Town of Mount Vernon
Community Newsletter
www.mtvernonme.org
Town Office:
Phone: 293-2379
Fax: 293-3507
[email protected]
Mon, Tues, Thurs:
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wed: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Fourth Sat. of each month:
9 a.m. - Noon
Selectmen Meetings:
Every other Mon. at the
Town Office
Warrant 6:30 p.m.
Regular Business 7 p.m.
Planning Board:
John Hagelin, Chair
293-2157
3rd Tues. of the month at
Community Center, 7 p.m.
Transfer Station:
Wayne Colebrook, Mgr.
458-1425
Sat. & Sun.
8:30 a.m. - Noon
Wed. 3 p.m. -7 p.m.
(Memorial Day thru
Labor Day)
December 2014
Selectmen:
[email protected]
Clyde Dyar, Chair
592-3700
[email protected]
Paul Crockett
293-2514
paul@@mtvernonme.org
Sherene Gilman
293-2388
[email protected]
Selectmen's Assistant
Amanda Couture
293-2277
[email protected]
Town Clerk& Tax
Collector
Rachel Meader
293-2379
[email protected]
Deputy Clerk
Amanda Wheeler
[email protected]
Treasurer
Marti Gross
293-2379
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor
Tina Mann
446-3297
[email protected]
General Assistance
Paul Crockett
293-2514
[email protected]
CEO, Plumbing & Health
Inspector
Richard Marble
293-2636
[email protected]
Wed. 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Road Commissioner
Jeff Kent
293-2175
Animal
Control Officer
Kevin Wheeler
778-1815
Fire Chief
Dana Dunn
293-2114
(non-emergencies)
Rescue Director
Pat Rawson
293-2114
(non-emergencies)
Health Officer
Daniel K. Onion
293-2076
RSU #38
Supt. Of Schools
Donna H. Wolfrom, Ed.D.
685-3336
Board Members
Michael Apolito
293-3155
Russ Evans
293-3773
Madeline Snow
293-2050
Local School Comm.
Abby Dunn
Madeline Snow
Paid Business Advertisements
Inside this issue:
Selectboard Minutes
3
Mt. Vernon Comm. Ctr.
7
Mt. Vernon Health Officer
8
Dr. Shaw Mem. Library
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RSU #38 - School News
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Tina Mann, Newsletter Editor
P.O. Box 343
East Winthrop, ME 04343
FMI (207) 446-3297
From the Newsletter Editor
If you have an internet connection. newsletters (including past ones) may be found on the Town of Mt. Vernon’s
website at http://mtvernonme.org/Newsletter.htm . For those individuals with an internet connection AND an
email address, please consider receiving the newsletter via email. You may send your email address to me at
[email protected]. Additionally, printed copies are available at the town hall and the library. The Mt.
Vernon newsletter continues with the same publication schedule: Winter Edition (January/February combined)
and the remaining months each having their own issue. If you have questions regarding the newsletter, please
feel free to contact me.
As always, thank you!
Selectmen’s Desk
Season’s Greetings to All.
If you have not heard, the link to the “Real Estate Tax Info” has been added to the town web page. You may find
it located on the left side of the home page, last item in the index section. I hope you will check it out.
The Select Board is looking for volunteers for the Beach Committee. For many years Cherie Wenzel has done a
wonderful job coordinating the summer swim program and making sure the dock and float are put in/taken out in
good order. Cherie has stepped down and I wish to thank her immensely for her commitment to such a great community resource. Also, the town was recently awarded a $10,000 grant for beach improvements from the Gibson
foundation. This money will be used for a new dock and float, but perhaps there will be funds left for other beach
improvements. For more information or to join the Beach Committee, please contact the Select Board at [email protected].
The town’s financial audit has been completed with an overall favorable report. There are a couple areas where
better back-up documentation must accompany the request for payment but I’m confident that the town departments will work with our town Treasurer to align to the Auditor’s expectations.
Speaking of finances – The Budget Committee has started meeting in preparation of the 2015 town meeting. Yes,
this is an earlier start this year – Thank you to the committee members; Dick McKeen, Mac Hardy, and Brad Jackson.
In wrapping up this submission I would like to remind everyone to take an extra moment to greet everyone you
meet this Holiday season. As much as this is a special time of year for some, for others it is a difficult season.
