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Let’s all welcome 2021 and put 2020 behind us. Look-ing back, for the last 28 years, Turner Publishing has been promoting and following the good local news in all 20 of our publications representing 122 towns and cities. That translates to more than 200,000 mailboxes.

Our publications have always focused on school sports, current events and good stories from within our communi-ties. Unfortunately, with the lack of youth sports, commu-nity activities and the usual festivals this year, our events were fewer than in the past; nevertheless, communities provided us with good news to share. We all got creative and found other ways to celebrate the special events and festivals. Many of us actually enjoyed taking our shows, auctions and activities online for virtual experiences.

As for businesses, breaking uncharted ground was a daily event. Sifting through ever-changing regulations and piles of paperwork, while figuring out ways to protect our employees and families — both financially and physically — brought on a whole new level of challenges. It has been a grind, but Mainers know how to grind with the best of them.

Turner Publishing was impacted by the many business-es and organizations affected the most by COVID - 19 (the domino effect). We braced ourselves, got creative and managed to promote the essential services and heroes in our state, informing our readers about what they needed to know, sharing the good news, and delivering results to our advertisers. Fearing the unknown, we became cre-ative with getting the good news out to the community and promoting our clients. Our mail company closed its doors in June, and we were faced with those costs dou-bling as we continued to mail more than 200,000 papers.

Finding ways to cut costs and continuing our mailing

on such short notice was like finding yourself in Bastogne, France, during the Battle of the Bulge. Our forefathers did not give up, and neither did we. Again, we got creative and joined other businesses in Maine to create a shared-mail program so we could continue to mail the good news to our readers while providing direct mail marketing to our advertisers.

As a safety net to future unknowns, we offered a free, online digital platform to our readers, began counter-dropping the editions and enhanced our free, daily digital news feeds so no one missed out on the encouraging, pos-itive, happy news from our communities. THANK YOU, readers and advertisers, for supporting these efforts. Our digital platforms grew exponentially and continue to grow. Our communities and advertisers helped us weath-er the 2020 storm by sending us the positive things hap-pening all around us to lift our spirits and keep us strong.

As we approach 2021, yet another bump in the road has occurred, our mail partners are fading. Even so, we will continue to push forward with our free mailings, digi-tal publications and counter-drops at grocery stores and chambers of commerce.

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Please continue to support the businesses advertising with us, and mention where you saw their ad. Businesses continue to support us with their advertisements so we can help your organization grow and get your story into everyone’s mailbox. These avenues are how we keep peo-

ple employed, businesses alive and good news flowing. Over the past several months, I have been able to talk

to many business clients and owners working tirelessly to keep their heads above water, not unlike Turner Publish-ing. Many businesses have not grown in 2020, struggling through these difficult times yet continuing to provide for families, employees and communities.

Although we are exhausted and all of us could complain, the words I hear the most from business owners and their hardworking employees are “Maine Pride.” We are ap-proaching the light at the end of the tunnel. Mainers were built on a strong old-fashioned work ethic infused into our bone marrow. Just when you think you cannot work any harder, you pull it off, and that is something to be proud of.

Our advertisers and our team at Turner Publishing have held together through the bullets of the unknown, and I have to say, as we welcome 2021, that there are no other people I would want to be in the same foxhole hole with on this battlefield.

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A general fundraising campaign is un-derway with a goal of $100,000 to assist with final purchase and some renovations. The WMHS has been very active in recent years, with a growing collection of historic documents, photographs and artifacts re-garding local history. However, Winthrop has never had a permanent building where

the town’s history can be centrally and ad-equately stored, researched and shared with the public.

The vision of WMHS has long been to have a Winthrop history and heritage center in town. Such a place will provide an envi-ronmentally controlled home to adequately and appropriately preserve the town’s his-tory. Through educational displays, exhibits and programs, the center will provide a ven-ue for school trips and monthly speakers as well as bring an exciting welcome addition to the economic development of the town.

With the purchase of the former Key Bank building, WMHS has an opportunity to make the vision come true. The society is relying on the support of individuals and businesses (especially those with fond memories of Winthrop and interest in its history) to make the project a reality.

Incorporated on April 26, 1771, Winthrop was an official town five years before the United States was a nation and 49 years before Maine became a state. The town is blessed with a rich and robust history. In 2021, the town will celebrate its 250th

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Any size contribution is appreciated and will make an impact. Additionally, a match-ing fund grant is available for donations of $5,000 or 10,000 up to a total of $20,000. That provides an opportunity for doubling the value of the contribution.

