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Former Calais High School Science teacher, David Winski, has been nominated for the LifeChanger Spirit Award.

The Award recognizes posi-tive leadership and influence that the nominee brings to their community.

The winners are based on numerous criteria including a proven ability to make a ben-eficial difference in the lives of students and being a leader in his or her activities at the school and district level.

A deciding factor for the national committee choice of winners is the above criteria as well as the community which shows the most spirit for their

LifeChanger and rallies behind the recognition they commu-nity gives their nominee.

Winski teaches at Edmunds Consolidated School and was nominated by the school's prin-cipal, Trudy Newcomb, saying Winski is "exceptional," ex-plaining "He is literally chang-ing the lives of his students by opening up their thinking beyond the walls of their class-rooms. Mr. Winski takes his students past the remoteness of their communities and gives their imaginations the fuel to makes their dreams reality."

To read the entire nomination and submit your own, visit: https://lifechangeroftheyear.com/david-winski/

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Pam and Jack Fortier are no strangers to having a business in Calais. They are excited to start their new venture with Downeast Auction Company which will be housed in the old Townhouse Restaurant on Main Street in Calais. They hope to have their first Auction ready to go by the middle of January. (Photo by Kaileigh Deacon).

Old Building Gets a New PurposeBy Kaileigh Deacon

Winter is a hard time for a lot of businesses but in a few short weeks one of the empty buildings in downtown Calais will get a new tenant. The old Townhouse Restaurant on Main Street will be home to Downeast Auc-tion Company.

Downeast Auct ion Company will be renting the now empty Town-house Restaurant on Main Street and will be run by Jack and Pam Fortier. The Fortier’s got the business up and going last month and has already received several consignments for their first auction. “I’ve been going to auctions all my life,” Jack Fortier said about getting into the auction business. The Fortiers are familiar with running a business in Cal-ais owning and operating Calais House of Pizza. “We miss seeing all the people from when we had the restaurant.

It is not an easy task getting certified to be an auctioneer and requires learning many laws as well as passing the certi-fication test but all that is done and Jack and Pam are ready to get under-

way. There is no official date for when the first auction will be as they are still getting all the pieces together to put in the auction but the hope is to have something ready to go by the middle of January.

The items up for auc-tion will be posted online prior to the auction so anyone interested can preview the items before they get there. A few se-lected items will be post-ed to the Downeast Auc-tion Co. Facebook page while a complete listing will be available on www.auctionzip.com.

“We are hoping that holding the auctions downtown will get more people back into down-town and shopping ev-erywhere not just at the auctions,” Jack said.

The Fortiers want to help bring business back into Downtown Calais but they also want to help people in the area too. They want to help people get rid of stuff that is just sitting around their house collecting dust and get them some money to help fill their fuel tank or get groceries.

Downeast Auct ion Company is willing to

take single items or en-tire houses full of items. Single items will go into one of the Auctions held downtown while for full houses they will go the residence. They are hop-ing to make the auctions a fun Saturday afternoon event that people can enjoy alone or together. They are hoping to get enough stuff to hold auc-tions that will last any-where 3-4 hours where they can provide a few snacks while people wait and shop.

Jack and Pam also want to do what they can to give back and help where they can and will have a box at every auction to collection items for the food pantry. They would also like to thank Rod Tir-rell for all his help getting their Facebook page up and running and all the businesses on Main Street for being so encouraging and welcoming.

If you want more in-formation about how to get your items up for consignment or about the auction you can go to the Downeast Auction Co. Facebook page or contact Jack at 904-8619.

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Calais, December Police Report2016/12/01: Ronald Hall,

age 45, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Warrants (2) for Unpaid Fines

2016/12/01: Jessica Bailey, age 35, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Aggravated Trafficking of Scheduled W Drugs. 2. Aggravated Traffick-ing of Scheduled W Drugs

2016/12/02: Christopher Bombardier, age 27, of Bronx New York was charged with 1. Aggravated Trafficking of Scheduled W Drugs

2016/12/02: Pauline Shain, age 58, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Aggravated Trafficking of Marijuana. 2. Criminal Possession of a Firearm

2016/12/02: Michael Van-derbusch, age 30, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Violation of Conditions of Release

2016/12/02: Nara Newell, age 38, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Possession of a Scheduled W Drug

2016/12/05: Michael Stead-man, age 33, of Perry Maine

was charged with 1. Operating After Suspension

2016/12/06: Kamau Rome-ro, age 34, of Brooklyn New York was charged with 1. Disorderly Conduct

2016/12/08: Michael Hatt, age 58, of Alexander Maine was charged with 1. Operat-ing Under the Influence. 2. Criminal Threatening

2016/12/10: Cameron Grant, age 20, of Princeton Maine was charged with 1. Operating Under the Influence. 2. Viola-tion of Conditions of Release. 3. Possession of Liquor by a Minor

2016/12/11: Ronald Hall, age 45, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Operating After Suspension. 2. Violation of Conditions of Release

2016/12/13: Jill Hayman, age 39, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Theft by Unauthorized Taking. 2. Violation of Conditions of Release

2016/12/13: Robert Barter, age 39, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Possession

of a Usable Amount of Mari-juana

2016/12/19: Jahmal Webb, age 38, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Assault. 2. Criminal Mischief

2016/12/20: Roxanne So-cobasin, age 26, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Theft

2016/12/21: Joseph Counts, age 35, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Violation of Conditions of Release

2016/12/22: Kelsey Parrett, age 22, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Operating without a License

2016/12/23: Andrea Ste-vens, age 38, of Princeton Maine was charged with 1. Assault. 2. Assault on an Of-ficer

2016/12/24: Heather Gid-ney, age 44, of Calais,, Maine was charged with 1. Theft

2016/12/26: Dylan Morri-son, age 22, of Calais,, Maine was charged with 1. Assault

2016/12/28: Kyle Hall age 29, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Warrants (2) for Unpaid Fines. 2. Posses-sion of a Usable amount of Marijuana

2016/12/28: Forest Rowe, age 74, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Operating After Suspension. 2. Operat-ing and Unregistered Motor Vehicle

2016/12/3:1 Joseph Counts, age 35, of Calais, Maine was charged with 1. Violation of Conditions of Release

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Tim Sample to Perform at Benefit

By Amy Jeanroy

Local Maine Humorist Tim Sample will perform January 14th at First Congregational Church in Calais, to benefit the Slater & Slater Fire Fund.

The Slater & Slater Garage on Union Street in Calais suf-fered extensive damage on November 18th when a vehicle that was being repaired caught fire, quickly spreading through the garage and doing extensive damage to the building. The fire destroyed a large part of the building, the hydraulic lift and much of the automotive

equipment. Slater & Slater has temporar-

ily closed it's doors until repairs can be made. Although insured,

the insurance will only pay for the repair of the building, leaving thousands of dollars in necessary tools and equipment needed before the business can reopen.

Friends and family have also

created a GoFundMe account for anyone who would like to donate to the reopening of this important local business. To find out more, please visit: https://www.gofundme.com/slaterfire

Tickets to Tim Sample's per-formance can be purchased at these local businesses: Calais - Karen's Pub and Restaurant, Johnson's Hardware, Calais Bookshop. In Machias at the Woodwind Gallery.

Star Wars Rogue One Makes a Big SplashBy Kaileigh Deacon

Star Wars, for some people, is enough to get them excited about a movie, while others want nothing to do with it. I fall into the first category. I am a big Star Wars fan but even though I was excited I was also hesitant about where the movie would fall in the franchise.

“Rogue One,” is a Star Wars story that is set apart from the seven movies that are already out and is a story that takes place in the same universe but not necessarily with the same characters. Jyn Erso is a girl that has lost a lot to the Rebel Alliance’s fight against the Empire and wants nothing to do with it, but when the op-portunity to find her father she hasn’t seen in years and clear her name from some indiscre-

tions she throws herself into the cause. The journey sways her and she becomes part of the Rebel Alliance. Enough to take on the most dangerous mission the Alliance has faced. The Empire has developed the most dangerous weapon imag-inable, the Death Star. Jyn and her friends undertake a mission to steal the Death Star plans to give them an advantage they desperately need.

