Bikes for Books in Windsor

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On June 6, Windsor Elementary celebrated reading at its sixth annual Bikes for Books awards program. Bikes and helmets were awarded to 18 students at this assembly. Bikes for Books is a reading incentive program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Every time a student read a book and passed an Accelerated Reader test, his or her name was entered into a drawing to win a new bicycle and helmet. The more books a student read, the more chances he or she had to win. One boy and one girl was randomly chosen from each grade level. Bikes for Books T-shirts were also presented to the top three readers in each grade.

The following students received T-shirts: Addison Brann, Brenden Brashier, Emery St. Onge, Andrew Trocki, Griffin Hayden, Mason Marable, Declan Wotton, Jackson French, Aston Bailey, Anderson St. Onge, Chase Pierce, Gwen Parker, Thomas Mullens, Andrew Box, Thomas Mullens, Kaleigh Voyles, Parker St. Onge, Jacoby Furrow, Reese Sullivan, Damon Wilson, Carson Appel, Alexis Alcott, Faith Mitchell, Parker Reynolds, Connor Menard, Samantha Box, Avery Henningsen and Emma Hutchinson..

The following students won bikes: Elijah Norton, Aria Rafuse, Quentin Tuggle, Laila Goodwin, Matthew Carver, Layla Peaslee, Blake Smith, Sophia Nino Aguire, Kaiden Kronillis, Avery Redlevske, Aiden Hastings, Abigail Miller, Damon Wilson, Ellese Turner, Xavier Schopmann, Faith Mitchell, David Bourgoin and Kristin Ray.

Bikes for Books is sponsored by Dirigo Lodge A.F. & A.M. #104 with support from Lily of the Valley # 157 O.E.S. and a matching grant from the Grand Lodge of Maine. This program was made possible with contributions from the following local businesses: Netco Inc., Mark’s Saw Shop, J.C. Stone Inc., Rapid Redemption, Hussey’s General Store, Ron’s Auto Electric, Rideout’s Market & Grill, Windsor Veterinary Clinic, Norm’s Small Engine, Aunt Gin’s Restaurant, Augusta Upholstery, and Black Dog Graphics.

SCORES & OUTDOORS: Titmice taking over the feeders

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Roland D. HalleeSCORES & OUTDOORS

by Roland D. Hallee

It has already been a month since my wife and I moved to camp for the summer. With the annual trek comes the installation of the bird feeding stations that are all around us. We get the usual local congregations of chickadees, nuthatches, gold finches, blue jays, woodpeckers and occasional wanderers like the house finches, purple finches and grosbeaks.

However, this year, we have observed a noticeable influx of another species of bird that would, in the past, and at home also, be occasional visitors. That would be the Tufted Titmouse.

They have dominated the feeders, and we can hear their unmistakable calls from the cover of the woods. It is a resounding peter-peter-peter.

What has caused this increase in their numbers? Populations have boomed between 1966 and 2015, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Partners in Flight estimate a global breeding population of 8 million with 100 percent living in the U.S. They are not on the 2016 State of North America’s Birds Watch List. The most probable reasons for the range expansion include a warming climate, reversion of farmlands to forests, and the growing popularity of backyard bird feeders. It’s a story we have heard over and over about these different species of birds that are migrating further north.

It is generally thought that tufted titmice, as of late, have become year-round residents of their range rather than migrating south.

The Tufted titmouse is a small bird with gray upper-parts and white underparts with a white face, a gray crest, a dark forehead and a short stout bill, with reddish-brown flanks.

Tufted titmice, Baeolophus bicolor, live in deciduous woods or mixed evergreen-deciduous woods, typically in areas with a dense canopy and many tree species. According to this, our camp is a haven for this species of bird. They are indiscriminate eaters. They eat mainly insects in the summer, and include seeds nuts and berries in their diet. Experiments with tufted titmice indicate they always choose the largest seeds they can when foraging. They typically hold the seed with their feet and hammer it open with their beaks. In fall and winter, they often hoard these shelled seeds in bark crevices.

tufted titmouse

tufted
titmouse

Like the chickadee, they can only take one seed per trip and usually shell the seeds before storing them.

While foraging, they hop among branches and twigs of trees, often hanging upside down, sometimes hovering momentarily.

