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October 2016
Funny things kids say!
Years ago, my 3-year-old
niece Brianna came running into the laundry room,
phone in hand, yelling,
“Momma, Momma, it’s
Millie Importure, it’s Millie
Importure!”
My sister knew no one
named Millie and when she
got on the phone, no one
was there. This happened
several times over the next
few months until my sister
finally realized her daughter was mimicking her, as
kids so often do to their
parents.
Whenever my sister was
on the phone and the kids
started getting loud, she
would say to them, “Shh,
it’s really important!”
– Catherine White, Wilton.
Back in 2003 our daugh-
ter and her husband and
4-year-old son lived with
us in our farmhouse. During a thunderstorm with
heavy rain, we lost power
in the middle of the night.
Out in the country, when
you lose power, it is dark!
A louc clap of thunder
woke up our grandson who
then yelled for his father.
His father felt and worked
his way through the living
room and up the hall to his
son’s room, telling him all
was well and that it was just
the storm that had knocked
out the power.
Our grandson said, “Oh,
thank God. I thought I had
gone blind.”
– Mo Lizotte in Jay.
I heard a funny one from
my granddaughter a few
years back. She was visit-
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ing in New England from
Kentucky. I took her to the
beach and she could not get
to the water fast enough.
All of a sudden she called
out, “Grandma, help! My
feet have headaches!”
This was her first time in
our cold waters. The “feet
headaches” soon disappeared and she had a great
time.
– Evelyn Wedding in
Norway.
It has been an unspoken
ritual at our house for many
years: the grandkid(s)
come in, get Gramp’s underwear out of his bureau,
and quickly stuff ‘em in
the freezer. Next morning, Gramps gets up, rants
and raves, “When will they
ever learn that this is NOT
funny!”
Grandkid(s) tee-hee and
it’s another memory never
to be forgotten. Only this
time it was the three- and
four-year-olds who did it
for their first time, after
observing their siblings or
cousins.
There was only one problem. They hurriedly stuck
the underwear in the freezer in the ice cube maker! In
the middle of the night, I
could hear grinding noises
in the kitchen.
Yes, you guessed it!
I pulled and tugged to no
avail. Gramp’s underwear
had to be cut out of the ice
cube maker. Thank goodness it didn’t break the ice
cube maker because then
Gramps would have really
ranted and raved.
But the story doesn’t
end there. A few weeks
afterward, we had company from out of state who
couldn’t wait to drink our
delicious well water, not
the chlorinated city water
they have back home.
My friend kept saying,
“It doesn’t taste the same.
It just doesn’t taste like the
last time we were here.”
On their last day visiting
us, we talked about each
other’s grandkids again for
the hundredth time. Suddenly it dawned on me that
maybe the water tasted
“different” because of the
ice cubes! Was there an
aftertaste from the chewed
up underwear? Was THAT
why the water tasted different?
– Meme in Dixfield.
I was visiting my brother
several years ago and his
grandchildren stopped by
to visit after an afternoon
of swimming.
Three-year-old Michael
kept staring at me and having never seen hearing aids
asked,”Aunt Barb, how
come you still have your
ear plugs in?”
– Barb in Rumford.
My grandson was cooking with me when he asked,
“Nana, do you always make
everything from Scotch?”
“No! No! Do you mean
scratch?” I replied.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
My great-granddaughter
was 5 years old when her
great-grandfather passed
away. Her father told her
that her great grandfather
had gone to heaven.
She said, “Oh, he packed
his bags and has gone to see
Jesus.”
– Hazel in Livermore.
When my grandson was
about five years old, he
said, “Mummy, it is Nana
and her friend Grampy.”
My grandson was jumping for joy as he had been
waiting for us to arrive for
a visit.
– Kathleen Knight in W.
Farmington.
Having received a cool
Batman outfit for Christmas, my grandson wore it
to pick up a dinner order at
a restaurant. His aunt was
horrified when he pushed
past her and announced,
“I’m Batman and I’m here
to rob the place.”
It got so quiet and then
all you could hear was
laughter in the restaurant!
It took some discussion
when he got home on what
was wrong with making
that announcement!
– Cheryl in Mexico.
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Keeping Fitness Pace with the Weather
Jodi Cornelio
Live Long, Live Well
Jodi R. Cornelio, AS, BA, MBA
Nutritionist, Personal Trainer
and Motivational Speaker
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Don’t slowdown your
activity level just because the weather is
changing. It is so easy
to hibernate when the
days start getting shorter
and the weather cooler.
Most of us are much
more active in the warm
sunny days of summer.
Golfing, biking, hiking,
boating, yardwork and
just doing outdoor activities has whipped us
into shape and now we
are faced with the chilly
nights and days or Autumn. Hmmm, what to
do? Let’s keep all those
healthy fitness gains
you made this summer.
Change with the weather
instead of hibernating.
When playing 9 holes of
golf at the end of the day
is no longer an option.
Bundle up and take a
brisk walk but make sure
it at least 2 miles. That’s
what it will take to substitute the exercise you
get on the golf course.
If safety is a concern of
yours, many of the local
schools will allow you to
walk inside in their gymnasiums when not in use.
The mall is also a good
option for a few walking
laps at the end of your
day. You can always
join one of the local Y’s
or gyms and enjoy the
social groups, exercise
classes and exercise
equipment that these facilities provide. Still not
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of my favorite things to
do this time of year is
hike and explore Maine’s
Parks. Hiking in the Fall
Foliage is fabulous right
now. Try making the
time to explore these
parks and take advantage
of the hiking opportunities. Here are a few of my
favorite places. Many of
these Parks have hikes
and special events going
on in the month of October.