The story line for this mov-ie is set shortly before “Star Wars IV: A New Hope.” The creators of this movie took a storyline casually mentioned in the original Star Wars Tril-ogy and developed it and the characters involved into a full blown story. The character development was excellent and inventive and made a new group of characters to explore.

The actors selected for their roles were very appropriate and fit them quite well. There are some familiar characters from the original films whose characters needed to appear in the story. The casting of these roles was done to perfection making them feel almost as if it were the original actors.

While this has much the same feel of the other Star Wars mov-ies it also stands apart from the others in many ways. Unlike the previous Star Wars films this one has a much darker premise and is in many ways a war film. That being said this movie is not without humor and a lot of it comes from Donnie Yen’s character. There is also a new droid that will cause even the toughest nut to crack into a smile.

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other Star Wars movies, is fun for all ages, this one I think that parents might want to keep real young kids away as some of the fighting can get a bit intense and might frighten some.

I enjoyed this movie, though some of the diehard Star Wars

fans might find a few small flaws, it was very entertaining. I was entertained the entire length of the movie and think that this was a wonderful ad-dition to the Star Wars Saga. I would give this movie four and a half out of five stars.

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Land Transfers by Deed December 9, 2016 through December 22, 2016

Merilyn C. Mills of Eastport acting as Personal Representa-tive of the Estate of Merrill Spear Conte to John M. Lewis of York a certain lot or parcel of land with all the buildings thereon situated in Eastport on Washington Street

Joyce S. Damon of Edmunds to Douglas K. Damon of Ban-gor real estate in Edmunds Township both lots on the Hurley Point Road

Dana Appleton Reitman of Frederick, Maryland to Bar-bara L. Reynolds of Alpharetta, California a certain lot or parcel of land together with buildings thereon in Eastport beginning on the south side of Capen Avenue

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of Wash-ington, D. C. to Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. of Des Moines, Iowa property in Topsfield (186 South Road Topsfield)

Howard Hain of North Ber-gen, New Jersey to Dana Ap-pleton Reitman of Frederick, Maryland a certain lot or parcel of land with buildings and im-provements thereon situated in Trescott

William Shafer and Eva Sha-fer of Palmyra to Due East R. E. LLC of Lubec a certain lot or parcel of land with buildings thereon situate on the westerly side of the North Lubec Road

Diane R. Brown of Charlotte to Erin B. Peasely of Charlotte a certain lot or parcel of land in Charlotte on the westerly side of the Smith Ridge Road (1.7 acres)

Gordon A. Murphy and Ce-leste G. Murphy of Old Or-chard Beach to Gordon A. Murphy and Bryan W. Murphy of Old Orchard Beach land in the Town of Waite (northerly side of the Bingo Road)

Inhabitants of Danforth to Sheldon Simon a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon (Map 09 Lot 03)

Inhabitants of Danforth to Pam Dewitt a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon (Map 27 Lot 32)

Tina K. Clarke and Christo-pher M. Cote of Woonsockett, Rhode Island to Christopher M.

Cote of Woonsockett, Rhode Island real estate in Eastport (Tax Map J-7, A-2 No. 25)

Charles W. Glidden, Trustee of Charles W. Glidden Family Revocable Real Estate Trust U/A of Sanford to Charles W. Glidden, Trustee of Charles W. Glidden Family Revocable Real Estate Trust U/A prop-erties on Straight Bay Road Lubec (Map 13, Lot 8-3; Map 13 Lot 8; Map 13, Lot 8-A, Map 13 Lot 8-1)

Katherine Louise Arnold of Bluffton, South Carolina to Katherine Louise Arnold of Bluffton, South Carolina, Gabriella Arnold and John Ar-nold of Hamden, Connecticut a certain piece or parcel of land in Whiting (Lot # 23 on a subdi-vision plan by John B. Cahoon, PLS #324 entitled “Final Plan Lively Brook Acreage Lots 21 to 36 Meadow and Mountain Trust”)

Joseph W. Curran and Lorie Germain of Eastport to Robert MacDonald of Robbinston a certain lot or parcel of land and any buildings thereon in Eastport on the southwesterly sideline of Highway Number 190

Tammy L. Gayton of Calais acting Personal Representative of the Estate of Max V. Gayton, II to Cecil E. Moreside and Arnold Clark of Calais a certain lot or parcel of land situated at No. 40 Boardman Street

Tammy L. Gayton of Calais acting as Personal Representa-tive of the Estate of Max V. Gayton, II to Arnold A. Clark of Calais a certain lot or parcel of land and any buildings thereon situated in Calais (Milltown)

Shawn D. Newell of Fort Fairfield acting as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean M. Pike to Border Electric, Inc. of Calais a certain lot or parcel of land with buildings thereon situated in Calais (Lots numbered fourteen (14), Forty-four (44) and Forty-five (45) Midland Park and another lot on the northerly side of Union Street and another lot on the northwesterly side of Union Street and Lot Numbered Thir-teen (13) Midland Park

Margaret I. Moreside of Calais to Cecil E. Moreside of Calais a certain lot or parcel of land and buildings thereon known as 30 Baring Street in the Milltown section of Calais

Roger W. Quirk and Karen L. Quirk of Lubec to Roger W. Quirk of Lubec all interest in and to the property at 18 Easy Street in Lubec

Peter W. Smith and Vicki L. Smith of Dennysville to The Dennys River Volunteer Fire Department the parcel of land situated in Dennysville begin-ning on King Street

Vicki L. Smith and Peter W. Smith of Dennysville to The Dennys River Volunteer Fire Department a certain lot or parcel of land located on the southerly side of King Street/ State Route 86

Barbara MacGregor as Trustee of the MacGregor Family Living Trust of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Roberta MacGregor Jones of Attleboro, Massachusetts real estate in Charlotte (Lot One on the shore of Pennamaquan Lake and another lot or parcel of land together with buildings thereon situated in Charlotte on northerly side of Maine Central Railroad limits

Elaine M. Abbott of Eastport to Elaine M. Abbott and Kerry L. Jackson of Eastport a certain lot or parcel of land with any buildings thereon on Battery Street

Randy R. Brown of Den-nysville to Darren Lingley of Pembroke a certain land or parcel of land in Pembroke (45 acres more or less on town line between Pembroke and Perry)

William Boone and Diane Boone of Eastport to Sunrise Enterprises, LLC of Den-nysville a certain lot or parcel of land in Eastport beginning on the easterly side of High Street

Barbara J. Brandes of Rut-land, Massachusetts and Karen A. MacDonald of Conway, New Hampshire to John Turner and Susan Turner of Tallahas-

see, Florida a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon located in Eastport (bounded on the south by Shackford Street)

DiCenzo Realty, Inc of Cal-ais to Marc Barnard and Betsy Barnard a certain lot or parcel of land situated in Calais (a lot in Deer Park portion of Lot 9 and a portion of Lots 26 and 27 in Deer Park Subdivision and a 50 foot right-of-way on Antler Avenue)

The Inhabitants of the Mu-nicipality of Calais to Duane McLellan (Map 3, Block 9, Lot 3)

U. S. National Association to Peter Pal Gabries of Almeda, California two lots of land and buildings in Eastport northeast corner of Lot 03 and northwest corner of Lot 84 and a Portion of Lot 89

Rose M. Ibarra to Daniel Marshall of Dennysville a certain lot or parcel of land situated in Dennysville (known as 122 King Street)

Sylvia A. Boomer of Ken-nebunk to Meryl F. Levesque of Hartford a certain lot and a parcel of land together with any and all buildings and im-provements situated in Lubec on easterly side of the North Lubec Road

Russell O. Dwelley of Topsfield to Brian C. White of Princeton a certain lot or parcel of land with buildings thereon situated in Waite on

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Blood Drive at Knights of Columbus, Calais on

the westerly sideline of U. S. Route 1

Janice Hornbeck of Stafford, Virginia and Donald Hornbeck of Greenfield, Indiana to David Leveille and Susan Leveille of Georgeton a certain lot or parcel of land together with any and all buildings and im-provements thereon situated on the easterly shore of Craw-ford Lake (Being Parcel 10 as shown on a “Plan of Crawford Lake Associates subdivision, Crawford, Maine”

Daniel C. Huguley of Pem-bina, North Dakota to Jessica McCook of Alexander a certain lot or parcel of land situated in the Town of Princeton an easterly side of Slipps’ Point Road

Duane McLellan of Calais to Barbara Ann Stepan of West-brook real property in Calais bordered northwesterly by South Street

Crows Neck Farm of Lubec to Carlie Wolf and Brannin Buehner of Whiting land to-gether with all improvements thereon situated in Trescott

Senator Joyce Maker returns to Augusta to begin her position representing Hancock and Washington County.

