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Adam Bonenfant of Boy Scout Troop 410, chartered to the Vassalboro United Methodist Church, reached a lifetime goal by earning his Eagle Scout Badge. The final step in the pro-cess was his Eagle project — building benches and a “Home of the Eagles” sign

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Shed hunter gathering is June 23 in RangeleyRANGELEY — The

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Woodlands Senior Living named Large Business of the Year

Submitted photoWoodlands Senior Living ownership, family and longest-serving employees accept Renys Large Business Award at 2018 MFBA, from left, Bob Pelletier, Pam Smith, Joyce Walters, Linda Johnston, David Walters, Lon Walters, Kerry-Sue Walters, Matthew Walters, Jennifer Walters, Jill Sirois, Rose Hale, Sue Plisga.

PORTLAND — Wood-lands Senior Living, which operates Woodlands Senior Living of Hallowell and Hillside Terrace, as well as senior residentences in eight communities, was named the Renys Large Business of the Year at the 2018 Maine Family Busi-ness Awards.

Woodlands Senior Liv-ing was selected from 24 finalists out of a record-breaking 186 nominations at the 19 annual awards.

The Renys Large Busi-ness of the Year award celebrates “an outstanding family business with 25 or more full-time employees, and which demonstrates excellence in all facets of business, including family involvement, succession planning, communication, and value being family owned and community ser-vice.”

Woodlands Senior Liv-ing Founder, President and CEO Lon Walters, along with his son Matthew Wal-ters, COO and co-owner, accepted the award on be-half of the organization.

“We are extremely hon-ored to win the Renys Large Business Award and to be recognized tonight as the outstanding large fam-ily business in Maine,” said Matthew Walters. “While we are certainly not in this business to win accolades, the recognition from the Institute for Family-Owned Business is validation that we are realizing our fam-

ily’s and company’s mis-sion to make each day the best day possible for the residents we serve, while bringing peace of mind to those who love them.”

Joining Lon and Mat-thew Walters at the event were immediate family and six of Woodlands’ longest serving staff. The staff, who have a combined 156 years’ service to the orga-nization, was recognized by the Walters during the acceptance speech.

“It takes a special type of person to do the work we do,” said Matthew Walters. “Our organization could never have grown and achieved this level of suc-cess without a tremendous group of dedicated and car-ing individuals. This award is a result of their commit-ment to our organization and to the residents we serve.”

Woodlands Senior Liv-ing is a Maine-based, fami-ly-owned organization that first opened in 1980 and now consists of 12 assist-ed living and specialized memory care communities in Brewer, Cape Elizabeth, Farmington, Hallowell and Hillside Terrace in Hal-lowell, Lewiston, Rock-land, and Waterville. The organization employs more than 325 people statewide and proudly cares for more than 500 residents.

“My parents started this organization almost 40 years ago,” said Matthew Walters, “and we have

been devoted ever since to being the preferred partner when it comes to caring for Maine seniors. Recogni-tion like this is very hum-bling. We are honored.”

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ness Awards, presented by The Institute for Family-owned Businesses in part-nership with MEMIC, and hosted by News Center Maine anchor Cindy Wil-liams, recognize exempla-

ry small and large Maine-based and family-owned businesses. A panel of independent judges deter-mine winners based upon criteria that includes the nature of family involve-

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RANGELEY — Get ready for a great night of music at the 10th annual Rangeley Health and Well-ness Benefit Concert Sat-urday, July 28, at Rangeley Wellness Pavilion, 25 Dal-las Hill Road. The gates willl open at 4 p.m. Star-ship, featuring Mickey Thomas, will be the first to perform at 5:45 p.m.,

followed by Creedence Clearwater Revisited at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds from this benefit concert help to support vital programs and services provided by Rangeley Health and Well-ness Partnership to resi-dents and visitors of west-ern Maine.

Creedence Clearwater Revival founding members

and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford launched their Creedence Clearwater Revisited proj-ect in 1995. The favorable response to the band has been driven, in part ,by new generations of fans that, as Cosmo says, “weren’t even born when the music came out.” Revisited is known

for playing classics such as “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Who Will Stop the Rain,” “Born on the Bayou,” “Down on the Corner” and “Suzie Q.”

Mickey Thomas joined Jefferson Starship in 1979. His voice became legend-ary after recording “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” with the Elvin Bishop

Band. In 1985, Starship released the album that would come to define the eighties — “Knee Deep in the Hoopla.” Featuring two #1 hits – “We Built this City” and “Sara” – the album reached #7 on Bill-board and went platinum. Starship followed-up its initial success with an-other #1 single, “Nothing’s

Gonna Stop Us Now,” fea-tured on the soundtrack for “Mannequin.”

Tickets go on sale May 2 at ticketweb.com, or by calling 207-864-4397. For information about the show, or to become an event sponsor, please visit our website at www.range-leyhealthandwellness.com or call 207-864-4397. n

Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Starship will perform at Rangeley Wellness Pavilion

‘Beyond Borders’ farmer’s market announces opening dates

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AUGUSTA — The Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St., joined forces with area farmers to cre-ate a market welcoming of the area’s immigrant community. With support from Cultivating Com-munities, an organization founded in 2001 to create and sustain greater access to healthy, local foods; empower people to play many roles in restoring the local, sustainable food systems; and create mod-

els, teach about, and ad-vocate for ecological food production, the arboretum connected with the immi-grant community and es-tablished our new farmers market called “Beyond Borders.”

The market’s trial open-ing will be Friday, June 29, from noon to 3 p.m. The grand opening will be July 6 with the same hours, continuing through the summer months al-ways from noon to 3 p.m.

The market will feature ethnic lunch items and a host of products including fresh vegetables, meats, goat dairy products and many other farm products.

Hot lunches will be served every Friday, be-ginning at noon, and will feature sambusas, a So-mali delicacy with spiced meat wrapped in fried dough. This farmers mar-ket benefits the Arboretum by bringing people from all around who have never

been here before. With this introduction to our beautiful grounds, more and more people discover this incredible resource for hiking, learning about nature, viewing art and so much more.

The Viles Arboretum is centrally located on 224 acres of fields, forests, wetlands and with bo-tanical collections from around the world. For more information, call 207-626-7989. n


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AUGUSTA — Sarah Hentges, an associate pro-fessor of American stud-ies at the University of Maine at Augusta, has re-ceived a Fulbright Scholar Award as a Danish Distin-guished Chair at the Cen-ter for American Studies, University of Southern Denmark.

Hentges will teach classes and participate in research at the University of Southern Denmark dur-

ing the 2018-19 academic year. The award was an-nounced by the U. S. De-partment of State and the J. William Fulbright For-eign Scholarship Board.

Hentges is one of more than 800 U.S. citizens who will teach, conduct research and provide ex-pertise abroad during the 2018-19 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Recipients are selected

on the basis of academic and professional achieve-ment as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership in their fields.

While at the Univer-sity of Southern Den-mark, Hentges will teach two courses, “Hip Hop America: Culture, Con-sciousness and Move-ment” and “Girls on Fire: Young Adult Dystopia and American Futures.” Additionally, she will be

team-teaching “Theory and Methods in American Studies” with a Danish colleague.