The female will lay from five to six eggs, with sometimes as many as nine. The eggs are under an inch long and are white or cream-colored with brownish or purplish spots. The incubation is done by the female only. They will hatch is 12-14 days. The male will feed the young during the early days, but both parents will feed the chicks as they get older. The young will leave the nest in 15-16 days following their hatching.

Tufted titmice nest in a hole in a tree, either a natural cavity, a manmade nest box, or sometimes an old woodpecker nest.

The oldest known wild Tufted Titmouse was at least 13 years, three months old. It was banded in Virginia in 1962, and found in the same state in 1974.

There is always something going on with Mother Nature.
CHICKADEE UPDATE

If you recall, a couple of weeks back I told of a chickadee that had taken up residence in a long-abandoned bird house behind our camp. We hadn’t seen it in a couple of weeks, thinking the worse, after seeing a blue jay in the area. Well, she was spotted this weekend, in the bird house. We didn’t want to approach the house causing a disturbance. We can only assume there are eggs in there. We will continue to monitor the situation.

Legal Notices, Week of June 15, 2017

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STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
COURT ST.,
SKOWHEGAN, ME
SOMERSET, ss
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
18-A MRSA sec. 3-801

The following Personal Representatives have been appointed in the estates noted. The first publication date of this notice is June 15, 2017.

If you are a creditor of an estate listed below, you must present your claim within four months of the first publication date of this Notice to Creditors by filing a written statement of your claim on a proper form with the Register of Probate of this Court or by delivering or mailing to the Personal Representative listed below at the address published by his name, a written statement of the claim indicating the basis therefore, the name and address of the claimant and the amount claimed or in such other manner as the law may provide. See 18-A MRSA 3-804.

2017-083 – Estate of WILLIAM E. ELIAS, late of Fairfield, Me deceased. Shirley E. Ezzy, PO Box 305, Augusta, Me 04332 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-131 – Estate of WENDELL ROUTON, late of Embden, Me deceased. Colleen Routon, 2547 Embden Pond Road, Embden, Me 04958 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-133 – Estate of RAYMONDE ROUSSEAU, late of Cornville, Me deceased. Evangeline M. Chamberland, 920 Molunkus Road, Cornville, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-134 – Estate of MALCOLM A. CHIPMAN, late of Lexington Township, Me deceased. Vernon N. Ford, P.O. Box 135, New Portland, Maine 04961 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-136 – Estate of JOHN J. LAYMAN, late of Solon, Me deceased. Annette M. Layman, 190 South Solon Road, Solon, Me 04979 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-137 – Estate of ESTHER LAMBERT WATERS, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Austin J. Waters, 75 Lambert Road, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Any Claims Against Estate to be filed at Franklin Probate Court, 140 Main Street suite t, Farmington, Me 04938, Docket No. 2017-0091.

2017-139 – Estate of ARLAND V. STEDMAN, late of Hartland, Me deceased. Michael A. Wiers, Esq., PO Box 457, Newport, Me 04953 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-140 – Estate of MILES F. CARPENTER, JR., late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Schyler Y. Carpenter, 336 Beech Hill Road, Norridgewock, Me 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-141 – Estate of HENRY D. CROWLEY, late of Mercer, Me deceased. Elisabeth M. Crowley, 624 Elm Street, Mercer, Me 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-146 – Estate of MARGUARETTE ARSENAULT, late of Madison, Me deceased. Daniel J. Arsenault, 16 Nichols Street, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-149 – Estate of MITCHELL A. DUNCAN, late of Rockwood, Me deceased. Diane Duncan, PO Box 340, Rockwood, Me 04478 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-153 – Estate of ROBERT P. LANDRY, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Judith A. McCarthy, 18 Prospect Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-154 – Estate of SUSAN B. HYDORN, late of Athens, Me deceased. Elizabeth Gagnon, 110 Denbow Road, St. Albans, Me 04971 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-158 – Estate of COLBY A. WAUGH, late of Madison, Me deceased. Jonathan C. Waugh, 4424 Lower Park Road, Unit 1409, Orlando, FL 32814 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-160 – Estate of JAMES A. BARNES, JR., late of Hartland, Me deceased. Jody D. Priest, 5 Stacy Street, Saco, Me 04072 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-161 – Estate of SMITH L. BICKFORD, late of Pittsfield, Me deceased. Bruce C. Bickford, PO Box 313, Pittsfield, Me 04967 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-162 – Estate of ROBERT F. CESARINI, late of Anson, Me deceased. Ryan L. Richards, 144 Hart Street, Apt. 36, Taunton, MA 02780 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-163 – Estate of HALVER L. BADGER, late of Hartland, Me deceased. Keith T. Badger, 1174 Athens Road, Hartland, Me 04943 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-166 – Estate of WILLIAM C. CHURCHILL, SR., late of Starks, Me deceased. Caleb Churchill, 5 Hisler Mt. Road, Somerville, Me 04348 appointed Personal Representative.

