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Project Sticker Shock Hits Campaign Oxford Hills
A statewide public
awareness campaign that
discourages adults 21
years of age and older
from providing alcohol
to minors has hit Oxford
Hills.
Supported by Healthy
Oxford Hills, a project of
Stephens Memorial Hospital, and by local convenience stores who gave
permission to be “stickered” recently, the campaign holds promise that
The Family Birthplace
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The Family Birthplace at
Stephens Memorial Hospital has been recognized by
the Immunization Action
Coalition (IAC) the Maine
Immunization program for
achieving one of the highest
reported rates in the state
for its work to protect newborns from hepatitis B virus
infection
The Family Birthplace at
Stephens Memorial Hospital is the newest entry into
IAC’s Birth Dose Honor
Roll (www.immunize.org/
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which recognizes hospitals
and birthing centers that
have attained high coverage
levels for administering the
hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
The Family Birthplace
immunized 90 percent of
babies from September
2013-September 2014 and
took additional steps to prevent perinatal transmission
of hepatitis B.
The national standard of
care to prevent hepatitis B
virus infection in babies
is to administer hepatitis
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babies being unprotected
from perinatal hepatitis B
infection.
“Hospitals and birthing
centers have a responsibility to protect babies from
life-threatening hepatitis B
infection,” said Deborah
Wexler, MD, executive director and founder of IAC.
“The Family Birthplace
at Stephens Memorial Hospital’s commitment to the
best practice of hepatitis
B vaccination at birth has
shown them to be a leader in
preventing the transmission
of the hepatitis B virus.”
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more people will be discouraged from furnishing to youth – a crime
that brings fines of up to
$2,000 and or up to one
year in jail.
“Seeing high school
youth get involved with a
local campaign that promotes community safety
was really encouraging.
It was a pleasure to partner with such bright and
involved students,” Chris
Davis, project manager
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Sweet fun for Valentine's Day! Come celebrate Valentine's Day at the Paris Public Library with crafts, stories, and cookie decorating on Saturday, February 14th from 122:45 PM in the children's room. Everyone is welcome! For more information, contact the
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Sexual assaults, fights,
and injuries all occur at
significantly higher rates
when youth use alcohol.
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Annual Dr. Seuss Breakfast & Children’s Book Fair
The Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club will be holding their Annual Dr. Seuss
Breakfast & Children's
Book Fair again this year
on March 7, 2015, where
members invite young and
old to meet Cat in the Hat
and his Friends.
In partnership with Right
Start and Read Across
America, each child will
receive a new book and are
encouraged to bring some
outgrown books to swap
for other used books. In addition, each child will be
entered in a drawing to win
a new sled donated by Paricon, Inc.
The event is 8AM to
11Am in the OHCHS Culinary Arts dining room. The
cost is $6, free for kids 12
and under. Kiwanis mem-
bers will be serving pancakes, French toast, eggs,
sausage, hash brown, coffee and juice.
Kiwanis is holding a
used book drive so there
will be plenty of books for
all the children. Used books
may be dropped off at the
following locations:
• Hair Plus, 41 Paris, St.,
Norway.
• Norway Savings Bank,
261 Main Street, Norway.
• TD Bank, 1586 Main
St., Oxford.
• Oxford Hills Chamber
of Commerce, 4 Western
Avenue, S. Paris.
We are also announcing
that we will be holding a
contest for the design on
the Bookmark, which will
be given to each child that
attends the event.
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The design should be in
keeping with the Dr. Seuss
theme for the event.
The winner of the contest
will:
Receive
recognition
by having his/her design
printed on the bookmarks;
receive a year's subscription to one of the following magazines: Hi Lights,
Ranger Rick, Your Big
Back Yard (This is dependent on the age/gender of
the winner).
Entries for the contest
should be submitted by
February 13, 2015, to Maureen Howard, c/o Diane
Gerry, Central Office.
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Flaky
John McDonald
You say the cold weather
is getting you down and
you need a vacation in
some exotic place but don't
have the time or money to
go there at the moment, is
that your trouble, Bunky?
Is that what's making you
droop those baby-blues?
Just go online.
The other day I was
checking out different sites
and stumbled on a web
site that promotes one of
Maine’s largest industries
- tourism.
Before my eyes my home
state - the state I know only
too well but love anyway suddenly unfolded before
me as an intoxicating and
beautiful 'destination.'
On the home page was
a map of Maine with each
region a different color. To
be carried off to that region
all I had to do was point and
click.
To begin my journey I
clicked 'Down East' only
to read: “Centuries ago
the explorer Samuel de
Champlain named it L'Isle
des Monts-deserts, "the island of barren mountains."
From the splendor of these
mountains of Acadia to
the spectacular beauty of
dawn's first light in Lubec,
Down East will awe you.
But there was more.
Feel the joy of spotting a
whale offshore or an eagle's
nest in Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. From
glacial rock formations to
quaint towns and seldom
explored lakes and woods,
Down East beckons you.”
I never thought I’d enjoy
being beckoned. Suddenly I
didn't feel like I was living
in a cold wind-swept outpost where winters lasted
for five months and where
people were struggling to
keep warm and pay their
heating bills. No, I was suddenly in a place of 'spectacular beauty' and 'quiet solitude.' What a great place!
Feeling uplifted I then
clicked on York County,
the “Gateway” to our state
where I read: “Graced with
miles of white sandy beaches and acres of farmland
and pastoral countryside,
the Southern Maine Coast
Community Suppers
The
Rev.
Howard
MacMullen,
of
the
Congregational Church of
East Sumner, invites the
public to the 1st Saturday
Community Suppers on
February 7 (Annual
Winter Picnic and BBQ)
and March 7 (Pasta Night).
the meals include salads,
breads, desserts and fun
raffle items, and begin at
5:30 PM. Donations are
requested for the meal.
The season of Lent
begins on Wednesday,
Feb 18 with an Ash
Wednesday
Service at 7:00 PM.
The Church is located at
50 Main Street, Sumner,
on Rte. 219. FMI Cyndy
388-2667. n
CMCC Fall 2014 Dean’s List
President Scott Knapp
of Central Maine Community College has announced
the Dean’s List for the Fall
2014 Semester.
Students on the President’s List earned a semester grade point average
(GPA) of 3.9 or higher (on
a 4.0 scale). High honors
denote a minimum GPA of
3.6 and honors recognizes
those with a minimum GPA
of 3.3.
All students from Harrison, Hebron, East Stoneham, Norway, Otisfield,
Oxford, Paris, South Paris
and West Paris who have
achieved academic honors
are listed below.
President’s List
Hebron:
Amanda
Fearon, Christina M. Garrett.
Norway: Caylie J. An-
derson, Rebecca M. Cronin, Haley M. Dennison,
Adam Gaffen, William
Grover, Paige C. Kimball.
Otisfield: Emily O. Libby, Janelle D. Raven.
