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Gardiner Food Co-Op & Café Announces Future Location
The nearly 180 current
member-owners of the Gardiner Food Co-op and Cafe
have ensured their ability
to have a direct voice in the
development and operations of the soon to open
Co-op that will be a full
service grocery purveyor
offering local, sustainable,
bulk and fairly-priced
foods. In addition to its grocery store,
the Co-op’s
café space
will also
be a
fami l y friendl
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c o m m u nity gathering
space for events,
workshops, live music
and more. The local-organic café plans to feature a
menu of soups and specialty grill-cheese sandwiches,
the selection of which were
chosen from a communitywide recipe contest held
this past summer.
The Co-op, set to open
this spring, will be located at 269 Water Street
in downtown Gardiner
(across from Johnson
Hall), and will be open 7
days a week.
This location was first
unveiled to the public at a
reception held at Art
Dogs in Gardiner
on
Saturday
November
15th,
in
front
of a
crowd
of 80
peop l e .
C o - o p
board members took the
opportunity
to
communicate to current
members and community
members alike the many
benefits of supporting the
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The Co-op has so far raised
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“The Co-op is looking
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ft, the Greenhouse Games
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1.5% on their investment
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benefits, products and services, to groups and companies in the area to get the
word out about the project.
Business owners, employees and members of the pubic are encouraged to call
and enquire.
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at
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Why Do People Rob Banks?
John McDonald
The famous bank robber Willy Sutton, when
asked why said: “Because
that’s where the money
is.” He later claimed he
never said it and that a reporter made it up, but it’s
as good a reason as any to
rob a bank and so it will
continue to be quoted.
In our town, it didn’t
take much to get people
talking, so when our small
branch bank was robbed,
people could talk of little
else. And the way it happened was a little different.
One morning, the new
branch manager, Handy
Pinkham, got a call from
the town’s chief-of-police, who said he had received a reliable tip that
the bank would be robbed
sometime that morning.
The chief hastened to say
he shouldn’t be concerned
because he would be on
the scene and would arrest
the robber as soon as he
stepped out of the bank.
He thanked the chief for
the call and then called
his two tellers into his office to tell them what was
about to happen.
Less than an hour later
a young man walked into
the bank and over to a teller. He then handed her his
hold-up note. She calmly
filled his canvas bag with
bricks of 20-dollar bills,
handed it back to him and
he left. The whole thing
took less than three minutes.
As soon as the robber
was gone the manager
and tellers ran to the front
window to watch the daring arrest. But no arrest
occurred. The robber
walked calmly to his car,
got in, started it and drove
off.
The bank manager hurried into his office, looked
up the police department
number and called. When
ber at her window would
be stupid enough to comply with her request that
he show two forms of
identification.
But sure enough, her
bet paid off. As Maine
storyteller Kendall Morse
would say the robber
“had a room upstairs that
wasn’t finished.” So, the
numb robber actually took
the time to search through
his pockets and wallet to
produce the two requested
IDs - which turned out to
be his Wells Fargo debit
card and a state ID card.
The teller then stalled
even more while slowly
and carefully copying
the robber’s information.
Thanks to her efforts, au-
thorities had ample time
to arrive on the scene,
while the robber was still
patiently waiting for her
to return his IDs.
The chef was apprehended when he tried to
flee the bank with $800.
He was later found guilty
of bank robbery and sentenced to an eight year
prison term. He was already on parole for two
other aggravated robberies.
There’s no word on
whether or not the teller
was rewarded for her savvy risk. Regardless, she
helped make a story that
will be talked about in her
town for a long time. And
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someone answered Handy
Pinkham said: Hey, chief,
did you get him?”
“Get who?” the chief
asked.
Turns out the original
caller was the robber and
he made off with over
$10,000 with his clever
scheme and he’s never
been apprehended. The
chief admitted it was a
brilliant robbery and people in town are still talking about it.
On the dumb end of the
robbery scale is this amusing but true story.
According to the Huffington Post, a Dallas Wells
Fargo bank teller risked
her life and thousands of
dollars on a bet that a rob-
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Deer Season: Early Returns
V. Paul Reynolds
The November deer
season has come and
gone. Hard to believe.