•Mt. Battie in Camden
Hill State Park in Camden
•Lily Bay State Park in
Greenville – “they have
a special hike around
Moosehead Lake on Oct
10th.”
•Wolfe’s Neck state
Park in Freeport – “they
have a special event hike
on Oct 10th”
•Range Pond State
Park in Poland – “they
have a special event
Hike on Oct 15th”
•Mt Blue State Park
and Tumbledown Mountain – in Weld
•Acadia National State
Park Many hiking trials
which are safe and clean
•Bigelow Range in
Western Maine
•Gulf Hagas in the
North Maine Woods
•Saddleback and Kennebago Mt. in Rangeley
I hope you take advantage of some of these
autumn foliage hikes and
enjoy the views and stay
fit.
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Hello from Holly…
Are You Nearing Age 65?
• Did you know that if you are Medicare
eligible at age 65, you must sign up for
Medicare 3 months before your birthday,
the month of your birthday, or during the
3 months following your birthday month?
(If you’re still working and you have
“creditable” insurance coverage, you can
continue with your employer insurance.)
• Did you know that you sign up for
Medicare through Social Security? You
can do this yourself on the Social Security
website, www.ssa.gov.
• Did you know that if you are currently
on a Marketplace (or Obamacare or ACA
insurance) policy, you MUST switch to a
Medicare policy at age 65. If you do not,
you will receive a premium penalty from
Medicare and will have to pay back any
subsidy you may have received during
that time period. Yes, your Marketplace
policy may be better and cost you less,
but you are not allowed to keep it.
• Did you know that no one is going
to send you a letter to tell you this and
remind you to switch your policy? You
must keep track of this yourself. Many
people are getting caught, assuming
someone will let them know when they
need to switch their policy. Unfortunately
that is not how it works.
Age 65 is a great age – maybe you’re
considering retirement and will now have
more time to enjoy the simple things, the
little things that as we get older we realize
are really the big things, the things that
matter. Time with family and friends,
time to pursue hobbies, time to travel.
It’s also an age when we may ignore
important steps we need to take – such as
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red, white and blue card that says Medicare.
But some deadlines are just too important
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October 2016
Turner Sailor Serves Aboard
Guided-Missile
Destroyer in Pearl Harbor
A Turner, Maine native is serving in the
U.S. Navy aboard the
guided-missile destroyer, USS O’Kane.
Seaman Justin Buck
is a ship’s serviceman
aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burkeclass guided-missile destroyer operating out of
Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam, Hawaii.
A Navy ship’s serviceman is responsible for
managing and supplying
the ship’s laundry, vending machines, and ship’s
store.
“It’s a great job that
let’s me interact with the
entire crew,” said Buck,
who also serves as the
ship’s barber when at
sea.
O’Kane,
measures
approximately 500 feet
and is powered by four
gas turbines that allow
the destroyer to achieve
over 30 knots in open
seas.
According to Navy
officials, destroyers are
tactical multi-mission
surface combatants capable of conducting
anti-air warfare, antisubmarine warfare and
anti-surface warfare, as
well as humanitarian
assistance. Fast, maneuverable, and technically
advanced,
destroyers
provide the required
warfighting
expertise
and operational flexibility to execute any tasking overseas.
“Our Naval Surface
Group Middle Pacific
guided-missile destroyers are poised, trained,
equipped and ready to
deploy forward and
support the Fleet,” said
Rear Adm. John Fuller,
Commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Naval
Surface Group Middle
Pacific. “Working with
friends and allies, our
MIDPAC Sailors provide sea control, advance maritime security,
enhance regional stability, and foster continued
prosperity in the IndoAsia-Pacific region.”
Approximately 30 officers and 300 enlisted
men and women make
up the ship’s company.
Their jobs are highly
specialized and keep
each part of the cruiser
running smoothly, according to Navy officials. The jobs range
from maintaining engines and handling
weaponry to washing
dishes and preparing
meals.
Challenging
living
conditions build strong
fellowship among the
crew, Navy officials
explained. The crew is
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highly motivated, and
quickly adapt to changing conditions. It is a
busy life of specialized
work, watches, and
drills.
“I joined the Navy
to set an example for
my little brother,” said
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him that I decided to do
something positive in
life and I hope that I can
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October 2016
Spook House
The Litchfield Sportsmen’s Club is hosting
its 2nd Annual “Spook House” on Saturday,
October 29th from 5pm-9pm. The interior of
the Club will be transformed into a haunted
Halloween retreat filled with ghosts, ghouls,
witches and other spooky visitors and sounds.
Open to all ages, the spook house is geared
toward “spooky” rather than “horror” to accommodate the younger visitors.
Admission is by donation only and all kids
will receive a treat at the end of their visit.
The Litchfield Sportsmen’s Club is located
on the Hallowell Road in Litchfield. Plenty of
free parking; handicap accessible.
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Business Profile: House to Home
We offer flexible scheduling for appointments
and are regularly available by phone or email.
Geno has 25+ years of
hands-on experience in
the construction trade for
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and has been doing house
inspections since January
2016.
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Geno says that no matter
what kind of inspection
he does, his focus is on
helping homeowners and
buyers make informed
decisions as to the condition, safety and function-
ality of the house and its
components to help turn
the house in question into
a safe and healthy home.
Geno was born and
raised in Lisbon. His father ran a TV repair business in the Lisbon community for 30+ years. He
has brothers who have
served this community via
their businesses. Geno has
done business and served
this community in some
form since the age of 12.
