FINANCIAL FOCUS: When should you adjust your investment mix?

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submitted by Sasha Fitzpatrick

There are no shortcuts to investment success — you need to establish a long-term strategy and stick with it. This means you’ll want to create an investment mix based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon — and then regularly review it to ensure it’s still meeting your needs.

In fact, investing for the long term doesn’t necessarily mean you should lock your investments in forever. Throughout your life, you’ll likely need to make some changes.

Of course, everyone’s situation is different and there’s no prescribed formula of when and how you should adjust your investments. But some possibilities may be worth considering.

For example, a few years before you retire, you may want to reevaluate your risk exposure and consider moving part of your portfolio into a more conservative position. When you were decades away from retiring, you may have felt more comfortable with a more aggressive positioning because you had time to bounce back from any market downturns. But as you near retirement, it may make sense to lower your risk level. And as part of a move toward a more conservative approach, you also may want to evaluate the cash positions in your portfolio. When the market has gone through a decline, as has been the case in 2022, you may not want to tap into your portfolio to meet short-term and emergency needs, so having sufficient cash on hand is important. Keep in mind, though, that having too much cash on the sidelines may affect your ability to reach your long-term goals.

Even if you decide to adopt a more conservative investment position before you retire, though, you may still benefit from some growth-oriented investments in your portfolio to help you keep ahead of — or at least keep pace with — inflation. As you know, inflation has surged in 2022, but even when it’s relatively mild, it can still significantly erode your purchasing power over time.

Changes in your own goals or circumstances may also lead you to modify your investment mix. You might decide to retire earlier or later than you originally planned. You might even change your plans for the type of retirement you want, choosing to work part time for a few years. Your family situation may change — perhaps you have another child for whom you’d like to save and invest for college. Any of these events could lead you to review your portfolio to find new opportunities or to adjust your risk level — or both.

You might wonder if you should also consider changing your investment mix in response to external forces, such as higher interest rates or a rise in inflation, as we’ve seen this year. It’s certainly true that these types of events can affect parts of your portfolio, but it may not be advisable to react by shuffling your investment mix. After all, nobody can really predict how long these forces will keep their momentum — it’s quite possible, for instance, that inflation will have subsided noticeably within a year. But more important, you should make investment moves based on the factors we’ve already discussed: your goals, risk tolerance, time horizon and individual circumstances.

By reviewing your portfolio regularly, possibly with the assistance of a financial professional, you can help ensure your investment mix will always be appropriate for your needs and goals.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Edward Jones, Member SIPC

SMALL SPACE GARDENING: Creative ways to enjoy pansies this fall

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Scoop out the inside of a pumpkin, add some drainage holes, and plant some pansies for a festive fall planter. Photo courtesy of MelindaMyers.com

by Melinda Myers

Pansies have long been a fall and winter garden favorite. These cheery flowers are sure to brighten landscapes and containers and add a smile to any occasion. Look for fun and new ways to add them to your garden and fall celebrations.

You will find these cool weather favorites at your local garden center. Pansies thrive in the cooler temperatures of fall and during mild winters when your summer annuals fade or succumb to frost. They make great fillers in garden beds and containers or displayed in their own planter.

Cool Wave®, WonderFall and other trailing pansies are perfect for hanging baskets, as trailers in container gardens, or as edging plants in garden beds. You will need half as many of these pansy varieties to cover the same garden space.

Plant a basket of white trailing pansies, add some sunglasses and you have a ghost for Halloween. Scoop out the inside of a pumpkin, add some drainage holes and use it for a planter. Fill it with potting mix and you’ll have a biodegradable pot for the compost pile when finished. Or simply set a container of pansies inside your pumpkin pot.

Be sure to include a few favorite colors, fragrant varieties, and some All-America Selections winners. Ultima Morpho was the 2002 winner that was selected for its distinct blue and yellow flower design. Padparadja is a true orange pansy that is perfect for fall and Majestic Giants pansy, selected in 1966, can still be found for sale. Generations of gardeners have planted this large-flowered, traditional-faced pansy.

