Give Us Your Best Shot! for Thursday, January 28, 2021

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RUFFLED FEATHERS: Emily Poulin, of South China, captured this female cardinal, left, and a gold finch as they seem to have a disagreement at the feeder.

FLYING SOLO: Tina Richard, of Clinton, snapped this eaglet in flight last fall.

MARCHING ORDERS: William Coolahan photographed these six turtles as they appear to be marching in order on some fallen logs.

Local Town Meetings Schedule 2021

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Town meetings 2021

VASSALBORO

Town Meeting
Mon., June 7
Vassalboro Community School
1116 Webber Pond Road
Municipal Election
Tues., June 8, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Location TBA

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Local youth builds cat houses for area humane society

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Isaiah Vear, 14, right, attends the Waterville Alternative School. He recently constructed seven cat houses to help the Humane Society Waterville Area, where they will be placed in areas so cats can go to keep warm during the winter. With Isaiah is his teacher, Jessica Jones, at the Waterville Alternative School. (Photo courtesy of Central Maine Photography)

Second annual ice fishing derby set for China Lake on February 14

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by Sandra Isaac

The China Four Seasons Club and the China Village Fire Department will be holding the 2nd annual China Lake Ice Fishing Derby on Sunday, February 14. This year’s event will feature catches from China Lake only, a change from last year where it was opened to all state waters.

“We are hoping that by 2022, we can make this a weekend festival event similar to China Days in the summer,” said China Four Seasons Club President Tom Rumpf. “Weigh-in time is the same as last year, 4 p.m. Entries must be in the Fire Station Building [on Causeway Road] by that time to qualify for a prize.”  Last year’s biggest catch of the day was a largemouth bass weighing over five pounds. “This year we added a prize for the largest fish of the day. The Lunker of the Day will win $200 for top prize.”

Prizes will be awarded in the following fish categories: large and smallmouth bass, brown trout, brook trout, and pickerel. The children’s category will be perch. Kids prizes will be awarded to the top five winners with the most perch caught.

Each child who participates in the derby will receive special takeaway gifts courtesy of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, in South China. These items will be given out at the fire station starting at 7 a.m. on the day of the derby.  In addition, Central Church will be set up in front of the Landing Restaurant on Causeway Road to work with kids who are new to fishing and will supply those kids with traps and bait.

“We will also be giving away over 15 door prizes including a new auger from Buckshot Powersports, 100 gallons of heating fuel from AFC, plus many gift certificates from local businesses,” said Rumpf.

Rumpf continued, “The China Lake Ice Fishing Derby is a great way for individuals and families to come out and enjoy the outdoors and be part of a China area tradition. Plus, this is also Maine’s free fishing weekend. We will be following all state-mandated guidelines, including social distancing and we will be requiring all participants to wear a face-covering when inside a building or if social distancing is not possible.”

Tickets are available for $5 a piece or three for $10 at many local stores including KC Auto, in Vassalboro, Tobey’s Grocery, Greg’s Place, Buckshot Powersports, China Variety & Redemption, Lakeview Lumber, Joseph’s Market, in Waterville, and Harvest Time Baits, in Winslow. You can also purchase tickets from members of the China Four Seasons Club and the China Village Fire Department.

The organizers have set up a Facebook page to share information on door prizes, sponsors, ticket information, and for sharing photos. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/China-Lake-Ice-Fishing-Derby.

FOR YOUR HEALTH: What Blood Cancer Patients Need To Know

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New patient information form.

Knowing your MRD status can help you move forward with confidence when planning for all of life’s ­moments.

(NAPSI)—If you or someone you know has ever had blood cancer, a term you might have heard is “minimal residual disease,” or MRD. MRD refers to the small number of cancer cells that can stay in the body during and after treatment. Often, these cells are present at such low levels they do not cause any physical signs or symptoms. However, they may be a sign that cancer is returning.

As one of the strongest predictors of patient outcomes in blood cancer, MRD status can help you and your doctor understand how your body is responding to treatment and how it may change over time. When your MRD status shifts, you may find that the course of your blood cancer journey changes as well.

clonoSEQ® is an FDA-cleared test used to detect MRD in bone marrow from patients with multiple myeloma or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and blood or bone marrow from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Testing is ordered by your doctor and performed by a licensed lab. clonoSEQ can detect very low levels of MRD—one cancer cell among a million cells (provided sufficient sample input)—so you and your doctor can be confident in your MRD status and prepared to act quickly if the cancer returns.