Other UMA Fulbright Scholars include, profes-sors Ellen Taylor (Slo-venia), Brooks Stoddard (France), Mary Louis Davitt (Ukraine), Robert Kellerman (Latvia) and Lisa Botshon (Slovenia and Portugal). UMA has also hosted a Slovene Ful-bright Scholar in 2014. n

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The Top Ten students in the class of 2018 at Maranacook Community High School are Emma Hatt, Laura Parent, Ha-jna Nagy, Connor Firth, Mark McLaughlin, Erin Bonenfant, Lana Watts, Madison Taylor, Jackson McPhedran, and Olivia Tamborini.

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Community High School include Robert Allen, Sebastian Alvarado, Blayde Atwood, Ross Bailie, Avery Beckwith, Jared Beckwith, Hallie Bennett, Sojourn Bent-ley, Leslie Blouin, Erin Bonenfant, Carrington Brennan, Desiree Bush, Zachary Caouette, Micah Charette, Lau-ren Clough, Elizabeth

Cushing, John-David Cushing, Nicole D’Ange-lo, Courtney Davidson, Jillian Davis, Gavin Diou-Cass, Tyler Dunn, Jeffrey Easter, Tanner Evans, Emma Feagin, Connor Firth, Cameryn Freeman, Daniel Garand, Kaitlyn Gardiner, Dylan Getchell, Devin Gilroy, Kiana Gordon, Shane Gould, William Green,

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Members of the class of 2018 at Cony High School are Ali Al-Ali, Arshad Al-Ali, Shaquinn Anthony, Justine Arrigo, Justin Au-det, Jasmine Bacon,

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Students from Augusta, Windsor and Winthrop receive awards in DAR essay contest

Submitted photoFrom left, Ava Nadeau, Parker Reynolds, Georgiana Davidson, Teddy Wagner and Ethan Barrett; Kameron Douin was absent.

WINTHROP — Koussi-noc Chapter DAR spon-sors the DAR American History essay contest in the Augusta area. Students in grades six through eight from St. Michael School in Augusta, Windsor Elemen-tary School and Winthrop Middle School participated this year.

The topic was “World War I: Remembering the War to End All Wars.” Stu-dents had to imagine living in 1918 and state how the war will impact their lives. They had to discuss the pros and cons of the chang-es the war brought and how they imagine these changes will affect the United States in the years to come.

First and second place winners, chosen by a pan-el of three judges, were judged on historical accu-racy, adherence to topic, or-ganization of material, in-terest, originality, spelling,

grammar, punctuation and neatness. A bibliography is required.

First place winners were Georgiana Davidson, grade 6, of St. Michael School; Ava Nadeau, grade 7, St. Michael School; and Parker Reynolds, grade 8, Windsor Elementary School.

Second place winners were Teddy Wagner, grade 6, of Winthrop Middle School; Kameron Douin, grade 7, of St. Michael School; and Ethan Barrett, grade 8, of Windsor El-ementary school. Students were honored at an awards ceremony held at Togus Auditorium March 12.

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Maine-ly Harmony installs officersAUGUSTA — Maine-

ly Harmony women’s barbershop chorus re-cently installed its offi-cers. Serving the chorus are President Cathy An-derson of Jefferson; Vice President BJ Sylvester-Pellett of Winthrop; sec-retary Candace Pepin of Augusta; treasurer

Janet Dunham of Bel-grade; and members at large, Barbara Combs of Topsham, and LouAnn Mossler of South Chi-na. Directed by Kathy Greason of Brunswick, the chorus member wel-come singers to their Wednesday 6:30 p.m. re-hearsals at the Emmanu-

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JUNE

June 1,2 8,9 — Aqua City Actors Theatre (ACAT) concludes season with comedy “Moonlight and Magnolias,” 7:30 p.m.; June 3, 10 at 2 p.m., in Studio 93 at The Center, 93 Main St., Waterville, 207-623-9387.

June 1 — National Can-cer Survivor Day luncheon, 11:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m, Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, Stephens Memorial Hospital Spe-cialty Clinic, 199 Main St., 207-890-0329.

June 1 — Rangeley Community Chorus evening of music with the theme “True Colors,” 7 p.m., Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St., Rangeley, 207-864-5000.

June 1 — Concerts for a Cause presents Phil House, 7:30 p.m. First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St. (across from Dairy Joy), Auburn; Parking is accessible. 207-783-0461 or uuconcerts.org.

June 2 — Central Maine Garden Club annual plant sale, 8 a.m.-noon, Oakland United Methodist Church, 20 West School St., Oakland.

June 2 — Lisbon Area Christian Outreach car show, hosted by Yankee Cruisers Car Club, regis-tration 8 to 11 a.m., Shiloh Chapel, Durham, http://www.lacopantry.org/index.html.

June 2 — Introduction to calligraphy workshop, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Lithgow Public Library, 45 Win-throp St., Augusta, call for reservations, 207-626-2415.

June 2 — Author Paul Doiron reads from novel coming out in July, $5 tickets must be bought in advance; raffle to have din-ner with author, drawing May 23. All money raised will go to library programs, 207-743-5309 ext. 1.

June 2 — Geiger Elementary School Par-ent Teacher Organization “Tough Gator Challenge” obstacle course and mud run for Lewiston-area el-ementary school children, rain or shine, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Geiger Elementary School, 602 College St., Lewiston, www.toughga-

torchallenge.com or [email protected]; May 27 registration dead-line for discounted fee.

June 2 — Phillips Community Church flea market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Phillips Community House, 31 Main St., Phillips, 207-639-2012 for more information or to coordinate a donation.

June 2 — Flower, herb and plant sale, 9 a.m to 2 p.m., Fayette Fire Station, 2475 Main St., Fayette.

June 2 — Phillips Library Readers, Writers and Runners 5k and book talk featuring Maine poet Doug Rawlings; 5k registration $10 before race day, $15 day-of. All proceeds benefit the library. 9-9:45 registgration, Phillips library parking lot. Walkers leave at 9:45; runners 10. 207-639-2665 or find it on Facebook.June 2 — Central Maine Garden Club annual plant sale, 8 a.m. to noon, Oakland United Methodist Church, 20 West School St., Oakland.

June 2 — National Trails Day interactive art and science walk, 11 a.m., Quarry Road Trails, 300 Quarry Road, Waterville, www.watervillecreates.org.

June 3 — Stanton Bird Club Wildflower Festival, walks, music, plant sale, children and family activities, 1 to 4 p.m., Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary, 888-363-0007

June 3 — Lewiston Auburn Kiwanis Club annual pancake breakfast, 6:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday, June 3, at St. Dominic Academy, 121 Gracelawn Road.

June 5 — Girl Scouts of Maine informational meeting for “Sprouting Daisies,” 6 p.m., Helen Thompson School, 309 Spears Corner Road, 888-922-4763.

June 5 — Rabbi Sruli

and Lisa in Music for Mavis concert at the Turner Gazebo, 6:30 p.m., suggested donation $5, 98 Mathews Way, Route 117, Turner Center, library basement if it rains, 207-754-0954.