Include pansies in your fall meals and gatherings. Only use pansies and other edible flowers that have not been treated with pesticides. Be sure to let your guests know that the pansies are safe to eat, so they can enjoy this unique dining experience. Otherwise, you will find blossoms at the bottom of glasses or left on plates.

Pick a few flowers, remove the reproductive parts, and freeze them in ice cube trays to serve in your favorite beverage. Float a few of the flower ice cubes in your favorite punch.

Add a gourmet touch, some unique flavor, and color to your salads by topping a bed of greens with a few flowers. Continue the theme by decorating cookies or cakes with a few of your favorite pansies. The cheerful flowers will generate happy thoughts and for some, a way to enjoy the last of this season’s garden.

Brighten the start of school and your classroom while showing your favorite teacher a bit of appreciation. A do-it-yourself planter filled with cheery pansies is sure to elevate the mood of both students and teachers alike.

All you need are two yardsticks, a 4-inch x 4-inch wooden planter box, and a potted pansy and saucer that fit inside the planter box. Gather your glue gun and glue sticks, sandpaper, and a hobby knife to create your gift.

Cut the yardsticks into four-inch pieces and sand the cut edges smooth. Glue the yardstick pieces vertically and next to each other onto all four sides of the planter. Set the saucer in the bottom of the planter box and place the potted pansy on top of it.

Purchase plenty of pansies. You are sure to find other creative ways to utilize them this fall or simply use them as colorful fillers for voids in gardens and containers.

Melinda Myers has written more than 20 gardening books, including the recently released Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, 2nd Edition and Small Space Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” instant video and DVD series and the nationally syndicated Melinda’s Garden Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine and her website is www.MelindaMyers.com.

GROWING YOUR BUSINESS: Be a little better

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Growing your businessby Dan Beaulieu
Business consultant

To be successful in business you have to find ways to be better. You have to get creative and find ways for your customers to prefer working with you rather than with your competition.

Finding new ways to delight your customers can be fun. Actually, being better than your competition is fun, not to mention profitable.

As a business owner you should always be thinking about your customers and yes, also about your competitors.

You need to study your customers to see what they like, what puts smiles on their faces? What keeps them coming back?

And you have to study your competitors to see what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong, and how you can be better.

Often, it’s the little things that can make you outstanding in the true sense of the word.

You can be the roofer who leaves the site spotless once the roof is complete. I was once wowed at the site of a member of the company that did my roof a few years ago, going over the driveway with some kind of magnetic rake to make sure no nails were left behind.

I once visited a restaurant, a very busy restaurant in Milwaukee that delighted people who were waiting for over an hour for a table by passing out hot buttered rolls.

Or how about that family-owned hardware store where the woman in the paint department spent a good 15 minutes with my mother talking about just the right paint to redo a lawn chair? Mom talked about that for years after.

None of these things were hard or expensive but they were valuable enough to make customers for life.

Think about your own business. What can you do to be outstanding? What can you do to be special.

Oh, here is an idea, ask your customers themselves. Go ahead ask them for their opinion?

If you own a restaurant, ask them to fill our a simple questionnaire. If you own a service business, sit down and honestly ask your customer what you could do differently and better?

When you finish that landscaping job and are showing the customer what you’ve done, ask her if there is anything else she would like. Ask her if she has any ideas of services you could offer or things you could do better.

Study your industry, always be learning about your job. You can even learn by watching the right TV shows. Just by sitting in a chair in your den with a notebook you get ideas on how to run a better restaurant, bar, diner – you know all those shows. Get ideas from watching HGTV and the Discovery channel. Always be learning and, yes, don’t be afraid to steal those ideas and use them for your own business

In the end it’s all about how dedicated you are to finding new and innovative ways to grow your business.

SCORES & OUTDOORS: Menacing-looking spider is common, harmless

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Yellow garden spider

Roland D. Halleeby Roland D. Hallee

Last week I received an email from a reader who sent along a photo of a large yellow spider she found on her screen door. It was a menacing-looking thing.

It actually is a yellow garden spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, black and yellow garden spider, golden garden spider, writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider.

