Legal Notices for Thursday, April 18, 2019

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 April 11, 2019.

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.

2019-064 – Estate of RONALD M. HARRIS, late of Madison, Me deceased. Nash A. Dsylva, 4736 East Salle Drive, Batavia, NY 14020 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-066 – Estate of STEVEN J. GENTILI, late of Mercer, Me deceased. Angela Gentili, 2500 Level Hill Road, Palermo, Me 04354 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-070 – Estate of JAMES W. YORK, JR., late of Pittsfield, Me deceased. Matthew J. York, 11 Sequoia Lane, Scarborough, Me 04074 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-071 – Estate of TIMOTHY W. PROVENCHER, late of Cornville, Me deceased. Nikki L. Provencher, 1350 Molunkus Road, Cornville, Me 04976 and Joshua P. Provencher, 1350 Molunkus Road, Cornville, Me 04976 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2019-073 – Estate of DALE G. POULIN, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Sheila Poulin, 28 Dawes Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-074 – Estate of BETH E. CHAPPO, late of Cornville, Me deceased. Gwendolyn L. Pomerleau, 227 Moores Mill Road, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-079 – Estate of JOHN W. HLADINEC, late of Athens, Me deceased. Maureen C. Hladinec, 1048 Mayfair Drive, Rahway, NJ 07065 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-082 – Estate of CAROLYN L. WAUGH, late of Solon, Me deceased. Frances W. Flick, PO Box 3, Athens, ME 04912 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-085 – Estate of HARRY W. DIXON, JR., late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Carol Corson, 17 Chandler Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-086 – Estate of GARY A. MALBON, late of Madison, Me deceased. Troy A. Malbon, 69 Anthony Avenue, Topsham, Me 04086 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-091 – Estate of BARBARA GRIFFETH, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Alan J. Griffeth, 40 St. James Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-093 – Estate of THOMAS J. SEAMON, late of Starks, Me deceased. Angel M. Vinton, 181 Marston Road, Gardiner, Me 04345 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-094 – Estate of ALVERNA E. MURRAY, late of Cornville, Me deceased. Angela Wentworth, 649 Mutton Lane, Clinton, Me 04927 and Richard Bunt, 1726 East Ridge Road, Cornville, Me 04976 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2019-072 – Estate of MICHAEL C. HANDY, late of Harmony, Me deceased. Adrianna Handy, 410 Ripley Road, St. Albans, Me 04971 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-095 – Estate of ROBERT A. CARIGNAN, late of Hartland, Me deceased. Mary Fortier, 51 Halifax Street, Winslow, Me 04901 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-096 – Estate of ALEXANDRINE M. WHITTEMORE, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. James G. Whittemore, PO Box 534, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-098 – Estate of EUGENE V. HUTCHINS, late of New Portland, Me deceased. Margaret Warman, 21 Turkey Lane, Orrington, Me 04474 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-102 – Estate of JANASE M. RICH, late of Hartland, Me deceased. Bobbi-Jo Rich, 445 n Dixmont Road, Troy, Me 04987 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-106 – Estate of DOREAL B. BAKER, late of New Portland, Me deceased. Danielle A. Rawson, PO Box 134, New Portland, Me 04961 appointed Personal Representative.

2019-107 – Estate of MARY HELEN THORNE, late of St. Albans, Me deceased. James T. Thorne, 44 Corinna Road, St. Albans, Me 04971 appointed Personal Representative.

To be published on April 11, 2019 & April 18, 2019
Dated: April 8, 2019 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(4/18)

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 April 24, 2019. 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.

2019-077 – Estate of JAKOB BENJAMIN GRASS. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by Patrice Harris, 157 Middle Road, Fairfield, Me 04937 requesting minor’s name be changed to Jakob Benjamin Harris for reasons set forth therein.

2019-080 – Estate of CHRISTOPHER THOMAS BREINGAN, Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Christopher Thomas Breingan, 54 Hathaway Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 requesting his name be changed to Christopher Charles Cole for reasons set forth therein.

2019-090 – Estate of ELIZABETH MEGYESE KING, Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Elizabeth Megyese King, 390 Russell Road, Madison Me 04950 requesting her name be changed to Elizabeth Megyese for reasons set forth therein.