Senator Maker encourages voters to contact her throughout the next six months for issues of concerns in the following ways.

Senator Joyce A. Maker89 Lafayette StreetCalais, ME 04619Tel: 207-454-2327 or Legislative Tel: 207-287-1508messages: 1-800-423-6900. Fax: 207 287-1527Email: [email protected]@gmail.com

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Friends of Devil's Head To Ban Hunting?By Amy Jeanroy

Friends of Devil's Head, a Facebook group that en-courages participation and support for cleaning up the popular hiking and nature area, has recently added a poll asking readers if they support hunting or would like it to be banned at Devil's Head. Currently, nearly 60 votes have been cast with a slight lead for those wanting hunting not to be allowed. This vote is informational only, and people are invited to vote by visiting the group online at: https://www.fa-cebook.com/friendsofdev-ilshead/

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Every year I make some sort of New Year resolution. It only seems fitting. After all, the New Year represents a sort of rebirth. An opportunity for a second

chance. Improvement on a grander scale, and a moment to pause and reflect on how we could all become better as human beings. After the mid-night bell has tolled (well, in my case, the 9:00 p.m. bell has

tolled) I lie in bed, review the past year, seek improvement where required, and promise myself enhancement in cer-tain areas. I decided this year, since I have gained a “little” weight, to focus on a healthier diet lower in carbs (my mortal enemy) and a newly revitalized outlook on life. So far this year, it is the morning of January the second as I write, things have been going quite nicely. Tonight, however, some friends have invited us out to Caesar’s in Calais for dinner. I like Cae-sar’s a lot. In fact, the Calais Advertiser had their Christmas party there. I recall having the beautiful garlic scampi and pasta dish filled with slices of garlic bread. To top it all off, mini cheesecakes for dessert. To be fair, I didn’t order the mini cheesecakes. I believe that fattening choice lies with our Editor, Amy Jeanroy. I did force one or two down, but only to not appear as an unapprecia-tive guest.

So tonight is dinner at Cae-sar’s. Now I am not pandering to the restaurant, nor am I taking some sort of payola to mention them in this article. We ordered a small group of appetizers. Chicken wings, fish tacos and pork shanks in a sort of Asian fusion sauce, which is to die for. Our friends had piz-za. Pizza. Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE pizza. I will even eat bad pizza. Bad pizza is better than no pizza at all. But Caesar’s pizza? They do it right. The dough, the sauce, and the toppings are perfection. While nibbling on my apps, I smell this pizza and think, “I should order a pizza”…even to go. What harm would it cause? Other than throwing the entire universe out of alignment, I suppose none. But I restrain myself. Because this is the kind of man you are dealing with. Substantial, with merit and righteousness through and through.

Here is my challenge. I can’t

focus on my food, or the con-versation, or even at times how to chew and swallow my din-ner. All that is on my mind is that big, glorious and beautiful pizza pie. That pie, which is completely attacking my every sense, is teasing and cajoling me to “grab” a slice. And of all things, these folks have ordered it just the way I like it. Pep-peroni, mushroom, and extra cheese. They just don’t know how to play fair with me. Yet I resist temptation. I know this pizza will simply sit around my gut and fatten up my already swollen tummy. After all, to-day is the third of January, and I must look good in my alter boy uniform. Wait a minute…the pizza aroma was making me hallucinate. I will beat this thing. I have until the end of the year to lose a few pounds. Those are the rules. If you don’t believe me, look them up.

Maine Weekly Fuel Update and OutlookAverage retail gasoline

prices in Maine have risen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.39/g yesterday, according to Gas-Buddy's daily survey of 1,228 gas outlets in Maine. This compares with the national average that has increased 5.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.34/g, according to gasoline price website Gas-

Buddy.com.Including the change in gas

prices in Maine during the past week, prices yesterday were 31.2 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 14.0 cents per gal-lon higher than a month ago. The national average has dur-ing the last month and stands 35.4 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on January 3 in Maine have ranged widely over the last five years:

$2.07/g in 2016, $2.37/g in 2015, $3.53/g in 2014, $3.53/g in 2013 and $3.37/g in 2012.

Areas near Maine and their current gas price climate:

Burlington- $2.41/g, up 7.4 cents per gallon from last week's $2.34/g.

Vermont- $2.39/g, up 6.8 cents per gallon from last week's $2.33/g.

New Hampshire- $2.31/g, up 5.4 cents per gallon from last week's $2.25/g.

"In 2016, motorists spent an average $2.13 per gallon on gasoline, the cheapest yearly average since 2004, and 28 cents lower than 2015, but if motorists made a resolution to pay less in 2017, they either broke it already or aren't plan-ning on driving for a while. While nearly 100,000 gas stations in the country were selling for $1.99 per gallon a year ago, fewer than 3,000 are today. Though we may see rising gas prices take a brief break in early February, we're unlikely to come any-where close to last year's low levels," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.

"Overall, the national av-erage price of gas stands 35 cents higher than where it was a year ago on this day and the gap is likely to continue widening. For the upcoming year, it's not a rosy picture at the pump: GasBuddy's 2017 Fuel Outlook, being released tomorrow, will detail when motorists will be seeing the highest prices of the year and how many more billions we'll spend at the pump in the year ahead," DeHaan added.

For LIVE fuel price aver-ages, visit http://FuelInsights.GasBuddy.com.

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It’s 2017!!!Yeahhh, I know…everyone is making resolutions: lose weight,

stop smoking, eat more veggies, learn something new, volunteer, save money, spend more time with family. How about something a little different? How about a reading challenge? No you won’t need to report to the library with book reports or anything like that…this is just something you can do all by yourself…keep the list on your phone, ipad, in a notebook, or post it on the fridge. Or if you’d rather, challenge your family, friends, bookgroup, co-workers or Facebook friends. It doesn’t have to be a BIG challenge. I googled “2017 reading challenges” and found The Master List of 2017 Reading Challenges. There are close to 100 different reading challenges on that list! There are challenges for readers of mysteries, horror, classics… a books bingo where you read and fill in your book bingo card horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and “win” your challenge that way. Or you can make up your own challenge! And there are reading challenges for kids too! Google 2017 reading challenge for elementary kids or middle school kids, design a challenge around Newbery Award winners for the older kids or Caldecott Award winners for the younger ones. If you decide that a reading challenge sounds like the New Year’s resolution for you let Calais Free Library help! We have a great selection of magazines, audio books, dvds (if you decide to do a book-into-movie challenge) fiction, and non-fiction books. If we don’t happen to have the item that you’re looking for we can do an interlibrary loan and get it from another library in Maine. If you want to do an online challenge and you don’t have a computer, come use one of ours. Best of all, this is FREE with your Calais Free Library card!

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Rep. Poliquin Opposes Proposed Changes to Office of Congressional Ethics

Congressman Bruce Poliquin

(ME-02) released the following statement in opposition to a proposal to adjust the Office of Congressional Ethics that was voted on internally by the Republican caucus yesterday:

"While there should be important reforms made to the Office of Congressional Ethics that both Republicans and Democrats agree on, such as ensuring due process, I op-posed this proposal," said Con-gressman Poliquin. "I believe it's important that these kinds of changes to the ethics office be made in a bipartisan effort and after robust debate and dis-cussion from both parties.

"In addition, the American People have spoken over-whelmingly in the last election in sending us here to fix the real problems facing our Nation. This is not their priority."