The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833. It is common to the contiguous United States, Hawaii, southern Canada, Mexico, and Central America. It has distinctive yellow and black markings on the abdomen and a mostly white cephalothorax. The body length of males range from 0.20 – 0.35 inches; females range from 0.75–1.10 inches. These spiders may bite if disturbed or harassed, but the venom is harmless to non-allergic humans, roughly equivalent to a bumblebee sting in intensity.

Yellow garden spiders often build webs in areas adjacent to open sunny fields where they stay concealed and protected from the wind. The spider can also be found along the eaves of houses and outbuildings or in any tall vegetation where they can securely stretch a web.

Female spiders tend to be somewhat local, often staying in one place throughout much of their lifetime.

The web of the yellow garden spider is distinctive: a circular shape up to two feet in diameter, with a dense zigzag of silk in the center.

The yellow garden spider can oscillate her web vigorously while she remains firmly attached in the center. This action might prevent predators like wasps and birds from drawing a good bead, and also to fully entangle an insect before it cuts itself loose. In a nightly ritual, the spider consumes the circular interior part of the web and then rebuilds it each morning with fresh new silk. The radial framework and anchoring lines are not usually replaced when the spider rebuilds the web. The spider may be recycling the chemicals used in web building. Additionally, the fine threads that she consumes appear to have tiny particles of what may be minuscule insects and organic matter that may contain nutrition.

The yellow garden spider does not live in very dense location clusters like other orb spiders. The yellow garden spider keeps a clean orderly web in comparison to the cluttered series of webs built and abandoned by groups of golden orb spiders.

This spider is found from Canada to Costa Rica, but less so in the basin and mountain areas of the Rockies.

These spiders are not aggressive. They might bite if grabbed, but other than for defense they do not attack large animals. Their venom often contains a library of toxins with potential as therapeutic medicinal agents.

A bite by the yellow garden spider is comparable to a bee sting with redness and swelling. For a healthy adult, a bite is not considered an issue. Though these spiders are not aggressive, people who are very young, elderly, or who have compromised immune systems should exercise caution, just as they would around a beehive or a hornet nest.

Yellow garden spiders breed twice a year. The males roam in search of a female, building a small web near or actually in the female’s web, then court the females by plucking strands on her web. Often, when the male approaches the female, he has a safety drop line ready, in case she attacks him. After mating, the male dies, and is sometimes then eaten by the female.

The female lays her eggs at night on a sheet of silky material, then covers them with another layer of silk, then a protective brownish silk. She then uses her legs to form the sheet into a ball with an upturned neck.

In the spring, the young spiders exit the sac. They are so tiny that they look like dust gathered inside the silk mesh. Some of the spiderlings remain nearby, but others exude a strand of silk that gets caught by the breeze, carrying the spiderling to a more distant area.

Females of the species are the most commonly seen in gardens. Their webs are usually characterized by a zigzag shaped extra thick line of silk in the middle extending vertically. The spiders spend most of their time in their webs, waiting for prey to become ensnared. When prey becomes caught in the web, the spider may undulate the web back and forth to further trap the insect. When the prey is secure, the spider kills it by injecting its venom and then wraps the prey in a cocoon of silk for later consumption (typically one to four hours later). Prey includes small vertebrates, such as geckos and green anoles, as well as insects.

If you find one of these around your house, it is not as dangerous as it looks.

Easy for me to say, Mr. I-don’t-like-spiders.

Roland’s trivia question of the week:

Who were the four outfielders on the Red Sox’ 2018 World Series championship team?

Answer can be found here.

Roland’s Trivia Question for Thursday, September 8, 2022

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Trivia QuestionsWho were the four outfielders on the Red Sox’ 2018 World Series championship team?

Answer:

Andrew Benintendi, Mookie Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr., J.D. Martinez

PHOTO: Fall sunset

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Gary Mazoki, of Palermo, captured this fall sunset recently.

EVENTS: Work Health – Waterville to hold open house Sept. 15

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Work Health-Waterville, occupational health, will hold an open house on Thursday, September 15, 2022, from 3 – 5 p.m. at their location at 246 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Suite 202, in Waterville.