June 6 — Earle Shettleworth Jr. will speak on “Maine in World War I,” 6:30 p.m., Cary Memorial Library, 17 Old Winthrop Road, Wayne, 207-685-3612.

June 7 — L-A Metro Marketplace, Bates Mill complex. 9:30-11 a.m. high school students exclusive entry; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. job fair; 12:30-4:30 p.m. B2B networking; 4:30-6:30 p.m. Business After Hours. www.LAMetroChamber.com or 207-783-2249.

June 7 — Cary Li-brary’s Meet-the-Cadidates night, 7 p.m., Williams House, 41 Old Winthrop Road, 207-685-3612.

June 7 — Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast Series, 7:15 to 9 a.m., Thomas College Spann Student Commons in the Summit Room 180 West River Road, Waterville, 207-873-3315.

June 9 — Heirloom-seed planting workshop for children and adults, 4 p.m., Mechanic Falls Public Library, 108 Lewiston St, Mechanic Falls, 207-345-9450.

June 9 — Annual 7½ Mile Yard Sale, sponsored by Heywood Club, rain or shine, beginning at 8 a.m., Pleasant Street, Crockett Ridge, Round the Pond Road, Millettville, and Heywood Clubhouse, Four Corners. Beth Abbott at 207-461-2334 or Barbara Townsend at 207-743-5150.

June 10 — Durham His-toric District Commission showing images of his-toric properties surveyed, 2 p.m., Durham Community School, 654 Hallowell Road, Durham, facebook.com/durhammainehis-toricdistrictcommission.

June 13 — Author Mon-ica Wood at Turner Public Library, 6:30 p.m., Leavitt Institute, 98 Matthews Way, 207-225-2030.

June 14 — Androscoggin Elder

Abuse Task Force Senior Resource Fair, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., East Auburn Baptist Church, 560 Park Ave., pre-registration required. 207-795-6744, ext. 222, to sign up.

June 14 — LA Metro Chamber breakfast, 7 a.m., Poland Spring Resort, 22 Robbins Way, registra-tion is available at www.LAMetroChamber.com.

June 20 — Kennebec Historical Society topic “Jigsaw Puzzles, A Short History,” presented by Anne Williams, free and open to public, 6:30 p.m. Maine State Library, 230 State St., Augusta.

June 20 — Auburn Community Concert Band annual summer series of 10 weekly outdoor Wednes-day evening concerts gets under way at 7 p.m., Festi-val Plaza, Main St., down-town Auburn; rain location Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston, 207-782-3917.

June 20 — Summer Wellness Wednesday, 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Pos-abilities 15 Tannery S., Norway; registration 12:30 p.m., 207-890-0329.

Sept 21 — Lewiston High School class of 1968 memorial bench dedica-tion, 10 a.m. Veterans Memorial Park, in memory of James J. McMorrow, who died in Vietnam Nov. 10, 1969.

June 23 — Leeds Historical Society program on long-time local physi-cian D.F.D. Russell, free and open to the public, 2 p.m., Community Room, Leeds Municipal Building, 8 Community Drive, 207-524-2324.

June 23 — Second an-nual Maine Shed Hunter Gathering, $5, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rangeley Region Guides & Sportsmen’s As-sociation clubhouse, Old Skiway Road, Oquossoc, 207-270-3400.

June 23 — Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Strawberry Festival & Heritage Day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., www.norlands.org, [email protected], 207-897-4366.

June 23 — “Salute to Our Military,” by Tri-County Mental Health services; reception and art show 6 p.m., performancet 7 p.m., Gengrdon Franco

Center, Lewiston. Tickets discounted for veterans, click here for ticket infor-mation or visit TCMHS on Facebook.

June 23 — Short Folks for Hope Foundation second annual Folk Fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free, Long-ley Square, Main Street, Norway, shortfolks.org or Facebook.

June 30 — Kingfield POPS, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Adam Ezra, Gypsy Tailwind, fireworks; 4:30 p.m., rain or shine, Kingfield. Tickets dis-counted before May 15, www.kingfieldpops.com, Kingfield POPS on Face-book, [email protected] or 207-265-7677.

June 30, July 1 — New Hope Baptist Church “Once Upon a Starry Night” performance, free admission, 6 p.m., 268 Perham St., Farmington, 207-778-9696.

JULYJuly 3 — Annual doll

carriage parade starting on the lawn of the Rangeley Inn, 2443 Main St; reg-istration 9 to 9:30 a.m.; judging ends at 9:45 a.m.; parade at 10 a.m., 207-864-5798.

AUGUSTAug. 11 — Woodcarving

Show and Competition, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free and open to the public, Poland Town Hall, 1231 Main St., Poland. mainewoodcarv-ers.com.

MONTHLY MEETINGS

AUBURN:

Androscoggin County Republican Committee, second Thursday every month, Auburn City Hall. 207-576-9096.

SKOWHEGAN:The Skowhegan

Sportsman’s Club meets 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month, 857 East River Road, Skowhegan, 207-649-1238

OXFORD:Oxford Hills Business

After Hours, first Thursday of the month, 5:30 to 7 p.m., venue changes, 207-743-2281.

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Substance Abuse Coalition, second Thursday of the month, 4:30 tp 6 p.m., Bridgton Municipal Complex, Iredale Street, 207-803-9987.

AUGUSTA: Kennebec Beekeepers Association, 6-8:30 p.m., second Thursday of the month, Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital St. mainebeekeepers.org/kennebec-beekeepers.

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June 3 — Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, rain or shine, 6:30 to 11am at Saint Dominic Academy, Auburn. Tickets $7 at door; $6 advance, see Facebook Kiwanis Club of Lewiston Auburn FMI.

July 21 – Randolph United Methodist Church Com-munity Yard Sale 8am-2pm at 16 Asbury Street, Randolph. Rain date July 28. Reserve 12x12 space $25; table $10 additional. FMI, Bette 207-582-4624 or [email protected].


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FEATURE COLUMN

Pre and post golf stretches for a better game

I trust that all you golfers have been doing something physical this winter to prepare you for a great

golf season. Ultimately, my choice would be to practice yoga two to three times a week. Yoga can help with flexibility and mental stamina for a great golf game. Still, we all need a proper warm up and stretch before golf and a complete body stretch after golf to perform well and prevent injuries.

Like with any sport, warming up properly helps loosen the muscles allowing for a complete range of motion. The better

your range of motion the better capable you are in completing your golf swing and getting that needed distance with your drive.

Always warm up before you stretch because it is unsafe to stretch a cold muscle. For me, I like to go for a long run or walk before golf, but if I don’t have time for that, I walk around the parking lot or march in place for five to 10 minutes.

Always take one of your clubs and gently swing it

multiple times for three to five minutes. This will help warm up your body and your swing muscles.

After your warm up, my favorite complete stretch is a lunge with a spinal twist and it looks like this.

• Take one big giant step with your right leg like you are lunging to pick up a ball.

• Place both hands on the ground, one hand on each side of your forward knee; make sure your forward knee

is straight up from your ankle at a 90 degree bend. You can drop your back knee to the ground for more comfort and ease.