There may be no way for us to know who or how someone is affected, but if we just reach out to all it just might
make someone’s day special.
Kindest regards,
Sherene Gilman
Select Board Member
On behalf of the Mount Vernon Board of Selectmen
From the
Newsletter Editor
Articles for the Winter Edition are due Friday,
January 30, 2015
We welcome articles from local groups or organizations for the newsletter.
Upcoming Meetings
Selectboard
(6:30 p.m. Town Office)
Please contact me with any questions, comments
or articles.
December 1
December 15
December 29
Tina Mann, Editor
[email protected]
(207) 446-3297
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Town of Mount Vernon Select Board Meeting
Synopsis of Minutes - October 20, 2014
is upsetting, especially to veterans. There is a discussion
about the flag at the school being left up all the time
instead of raised and lowered daily by students like it
7:05pm Road Commissioner Update. There was a
used to be. Dyar tells them he will make sure the light
discussion about adding a section on North Taylor Road on the town office flag is fixed. Dyar installed a light for
to the plow contract. Kent will be going to a seminar
the flag at Memorial Park. Flags are supposed to be takabout bridges on Wednesday, October 22, in South Paris en down at sunset and if they are not lowered they need
to ask about making repairs on the bridge on Cottle Hill to be lit.
Rd. that needs to be fixed. Kent has done work on Ithiel
-Crockett looked at the new Waste ManageGordon Rd. to get it in shape to be plowed. The center
ment contract. Waste Management stated an increase
of Desert Pond Rd. also needs work. Kent has done
of 0.9% but the math does not appear to add up. He will
about four truckloads worth of patching on Sandy River contact them and ask about it.
Rd. It needs more work and culverts replaced, but it
-Crockett asks about the check from Gibson
cannot be done this year with the budget. There is a
Grant. Marti states we have not received it yet.
culvert at the transfer station that has a hole and has
-Dyar is writing the Selectmen’s Desk section for
collapsed. The Select Board asked Kent to take a look at the November newsletter.
it and see if it can be repaired.
-Hospice Volunteers of Waterville thank
Mount Vernon for the allocation of $800. They provide
7:20pm Town Office parking lot. Dyar got a price
end of life care and grief support for the surrounding
from Pike Industries of $750. Dyar is going to talk to
communities. There is a hospice Memorial Healing Garthem again and talk to Lee about what it will cost to roll den at 304 Main St. in Waterville open for all to enjoy.
it.
If someone you know can benefit from their services
please call 207-873-3615.
7:22pm Cemeteries and Town Lots. Grenier recommends the town combine cemetery and town lot acTown of Mount Vernon Select Board Meeting
counts for next year.
Synopsis of Minutes - November 3, 2014
7:23pm Downtown Drainage project. Dyar checked it
during the last rainstorm and the part MDOT completed
seems to work very well. MDOT will come back next
year and finish the project. Gilman asks if MDOT are
going to come back and paint the lines on the portion of
road the paved. Dyar states they will.
7:05pm Winter Plowing. Kent measured North Taylor
Road from Mooar Hill Road to end. It will be an extra
2/10 of a mile on North Taylor Rd that needs to be added to snowplow contract. Dunn states on Ithiel Gordon
Rd. there is a telephone pole very close to edge of road
and the road is too narrow in this area for an 11’ plow.
Kent states he is aware of this and is planning on im7:27pm Fuel oil. Tabled until next meeting
proving the road more. Kent states Lou Pollister asked
them to do his road (N. Taylor Rd.), and Dunn agrees
7:30pm Other Business:
-Winthrop Ambulance Contract. Crockett mo- with this as long as there are not any vehicles in the
way. Dunn states Desert Pond Road is also not ready to
tions to have Dyar sign the contract. Gilman seconds.
be plowed. There was also discussion about the bridge
Vote 3-0 in favor.