Those still waiting to fill
the freezer have a week
to two weeks to close the
deal (depending upon
which wildlife management area you choose to
hunt).
What kind of a deer
season was it?
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife (MDIF&W)
customarily releases the
deer harvest numbers in
early spring, so we won’t
know anything conclusive until then. Mean-
time, though, we can sort
through the so-called
“anecdotal
evidence”
and the assorted comments from the regional
state wildlife biologists.
Before the season
started, Kyle Ravanna,
the state deer research
leader, went out on a
limb and predicted that
this fall’s deer harvest
would be about 25,750,
or 20 percent more than
last year’s deer harvest.
This is good, but a far
cry from the halcyon
days of Maine deer hunting, when the annual
deer kill invariably exceeded 30,000.
It will be interesting to
see how the harvest numbers pan out. My wholly
unscientific guess is that
the overall harvest will
be less than Ravanna’s
projection.
Here are my reasons.
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gists, while trying to be
optimistic, seemed to be
hedging their bets. Region A biologist, Scott
Lindsay, said, “numbers
may be down a bit from
from last year.” The
Central Maine biologist,
Keel Kemper, observed
“a slow start to the season,” which he attributed
to an excessive amount of
snow cover in the woods
early on. In the Moosehead area, biologist Doug
Kane said that “Things
are pretty good.” He
noted that there had been
fewer deer tagged right
in the Greenville area,
but more deer were being seen in his northern
sector. The Penobscot
region? “Deer season is
going pretty well,” said
biologist Mark Caron.
Ironically
enough,
Aroostook
County,
which has had a struggling deer herd, is having one of its better
seasons in a long time.
Of course, everything is
relative: the County has
endured a long famine,
deerwise. It’s good to
see even a modest rebound of the big-woods
bucks!
My north woods hunt
club, the Skulkers of Seboeis, spent a week at
deer camp. My fellow
skulkers hunted diligently under somewhat
adverse conditions: bitter cold, high winds,
and extremely crunchy,
noisy conditions. No
deer were taken, although there were some
sightings. The snowcovered woods seemed
to tell a story that was
being heard all around
the state: a late rut this
year, perhaps as much
as 10 days or more later
than usual.
Sebec outfitter John
Poole, who operates The
Rockin P Sport Lodge,
shares this view. Midway
through the hunt he and
his clients noticed that
the bucks just weren’t
tracking the does.
There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Hunting one of my
deer honey holes, during
what is generally regarded as the peak of the rut
in mid-November, I was
pleasantly surprised to
find lots of fresh sign including multiple scrapes
and rubs. An all-morning stump-vigil for me
on the edge of a tangled
strip cut had its reward.
A plump little 8- pointer
bounded into the crosshairs of the Ruger One
.270 and soon into the
Reynolds family freezer.
If I had not filled my
tag, I would be readying
the old smokepole for a
blackpowder hunt. If the
weather cooperates you
might want to consider
this last-ditch option.
Blackpowder
season
can be a wonderfully
lonely time in the deer
woods, especially if you
are dressed properly and
pamper yourself with
hand and toe warmers!
With a late rut, or lingering post rut, the hunt
opportunities might just
surprise you.
The author is editor of the Northwoods
Sporting Journal. He is
also a Maine Guide, cohost of a weekly radio
program “Maine Outdoors” heard Sundays
at 7 p.m. on The Voice
of Maine News-Talk Network (WVOM-FM 103.9,
WQVM-FM 101.3) and
former information officer for the Maine Dept.
of Fish and Wildlife.
His e-mail address is
[email protected]. He has
two books “A Maine
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Nothin’ But Small Talk…Christmas Traditions
Jess Small
Years ago I started a
Christmas Eve tradition of
going on a trail ride with one
of my horses. It is always a
peaceful time, taking a step
back to enjoy the quietness
and beauty of nature and to
relax during what tends to
be a busy, stressful holiday
season. Fresh snow always
makes it more festive and
the horse a little feistier
too! 2012 was the last year
I was able to take my horse,
Cee, on our holiday ride.
I even recorded parts of it
as he charged up the trail,
head tossing, snorting,
and galloping, with me
laughing and giggling.