South Paris: Peter L.
Flanders, Daniel L. Glick,
Morgan L. Kesseli, Nancy
Lee Piper.
West Paris: Bethany R.
Kronstadt.
High Honors
Harrison: Merrissa J.
Hill.
Hebron: Mary A. Fecteau, Kayleen A. Glover,
Nicholas B. Legee.
Norway: Hope N. Godin, Meredith P. Potter,
Kaitlyn M. Washburn.
Otisfield: Walter K. DuBeau.
South Paris: Shannon
D. Boutin, Mary L. Britton,
Brynn E. O'Connor, Alli-
son F. Perkins, Nicholas C.
Walker, Ethan T. White.
West Paris: Heather M.
Brown.
Honors
Harrison: Shawna M.
Austin, Kelly J. Callahan,
Eric W. Finnen, Justin W.
Heroux.
Hebron: Ashleigh Bonney.
Norway: Josiah C. Cushman, Michaela A. Stone.
Otisfield: Louis D. Ouellette.
South Paris: Hayley J.
Cummings, Chelsea E. Dutil, Laura M. Knight, Natasha L. Labranche, Christina
R. Larsen, Michael L. Mayberry, Oldriska Wyman.
West Paris: Brenda L.
Crandall, Samantha M.
Mills, Joanne H. Yates. n
The Brownfield Lions
Club will be hosting a
dance on Valentines Day
February 14, 2015 at the
Brownfield Lions Den
on Routes 5 and 113 in
Brownfield,Maine from 8
P.M.-12 A.M. for adults 21
& older.
Music is Country &
Western style and Oldies
by Linwood Cash and “The
Ridge Riders”.
There will be refresh-
ments available and admission is $15.00/person.
There shall also be a 50/50
raffle and a bottle raffle.
For more information
or reservations call Earl at
207-935-2911. n
Valentine’s Dance
welcomes you. History and
geography come together
in a montage of images
you'll treasure forever.
After reading that, I had
all I could do to keep from
grabbing my hat and coat
and running out the door
into the snow. Where has
this 'colorful' place been all
my life?
Continuing my journey I
then clicked the Mid Coast
region: “Like fingers reaching into the sea for its treasures are the peninsulas of
the Mid Coast. Hardy souls
along these shores build
the vessels that explore the
ocean for the food it provides. Let your imagination
paint each image for your
mind's eye to see forever.
Offshore islands and rolling
countryside, the Wyeths'
brushes and the sword of
Chamberlain - from Stockton Springs to Brunswick,
the Mid Coast's rich heritage, formidable character,
and charming personality
await you”.
Wyeths' brushes? Fingers? The sword of Chamberlain? OK.
The Kennebec region was
a natural choice: “Imagine
the sparkling waters of the
mighty Kennebec River, the
picturesque mountains dotting the Appalachian Trail,
and crystal clear lakes at
every turn in the road. You
have entered the realm of
the Kennebec and Moose
River Valleys, beginning at
historic Fort Western and
the capitol in Augusta.”
Nothing wrong with being lured and lulled but I
didn't want to drive up the
interstate to the area around
Bangor to experience the
“dreamy serenity” they
were talking about.
Thinking it was time to
head home I clicked the
map for Western Maine
and - I'm not kidding this was the opening line:
“Imagine you're a snowflake, one of millions cascading down the ski slopes
of Western Maine. You'll
create exciting runs for
skiers, snowboarders, and
snowmobilers.”
Um, a snowflake?
Well, be it ever so
“flaky” there's no place
like home. n
Well Done!
The University of Rhode
Island is pleased to announce that more than
4,700 students qualified for
the Fall 2014 Dean's List.
Kelynn Herlihy Laliberte of Norway was named
to the Dean’s List.
Students who have completed 12 or more credits
during a semester for letter grades with at least a
3.30 quality point average
qualify for the Dean's List.
Part-time students qualify
with the accumulation of
12 credits with a 3.30 quality point average.
The University of Rhode
Island is located in Kingston, R.I.
The following local student has been recognized
on the dean’s list at Nor-
wich University for the fall
2014 semester: Derek Morin of South Paris.
Norwich University is located in Northfiled, Vt.
Colby-Sawyer, located in
New London, N.H., recognizes students for outstanding academic achievement
during the 2014 fall semester.
To qualify for the Dean’s
List, students must achieve
a grade-point average of
3.50 or higher on a 4.0 scale
while carrying a minimum
of 12 credit hours in graded
courses.
Jillian Jacobs of Otisfield is a member of the
class of 2016 majoring in
Business Administration.
Jesse Murch of Waterford is a member of the
class of 2018 majoring in
Multidisciplinary Studies.
The following students
have been named to the
Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire
for the fall semester of the
2014-2015 academic year.
Lacey Ryder of West
Paris earned Highest Honors
Students named to the
Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire are
students who have earned
recognition through their
superior scholastic performance. Highest honors are
awarded to students who
earn a semester grade point
average of 3.85 or better
out of a possible 4.0. n
State Senator Roger
Katz (R-Kennebec) has
announced that the Maine
Government Summer Internship Program is currently taking applications
for talented college students
to intern in various departments of state government.
"This is a full-time, paid,
summer work experience
that provides a terrific opportunity for college students to get hands–on experience in a variety of
state departments from the
Department of Education to
the Department of Environ-
mental Protection, and 10
others,” said Katz.
"The program has been
going on since 1967 and
has provided a great way
for students to experience
government firsthand and
explore potential careers in
public service. I hope many
area students will take advantage of this excellent
opportunity."
To be eligible for the
Internship Program, students must currently be
enrolled in a Maine college
or be a Maine resident enrolled elsewhere, and have
successfully completed a
minimum of two years of
college. Students currently
graduating from undergraduate and graduate programs
are also eligible.
Interested students may
seek more information or
application forms from the
website of the Margaret
Chase Smith Policy Center
at mcspolicycenter.umaine.
edu or by calling the Center
at (207) 581-1648.
The 2015 on-line student
application will open January 30 with an application
deadline of March 1. n
Maine Government
Summer Internship Program
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Community Groups Make Holiday Donations to
SeniorsPlus Meals on Wheels Participants
SeniorsPlus,
Western
Maine’s
designated
Agency on Aging, received
holiday donations from
area community groups to
make the holidays more
festive for participants in
the organization’s Meals
On Wheels program in
Androscoggin,
Oxford,
and Franklin counties.
Donating
organizations
were the Girl Scouts of
Maine, the Oxford County
Elder Abuse Task Force in
conjunction with children
at
Rowe
Elementary
School in Norway, and the
Harris House in Livermore.
Employees of Liberty
Mutual Insurance also
made donations.
The Girl Scouts of Maine
provided cans of honey
roasted nuts, which will
be distributed to Meals On
Wheels participants in all
three counties.