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Verna’s 100th Birthday

When: 1:00 P.M., Monday, January 9, 2017Where: Washington Place

40 Palmer Street, Calais, Maine

Family and friends are invited to help Verna MacKechnie celebrate.

Please come with your warm greetings (the most) for her.

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Lubec Office207-733-5511

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783 Main Street, Calais: This beautiful historic cape received it’s most recent facelift in the 90’s with the addition of a family room, den & garage. It has great efficient features such as double pane windows, supplement propane monitors, on demand hot water &

newer roof - It also retains it’s original features such as the exposed beam ceilings, front door with ringer, 2 remaining fireplaces with others for show. $142,500

50 Lafayette Street, Calais: This handsome cape with features such as hardwood floors throughout, coffered ceiling, stainless appliances, heat pump, & wood stove. Kitchen & Dining are open to each other for easy entertaining, a first floor bedroom & bath make it feasible for first floor living & the 2 upstairs bedrooms feature cathedral ceilings, shared

bath & heat pump in the master! $159,000

-2nd, 4th and 5th Mondays every month at 7:00 p.m.: The Monday Night Music Circle at CCLC. Bring an instrument or come and listen!

-Irene Chadbourne food pantry open 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed holidays.

-TOPS 228 Baileyville meets at 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at People’s United Meth-odist Church, Baileyville. Corner of Third and Summit Street.

-Tap Your Toes at the Calais Free Library from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers.

-St. Croix International Quilter’s Guild meets at the Methodist Homes Rec Center, 6:00 p.m. New members wel-come. 3rd Wednesday of each month:

-AL-ANON meets at 6:30 p.m. in the old Calais Hospital basement.

-Wednesday Morning Knit-ters at the Calais Free Library from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

-Movie Night at the Calais Free Library at 6:30 p.m.

-Ecstatic Dance at the East-port Arts Center from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Dance to rhythmic music to release stress.

-Irene Chadbourne food pantry open 10:00 a.m. to noon. Closed holidays.

-Crafters gather to work on projects at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anne’s, Church St., Calais - FMI call 454-8016.

-Homeschool Thursdays at the Calais Free Library from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

-International Dance Group at the Eastport Arts Center from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Explore world dance tradi-tions especially Green, Roman and Bulgarian.

-Wiggles and Giggles at the Calais Free Library from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Ba-bies, toddlers, and caregivers are welcome.

-Irene Chadbourne food pantry open 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Closed holidays.

-Creative Coloring at St. Anne’s Church St., Calais from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. FMI call 454-8016.

-Overcomers Meeting at St. Croix Valley Assembly of God Church in Calais for those wanting to turn their lives around after prison or those wanting to break from drug/alcohol addiction. FMI call 207-454-8160.

-First Sunday of the month: Coffeehouse at Cobscook Community Learning Center from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

-Vanceboro United Method-ist Supper Church at 4:30 p.m. at the town community center. Food for body and soul. FMI call Cheryl at 207-794-8443.

-Calais Community Cafe is serving lunch at 12 noon at 72 Palmer Lane, Calais. For res-ervations call 454-2215.

JANUARY 6: Riverside Rebekah Lodge Food Sale at the Baileyville Food Mart from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

JANUARY 7: Breakfast at the Parish Hall in Dennysville from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Pancakes, eggs, bacon, etc.

JANUARY 8: Holistic Health Care for Livestock, with Kim Roos. Hillgrove Community Center, Whit-neyville, noon - 2 p.m. Spon-sored by Sunrise County Food Alliance. Business meeting after. Info 454-3364.

JANUARY 10, 17, 24 and 31: The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting FREE workshops en-titled Essentials of College Planning for adults 19 & over at WCCC at 10:00 a.m. To register or for more informa-tion, call 1-800-281-3703 or visit us on the web at http://meoc.maine.edu. Also taking place at 1:00 p.m.

FEBRUARY 3: Riverside Rebekah Lodge Food Sale at the Baileyville Food Mart from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

MARCH 3: Riverside Re-bekah Lodge Food Sale at Baileyville Food Mart from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

JANUARY 11: Story time at the Lincoln Memorial Li-brary in Dennyvsille after school.

JANUARY 14: Tim Sam-ple in concert at the First Con-gregational Church, Calais at 7:00 p.m. Benefits The Slater and Slater Fire Fund. Tickets and information: 454-8016.

JANUARY 21: The Ascen-sions in Concert at the Second Baptist Church in Calais at 6:30 p.m. Love offering. Con-tact Pam at 454-4433 for more information.

Calais Rec BB Results

3rd & 4th 12-20-16:MMA 24 Husson 17MMA was led by Frank

Miliano with 8pts, Jenna Sud-dy had 4pts, Phillip Bassett, Ike Soucy, Lovella Miliano, and Sidizer Bassett each with 2pts.

Oliver Clark led all scorers with 13pts, Garrett Clark, and Kate McPhee each had 2pts for Husson.

12-27-16:Husson 37 UMPI 8Kate McPhee led all scorers

with 15pts, Garrett Clark had 10pts, Shawn Cushing and Noah Ziegler each had 4pts for Husson.

Jordan Barnard led UMPI with 4pts Meadow Rhode and Shawn Lyons each had 2pts.

Duke 56 Kansas 44Jace Cook scored a game

high 31pts to lead Duke, Faith Thigpen added 15pts and Ry-land Sabbatus had 4pts, Ryley Case, Joe Footer, and Ryleigh Bassett each had 2pts.

Kaeson Dana led Kansas with 14pts, Preston Bradford, and Brogan Brown each had 13pts, Jonna Travis and Ethan Barnard chipped in with 2pts.

12-21-16:Kentucky 36 Syracuse 34Zack Johnson led Kentucky

with 10pts, Landon Ritchie had 8pts, Wesley Brooks with 6pts, Peyton Morang and Brenna Critchley each had 4pts, and Kaden Small and Addison Ja-mierson with 2pts each

Alex Richard led all scorers with 11pts, Megan Mitchell and Nevaeh Thomas had 6pts, Mercedes Owen with 5pts, Max Cassidy with 4pts, and Shawn Look added 2pts for Syracuse

12-28-16:Kentucky 43 Syracuse 32Kaden Small led Kentucky

with 10pts, Landon Ritchie had 8pts, Zack Johnson and Addi-son Jamierson each had 6pts, Jaycee Harkins with 5pts and Peyton Morang and Charles Bitar each with 4pts.


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NEWS

Jordyn Olsson takes it strong down the lane. (Photo by John Rogers).

LADY DRAGON ACTION JV

Pictured is the Woodland Lady Dragon JV basketball team. Members include front l-r: Jaidyn Smith, Faith Johnson, Danielle Poole, and Abby Walker. Back l-r: Mgr Chania Monk, Mgr Erin Shirley, Dana Howland, Summer Woodruff, Jordyn Olsson, Belle Moody, and Coach Spencer. (Photo by John Rogers).

Jaidyn Smith handles the ball out front for Woodland. (Photo by John Rogers).

Abby Walker brings the action into the paint. (Photo by John Rogers).

Woodland Rec. NotesElem. Basketball: Practices have started.

Schedules and rosters are posted in the WES gym. This program is co-ed and open to all grades 4-6. There is a $10 fee for the entire program. Players must register in order to be placed on a team.

Jr. (Grades K-5), Sr. (Grades 3-8) Cheering: Registration papers have been handed out at school. Schedule of practices are posted in the WES gym. Program is co-ed open to kids in grades K-8. Volunteer coaches are needed! Fee is $10.

Jr. High Basketball (Grades 6-8): The Woodland Rec. Department will again have jr. high basketball for grades 6 through 8. It will be held Saturday mornings at the WHS gym. Players in grades 6-8 from Woodland, Princeton, Waite, Talmadge, Alexander, Baring, Indian Township and Topsfield are invited to participate. Players can join on Saturday, December 3 at 9:00 a.m. Fee is $10.

HS Girls’ ActionCalais 78 – Sumner 29A solid Lady Blue Devil team powered past

Sumner this past Thursday securing a 49-point win with Lauren Cook leading the winners with 20-points, Huckins netted 14, and Farrar 11. Maggie Perry had 11-points in the host’s loss.