-Municipal Valuation Return (MVR). Assessor that needs work and concern over fire trucks being able
left MVR to be signed by the Select Board. Due date for to go through there if need be.
this is 11/1/2014. Dyar motions to sign municipal valua7:20pm Newsletter. Sandy Wright states that citizens
tion return. Gilman seconds. Vote 3-0 in favor.
appreciate the newsletter is a budget issue; however it
-Court case between Jeff & Tenley Kent and
is relied upon by many people. She says about 80% of
Sylvia Wall.
the fuel assistance funds citizens received were because
-Dunn’s Corner Rd. Gary Dumais spoke to
they asked for help via the newsletter, and that many of
Richard Marble, the code enforcement officer, about his
the Community Partnership events are found out about
neighbor using land the bank owns. The land in question
through the newsletter. Wright states many older people
is a 10 acre lot with no right of way through it. Dumais
do not have computers and are not able to drive to pick
states the neighbor has torn his culvert up in his drivethe newsletter up from the library or town office where
way and near his garage, and there are several other
copies are located. Dyar asks about doing some fundissues as well. Dyar states he will look into it, sort out
raising to raise money to cover the cost of postage so it
what is a civil issue, what is a code enforcement issue,
is not coming from the taxpayers. Crockett suggests
and then get back to him.
talking about this at the town meeting next year. Mann
-Max Perkins and Bill Smith are here about the
states it is more expensive to send to a few people than
way the American flag is used around the town of
to send to many because we get a discount. It was apMount Vernon. Perkins asks about flags on the teleproximately $600 a month with Turner Publishing to do
phone poles, and states there are several hanging hapthe printing and postage. There was a discussion about
hazardly that should be removed. One was lying on the
possibly increasing the cost to run ads in the newsletter.
ground last week and Perkins picked it up. Smith states
Mann does not think businesses will want to run ads if
we are being too careless with the American flag and it
the cost increases. Mann will check with the Community
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compactor. Just make sure it doesn’t contain plastic,
foil or glitter. Same for your Christmas cards and the
envelopes they came in; save the addresses for future
reference and recycle.
Advertiser about inserts.
7:35pm Public Hearing Winter Road Closings. Dyar
opens public hearing. Crockett states if the discussed
roads are not ready then maybe the roads should be
closed as usual for this year and plan on widening them
for next year. Dyar states adding the 2/10 of a mile on
North Taylor road is reasonable and then close the other
roads as usual. There was a discussion about Cottle Hill
Road and if there are year round houses on the road.
Since the bridge has now been posted at a 10 ton max
Dunn states it is not safe to drive the large plow trucks
over it. There is no way to get the bridge ready before
winter. Kent will attend the bridge meeting on Wednesday and tell them about the dilemma the town is facing.
Crockett states he would like to hear Kent’s thoughts
after the meeting. Dyar motions to close the roads,
(including Ithiel Gordon Rd. section and Desert Pond
Rd.), that are normally closed to winter plowing, except
for 2/10 of a mile on the North Taylor Rd. Crockett seconds. Vote 3-0 in favor. The Select Board thank Dunn
for the work he did on the town office driveway.
7:45pm Other Business.
-Cottle Hill Rd. Jaimie Clough is concerned that
if the paved section of the road is not repaired soon it
will cost the town a lot more money. Clough asks when
Kent plans on doing the other section of Cottle Hill Road.
Kent states this road is the only road that has had three
applications of pavement in the last 20 years. Kent
states to do one mile of road costs $100k and there is
just not the money to do it and that other roads have
more of a priority. Clough states he has worked out the
cost of doing that 3/10 of a mile and estimates the cost
at approximately $33k. Clough also suggests going
through and making a priority list of what roads are to
be done in what order. Kent adds he has tried to always
spread the money out fairly on the roads and there is a
very small budget to work with. Crockett asks if it is feasible to do patching on Cottle Hill Rd. road this year.
Kent states he will try to get some gravel on the road.
-Transfer Station. Crockett called about the
0.9% increase and is waiting for a call back.
-Winter Plowing Adjustment. $723.20 is to
be added to the Winter Plowing Contract to account for
the additional 2/10 of a mile added. The new total will
be $166,188.20.
-Select Board signs an addendum to extend the
off-road plowing contract with Jonathan Kent.
Many toys, small appliances and electronics come in
paperboard or corrugated boxes. These can easily be
recycled. To speed recycling at the transfer station for
yourself and others, take a minute to flatten boxes at
home before packing them in the car or truck. If possible, wait a week to visit the transfer station which will
minimize lines. While preparing your holiday items for
recycling, remember everything we normally recycle
through our program.
Readfield United Methodist Church
Route 17, Readfield
“Open Mic Night”
Starting in January the second Saturday of the
month from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. the Readfield United Methodist Church will be hosting “Open Mic
Night” in fellowship hall.