2019-099 – Estate of AMBER CAROLYN SHEPPARD. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Amber Carolyn Sheppard of 20 Island Avenue, Fairfield, Maine 04937 requesting that her name be changed to Amber Carolyn Willett for reason set forth therein.

2019-100 – Estate of JOSIE LIBBY. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Josie Libby, 266 Main Street, Pittsfield, Me 04967 requesting her name be changed to Josie Kathryn Libby for reasons set forth therein.

2019-101 – Estate of JAYDEN CHARLES THOMAS SZABO, minor of Pittsfield, ME 04967. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by petitioner Jessica Lary, 129 Greeley Street, Pittsfield, Me 04967 requesting minor’s name be changed to Jayden Everett Hunter Lary for reasons set forth therein.

2019-103 – Estate of SCOUT GRACE CLAYTON, minor of Cornville, Me. Petition for Change of Name (Minor) filed by petitioners Bethany and Austin Clayton, PO Box 451, Skowhegan, ME 04976 requesting minor’s name be changed to Scarlett Grace Clayton for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: April 8, 2019
/s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(4/18)

I’M JUST CURIOUS: Interesting trip to Panama City Beach

by Debbie Walker

Many of you are aware I had moved back to Florida in January. I lived here for 30-plus years before I went back to Maine for a few years. Last month I went on a car trip with my girls, daughter Deana and granddaughter Tristin, to my grandson Blake’s new home of Panama City Beach.

Blake moved from Tallahassee to Panama City Beach in June. He and his girlfriend, Sam, had settled in just a few months before the storm. Their apartment is 7/10ths of a mile from the beach, a beautiful beach, the day I was there. However, I doubt it looked that way during Hurricane Michael this past October. (Hurricane season is considered from June till the end of November.)

I am not going to try to put together the days and hours that storm harassed the west coast of Florida. It’s all been done. This is about six months beyond the actual storm. Friends asked me to take pictures of what I saw. I couldn’t do that. Those sights are embedded in my memory and I am not needing pictures to review the devastation.

On the drive up on Hwy Florida 20 West and US 231S and then onto US 98W we began to notice fallen trees and trees bent way over, lower than was ever intended. For quite a number of miles we only saw forests with like damage. When we changed roads and began seeing homes there were a few with trees down all over the properties. Then we began to see roofs covered with those blue tarps. Even more devastating are the scenes of homes destroyed. You really couldn’t ignore what was becoming more damage to homes. Trees on roofs still, all these months later.

Can you imagine the comfort or lack of, of living in these homes or in the yard in a camper? Imagine, the heat of the summer fast approaching, and these poor people are not going to be prepared for it. Now imagine that area is heading into new storms and a possible problem with wild fires.

Driving into the city and seeing a large number of stores, shops and businesses devastated, and some who have no plans to reopen. Jobs lost, employees who had to relocate to find other employment and even homes to live in.

You continue driving into the city and seeing life going on as if never disturbed. We were there during Spring Break and things were hopping. Of course, all these visitors bring money that guarantee future employment. The area will grow back and once again prosper. After all we are a determined and resilient country.

I’m just curious what I will see for changes the next time I visit that area. Contact me with comments or questions at dwdaffy@yahoo.com. Thank you for reading!

REVIEW POTPOURRI: Heckle and Jeckle

Peter Catesby Peter Cates

Heckle and Jeckle

4 cartoons, posted on YouTube.
From 1946-1952.

Paul Terry

Among the funniest animated characters, right up there with Foghorn, Wiley and Bugs, were two blisteringly arrogant magpieish partners in crime, Heckle and Jeckle. These semi-birds/buzzards of too many feathers were among the creations of animator Paul Terry (1887-1971); he launched Terrytoons, which included Mighty Mouse and Farmer Alfalfa, with his lazy dawg, and a host of other such beings. I remember some of these from my 1950s childhood, when they and other such suitable, syndicated programs were scheduled during the Monday through Friday children’s hour between 5 and 6:30 p.m. and on Saturday mornings.

The four very hilarious examples of their unique scorched-earth humor were the following:

The Uninvited Pests – 1946. Farmer Alfalfa and his lazy, good-for-nothing, very loyal and endearing dawg are trying to have a family picnic but the two pestulants are fighting hard battles to keep them derailed.