That is a ride I will never
forget. 2013 was the first
Christmas without Cee in
the barn in 15 years but this
year my girls, Cocoa and
Chilly, and I are excited to
Oat & Carrot Christmas Cookies
1.5 Cups of Oats
2 Whole Carrots
1/2 Cup of Molasses
2 TBS of Water
1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
2. Run the Oats and Carrots through a food processor
to make into a fine, flour like meal
3. Combine in bowl with Molasses, sprinkle in water
until moist and mix well
4. Form small balls of the mixture, size based on the
size of the cookie you want (I try to keep my no
larger than a spoonful)
5. Place the balls on an ungreased baking sheet,
squashing them slightly flat as you go.
6. Bake in oven for approx. 25 minutes, or until the
treats have dried out to your preference. 25 minutes
should provide a dry, crunchy treat.
7. Wait to cool, serve to willing animals and people!
introduce our new young
addition, Jameel, to our
holiday horse traditions.
Candy cane bran mash
will be on the menu for
Christmas Eve dinner and
homemade horse treats as
snacks for the next week.
We also are hoping for
good weather, unlike last
year, so we can make our
annual holiday party and
jump off at our trainer’s
barn. A fun time with great
horse friends, delicious
food, a fun gift swap, and
fun games is a must for any
barn!
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the
holiday
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ones with special gifts.
For many, this includes the
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Beckett would be angry if I didn’t include a fun new
holiday dog treat recipe for all his friends too, he is My horse, Cee, and I enjoyed one last Christmas Eve
excited to try this recipe!
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1 medium ripe banana
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Winslow High School Takes Home the Gold Ball
Winslow defeats Leavitt 62-14
Members of the Winslow football team and fans celebrate winning the Class C
State Championship.
Winslow's Dylan Hapworth moves through the Leavitt defense for a first down
during the Class C State Championship at the University of Maine at Orono on
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Magical, Mystical Moments
(Is that you God?)
I stopped writing “todo” lists many years ago
when I found myself getting frustrated that the list
was longer than the day.
Never able to get all of
my list accomplished was
causing me to be angry, so
I simply stopped writing
lists. What gets done, gets
done, everything else will
still be there tomorrow. It
is a fairly good philosophy, but I still find that I
keep a list in my head and
subconsciously check off
things as they are finished.
Some days I wake up
and feel like I will never
get to do the things I want
to do, because I am always
trying to do the things I am
supposed to do.
Occasionally, I wake up
exhausted from doing too
much the previous day, yet
when I look at what I did,
nothing has been checked
off from my list (the one
that I don’t write down
anymore). It’s like running on a treadmill, you
exercise your body but
you don’t get anywhere.
Running around and doing things, yet feeling like
nothing got done.
Then I look a little bit
closer at what I did accom-
plish. I met some people
who needed a sympathetic
ear to listen, so I listened.
I was thinking about a
friend I haven’t heard
from in a long while, so I
sent an e-mail. I baked my
husband’s favorite cookies and got to see his eyes
light up like a little boy.
I wrote a sympathy card
and a note to a close family friend who had lost a
loved one.
When I think about it, I
am so glad I stopped writing lists.
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Kiwanis Speaker Presents
About Common Scams
Brianne McNally, consumer outreach specialist with
the Department of Professional Regulation, Bureau
of Financial Institutions, spoke at a recent Kiwanis
meeting in Augusta.
Members of the Augusta Kiwanis Club were told
of common scams plaguing financial institutions
and consumers recently
but emphasized that experts feel that email is the
biggest security threat of
all.
Brianne McNally, consumer outreach specialist
with the Department of
Professional Regulation,
Bureau of Financial Institutions, urged Kiwanians
to contact her office when
faced with prospective
scams. “We’re there to
help you.”
She suggested that
consumers install spam
filters antivirus firewall
software, and keep it up
to date. She encouraged
bank officials to disallow
employees to install software without approval,
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Monkitree Finalist for Award
The national small
business movement Independent We Stand announces the quarter-finalists, including Monkitree
of Gardiner, for the 2014
Independent We Stand
Independent Small Business of the Year Award.