Their most frequently requested occupational health services include testing services in audiometry, breath alcohol, urine drug collection and pulmonary function test; respirator fit testing, immigration physicals, return to work evaluations, fitness for duty evaluations, on-site ergonomic evaluations, on-site medical/nursing services, assessment and treatment of work-related injuries and illnesses, physical exams (including DOT, pre-employment and specialty, and independent medical exams.

They can also customize programs to meet your needs.

The public is invited.

For more information: workhealthllc.org, 1-844-975-4584.

Stories from Fort Hill Cemetery: Volunteers sought

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Volunteers replacing headstone. (photo courtesy of Kit Alexander)

Submitted by Kit Alexander

Over the years, the Fort Hill Cemetery, on Halifax St., in Winslow, has lost its luster. Air pollution and the exhaust from cars and trucks climbing the hill beside it have left their mark on the gravestones, turning them black in some places and shades of gray in others. Many have suffered damage from frost in the form of cracks which can sometimes lead to pieces of stone breaking off. Stones, which have lost their support, again, due to our Maine winters, and fallen down flat or broken, have sometimes been reclaimed by the vegetation so they have either completely or partially disappeared from sight.

But fortunately, a group of volunteers, with funding and support from the town of Winslow, have started a restoration project to return the cemetery to its previous state – a historic town burial ground dating to just before the American Revolution.

The crew of volunteers is comprised of men and women who participate for many reasons. Some love history and genealogy, while others just enjoy the challenge of working with their hands and restoring the land and stonework back to their former beauty. Love of digging is mandatory, even if you’re not the one doing it. I suspect everyone has a secret interest in archaeology, just waiting to get some dirt under their finger nails, or any place else, for that matter. Others just want to be of service to the Winslow community and enjoy being outside in the fresh air and sunshine while they do it.

Some volunteers are residents of surrounding communities, eager to help with this type of project. Some are members of the Fort Halifax Branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution whose particular interest is finding and restoring the graves of Revolutionary War Patriots. And some are folks, who stopped by one day and were hooked by the activities going on. Last year, some of the volunteers cut grass and tree limbs, raked, used leaf blowers and generally cleaned up the space. Some buried gravestones were uncovered and brought back into the light of day. One buried stone was found due to an enthusiastic volunteer using the leaf blower, blowing the dirt off a buried stone enough that it was recognizable as a gravestone and not just a rock. Many of the stones lay on the ground, but volunteers put them on wooden supports awaiting restoration this year.

On just about any day, one can hear the noise from a generator sitting in the back of a truck powering the skill saw cutting off a badly damaged stone bottom. Volunteers are chiseling out the grooves where the stones will reside and making other alterations by hand. Or they may be gluing the top half back onto the bottom of a stone broken in two, or onto the base or pediment. Everyone participates in cleaning the stones following a tried and true process.

Some detective work is needed to find out which small foot stone is related to which larger stone. It usually contains only initials and may be found close to its original placement or far away. One ten-year-old boy who died in 1885 is identified only by the initials “B. M. W.” printed on his foot stone. But where is his grave marker? It was there in the 1930s, but now it’s gone. Has it been damaged and removed, or is it sitting just a bit under the surface waiting to be discovered? At any rate, this is his only stone for now.

Documentation of those buried in Fort Hill began a long time ago. During the 1930s, The Works Progress Administration (WPA), part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, employed people to record the gravestones in Maine. Many cemeteries were missed and mistakes were made, but still, it was the basis for the cemetery lists that now exist. At some point, The Maine Old Cemetery Association (MOCA), took possession of these lists and has placed them at the Maine State Library, the Hampden Historical Society, and our own Taconnet Falls Genealogical Library. They are also available to members on the MOCA website.