January 10th
February 14th
March 14th
April 11th
Singers and musicians, soloist or small combos,
are invited to showcase their talents. Both originals and covers are acceptable, and all musical
genres encouraged, but please keep lyrics appropriate. Refreshments will be offered with proceeds going to local charities. For more information contact hosts John Twitchell @ 685-4170
[email protected] or Rick Smith @ 8602794 [email protected] .
Mt. Vernon Mason Lodges
To view entire meeting minutes
contact the Town Office at 293-2379 or
email Selectmen’s assistant at [email protected]
Vernon Valley Lodge #99 meets the first Tuesday each month.
Vernon Valley Chapter #68 meets the second
Tuesday of each month.
Holiday Recycling
For further information, please contact Charles
Wadleigh at [email protected]
Wow, Christmas is almost upon us, a great time to
think about recycling some of the extra “stuff” this holiday always brings.
Most gifts are wrapped up in paper; holiday wrapping
paper can be recycled in our single stream recycling
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KEEP A
MOUNT VERNON
FAMILY WARM HIS WINTER
DONATE TO THE
MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP’S
FUEL ASSISTANCE FUND
TAX
DEDUCTIBLE
You may send your checks to the
Community Partnership (made out to
MVCPC) and mail them to Sandy
Wright, 1664 North Road, Mt.
Vernon.
We work with the Board of Selectmen’s General Assistance Manager
and the Food Bank* to help people
who need fuel or firewood.
AND A
REALLY
NICE
(*People needing fuel assistance
must apply to the above before assistance can be given. For more information, contact Sandy at 293-2582
or [email protected].)
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Second Annual Winter Revels in Vienna
Through the dark, snowy nights of December a great light will shine as the Vienna Union Hall
opens it’s doors to the public for the second annual “Winter Revels”! Revels has long been a tradition in the Mt. Vernon/Vienna area bringing together locals and newcomers for an evening of music, humor, family and a feeling of community that is unlike any other. Hot cider and treats compliment the evening.
This year the hall offers an impressive lineup of local talent including vocalist Dan Sorensen, brass
music from the “Sunday Project”, classical flute and piano, a children’s readers theater and finally a
fun time with comic Michael Trautman of Portland, ME. Michael Trautman has been “variously
identified as a visual comic, performance artist, new vaudevillian, mime (gasp), physical comedian,
storyteller, magician, and fool, he claims only to be a clown...and not a very traditional clown at
that. He has appeared in such prestigious venues as the New York International Festival of Clown
Theater, Festival D’Ete in Quebec, the General Jackson Showboat at Opryland USA, the Just For
Laughs Festival in Montreal, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He was featured on
WOW! The Most Awesome Acts On Earth, an ABC Television Special, and The Statler Brothers
Show on TNN.” He has performed in theaters from The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
(Washington, DC), The Michael J. Fox Theatre (Vancouver, BC) to the Portland Stage Company
(Maine) and now at the Vienna Union Hall (Vienna, ME).
The Vienna Winter Revels is at 7:00 PM on Saturday, December 20, 2014. Tickets are $8.00
each, $4.00 for children under 10. For tickets email [email protected] or call Marianne
293-2674 or Libby 293-2362.
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Mount Vernon Community Center
Available for public and private functions.
For information on the Community Center availability,
please contact: Mitzi Robinson 293-4578
Community
Center Café
Board of Trustees: Mitzi Robinson, Ann Warren, Jackie
Berry, Nancy Banner, Wanda Morse, Tammy McLaughlin, Donna Williams, Jon Berry
Saturdays:
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Board Meetings are held the first Wednesday of
every month at 7 p.m. at M.V.C.C.
Come enjoy coffee,
eats and conversation.
Tuesday AM Breakfast Mount Vernon Community Center
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
For more information call 293-4082
Mount Vernon Community Center Schedule
Tree Lighting
Saturday, December 6
6:30 p.m., Children's story
7:00 p.m. Santa and lighting of tree
Bring cookies to share
Hot chocolate and cider served
Mount Vernon Community Partnership Corp. (CPC)
Fuel Assistance Fund
Winter is coming and some of our Mount Vernon families may need fuel they can’t afford. If you are able to
help them, you may donate to the Fuel Assistance Fund of the CPC. Both the General Assistance Manager of
the Board of Selectmen and Betty White of the Food Bank will make us aware of a family who needs these
funds, and we will respond. The process is anonymous. If you would like more information, contact Sandy
Wright at 293-2582 or [email protected] .