Shead 63 - Fort Fairfield 22The Tigerettes powered to a big 41-point win

over their county hosts after exploding with a 25-point opening frame, and then defensively holding Fort to just 13-points in the final 24-minutes of action. Holly Preston paced with 22-points and Cassidy Wilder added 15-points in the win.

Shead 25 41 53 63FF 9 15 18 22Woodland 42 - East Grand 29The Lady Dragons had a strong game from

junior Jennie Cox as she connected for 18-points while gathering 12-rebounds on route to a 13-point win over the visiting Lady Vi-kings. Shawna Monk added 10-points with 10-rebounds, and Sadie Smith netted 6-points in the win. Haleigh Shay paced the guests with 16.

East Grand 3 12 21 29Woodland 12 27 30 42

HS Boys HoopCalais 53 - Sumner 45The Blue Devils opened an early 5-point spread

and played 32-minutes without relinquishing the lead, capturing an important 8-point win. Colby McLean paced the visitors collecting 19-points and Isaac Christiansen added 10 in the loss. On the Calais ledger veteran senior Brandon Gillespie continued to pace his club hitting 23-points with 11-free-throws. Addison Coty netted 14 and Blake Collins added 9 in the win.

Sumner 12 23 33 45Calais 17 29 41 53Woodland 64 – East Grand 33Riley Russell continued to pace the Dragons

hitting 24-points while pulling in 9-boards, as Woodland played everyone to a 31-point win. Chris Plissey collected 12-points, Miller 9, Hay-ward 7, and Gardner 6 in the victory. Gilman led the guests with 15.

East Grand 2 13 23 33Woodland 20 36 50 64Shead 68 – Narraguagus 65The Class D Tigers stayed within striking dis-

tance through three frames of their “C” counter-parts, trailing by just 3-points entering the final stanza, while erasing an earlier 11-point deficit. Greg Jarrett had a superb evening at Harrington for Shead collecting a “big” 35-points! Harris added 12, Lank 11, and Turner 6 in the win. For the hosts Brettin Dinsmore netted 23, Gage Smith had 20, Rumery added 8, and Smith 7.

Shead 15 27 49 68Narraguagus 19 36 51 65

Open Gym Basketball: Sunday, January 8 , 15, 22 and 29 at the WHS gym, grades 4-8 at 4:30 p.m. Grades 9 and up at 6:00 p.m. Program is free.

Exercise/Aerobics: Sunday, January 8, 15, 22, 29 at 4:00 p.m. at the WES gym. Open to everyone age 13 and up. $5 per class. Held every Sunday and Wednesday Wednesday, December 28, January 4, 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Tai Chi: Grades kindergarten through adult. January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Woodland Elem. School gym. Fees discussed with instructor.

Karate: Grades kindergarten through adult. January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Woodland Elem. School gym. Fees discussed with instructor.

FMI on any program please contact the Rec. Department at 427-6205 or Facebook.


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Woodland Recreation Dept. Calendar

Good rebounding action at Calais. (Photo by John Rogers).

Faith Johnson takes the shot to the glass against the Lady Bulldogs. (Photo by John Rogers).

Junior Shawna Monk passing inside for the Lady Dragons. (Photo by John Rogers).

Senior Lauren Cook drives between defenders in action at Woodland. Softly off the glass by Brooke. (Photo by John Rogers).

Senior Paige Fitch looks inside while dribbling out front. (Photo by John Rogers).

LADY DRAGON ACTION VARSITY


WED. JAN. 4.:3:00 pm: ELEM. BB. - KEN-

TUCKY,; WES GYM4:00 pm: ELEM. BB - DUKE

/ NORTH CAROLINA, WES GYM

5:00 pm: JR. CHERR (GR.

K - 5), WES GYM6:30 pm: EXERCISE / AER-

OBICS, WES GYMTHURS. JAN. 5:4:00 pm: ELEM. BB -

NORTH CAROLINA / KEN-TUCKY; WES GYM

5:30 pm: SR. CHEERING, WES GYM

FRIDAY, JAN. 6:3:00 pm: ELEM. BB - DUKE

; WES GYM4:00 pm: ELEM. BB - KEN-

TUCKY ; WES GYM

SAT. JAN. 7:9 am: JR. HIGH (GR. 6 /

8) REC. BB, WARRIORS / SPURS; WHS GYM

10 am: JR. HIGH (GR. 6 / 8) REC. BB, CELTICS / SPURS; WHS GYM

SUN. JAN. 8:3:30 pm: JR. HIGH REC.

BB, WHS GYM4:00 pm: EXERCISE / AER-

OBICS, WES GYM


NEWS

Area Hoop StandingsLocal Standings (Through 12/31)Class C Boys8 Sumner 2-5 5.711 Woodland 3-2 4.313 Narraguagus 2-4 3.316 Calais 1-3 2.2

Class D Boys2 Machias 6-0 14.56 Shead 3-2 5.48 J-B 1-2 3.7

Class C Girls5 Woodland 5-1 9.36 Calais 4-0 9.111 Narraguagus 4-2 2.214 Sumner 1-5 2.2

Class D Girls3 Shead 5-0 5.911 J-B 1-3 0.612 Machias 0-6 0.0

Pictured is the Woodland Lady Dragon basketball team. Members include front l-r: Paige Fitch, Summer Woodruff, Danielle Poole, Lauren Cook, Willow Newman, Shaye Beers, and Faith Johnson. Back l-r: Coach Ripley, Mgr Chania Monk, Jennie Cox, Sadie Smith, Brooke Russell, Dana Howland, Shawna Monk, Mgr Erin Shirley and Coach Spencer. (Photo by John Rogers).

Junior Jennie Cox drives to the glass for the Lady Dragons. (Photo by John Rogers).

Nice action to the glass by sophomore Lady Dragon Sadie Smith. (Photo by John Rogers).

S o p h o m o r e Brooke Russell controls the action out front for the Lady Dragons.

LADY DRAGON ACTION VARSITY

Woodland Rec.(continued from page 10)

Calais Rec.(continued from page 8)

4:30 pm: OPEN GYM BB; GR. 8 & DOWN; WHS GYM

6:00 pm: OPEN GYM BB; GR. 9 & UP; WES GYM

MON. JAN. 9:3:00 pm: ELEM. BB - DUKE; WES

GYM4:00 pm: ELEM. BB - NORTH CARO-

LINA; WES GYM5:00 pm: JR. CHEERING; WES GYM 6:00 pm: SR. CHEERING, WES GYMTUES. JAN. 10:4:00 pm: ELEM. BB - KENTUCKY;

WES GYM5:30 pm: TAI CHI, AGES 16 & UP; WES

GYM6:30 pm: KARATE, AGES 5 / ADULT;

WES GYMWED. JAN. 11.:4:00 pm: ELEM. BB - DUKE / KEN-

TUCKY; ; WES GYM5:00 pm:JR. CHEERING; WES GYM 6:30 pm: EXERCISE / AEROBICS, WES

GYM

Alex Richard led all scorers with 17pts, Nevaeh Thomas had 7pts, Max Cassidy with 4pts and Megan Mitchell and Shawn Look each had 2pts for Syracuse.

7th & 8th 12-31-16: Thunder 58 Cavs 33Jace Cook led all scorers with 24pts, Ma-

son Ritchie and Tony Dana each had 10pt, Nadra Bassett with 8pts, Alexis Donahue had 4pts and Ben Goode with 2pts for the Thunder.

Luke Furtek led the Cavs with 13pts, JD Turner added 10pts, Justin Harnoise had 6pts, Tyler Furtek amd Kaitlyn Smith each had 2pts.

12-31-16Celtics 41 Cavs 33The Celtics were led by Sophia McVicar

with 14pts, Emily Erskine added 10pts, Natalie Altvater with 9pts, Ti Bennett had 6pts, and Sage Phillips with 2pts.

JD Turner Led the Cavs with 14pts, Jus-tin Harnoise added 11pts, and Luke Furtek chipped in with 8pts.

Junior Shaye Beers gets the outlet pass and looks downcourt for the pass. (Photo by John Rogers).