• Now leave your left hand on the ground and reach your right hand to the sky, twisting in the spine and looking up at the sky.

• Hold this position for no less than 30 seconds.

• Gently and slowly return to a standing position. Before

repeating this stretch on the opposite side, shake it out and march in place for a minute to loosen up.

Perform this stretch multiple times before and after playing golf. Once you find that this becomes effortless, you know you’re completely stretched out enough to play golf and or join the others on the 19th hole after golf. If this doesn’t become effortles ... I’ll meet you in yoga class!

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Deadpool 2’ is a sequel and more

The first “Deadpool” film, released in 2016, was certainly a surprise for ev-eryone. It’s an R-rated su-perhero action/comedy that skewers the genre in a sub-versive manner while intro-ducing a lovable but murder-ous anti-hero to the masses. The sequel, “Deadpool 2,” ups the ante on every level thanks to the capable hands of John Wick and “Atomic Blonde” director David

Leitch.Now a full-time assassin,

Wade Wilson (Ryan Reyn-olds) goes around the world completing different killing jobs while supporting his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). But some seri-ous events lead him into the Xavier Mansion, where Co-lossus (Stefan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) want-ed him to join the X-Men as a trainee. On their first mission, they tried helping a young mutant named Rus-sell (Julian Dennison) who calls himself Firefist because of his ability to shoot flames out of his hands. One thing leads to another and both Wade and Russell end up in mutant prison.

Things escalate fast with the arrival of Cable (Josh Brolin), who travelled from the future on a personal mis-

sion to kill Russell. Sud-denly feeling the need to do the right thing, the Merc with the Mouth soon puts together his own team, the X-Force. The new team includes Domino (Zazie Beetz) the mutant who uses luck as part of her ability, Bedlam (Terry Crews) who can control electricity, and an ordinary guy named Pe-ter (Rob Delaney). But what new surprises come our hero’s way will certainly be surprising.

The first film did a good job of setting up the main character and the world around him that feels like a parody of X-Men movies. The sequel freely explores more of what was set up and ran with it. There are more jokes and references than ever including more roasting of Wolverine along with a good jabbing of DC movies.

Fortunately, they don’t ruin the plot as it simply adds to the movie-going experience without being a distraction. No matter what comes out of the hero’s mouth, you can al-ways expect a good chuckle along with explosive laugh-ter.

The film also brings a lit-tle more serious tone, which seems like a risky attempt that may put off some fans of the earlier film. However, it works giving the Merc with the Mouth some heart and sympathy underneath his meaty exterior. Of course, it continues its comedic streamline while delivering some great, fast-paced ac-tion scenes. Plus, it comes with a soundtrack full of well-chosen songs includ-ing an original, “Ashes,” by Celine Dion, set against the main titles that spoof the James Bond titles. If you’ve

seen “Avengers: Infinity War,” then you’ll agree that the song would’ve fitted that movie’s end titles very fit-tingly.

Reynolds continues to bring some charisma, genu-ine humor, and good act-ing to his character with amazing glee. He relishes his career reinvention after some past mistakes, which he pokes fun at with con-fidence. Brolin once again plays a comic book villain with a level of gravitas and nuance that makes him stand out of the pack. While not as intimidating as Thanos, Cable is still a great way for the actor to bring extra lay-ers to an already memorable

character.“Deadpool 2” is exact-

ly the kind of sequel you would expect during the summer movie season, and there’s more to it than that. It brings more of the action and comedy, while adding a little more heart and soul. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but why should it when you have a character who likes to crack jokes and break the fourth wall while punching the bad guys.

THE MOVIE’S RATING: R (for strong violence and language throughout, sexual references and brief drug material)

THE CRITIC’S RATING: 3.5 Stars (Out of Four)n

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AUGUSTA —- The Kennebec Historial Soci-ety will explore “Jigsaw Puzzles, A Short History,” at its June presentation.

Presenter Anne Wil-liams, will cover the ear-liest puzzles and some 19th century examples. Her discussion of post-1900 puzzles will focus on Maine puzzle makers. The event is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted.

The presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at the Maine State Library, which is a cospon-sor. The library is at 230 State St.

Jigsaw puzzles origi-nated in Europe in the mid-1700s in the form of “dissected maps” to teach geography to young chil-dren. American produc-tion began around 1815 for children’s puzzles, and

almost 100 years later for puzzles that would inter-est adults. During the early 1930s there was a year-long craze for jigsaw puzzles. Large and small compa-nies, including many in Maine, worked at that time to satisfy the huge demand

for hand-cut wooden puz-zles. After World War II, die-cut cardboard puzzles replaced the more expen-sive wooden ones.

Today only a handful of companies continue to make hand-cut wooden puzzles, one example be-

ing Elms Puzzles of Har-rison, Maine.

Williams has been fas-cinated by jigsaw puzzles since early childhood and has collected seriously since the late 1970s. While teaching at Bates Col-lege and the University

of Pennsylvania, she au-thored two books, several exhibition catalogs, and many articles on jigsaw puzzle history. In 2014, the

Strong Museum in Roch-ester, N.Y., acquired 7,500 of her puzzles and related research materials for its permanent collection. n

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AUGUSTA — The Lith-gow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St., will host an introduction to calligraphy workshop Saturday, June 2, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The class size is limited; if inter-ested, patrons are urged to make a reservation.

All programs are free and open to the public. From special invitations to framed art to a lovely handwrit-ten note, calligraphy adds a special touch. Valerie Ortelt will conduct the hands-on, introductory workshop. Or-telt is an artist and children’s writer/illustrator who has been a professional callig-rapher and instructor for 40 years.

“I was immediately cap-

tivated by the art of cal-ligraphy,” Ortelt recalled. “I excelled at penmanship, when handwriting was very important in a child’s curric-ulum. Studying the different styles, or hands, in this art form expanded my sense of what constitutes kaligrafos, Greek for beautiful writing.”

As an instructor, she en-courages a “have-some-fun-while-you’re-at-it” approach for anyone who wants to write in this lovely fashion, for the pure pleasure it can bring. For more informa-tion, call 207-626-2415 or visit our website at www.lithgow.lib.me.us. n

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As tourist season ap-proaches, it’s time to re-view our state’s policies on tourists, tourism and other seasonal enterprises. As we all know, tourism and helping tourists is an important business here in Maine.

“That’s nice, John,” I hear some of you say, “But who, besides you, knows this bit of useless informa-tion and who, besides you, cares?”

Probably nobody. I just thought it would be nice to review our state’s policies so if you happen to see a tourist wandering aim-lessly through your part of Maine, you’ll be able to tell that tourist just where

to go. It just happens that Maine’s office of tourism puts out a little-known and never-read pamphlet giv-ing tips to natives on how to help our summer visi-tors.

“Our state really does have a policy on those people, John?”

Yes it does and — for one thing — we try not to refer to those people as “those people.”

“Sorry, so what’s the state’s first tip?” The first tip is: “When it comes to tourism, be utilitarian.”

“I thought our state is supposed to avoid dab-bling in religion.”