Minnehonk Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club
Winter is upon us! Members have been working on the trail system to smooth riding your machines. We need
more members to help with this project which takes many hours to accomplish. Come and join with us for fun
on the trails and meeting new people. The trails must be maintained to interconnect with other towns and areas. Club meetings are held the second and fourth Monday evenings at the club house on the North Road. For
more information call Chris Currier at 441-5090.
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Flu shots and other adult immunizations
contributed by Dan Onion, MD
Mt. Vernon Health Officer
[email protected]
293-2076
“Tis the season” to get flu shots. This is a bit of a re-run but important enough to bear repeating.
Influenza is an upper (runny nose/sore throat) and lower respiratory (pneumonias) tract viral infection. It infects
the cells lining the respiratory tract and lungs, and spreads from person to person by respiratory droplets from
coughing and sneezing. Infections usually peak in February-March in the Northern hemisphere when we spend
more time indoors with other people at school and work. It is not a gastro-intestinal infection, although we colloquially say someone with vomiting and diarrhea has “flu” as well; they are not the same infections. The disease
takes 2-4 days to cause illness after a person is exposed. The first symptoms are usually severe sore throat and/
or cough with fever and chills developing over the subsequent 24 hours. The fever lasts 2-4 days, but the patient
continues to cough and doesn’t really feel normal for at least a week. There are some bad complications that can
appear and even be fatal. A very small percentage of healthy adults, who get it, can develop an overwhelming
viral pneumonia, white out their lungs and die quickly. Thus if someone with cough and fever over 101° gets badly
short of breath, they need medical attention fast. The other complication, seen more often in young children and
people over 60 is a secondary bacterial pneumonia. The story there is usually of a febrile illness over 2-3 days
that gets better but then the fever comes back and the patient is much sicker. These patients need antibiotics to
stop the bacterial infection. But for the vast majority of infected people, the treatment is just aspirin (adults) or
acetaminophen (children) along with fluids, plus tincture of time.
Influenza changes its stripes (surface protein antigens) nearly every year, thereby being able to re-infect people
who have had it in previous years. In adults the vaccine is given in the arm or leg muscle (intramuscularly), or
less effectively, beneath the skin, (subcutaneously). It is a killed vaccine, meaning there are no live virus particles
in it, only dead viral cells and bits. Those bits induce your body to make antibodies, circulating influenza virus bullets (antibodies) over the 2-3 weeks after the shot, so viruses entering your body thereafter are mowed down in
large numbers, though not 100%. A few survive and may still cause illness, albeit milder.
The best way to treat this common disease is to boost your immunity with a flu shot, so you don’t catch it or get
only a mild case. The vaccine is reformulated each year, usually with 2 influenza type A variants and one type B
by the US Centers for Disease Control, which bases what they tell manufacturers to put in the vaccine on their
best guess of which sub-types are around and most infective. The vaccine is egg-based, so the rare person who is
truly egg protein allergic (I’ve never met one), can’t take the shot and must use alternatives. Most of us do fine,
suffering at most a mildly sore arm. Many claim to have “gotten the flu from the shot,” but this is not possible.
Most, I think, are describing a brief aching from the body’s healing the injection site. Adults and children over 8
need only one dose each year. Children over 6 months and under 8 need a series of 2 shots (or nasal drops if over
age 2) at least a month apart if they have never had a flu shot before or have been 2 or more years without one.
No immunizations for kids under 6 months; they will have some immunity from their mother still on board, from
placental transfer; hopefully the family who hugs them all get their flu shots.
The vaccines do work but certainly don’t always prevent infection; in fact you still have a 75% chance of getting
influenza, if exposed, even though you’ve gotten a flu shot. But your chances of being so sick you can’t work are
reduced to only 60% of what it would have been if you hadn’t had the shot, because the shot moderates the
symptoms. It works even better in the elderly, young, chronically ill (asthma, emphysema, and diabetes) because
those groups get much sicker without the shot.