To be published on June 15 & June 22, 2017
Dated: June 12, 2017 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(6/22)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
41 COURT ST.
SOMERSET, ss
SKOWHEGAN, ME
PROBATE NOTICES

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE ESTATES LISTED BELOW

Notice is hereby given by the respective petitioners that they have filed petitions for appointment of personal representatives in the following estates. These matters will be heard at 10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be, on June 28, 2017. The requested appointments may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-A MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2017-138 – Estate of NICHOLAS PAUL VARNEY, adult of Smithfield, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Nicholas Paul Varney, 964 Smithfield Road, Smithfield, Me 04978 requesting his name be changed to Sarah Grace Varney for reasons set forth therein.

2017-143 – Estate of KATHLEEN E. UNDERWOOD, minor of Canaan, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by Kathleen Elizabeth Underwood, 27 Clarke Street, Canaan, Me 04924 requesting her name be changed to Kathleen Elizabeth Hamlin for reasons set forth therein.

2017-144 – Estate of ANTHONY SHAWN THOMAS WITHEE, minor of Madison, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by Kelley Leigh Withee, 132 Madison Ave, Madison Me 04950 and Jonathan Russell Butman, 43 High Street, Apt 2, Oakland, Me 04963 requesting minor’s name be changed to Anthony Shawn-Thomas Butman for reasons set forth therein.

2017-145 – Estate of BONNIE D. HAMLIN, adult of Cornville, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Bonnie D. Hamlin, 52 Ames Road, Cornville, Me 04976 requesting her name be changed to Bunny D. Hamlin for reasons set forth therein.

2017-155 – Estate of MICHAEL CHARLES SHAFER, adult of Pittsfield, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Michael Charles Shafer, 134 Leonard Street, Pittsfield, Me 04967 requesting his name be changed to Maximus Alexander Lucia for reasons set forth therein.

2017-164 – Estate of LANA LEE TESSIER, adult of Norridgewock, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by petitioner Lana Lee Tessier, 73 Ward Hill Road, Norridgewock, Me 04957 requesting her name be changed to Lana Lee Swett for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: June 12, 2017
/s/ Victoria M. Hatch
Register of Probate
(6/22)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
SOMERSET, SS

NOTICE TO HEIRS
Estate of WENDELL ROUTON

DOCKET NO. 2017-131

It appearing that the following heir/devisee of WENDELL ROUTON, as listed in an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative is of unknown address as listed below:

Ann Elizabeth Routon

THEREFORE, notice is hereby given as heirs of the above named estate, pursuant to Maine Rules of Probate Procedure Rule 4(d) (1) (a), and Rule 4 (e) a.

This notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in The Town Line, with the first publication date to be June 15, 2017.

Names and address of Personal Representative: Colleen Routon, 2547 Embden Pond Road, Embden, Me 04958.

Dated: May 1, 2017
/s/ Victoria M.  Hatch
Register of Probate
(6/22)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
SOMERSET, SS
NOTICE TO HEIRS
Estate of EDWIN B. WESTON

DOCKET NO. 2017-112

It appearing that the following heir of EDWIN B. WESTON, as listed in an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative is of unknown address as listed below:

Douglas Eugene Weston

THEREFORE, notice is hereby given as heirs of the above named estate, pursuant to Maine Rules of Probate Procedure Rule 4(d) (1) (a), and Rule 4 (e) a.

This notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in The Town Line, with the first publication date to be June 15, 2017.

Names and address of Personal Representative: Thomas B. Weston, 380 Weston Avenue, Madison, Me 04950

Dated: June 15, 2017
/s/ Victoria M. Hatch
Register of Probate
(6/22)

I’m Just Curious: Safe summer fun

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by Debbie Walker

It’s that time of year again. It’s the time of year when children want to play in the water. It is always intended to be wrapped up in fun and hopefully some learning.