Donations can be made directly to WMHS, P.O. Box 33, Winthrop ME 04364 or through a GoFundMe page at www.go-fundme.com/fund/WMHS-new-building-campaign.

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Kennebec Savings Bank donates to First Amendment MuseumAUGUSTA — Kennebec Savings Bank recently an-

nounced it will provide a lead capital campaign gift to the First Amendment Museum, a nonpartisan museum under development in Augusta devoted to the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.

Kennebec Savings Bank has long been a major sup-porter of community projects. Banks President and CEO Andrew Silsby announced the $150,000 gift.

“I genuinely believe that the First Amendment Mu-seum will help people of all ages know and understand

their First Amendment rights,” Silsby said. “It will also help our city grow economically and culturally. The museum will draw more tourists to Augusta and will be a community hub that will be a great source of pride for the citizens of central Maine.”

According to a 2019 poll, 29 percent of American adults cannot name any of the five freedoms found in the First Amendment. The First Amendment Museum aims to improve that statistic and seeks to inspire peo-ple, in Maine and beyond, to appreciate and exercise their essential freedoms. It also seeks to play a part in the local community. The museum, at 184 State St., is in the former home of media titan Guy Gannett who once owned the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Jour-nal and Morning Sentinel.

Gannett’s granddaughters, Genie Gannett and Terry Hopkins, cofounded the museum. “We are very thank-ful that Augusta is such a wonderful and supportive community, and we love being part of it,” said Gannett. “Having KSB’s support is a huge endorsement of this project. Our local partners and community are crucial to our institution’s future, and we know the First Amend-ment Museum will be a source of pride for Augusta.”

“The First Amendment protects the core freedoms that enable us to act on our ideas, and to make our so-ciety what we want it to be,” said Christian Cotz, mu-seum CEO. “It is, without a doubt, the cornerstone of our democracy, and a how-to guide for creating ‘a more perfect Union.’”

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Traditionally, movies about Santa Claus offer a happy and family-friendly approach to the mythical Christmas icon. But then there’s a small number of titles, like the controver-sial slasher film “Silent Night Deadly Night” and the Billy Bob Thornton comedy “Bad Santa,” that dare to portray the holidays

in a darker light. Now we have the newest dark com-edy, “Fatman,” also trying to do something different beyond Santa having a bad day. After this film, you’ll never think of St. Nick the same way again, especial-ly when he’s packing heat.

The holiday season has not been kind to Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson) -- his yearly business is fac-ing low income because of the amount of kids being naughty. Despite the over-all support of his wife, Ruth (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), the job has started to take a toll on him and his out-look on the world. Desper-ate for cash to stay afloat, he reluctantly agrees to have the U.S. government use his base of operations to develop technology for the military. Surprisingly,

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Meanwhile, a precarious and psychotic 12-year old boy named Billy (Chance Hurstfield) gets a lump of coal for Christmas and now he wants vengeance. He hires a hitman (Wal-ton Goggins) to try to lo-cate Santa somewhere up north and put a bullet to his head. The trained kill-er actually has a personal vendetta against St. Nick and uses the job to finally get even. After driving for miles while leaving a body count, the hitman finally finds the fat guy for a fi-nal showdown at the big man’s hideout.

With 2020 being a very ugly year, here comes a holiday movie to remind us that even the holidays

are not safe from the hor-rors of reality. From begin-ning to end, every scene is like looking at a cloudy and rainy afternoon not knowing when the sun will ever come out to shine. But for those who think it’s too glum for their liking, the film mixes it up with off-the-wall humor that helps lighten the mood. Written and directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms, these film-making brothers carry a tight balance between dark comedy and holiday drama carefully and amicably.

Despite the advertise-ments to sell the idea of a gun-toting Santa Claus, there’s hardly any vio-lence up until the climax where the bullets do start flying. Up until that point, the movie is a clever anti-Elf before it hit you with

a different shift towards a modern spaghetti west-ern. The final confronta-tion between Chris and the Skinny Man is worthy of Sergio Leone, with the snowy backdrop and qui-etly haunting music that’s surely effective. Also, the ending is surely a big pay-off worth bookending the film.

Gibson is the perfect choice to bring a hard-nosed interpretation of Mr. Claus, who’s full of re-morse and regret but with a little heart. Not only is the “Lethal Weapon” vet still proving himself, it will also have fans feel-ing nostalgic for his glory years in the action genre. Goggins gets to have some fun in the assassin role playing both cold-heart-ed and playfully funny.

