The Art of Preservation

VOLUME 12, ISSUE 47 PO Box 75, North Waterboro, ME 04061 • 247-0273 • [email protected] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2014 Dayton FREE www.waterbororeporter.com LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED The art of preservation Dayton man a talented taxidermist BY SHELLEY BURBANK taxidermist, someone like Paul [email protected] Reynolds of Wild Wings Taxider- my in Dayton, who says the work Taxidermy displays. You’ve is both a craft and an art. gazed at them while visiting “It is an art, and there is a natural history museums, when technical side. You have to study shopping at sporting goods stores anatomy and have a little bit of such as Cabela’s and L.L. Bean, artistic flair,” Reynolds said while or even while touring a university discussing the wide variety of or college’s biology department. specimens displayed in his shop You may have seen deer heads on Goodwins Mills Road. The an- and antlers, or maybe an entire imals really aren’t stuffed, he ex- fish, mounted and hung on a hunt- plained. It’s much more involved ing or fishing enthusiast’s living than that. Becoming a master room wall. You’ve probably even taxidermist is a lifetime learning come across a bear skin rug or experience. two in the pages of home decorat- Reynolds started learning ing magazines. taxidermy at age 7 and has been Whether preserved and dis- practicing for over 35 years. “My played for educational, decora- father was an outdoorsman. He tive, competition, or memorial was a seventh-generation em- Taxidermist Paul Reynolds recreated this wild boar, making the animal lifelike by paying special attention to purposes, these lifelike animal ployee of Remington,” Reynolds the expression in the eyes. PHOTO BY SHELLEY BURBANK creations are the work of a skilled (Continued on page 8) Visionaries leading shelter in to future BY ANN FISHER field of human services, Dawber [email protected] has worked and lived mainly in Massachusetts, moving to the The shared vision of two men Maine seacoast in 2000. has transitioned into strong new Dawber succeeded Don Gean, leadership at York County Shelter who “retired” amidst much fan- Ice is nice Programs. fare in March after first founding, Now on the job for just over then leading the shelter program Work begins on Carle’s Corner Skating Rink six months, Bob Dawber is at the for three decades. Gean now helm of the shelter’s wide-rang- splits his time between Maine and BY BRIGIT MCCALLUM a skating rink for the community. to become the rink. Foglio and ing reach, which includes the Florida, but remains very much [email protected] Later that day, at Lakeside, Bi- Benton moved the tall piles of county’s largest food pantry and involved in operations at the shel- nette said, “I’m scared and excit- loam back into the field around one of the only homeless shelters, ter, not only as an independent Anyone who passed the Tay- ed at the same time by the size of the rink area, to level it out for a farm in Newfield, a family wel- consultant, but as Dawber’s close lor House in Waterboro Center this project!” planting grass. This phase was coming center in Sanford and an friend and sounding board. and saw a tractor making its By Thursday, Foglio, in his completed last Sunday, just in addiction treatment program in Dawber, who has a master’s way around an area of the field large bulldozer, was digging out time for Monday’s rain. Portland. degree in education with a focus behind it may have wondered all of the loam on that part of the A small area outside the cor- In all on any given night, shel- on management, was raised in what was afoot. Sandi Binette, field and creating a huge pile on ner of the rink near Old Alfred ter programs house about 400 Boston, and his roots are evident in Waterboro resident and owner the side near the fire station. Last Road and toward the Taylor people. the Beantown sports memorabilia Saturday drivers of five trucks House was left as leveled grav- of Lakeside Market, was driving During his 35 years in the (Continued on page 4) her own tractor, and dragging were making trips to deliver gravel. On this site a small building Doug Foglio’s wide rototiller to el to fill the bottom of the area that will sit, as a warming shed for “grind” up the surface of a 64-by varied from 12 to 24 inches deep skaters. It will be located next to 104-foot area that is to become because the field is not level. Af- the rink to store rink items and ter firmly rolling the gravel, loads have hot chocolate available. It of stone dust were trucked in. Fo- will be a replica of the historic glio and Dave Benton, driving a Leavitt Store that operated from smaller dozer, spent hours mov- the mid-to-late-1800s across ing all that material to cover the from the Taylor House. rink area and, when it was fair- Binette said, “I have solicit- ly level Binette, driving a large ed many community members compactor, drove laps back and and businesses to make this vi- forth, packing down the material sion come together at the Taylor House Field.” According to Bi- Above, Sandi Binette rolling the nette, the historical society has rink area flat and level with a a 99-year lease on the property, compactor while Dave Benton and members voted unanimous- smooths the loam around the rink. ly to allow the rink to be put in Left, Benton and Binette survey place. their work. Bob Dawber, the new director of York County Shelter Programs, with PHOTOS BY BRIGIT MCCALLUM (Continued on page 6) Development Director Megan Gendron. PHOTO BY ANN FISHER PAGE 2 Friday, November 28, 2014 REPORTER A coach’s outline for success I was 16 and thought junior year and, in my pushing the athletes beyond what I was going to die. It senior year, went unde- they thought they could do, and was a hot August eve- TAKE feated for the first time spending individual time with each ning around 8 p.m. and in 50 years. athlete to help them develop per- my legs didn’t feel like FIVE What happened? sonal goals and see their role as a they could hold me up by Was my class that tal- team player. 6. A good coach must any more. Every part ented? Was the class Jon Gale know the game well and especially of my body hurt much before mine almost be able to break it down into easily much more than it did as talented? No. My teachable parts. 7. A good coach at 6:30 that morning, brother’s class (my must instill respect for the game Rebecca Loebe, left, and Jenn Grinels rocked Dragonfly Meadow Farm when I gingerly rocked myself out freshman year) had team members and its rules. in a house concert Friday, Nov. 14. PHOTO BY SHELLEY BURBANK of bed, before the next two sessions that were every bit as fast, athletic, If you watch a football prac- and eight hours of practice. And and big as my class. The success tice in August, look for whether all Coach Stone was yelling at us, that was due to the new coach. students are continuously involved we were “dogging it” and needed to How was Coach Stone different - no down time for anyone. Then The house was a-rockin’ go to the “hill.” Groans all around. from his predecessor? Both coach- listen for more shouts of encour- The “hill” meant that I had to carry es were among the last in New En- agement than yells to berate. These in Limerick the other 200-pound tackle up and gland to run a single wing offense. two notations will provide a pretty down the hill on my back and then They both featured six players on good indication whether a team is Y HELLEY URBANK in April 2011. Her cover of “Come B S B swap with him for my ride, and the defensive line. That’s where the headed to win more than lose. [email protected] As You Are” by Nirvana impressed do that round trip every time the similarity ended. Fulfilling all these roles truly both Christina Aguilera and Adam coach blew the whistle. Then, after In the past 40 years, I have requires an unusual person. It re- Who says you have to drive in Levine who invited her to work the “hill”, back to the wind sprints, watched many high school prac- quires a huge amount of time spent to Portland to hear some good, live with them. She started things off in which we allegedly under -per- tices. My oldest son and grand- in planning, teaching assistant music on a Friday night? Friday night with a selection of formed in the first place. son both played four years of high coaches the philosophy of leader- This past weekend, two highly songs from her recent album, “Re- That night, after a quart of milk school football. I could watch a ship, and the routines that they will regarded indie rock/folk singers becca Loebe Live.” Playing on her and five minutes of whining to half hour of practice in August and be instilling in the players. And it zipped up to Limerick in between dad’s old acoustic guitar, Loebe my mother about how hard on us feel quite secure in predicting the requires the time to know each ath- shows in Boston and Connecticut charmed the audience with her Coach Stone was, she stopped me team’s future success.

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