You may be thinking of Unitarian; Bunky. I said utilitarian! Besides, Uni-tarians don’t like dabbling in religion, either.

“Sorry, again.”Anyway, from Memo-

rial Day to Labor Day, the tourist is the most impor-tant person in our state —

whether using cash, check, major credit card, barter or even eBay.

“Does that include the tourists in those enormous, lumbering, slow-moving, gas-guzzling motor homes — those 100-foot long, hazardous-habitats on wheels, those unsafe ‘fat globules’ that continually clog our state’s already saturated traffic arteries all summer?”

Are you through? Yes, it even includes ‘those people.

“Wait a minute, John. What about a tourist who’s lost? A wandering bunch of lost tourists; now there’s a dependent lot, if I ever saw one.”

True, but even here you must never make a tourist FEEL dependent and must never use a lost tourist for amusement or sport. When a tourist rudely interrupts to ask for directions to some popular over-priced

destination you could never hope to afford, you should avoid the tempta-tion to direct them in cir-cles just to see if they’re clever enough to follow your directions and then see how long it takes them to figure it out.

When asked by a tour-ist: “What’s the quickest way to Bangor?” Don’t ask “Are you going by car?” and, when they say “Yes,” you chuckle and reply “That’s the quickest way.”

The folks in the tourist industry have a saying — ‘A tourist is not an inter-ruption of our lives here in Maine; a tourist is the reason we are alive.”

“Tourist people really say things like that, John?”

I know it sounds pretty numb but, yes, they really talk like that when no one else is around. They say a lot of other things about tourists, most of which we couldn’t print in this

wholesome newspaper. The point is our state’s tourist people take their hospitality business very seriously. Tourist people really believe every visitor coming through the York toll booth on the Maine Turnpike is an important addition to the state.

The legendary Leon Le-onwood Bean of Freeport, who knew a thing or two about dealing profitably with folks from away, used to tell his employees, “A customer is not someone to argue or match wits with. Nobody ever won an argu-ment with a customer.”

“L.L. Bean said that? Is he also the one who said: ‘Matching wits with some tourists is like dueling with an unarmed man?’ “

No! I’m sure he never said anything like that, at least when there was a summer complaint within earshot. In fact that’s just

the kind of smart-alecky remark that L.L.Bean was talking about.

“I never knew any of this about tourists, the tourist industry or the people who run the tourist industry, John. I’m sure glad we had this review.”

I’m glad we did, too. Oh, and there will be a quiz!

Maine storyteller John McDonald is the author of several bestselling books including “The Maine Dictionary,” “A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar” and “John McDon-ald’s Maine Trivia.” His latest book, “Moose Mem-oirs and Lobster Tails,” is a sequel to “A Moose and a Lobster.” McDonald also entertains throughout New England, telling his Maine stories at banquets, conventions, conferences and other special events. Contact him at 207-240-8324 or [email protected] n

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Spurwink Services will hold gala to honor Humanitarian Award recipients

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PORTLAND — Spurwink Services has announced the 2018 honorees for the 32nd annual Humanitar-ian Awards gala, an event honoring individuals and corporations who exemplify Spurwink’s mission of help-ing those affected by men-tal health challenges and developmental disabilities, as well as underserved and

vulnerable populations. The event will take place Friday, Oct. 12, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Thompson’s Point; more than 400 guests are expected to attend. Event co-chairs are Melissa Lalumiere and Erin Ovalle.

Danielle M. Conway, dean and professor of law, Univer-sity of Maine Law School; Sun Life Financial; Rich-

ard Tryon, co-founder and former executive director, Community Partners, Inc., will be this year’s recipients.

The gala theme is “A Night in Casablanca” and features cocktails, dinner, a live and silent auction, and award presentation. The eve-ning’s program will focus on the work being done by Spurwink’s Outpatient and Community Services, which provides case management, psychiatric evaluation, and outpatient therapy for chil-dren and adults statewide. Attendees will also learn about the work being done with refugee families and individuals who may have trauma from experienc-ing war and other events in their home countries. This

includes the new ShifaME program, funded by a $5 mil-lion federal SAMHSA grant, to provide therapeutic care to refugee girls in Lewiston, Portland and Biddeford.

“This year’s honorees are truly making a difference in the lives of those in need of support,” said Eric Meyer, Spurwink president and

CEO. “Dean Conway’s work with rural communities and providing legal support for refugees and asylum seek-ers mirrors the work Spur-wink is doing with those in crisis through our Outpatient and Community Services care coordinators and clini-cians; Corporate Care Award recipient Sun Life Finan-

cial has been a tremendous agency supporter, including providing funding for gar-dens at our residential homes in Chelsea and Portland, as well as placing one of our pre-vocational students in their Scarborough office to gain valuable office skills; and Dick Tryon, honored with the Going the Distance award, founded Commu-nity Partners, Inc. – recently merged with Spurwink – to provide adults with devel-opmental disabilities an op-portunity to live with dignity and success.”

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UMA Cyber Moose ranked 14th nationally in Cyber League Competition

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Cyber Moose participated in the Na-tional Cyber League Cham-pionship postseason compe-tition, finishing 14th overall out of 266 teams nationwide, and earning the highest score attributed to participants from the state of Maine. The Cyber Moose is a cybersecurity team created in 2017 for team com-petitions. Through national competitions, team members seek to compete nationwide and work together to improve their knowledge.

The NCL postseason team championships took place the

weekend of April 27-29; the UMA students par-ticipating were Austin Brower, Pierre Laot, Ja-son McLean and Saman-tha Wilkins. Competencies measured in NCL National Champion-ship postseason game include open source intelligence, network traffic analysis, log analysis, scanning and recon-naissance, wireless access exploitation, cryptography, password cracking, web ap-

plication and ex-ploitation, and e n u m e r a t i o n and exploitation.

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more than 3,000 players participated from all over

the country on an individual basis. UMA

student Jason McLean fin-ished 19th overall, and first nationwide in the cryptology category. UMA student Aus-tin Bower placed 28th over-all, and was ranked seventh nationwide in the log analysis

category. UMAs Cyber Moose is

working to recruit more mem-bers for participation and to finish as a team in the top 10 in the upcoming NCL team competition. They also en-deavor to participate in more cybersecurity competitions such as the National Colle-giate Cyber Defense Compe-tition.

For more information about the Cyber Moose, contact [email protected]. For more information about Na-tional Cybersecurity League: https://www.nationalcyber-league.org/about. n

WATERVILLE — The Kennebec Valley Communi-ty Action Program, a mem-ber of the NeighborWorks network, will be receiving $115,500 in flexible grants from the Neighborhood Re-investment Corporation, dba NeighborWorks America – a much-needed boost that will support its affordable hous-ing and community devel-opment activities.

“The lack of afford-

able housing is an ongoing concern in Central Maine. NeighborWorks funding al-lows us to explore new af-fordable housing options in our region, similar to the Gerald Senior Residence in Fairfield,” said Suzanne Walsh, KVCAP’s chief ex-ecutive officer.