Talk to your doctor. If you have a blood cancer, talk with your care team about your MRD status to pinpoint where you are with your disease and develop a plan that works for you. To find a specialist and learn more, visit clonoSEQ.com and ask your doctor if clonoSEQ MRD testing is right for you.

Routine MRD testing may help detect the return of cancer before physical signs and symptoms arise. Knowing your MRD status can help you move forward with confidence when planning for all of life’s moments.

clonoSEQ is available by prescription use only. For more important information about the FDA-cleared uses of clonoSEQ, including sample types and test limitations, visit clonoSEQ.com/technical-summary.

LEGAL NOTICES for Thursday, January 21, 2021

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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 January 21,2021. 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-C M.R.S.A. §3-80

2020-333- Estate of DIANNE G. SORENSEN, late of New Portland, Me deceased. Diane A. Canby, 1033 San Jose, CA 95125 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-336 – Estate of HELEN A. TAYLOR, late of Madison, Me deceased. Stephen J. Taylor, 8 Phyllis Court, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-340 – Estate of LENORE P. GRIFFIN, late of Jackman, Me deceased. Robyn D. Hernandez, 1540 Pushaw Road, Glenburn, Me 04401 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-341 – Estate of ELIZABETH FARRAR THEOBALD, late of Cambridge, Me deceased. Adeline F. Theobald, 260 Hockhockson Road, Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-342 – Estate of DONALD E. NEVILLE, SR., late of Pittsfield, Me deceased. Donald E. Neville, Jr., 1480 Main Street, Pittsfield, Me 04967 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-343 – Estate of DANIEL W. OAKES, late of Pittsfield, Me deceased. Christine Beck, 30 Boutelle Road, Bangor, Me 04401 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-346 – Estate of BRIAN A. ROGERS, late of Pittsfield, Me deceased. Tania Carnrick, 3 Pinehurst Avenue, Winslow, Me 04901 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-347 – Estate of EDWARD A. QUIMBY, SR., late of Madison, Me deceased. Jonathan Quimby, PO Box 3, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-348 – Estate of RALPH M. DEBAY, late of Detroit, Me deceased. Donna M. Gilbert, 422 Smithfield Road, Oakland, Me 04963 and Robin Schissler, 61 Troy Road, Detroit, Me 04929 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2020-351 – Estate of PAUL B. TURCOTTE, SR., late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Wilton W. Turcotte, 68 Old Point Avenue, Apt. 1A, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2017-234 – Estate of CECILE V. GREEN, late of Madison, Me deceased. North Country Associates, Inc., PO Box 1408, Lewiston, Me 04243-1408 appointed Personal Representative.

2020-323 – Estate of GERALD S. KNOWLES, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Timothy S. Knowles, 34 Chandler Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 appointed Personal Representative.

2021-001 – Estate of ROSEANNA LEBLANC, late of Jackman, Me deceased. Nicole Leblanc, 37 Squannacook Road, Shirley, MA 01464 appointed Personal Representative.

2021-004 – Estate of BARBARA ANN MEYER, late of Mercer, Me deceased. Bruce E. Meyer, 1609 Beech Hill Road, Mercer, Me 04957 appointed Personal Representative.

2021-005 – Estate of DALE S. WATSON, late of Skowhegan, Me deceased. Ricky Dale Watson, 18 Jewett Street, Skowhegan, Me 04976 and Jane Ann Watson Davis, 13 Henderson Street, Madison, Me 04950 appointed Co-Personal Representatives.

2021-006 – Estate of TERRI L. PAINE, late of Madison, Me deceased. Alice M. Paine, 535 Main Street, Madison, M e 04950 appointed Personal Representative.

2021-009 – Estate of LINDA T. COLLIER, late of Fairfield, Me deceased. Scott T. Bureau, 107 Oakland Road, Fairfield, Me 04937 appointed Personal Representative.

To be published on January 21 & January 28, 2021.
Dated: January 15, 2021 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(1/28)

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 or change of name. These matters will be heard at 1 p.m. or as soon thereafter as they may be February 3, 2021. The requested appointments or name changes may be made on or after the hearing date if no sufficient objection be heard. This notice complies with the requirements of 18-C MRSA §3-403 and Probate Rule 4.