Jean-Baptiste also brings some heart into the Mrs. Claus role, while Hurst-field plays a real tyrant of a spoiled brat with a mean streak this side of “Ameri-can Psycho.”

Only the most grown-up Christmas movie fans will find something to like about “Fatman,” as the most darkly-toned holi-day comedy in existence. Love it or hate it, it’s worth watching for how timely and relevant about this season and this past year. On that note, hope you’re having a very mer-ry Christmas and a hopeful New Year.

THE MOVIE’S RAT-ING: R (for bloody vio-lence and language)

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Most of us will be re-lieved to put this year in the rear view mirror, and although it was a forgettable year for a host of reasons, it was a year that nonethe-less still offered 365 days of life for the majority of us. In the realm of the Maine outdoors, it was a mixed bag of bad news, surreal news, confusing news and some unexpectedly positive news, despite the shadow of Covid-19.

Of the bad news, the death rate and injury on our 14,000 miles of snowmo-bile trails in 2020 was al-most record breaking.

During the sledding sea-son, 14 recreational snow sledders lost their lives on Maine’s vast network of

snowmobile trails. Most of the fatalities were attrib-uted to speed, alcohol and inexperience. ATV opera-tors also had too many ac-cidents, and some fatalities also attributable to alcohol and speed. The governor’s ATV task force released its list of recommendations that could help to improve ATV safety down the road.

Although public opin-ion reportedly gives Gov. Janet Mills high marks for her sweeping statewide Co-vid protocols, some policies likely left scars, especially in Maine’s hard-pressed sporting camp industry. It is possible a significant number of these historic “camps” will never fully

recover from the economic setbacks triggered by the pandemic.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wild-life, whose policies and pro-nouncements impact all of us who hunt and fish, was a study in contrasts. Beseech-ing hunters to carry out the viscera of dispatched game animals to protect avians was a most remark-able recommendation that begs the straight face test. Asking those same hunters to eschew lead bullets, and switch to more expensive copper projectiles at the height of an unprecedented ammo shortage also left heads shaking.

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MDIF&W performed well in serving sportsmen. Au-gusta policymakers at MDI&W wisely rejected a series of petitions seeking to ban coyote hunting and trapping, as well as bear hunting as we know it.

Thanks to a dry spring and good nesting condi-tions, grouse and turkey numbers were as robust this season as they have been in years. A record number of whitetail doe permits were issued this fall, as well as an increase in moose permits.

As for the fall deer har-vest, Northwoods Sport-ing Journal columnist Al Raychard writes, “ Hunters during the regular firearms season also did quite well

harvesting 27,500 deer. That figure includes opening day for residents and the four weeks of regular gun season but not youth day. That’s the best November take since at least 2011. The closest total to it was 27,245 in 2018.” Raychard believes once the numbers are all tallied the 2020 deer-season harvest will exceed 30,000.

Finally, the silver lin-ing in the 2020 Shadow of Covid is this: Statistics and anecdotal reports indicate this year found more and more people getting into the outdoors and participating in all forms of outdoor rec-reation — hunting, fishing, boating and camping.

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compromise Maine’s ex-ceptional hunting and fish-ing opportunities. Looking ahead, 2021 has the poten-tial to be a better year than the year just past for out-door folks. Bring it on!

The author is editor of the “Northwoods Sport-ing Journal.” He is also a Maine guide and host of a weekly radio program — “Maine Outdoors” — heard Sundays at 7 p.m. on “The Voice of Maine News - Talk Network.” He has authored three books; on-line purchase information is available at www.main-eoutdoorpublications.com. or at www.sportingjournal.com. Contact [email protected].

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Lead is a natural com-ponent of the earth’s crust. However, people have spread lead throughout our environment by burning fos-sil fuels, mining, and manu-facturing. Two common sources of lead in our envi-ronment were paint and gas-oline; lead has been banned from both of them.

The following are sources of lead exposure:

WATER — Plumbing can contain lead, which you can-not see, smell or taste. You can have the water tested.

PAINT — The federal government banned lead-based paint from housing in 1978. Many homes built before 1978 have lead-based paint both inside and out-

side. This kind of paint can also be found on old toys and furniture. Small chil-dren can be exposed by eat-ing lead-based paint chips or chewing on objects painted with lead-based paint.