Monkitree
opened
in Gardiner, Maine, in
2010 and showcases the
work of Maine artists and
craftspeople as well as
handcrafted items from
around the country.
Clare Marron, who
owns
and
operates
Monkitree, has 20 years
of retail experience and
strives to meet the needs
of her customers and artists.
“I was thrilled to be
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so much to me to be recognized for the work I
do,” Clare says, “And our
Boxer, Bo, was included
in the nomination and
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Beyond contributing
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In the case of Monkitree,
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the Board of Gardiner
Main Street, The Creativity Fund and two city
committees - Ordinance
Review and Historic
Preservation.
Clare feels it is important to take an active role,
stating, “It is our responsibility to help create the
community we want to
live in.”
“Independently owned
businesses re-invest in
their local economies at
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“This year’s quarterfinalists are a great representation of independent
businesses across the
country, and this award
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their outstanding efforts
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they serve.”
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Lithgow Library To Host
Author Of Superstorm
Kathryn Miles
Historian
Kathryn
Miles,
author
of
Superstorm: Nine Days
Inside Hurricane Sandy
will give a talk at Lithgow
Public
Library
on
Saturday, December 6 at
10 a.m.
Copies of Superstorm
will be available for
purchase and signing at
the event, which is free
and open to the public. It
will be held in the library’s
Reading Room.
Miles is a professor of
environmental
writing
at Unity College. The
Belfast resident is also the
author of All Standing:
The Remarkable Story of
the Jeanie Johnston, the
Legendary Irish Famine
Ship, and Adventures with
Ari.
Superstorm is the first
complete
moment-bymoment account of the
largest Atlantic storm
system ever recorded.
Sandy was not just
enormous, it was also
unprecedented.
As a result, the
entire nation was left
flat-footed. Initially a
tropical storm, Sandy
had grown into a hybrid
monster. The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration couldn’t
issue reliable warnings;
the Coast Guard didn’t
know what to do.
In
Superstorm,
journalist Kathryn Miles
takes readers inside the
maelstrom,
detailing
the stories of dedicated
professionals
at
the
National Hurricane Center
and National Weather
Service.
Lithgow Library is
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For more information,
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Good Cyber Security
Habits are Essential
With so many new methods for cyber
theft, it’s important to remember to take
extra steps to protect your bank accounts
and money this season, as criminals
look to take advantage of the increased
spending activity.
Fortunately, there are steps you can
take to protect your identity and your
wallet. Here are some tips for more secure
holiday spending:
• Create unique pin numbers for your
debit cards, as well as complex usernames
and passwords for bank accounts
and online retailers. Never share this
information with anyone, and be sure
to log out of your accounts when your
transactions are completed. Conduct
personal business on your home computer
or personal device as opposed to public
WiFi, and always use a secure Internet
connection.
• Manage privacy settings on your
mobile devices and apps. Review the
privacy disclosures for retailers and
websites to ensure you feel comfortable
with the way they use your personal
information. Set your mobile devices and
PCs to lock when not in use to prevent
someone from getting access to your
personal data.
• Before responding to any request for
personal or financial data, make sure you
know who is asking and why they need it.
Be extra careful of requests made with an
urgent or threatening tone, or an offer that
sounds too good to be true. Criminals use
this trick to get personal information to
access your accounts or commit identity
theft.
• Monitor accounts
and spending activity
frequently.
Take advantage
of banking features,
such as alerts that
trigger when you
have a low balance
or unusual spending
activity.
“Many banks
provide
mobile
banking
apps
that allow you
to keep tabs on
your
account
activity
on-thego,” says Diane
Morais,
Ally
bank deposits and
line of business
integration
executive.
“In
addition to their convenience, mobile apps
are an excellent resource to spot unusual
transactions in a timely manner.”
• Online shopping is an easy way
to beat the crowds at the mall. But
before providing your credit or debit
card information, ensure your computer
protection software and operating system
are up to date.
Some banks offer customers free
or discounted anti-virus protection.