Bags of treats were
donated by the Oxford
County
Elder
Abuse
Task Force, a community
partnership dedicated to
ending elder abuse and
generating
resources,
educating the community,
and advocating to meet
the needs of elder abuse
victims. The bags were
then decorated by children
at Rowe Elementary School
and will be distributed in
Oxford County.
For the third year, the
Harris House, a care
facility helping adults with
intellectual
disabilities,
made and donated more than
100 ornaments. Residents
of Harris House volunteer
regularly, packing meals in
the SeniorsPlus Meals On
Wheels distribution center
in Livermore.
Employees of Liberty
Mutual Insurance donated
gifts to selected participants
in Androscoggin County.
“This time of year
especially, it means so
much to see the community
rally,” said Betsy SawyerManter, Executive Director
of SeniorsPlus. “We are
grateful for the support of
these friends of ours in the
community.”
Since 1972, SeniorsPlus
has provided Meals On
Wheels
for
Franklin,
Oxford and Androscoggin
counties, delivering more
than 100,000 meals to 600
individuals annually.
The overall program goal
of SeniorsPlus, which is
headquartered in Lewiston,
is to assist older adults
and adults with disabilities
in Franklin, Oxford and
Androscoggin counties to
remain safely at home for
as long as possible. The
majority of these consumers
are lower income, on fixed
income, or MaineCare.
The
mission
of
SeniorsPlus is to enrich
the lives of seniors and
adults with disabilities.
SeniorsPlus
believes
in
supporting
the
independence, dignity and
quality of life of those we
serve. n
Volunteers Needed for Cancer Support Program
In advance of a training
session scheduled for
February in Norway,
community
members
who have experience with
cancer are invited to apply
to become a volunteer
with the Maine Buddy
Program. Anyone who is a
cancer survivor, has been
a friend or caregiver to
someone with cancer, or
lost a loved one to cancer
may apply. The program
is especially interested in
potential volunteers from
the Western Maine region.
The volunteer Buddy
training will be held on
Saturday, February 21 at
the Harper Conference
Center in the Ripley
Medical
Building
in
Norway.
The Maine Buddy
Program is a statewide
service
that
pairs
trained volunteers with
individuals
who
are
dealing
with
cancer
in their lives – either
through their own illness
or the cancer diagnosis
of a friend or family
member. Buddies provide
emotional support, hope
and encouragement to help
individuals move through
their own or a loved one’s
cancer journey or grief
process. Molly Stewart,
MSW, Mission Services
Director at the Cancer
Community Center in
South Portland provides
training,
supervision
and support for program
volunteers.
Stewart is pleased to be
offering a volunteer Buddy
training in the Oxford
Hills region. “Members of
this community expressed
a need for more support
for people affected by
cancer,” says Stewart.
“They reached out to
the Cancer Community
Center and we are happy
to partner with the local
community to expand the
Maine Buddy Program in
the Oxford Hills region.”
Anyone
interested
in applying to be a
volunteer Maine Buddy
can
contact
Molly
Stewart at the Cancer
Community Center, either
by phone at 774-2200 or
by email at mstewart@
cancercommunitycenter.
org. Volunteer applications
are available online at:
CancerCommunityCenter.
org.
The Cancer Community
Center is a place where
people with cancer, their
families
and
friends
can come together in
a comfortable, caring
setting to build social and
emotional support. All
programs are offered at
no charge to participants
and are made possible
by the generosity of the
community. n
Six Quick Tips for Sub-Zero Winter Driving
When it comes to winter car care, many motorists think of antifreeze
and batteries, but vehicles
need extra attention when
temperatures drop below
zero. These six quick tips
will help your vehicle
perform at its best during
cold weather months.
1. Keep the gas tank
at least half full; this decreases the chance of
moisture forming in the
gas lines and possibly
freezing.
2. Check the tire pressure, including the spare,
as tires can lose pressure
when temperatures drop.
Consider special tires if
snow and ice are a problem in your area.
3. Have the exhaust system checked for carbon
monoxide leaks, which
can be especially dangerous during cold weather
driving when windows
are closed.
4. If you’re not trying to
defrost the windshield or
warm the interior, modern
cars are ready to be driven
right away. Idling longer
than 30 seconds in most
cases is unnecessary for
the sake of warming up
the engine. The best way
to warm up your car is to
drive gently at the start.
5. Change to low-vis-
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The Chamber Announces 2015 Business and
Community Award Winners!
The
Oxford
Hills
Chamber of Commerce
is pleased to announce its
Business and Community
Award
winners.
John
Williams, the Executive
Director of the Chamber,
made the announcement
during a press conference
on Monday, January 5 at
the Chamber office.
The 2015 Business of
the Year is Gleason Radio
Group. Past Chamber
Board Chair Mike Godin
nominated
the
local
business
stating
that
WOXO has been a staple in
this community since 1975
and is a great supporter of
the community.
The Rising Star award
has two winners this
year: Bearfoot Realty and
Barbara
Allen,
Vice
President
of
Community
Relations
and Development, has
announced the Board of
the Stephens Community
Healthcare
Foundation
awarded grants to three local
non-profit organizations at
their meeting on January
14, 2015. These grants
will support the community
in
attaining
healthier
lifestyles and also serves
as a component of Western
Maine Health’s community
outreach.
The
Stephens
Granite Ridge Estate &
Barn. Bearfoot Realty was
also nominated by Godin
and in his nomination, he
noted that Bearfoot Realty
started in 2010 and in four
short years has risen to
the number one real estate
agency in Western Maine.
Monica LaVerdiere, owner
of Bearfoot Realty, has
also been active supporter
of local youth sports and
Christmas for Teens.
Granite Ridge Estate &
Barn was nominated by
Mary Anna Palmer, the
Chamber Board ChairElect. In her nomination,
Palmer noted that the
Fratianne family had to
overcome some obstacles
to realize their dream
of creating a beautiful
function space by building
a barn. Since the barn
opened in August 2014,
several weddings and
events
including
the
Kiwanis Club’s annual
Murder Mystery dinner
have utilized this gorgeous
facility.
The Employee of the
Year also resulted in a tie so
there are two winners: Vic
Hodgkins of Gleason Radio
Group and Jim Cameron
of Papoose Pond Family
Campground and Cabins.
Hodgkins was nominated
by Dick Gleason, owner
of Gleason Radio Group.
Gleason stated in his
nomination that Vic has
been with WOXO for
30 years and has done
everything from sales to
copy writing to station
manager. Vic is also very
involved in the community
having served on numerous
boards.
Jim
Cameron
was
nominated by Herb and
Lois Strauss, owners of
Papoose Pond Family
Campground and Cabins.
They stated in their
nomination that Jim has
been an invaluable part of
the team for many years as
General Manager. He also
worked at the campground
when he was 16 years old,
serving as an activities
counselor. They also said,
“Without him, there is no
doubt that our business
would not be as successful
and well-run as it is today.”