Old, deteriorating headstone, and far right, the same headstone restored. (photo courtesy of Kit Alexander)

Another part of the project has involved adding the names and photos of all the stones to “Find A Grave.” This website has over 210 million memorials for people all over the world. Someone in Winslow can created a memorial for their great-grandmother who died in New Jersey, click on a box, and someone in that area will take a picture of that grave site and post it to the memorial. And it works in reverse; people in Maine are traveling to cemeteries photographing sites for those in California.

The next step of the project is documenting what has been done. A Burial Marker Survey Sheet is filled out, the work done documented, measurements and a sketch done of the stone, and a before and after photograph taken. Sometimes the before picture is so degraded and dirty, it is hard to believe the after picture is the same stone.

And finally, the plot number will be added to Find A Grave based on a survey done in 2010 by George Lessard, former Winslow Cemetery Superintendent. This survey is a careful depiction of Fort Hill by sections with lists of the burials in each lot. Anyone wanting to visit great-grandfather Ezekiel can find him without having to tramp the entire cemetery of 444 graves.

Volunteers are welcome to join in the project no matter how much or how little time they have to give. All levels of expertise and strength are needed, from moving tombstones to taking before and after restoration photos. Anyone interested in participating can contact the Project Director, Dale Macklin, at 716-7593.

OBITUARIES for Thursday, September 8, 2022

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REV. JOHN R. SKEHAN

AUGUSTA – Rev. John R. Skehan, 66, Pastor of St. Michael Parish, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the home of friends in Gray. Born in Bangor on February 15, 1956, the son of the late John and Patricia (Theriault) Skehan.

Fr. John grew up in Bath and Hampden. He graduated from Hampden Academy, in 1974, and received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, in 1978.

Prior to entering seminary, Fr. John followed in his dad’s footsteps and became an educator. He was the educational coordinator for “Up with People” and a junior high science teacher, in Oakland. In addition to his teaching duties, he was also involved in coaching various sports.

Fr. John completed his clerical studies at the Theological College at Catholic University, in Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward C. O’Leary on May 24, 1986, at St. Matthew’s Church, in Hampden. His first assignment was serving as parochial vicar at Notre Dame Parish, in Waterville, including campus ministry at Colby College and Unity College.

In the late 1980s, Fr. John was appointed chaplain of Maine Medical Center, in Portland, where he would serve until being named pastor of St. Mary of the Visitation Parish, in Houlton.

Following his time in Houlton, Fr. John was appointed as the director of the Office of Parish Planning for the Diocese of Portland. In the mid-2000s, he was named pastor of St. Michael Parish, in South Berwick, and Our Lady of Peace Parish, in Berwick. In addition to his duties in South Berwick and Berwick, Fr. John was appointed pastor of St. Christopher Parish, in York, and St. Raphael Parish, in Kittery. He also volunteered as the chaplain for the Berwick Fire Dept.

After leaving York County, Fr. John was named pastor of the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Stella Maris Parish, and St. Joseph Parish, in Hancock County. In 2018, Fr. John was named pastor of St. Michael Parish, in Augusta, which also serves the communities of Winthrop, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Whitefield. Fr. John served the Catholic Communities of Maine with the core values expected of any priest: he was kind, thoughtful, compassionate, and above all, he had an innate desire to be in service of God and others.

Fr. John was the epitome of a caring and kind priest who went above and beyond to help in any way he could. He will be deeply missed by his family, the entire Diocese of Portland and the parishioners of the communities he served.

Fr. John lived life to the fullest. He traveled all over the world with “Up with People” and continued those travels throughout his life. His most recent trip was bringing together a group of parishioners on a pilgrimage to The Holy Land. He loved Theriault Family reunions, music, cooking, sports, and making home repairs and renovations. He loved musical theater and had season tickets for many years to the MSMT, in Brunswick, as well as the Ogunquit Playhouse. His sense of humor and optimism were contagious to all who knew him. He would be your friend for life.

Fr. John was predeceased by his parents John and Patricia; and his brother, William E. Skehan.

He is survived by his sister, Mary E. Skehan, of Topsham; brother, Robert A. Skehan and his wife, Michelle, of Vassalboro; and nephew, Conor Skehan; aunts Phyllis Theriault, of Portland, Dorothy Theriault, of Scarborough, and Joan Theriault, of Bangor; as well as many extended family members and friends.