KVCAP will utilize these funds to support afford-able housing development, community building and

engagement activities, and to support other programs within its Energy and Hous-ing Department. KVCAP also will continue to sup-port a variety of community engagement activities, such as working with the Cony Village Homeowner’s As-sociation in Augusta and the South End Neighborhood Association in Waterville.

In fiscal year 2017, the NeighborWorks network

counseled 181,400 families and individuals on financial capacity, pre-purchase, post-purchase, or foreclosure is-sues; owned and managed 165,500 rental homes; and created more than 43,000 jobs.

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While July 4th is syn-onymous with American independence, one of the United States’ found-ing fathers felt that July 2nd was a more appro-priate date to celebrate the colonies’ declaration of independence from Great Britain. John Ad-ams, who would serve as the second President of the United States, felt July 2nd was the cor-rect date to celebrate the colonies’ independence and even protested July 4th by refusing invita-tions to appear at events on that day during his lifetime. Adams’ conten-tion dates back to June 7, 1776, when Richard Henry Lee, the Virginia delegate of the Continen-tal Congress, first intro-duced a motion calling for the colonies to de-

clare their independence. Voting on Lee’s motion was postponed, though a five-man committee con-sisting of Adams, Ben-jamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman was appointed to draft a statement justi-fying independence from Great Britain. Lee’s mo-tion was approved on July 2nd, and Adams even wrote his wife, Abi-gail, that the day would be celebrated as the an-niversary of the colonies’ independence for many years to come. But that was not to be, as Ameri-can independence is in-stead celebrated on July 4th, the day when the Continential Congress formal ly adopted the Declaration of Indepen-dence. n

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A tribute to Carleen Cote, a special mother who loved the critter children in her life

By Lea Davis

One definition of “moth-er” is “nurturer.” A good mother puts her children’s needs before her own to en-sure their health and welfare.

Carleen Cote and her hus-band Donald of Vassalboro, for more than 53 years, have rescued thousands of Maine’s abandoned and starving wild animal ba-bies, nurturing them back to health and eventual free-dom, all at the couple’s own expense. She wrote a popu-lar monthly column about her “children” for “The Town Line” and “Turner Publishing” newspapers, always crediting the help received from faithful vol-unteers, local veterinarians, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife war-dens and staff, other rehab-bers and the caring people who donated money, food and supplies for the wildlife she cherished. Cote passed away April 27. Her story is best told through her own words, gleaned from 240 plus “Critter Chatter” arti-

cles written over time. Here are a few excerpts:

“The month of April ar-rives and so do the babies. The raccoons appeared in droves. Containers for them started to fill the living room, formulas were made, the babies would be fed four times a day, the last feed-ing at midnight. Hundreds of used towels needed to be washed, dried and folded for the next change (after every feeding!). One night in May, Donald decided to count the raccoons as we had lost track – he counted 150! In addition, skunks, mink, weasels, opossums, fawns, foxes, porcupines and woodchucks were arriving. We were overwhelmed and exhausted. However, our dedicated volunteers saved us. God bless them!

“Though raccoons are in the majority, they don’t usu-ally present the challenges that we face with the fawns. One year we received 20 fawns, requiring several trips to the veterinarian with broken bones, open sores and coccidiosis infections.

Seven fawns died from their wounds, received either by vehicle hits or predator at-tacks. Some won’t nurse from the bottle, making it necessary to use a syringe to administer the milk. We carry on.

“Over the spring and sum-mers months the animals, eventually moved to out-side pens, grew and got fat. Many were released in late August to their natural habi-tats. September is the re-lease time for the raccoons. Could we find enough spots to release 150 of them? We did it, at last! The raccoons react differently when taken to the chosen release sites. Some left the carrier, happy to roam, others hesitated, terror showing in their eyes, but, eventually, decided to explore their new surround-ings. We are asked, “Are you sad to see them go after spending so much time car-ing for them?” Yes and no. We do wonder how they are faring, but know they are where they belong, enjoying the things they naturally do in the wild.

“We are frequently asked how we got involved in wildlife rehabilitation. It be-gan when Donald expressed the desire to raise water-fowl. We were fortunate to find land in Vassalboro with a small area of water that could be enlarged. Then, an article about a wildlife rehab facility in Litchfield caught our attention. Would we be interested in doing this also? You guessed it! Our first crit-ter to arrive, even before we had any permits, was a baby black duck. We applied for our state and federal permits and became licensed rehab-bers. The rest is history. We gradually expanded our ef-forts and facilities way be-yond the needs of one baby black duck in 1964, to now caring for hundreds of wild-life a year.

Carleen was fond of a writing she’d come across titled “I Am An Animal Res-cuer,” author unknown. In part, it reads:

“My job is to assist God’s creatures, I was born with the drive to fulfill their needs.

I take in helpless, unwant-ed, homeless creatures with-out planning or selection.

I have bought cat food with my last dime. I have patted a mangy head with a bare hand.

I have hugged someone vicious and afraid. I have fallen in love a thousand times.

And I have cried into the fur of a lifeless body too

many times to count.I am an Animal Rescuer.

My work is never done. My home is never quiet.

My wallet is always emp-ty, but my heart is always full.”

Goodbye, old friend. Memorial donations may

be made in her honor to Kennebec Valley Humane Society, 10 Pet Haven Lane, Augusta, ME 04330.n

AUGUSTA — Vaughan Harrison Stevens Jr., 74, passed away May 14 at Glenridge Living Commu-nity. He was born Sept. 15, 1943, in Augusta, the son of Vaughan H. Sr. and Ge-neva (Crocker) Stevens.

He was educated in local schools and graduated from Cony High School in 1963, then continued his educa-tion at Thomas College and

graduated in 1968. He was employed for many years in heavy equipment sales.

Vaughan spent much of his life laughing from his belly and what a great laugh it was! What a won-derfully full life he lived driving all over creation for work, or a game, or a race and searching for just the right car part for a project of his own or a friend’s.

Our Dad was one of the good guys who fought the good fight; all that crossed his path were fortunate to have made a new friend! He always said he “never worked a day in his life.” That is certainly something to celebrate.

He is survived by his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and the rest of you who made

up his special gang, includ-ing his beloved cat, Mom-ma.

At his request, there will be no visitation hours or funeral service. Celebrate Vaughan’s friendship by burning a little rubber, or coach a youth sport or throw back a rum and coke and dance around the floor to some good blues...all of those will get you a

“thumbs up” from Heaven!In lieu of flowers, friends

wishing may make dona-tions in Vaughan’s memory to Gassah Guys Racing Or-ganization, c/o Sally Joy, 22 Smithfield Drive, Mach-ais, ME 04654.

Arrangements under the direction of Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Ser-vice, 445 Waterville Road, Skowhegan, ME 04976. n

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New ‘shooting pyramid’ in Sidney unique in Maine SIDNEY — The Arnold

Trail Sportsman’s Asso-ciation, 1659 Pond Road, Route 23, has taken sporting clays “five-stand” shooting to a new level. This pyra-mid was built last fall us-ing funds from a cost-share Federal Range Improve-ment Grant administered through Maine’s IF&W. It is now open to all sporting clay enthusiast and the pub-lic on Sundays from 10 a.m. to about 1 p.m.