He started selling vegetables, that he grew, to
the local Yankee Grocer,
mowed lawns, and sold
worms from home with
his brothers. He worked at
the local Breton’s Market
for several years. Over the
years he has rehabbed as
well as built new homes,
and sold them. He’s been
involved in countless remodeling and new construction projects in the
area. This community is
his home. Geno said it
feels great to serve his
community. He truly enjoys sharing the knowledge he’s developed over
the years and meeting new
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of it as “Earning, Serving,
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Over Half of the State’s Population is
Saving Millions on Financial Services…
Are You One of Them?
Nearly 680,000 Mainers are saving money every
year just by choosing to be
a member at one of Maine’s
Credit Unions. But just how
much money are they saving? Based on previous
studies, Maine credit union
members collectively save
$40 million a year by belonging to a credit union. These
collective savings are put
together from earnings that
are returned to members in
lower loan rates, higher interest rates on deposits, and
lower fees – it’s no wonder
more than half of Maine’s
population belongs to a credit union!
Maine Credit Union
League President John
Murphy said that the credit
unions’ ability to focus on
saving member’s money
make credit unions an increasingly viable and valuable option for Maine people.
“The credit union philosophy of putting the interests
of members first continues
to highlight the difference
between credit unions and
other financial institutions.
Credit unions are owned
and operated by and for their
members, so all members
benefit from better rates and
lower and fewer fees. That is
a key and distinct difference
of credit union membership.”
To find a credit union near
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SURF’s Up!
Have you seen SURF
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is the icon of Maine Credit
Unions’ SURF Surcharge
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matter where you are in
the state – from Portland to
Presque Isle, or Brunswick
to Bethel,
when you
see SURF
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When you’re a member
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you have access to the largest surcharge-free ATM
network in Maine. With
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Don’t forget, in addition
to accessing cash, you can
also make deposits at some
ATMs with no extra fees –
so you can take your credit
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you go.
Formed in 1999, 98% of
Maine’s Credit Unions now
participate in the SURF
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League. “The
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growth of the
SURF ATM
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further evidence of the
value that comes when
credit unions work together
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Communication
John McDonald
Just when you think cell
phone antics couldn’t get
any goofier you see something involving cell phones
that’s goofier than the last.
I was walking down a residential Portland street the
other day and saw a woman
wrestling furiously with
several shopping bags and
her cell phone. What was
so vital that she had to talk
while trying not to dump her
bags all over the ground?
Well, she was explaining
to the person on the other
end that she was taking her
shopping bags out of the car
and getting ready to go into
her apartment.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I
think this was information
that the woman could have
kept to herself until later.
People used to be able to
take shopping bags out of
the car and bring them into
the house without feeling
the need to share the whole
experience.
The cell phone incident
reminded me of years ago
when I experimented with a
few communication devices
of my own.
One afternoon when I was
a kid my friend Neil and I
spent several hours making
what today might be called
“a dual-station, single purpose communication system.” It was a neat walkietalkie we saw in “Boy’s
Life” magazine. According
to the article and simple diagram, all we needed to make
our own device was a long
piece of string and two Birdseye orange juice cans. The
article did, indeed, specify
“Birdseye” cans, but then
added that the cans of other
brands may also be used.
After getting our materials together we ran the
high-tech string between
our separate locations in my
yard - a little over 100-feet
- and used a state-of-the-art
six penny nail to poke a hole
in the end of each can. We
then threaded the ends of the
string through the holes and
tied a fat knot in each end of
the string to prevent it from
slipping out of the hole.
Once the string was tightly
stretched between our locations and the Birdseye cans
were securely in place we
tried to talk back and forth.
We must have been way
ahead of our time because,
for the rest of the afternoon,
we kept yelling into the
Birdseye can, “Can you hear
me now?” just like that annoying guy in those old cell
phone service commercials.
The next day Neil called
me on the phone and said
he wanted to call me on the
Birdseye walkie-talkie. He
wanted me to go outside in
my yard so we could resume
our experiments with our
Birdseye cans. It was the
only time I ever had a call
holding on a juice can.
For the next several
weeks Neil and I experimented with our communication system. We made
a shorter version and used
wire instead of string and
that worked pretty well.
Eventually we gave up and
just called each other on
the phone when we wanted
to talk. It was a lot easier.
Come to think of it, lots of
things were easier back then.
I’m old enough to remember when the phone rang
and if you were there you
answered it? If you weren’t
there, it rang until the caller
gave up. Simple.
Then someone invented
the answering machine
and before long it seemed
like everyone had one and
in an attempt to solve one
problem - missing phone
calls - more problems were
hatched - like not missing
phone calls.
We’ve all heard the
messages: “Hello, you’ve
reached the home of Bobby
and Barbara Schlahbotnik
and all the little Schlahbotniks. We can’t come to the
phone right now but if you
leave a name and number preferably your telephone
number - we’ll get back
to you as just soon as possible.”
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chine you would never
miss another phone call, not
even those annoying calls
that you wanted to miss. A
whole new set of rules and
practices developed around
the telephone. If there was
someone you had to call but
didn’t want to talk to, you
could call them when you
knew they weren’t there and
leave a vague message: “It’s
me and I guess you’re not
there so I guess I’ll just say
I’m sorry I missed you and
try to call me when you get
back.” Then it was their turn
to try and reach you. This
childish game of avoidance
became known as “phone
tag.”
Then came the cell phone.
And as we all know, things
are worse now than ever and
there’s no place to hide.
Just once I’d like to have
someone say, “John, you
have an important call holding on your Birdseye can.”