Children reach a certain skill level in the water. It is somewhat different with each child even if they attended the same classes.
Please remember that children are never completely safe. They still make the wrong choices sometimes, even your teens (even adults sometimes!)

Part of all this I know because I was mom and dad’s water rat child. I loved the water, still do. There was one day when my cousin and I decided to see how far we could swim, we could swim out and then come back. We had gotten to the lake, across the road from my home, without knowledge of either mother. (We were tweens at this point) We were lucky that day. We thought turtles were nipping at our toes and we headed back to shore. Had it not been for the turtles (?) we might have stroked till we went as far as we could and might have used up our strength, oh maybe, mid-lake. There was no raft, etc. to rest on, just the other half of the lake. It might not have turned out well for us.

Please parents, grandparents and friends, remember children of all ages need careful supervision. Don’t rely on them hollering for “Help.” Drowning is usually ‘silent’ despite what some folks think. Please don’t leave them even for a minute. It’s just not safe.

I’m just curious if you would be comfortable asking me any water safety questions. I’m here at dwdaffy@yahoo.com.

I would like to tell you that we will be starting a new column: “IN CASE YOU WONDERED.” The plan is for it to be about a favorite subject of mine and I hope you will enjoy it. I am doing it on ‘uses’ of ordinary products used for surprising results. Some of it will be me answering questions others ask about the uses, feel free to e-mail me at dwdaffy@yahoo.com with any questions you may have or any odd-ball uses of things that you have found in the past. Lately one that surprised me was using “glow-in-the-dark” nail polish to mark a light switch that is difficult to find in the dark. It works! I found the nail polish on Amazon. I am going to paint my nails with it to show my little first graders tomorrow! (Some days I just have too much fun!)

I am hoping you will be looking for it every other week. Oh, and don’t forget we have an online version of The Town Line. You can read current copies and past columns in the archives.

Hope you enjoy the paper and your summer!

Composer: Ludwig von Beethoven; Dance Band: Russ Morgan; Vocal group: Peter, Paul and Mary

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Peter CatesREVIEW POTPOURRI

by Peter Cates

Beethoven

String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 – Quartetto Italiano Angel 35064, 12-inch LP, recorded early ‘50s
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Ludwig von Beethoven

Ludwig von Beethoven

The 16 String Quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) constitute some of the composer’s most powerful and beautiful music, especially the last five. 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 were composed between 1823 or 1824, during a time when Beethoven was plagued by total deafness, a parasitic nephew, bad health, money, personality conflicts, the filth of his living quarters and other manure piles of aggravations, once in a while alleviated by a good day or two.

These Quartets mirror the manic ups and downs, victories and defeats and sideways in a most compelling, stirring manner. Among the paradoxes of Beethoven were the obstacles of his daily life, ones in which he either lacked the ability or willingness to confront; versus the discipline to compose not only the above Quartets, but also such creations as the 9th Symphony and Missa Solemnis while totally deaf.

The 13th Quartet is as good an example as any to begin with; I would suggest, especially to beginning listeners, to just turn on the music, sit back and let it happen. One can do the studying up later.

The Quartetto Italiano played this music totally by memory for the recording. And it is a very good performance, while the early ‘50s LP
sound is exemplary for its time.

Russ Morgan and his Wolverine Band

Everest SDBR 1095, stereo LP, recorded 1960.

Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan

Russ Morgan (1904 -1969) led one of the best dance bands during the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, until his death. The above LP, however, is a bit more animated than his usual standard. Wolverines being a clue, Morgan assembled a group of some of the finest sidemen active in ‘50s recording sessions, including trumpeter Dick Cathcart, clarinnettist Matty Matlock, guitarist George Van Epps, saxist Eddie Miller, etc. The rousing program includes such oldies as Mama’s Gone, Goodbye; Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home; That Da-Da Strain; Squeeze Me; etc., while the jacket is provided with informative notes by Morgan’s wife, Shirley, and son, David. Worth the search.

Peter, Paul and Mary

Warner Brothers, WS1449, stereo LP, recorded 1962.