Unlike trap or skeet where the target presenta-tions are exactly the same at shooting venues every-where, five-stand sporting clay targets vary at each and every shooting event. Shown here is the newly-

constructed shooting pyra-mid with five shot gunners who must shoot five clay targets (thrown by machines like Frisbees) from each of five stations trying for a perfect score of 25 broken targets, sometimes referred to as “birds.”

A sport often embraced by upland game and duck hunters, five-stand sporting clay shooters will likely see clay targets that simulate the flight of birds and ducks. During the May 12 compe-tition held at Arnold Trail, participants saw “springing teal” targets that followed a tall arching trajectory, as well as “rabbits,” where the clay discs roll on their sides along the ground. There

were crossers, incoming and dropping targets as well as tilted clay discs that curved.

In addition to five-stand sporting clays, the club also operates both skeet and trap fields. Safety is “job-one” at the club, and all shooters are required to wear both ear and eye protection. Also, all shotguns are always unload-ed with “open actions” until the one person shooting at a time is taking his turn. The club always welcomes new shotgun enthusiasts, and there are several club mem-bers who will work with new shooters to get them up to speed. The club main-tains a website; for more information visit www.ar-noldtrail.com. n Submitted photo

Maine’s senators address UMaine alumniWASHINGTON, D.C.

— U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King delivered remarks and met recently with UMaine

alumni at the University of Maine Alumni Asso-ciation’s 2018 Black Bears on the Hill event. They also presented UMaine

president Susan Hunter with statements entered in the Congressional Record honoring her distinguished career in higher education and her exceptional lead-ership of the university as she approaches her re-tirement. Hunter, the cur-rent president of UMaine, became the first female president in the univer-sity’s 150-year history in June 2014. Dr. Joan Fer-rini-Mundy will become UMaine’s new president when Hunter retires in June.

“One of the most ac-curate measures of the strength of a university is the bond among its alumni. The affection and pride that unite UMaine graduates transcends the generations and moves our university forward,” said King and Collins in

a joint statement. “We were delighted to meet with so many Black Bears of D.C., and to have one more opportunity to thank President Hunter for her decades of contributions to our state and our great university.”

Each spring, the Uni-versity of Maine Alumni Association coordinates a “Black Bear Road Trip” and hosts dinners and re-ceptions throughout the country to connect with alumni. This year’s event marks the 600th anniver-sary of the Peter Madigan ’81 Congressional Intern-ship Program, providing students with the opportu-nity to live in Washington, D.C., while working in a congressional office. Both senators have had multiple interns work in their offic-es through this program. n

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Myanmar is a traveler’s surprising delight (part one)

I was 3,000 feet high, floating in a hot air bal-loon over a vast plain dotted with massive and magnificent centuries-old Buddhist pagodas, tem-ples and monasteries.

This was but one of many fascinating activi-ties and encounters I have enjoyed during several trips planned by Myths and Mountains — a tour company providing jour-neys promising to “ex-plore and experience.” My time in Myanmar (former-ly known as Burma) lived up to that expectation and more.

For example, the bal-loon ride sailed over the ancient city of Bagan, which was the capital of a kingdom during the ninth to 13th centuries, from which Burma later evolved. More than 2,200 Buddhist structures sur-vive today and are part of the reason Myanmar is referred to as “The land of pagodas” — but only part of the reason.

For non-Buddhists an

itinerary that includes a seemingly endless array of religious places may threaten to cause a bit of pagoda overload. Even so, sites like Bagan and other Buddhist complexes, be-long on any “must-see” list.

If the pervasiveness of religion in everyday life leads to an assumption that Myanmar (ME-un-mahr) is only about Bud-dhism and Buddhist tem-ples, think again. In fact, it’s a multi-racial country with interesting cities, in-triguing villages, stunning nature and attractions sure to excite and delight even the most intrepid traveler. This variety isn’t surpris-ing in an area about the size of France and Great Britain combined.

Burma gained its in-dependence from Britain in 1948. An oppressive military junta took control in 1962 and left a lasting stain on the nation’s his-tory. The generals sup-pressed dissent, were accused of serious civil rights abuses and allowed the economy to stagnate, largely isolated from the rest of the world.

When free elections were permitted in 2015, the political party of Aung

San Suu Kyi won and she now serves as the state counselor. She has man-aged to institute new free-doms, economic reforms and other advancements. However, the constitution still gives the military a strong voice in gover-nance of the country.

In recent years, tourism to Myanmar has slowly increased, and those who visit find plenty to sat-isfy a myriad of interests. Yangon is the largest city and commercial center. It boasts the most extensive collection of colonial-era buildings in southeast Asia, reminders of when Britain was in charge.

Mandalay, the second largest city, was the seat of Burma’s kings before Brit-ish colonization. Now it’s a center of arts and crafts,

with different neighbor-hoods dedicated to various trades.

More special to me were the villages scattered about the countryside, where people live much as their forebears did. Simple houses, made of intertwined bamboo, line narrow dusty lanes. Do-mesticated animals often wander along the streets.

One place where life has changed little is Inle (In-lay) Lake, and a fascinat-ing way of life it is.That large, shallow body of water is home to the In-tha people, one of 135 nationalities comprising Myanmar’s total popula-tion. Each of those groups clings proudly to its dis-tinctive dialects, clothing and traditions.

Small villages built, lit-erally, in the lake consist of rustic two-story houses on wooden stilts. Here and there is a restaurant store, post office, barber shop and other establish-ments of similar construc-tion.

All transportation is by boat, primarily long, narrow, teakwood din-ghys propelled by whin-ing outboard motors. In a kind of over-water bal-let, fishermen propel their vessel with a paddle held in one leg which leaves their hands free to cast the net. Farmers plant crops in floating gardens of wa-ter hyacinths and weeds bound together and an-chored to the lake bottom

by long bamboo poles Even in this unique

setting, pagodas dotted around the lake serve as reminders you are, in fact, in Myanmar. It’s just an-other experience, along with countless others, that make a visit to that desti-nation so intriguing. Next month, we’ll meet the equally fascinating people of the country.

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call 800-670-6984 or log onto mythsandmountains.com.

Victor Block is an award-winning travel journalist who spends summers in Rangeley, Maine. He is a guidebook author who has traveled to more than 80 countries. His articles appear in newspapers around the country, and on travel websites.n

Submitted photosBalloons over Bagan.

Inle Lake farmers tending their gardens.

The Pagotta at night.

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Birds of SpringBy Dave MaherMaher is a school teacher at Oak Hill High School in Wales, Maine. Maher has a passion for photography and loves to share his photos. Please enjoy!

Wood duck at the end of the Mill Trail in Lisbon.

Mallards in flight, also in Lisbon. Piping Plover at Reid State Park.

An Osprey getting lunch in Lisbon.


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Healers, healed, other volunteers sought for Oak Grove Chapel fundraiser

VASSALBORO — Organizers are looking for healers, the healed and other volunteer pre-senters to help with an Augusta fundraiser for the Oak Grove Chapel.