John McDonald is a
Maine Storyteller who performs regularly at banquets,
conferences, conventions
and other events throughout
New England. He is also
the author of five books on
Maine including: The Maine
Dictionary, A Storyteller’s
Guide to Maine, A moose
and a Lobster walk into a
Bar and its sequel: Moose
Memoirs and Lobster Tales.
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Annual Public
Cemetery Supper
Saturday October 15,
2016. Smothered beef or
roast turkey. The supper
will take place at West
Bowdoin Parish Hall.
54 West Rd., Bowdoin,
Maine. The Supper goes
from 4:30 P.M. to 6P.M.
Donations are as follows
Adults $8.00 children
12 and under $3.50 preschool Free. Sponsored by
the woodlawn cemetery
association Sponsored by
the woodlawn Cemetery
association. n
Public Turkey
Supper
Friday October 28,
2016. The event will be
5:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.
The dinner will be located at ODD Fellows
Hall Lisbon. Donations
are as follows adults
priced at $8.00 per person and children 12 and
under $3.50. Preschool
free . Sponsored by Nina
Rebekah Lodge #86
and Sabattus lodge #21
200F. n
Country Sunday!
Country Sunday will
be held on October 16th
from noon-4:30pm at the
Litchfield
Sportsmen’s
Club. Come join us in an
afternoon of great country music, dancing and
food. Live entertainment
provided by The Appreciation Band, Cameron
Thayer, Jocelyn Begin,
Barbara Hartford, Arlette
Richard, Jeff Hamm, and
more! Plan on an after-
noon of fun!
Doors open at 11am.
Admission is $5/adults
and children under 12 admitted free. There will be
door prizes and a 50/50
drawing. Concessions are
available. Plenty of free
parking. Handicapped accessible.
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October 2016
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Stories and poems written by students from Carrie Ricker, Oak Hill Middle School and Oak Hill High School
Life Is Beautiful
The Boy Who Dared
The sweet smell of the clear, pale-pink cherry blossoms filled the room.
The silent room as white as a clam’s pearl.
It seemed to glimmer, the little petal, as the warm, bright, sunlight shine upon it.
As if it was trying to make the tiny plant glow.
The large weeping willow trees moved slightly as the wind caressed the long threads of green that hung
Slightly over what would be a face.
The flowers all around matched the colors of the setting sun, especially the wildflowers with their orangey color.
To take this moment to even glance at such a beautiful sight is so overwhelming that you forget your
Troubles and use this moment to relax and enjoy the beauty around you.
Breathe in and out. Let the wind blow the light, crimson-colored leaves off the ground.
Remember the good times and look for the positives in life.
Teenagers help an elderly lady to stay in her home. Others babysit wherever they can in our neighborhood.
Smile, and realize, finally, coming to the conclusion,
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL..
I am Helmuth Hubener,
I am not Jewish,
I don’t hate the Jewish,
Many of them were my friends,
But then Hitler came to power,
He trapped our minds,
Corrupted us of our freedom,
No books unless they were German,
I dared,
I borrowed a forbidden book,
I knew there was something wrong with our government,
No radio stations,
Unless,
Unless they were German,
I knew,
I knew we could not be winning all the battles they said we were,
So I dared,
I dared to defy the radio law,
I listened to a British radio station,
We couldn’t believe our enemy propaganda,
I dared,
I believed,
I produced pamphlets,
That promoted the so called propaganda,
I dared defy the government,
I dared defy my Fatherland,
I loved my family,
Therefore when I die,
I know I have lived with a purpose,
I dared.
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Until beggars had stopped begging,
Until the sick had become well,
Until the cries had subsided,
Until only I heard the church bell
All who had been hidden
Just me, myself and I
Saw the trouble that had been aroused,
Whenever death comes by
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Page 9
Danielle Does DIY: Pumpkin Art?
Danielle Pushard Emery
Danielle is a wife and a mother
to her two fur babies. She is
a graphic designer at Turner
Publishing. She has her degree in communications and
new media.
suggest you buy a cheap hairdryer if you don’t own one
or ask to borrow a friend’s, if
they are willing. Most of this
list was suggested by the Pinterest project I followed. At
the time I did not realize the
adventure I had in store.
I spray painted all the
pumpkins and decided to use
some paint from a past project and sprayed one pumpkin
purple to add my own flare to
the DIY. I did a couple coats
to make them as white and
purple as possible. I waited
for them to fully dry before
beginning the next step.
Next I unwrapped the crayons to be used in this project.
This part was a little difficult.
I snapped them in thirds to
peel the paper off more easily.
Next, I glued the unwrapped
crayons to the pumpkins with
contact cement. I used contact cement because I could
My favorite time of year!
Fall. I did a poll on Facebook
and this month’s DIY project
was the winner. If you want to
help vote for the next DIY, go
to Turner Publishing’s Facebook page and “like” one of
the options provided that I
have chosen from Pinterest. If
you would like to see me do
a project that you have found
on Pinterest, go head and
send me a message through
our Facebook page. If you
would like to mail me, address it to Danielle Does DIY
and send it to P.O. Box 214,
Turner, ME 04282.
To start the project, I went
to Hobby Lobby and got the
items needed for this DIY
project: a can of white spray
paint, a stencil, some sparkly
crayons, contact cement, and
some painter’s tape. I also
went to a dollar store and got
two 48-packs of crayons. I
not find tacky glue like used
in the pin. I believe the tacky
glue would have stuck better.
I just had to wait a little longer
for the contact cement to dry.
After I glued the crayons to
the smaller pumpkins, I taped
the stencil to the pumpkin to
change the project a little.
The stencil shows a couple
standing under an umbrella.