In Loving Memory

Obituaries

In Loving Memory ofKENNETH J. POULIN

January 6, 2009January 6, 2016

Eighth AnniversaryYour life was a blessing,Your memory a treasure.,You are loved beyond wordsAnd missed beyond measure.

Always LovedMary Ellen Poulin

Ken & Cathy Poulin Jr.Kim & Joe KaminskiKristi & Joe Kirby Jr.

Grandchildren andGreat-grandchildren

Arnet Mathers, Pastor • (207) 214-1502Judy Mathers, Pastor • (207) 214-1501

8 Chapel Street, Calais, ME

Office Hours: Thurs/Fri-9am-4pm or by appointment

21 Church Street, Calais, ME 04619 • Matthew Burden, Pastor 454-2579 or 454-3333

Morning Worship at 10:45amSunday School at 9:30am

Sunday Evening Service at 6pmWednesday Night Bible Study at 6pm

29 Church Street, Calais • 454-8016Rev. Sara Gavit, [email protected]

Holy Eucharist Rite II and Sunday School 9:00 amOffice Hours: Wednesday/Friday 10:00-4:00 pm or by appointment

“To know Christ and make Christ known”

Tel: [email protected]

Weekend Mass ScheduleSunday

8:30am – Immaculate Conception, Calais

10:30am – St. James,Baileyville

Saturday4:00pm - St. Joseph,

Eastport5:30pm - St. Ann,

Elderly Center, Pleasant Point

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THERESA (TERRY) ORR PETERSON

Theresa (Terry) Orr Peter-son, 87, born in St. Stephen NB Canada, died on 21 De-cember 2016, in Richmond, Virginia. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, For-est; her children, Pam Christie (Harry) of Cary NC, Andrea O'Brien (Barry) of Southport NC, Christopher Peterson (Sandra) of Petersburg VA, and Peppy Peterson of Glen Allen VA; grandchildren Robert Nun-nally, Jennifer Peterson, and

RAMONA M. NICHOLASIndian Township – Ramona

Marie Nicholas, 56, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2017 at home surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with cancer. Ramona was born in Indian Township on August 7, 1960, daughter of James Montour and Patricia (Nicholas) Sockabasin. She worked most of her life for the Indian Township Tribal Gov-ernment, most recently as a receptionist. Ramona enjoyed bowling, playing bingo, going to Grand Lake in the summers,

Caroline Strahan, and nieces and nephews.She was predeceased by her parents Howard and Nellie Orr

and her brother David Orr.Theresa was an active member of Welborne United Method-

ist Church and former long-time member of Kemble United Methodist Church in Woodbury NJ, where she established and maintained close friendships.

Terry related to people of all ages and was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. She was considered a second mother by many of her children's friends.

Her home was decorated with her own artwork, needlecraft, refinished antiques, and scents of fine cooking. She loved to read and amassed a lengthy log of varied authors and subject matter.

She left home as a young war bride, but never far from her heart was her homeland of the St. Croix Valley of New Brunswick Canada, and she always subscribed to her home-town newspaper. Although she was a naturalized American citizen, she always respected England's Queen and enjoyed the royal pomp.

Theresa loved seeing her grandchildren grow and enjoyed their successes. She leaves with special nods to her friends Shirley, Maureen, Bunny, Harold, and Dolores and with spe-cial loving adieu to Brenda and Steve.

May she ride on gilded wings to the grace of God and rest in peace.

Memorial service will be held on 11:00am Saturday 7 January 2017 at Welborne United Methodist Church, 920 Maybeury Drive, Richmond, VA 23229.

but most importantly, being around her grandchildren. She was predeceased by her father James; grandparents

Joseph and Annie Montour, and Louis and Esther Nicholas; two aunts, Ramona Soctomah and Juanita Mitchell; and an uncle David Soctomah. Surviving are her mother and step-father, Patricia and Clayton Sockabasin of Indian Township; two daughters, Patricia Nicholas of Indian Township and Amber Nicholas and companion David of Lewiston; five grandchildren, Dakota, Kaiden, Jonah, Isiah and Taya; five sisters, Audrey Newell and husband Stephen of Indian Town-ship, Andrea Hanson and husband Edward of Baileyville, Emily Day and husband Jeff of Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and Sandra and Barbie Montour, both of Quebec; six brothers, Joey Montour, James Montour and wife Barbara, Jimmy Montour, and Brady Montour, all of Quebec, Canada, and David Nicholas and wife Glenna, and Clayton Sockabasin and companion Kelly, all of Indian Township; her special aunt and Godmother, Blanche Sockabasin of Indian Town-ship; aunt Ursula of Pleasant Point; uncles Carl Nicholas of Indian Township, Calvin Nicholas of Perry, and Andrew Dana of Pleasant Point; a special cousin, Becky Bailey of Indian Township; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visiting hours will begin 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at her home, 61 Hemlock Point Rd, Indian Township, until 10 a.m. Thursday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Kevin J. Martin 11 a.m. Thursday, January 5, 2017 at St. Ann R.C. Church, Peter Dana Point. Burial will fol-low in the Tribal Cemetery. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.maysfuneralhome.com.


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BARBARA A. MAENHOUT Calais & Largo, FL – Barbara Ann Maenhout, 74, passed away Friday, December 30, 2016

surrounded by her loving family following a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s. Barbara was born in St. Stephen, NB on November 17, 1942, daughter of the late Ralph and Elva (Clem-ent) McLean.

After graduating from Calais Memorial High School, Class of 1961, she worked for JJ New-berry in Calais until she married her love, Robert “Bob” Maenhout, on June 15, 1962. Since Bob was in the U.S. Navy, they lived in Brunswick and Newport, RI. Upon his discharge, they returned to Calais where Barbara worked as a Tinter for Harvey Studios. When their children started school, she became a Librarian Assistant for Washington County Vocational Technical Institute, retiring as Head Librarian with 28 years of service. Once retired, Barbara took a more active roll in assisting her husband and son in the family business, Maenhout Monuments. She was a member of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Calais and enjoyed gardening, wintering in Largo, FL, and especially spending time with her grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Barbara was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Donna

JOYCE A. WAITE Joyce A. (Taylor) Waite, age

80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 24, 2016 at her home surrounded by family. She was born Decem-ber 4, 1936 to Belle S. Taylor (Heinonen) and Ralph Taylor in Concord, MA. She lived most of her life in Calais, Maine where she raised her four children. She worked for many years at the Calais Dead River Oil Company. She was the treasurer of the Calais Congre-gational Church and a member of the Red Hatter's Society. She enjoyed line dancing and time with family and friends.

She spent the last eleven years in Turner, ME with her daughter, Sharon Cosgrove and family. During this time her sense of humor and joy of life only increased, despite having Alzheimer's disease. She expe-rienced the energy and love of her great grandchildren, her grandsons, Michael and Mitch-ell, her granddaughter Kristen and husband, Jeff, her son-in-law, Allen and her daughter, Sharon. She also had a senior volunteer, Vera Jackson, who spent three dedicated years providing companionship. With all the care she received, Joyce was able to remain at home.

She was predeceased by her mother, Belle S. Heinonen and step-father, Russell M. Hei-nonen of Concord, MA and her husband, David Waite of Calais, ME. She leaves her four children, Tom Waite, Sharon Cosgrove, Laura Waite and Brian Waite, seven grandchil-dren and four great-grand-children.

Her burial will be at the Glenwood Cemetery in May-nard, MA. Arrangements will be made by Fowler-Kennedy Funeral Home, also in May-nard. As per Joyce's wishes, there will be no services.

Memorial donations may be made to Calais First Congre-gational Church, 21 Calais Ave, Calais, ME 04619 or An-droscoggin Home Care & Hos-pice, 15 Strawberry Avenue, Lewiston, Maine 04240.

and William Hornbrook. Surviving are her loving husband of 54 years, Robert Maenhout; two children, Kirk Maenhout and wife Susan of Alexander, and Kerry Edwards and husband Allen of Calais; six grandchildren, Valerie Guinn of Warner Robins, GA, Jennifer Love and husband Josh of Massena, NY, Jonathan Edwards of Carmel, Ashley Wilcox and husband Tim of Hermon, Brittney Lafavor and husband Jerry of Tampa, FL, and Jake Randall of Milford; eight great-grandchildren, Wesley, Cameron, Nathan, Braelynn, Landon, Brynn, Brady and Jeryson; three sisters, Norma McLean of Calais, Linda Shreve and husband Mike of Nova Scotia, and Jean Bacon of Old Town; brother-in-law Larry Maenhout and wife Brenda of Ontario; many nieces and nephews; and her many dear friends on Steamboat Street.