Timing of the shots is an issue to consider. It takes about 2 weeks for your body to develop the antibodies after
the shot. Immunity wanes over several months and the virus may change its coat (antigenic structure) over 6
months or so. Bearing in mind that peak incidence of the infection is February-March, I usually recommend that
people get their shot in late October through early December. There is some flu around in the fall, but the biggest
risk is often in mud season, so you want most of your protection still to be there then.
Flu shots are often cheapest at doctors’ offices, special clinics, some pharmacies and elsewhere, $7-$20. So get
one!
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Readfield United Methodist Church
Community Christmas Fair
December 6th 9-2 p.m.
Route 17, Readfield
..featuring: Bountiful Baskets –
a silent auction of beautifully
presented and imaginative gift
baskets & items!
Beautiful Crafts and homemade gifts
delicious specialty foods and baked goods!
The Cookie Walk
Recycled Riches
Wreaths/swags
Homemade Chowders, Chili,
Sandwich and pie luncheon
Preorder your Christmas Wreath
The fair is famous for lovely decorated, full double sided wreaths. This year we will be offering early wreath pick
up prior to the fair starting the week of Thursday November 20th or you can get yours at the fair on December
6th. If you would like to preorder a wreath please email the office at [email protected] or call us at 207685-4211.
All Pie Supper
Readfield United Methodist Church
January 17th 2015, 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Rte 17, Kents Hill
685-4211
Menu: turkey/chicken pies-shepherd’s pie-beef pies-salads-rolls & dessert pies
Adults $8, Children under 5-12 $3
Sponsored by the RUMC church and the Readfield Fire Auxiliary
Proceeds to go the Pastors Discretionary Fund for our area family’s winter needs.
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Dr. Shaw Memorial Library
contributed by Mary Anne Libby
Thanks so much to all who donated to our Can Due program. All food items have
been taken to the Mt. Vernon Food Bank. We are glad to play a small part in the
many ways the citizens of our communities care for one another.
We will close a bit early on Wednesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve). Our hours that
day will be 3:00-5:30pm. We’ll be glad to see you when you stop by to grab a book or movie, and we hope you’ll
have a chance to relax and enjoy a good story sometime during the long holiday weekend.
It’s winter! Remember to call the library during our regular hours before coming up to visit whenever the weather
is bad. If we don’t answer, the library is closed. You can also check our Facebook page, we try to post last minute closings there.
Before you return audiobooks or DVDs to us, please check the cases to make sure all discs are included. We
don’t always have time to check all materials as they come in. It can cause quite a delay for other patrons who
want that item. Thanks.
The first classifications in the Dewey system give us a basis for learning about who we are and how we conduct
ourselves, they are the story of who we are. The middle of the classification system tunes us into the natural
world (and universe) around us (500s – science), how we can accomplish the work that sustains us (600s – technology) once we begin to understand that world, and it leads us to the expression of our knowledge and thinking
through the application of the arts (700s – arts & recreation). These sections are the most popular nonfiction
sections of our collection.
The 500s include all the really cool field & identification guides (birds, mushrooms, trees, wildflowers, stars!), as
well as books like Maine author B. Heinrich’s Mind of the Raven, Stephen Hawking’s The Grand Design, and Lisa
Kendall’s Knocking on Heaven’s Door (those last two are about quantum physics). The 600s feature gardening
(Deb Soule’s How to Move Like a Gardener), livestock (The Sheep Book, and lots of books on raising chickens),
cooking, books on repair & building; and even subjects like a history of light (Maine author Jane Brox’s Brilliant),
and of course, Rachel Caron’s beloved and always relevant Silent Spring can be found here.
If you want to learn cartooning, architecture, or calligraphy, browse the 700s. Peter Korn’s (Maine author) Why
We Make Things and Why It Matters can be found here, and one of my favorite nonfiction titles, Carhart’s The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (call# 786.2 CAR, if you want to come check it out) is also in this section. Great stuff.
I just finished Terry Pratchett’s A Slip of the Keyboard, a collection of the author’s brief essays on the writing life.
What are you reading?
Dr. Shaw Memorial Library
35 Demariano Rd. Mt. Vernon, ME 04352
Ph. 293-2565
email: [email protected]
Mon. 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Wed. 9 a.m. - Noon, 3-8 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Library Trustees: George Smith, Kathleen Kelley, Fred Webber, Dorcas Riley and Shari Hamilton
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Mt. Vernon
Community Center
Christmas Tree Lighting
Celebration
Saturday, December 6
please bring cookies to share
we’ll have plenty of hot cocoa for everyone
Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m.