I have seen this stencil used
in other melting crayon art
projects and decided to give
it a shot.
I covered the couple painted on the pumpkin with paper
using the painters tape. That
way it would give the effect
of the umbrella protecting
them from the colorful crayon rain.
Once all the paint and
glue was dry it was time to
use my hairdryer to melt the
crayons, or so I thought. The
crayons that melted the
best were the Crayola
brand, but it was slow
going at that. I tried a lighter
but that was a hassle. After
about an hour of trying to
melt the crayons using both
the lighter and the hairdryer, I
called in reinforcements, my
father.
I called my father and he
had a solution: a heat gun.
Once I had that in hand I first
tried the low setting and, voila, we had melting crayons,
ladies and gentlemen! I found
that the cheaper crayons were
the problem. I even used the
high setting on the heat gun
to get an even crayon melt
on the pumpkin. After quite a
few hours of working on this
project I was finally done and
I think they look fantastic. I
touched up some spots with
marker and white tape.
My final thoughts: Don’t
use cheap crayons. Doing
this project, you need to have
patience if using a hair dryer
and don’t expect it to be a
quick project. One thing I can
say is spray painting outside
in the fall is easier all the way
around than inside or in the
summer. The air is cooler and
easier to breathe and thankfully the wind was in my favor. Now rating this pin based
on the facts I would give it a
two-and-a-half stars just because the original project did
not specify a brand of crayons
to use which I feel makes all
the difference on the melting
point. I would call this Doable only because I was able
to get it done after hours of
working on this project. n
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October 2016
FEZtival of Trees 2016:
What to Expect
take in this holiday extravaganza.
Be sure to stop in
the
Shrine
temple
on Sabattus Street in
Lewiston to see the beautiful trees and decorations, take a chance in the
Raffle Room, purchase
your tree raffle tickets,
visit the craft show, and
top it off with a visit with
Santa. There is also some
of the greatest homecooked food in the Food
Court.
Make plans now to attend the fastest growing
holiday festival in Central Maine held at the
Kora Shrine Center.
There will be numerous
community bands and local choirs scheduled to
perform throughout the
week. Check www.korashriners.org often for
updates.
Raffle Room
Turner Publishing tree from 2015 at the FEZtival of
Trees. TREE WINNER: Pamela J. Le.
During the holiday season of 2016, Kora Shriners will hold its 11th
annual FEZtival of Trees
from Saturday, Nov. 19
through Saturday, Nov.
26. It will be closed on
Thanksgiving day, Nov.
24. This year’s event will
be bigger and better than
any previous year with
more hours and days to
Come in and look at
the items available in the
Raffle Room, buy tickets
and take a chance to win
that item.
All proceeds benefit
the Kora Shrine Temple
are are not deductible as
charitable contributions.
BOOK REVIEW:
‘Gabe and the
Mystery Light’
Craft Fair
The main level of
the Kora Shrine Center is dedicated to crafters. Come check out the
many handmade items
available for sale. Start
your Christmas shopping,
find a unique item for that
hard-to-buy-for person.
How it all Works
The object of this festival is to have organizations and businesses
donate fully decorated
artificial trees that will be
displayed throughout the
event. The public is invited to come and see this
extravaganza of trees,
as well as some special
displays benefiting the
Christmas theme.
Admission to the showing of the trees is $2 for
adults and children 12
and under are free. Raffle tickets will be available for sale so that the
viewers may enter their
tickets in the hopes of
winning a beautiful tree.
Each tree’s winner gets to
take it home, fully decorated and all ready for the
holidays.n
Gabe was never one
to let grass grow under
his feet and there was
nothing he enjoyed
more than a little adventure. If it involved a
little mystery too, that
was all the better.
The abandoned farm
near his home was just
too good an opportunity to pass up. There
was too much activity
going on in a place that
was supposed to be uninhabited, not to mention the unusual lights and odd noises he had seen
and heard on his last reconnaissance.
Why would there be lights and strange noises at
a vacant property? And why did some of the kids
at school tease him with remarks about his mother
supposedly taking a vacation and seeing strange
lights? What could she possibly have to do with any
of it?
He didn’t know yet, but he was going to find out!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
When her grandson, Joey, returned home to
Maine after visiting her in Florida, Joy Cameron
found she was spending a lot of time thinking of a
lasting gift she could give him.
With a little day dreaming and imagination, the
story line for Gabe and the Mystery Light emerged
in 2009. It was a labor of love that family and friends
thought she should pursue to publishing.
Joy was born in Bangor, Maine, educated in
Bangor schools and worked as an administrative assistant in the medical field before retiring and moving to Florida with her husband.
She returned to work in an elementary school,
and found that being surrounded all day by children, who were always so excited to tell her about
the latest book they were reading, strengthened her
resolve to finish her story. She enjoys writing, painting with acrylics, and travelling with her husband,
especially back to Maine.
Visit your local library or bookstore for a copy of
this book. You can also visit maineauthorspublishing.com for more information.
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October 2016
Page 11
Downeast Hatchery Suffers “Trout Crash”
V. Paul Reynolds
Plagued by low water at
West Grand Lake and rising
lake water temperatures of
the intake water at the Grand
Lake Stream fish hatchery,
the state wound up losing an
estimated 20,000 brook trout
fry at the hatchery over the
past few weeks.
According to Todd Langevin, Superintendent of
Hatcheries in Augusta, the
loss, while significant, should
“not impact the state’s overall
stocking program.” Langevin
says that in the state’s annual
stocking plans there are built
in buffers for such sudden
losses.