The Oak Grove Heal-ing Arts Presentation

2018, will focus on heal-ing through interfaith prayer, art and science. All proceeds will go to the chapel preservation fund.

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Craig Cameron of the “Y” presenting the KV YMCA employee of the year to L. Feargal Semple.

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The KV YMCA board members elected Bill Brid-geo as president. He will re-place Harry Lanphear, who held the position for multi-ple terms and will continue to serve as the Endowment Committee chairman. Julie Barter-Lucas was appoint-ed as vice president, Gail Conley as treasurer, and James Bass as secretary.

Bridgeo has been an ac-tive member and champion of the YMCA since his time as a lifeguard and youth counselor while an under-graduate at St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vt. He and his wife Janice — a second-grade teacher in Winthrop — made sure

their son Will and daughter Claire took full advantage of the Y’s programs and facilities while they grew up in Augusta. Bridgeo has been a member of the KV YMCA’s board of directors for the past 10 years. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Hartford and has been a city man-ager in Calais and Canan-daigua, N.Y, and for the past 20 years in Augusta. He serves on the adjunct faculty of the University of Maine at Augusta, teaching government courses, and is a member of the executive board of the Maine Munici-pal Association. He is also a member of the executive board of the Augusta Board of Trade.

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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, a hectic schedule may have you feeling tense and resentful of all your responsibilities. Concentrate on one task at a time rather than obsess-ing about it all.

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Cole’s community shows its spiritBy Mark Huard

On April 25, there was a shot fired in the heart of Somerset County. Cpl. Eu-gene Cole, a 13-year veter-an of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office, lost his life, and it was a loss for his family and his brothers in brown.

Somerset County is used to its share of tragedy, but this hit hard. Cole was a real person who epitomized country life and honest liv-ing. He was professional and kind to all those he came into contact with. In many ways, the act took an icon in the county and brought the residents to their knees. Without a doubt the blow hurt in a way that was all too real and gut-wrenching.

What happened next is a charge, a charge led by those seemingly the most affected. Cole’s wife, Sher-yl, and Sheriff Dale Lan-caster stood up, and with a battered heart, they found the courage to lead a charge. Sheryl Cole picked herself up and she brought a com-munity together by speak-ing calmly and with the wisdom and benevolence that her husband lived each day of his career.

At this point, something magical began to happen. The people of Somerset County stood up, grabbed a hold of their emotions and followed the lead of Sheryl Cole and Lancaster

until the capture of the man who allegedly shot Cole oc-curred. Community mem-bers brought food, gifts, supplies and whatever else was needed. The law en-forcement officers worked tirelessly and selflessly to continue to protect the com-munity. Law enforcement from all over New England and the state came to assist.

Once an arrest was made, the community didn’t stop. They began working on the next task at hand, which was to honor Cole. This charge was again led by Sheryl, who pledged to forever re-main his wife and never be called a widow. She showed more courage and grace than imaginable and she ral-lied her family together. She ensured that they held their

heads high as the patriarch of the family would have wanted, because after all if you hang your head then you better be praying.

The day of the funeral was a day of closure for many closest to Cole. The streets of the county were lined with officers, firemen, security guards, business owners, students and con-cerned citizens. A flag hung in the center of town and evoked through this sadness a sense of pride: Pride to be a member of this county, built on hard work and a genuine desire to be better today than yesterday.

So while this was a day of closure for Cpl. Eugene Cole, perhaps it was a day of new beginnings for the community. This county came together in a way that was virtually gone in recent days.

It’s apparent that Cole’s work was not done, it was just done here on Earth. His last call on Earth, but certainly not his last call. His family and the close to 4,000 people in attendance at his funeral paid their re-spects to a law enforcement officer who gave his life to protect others. His family conducted themselves with dignity and integrity and again led the charge for the rest of the community to follow. n

Cpl. Eugene Cole

Tawni Lively/ Central Maine Photography photoThe motorcade for Cpl. Eugue Cole’s funeral May 8.

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Boy Scouts present high honor to Scouter Douglas Leonard

Submitted photoFrom left, Scott Adams, Matt Bodine and Ron Emery stand behind Douglas Leonard after presenting him with the District Award of Merit during a Court of Honor Ceremony at the China Baptist Church. All four are leaders in China Boy Scout Troop 479.

CHINA — Doug Leonard of Palermo has worn many titles over the years — warehouse m a n a g e r for Perfor-mance Food Services/ North Center in Au-gusta; Boy Scout leader for Troop 479 in China; Palermo Snowmo-bile Club volunteer; food drive organizer; and now District Award of Merit recipient after being pre-sented the award at a Court of Honor ceremony at the China Baptist Church April 26. The award was made in recognition of his outstand-ing work in Scouting and in the community as well.

The District Award of Merit is given to volunteer Scouting leaders around the country. It is a council-level award presented at the Dis-trict Level. Kennebec Val-ley District, which delivers Scouting to five counties in Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts, chose two leaders to present this award to this year. On April 7, Joe Shelton was presented the District Award of Merit

at the annual Scouter Recognition Dinner at

the Waterville Elks. Leonard was unable to attend, so a second

presentation was arranged.

Leonard received the

award from Troop 479 Scout Leaders Scott Adams, Ron Emery and Matt Bodine, each of them has been presented this award in the past.

Scott Adams said, “Doug has spear-headed our annual food drive to the local pantry since 2013. Every March the pantry can count on as much as 500 items to help stock their shelves.”

Matt Bodine praised Doug’s work with the Scouts. “Doug is a steady hand and has so much pa-tience with the Scouts. He is a natural leader for them His work with them in ad-vancement is exemplary.”

“He sets a great ex-ample for the Scouts and enjoys helping with trips the troop has taken to visit sled dogs in Augusta or

as far as way as our troop trips to Boston, New York and Pennsylvania,” related Emery. “He uses his vaca-tion time in the summer to help the Scoutmaster dur-

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Leonard is currently registered as an assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 479.n

Registration open for Leavitt Father’s Day 5k

TURNER — The annual Leavitt Father’s Day 5k will take place Saturday, June 16, beginning at 9 a.m. It will start on the fields be-tween the football field and track at Leavitt Area High School, 21 Matthews Way. Registration is through Ac-tive.com. The race website at www.leavittfathersday5k.com has a link to register.

This race is a central Maine woods cross country trail 5k to help raise funds for the LAHS cross country team. A number of parent-child teams run the trail, and special prize drawings for parent-child teams are offered during the awards. The youngest running/

walking the 5k last year was 4 years-old. The trails are easy on the joints, shaded and safe — no time on any road.

For fees, rules, prizes di-visions and other race infor-mation, visit the web site. For more specific informa-tion, contact race director Neal Rioux at [email protected] or Rebecca Webber at [email protected].

The underlying mission of the race, in addition to raising money to support the cross country team, is to bring families, alums and the community togeth-er to run and enjoy being outside.n

Job Corps offers Maine teens, young adults fee training and placement

AUGUSTA — Teenagers and young adults through-out central Maine are re-minded that Job Corps offers a no-cost training program for young women and men, ages 16 to 24 years old.

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