Mt Vernon Celebrity Teacher, Mrs. Sarah Caban will again read a holiday
story for the kids and families will leave with their own copy of the book!
Make your own Christmas wish list to give to Santa……
Christmas Tree Lighting at 7:00 p.m.
followed by a visit from Santa Clause
Free to All ~ Weather Permitting
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Advent and Christmas at Readfield UMC
Worship Services and Special Events
Nov 30, Sun. 10 a.m. 1st Sunday of Advent Hope
Dec 06, Sat. 9-2 Christmas Fair
Dec 07, Sun. 10 a.m. 2nd Sunday of Advent Peace
Dec 07, Sun. Hanging of the Greens – Following worship
Dec 14, Sun. 3rd Sunday of Advent Joy
Dec 21, Sun, 10 a.m. 4th Sunday of Advent Love
Dec 21, Sun. Children’s Christmas Pageant
Dec 24, Wed. 7 p.m. Christmas Eve Service of Verses and Carols at Torsey Memorial
Dec 24, Wed. 11 p.m. Christmas Eve Service of Light and Communion at Jesse Lee Church
Dec 28 Sun. 10 a.m. 1st Sunday of Christmas
Dec 31, Wed. 7 p.m. Wesleyan Covenant/Watchnight Service
Jan 04, Sun. 10 a.m., 2nd Sunday of Christmas/Epiphany/Magi Sunday
Visit our website www.readfieldumc.org for more information on these services.
First Baptist Church
Route 41, Mt. Vernon Village
Christmas Eve Service
December 24, 7 p.m.
For more information,
please call the church office at 293-2141
FREE INCOME TAX SERVICES
The AARP Tax-Aide program provides free Federal and State tax return services at the Dr. Shaw Memorial
Library in Mount Vernon. Tax-Aide volunteers are trained, tested and certified to prepare returns for low
and moderate income taxpayers, with particular focus on those over 60.
Low income taxpayers should note that the only way they can receive the Maine Property Tax Fairness
Credit is to file a Maine Income Tax Form. Even if you pay no income tax you may be eligible for this credit. Also, the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) may require you to file a tax return, even if you pay no
income
tax.
The free tax services are provided by appointment only. Call the Dr. Shaw Library at 293-2565 after January 1 for an appointment and a list of documents to bring. Tax dates for 2015 are February 14, February
28, March 14 and March 28.
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First Baptist Church Food Bank
We thank all individuals, schools, churches, businesses, and organizations who have
assisted us this past year by donations of money, food supplies—vegetables from the
children’s garden at school—and in many other various ways. With all working together
we have accomplished a great deal and helped to ease the burdens of many. Just as a
reminder the Thanksgiving boxes will be given out on November 22 for those who frequent the food bank. Christmas boxes will be available on December 20th. All at the
food bank wish you all happy holidays.
The Food Bank is located at The First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon Village. It is open each Saturday
morning from 10 a.m. to Noon. If you are in need of help during off hours, please call Betty White
293-2273, Helen Wilkey 293-2351 or Irene Wadleigh 293-2308. Please leave a message if there
is no answer and you will be contacted.
Mt. Vernon-Vienna Giving Tree
Help your Mt. Vernon & Vienna neighbors
The Giving Tree will be set up
in the Mt. Vernon Country Store
on Saturday, November 22.
Help make a better Christmas
for a local family or lonely senior
by purchasing a request on the tree.
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Maranacook Area School District—RSU #38
School News
Mount Vernon Elementary School
Upcoming Events
Dec. 4 EARLY RELEASE DAY - Dismissing 11:30 - No Pre-K class
Dec. 9 Winter Concert 6:00 Grades K-5
Dec.22-Jan.2 Winter Break - No School
Mt. Vernon Playgroup
The toddler playgroup has started on Tuesday mornings, from 9:00-11:00 at the Mt. Vernon Elementary School
gym. All community parents with their children from birth to 4 years of age, who are not enrolled in school are
welcome to join us. The toddler playgroup is an informal weekly event held on Tuesday mornings, full of activities that include free play, music, storytime, special guests, and when the weather permits, outdoor play. All
children and their responsible adults are welcome! Please call the Mt. Vernon School at 293-2261 ext.0
RSU #38 Board of Directors
2014-2015 Meeting Schedule
Maranacook Community High School
Student Center
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Donations needed
for Vicky’s Boutique
Vicky’s Boutique began in the middle school many
years ago and now looks much like a proper shop,
with custom-built clothes racks and a dressing
room. We wash and dry all donations.