The fish that were lost were
close to fingerling size and
would have been stocked late
this fall. Although this was the
largest “trout crash” in recent
years at the Downeast hatchery, some hatchery trout were
lost in 2008 and 2012 due to
excessively warm lake water
being taken from the West
Grand Lake intake source.
Langevin says that there
have been no other significant
water temperature issues at
the state’s other trout hatcheries.
When asked if there was
a plan in the works to mitigate the water temperature
issue, the hatcheries director indicated that there was
a plan on the drawing boards
to extend the lake intake pipe
into deeper water in search
of more suitable water temperatures. Projected cost for
extending the intake pipe to
deeper water is about a million dollars. The state’s annual budget for its stocking and
hatchery program is in excess
of three million dollars.
Estimated cost of this fall’s
trout fry loss is in the neighborhood of $8,000.00
****The man who works
on my always-in-the-shop
outboard motor never stops
grumbling about how ethanol
gasoline raises havoc with
small engines. Another man
I know, who is more engine
savvy than I, had been purchasing ethanol-free aviation
gas at a small airport. He paid
more, but was willing to pony
up some extra cash to keep
his engines running trouble
free. The state purportedly
has put a stop to that.
My outboard man tipped
me off to where I could buy
ethanol-free gas for my outboard. After some searching,
I found the energy company
that sells ethanol-free gas.
The woman at the counter
said that she would sell me
the ethanol-free gas, but first
it would be neccessary for
me to fill out and sign a form,
which was a waiver absolv-
ing the seller of any “liability.” My jaw dropped. “This is
a joke, right?” I queried. The
waiver ordered me to swear
that I would not burn the ethanol-free gas in any “vehicle.”
“This is dumb!” said I.
“Tell us about it,” she said
with a smile. As it turned out
the traditional gas was priced
almost double the going
pump price for the corn-fed
fuel. (Because of Maine law
the energy dealer can only
obtain ethanol-free gas by
bringing it down from Canada). I shook my head and
walked out. A few days later,
right on cue, I took my rough
- running outboard back to
the shop.
In the Florida Keys you
can buy ethanol-free gas right
at the pump, for a few cents
more. Most boaters patronize
these gas stations regularly.
Sometimes I think that
Maine, when it comes to state
government and its unrelenting nannying of its citizenry,
is just plain out to lunch. I
can remember when life in
Maine was a lot less complicated.
The author is editor of the
Northwoods Sporting Journal. He is also a Maine Guide
and host of a weekly radio
program “Maine Outdoors”
heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on
The Voice of Maine NewsTalk Network. He has three
books .Online purchase information is available at www.
maineoutdoorpublications.
com.n
Libby Wade Talks About “The Year with No Summer”
Aerial view of Mount Tambora
On Wednesday, Octo- failed to ripen, and resiber 12, Lisbon teacher dents had to forage for
Libby Wade will be giv- food by fishing and hunting a talk on the disas- ing. It was a time when
trous year of 1816. That many Mainers, farmers
year is known as “the especially, in desperayear with no summer, or tion decided to abandon
“eighteen hundred and their homes and move to
froze to death.” Because warmer parts, many goof an enormous eruption ing south and west to the
of Mr. Tambora in Indo- Ohio Valley, where they
nesia that year, the skies could again raise crops
worldwide were darkened and farm successfully.
by ash from the volcano,
Wade is a Lisbon native,
and average temperatures having graduated from
everywhere dropped be- Lisbon High School. Aftween 4 and 7 degrees. ter residing in New York
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Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust
Add something new to your
pumpkin repertoire
Pumpkins are readily available
in fall, when people carve jack-o’lanterns out of pumpkins for Halloween or serve up pumpkin pie
after a hearty Thanksgiving dinner.
But people who are unsatisfied with
plain old pumpkin pie can add something new to their repertoire this
fall by cooking up the following recipe for “Pumpkin Cheesecake with
Gingersnap Crust,” courtesy of Lori
Longbotham’s “Luscious Creamy
Desserts” (Chronicle Books).
Serves 8 to 10
Crust
1½ cups gingersnap cookie
crumbs
½ cup finely chopped
hazelnuts
6 tablespoons unsalted
butter, melted
¼ cup sugar
Filling
1½ pounds cream cheese,
at room temperature
½ cup packed light
brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1½tablespoons
all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin
pie spice
1 cup solid-pack pumpkin
purée (not pumpkin pie mix)
½ cup créme frache,
homemade (see below) or
store-bought, or sour
cream
2 teaspoons pure vanilla
extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Lightly butter an 8- or 81/2-inch
springform pan.
2. To make the crust: Stir together all of the ingredients in a
medium bowl until the crumbs are
moistened. Press the mixture over
the bottom and up the sides of the
pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes.
Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Increase the oven temperature to
425 F.
3. To make the filling: With an
electric mixer on medium speed,
beat the cream cheese, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a large
deep bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs and then the egg
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pumpkin pie spice and beat on low
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6. To serve, run a knife around the
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the side of the pan. Serve slightly
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into thin wedges with a sharp knife
dipped into hot water and wiped
dry after each cut.
Créme Fraîche
Makes about 1/2 cup
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup créme fraîche or sour
cream with live cultures
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with a tight-fitting lid and spoon
in the créme fraîche. Let sit on the
counter, with the lid slightly ajar,
until the mixture thickens, from
4 to 24 hours, depending on the
weather. Refrigerate, tightly covered, until ready to use.
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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES:
We Heard This Story, But is it True?
By Denise Scammon
TPI Production Leader
Do you like a good mystery? October is a great
month to appreciate and
talk about folklore and
mysteries. In the news
world, we base our stories
on fact. How can you tell
fact from fiction if the mystery has been passed down
for generations and no
physical evidence has been
found to refute or establish
the mystery as fact?