The Community Service
Award Winner is Steve
Veazey. He was nominated
by Joan Churchill, Dennis
Lajoie and Mike Burke
of Community Concepts.
In their nomination, they
stated that Veazey is a
role model for retirees. He
volunteers each winter for
the AARP’s tax preparation
service so folks in the
community can access
affordable tax prep services.
He also just finished his
term as a Community
Concepts board director
which he served on for
nine years with distinction.
He still remains on the
Community
Concepts
Finance Corporation board
and is also a long-time
SCORE volunteer.
All the winners will be
Stephens Community Healthcare
Foundation Awards Grants
Community
Healthcare
Foundation
awarded
$7,320 to the Oxford Hills
Comprehensive
High
School for melanoma
(skin cancer) education
for students, staff and the
community. The grant was
submitted by long term
teacher and coach, Charles
Martin. Grant funding
will provide screening for
teachers, students, athletes
and the community. In
addition, grant monies
will support educational
activities such as Tan-Free
Prom and the purchase of
sun canopies for school
and summer recreational
programs.
Tri Town Ambulance
and Rescue Service in West
Paris was awarded a grant
in the amount of $3,250
to purchase 10 jackets for
their emergency services
responders
that
meet
National Fire Protection
Association
standards.
These jackets will improve
safety and identification
for Tri Town’s emergency
services personnel while
responding to rescue calls,
fire scenes and accidents.
The final grant of $6,000
was awarded to Camp
Susan Curtis to provide
two-week scholarships for
five children from the Town
of Norway. Camp Susan
Curtis provides services to
children whose health and
potential are at risk from
compromised
resources.
Through
this
camp
experience children learn
active healthy lifestyles
through
nutritional
food, outdoor activities
and positive education
outcomes.
Eligibility requirements
for grants from the Stephens
Community Health Care
Foundation are tied to
sustainable Health care
initiatives. The Stephens
Community
Healthcare
Foundation is currently
accepting grant applications
through December 31,
2015 with decisions to be
made by January 31, 2016.
For more information
on applying for a grant
contact Barbara Allen, Vice
President
Development
and Community Relations,
at 744-6049 or download
instructions
and
an
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honored at the Chamber’s
Annual Awards Banquet
and Dinner on Saturday,
March 7 at the Four
Seasons Function Center in
South Paris. Also attending
the dinner and serving as
keynote is Senator Angus
King, Jr. On January 3,
2013, Angus S. King, Jr.
was sworn in as Maine’s
first Independent United
States Senator. He also
was elected Maine’s 72nd
Governor in 1994 and
again in 1998 by one of
the largest margins in state
history.
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application from their
website at www.wmhcc.org.
The mission of Western
Maine Health is to ensure
a high quality, accessible,
affordable and appropriate
integrated health care
system to improve the
health and well-being of
the community.
Their
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of the communities they
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CLUES ACROSS
1. Licenses TV stations
4. Worn-out horse
7. Expire
10. Winglike structure
11. Supplement with difficulty
12. Confederate soldier
13. Attempter
15. All persons of the earth
16. Vertical position
19. Live longer than
21. Showing keen interest
23. Old Spanish
currency units
24. Ingested by sniffing
25. A narrow path or road
26. Old Tokyo
27. Bound map
collections
30. Deliquium
35. Brownish coat mixed with white
36. 3 banded S. Am. Armadillo
37. Coat a metal with an oxide
41. Slave-like
44. 1950’s TV Wally
45. City founded by Xenophanes
ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
Aries, tackle a problem that’s been puzzling you
head-on this week. A direct approach may just provide you the unique perspective you need to crack
this nut.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21
Taurus, state your case carefully when you attempt to
get your point across at work. Others will appreciate
your thoughtful approach and respond positively.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21
Gemini, you are up to your ears in work and you
can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet.
Rest assured that it’s there, but it could take a few
more days in the trenches.
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46. Hermaphroditic
50. Kale plant with smooth leaves
54. Forelimb
55. Unassisted
56. Jeweled headdress
57. Auricle
59. Competing groups
60. Cardinal number
61. Light bulb inventor’s initials
62. Heat unit
63. Doctor of
Education
64. Make a mistake
65. Point midway
between S and SE
CLUES DOWN
1. Bazaars
2. Cuyahoga River city
3. Latin word for
charity
4. Scourges
5. Alias
6. Origins
7. Subjugate using troops
8. Dutch name of Ypres
9. Siskel and __, critics
13. Teaspoon (abbr.)
14. Herb of grace
17. Brew
18. Kilo yard (abbr.)
20. Barn’s wind indica-
tor
22. Griffith or Rooney
27. Macaws
28. 2000 pounds
29. Official language of Laos
31. Cleveland’s
roundball team
32. Office of Public
Information
33. Chum
34. Before
38. Nation in the north
Atlantic
39. Apportion into
sections
40. Skilled in analysis
41. More assured
42. ___ Musk,
businessman
43. In a way, tells
46. Immature newt
47. Hawaiian taro root dish
48. Extremely angry
49. Wrapped up in a cerecloth
51. Expression
52. Paradoxical sleep
53. Tooth caregiver
58. Swiss river
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While you are not usually appreciative of surprises,
this week you are willing to be a little more flexible.
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until you can get a better grasp of the situation.
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Scorpio, focus on issues at work this week. Channel
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that there will be time to daydream down the road.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21
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direction, Sagittarius, and you do not know what is
in store for you. Sometimes it can be exciting to be
surprised.
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Aquarius, revisit your career goals this week. Even if
your goals seem ever-changing, it can be productive
to reexamine them from time to time.
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February 2015
Delightful Dessert
Extravaganza!
Stop by the Norway Memorial Library and enjoy a treat
during the Delightful Dessert Extravaganza. The fundraiser will take place Saturday, Feb. 14, from 2 to 4 p.m.
The Friends of the Nor- OHUG, Oxford Hills Ukuway Memorial Library lele Group from 2:30 to
announce a Delightful 3:00 pm.
Dessert Extravaganza to
The Friends welcome
be held this year on Val- dessert contributions of
entine’s Day. The Friends pies, cakes, cookies, bars,
are offering this new event and other desserts from inas a fundraiser for the Li- terested volunteers for this
brary’s audio and video occasion.
collections. This will be a
Desserts will be voted on
“drop-in” event at the Li- by attendees and first, secbrary on Saturday, Febru- ond, and third prizes will
ary 14, 2015, from 2:00 to be awarded to bakers of the
4:00 pm.
top three favorites.
A large selection of desInterested bakers should
serts, including pies, cakes, register at the Informaand cookies will be avail- tion Desk in the library.
able to sample or take Desserts will need to be
home. Samples will cost delivered to the library by
$5.00 for 5 pieces or $10.00 noon on Saturday the 14th.
for 12 pieces. Boxes will be Further guidelines will be
provided for takeout.
available at the library durThere will be compli- ing registration.
mentary coffee and tea
Please stop by or call the
available for those who Library for more informawish to enjoy their sam- tion or to sign up to provide
ples at tables in the library. a dessert at 743-5309 ext.