(unless otherwise noted)
December 3
December 17
January 7
January 21
February 4
February 25
March 4
March 18
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
May 6
May 13
June 10
June 3
Here’s what we’re looking for: jeans, sweatpants,
leggings, winter coats, gloves, hats, long-sleeved
and short-sleeved tee shirts, gym shorts, socks,
underwear, sneakers, boots, sandals, belts.
Business Mtg.
Workshop Mtg.
Business Mtg. (budget overview)
Workshop – Budget
Business Mtg.
Workshop – Budget
Business Mtg., Joint Meeting with
Select Boards on budget
Workshop – Budget
Workshop – Budget
Business Mtg., including budget deliberations
Workshop – Budget
Business Mtg. – vote on budget
Business Mtg.
Budget Annual Mtg., High School
gymnasium, 7:00 p.m.
Workshop Mtg.
Business Mtg.
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The Vienna Union Hall Association
presents
The Second Annual
Winter Revels
Saturday, December 20, 7:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Dan Sorensen
The Sunday Project
Carol and Josh
A Children’s Readers Theater
AND
Michael Trautman
Adults $8.00, Children 10 and under $4.00
For advance tickets call
Marianne: 293-2674, Libby: 293-2362 or Dodi: 293-2670
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Our Churches
Augusta
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
9 Summer Street, Augusta
Church Office: 622-2424
www.stmarksaugusta.org
9:30 a.m. Sunday Eucharist
Coffee fellowship to follow
Belgrade
Jr. ages 8-12; Sr. ages 13-18
For more information:
[email protected]
9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship;
Coffee, refreshments & conversation follow each service
First Baptist Church
Route 41, Mount Vernon Village
Church Office: 293-2141
Rev. Jay Wilson
Readfield United
Methodist Church
1564 Main St., Route 17
Rev. Desi Larson
Church Office: 685-4211
[email protected]
“…extending God’s open
arms in fellowship and
mission.”
Union Church of Belgrade Lakes
Main St, Belgrade Lakes
(United Methodist)
Church Office: 495-3599
Rev. Bill Meyer
10 a.m. Sunday worship service
Coffee and Refreshments follow
9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship
(nursery care provided)
North Vienna
United Methodist Church
572 Tower Road, North Vienna
Laura Church, Pastor
Church Office: 293-3710
Children’s Sunday School during
Worship
Wednesday — Adult Bible Study
Mt. Vernon
Dunn’s Corner Baptist Church
Wings Mills Road, Mt. Vernon
Church Office: 685-9829
Rev. John Dunn, Jr.
All are welcome to the service.
North Vienna
9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship
Sunday School
Creation Station, an after-school,
faith-based, arts-intensive program
for any children in grades K6. Meets on Wed. afternoons from
3:30-5:00 following the MSAD #9
school calendar.
Readfield
10 a.m. Sunday Worship
10 a.m. Sunday School/Nursery
Care
Vienna
Vienna Baptist Church
116 Main Street, Vienna
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship
Pastor Everrett Maxim
293-3061
Winthrop
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Winthrop Ctr. Friends Church
9:15 a.m. Sunday School classes
219 Winthrop Center Rd.,
toddler to adult
Winthrop
Youth Group for any youth grades
10:30 a.m. Worship service,
Church Office: 395-4669
6 & up meets the 1st & 3rd Sundays
Nursery is available
www.standrews.episcopalmaine.org
of each month.
Jr. Church for children up to age 9
The Rev. Jim Gill, Vicar
during worship service.
North Wayne
6:00 p.m. Sunday Evening Service
North Wayne Church
(non-denominational)
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Prayer meeting
- the HOUR OF POWER
10 Church St., Wayne
Youth group Young Adults 4
Pastor Jon Olson
Christ both Jr. & Sr. groups
Church Office: 293-2502
meet 4 p.m. every Sun. at the
[email protected]
church, Sept. to June
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