King Tut’s Tomb -1950. Arguably the funniest visit to Tut’s underground museum of Egyptian mummified cadavers. The choreography of the magpies and mummies are worth the time spent .

Bulldozing the Bull -1951. H and J see huge profit potential for their homemade hot tamales inside the food court of a bullfight astrodome; unfortunately, they don’t have enough pocket change for admission from the beer-bellied ticket seller. And his personality might seem nice upon initial acquaintance but, once they connive at getting in for free, his true colors are quickly seen in all their deadly glory.

Ned Sparks

He even uses the bull as an agent of his wrath. But the giftedly manipulative birdbrains convince the bull to deploy his wrath towards the ticket seller.

Off to the Opera -1952. Heckle and Jeckle deliver a comic rendition of Rossini’s Barber of Seville that holds its own with the one of Bugs Bunny and his arch nemesis, Yosemite Sam.

Actor Ned Sparks (1883-1957) did captivating voices for both conbirds from the mid-’40s to early ‘50s.

 

 

Mallory Beane receives a scholarship from Husson University

Husson University announced today that Fairfield, ME resident, Mallory Beane, will receive a $3000 Provost’s Leadership Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Beane is a first-year student who is currently enrolled in Husson’s Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Merit scholarships at Husson University, like this one, are awarded on the basis of academic achievement.

VA CORNER: New blog available for veterans questions

Photo credit: The Veterans Blog.

Gary Kennedyby Gary Kennedy

For those of you who aren’t aware we have a new “BLOG SITE”. On your computer or smartphone if you put in our Blog address, maineveteranstalk.wixsite.com/vets, then we will be able to answer your questions very quickly.

For those of you who need help with a claim we would be happy to take a look and offer our opinion/advise on the matter. I have heard many of you say that you have applied for VA medical help and were turned down. Well, that happens to many Vets who have applied for benefits for the first time; sometimes even the second time. I notice that some make application without having the assistance of a veterans advocate. Well, that is a sort of like going into a court room without a lawyer. Don’t go it alone; don’t try to be your own doctor or lawyer; your chances of success will be very slim to nothing. Also, you will be just mudding up the water so to speak, for future claims. Once you have lost, the information you supplied becomes used and can’t be revisited unless you have “new and material” evidence to add to it. It is much wiser to go into the system with a veteran’s representative with you. Veteran’s representatives have been doing these things for many years and have been well trained. Also, we have volunteers such as myself who can look at your problem and help guide you through the process.

For those of you who would like just to be heard, you can write an article for print or just give your opinion on a particular VA related situation. Keep in mind if you would like to discuss something it must be tasteful and to the point. Freedom of speech goes only so far. If your article is too long then it probably won’t fit in the paper.

God bless.

Palliative Players Present “End Game”

Palermo Community Center (Photo by Connie Bellet)

Celebrate the Circle of Life during Earth Week as the Palliative Players present an improvisational theater piece entitled End Game at the Palermo Community Center on Friday, April 26. This will take place following the usual delicious potluck dinner at 6 p.m. Bring your favorite springtime dish to share with a circle of friends and neighbors. Everybody is welcome to come, and it’s free!

The Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County have devised a fun – and often funny – way to help people have conversations with their families about end of life options such as Advance Directives. While this subject matter is usually avoided until it’s too late, the Palliative Players gently encourage people to open up about their final wishes, which solves many a family crisis before it begins. In other words, enjoy the drama now before there’s drama at the family gathering.

The Palermo Community Center is across from the ball field on Turner Ridge Rd.

New opportunities for success loom off the coast of Maine

This new boat design, by Dave Olson, is a less expensive way to earn a living off the coast of Maine. (Photo by Geoff Nosach)

by Geoff Nosach

Amidst the lobster traps, blue and barren berried rolling hills of Harrington, Maine, forager, artist and engineer Dave Olson is re-imagining the rockweed harvesting scene. The Downeast region is known for its diverse oceanic industries, from lobster trapping to wrinkling whelks. Another emerging enterprise, rockweed harvesting, has potential to bring long term viability to the working class of Washington County and is an industry often overlooked, under-utilized and inter-tidally submerged in controversy.

Dave Olson has been harvesting a living from natural resources for decades. In Alaska, he worked as a commercial salmon fisherman and briefly captained his own boat. Back east in Maine, he is seasonally harvesting periwinkles (wrinkling whelks), tipping spruce for wreaths, sheering island sheep and hunting or foraging nature’s bounty. More recently rockweed has caught his eye as having unique potential Downeast.