Peter, Paul and Mary

PPand M were, arguably, one of the finest musical vocal groups in any genre. This first of several great albums during their initial seven- or eight-year run (followed by solo outings and intermittent reunions) still holds up incredibly well as a listening experience, even for myself who is no longer a folkie. My personal favorites are, and will always most likely be, 500 Miles, Its Raining, Cruel War and If I Had My Way, especially with the late Mary’s eloquent, haunting gifts of both phrasing the melodic line with both P’s deploying their own harmonies or vice versa.

Finally, their gifted music director, Milt Okun, who whipped the Chad Mitchell Trio into pristine shape for their own several Mercury albums, carefully and methodically honed, nurtured and led them to a level of success they would most likely have never achieved if they had been on their own.

Area speakers compete at county level

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From left to right, runner-Up Anna Whitstone, of Winthrop Middle School, third-place winner Kameron Douin, of St. Michael School, in Augusta, second-place winner Carolyn Kinney, of Mount Merici Academy, in Waterville, and first-place winner Kyle Douin, of St. Michael School, in Augusta. Contributed photo

On April 25, area students competed in a county speech contest sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal financial services organization. Prior to this contest, the students had already won first, second or third place in their respective local-level contests. They shared their presentations on this year’s topic, “What does it mean to be a hero?”

The first-place winner Kyle Douin, an eighth grade student from St. Michael School, won a $50 cash award and a trophy. St. Michael School, in Augusta, will also receive an engraved trophy. Second place winner Carolyn Kinney, a sixth grade student from Mount Merici Academy, in Waterville; and third-place winner Kameron Douin, a sixth grade student from St. Michael School, also received trophies. Runner-up was Anna Whitstone from Winthrop Middle School.

Modern Woodmen’s School Speech Contest is one of many free Youth Educational Programs Modern Woodmen offers to schools nationwide. More than 100,000 students compete in the contest each year. Founded in 1883, Modern Woodmen of America touches lives and secures futures. The fraternal benefit society offers financial services and fraternal member benefits to individuals and families throughout the United States.

IF WALLS COULD TALK, Week of June 15, 2017

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Katie Ouilette Wallsby Katie Ouilette

WALLS, how wonderful it was to receive Ggaduation photos from our Bellingham, Washington, family as they attended great-grandson Landon’s graduation from Bellingham High School. There was Landon, dressed in his blue cap and gown, with his Aunt Donna, cousin Michelle and her children Kinley and Caden Wilhelm (I imagine Uncle Dean Ouilette or husband Jason Wilhelm were busy with their cameras). Oh, how proud we are of all. True, grandad Nick was in Maine and readying to return to Bellingham Yacht Sales and dad Danny was busy chauffeuring folks to Seattle airport, as his business had to come first.

Yes, WALLS and faithful readers, a column about ‘Mother knows best’ was written for this issue, but let’s make this a happy story. True, Landon’s mom did take him to the doctor he had, saying that she felt that the flu medication prescribed for him by the new doctor was not the cure. She was right! Yes, the former doctor wanted five-year old Landon at Seattle Children’s Hospital immediately. Off they went and Seattle Children’s was waiting for their arrival. Fortunately, at the hospital, a stem cell was taken and frozen before Landon was sent to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, Tennessee, where it was determined that Landon had unusual Wilm’s Cancer. Yes, and the Wilm’s specialist doctor was at St. Jude’s. So became the long cure. In fact, Landon was not only treated for Wilm’s Cancer, but he was treated to school days when he was of school age, so he missed little of his schooling … but for 12 years!

When, Landon was ‘free of Wilm’s Cancer’ he was sent back to Seattle Children’s for a stem-cell implant! It was then that dad Danny and Landon lived together in insolation for three months at Seattle Children’s Hospital!

Well, now you know ‘who’ that young man to whom my book, Two Birds in a Box, is dedicated and ‘why’ the dedication reads “To my great-grandson, Landon, and all children who are recuperating at children’s hospitals, waiting for their day to fly.” Well, Landon had his 19th birthday in January and on June 10 got his diploma. He has had a trip to wellness that few his age have experienced, but all who have had their graduations have been preparing for these years to fly. Yes, just as Momma Birds taught her babies to fly into their futures, may Landon’s experiences be an inspiration to you and remember that Mama knows best. Graduation is your beginning. Be happy and an inspiration as you begin the beginning of your life and the future.

SOLON & BEYOND, Week of June 15, 2017

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Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percyby Marilyn Rogers-Bull & Percy
grams29@tds.net
Solon, Maine 04979

Good morning, dear friends. Don’t worry, be happy!