SOIL — Lead from ex-terior paint, old leaded gas or other sources can be ab-sorbed by soil that you can track into your home.

DUST — Household dust can contain lead from old paint or soil brought inside.

CONTAINERS — Food or liquids stored in lead crys-tal or lead-glazed pottery can become contaminated be-cause lead can leach in from these containers.

HOBBIES — Refinishing furniture, pottery and mak-

ing stained glass artifacts are hobbies that use lead.

FOLK REMEDIES —There are potions that con-tain lead such as greta (lead oxide) and azarcon (lead te-troxide) that have been used to treat intestinal problems.

CANNED FOOD — In 1995, the United States banned the use of lead sol-der for sealing food cans, but some foods still are imported from other countries where lead solder may be used.

COSMETICS — Kohl, a mixture used in eye makeup, frequently has high levels of lead.

Here are some steps you can take to prevent exposure to lead:

• Clean up paint chips im-

mediately.• Clean floors, window

frames, window sills, and other surfaces weekly.

• Wash hands often.• Clean or remove shoes

before entering your home to avoid tracking in lead from soil.

• Repair damaged painted surfaces.

• Plant grass to cover soil with high lead levels.

To remove lead hazards permanently, you must hire a certified lead-abatement contractor. Contact the U.S. Department of Environmen-tal Protection Agency to lo-cate certified contractors in your area. For more infor-mation visit www.epa.gov/lead.

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Many changes are to be expected as fall gives way to winter. Temperatures drop for much of the country, and depending on where one lives, snow, wind and ice are to be expected.

As beautiful as snow-covered landscapes can be, win-ter presents unique hazards, notably slippery roads and surfaces. Chilly temperatures also can put people at risk if they spend prolonged periods outdoors unprotected.

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Whether you are watch-ing your weight or look-ing to enhance your health, cabbage is a great healthy food. Green cabbage and purple cabbage are both low in calories and high in fiber, with 4 grams per serv-ing. Both are loaded with vitamins and nutrients.

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It was supposed to happen when she was around three, but doctors warned her par-ents she may not live that long. As it turns out, she did fine and didn’t need surgery until she was 12. That hap-pened on Dec. 11, 1990, a day she and her family will never forget. It was also then that she decided she would work in healthcare someday.

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“It’s an amazing camp,” she said, “because they real-ize they’re not the only kid with heart disease. A child that age tends to be the only one in their school. So, they meet other kids and see that they can keep up and do things like the climbing wall or just about anything that’s a normal kid camp activ-ity. There are doctors and nurses at the camp so it’s a controlled atmosphere. I had the blessing to be able to go help a few years ago before my son was born. When my party fell through, I thought that if I could help send kids to camp it would be an amaz-ing way to give back. I was able to help fundraise for the

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That evening, Mindy re-ceived an unexpected gift from her sister Michelle, who tracked down Dr. Sol Rock-enmacher, her cardiologist from when she was eight into her early 20s; they connected on a Zoom call. “It was re-ally just amazing,” she said. “There is a bond between a congenital heart patient and their cardiologist, and that is what made it so special. To be able to express gratitude years later, I can’t even tell you. And I didn’t know how he was doing. It was great.”

Even though it couldn’t be in person, Mindy ended her day surrounded by friends. On Facebook, she posted: “What a great way to end an amazing day! Cheers to 30 years and all the friends I have made along the way!”

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Talking about the sweet-ness of life, on May 30, 2012, Mindy and her husband John welcomed their son Kyler into the world. She always thought she would never be able to have children. “He’s now a healthy 8-year-old in the third grade,” said Mindy, “and we’re just trying to navigate through the pan-demic and school and being virtual and all that good stuff like many other families. We definitely are in our little bubble and try to stay there because I’m at high risk, but it’s one day at a time. I feel great. I get up every morn-ing and I exercise, which has been a huge key to keeping my heart healthy. And I stop and I count my blessings”.

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The Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions ap-proved KFS’s application to convert to a Maine mu-tual financial institution for purposes of facilitating the merger. In addition, they approved Kennebec

Savings Bank’s applica-tion to merge with KFS. The Federal Deposit Insur-ance Corp. also approved Kennebec Savings Bank’s application to merge with KFS. The conversion and merger are scheduled to occur simultaneously.

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timeframe.” “We are pleased that the

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FAIRFIELD — The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments recently announced two new hires.Charles Tetelman has joined KVCOG as commu-nity planner. He helps re-gional and municipal plan-ning efforts regarding land use, comprehensive plan-ning, ordinance develop-ment and GIS management and analysis.