We did a bit of browsing
of some of the well-known
folklore stories circulating in various communities throughout Maine. We
would love to hear more
about these mysteries.
If you, dear reader, want
to participate in this discussion of folklore and mysteries, type up and email your
mystery or your response
to a mystery published in
this “Unsolved Mysteries”
column, to articles@turnerpublishing.net and put
MYSTERY in the subject
line. We contacted a few
people we thought might
want to know what we’ve
heard or read about a location and have included
any responses we have received. We look forward
to hearing from you and
learning more about the
ghosts, spirits, paranormal
activity, and false stories
that abound in your world.
ACTON: Some say there
is a three-legged, glowing
ghost dog that roams the
shore of Loon Pond in Acton. True or false?
GREENE: Local legend
says a train disappeared in
Mine Meadows bog near
Sullivan Road. Is it under
quicksand? True or false?
MANCHESTER:
A
stone in a wall around a
cemetery near North Manchester Meeting House
is reported to display the
devil’s footprint. The stone
was once in the way of a
construction crew building
a road and one of the workers said he would give his
soul to the devil to have the
stone gone. True or false?
POLAND: Hasn’t everyone heard of a female
hitchhiker who disappears
after getting in the car of
whoever stops to give her
a ride? Sometimes she is
dressed in white as if a
bride. True or false?
RANGELEY:
Many
old inns are reported to
be home to ghosts. The
Rangeley Inn and Tavern
may have shown signs of
paranormal activity such as
doors opening and closing
by themselves, the smell of
cigar smoke when no one
is smoking, and the sound
of footsteps when no one
is walking. Some believe
there are five ghosts that
haunt the inn. True or false?
READFIELD: Whispers, moans and screams
have been heard in the
Readfield Historical Society and Museum building.
The ghost of a young girl
appeared when the building
was privately owned. True
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you got the young girl story,
but I have been President of
RHS for the past 13 years
and the only young girl
ghost we have encountered
is a three-year-old who
turns flashlights on and off
in answer to questions.
Yes, we have ghosts,
but not much noise. The
only sounds have been
through the radios set up
by the paranormal groups.
Through those there have
been conversations with the
spirits.
There have been two
instances of people being
touched.
We have had numerous
paranormal investigators
in and they have all found
something. In many cases,
they have found the same
spirits, because I don’t tell
them what other groups
have found until they present me with their results.
So quit it with the whis-
pers, moans and screams
and report the real findings Thank you, Florence
Drake, President Readfield
Historical Society.
ROCKLAND: We heard
about a young woman who
disappeared from Rockland on Halloween in 1940.
The stepfather confessed
to killing her. The stepfather dismembered his stepdaughter’s body and put the
pieces in burlap bags. Five
bags were found but none
contained her head. True or
false?
SACO RIVER: There
was once a curse placed on
the Saco River by a Native
American chief whose infant child had been thrown
in the water by three white
men who wanted to see if it
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curse was that three white
men drown in the river each
year which was fulfilled
until the mid 1940s. True
or false?
and Home Museum called
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as ghosts “touching” visitors, sensitive visitors may
feel a cold draft or feel a
spirit go right through their
body, but no touching like a
tap on the shoulder. No yelling has been heard but there
is believed to be the ghost
of a grouchy old man in the
military room who hates
women and apparently
scares the little boy and girl
ghosts into staying on a different floor away from him.
Visitors believe they have
heard a ghost banging the
drum. Pam has been present for various paranormal
investigations and although
the investigations are held
separately and the results
are not shared among the
investigators, the results
of the investigations are
almost always the same as
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museum. Pam has watched
the monitor set up by the
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Greyhound Girls Soccer Doing Well
Anna Willey and Hannah Martel in the middle of the action as the Lisbon Greyhounds
took on Carrabec last week. Lisbon won the contest (1-0) with a penalty kick by Emma
Houle. Willey scored a goal in the girls previous win (2-1) over Winthrop. Greyhound
record: 5-1-2 (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
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Carly Drischler tries to get the soccer ball before a Carrabec player knocks it out of reach
during the first period of a September 27 game. Drischler was responsible for an assist
on an Anna Willey goal against Winthrop the previous week. (Photo by Bill Van Tassel)
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October 2016
Page 17
WLU Seeks Public’s Help in Search for Photos
By Denise Scammon
WLU Historian / Publicist
The home of Horatio G.
and Ella M. Foss at 19 Elm
Street, Auburn, was constructed during the years
1914 to 1917. The length of
time it took for the house to
be built was partly due to the
fact that there was already a
large, old house on the property that needed to be torn
down first. During excavation on the property in 1915,
three sets of human skeletons were unearthed, according to published accounts.
At that time, the skeletons
were believed to have been
very old Native American
remains.
The Foss house was designed by architects Eugene J. Gibbs and Addison
Pulsifer with Georgian Revival features and Spanish
elements. The three-story,
rectangular-shaped house
has a highly symmetrical
facade, Palladian windows,
white stucco exterior and red
clay tiles on its dormered hip
roof. The front entrance is a
porch flanked by four twostory Greek columns topped
with a pediment and the
solid-wood front door has
leaded glass sidelights. The
front door, which is topped
with a rectangular transom,
leads into a tile-floored foyer
which opens into a central
hall.
Walking through the foyer
and into the splendid central
hall, one is faced with an
impressive flying staircase,
which looks as if it does
not have the usual support
features in place. On the circular landing, which divides
the staircase, are five bowed,
stained glass windows,
two of which are on interior walls. Positioned on the
landing is an eye-catching
grandfather clock.