This is one of those mornings when I sit down in front of my computer with very little real news to share with you. I did receive an e-mail from Carol Dolan with an update on Embden Community Center events. On June 24, Steve & The Good Ole Boys Band will be playing there from 7 – 11 p.m. Kitchen open. And on Sunday, June 25 Country/Open Mic from 1 – 4 p.m., second and fourth Sundays. By donation. Kithchen open.

I can’t seem to stress enough how much I appreciate any news that is sent to me. But…if I don’t receive it in time for my deadline, I can’t get it in in time.

Some of you have told me how much you like to read about my stories of visiting up to where my home town of Flagstaff used to be. Lief and I went up there to be with Dave and ‘Pete’ at their camp for a couple of days this weekend. Peter and Sherry went up also and we all had a wonderful time.

Each year as I get another year older, my memories are very dear to me. Peter and I were out on the porch and I was telling him that I had been out there trying to figure out just where it was that the house where I had lived was compared to where we were sitting. Of course I have many pictures of how it used to look but it is still hard to pin point the exact spot.

Even though the hoards of black flies and mosquitoes were enough to drive us nuts, (it does seem to me, they were worse than I could remember), we had a wonderful time….and the food, as always, was out of this world! I kind of twisted Dave’s arm, and he made his famous popovers for breakfast one morning. Delicious! Peter cooked breakfast the next morning, and can’t begin to describe how great it was. So you can see we ate well along with sharing some good special laughter and love.

They always request that I bring cookies, which I did, but I got brave and tried a new recipe for a dessert. It looked really simple and easy to make, but I couldn’t imagine what the finished product would look or taste like…. but, it got rave reviews! I’m going to share this most delectable recipe called, “Simple Strawberry Rhubarb Dessert;” 4 cups rhubarb, 1 small pkg. strawberry Jello, 1 cup sugar, 1 yellow cake mix, 1 cup water. Sprinkle ingredients in a 9 x 13-inch pan in order written. Bake one hour at 350° F. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. (Must not leave out that I bummed the rhubarb from Peter.) Hope you try this recipe and enjoy it as much as we did.

And so for Percy’s memoir which is called, “Lord, Give Us Words: “Give us cheering words for the lonely, Comforting words that bless… Encouraging words for the hopeless, Smiling words to bring happiness. Give us patient words for the struggling, Courteous words, so that rudeness ends, Kind words for those who upset us… Forgiving words for those who offend . Give us faith-filled words that are positive, That inspire optimism and zeal. Teach us “the time to keep silence” And the “time to speak” and to feel. May we wait on You with prayerful thoughts, For the wisdom You impart. Give us acceptable words to express, The meditations of our hearts. (words by Micky Meyer Mathewson.)

Day of Caring held in Whitefield

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The Midcoast Conservancy hosted children from Whitefield Elementary School at Damariscotta Lake State Park on June 3. Contributed photo

The Whitefield Lions Club “Day of Caring” kicked off on Saturday, June 3, with a Rabies Clinic at the Whitefield Lions den. Medomak Veterinary Services and Dr. Laurie Howarth immunized 42 dogs and cats against rabies.

“Hooked on Fishin” was also held on June 3, at Damariscotta Lake State Park. The event was sponsored by Midcoast Conservancy. Children aged 5-15 enjoyed a free day of fishing on the lake.

Lunch was served by the Whitefield Lions Club. The boats and all fishing equipment was provided by experienced anglers.
For more information about the Whitefield Lions Club and upcoming events visit www.WhitefieldLionsClub.com.

Researchers meet on Monday

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Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center is instituting a new program for researchers. Museum trustees are opening up the Research Center on Mondays for researchers only. The center will be staffed with folks who have experience with conducting research, especially genealogy, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., each Monday excluding those that fall on holidays or holiday weekends.

Kay Marsh or David James, both trustees, will be available to assist researchers with finding information, orienting them with the research center, and where appropriate provide additional source locations. Those who are interested in conducting research pertaining to Skowhegan or genealogy should take advantage of this opportunity for assistance from these two local experts.

The Museum house will remain closed on Mondays and no tours will be available. Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center will continue to offer services Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. through October 21. For more information call 207-474-6632 or send a message via info@skowheganhistoryhouse.org.