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Jeff Sneddon joined KV-COG as community and economic development specialist, responsible for providing analytical, ad-ministrative, and special-

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planning through imple-mentation.

“It is encouraging to see the stability and innova-tive ways of the Kennebec Valley region to endure economic challenges par-ticularly in today’s envi-ronment,” Sneddon said. “I look forward to helping mu-nicipalities and the business community in continuing the momentum in improv-ing the region’s economic vitality and resilience.” Charles Tetelman Jeff Sneddon

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GREENE — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends has had to forego its annual Christmas bake sale, its biggest fundraiser, be-cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the cats that the organization helps still need the care and support it offers.

“I’ve been doing this for over 42 years and without a doubt its been the hard-est time in my rescuing,” said Norm Blais, cofound-

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Tommy’s didn’t re-ceive a stimulus check or CARES Act funding, and that mean more hardship for all Tommy’s feral kit-ties. Tommy’s welcomes financial support, as well as gift cards from Paris Farm Supply, PetSmart, Hannaford, PetCo, Wal-

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HAMILTON, N.Y. — Jared Cockrell, of Readfield, Maine, has earned the spring 2020 Dean’s Award for Aca-demic Excellence at Colgate University.

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HALLOWELL — Hal-lowell’s Gaslight Theater is planning an outdoor Val-entine-themed poetry event on Valentine Day weekend in up to six locations down-town.

“Prose, Roses, and Woes; Tour of Love,”, a walking tour featuring live poetry readings, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 13, and Sun-day, Feb. 14. Small audience groups will be revolved among all the venues, while adhering to social distanc-ing and masking protocols.

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may:1. Submit a poem dealing

with any aspect of the theme of love: true love, new love, old love or even lost love. It should be the submitter’s original work. Organizers are not looking for an epic work, but an original poem that can be read by an ac-tor or the poet. The selec-tion committee will choose which submitted poems will be used in the event. Poems can be submitted by email to [email protected]. Put “My Poem” in the subject line.

2. Audition to read poems. Readers and audience at each outdoor venue will be socially distanced and there will not be microphones, so a good strong voice and the ability to project is required.

Submit a video of yourself reading a poem, or audition via Zoom by appointment. Send an email to [email protected] and put “Audition” in the subject line. Include ex-perience in public reading of poetry and prose, if any. Poems that can be used for

auditions will be posted on www.gaslighttheater.org

3. Save the date! Reserve a spot and enjoy the read-ings. Reservations will be required to ensure. Tickets are free, but donations will be accepted. Reservations will be for specific time slots and will be available

mid to late January at www.gaslighttheater.org

Founded in 1937 as the Augusta Players, and now doing performing at Gas-light Theater, the Gaslight Players are the oldest con-tinuously operating commu-nity theater in Maine. Pro-ductions have taken place at

the theater in Hallowell City Hall since the late 1970s. The regular schedule is four shows a year, usually in late winter, early summer, late summer and the fall, featur-ing a balance among musi-cals, mysteries, comedies, classics and new or experi-mental plays.

Submitted photosJuli Brooks as Margaret and Tom Dix as Richard Hannay in Gaslight Theater’s 2012 production of “The 39 Steps.”

Anna Doyle as Madge Owens and Jordan Lorenz as Hal in Gaslight Theater’s 2013 production of “Picnic.”

Rachel Linton and Lee Kerr in Gaslight Theater’s 2001 production of “The Last Cigarette.”

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WINTHROP — The Kennebec Land Trust is seeking summer interns to work on trail maintenance and construction, land conservation projects, invasive plant control, educa-tional programming and general office work such as writing press releases and sending out mailings for the 2021 season.

Those who are interested should be willing to learn basic plant identification skills, be able to perform physically demanding field work, be comfortable multi-tasking in the of-fice and have an interest in land conservation.

KLT also provides opportunities for interns to conduct independent research focused on conservation and resource management, wildlife and plant ecology, land use history or other relevant topics. In 2021, the trust is specifically looking for students to conduct research focused on:

• Land trust policies regarding siting of solar panels, wind turbines, hydropower fa-cilities and other renewables – a national perspective based on specific land trust projects;

• Best practices for developing and managing multi-use trails;

• Socially responsible investing - best practices in the non-profit sector.