A special thanks to her loving caregiver, Freda McIver of Lambert Lake, and the many hospice workers who went above and beyond in caring for Barbara.

A graveside service will be held in the spring at Calais Cemetery. Donations in Barbara’s memory may be made to the Al-zheimer’s Association, PO Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090, or Down East Hospice, 24 Hospital Lane, Calais, ME 04619. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Home, Calais & Eastport. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.maysfuneralhome.com.

Love Your EnemiesBobby Oliver,

Baring Baptist Church

In Matthew 5:43-44, Jesus says, ““You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your en-emies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you…” If you’re like me, you’re probably thinking, “Wow Jesus! That’s the com-plete opposite of what I want to do! I’d like to give them a good punch in the nose!” But that’s not what we’re supposed to do.

So why does Jesus tell us to love our enemies? I’ll illustrate this with my favorite movie, Ben-Hur (the 1959 version with Charlton Heston as the main character). In the story, Judah Ben-Hur, a God-fearing Jewish man, had a best friend from his childhood who was like a brother to him. His name

was Messala. Messala had left years before in order to make a name for himself in the Roman Army. He came back to Jeru-salem as an officer, and one of the first things he did was meet with his brother, Ben-Hur.

At first, it was a wonderful reunion with smiles, laughter, and pats on the back. But then, Messala asked him to give the names of Jewish zealots who were causing trouble and fighting the Romans. Ben-Hur respectfully refused because he didn’t want to betray his own people, but it infuriated Mes-sala so much that their friend-ship ended.

Later, a mistake happened. Valerius Gratus (the Roman Prefect of Judea province) was riding on horseback into the city with lines upon lines of soldiers, marching. It was an awesome sight, and Messala was part of it, so Ben-Hur, his mother, and sister went on their roof to watch. As the Prefect was passing by, one of the

roof tiles came loose and fell on his head, knocking him off his horse, and killing him. The Roman soldiers immediately stormed Ben-Hur’s household and arrested him, his sister, and his mother. Ben-Hur tried to tell Messala that it was a mistake, but Messala refused to listen. He knew it was a mistake, yet he betrayed his own friend. As Ben-Hur was being sent to the galleys, he shouted, “May God grant me vengeance!”

The rest of the movie is about the hate boiling up inside of Judah Ben-Hur. A Roman officer commanding a fleet of ships with Ben-Hur below the ship rowing (a strenuous task, assigned to convicted criminals and slaves) took a liking to him. One day, he brought Ben-Hur into his room and said, “Your eyes are full of hate…That’s good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.” Later, he was told that his mother and sister had died (they weren’t really dead, but they became lepers, living in a leper colony, so they were as good as dead). This made him hate Messala even more.

Eventually, after a series of events, his hate led him to race in the Roman Colosseum, with Messala and several other ex-

perienced chariot riders. Here, there were no rules. Racers could do anything to their op-ponents, even if it killed them. Messala had spikes on his chariot wheels, and he tried to kill Ben-Hur, but it backfired. He was thrown off his chariot, dragged on the ground, then run over by horses, getting caught in their hooves as they ran. It didn’t kill him right away, so he called for Ben-Hur. As his final act before he died, he told him that his mother and sister were still alive, living in the Valley of lepers.

So Judah Ben-Hur got his revenge, right? Actually, the story doesn’t end there. One of the final scenes in the movie has Jesus, hanging on the cross, saying, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do!” He was praying for the people who had Him cruci-fied!

Judah Ben-Hur learned a les-son about love and forgiveness on that day, and was finally able to forgive his enemy, Massala.

It’s not easy to love and for-give our enemies, but God can give us the strength to do so. Don’t let hate consume you…love your enemies as Christ loves you.

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I wish you a Happy New Year and hope that this is the year your ships come in.

Residents of the St. Croix Valley lucked out again last week as the giant snow storm turned to rain and did not have to be shoveled. I did see several icy driveways, but that, for me anyway, was better than the snow. The wind did rearrange all of my deck furniture and I found both the lawn chair and the garbage barrel

down the stairs.Last night we had another snow

storm. This one was on the slushy side and the deck is a bit slippery, but the sun has melted most of the snow already. I think I could stand a whole winter with weather like this. The experts are calling for a mixed bag of rain, freezing rain, and snow for Tuesday and Wednesday and then we will have some cold weather. It is winter, after all.

I saw Wayne and Anita Johnson in Calais. Anita’s twin, Rita Stewart

of Baring, has been having some medical issues, but Anita was happy to tell me that Rita is feeling better these days. The Stewarts lived on the Ridge for a while.

Nada visited the farm on Friday. She took her cats to the vet for their shots so she brought in a lunch for both of us. Lulu was disappointed she did not get something special, but she survived. This weekend Bruce and Nada White and members of the Rollie Call family gathered in the Bangor area for the wedding of

Linda Call and Walter Kay. Congratulations are being sent out to the happy couple.

Special hellos are going out this week to Dick Carroll, Greta Leighton, who is still in Eastern Maine Medical Center, Jean Kneeland, who had successful surgery last week, Vivian Scott and Vivian Diltz, a summer resident of this area, Ken Carter who has been feeling poorly lately, Judy and Stan Clark, who have had a long spell of poor health and anyone else who needs a lift.

The next story time at the Lincoln Memorial Library in Dennysville will be after school on January 11th. The library will also begin a spy movie series on Friday, January 20th. More de-tails will be available in this column next week. Jim Bergstrom and his brother have donated three bags/boxes of great books to the library. These books will be available as soon as they are processed.

The First Saturday Breakfast at the Dennys-ville-Edmunds Congregational Church will be held this coming Saturday, January 7th from 7 to 9 am. Sunday school is in recess until Janu-ary 15th when the participants will return for an Epiphany celebration.

Perry Congregational Church is welcoming people to contribute funds to have the church exterior lighted in memory of someone they keep close in their hearts. The first “in memory” is dedicated to Doug and Didi Hundley who were enthusiastic members and practical benefactors for many years. Both Hundleys were active choir members and loved their church’s music programs as well as classical music.

A benefit supper is being planned for Sam Seavey and his family and it will be held at the Pembroke Elementary School on January 21st. More information will be available in next week’s column.

The Charlotte Fire Department and Auxiliary annual pot luck was held on New Year’s Day. The members get together to “treat themselves” and look ahead to the projects for the coming year. This group’s fundraising efforts put thousands of dollars into the department and gives great relief to taxpayers.

The meeting/pot luck turned into a retirement party of Ken Carter who has been one of the” movers and shakers” in this group for many years. Ken received a Vinnie Day original portrait of him (Ken) working the station’s radio console. He also received a nice plaque for his services and card and gift from the Meddybemps Fire De-partment that works in tandem with the Charlotte Fire Department.

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When I woke up this morn-ing, the sun was shining and although I had some slushy snow on the deck and ground, it looked like a promising day. The trees were covered with snow and the landscape looked like a “Winter Wonderland” Christmas Card. Today was Week 17 Sunday for the NFL. A few playoff spots still had to be decided so we did have some drama in spite of the fact that the top teams had already been decided. What a great day!

I also had some computer work to do while I watched the NBC and ABC Sunday morn-ing news shows so I grabbed my breakfast and went right to the computer, turned on the television and settled in for the morning. Imagine my surprise when my television said, “Your receiver is not communicating with the satellite.”

I was confused. On side of the winds we had last week, we barely had a storm. Then the television told me that my receiver and the satellite had not communicated in “four hours.” I stewed for a bit and then decided to wait it out. Two hours later, I still had the same message. The television screen finally flashed an emergency number and an error code so I called the number. I could not wait for game time and expect to see any games so I was get-ting a bit more agitated.