A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, September 5, at St. Augustine Church, with The Most Rev. Robert P. Deeley, J.C.D., as Principal Celebrant. Msgr. Paul Stefanko will be the homilist.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Conroy-Tully Walker Funeral Home of Portland. To view Fr. John’s memorial page or to share an online condolence, please visit http://www.ConroyTullyWalker.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Michael School, 56 Sewall St., Augusta, ME 04330.

JAMES D. MOORE SR.

OAKLAND – James Darryl Moore Sr., 83, passed awy Friday, on July 22, 2022, in Portland. James was born in 1938 in Roxbury, Connecticut, to Glenice (Berry) Moore and James O. Moore.

James was hardworking and dedicated to his family. He would drop anything to help someone out. Even after he retired after years of hard labor, he worked at KVCAP, driving those in need. James inspired those around him to work hard and to live life to the fullest.

He had a great sense of humor and a joyous laugh that lit up the room. He loved children and had fun joking and playing with them.

His favorite times were spent at his family camp, the Moore family campground. He loved four-wheeling, sitting by the fire, fishing, hunting spotting deer and just being surrounded by his family.

James is survived by his children, Eugene (Erica) Young, James (Gloria) Moore Jr., Ruby Mullen, Dianne Pilla, Jeffrey (Ada) Moore; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sibling Steven Moore; nephews and nieces; and beloved dog Sadie.

A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Pooler cemetery in Skowhegan, with reception to follow.

VANCE A. CAYFORD JR.

WATERVILLE – Vance A Cayford Jr., 51, passed awy on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. He was born in Waterville on November 18, 1970, to Vance A Cayford Sr. and Nancy (Dubois) Cayford.

Vance served in the Persian Gulf Theater in 1991 where he proudly served his country. He was a self-employed roofer and the owner of G & G Roofing.

Vance was predeceased by his grandparents, Ivan and Evelyn Cayford, Wallace and Shirley Dubois and Lynn and Pauline Pressey; his uncle, Tim Dubois, and aunts, Susan Moffett and Linda Nivison.

Vance is survived by his mother Nancy Cayford and stepfather Daniel Pooler Jr.; his father Vance Cayford Sr. and stepmother Karen Pressey Cayford; and sister Lori Cayford and partner Bob Robinson; his children Gaige and Gavin Hessert, Brittney and Jared Cayford; grandson Ezrah Hessert; as well as his fiancée Benita Springer, of Bar Harbor; many aunts, uncles and cousins.

Graveside services will be at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Friday, September 30, 2022, at 2 p.m. under the direction of Lawry Brothers.

A celebration of Life for Vance was held September 4, at the home of Vance and Karen Cayford.

DOLORES LOTHROPE

WHITEFIELD – Dolores (Dolly) Lothrope, of Whitefield, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 13, 2022, from natural causes.

Dolly was a member of the Whitefield Lions Club. She also had a passion for softball, fishing and hunting with her husband. Dolly was a founding member of the Chelsea Food bank where she loved to serve her community. She was a beloved member of Community Christian Fellowship and a blessing as a faithful Prayer Warrior for her pastor and her fellow congregants. She looked forward to each Sunday morning and her hug from her special friend, Hunter.

She was predeceased by her husband, Bernal L Lothrope; and her parents, Linwood and Thelma Jones.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Graceway Christian Fellowship, 5 Glenridge Dr., in Augusta, on Sunday, September 11, at 1 p.m.

Those who wish to express sympathy may consider a donation to the Whitefield Lions Club or the CARA softball fields, in Augusta.

ARLINE B. JULIA

FAIRFIELD – Arline Berry Julia, 88, of Fairfield, died on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, following a short illness. Arline was born on July 24, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of O.K. and Ruby Berry.

She graduated from Darien High School in 1952 and Colby College, in Waterville, in 1956. While moving frequently during her early life because of her father’s position with the Kellogg Company, she lived the last 64 years in Fairfield as an active member of that community. She and her husband John owned and operated the family dairy farm for many years as well as the Julia Family Farm Market.