The trust also welcomes other project proposals. Students’ studies have the potential to enhance KLT’s educational offerings, and to inform property management plans and our Strategic Conservation Plan. KLT will help students frame research questions and identify properties on which to conduct research.

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By Barbara McAllisterWord of the Day: Psithurism

The approach of fall is a magical time to watch leaves change color before they even-tually float to the ground. On a breezy day, you might hear the leaves rustle musically as they sway gently in the wind. That sound of those rustling leaves is called “psithu-rism” (pronounced SITH-err-iz-um. The P is silent). It’s a Greek word that means “whispering.” Henry Wadsworth Long-fellow captured the magic of psithurism in his poem “A Day of Sunshine”: “I hear the wind among the trees, Playing celestial symphonies.”

It’s a lovely word we should use more often. The English language has devel-oped terms to describe natural phenomena inspired by our connection to the natural

world around us. There’s a word to describe the distinctive, earthy smell outdoors right after a rain: petrichor, also with Greek roots. Moonglade is a beautiful word that refers to the track of moonlight shining on water. It creates a moonwake, the phenomenon of the moon’s reflection that appears to follow one’s movement along the shore. Apricity is the warmth of the sun in winter, from the Latin apricus, sunny. To apricate is to bask in the sun. Cats especially love to apricate.

Frondescence refers to the gentle unfurl-ing of leaves observed in trees and plants. The Japanese have the word yugen to de-scribe a deep awareness of the indescribable wonder of the universe when the beauty and mystery of nature stir profound emotions too deep to convey with mere words.

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AUGUSTA — The Ken-nebec-Lincoln Soil & Wa-ter Conservation District, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conser-vation Service field office in Augusta, will host a vir-tual meeting of the Kenne-bec-Lincoln Local Working

Group in January.Taking into account lo-

cal resource concerns, the group makes recommen-dations to NRCS on how to spend fiscal year 2021 USDA Farm Bill money for conservation practices on private land. This year’s

meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednes-day, Jan. 13, on Zoom.

The meetings are of in-terest to agricultural pro-ducers, foresters, loggers and private woodland owners; members of envi-ronmental or watershed or-

ganizations or land trusts; those knowledgeable in soil, water, plant, wetland or wildlife sciences; or are familiar with agricultural and natural resource con-cerns. The meeting will help identify and prioritize local conservation con-

cerns and recommend how local money for USDA Environmental Quality In-centive Programs will be distributed by NRCS to al-leviate problems.

To attend the meeting, Dale Finseth at 207-621-9000, dfinseth@kcswcd.

org. comments may also be sent by those who can’t at-tend.

There will also be a Knox-Waldo county meet-ing Tuesday, Jan. 12. For in-formation on the meetings, visit www.knox-lincoln.org.local-working-group.

Kennebec-Lincoln SWCD meeting will discuss conservation money allocation

POTSDAM, N.Y. — Cameron M Palmer of Win-throp, Maine, was named a presidential scholar for the fall 2020 semester at Clark-son University.

Palmer is a sophomore

majoring in computer engi-neering.

Presidential scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point average and carry at least 14 credit hours.

Winthrop student named Clarkson presidential scholar

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Molly Searway, of Read-field, Maine, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester at the University of Ver-mont.

Searway, a member of the Class of 2021, is in the

UVM College of Agricul-ture and Life Sciences.

To be named to the dean’s list, students must have a grade-point aver-age of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their re-spective college or school.

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AUGUSTA — Area Scouts have been busy help-ing feed the hungry and hon-oring veterans.

Scouts from Jackman to Camden took part in the Scouting for Food Drive, which collected hundreds of pounds of food to help fill shelves in local food pan-tries. Pittsfield Troop 428 hosted a Senior Dinner to

Go program on Dec. 9 at the Sebasticook Valley Elks, serving up hot dogs, baked beans, corn and cornbread in COVID-compliant meals to go kits.

Scouts from Winthrop, Augusta and West Gardiner placed wreaths on the graves of those who have served in the armed forces. This was as part of the nationwide

Wreaths Across America Day Dec. 19. Some Scouts helped place wreaths at the cemeteries at the VA Healt-care Systems cemetery at To-gus, others helped at the vet-erans cemeteries in Augusta and at the veterans’ burial spots in West Gardiner.

In all, Scouts helped honor hundreds of veterans this holiday season.

Submitted photosScouts from West Gardiner Troop 613 take part in Wreaths Across American Dec. 19 .

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