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Staff Member of the Month
Agnes Gray Elementary
School Ed Tech Darlene
Rogers (left) was honored
as SAD 17’s Staff Member
of the Month for January. In
her nomination for Rogers,
coworker Denise Biggers
wrote, “Darlene is the
type of person who always
steps in whenever anyone
needs something and goes
the extra mile. She works
diligently with the children,
and encourages them to
be independent learners.”
Principal Beth Clarke and
Secretary Ruth McGregor
also shared this story, “on
the first day of school, a
student no sooner exited
the bus when Darlene
noticed that he had holes in
his sneakers. She wondered
if this particular student
had cut the holes so that
his toes had room to stretch
and breathe. Darlene took
it upon herself to size
the 4th grader’s foot and
head to the New Balance
Outlet that same day.
Upon returning to school
on Thursday, Darlene
presented the student with a
brand new pair of sneakers.
The look of wonder on his
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Superintendent Rick Colpitts and Chairman of the School Board Ronald Kugell. The
staff member of the month program is sponsored by the Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club
and supported by OHCHS Student Council. The program is coordinated through the
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Business
Business
Plan and grow your business with monthly Tips
on various subjects such as Taxes, Human Resources,
Marketing and Corporate Wellness
Create a Personal Cash
Flow Statement
As the year begins,
this can be an excellent time to review
your financial circumstances. You can
look back at 2014
and see how much
money came in and
where it went during the year without
adjusting for seasonal variations. The
knowledge
you’ll
obtain by creating a
personal cash flow
statement can help
you make realistic
financial plans for
2015. (If you’re married or cohabiting,
you can use this
technique to create a
household financial
statement.)
Tabulating income
Begin the process
by adding up all the
spendable cash that
came in during 2014.
Typically, that information can be found
in the monthly statements from your
checking account or
accounts.
Once you’ve cal-
culated all the income
you’ve
received, make any
necessary
adjustments. Subtract inflows not likely to
occur again in 2015,
such as exceptional
gifts, bequests, asset sales, and so on.
Altogether,
you’ll
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much cash flow you
can expect in 2015,
raising or lowering
the number to keep
up with current circumstances, such as
a higher salary this
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Tracking your outlays
Your checking account
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also will show how
much you’ve spent
during
the
year:
checks you wrote,
bills you paid automatically, personal
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linked to an account
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To complete the
picture of what you
spent during the
year, request annual statements from
your credit card companies.
Focus on the future Once you have
calculated your cash
flow from last year
and the amount you
spent, you can make
certain plans for
2015.
Creating a personal or household cash
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Employment Wisdom
On The Go
Courtesy of Rebecca
Webber
There has been lot
of discussion recently
about designation of
FMLA and what happens if an employee
declines FMLA and
asks for some other
leave first, saving the
FMLA for later.
There was a recent
article posted on a
site called FMLA Insights that I thought
was particularly well
balanced between the
camps that say not to
designate unless the
employee wants it and
those that say designate it no matter what.
Here is an excerpt from
that article:
Here, you have two
options:
1.Deny FMLA leave.
If the employee has
not returned complete
and adequate medical
certification within 15
calendar days, and he
has not engaged in any
good faith efforts to return it, you have the
right to deny FMLA
leave and subject the
employee to your attendance policy, which
often will treat the absence as unexcused.
2. Designate the absence as FMLA leave.
For some employers,
denying FMLA leave
above will not result in
an unexcused absence
because the employee
simply can use accrued paid leave without any consequence.
For other employers,
they simply want to
start the FMLA clock
running so that the
employee
exhausts
FMLA leave as quickly
as possible and return
to work. . . .
If the employer has
sufficient information
to designate the leave
as FMLA leave immediately after receiving
notice of the employee’s need for leave, the
employer may provide
the employee with the
designation notice at
that time. 29 C.F.R.
825.300(d)(2)
Simply put, you do
not need medical certification in your hand
to designate leave. As
the regulations state, if
you have enough facts
based on the employee’s notice to establish that the employee
requires leave that is
covered by the FMLA,
you can designate it as
such. No other questions asked or information needed. Notably, under 29 C.F.R.
825.305(b), you can
always ask for certification later ‘if the employer later has reason
to question the appropriateness of the leave
or its duration.’”
The good news is
that this scenario does
not happen often because most employees
want the job protection offered by FMLA.
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Critter Chatter: We Hit Gold! 50 Years of Wildlife Rehab, Part 2
In 1965 we learned
that there was something
called wildlife rehabilitation, after reading an
article in the Kennebec
Journal about rehabilitators in Litchfield (Jean's
Jungle). Very interested,
I questioned my husband,
Donald, “We could do
something like this!”
We called Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (then
Fish and Game) to inquire
about the process to apply for a permit. While
waiting for our permit, a
black duck duckling was
brought to us. I called the
federal fish and game warden to inquire how to care
for the bird. He immediately asked if we had a
federal rehab permit, and
when I answered “no”, he
told me to kill it! I said
if he wanted it killed, he
would have to come and
do it himself!
We eventually received
our state rehab permit,
then applied for a federal
permit so that we could
care for birds. The hitch
was that our application
had to be signed by the
same federal warden I'd
tangled with regarding the
duckling several months
earlier. He was reluctant
to sign, also, because
Donald raised exotic waterfowl and he suspected
we wanted to add more
ducks to our collection.
So he paid us a visit to
check the black duck I had
refused to kill, to see if we
had marked the duckling
to indicate it was part of
our own flock by having
the hind toe or first joint
of a wing removed. We
had not.
“I guess you're OK,” he
said, and signed the application. (Ironically, a pair
of black ducks were worth
only $5, hardly enough to
risk losing our waterfowl
permit!)
When we first started rehabilitation, we received
only a few birds and
mammals. The majority
came from Pine Tree Vet-
erinary Hospital, where
our domestic animals received care. The hospital
had state and federal rehab permits. The staff did
initial health assessment,
then sent the wildlife to us
for care until they could
be released back into the
wild. Birds and squirrels
were are first “tenants.”
Donald and I had day
jobs, but couldn't leave
the young alone for hours
without
nourishment.
What to do! I took them to
work with me! Fortunately, no one objected. Everyone knew spring had
(Is that you God?)
My glass is always half
full, except for those rare
days when it is half empty.
Recently on Facebook there
has been a challenge going around for people to
share 100 days of happiness. When I first saw it my
thought was “easy-peasy.”
Pretty much I can find
happiness in all situations.
However, as I reflected
on it, 100 days is over one
quarter of the year.