While first and foremost a devoted wife, mother, nana, auntie, and friend, Arline was a true modern renaissance woman. At various points in her life, she was an English teacher, artist, farmer (although she stopped short of milking cows), track coach, gardener, church deaconess, horse rider, snowmobiler, basketball rules aficionado (her explanation of the “moving screen violation” is family legend), board member, world traveler and tractor driver.

She was a long-time active member of the Fairfield First Baptist Church, serving as a trustee, member of the Church Cabinet, deaconess, Sunday School teacher, and youth group leader. She also served several terms as a board member of the Kennebec Baptist Association, and as a board member of the American Baptist Churches of Maine.

Arline served on the board of directors for the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers and the Lawrence Public Library, and was active in the Waterville Women’s Club, Contemporary Club, Waterville Art Society, Red Hat Society, Maine General Auxiliary, Fairfield Interfaith Food Pantry and served as a Docent at the Colby College Museum of Art.

She was predeceased by her husband John A. Julia; her father OK Berry; mother Ruby Berry; and sisters Pauline Rowell and Marilynn Sewall.

She is survived by five children, Jake Julia and wife Beth, Jennifer Sweatt, Gregory Julia, Peter Julia and wife Tina, and Katy Boothby; nine grandchildren, Sean Leary, Nick Julia, Ben Julia, Jessica Wilson, Devin Julia, Kylee Julia, Julia Boothby, Rowan Boothby, and John Gregory Julia; and four great-grandchildren, Haylei Wilson, Hank Wilson, Abel Leary, and Scarlett Leary.

A memorial service in her honor was held at the Fairfield First Baptist Church on Sunday, September 4. A reception followed at the First Baptist Church fellowship hall.

Arrangements are in the care of Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, 107 Main St., Fairfield where memories may be shared, and an online register book signed by visiting http://www.lawrybrothers.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Arline’s name to the Lawrence Public Library and the Fairfield Interfaith Food Pantry.

Flag waving on September 11

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photo: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org

On Sunday, September 11, 2022, national nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) is calling on all Americans to join them in waving the American flag in their own communities to commemorate the 21st anniversary of 9/11.

At 8:46 a.m., On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, five hijackers took control of American Airlines Flight 11 and flew it into the heart of New York City and the northern façade of the World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 WTC).

At 9:03 a.m., five other hijackers flew United Airlines Flight 175 into the southern facade of the South Tower (2 WTC).

At 9:37 a.m., another five hijackers flew American Airlines flight 77 into the western facade of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia.

At 10:03 a.m., four hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 93 into a field in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Members of the WAA family, including staff, volunteers, Gold Star and Blue Star families, and veterans, will join to share in the patriotic act of waving the flag, and sharing the stories of those who raised their hand to serve following the events of that fateful day. The flag waving will start at 8:46 a.m. ET, when on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, five hijackers took control of American Airlines Flight 11 and flew it into the heart of New York City and the northern facade of the World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 WTC) and end at 10:03 a.m. ET when four hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 93 into a field in Stonycreek Township, near Shanksville, Penn., on the same day.

You too can join by tuning in to the organization’s Official Facebook page, to share pictures and videos from your own community flag waving. Participants are encouraged to take video and pictures of their participation in the national flag waving and share them with WAA, their family, and their friends to help REMEMBER, HONOR and TEACH the generation born after 9/11, how hard times can strengthen us as a nation. Please use the hashtag #FlagsAcrosstheCountry and #AmericaStrong when posting on social media and tag the Wreaths Across America Official Facebook page.

WAA waves the American Flag every Tuesday morning between 9-10 a.m. ET and encourages the public to join them. Each week, messages of unity and remembrance are shared and the legacy of the “Freeport Flag Ladies” – who took to the Hill in Freeport on 9/11/01 following the events of that morning to hoist the flag and share a message of strength – lives on as it did each week for 18 years. After they retired on September 11, 2019, WAA took over the tradition and continues the weekly flag waving along US Route 1 in Jonesboro, Maine.