I dialed the number and after talking to a few metallic responders, I finally reached Chris. His accent was not bad but I had to ask for a few re-peats of the conversation. We finally got to the tough ques-tions. “Do you have a power inverter?” Chris asked.

“What does it look like?” I asked.

“It looks like a black box,” Chris replied.

I responded, “I have three black boxes and a power strip.”

“Is your power strip con-nected?” Chris inquired.

Now I was thinking I have been reading the television screen messages to him for five minutes so, of course, the power strip is connected. “Yes,” I said.

Chris tried a new way to go. “Do you have a flat black box with a red button?”

“I have a flat black box, but I do not see any red button,” I answered.

“Look it all over and you will find it,” Chris responded. “Re-set the button. Push it and leave it off for about 15 seconds.”

Now I was really upset. How could I reset a button I could not find? I asked Chris,”Where are you located, Chris?”

“We are located offshore,” he told me.

I was not satisfied. “How far off shore are you?” I was really pushing for information.

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Chris replied. “Have you ever been here?

“No,” I replied, “but I think your President said something bad to my President.”

Chris sort of laughed, “We just put up with it here.”

While I was thinking that we sort of “put up with it” here in Maine too, I decided to get back to the problem. “What am I going to do, Chris? This is Week 17 of the NFL and I want to watch the games.”

“I understand that you want to see your favorite programs,” Chris replied. “I could make an appointment for a technician to come to your house.”

“When would the technician get here,” I questioned.

Chris is back to business. “Well, before I tell you that I have to tell you that you would be charged a technician fee and after you paid that you would not have to pay for any repairs for two years. Do you want me to make that appointment?”

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I was thinking that I could call my cousin Kevin and maybe he could help me out. I was looking out the door while I was thinking this over and guess what…my television

started talking and all of my channels came back. Right now I am watching the Patriots outscore the Dolphins. All is not lost. Happy New Year!

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PrincetonSandra Smith

First thing to remember is writing 2017 instead of 2016 and so begin a New Year. Last year was a very busy one in the town with many fun events. Therefore I thought I would do a review of the volunteer activities of our groups/organi-zations. This week features the Friends of Princeton. Friends was started by Bobbi Mather and Sharon Norman in 2011. The purpose was to establish a group to encourage positive activities and help to make improvements to the Town of Princeton. Their motto is “Princeton Proud.” Bobbi in-vited me to join and one of the first projects was a town clean up which resulted in quite a few truck loads of trash and brush.

The Princeton Grange invited all workers back for a cookout provided by Grange Members (unfortunately there was not enough interest to keep the Grange going and it closed in 2015). With the cleanup came the addition of large metal bar-rels on Main Street for trash. These were painted by the 4-H club. The next idea was to get donations for large wooden barrels to be placed on Main Street and filled with flowers. They managed to get 14 barrels and the St. Croix Garden Club donated $75 for flowers and funds raised by Friends paid for the potting soil. The students at the Princeton Elementary School helped plant the flowers which was followed by refresh-ments and a tour at the Bellmard Inn. This activity has continued

and this year the students grew the flowers as well as planting them. There have been numer-ous compliments on how nice the flowers look and how much they have added to the Main Street. To keep the flowers fresh, volunteers have to water the flowers and it is a major task. Friends is always looking for someone to adopt a couple of barrels and make sure they are kept watered. Other past activities included Ice Cream Sundays for Seniors, A Direc-tory of Businesses and Services and a summer festival. The festival was a huge undertaking for the Friends and having lost members became impossible to continue in 2015. However, Friends has continued to help out with activities at the Princ-eton Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market by having bake sales, selling lemonade and has do-nated the funds raised for the Grange, the market, the library fund and Legacy Square. Also, they have continued events such as the Flea Wheeling in July at the Brewer Andrews Field. Each year the event has grown and is very popular.

The Bellmard Tea and Tour in September features special tea sandwiches and cookies, and this year’s theme was to honor our veterans. There is no charge for this event but donations go to different projects. The Treats on Wheels in October was in its second year and had over 20 vehicles and over 100 children participating as well as having a haunted house sponsored by PPRC. The Tree Lighting in December was at our tree in Legacy Square and a good thing the new fire station was avail-able because it was the largest attendance ever. The last event and a new one this year was the Home Decorating Contest. Additionally this year Friends helped out at the Fresh Water Festival, ran the raffle and do-nated all the proceeds to the new Princeton Parks and Recreation Committee; provided pizza for a PPRC kickball game with donations from the D. Ferry memorial Fund. Friends does not meet in the winter because most of their events start in the spring. So their first meeting is usually in April and is the second Thursday of each month

at 6:00 p.m. in the town office. This group has done so much for the town with a limited amount of resources. Members are needed and anyone who joins is welcomed and appreci-ated as a part of this important community-minded organiza-tion. For more information, note that Sharon Norman keeps the Friends of Princeton facebook page.

Upcoming ActivitiesPrinceton Pathfinders - Every

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To send me news, just drop me a note [email protected] or give me a call after 10:00 a.m. at 796-2261. My deadline to submit the col-umn is 4:00 p.m. on Monday, I need any news no later than early Monday morning.

MeddybempsLinda Baniszeski

Let’s begin with Happy New Year birthday wishes to Paulyne Ward on January 5. Happy An-niversary to Ruth and Bill Do-ten, Sr. on January 7th. Prayers and get well wishes are in order for Janet Wooding who is a bit under the weather.

Happy New Year, dear read-ers. It came in like a lion. Oh, right, that’s March .... the lion and lamb thing. Regardless, we had about 4-5” of snow the evening of December 31. It is absolutely beautiful out here on

Reynolds Cove of Meddybe-mps Lake. Scuffy had to reac-quaint herself to the sensation of freezing paw pads from icy and snowy surfaces. We were away for several days, where there wasn’t any snow to speak of on the ground. After six years of being dragged around the coun-try by us from Maine to Texas and back, she’s quite resilient and a little trooper as a traveler. She’s quite proficient at hotel elevator etiquette. She amuses many wherever she goes.

I did manage to stay up un-til midnight on New Year’s

Eve, and “tried” to watch the New Year’s eve show at Times Square. Barry and Scuffy aban-doned me about 8:30. Barry I can understand since he was up from 3:30 a.m. and made a nearly 12 hour drive that day from Pennsylvania. Scuffy I don’t understand at all. She and I slept as Barry drove all day. Back to the New Year’s program. Some of the so-called entertainers and stars were dis-gusting with their dance moves. Not to mention the words to some of the rap songs. Now it’s mainstream. I do not mean to

infer that we need to go back to Guy Lombardo and His Canadi-ans on the Roof Top of the Wal-dorf Astoria. However, what was especially disconcerting is that young kids were there and surely watching on t.v. Most teens shown on the screen knew the lyrics and sang along with some not so innocent songs. I switched to Fox News which was also covering the event. However, they took the camera off the stage from the lewd and risque performances, instead interviewing celebrities and people in the crowd. It was also

disgruntling that the Secretary General of the United Nations hit the switch to drop the Mid-night Ball, instead of an Ameri-can hero. This is still America, I believe; and Times Square is a purely American new years venue. Thankfully, there were no terrorist attacks and law en-forcement did a magnificent job in keeping everyone safe.

It didn’t take more than a few hours for the birds to re-turn to our feeder when we arrived home and put the food out. The suet cages were com-pletely empty and other seeds that weren’t covered in snow were gone. Our usual bird friends like chickadees, jays, woodpeckers and doves are back to their regular frequen-cies throughout the day. Life by the lake is back to its Janu-ary rythym.

The lake ice is quite solid in our cove; but I cannot at-test to the safety or depth of ice in other parts of Meddybe-mps Lake. Be careful and be safe on the ice. This Monday morning, we watched as an ice fisher awgered a hole in the ice and prepared for some fishing. Some of our neighbors set their lines and then return to shore on snowsleds and watch for the tip-up to alert them to a catch. Quite cleverly, they go back out on the lake to get the fish after a warm wait inside the camp.

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