Ascophylum Nodosom, commonly referred to as rockweed, is an abundant resource in the Gulf of Maine. At the top end of the market it is used for animal feed. When added to feed, it is said to improve hoof strength, make healthier egg yolks and increase dairy yields. Recent research at UC Davis has even found that methane emissions from cows diminished by 30 percent when adding seaweed to their feed. Other research has shown emissions falling closer to 60 percent.

Typically, rockweed is harvested manually with cutter rakes from small boats or by expensive mechanical harvesters. Canadian owned Acadian Seaplants Limited (ASL), the largest seaweed company in the world, operates in Maine and utilizes both of these methods. Dave’s experiences and frustrations harvesting for ASL led him to engineer improvements on their system and to develop a new kind of boat.

This new boat is built around the notion of an independent harvester. It’s five feet longer with higher gunwales (sides). A hydraulic system powers offloading machinery and two rollers which assist with reeling in the loaded rake. Mechanical harvesters have been introduced into the industry, but they have significant drawbacks, including price. “The biggest difference between my boat and a mechanical harvester is that mine is a hell of a lot cheaper,” Dave says, and estimates that his new boat would be a third of the cost of a mechanical harvester, more fuel efficient and easier to maintain. He notes that a good manual harvester can make their wage in six hours while a mechanical harvester operator might need to put in ten. Additionally, he says, “They can work in worse weather conditions and through high tide by sending the cutter pumps deep under water.”

I asked him why he decided to build this boat. “It was clear from the first day that their operation was sloppy…and it was affecting my bottom line. Too much energy was being wasted on post-harvest handling because of inefficient machinery,” he says, and describes a system where harvesters rake weed into small boats, motor to a landing and then must wait in line for a clumsy offloading process. He could only work between the tides and this delay has often kept him from going back for more. He remarks, “There was money in the rockweed, I just needed a system that would allow me to make it.”

Traditionally, ocean resources are part of the public trust doctrine which sets these assets aside for public use. The adjoining land owners don’t pay taxes below the high water mark but have certain ownership rights in order to ‘wharf out.’ The Maine Supreme Court has recently weighed in on the matter of seaweed ownership, siding with property owners who believe it belongs to them. The court declared that the upland property owner had exclusive rights and harvesters would need permission to remove rockweed. I reached out to Dave after the decision came down. He was legitimately surprised, but says, “It won’t stop the industry; it will just change how it develops.” He also says that most landowners are glad to see him harvesting and only a minority would rather it be left alone.

The people of Washington County could use this good paying work as its residents earn 23 percent less than the average Mainer. According to Dave, the biggest limitation is the lack of landing sites. “You have to have a site that a tractor trailer can access and space to land 30 tons of seaweed in bags.” If Maine companies want to compete they will need to establish more infrastructure to process and package. Of the future, he says, “I am looking to expand into volume dehydration, which opens up global markets and adds a tremendous value per ton.”

It could be that the opportunity for residents to earn living wages and establish secure businesses lies just beyond the head of tide. These opportunities are by no means confined to our rocky coast line. As Dave puts it: “I think there is a very real potential for marine algae to play a role in carbon sequestration in the effort to fight climate change.”

Announcing The Town Line’s 2019 ice out contest winner

The Town Line’s ice out judge has declared that ice officially went out of China Lake on Friday, April 12, 2019. The judge’s decision is final.

With her correct guess, Jane Glidden is the winner of this year’s contest.

Quilts for the children

Photo courtesy of Rachel Kilbride.

Ladies from Rachel Kilbride’s Sew for a Cause group, in North Vassalboro, that meets at St. Bridget’s Community Center recently presented 30 quilts to Project Linus, a nonprofit that donates blankets to disadvantaged children. Marlene Sanborn, from Project Linus, spoke to the group about the program when she picked up the quilts.

Roper presented with service award

Whitefield Lion David Roper, left, and club President Kim Haskell. (Contributed photo)

Whitefield Lion David Roper was presented with a Chevron award on March 28 at the Whitefield Lions Club, in Coopers Mills. Roper, of Whitefield, received the award for 15 years service with the club. Presenting the award is club President Kim Haskell.