Another architectural feature throughout the house
that attracts attention is the
woodwork with its detailed
styling. Ornate moldings
encase windows, doorways,
and archways. Some walls
and ceilings are paneled.
The newell posts of the staircase are of three designs and
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topped with a mahogany
bannister. The stairs are
oak covered with a rich red
carpet. Other wood floors
throughout the home are
protected with Persian area
rugs. The area in the central
hall and staircase is lit with
crystal chandeliers.
The Foss house has 12
rooms on the first two floors,
excluding the basement
rooms. The first floor has a
kitchen with butler’s pantry,
formal dining room, living
room, library, bathroom, and
solarium. The second floor
has five good-sized bedrooms with adjoining baths.
One of the bedrooms with
adjourning bath was the second-floor servants’ quarters.
The third floor includes a
servant’s bedroom, storage
area, and a large room finished with tongue-in-groove
boards which was known
as the recreation or billiard
room. A back stairway from
the kitchen leads directly to
second and third floor servant quarters.
The basement, which is
one of the home’s areas not
open to the public, is reached
by a stairway located in the
back hallway. The basement
is divided into many rooms
for the furnaces, coal storage, vegetable / root cellar,
and laundry room. Also located in the basement is the
central vacuum cleaning
unit, hot water boilers, and
electric panel. During World
War II, the Woman’s Literary Union permitted the Red
Cross organization to use
a room in its basement for
home nursing classes.
In addition to the detailed,
quality woodwork throughout the house and the flying
staircase, other outstanding
features include four fireplaces, period wallpaper,
several original paintings,
concealed lights in the dining room, sliding pocket
doors, and a dumb waiter
that goes from basement
to third floor. GeorgianRevival features are prominent in the symmetry found
throughout the house, inside
and out, such as the way the
porte cochere on one side of
the house is balanced by the
solarium on the other side of
Controller
Denise Scammon photos
Photos taken at the Foss mansion, 19 Elm Street, in Auburn, show the mansion’s sun room, a favorite with visitors;
the sign on the front lawn which identifies the mansion; the flying staircase decorated for the holidays; and the
central vacuum engine located in the mansion’s basement. The Woman’s Literary Union hold many public events
throughout the year at the mansion to support the maintenance of the mansion. Upcoming events include a history
slide show on Oct. 12, a kids costume party on Oct. 29 and Bunco on Nov. 12.
the house.
A detached garage was
built in the same style as the
house, and wide enough for
two cars. A turntable was
built into the floor of the
garage so that a car could
be driven onto the turntable,
which could be spun with
a crank, and the car would
spin so that it was facing
the street. The turntable has
since been removed and the
floor is cement. The garage
has a basement and chauffeur’s quarters on the second
floor. There once was a gas
pump installed near their
garage. The pump was later
sold to a collector of automobilia.
The Foss Mansion was
bequeathed to WLU by Ella
Foss upon her death in 1941.
It was listed in the National
Registry of Historic Places
in 1976. WLU members are
seeking the public’s help in
locating photos of the mansion pre-1941 and the Fosses, Horatio and Ella.
On Wednesday, Oct. 12,
the Woman’s Literary Union
will be host a history slide
show at the Foss mansion,
19 Elm Street, Auburn, at
6:30 p.m. This event is open
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October 2016
Critter Chatter - Mange!
Carleen Cote
In our 51 years of rehabbing Maine’s wildlife,
we have dealt with many
animals with mange It
used to be confined to
foxes. Now we get many
infested porcupines. If
they are heavily infested,
they do not survive.
Sarcoptic
mange,
which is passed from animal to animal by bodily
contact, is caused by
a microscopic parasite
which burrows under the
skin. Signs of mange are
mild to moderate itching,
skin thickening, seborrhea (crust formation),
then severe, almost constant itching. The mite’s
secretions cause the itch-
ing. Hair or fur starts o
fall out because of the
constant scratching and
ensuing damage to hair
follicles. The scratching
eventually leads to open
wounds, which then become infected. An animal will literally die from
overwhelming infections.
Sightings of nearly bald
animals as a result of
mange have been reported. In this case, late in the
year, an animal will perish from the lack of protection against winter’s
freezing temperatures.
Any animal can become infested with the
mange mite, including
humans. Many years ago,
during one of my husband
Don’s treks through the
woods, he came across
a dead fox and handled
it. Several days later, he
started itching, which increased daily. He visited
the family doctor who
diagnosed the cause of
itching as maybe something he ate or a change
in laundry detergent.
The itching continued to
worsen, finally sending
Donald to the hospital
emergency room! Diagnosis: mange. His treatment was the application
of lindain, a pesticide
absorbed through the
skin to kill the burrowing
mites, while taking care
to launder all bedding
and clothing. The activity of the mites ended,
but the itching continued,
slowly subsiding, for six
months.
We have received
several mange-infested
foxes, none of which displayed signs of the afflic-
tion when they arrived
at our Center. As soon
as we were aware of the
situation, we removed
all bedding from the
fox houses, sprayed the
houses and grounds with
pesticide, burned the hay
bedding and treated the
animals and then the humans. Once we received
a young fox so heavily
infested with the mites
that we were advised
not to try to save it and,
reluctantly, agreed. With
the onset of winter, we
were told that any mites
left on the ground by the
fox would not survive the
freezing temperatures.
Wrong! We discovered
that, not only had the
mites survived, they had
migrated from the area
where the young fox had
been kept over to the fox
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All the foxes were treated
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