While I tend to see the
good in every situation, it
is unlikely that I could have
100 days in a row that are all
happy. As if on cue, shortly
after thinking this I had a
particularly difficult day.
Difficult days when we
face difficult circumstances we experience difficult
emotions. Sometimes we
are sad, or angry, or depressed. That’s just life and
our humanity giving us a
challenge.
The key to success is to
remember that no matter
the emotion we are feeling,
we do not need to lose faith,
hope or love. Those are the
certainties that will help us
overcome our emotional
short comings, making our
glass have full again.
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the Hebron Community
Baptist Church.
Carleen Cote
Ababy kestral at the Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center.
Photo by Donald Cote.
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birds, squirrels and whatever other wildlife needed
care.
As game wardens and
community members became aware that we had
permits and would accept animals into our care,
more and more arrived in
need of assistance. When
the numbers increased I
could no longer take them
to the office with me. I
had to come home on my
lunch hour, hurry to feed
them all, then return to
work. As our wildlife increased, so did the number of Donald's exotic
waterfowl. (He traded and
sold the offspring with
other breeders all over the
country and Canada.)
Soon we needed to
build another pond and
more pens for the wildlife.
As our visibility grew,
people would stop by to
see the birds and animals.
Schools bussed students
for tours. Then, in 2003,
the US Department of Agriculture paid us a visit.
We learned that to allow
the public to visit us, we
would need to be licensed
as a zoo and subjected to
yearly inspections. The
costs were prohibitive and
we didn't welcome government interference, so
sadly, we had to close the
doors to the public. Caring for wildlife was our
primary mission.
Note: Carleen and Donald Cote operate the Duck
Pond Wildlife Care Center on Rt. 3 in Vassalboro,
Maine, a non-profit facility, supported entirely by
the Cotes' own resources
and
outside
donations.
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or write them at 1787 N.
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Safe Voices Executive Director to Retire
The Safe Voices Board
of Directors announces
the retirement of Executive Director Jane Morrison after five years serving and advocating for
domestic violence victims
throughout central Maine.
Morrison, who plans to
step down this June, has
played an integral role in
raising awareness of domestic violence and promoting Safe Voices' services across communities
in Androscoggin, Oxford
and Franklin counties.
Under her leadership, Safe
Voices has developed a
reputation for sound fiscal
management and commitment to community partnerships while delivering
best-practice services to
men, women and children
affected by domestic violence.
Cindy Cronkhite, president of the Safe Voices
13-member board, says
that it will be hard to
see Morrison go, but she
leaves behind an agency
well positioned for continued growth in the years
ahead.
“Jane is a force of nature and one of the pillars
of this community,” says
Cronkhite. “Her skills and
sound judgment have been
a boon to Safe Voices. We
very much want to build
on that legacy and continue the momentum she
created when she joined
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services, law enforcement
and the criminal justice
system, Morrison oversaw
the creation of domestic
violence task forces in
all three counties of the
agency's catchment area,
including High Risk Response teams that evaluate
highly lethal cases.
The annual Walk/Run
to End Domestic Violence
has also grown in recent
years and in 2014 raised
a record $39,000 for local
families and individuals
seeking services.
Safe Voices employs 28
staff and 32 volunteers in
its direct service and prevention programs, including a confidential emer-
gency shelter. The agency
also manages a 24-hour
helpline to connect community members to local
resources and support networks.
A search committee for
the new executive director is already underway.
There is currently no plan
for an interim director.
Anne Torregrossa, vice
president of the board
and member of the search
committee, says, “It's a tall
order. We're looking for
someone who can match
Jane's savvy, be a passionate voice for victims and
survivors, and continue to
raise Safe Voices' profile
as one of the top domestic
violence resource centers
in the state.”
Morrison has spent the
last 35 years at the helm
of various nonprofits, including Ingraham in Portland and Schooner Estates
Retirement Community.
But Safe Voices, she says,
will always be closest to
her heart.
“Helping people — our
neighbors and friends
— overcome domestic
violence and find peace
and happiness, it's incredibly humbling and a rare
privilege. I am thrilled to
know that as I move on
to the next chapter of my
life, Safe Voices has the
strength and energy to do
great things.
I'd like to take some
credit for that, but it's really a testament to the dedi-
cated support of our staff
and volunteers, our community partners, and the
thousands of people who
have supported our work
throughout the years.”
A New York native and
graduate of Drake University and the University of
Southern Maine, Morrison
has been an avid supporter
of the Lewiston-Auburn
community since she and
husband Charles “Chip”
Morrison
arrived
in
1978. In that time she has
worked as a consultant to
numerous local nonprofits and currently serves
on the boards of the Auburn Public Library and
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Hebron Middle School
Honor Roll for Fall 2014
Hebron Middle School
has released the Honor Roll
for the Fall trimester today.
Highest Honors (A- or
higher): Alaina Bonis (Hebron), Samantha Gumprecht (Auburn), and Mad-
eline Williams (Mason
Township).
High Honors (B+ or
higher): Leah Bonis (Hebron), Ellena Frumiento
(Auburn), Dylan Greenberg (Mason Township),
Winter Carnival
Brunch
In celebration of the
2015 Bridgton Winter
Carnival, the Trustees of
the First Congregational
Church are hosting a Winter Carnival Brunch on
Saturday, February 14,
2015 from 8:00 AM to
noon.
The menu will offer
pancakes, sausage, a delicious sausage strada,
a selection of breakfast
sandwiches, juice, coffee
and tea.
Tickets will be sold at
the door: Adults: $8.00;
children, aged 4 – 12:
$4.00; children, 3 and under: free.
The church, located
at 33 South High Street
in Bridgton, Maine, has
plenty of free parking and
is handicapped accessible.
Proceeds from this event
will support the many
community based ministries of the church. n
Ashley Herrick (Sebago),
Sophie List (Bethel), Charlie Morton (South Paris),
Clara Mulvihill (Raymond),
Olivia Newell (Minot), and
Trevor Swanbeck (Hebron).
Honors (B or higher):
Joseph Godomsky (Hebron), Lilia Irish (Turner), Gabrielle Matzinger
(Greene), Noah Pratt (Hebron), Carter Richmond
(Mason Township), and
Cora Younk (Auburn). n
Valentine’s Day
Dance
The Swingin' Bears
Square Dance Club announces its Calentine’s Day
Dance on Saturday, February 14, 2015, from 7 pm to
10 pm, at the Oxford Hills
Middle School, 100 Pine
Street, South Paris.
Enjoy a fun-filled evening with Walt Bull, caller.
Level will be mainstream
and plus and Carol Arsenault will be the cuer.
Refreshments will be
served from 7:45 pm on.
There will be announce-
ments, door prizes and
50/50 drawing at 8:30 pm.
Admission is $6 per person. Non-dancers are welcome at no charge.
Directions to the school:
Route 26 in South Paris.