For example, Ally Bank, Member
FDIC, provides its customers Webroot
SecureAnywhere anti-virus software
to protect their devices, including PCs,
tablets and smartphones, for free. Most
people understand the importance of
protecting their computers, but it’s
important to protect your smartphones
too. Look for “https” in the web address
field of your browser to ensure a website
is secure. The site should be verified by
TRUSTe or a similar data security service.
• Check your credit reports periodically.
Getting a free credit report is easy. During
the holiday season, it might be worth
the extra precaution to put a fraud alert
on your credit report before any new
accounts can be opened.
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Don’t let cyber criminals ruin your
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Clubs Hear From New
Veterans Group
Members of the Augusta Kiwanis and Rotary
Clubs, held a joint meeting recently to hear from
the founders of a new
group honoring Maine’s
fallen veterans.
The Wilderness Walk
for Warriors organization
will extend its destination in 2015 to the apex
of Mt. Katahdin carrying 70 pound back packs
containing individually
engraved stones of fallen
Maine service members
through a 100 mile wilderness.
The group is actively
collecting pledges from
businesses and individuals with a $20,000 goal.
They not only honor and
remember veterans but
help and assist service
members and their fami-
Chris Robinson, front, and Tim Robinson recently
presented to members of the Augusta and Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs.
lies.
In 2015 they plan to
hold a memorial service
at the top of Katahdin.
Chris Robinson said “It’s
a lot of fun, in spite of the
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Save Your Breath Run/Walk
Team “Pam's Pacers” is pictured. Pam Fortin, lung cancer survivor, is pictured
third from the right. Picture courtesy of Dave Lanman Photography.
The first Save Your
Breath 5K fun run walk
was held November 1st
at the Kennebec Valley
YMCA in Augusta. More
than 60 people participated
the event raising more than
$25,000.
All
proceeds
will
support Free ME from
Lung Cancer's mission,
research, education and
community support says
President and CEO Deb
Violette.
Violette, a lung cancer
survivor, says that lung
cancer is the leading cause
of death from cancer and
is woefully underfunded
accounting for only 5%
of federal cancer dollars.
November is Lung Cancer
Awareness.
Violette
says
their
focus this year is on early
detection using low dose
spiral CT scans and the
importance of having your
tumor tested for one of
the gene mutations. For
more information on how
you can help contact Deb
Violette at 215-9035.
On Nov. 8, the 2nd
annual 5K fun run walk
took place at Southern
Maine
Community
College in South Portland
and on Nov. 15th, a 1 mile
walk took place at the
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Club Gets Tips on
Improving Nutritition
Caroline P. Moore, FoodCorps Service Member,
spoke to Augusta Kiwanians recently on nutritious
preparation of food with tips on conducting cafeteria
taste tests. She described ongoing hands-on lessons
being taught to Capital Area students, emphasizing
that “cooking matters.”
December 2014
Red Cross Offers App for Kids
New App Teaches
Kids About Emergency
Preparedness
Free ‘Monster Guard’
App game is a fun way
for 7-to-11-year-olds to
learn about disasters
A new app from the
American Red Cross
teaches children emergency
preparedness
while they play the role
of monster characters in
a game.
“Monster Guard: Prepare for Emergencies,”
a free app from the
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as home fires, and what
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in a house, select items
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or guardian for permission to download the app.
The Red Cross offers a series of apps that
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have used these awardwinning apps to save
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families. The Red Cross
is a not-for-profit organization that depends
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Three Ways to Give the Holiday Season More Meaning
These days, the focus of the holidays is often on
consumerism -- from gift cards to glitzy décor to formal
place settings. Whatever your religious beliefs, you may
be looking for ways to incorporate more spirituality
into the season and beyond.
Here are three ways to bring more meaning to the
season:
• Skip the gift exchange. Instead of purchasing pricey
presents for family and friends, do a letter exchange
instead. Take the opportunity to tell loved ones what
they mean to you. These notes of appreciation will be
a lot more memorable and a lot more meaningful than
a store bought item. The money you would have spent
on gifts can be donated to your favorite charity instead.
• Volunteer. The winter can be an especially difficult
time for the elderly, the hungry or the sick. While it
may be a particularly busy time of year for you, try
to dedicate some time in your schedule to a volunteer
project that helps you connect with others in your
community.