2020-331 – Estate of TYLER BRANDON QUIRION. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Tyler Brandon Quirion, 26 Martin Stream Road, Fairfield, Me 04937, requesting his name be changed to Tyler Brandon Maddux Brochu for reasons set forth therein.

2021-003 – Estate of CINDY MARIE DANIELS. Petition for Change of Name (Adult) filed by Cindy Marie Daniels, 919 Hole in the Wall Road, Athens, ME 04919, requesting her name be changed to Cynthia Marie Daniels for reasons set forth therein.

Dated: January 15, 2021 /s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(1/28)

STATE OF MAINE
PROBATE COURT
SOMERSET, SS
NOTICE TO HEIRS

Estate of LINDA T. COLLIER
DOCKET NO. 2021-009

It appearing that the following heir of Linda T. Collier, as listed in an Application for Informal Probate of a Will and Appointment of Personal Representative is of unknown address as listed below:

JOANNE RATTE, address unknown

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 to be January 21, 2021.

Name and address of the Personal Representative: Scott T. Bureau, 107 Oakland Road, Fairfield, Me 04937.

Dated: January 14, 2021
/s/ Victoria Hatch,
Register of Probate
(1/28)

Norridgewock author publishes new book, Moving Up to a Higher Zip Code

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Photo from Amazon

Newly-published author, Deb Brown, of Norridgewock, recently had her book, Moving To A Higher Zip-Code, a memoir about her accidental spiritual journey published and it is now available on Amazon or at Balboa Press.

There is perhaps no greater gift one person can give another than to share his or her story. This book is one of those gifts.

Moving to a Higher Zip-Code is a heartfelt and honest snapshot of one woman’s life. It is the no-holds-barred account of how Deb reached her “higher zip code” — and how you can use what she learned along the way to reach your own.

Deb Brown

Deb vulnerably shares details of a dysfunctional childhood, addictive relationships and behaviors, dark nights of the soul, family tragedy and betrayal, and more in a voice that is relatable and highly authentic. Like all of us, she stumbles and falls — but she also picks herself up in a way that is both instructional and inspirational.

Deb’s “accidental journey” is synchronistic at every turn.

Over the years she developed a passion for writing and sharing her stories. She faced her husband’s cancer in her own way while questioning the existence of God and her reason for being here. Through her challenges she kept fighting for and believing in something greater.

When she had reached perhaps the lowest points in her life she found a Unity church in the right place — at the right time. Life is like that when you are open to it.

In Moving to a Higher Zip-Code, Deb shares the wisdom and experience that opened her to self-love and self-care; learning to believe and trust in synchronicity and the universe; finding her soul mate; and ultimately discovering inner peace.

Tear back the cover of this precious gift and get lost in its pages. With each twist and turn of Deb’s “accidental journey,” as you face your own shadow and light along the way. Hopefully, you will find your own place in the world. We all deserve a higher zip code of our own.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Make your country proud

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To the editor:

As a veteran of two wars, it is with a tear in my eye as I witnessed what happened to our great republic. It’s hard to believe that true Republicans would have had anything to do with this insurrection. In my opinion this peaceful protest got taken over by people who were intent on destroying what was supposed to be a peaceful protest, and made everybody look bad.

I will make this short and would remind people of every generation to heed the words of a great band called Pink Floyd. In their song, Hey, You, and quoting our founding fathers’ and daughters’ words, and recalling that Pink Floyd is an English band, quote “United We Stand, Divided We Fall!” This is a wake up call to all Democrats and Republicans to please make our country proud and unite for all of us citizens.

Frank Slason
Somerville

I’M JUST CURIOUS: Cabin fever can take on many looks

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by Debbie Walker

How are you doing with your winter this year? I say this year because it is a little different than most. This year winter is following almost an entire year of isolation. Life has definitely been different than most years before it.

The winter months and the weather are usually the reason for some folks to experience cabin fever. Restlessness, irritability, and loneliness are all symptoms of cabin fever. Sound familiar? I believe it sounds familiar to a lot of people who experience a New England winter.

Even if you enjoy aspects of winter such as skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing, and ice skating, I doubt there are many who enjoy shoveling and driving on slippery roads. It brings its own stress.