Turn at the traffic signal
that is between the Citgo
Station and Rainbow Credit
Union. The street is opposite Maurice's Restaurant.
For more information
call Eleanor Herrick at 7824050 or visit the website at
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AARP Offers Free Income Tax Help
AARP Tax Aide volunteers, trained and certified
by the IRS, offer free income tax help to people of
all ages with low to moderate incomes at the the
Norway Public Library,
and many other locations
throughout the state, from
February 1 to April 15.
Both Maine and Federal
returns are prepared and
filed electronically, which
helps you get your refund
quickly. You do not need
to be over 60 or a member of AARP for this free
service.
When you come for
your appointment, bring
the following items: a
valid picture I.D.; Social
Security cards for yourself and for all dependents
claimed on your tax return; all W-2, 1098 and
1099 forms, including So-
cial Security statements,
and a list of other income;
a copy of last year’s tax
return, if available.
If you qualify for child/
dependent care credit,
bring the child care provider’s address and tax
I.D. or Social Security
number. If you are eligible for education credit
for yourself or a dependent listed on your return,
bring Form 1098T from
the college or university.
To have a direct deposit
of your refund, bring your
savings account number
or a blank voided check.
This year you will also
need to bring health insurance information for
yourself and all dependents. This may include
Medicare,
Medicaid,
Maine Care, or insurance
through your employer.
If you purchased health
insurance through the
Marketplace, bring Form
1095-A. If you had coverage for only part of the
year, bring information
on the monthly coverage
and/or Exemptions from
the IRS or from the Marketplace/Exchange. You
will also need to report
any Premium Tax Credit
received this year.
If you are filing to receive the Maine Property
Tax Fairness Credit, be
sure to bring your receipts
showing how much you
paid for property taxes on
your primary residence
during 2014. If you are
filing for the rent rebate,
bring the name and phone
number of your landlord
and the total amount you
paid for rent during 2014.
If you moved during the
year, include the amount
of rent paid to live in each
home or apartment and
the number of months you
lived there as well as the
name and phone number
of each landlord. If your
rent includes heat or utilities, your landlord may be
able to provide a statement
of the amount charged for
them. If you do not have a
separate statement, the tax
form will estimate their
value and subtract it from
the total.
Appointments at the
Norway Public Library
on Fridays from 10:00am
to 5:00pm or Saturdays
from 10:00am to 3:00pm
can be made by calling
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Community Suppers
The
Rev.
Howard
MacMullen,
of
the
Congregational Church of
East
Sumner, invites the
public to the 1st Saturday
Community Suppers on
February 7 (Annual
Winter Picnic and BBQ)
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and March 7 (Pasta
Night). The
meals include salads,
breads, desserts and fun
raffle items, and begin
at 5:30 PM. Donations
are requested for the meal.
The season of Lent
begins on Wednesday,
Feb 18 with an Ash
Wednesday
Service at 7:00 PM.
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50 Main Street, Sumner,
on Rte. 219.
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Just as we gave you a list of 5 questions
to ask your doctor before you start a new
treatment from the Choosing Wisely
campaign with Consumer Reports and
Maine Quality Counts, here’s a list of
5 questions to ask your doctor before
you start a new medication:
1. Why should I take this drug?
Make sure you understand what the
drug is for.
2. Is the drug safe for me? Make
sure your doctor knows about all
the other medications you take and
reviews them to be sure there will
be no harmful interactions with
other drugs you’re taking.
3. How should I take this drug?
When, with or without food, what
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Nothin’ But Small TalK: Cure Winter Boredom...
Jess Small
Winter has hit..and hit
us hard here in Maine.
Both horses and humans
are snowed in and with
more on the way. Cabin
fever will be setting in
soon.
There are still many
activities us horse crazy
people and our 4 legged
friends can do to stay entertained.
For us riders that can’t
ride in the snow and ice
and are without an indoor
riding arena, we can keep
ourselves busy many different ways. It’s a great
time to clean and organize your barn, get those
cobwebs down, put more
shelves and hooks up and
wash all those summer
sheets. I myself bring in
my show bridles and saddles and clean them and
keep them warm so they
don’t get dried out and
cracked or covered in dust
over the many months of
sitting around.
It’s also a great time to
work on building your relationship with your horse
and working on ground
work. Practice teaching
your horse to give to pressure, work on saddling
and bridling, picking
up hooves, clipping and
more. Since your not busy
running around to horse
shoes, take the time and
just hang out with your
horse. Pick up a brush and
spend some quality time
getting in your free equine
therapy.
Is it storming out or
brutally cold? Pick up a
book! Many great horse
reads for adults, whether
instructional, fiction, non
fiction it’s about horses so
you know you will love it!
Seabiscut written By Laura Hillenbrand is Modern
day masterpiece about the
small colt that became an
American racing legend
when the country needed
him most and is one of my
all time favorite books.
Next on my list is Sergeant Reckless written
by Robin Hutton about a
little Thoroughbred mare
who was a real life Korean War Hero.
If you horse crazy children are driving you crazy
find these books in your
local bookstore or online
for them. I grew up reading them all and recommend them for your kids!
Black Beauty written by
Anna Sewell, told straight
from the horse’s mouth
about Black Beauty’s tumultuous life in Victorian
England. It was one of the
first books to deal with the
welfare of the horse.
My Friend Flicka written by Mary O’Hara is
about a young boy struggles to please his domineering father and finds
solace in gaining the trust
of a filly.
The Black Stallion written by Walter Farley is
about being shipwrecked
on an island together,
where an Arabian horse
and a boy bond. Once rescued, they go on to win a
match race against the top
Thoroughbreds in the nation.
The Saddle Club Series
written by Bonnie Bryant
is about horse-loving best
friends that share enough
riding adventures at Pine
Hollow to fill more than
100 books. These were
my all time favorite!!!
National Velvet written
by Enid Bagnold told the
story of a teenage girl who
wins a horse in a raffle,
trains it, and rides it in the
Grand National steeplechase.
The Thoroughbred is a
series of young-adult nov-
els that revolves around
Kentucky Thoroughbred
racing. The series was
started in 1991 by Joanna
Campbell and numbered
72 books total.
Misty of Chincoteague
written by Marguerite
Henry is a 1947 book inspired by a real Chincoteague Pony named Misty.
Set on the coastal island
of Chincoteague, Virginia, the book tells the
story of the Beebe family
and their efforts to raise a
filly born to a wild horse.
There are several books in
these series. I was fortunate enough to be able to
visit the island and meet
the real live Chincoteague
Ponies as a youth. It was
an amazing experience!
Other great cabin fever
reliever ideas are bake
your horses some treats
(dogs and cats too)! They
will love you for this.