• Be introspective. There is plenty of great literature
available that can help you explore your own spirituality.
One new title, “Coming Home, A Spiritual and
Religious Dialogue,” by Star Chang, who has studied
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Christmas Concert to be
Held on Dec. 20th
Downeast Brass with Jay Zoller, Organist will present a
Christmas Concert at the South Parish Congregational
Church, Augusta, on Saturday, December 20, 2014, at
2p.m.
The “Concerts at Jewett” Series sponsored by
University of Maine at
Augusta College of Arts
and Sciences and UMA
Senior College will present “A Christmas Concert”: Downeast Brass
with Jay Zoller, Organist” on Saturday, December 20, 2014, 2p.m.
at the South Parish Con-
gregational Church, 9
Church Street, Augusta.
For years South Parish
Congregational Church
and its fine organist, Jay
Zoller, have shared their
magnificent organ with
the public in a special
holiday concert featuring the Downeast Brass
Quintet.
For the past couple of
years, Concerts at Jewett
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them in co-sponsoring
this event.
Mr. Zoller plays the
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comes to South Parish
with long experience in
church music and recital
playing.
The Downeast Brass
has performed in many
New England settings.
Audiences have enjoyed
these fine Maine performers on the concert
stage, at weddings, festivals, and on parade.
Their wide range of musical styles makes them
the preferred musical
choice for many occasions.
Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 & under
free. Tickets are available at Pat’s Pizza in
Augusta, Apple Valley
Books in Winthrop, and
at the door.
Call 622-3551, or
email
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be held on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at 2p.m.
and will feature The Don
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Oatmeal Cake
Ingredients:
• 1 ¼ cup boiling water
• 1 cup oats
• 1 stick margarine
(mix above 23 ingrdients and
let stand for 20 minutes)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1¼ cup flour
•1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. nutmeg
Mix and pour in oblong pan
bake at 350º for 30 minutes.
Recipe
submitted by
Jean Rand
from Wilton
Topping:
• 1 stick margarine
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup nuts
• ¼ cup evaporated milk
• ½ tsp. vanilla
As soon as cake comes out of the
oven pour mixture on top and
spread. Put under broiler until bubly
to make crunchy.
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5 Secrets for Enjoying the Holidays without Gaining Weight
Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well
Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA
Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
and Motivational Speaker
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Let’s face it none of us
are going to hibernate this
Holiday season and if you
are hesitant about attending holiday parties with
friends and family because
of the fear of gaining the
additional 8 pounds that all
the studies predict, fret no
more. You can have fun and
maintain your weight and
health at the same time with
these 5 little secrets.
1. When invited to bring
a dish to a pot luck party,
make something healthy
that you know you can eat.
Veggie plate, fruit plate,
deviled eggs are a great nutritious plate, turkey meatballs made with eggs and
ground turkey and seasonings, skip the bread crumbs
and any additional fats or
oils.
If you add extra eggs to
the ground meat the meatballs will hold together just
fine. Chili is another great
choice. Make it with lean
hamburg or even chicken
and add beans, chopped
green pepper, onions, jalapenos and tomato sauce.
Yum.
2. As far as alcohol, hard
to attend a party without a
holiday cheer, yet we all
know alcohol has empty
calories. There are better
choices if you can’t stick
to club soda or water, reach
for a glass of wine. Wine
is still a better choice than
eggnog. Better yet add
some club soda to your 4
oz. of wine to stretch it and
make you feel not so deprived. This will give you
fewer empty calorie and
fewer hangovers.
3. When baking pies, and
specialty breads for the holidays use, ricotta cheese,
plain yogurt, applesauce or
smashed banana in place
of butter, shorten or oils to
eliminate the fat.
4. Stay away from the
whites and starches that can
trigger food cravings and
over eating. These included, white flour, sugar, white
potatoes, white rice, pasta,
white breads and cereals.
Here are some suggestions:
• Choose bean salad instead of potato salad
• Choose brown rice over
white rice
• Choose whole grain
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• Choose seafood or protein, veggie or fruit dishes
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• Choose red or white
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• Just say no to desserts
and rolls, biscuits, white
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will join in.
Try to sneak in some exercise as you cook, turn the
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