Some will experience deeper bouts of cabin fever, actually consider the word depression. Don’t assume family and friends or your neighbors will know to reach out to you to help. If you are aware of what is going on, seek help.

Please keep in mind sometimes it is easy to help others. Maybe just a phone call every few days. Maybe offering to pick up things for someone who really needs to stay isolated due to severe health problems. We can all help someone and that will make us feel better, as well.

I know you still have restaurants that are closed or only open for take out meals. In a normal winter we can always get into conversations with other patrons of that type of business. There are usually interesting conversations and laughs. So many of our servers are the only friendly faces that some people experience in a day. I wonder how many folks had to learn how to make their own coffee!

Don’t forget the children. They have had to deal with the new experience as well. Children miss seeing their friends. Maybe they don’t understand why they can’t visit their friends or other family members. Why can’t we go to the movies? Watching a movie on TV is not like going to the latest cinema movie, they don’t understand why the movie house isn’t open.

School is at best, iffy for some. There are struggles to get these children a good education. Some families are able to be more help than others. It’s a shame but that is the reality. The teachers are limited as well, both in school and in virtual teaching.

Anyway…. I guess what I am asking for is kindness for yourself and others. And that is my two-cents worth on that subject.

Wait, no, I forgot. One more thing. It is winter, and your pets will be forever thankful if you will take a little extra time for them. Don’t assume that having a heavier winter fur coat means they are toasty warm and comfortable.

We are having some cold weather here, too. It’s been in the low 30s several mornings with more headed our way. Our winter days here are similar to your fall weather.

I’m just curious how you are doing with cabin fever. Contact me at DebbieWalker@townline.org with any questions or comments. Thank you for reading and have a wonderful week!

REVIEW POTPOURRI: Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto in G Major

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Arturo Toscanini

Peter Catesby Peter Cates

Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto in G Major

Back during the summer of 1965, the family had a General Electric table model radio which I listened to by the hour when it broadcast classical music from WMTW-FM then located in the old Poland Springs Hotel, at the foot of Mount Washington. Anyways, it regularly programmed stereo recordings as part of its nightly Evening Concert which ran for two hours from 9 to 11 p.m., except for Saturday nights when Ray Smith hosted his weekly show of big band jazz records.

As an obsessed record collector, I wanted to hear every disc that came my way and took note of piece and performer for consideration with my very limited purchasing power; I remember the thrill of discovery with certain works – the Brahms 3rd Symphony with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra and its life-affirming opening pages or the sweetly exquisite Faure’s Pelleas and Melisande incidental music via the Charles Munch/Philadelphia Orchestra album.

Usually the station avoided recordings from before the late ‘40’s LP years but, one evening, the announcer stated that an exception would be made with an RCA Victor release of a 1944 broadcast from the NBC Symphony led by Arturo Toscanini and pianist Rudolf Serkin of Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto in G Major because of its merit as a performance.

Like the Emperor Concerto, the 4th opens with the solo piano; unlike the Emperor with its bold assertive flourishes, its notes are of a gentler nature, and then the orchestra re-states the opening melody with very beguiling sonorites. The 2nd movement is a conversation between the meditative piano and the abrupt, at times abrasive orchestra which shortly leads, without a break, into the joyful concluding Finale with its knuckle-busting chords.

Serkin and Toscanini pulled it off with driving ferocity that some even considered too hectic, not including myself; the pianist would later record two distinguished 4ths with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and leave another fine broadcast with an Italian radio orchestra that was released during the ‘80s on LP and CD.

Other superb 4ths were left by such titans as Artur Rubinstein, Walter Gieseking, Claudio Arrau, Alfred Brendel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Van Cliburn, Guiomar Novaes, Clara Haskil, Van Cliburn, Wilhelm Backhaus, Edwin Fischer, Wilhelm Kempff, Friedrich Gulda, Artur Schnabel, Julius Katchen, Gina Bachauer, Emil Gilels, Artur Schnabel, Clifford Curzon, Glenn Gould and Leon Fleisher.

Elvis vs. Boone

In 1955, Elvis Presley was the opening act for Pat Boone in a Cleveland, Ohio, concert. In 1957, a poll was taken among teenagers as to which singer had more fans. Among boys, Boone was preferred 2 to 1 over Elvis, and 3 to 1 among girls. Both singers did have a high regard for each other and both made a number of fine records.

Winter quote from the Greek philosopher Aristotle – “To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.”