came in and his words reflected the cor-rect accent. He nestled up to the bar and looked over the breakfast menu and ordered a large Hot Fudge Sunday for breakfast.

An early mention to ev-eryone regarding the Grand Lake Stream Historical Soci-ety: The annual meeting will be on August 12 at 7 pm at the schoolhouse. The speaker will be David Greenham. The topic will be the Involvement of GLS in the Prisoner of war

camps. David spoke previous-ly for the Land Trust and Mu-seum in April in Princeton and this is a repeat due to the inter-est. There was standing room only and everyone came away wanting more. Be sure and mark the date of August 12th at 7:00 at the school house.

Have you noticed any im-provement in “cell” service since the new U.S. Cellular tower has come on line? At this time I have not noticed any significant change in ser-vice except near the tower on West Street? Does someone have more information?

You are invited!! Yes every-one is welcome to the ongoing Wednesday (formally Tues-day) evening community pot luck dinners that are held at the “David Irving Beach” on the Northwest Shore of Grand Lake as you leave Dyer Cove. Everyone gathers at the “dam” at 5:00 with a boat, a pot luck item, folding chair and bever-age of choice. The boat trip is always beautiful and relaxing. There are float boats and other vessels to take those who do not have transportation. For more information call Andrea at 796-5007, Peter or Nancy at 796-2496 or Dave and Jenifer at 796-2286. “Yes” you are invited to join in a relaxing summer fun adventure! Have guest? Bring them along!

The 2015 Downeast Lakes Land Trust Conservation Award was bestowed upon

Mark Berry. Mr. Berry is the former Executive Director of the Downeast Lakes Land Trust, having spent eight years working hard for the people of the Downeast Lakes region. The award, presented by Board President Sydney Lea, was a beautiful White Ash canoe paddle, handcrafted by Dale Tobey, complete with a wood-burned engraving done by Deb McMichael.

There is a special loving relationship when grandchil-dren enter our lives. So is the case when the Cornwall’s son Charley, his wife Yulia and their children Jane, Stas and Danny from California visited them for two wonderful weeks this month.....lots of fun!

A note from Howard Irving. “Dave thought you would en-joy this article, pictures and blog from a distant Scottish relative who recently visited us in Maine. The pictures of Grand Lake Stream were taken from our dock or our pontoon boat. Life is good in Maine and Scotland. I have visited many of the places shown in her blog of the Hebrides”. > http://storiesmysuitcasecould-tell.com/

Send in a story of your visi-tors who come to Grand Lake Stream.

Your humble Correspondent Dave McCullough 207-796-2286 or [email protected].

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