A super easy horse treat
recipe and others can be
found on www.aboutyourhorse.com. Apple and Oat
Chewies have 3 simple
ingredients: 1 1/2 cups
unsweetened apple sauce,
1 cup oat bran cereal or
ground oatmeal and 1/2
cup all purpose flour. Directions are to preheat
oven to 350 degrees, oil a
9” x 9” square baking pan,
Winter boredom giving you and your horse cabin fever?
There are lots of creative things you can do to keep you
and your horse entertained in the long cold, snowy winter.
spread the batter evenly
in the cake pan and bake
for 20 to 30 minutes until
firm to the touch. Then
keep unused treats in the
refrigerator.
Invite your friends
over and have a horse
themed party, watch horse
themed movies and have
a potluck! Plan your 2015
schedule, make goals, and
work on staying in shape
with workouts at home or
at the gym to get a jump
start on your spring riding. Plan a trip to tour a
farm or schedule a sleigh
ride with friends and family with a local farm! Just
because you can’t ride
doesn’t mean you can’t
have fun and still get your
horse fill.
Stay warm, be safe, and
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The Plight of the Panther
V. Paul Reynolds
By V. Paul Reynolds
A common mistake we
make when dealing with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) is to
judge its decision-making
by normative standards.
That is to say, we should
have learned by now not
to expect much of what
USFWS does to make
much sense. This large
bureaucratic organization
is, after all, part of the
monumental
behemoth
we call the U.S. government.
USFWS’s issuance of
an Incidental Take Permit (ITP), that will allow
limited trapping activities to take place in lynx
habitat in Maine’s north
woods, is a case in point.
The ink was hardly dry
on the agreement between
USFWS and the Maine
Department of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife
(MDIF&W) when two
lynx were killed accidentally by trappers and the
state closed down trapping in lynx habitat. (The
ITP originally allowed the
accidental lethal taking of
up to three lynx over a 15year period.)
A reasonable person
might ask: If there are between 500 and 1,000 re-
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times for baseball, softball
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Join us at the Norway
Town Office on Thursday,
March 12th from 5-6:30pm
or Saturday, March 14th
from 10am to noon.
We ask all parents to attend one of these times to
obtain important information for their child’s athletic
activity.
These registration times
are for Norway residents
only; if you live in another
Town, please call your local recreation department
for the times and locations
of your sign ups.
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on baseball call Mark 7437445. For more information on softball or tee-ball
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producing lynx in Maine,
why did the ITP only allow the incidental taking
of a mere three animals
over a 15 year period?
The rule of thumb with
wildlife managers has always been this: a 10 percent harvest of the known
population will not have a
deleterious effect on overall population numbers.
Moreover, why in the
world did MDIF&W ever
agree to this low number
in the first place, especially with known lynx populations on the uptick?
What is Maine’s lynx
population? USFWS says
it does not know specifically, somewhere between
500 and a thousand.
Doesn’t know or doesn’t
want to know? What if,
as evidence suggests, our
lynx numbers are even
higher than the official estimates?
In South Florida, biologists estimate that there
are 100 to 180 endangered
panthers roaming the
backcountry. So far this
year a record 20 of the
big cats have been killed
by cars. Do the math. The
percentage of “incidental
take” of Florida’s endangered panthers by cars is
somewhere between 15
and 20 percent! A Florida
wildlife spokesman says
not to panic. He says,”We
don’t feel that the loss is
having a major impact on
the population.”
This same biologist said
that if one in every three
panther cubs survives, the
population of panthers
will not be undermined.
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The Otisfield Softball
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February 14th. Dinner will
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p.m. and is free, however,
donations are gratefully
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salad, bread and dessert. A
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Can we draw a parallel
with the Maine lynx situation?
If you applied the
Florida panther math to
the Maine lynx, trappers
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lynx a year and not impact
the population appreciably. And yet, USFWS,
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“Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow” and Be Safe
Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well
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and Motivational Speaker
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As I sit here watching the snow fall in the
Blizzard of 2015 I realize that we still have a
couple more months of
this stuff. So let’s all take
advantage of Mother Nature’s way of getting us
in shape. Shoveling snow
is great exercise as it offers both strength and anaerobic benefits. You can
burn anywhere from 300
to 500 calories per hour
shoveling snow. Now
that’s a great bonus if
you are weight conscious.
Like any exercise there
are safe ways to exercise
and there are safe ways to
shovel snow. Here are just
a few.
1. Don’t just jump
out of bed and pick up a
shovel. Warm up slowly
before shoveling snow.
Cold muscles are easily injured. Marching
in place, swinging your
arms and gently stretching your back are all pieces of warming up and will
only take 5 minutes.
2. Stretch after and
during shoveling. Take a
little stretch break every
15 minutes while shoveling. Back bends such
as putting your hands on
your low back and gently
bending backwards looking up towards the sky
are great stretches for the
back. Hold for 15 seconds.
Stretch your neck and
shoulders by tilting your
left ear to your left shoulder and hold for 15 seconds. Repeat on the other
side. Reach up towards
the sky to stretch your
arms and the rest of your
body. Oh, and by the way:
stretches are supposed to
feel good. If it hurts you
are doing it wrong.
3. Drink plenty of water. Your body uses more
water in winter than in the
summer. That’s because
it takes a lot of energy to
keep warm, and the heat
generated to maintain a
stable temperature uses
up moisture.
4. Protective clothing
is so important especially
for your extremities like
toes and fingers and ears.
Wear waterproof boots
and comfortable socks
like woolies for warmth
and comfort. And mittens
instead of gloves to keep
the fingers warm. Warmth
is the secret to prevent
injuries so dress in layers
and wear your hat so you
don’t lose heat from your
head.
Don’t forget to protect your eyes with either
sunglasses or goggles to
protect against sun rays
and blowing winds. If it is
bitterly cold wear a facemask to protect the lungs.
Cold air breathed into the
lungs can be harmful and
the mask will help warm
the air before entering the
lungs. Prevent falls by
wearing ice grippers.
5. A back injury can
happen in a split second
and can lead to a long
healing process. Please
use these proper lifting
techniques. Never lift or
throw an overly heavy
shovel load. Do not twist
the spine when shoveling.
Keep the shovel close
to your body, take small
scoop or an appropriate weight that you can
handle, bend at the knees,
lift with the legs and arms
and toss either forward
or off to the side without
twisting the spine.
So think…squat, scoop,
lift with leg muscles, turn
the body and throw. It’s
better to shovel a thin layer several times throughout the storm then to wait
until you have a foot of
snow to bust through.
6. Take frequent breaks
if you feel fatigued or
your breathing is heavy or
labored and do not shovel
immediately after eating.
Just like with any exercise let your food digests
for an hour so you have
appropriate oxygen to
fuel your muscles. Smoking has the same impact
as it robs your body of
oxygen, so please don’t
smoke and shovel.
7. Most importantly if
you have a heart condi-
tion or medical condition
ask for help shoveling and
consult with your doctor
on precautions to take.
Enjoy
the
rest
Maine’s beautiful winter.
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