THE WAYNE MESSENGER PUBLISHED BY THE WAYNE COMMUNITY CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST Volume 97 No. 8 August 1, 2019 Dear Community of Wayne, WAYNE COMMUNITY haven’t met yet, I look forward to it as we settle CHURCH “I give you a new commandment, that you into life in Wayne. P.O. Box 300 love one another. Just as I have loved you, you Something many folks do not know is that Wayne, ME 04284 also should love one another. By this everyone when a United Methodist pastor is appointed (207) 685-3505 will know that you are my disciples, if you by the Bishop to serve a church, she is also have love for one another.” John 13: 34-35 appointed to serve the community that Hannah Faulkner, Admin. I begin with a huge “thank you” to all our new surrounds that church family. I am here to (207) 685-3505 serve all of you: to listen, to support, and to neighbors and friends who have welcomed [email protected] love you in whatever ways I can. It is my hope Dan and me so openly into your town. While that, together, we will transform lives and bring Office Hours: the men were unloading our belongings from hope, healing, and acceptance to a world Usually Tuesday - Thursday the moving truck, a neighbor brought us some divided. This is 11am - 3pm or by appt. homemade canned goods to get our pantry my prayer. started; folks from the church left us goodies May it become Rev. Angela Rotherham in the fridge, a basket of fruit and flowers to our prayer. brighten up the parsonage; I got our library [email protected] Blessings, (207) 685-3505 card and met the post-mistress our first week here; and savored lunch a few times at the Pastor Angela WORSHIP SERVICE General Store. Most recently, I got the chance Sunday at 9:30am to meet many of you and our summer residents at the church live & silent auctions Childcare is available year round as well as the Strawberry Festival. If we Pastor Angela and Dan Rotherham and the Church is wheelchair accessible. WAYNE COMMUNITY CHURCH ANNUAL LIVE AUCTION/CELEBRATION Sunday School for preschool and grades K-8 meets during Going, Going, Sold! worship, at 9:30am throughout The Wayne Church Auction was a huge success again this year. Beginning with an entertaining the school year. evening at the Androscoggin Yacht Club on July 5, featuring a live auction and our local auctioneer David Stevenson and entertainer Mike Ladd along with delicious refreshments. If you are unable to make Following the live auction on Friday night, the silent auction in fellowship hall at the church Sunday Service, Sermon offered bidders over 300 gift cards, services and items that Sue and Mike Faulkner and others podcasts are available at http:// on the committee gathered for our sale. Bidders were treated to pizza and drinks and the music wayneumc.buzzsprout.com/ of Stan Davis when they picked up their items on Sunday July 7. (there is also a link on the Thanks to everyone who helped and supported the auction. We have yet to quite make our Worship page of the website- goal but we are still working at it. Thanks for those who shopped and helped us raise much www.wayneumc.com) needed money to support the efforts of the Wayne Community Church. This is our one large fundraiser and we appreciate the support! Next year our Silent Auction will take place on July Choir Rehearsals 10-11, with pick up on Sunday July 12. Thursdays at 6:30-8:00 p.m.
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THE WAYNE MESSENGER 8/4 5 p.m. Mitch Thomas & Jeff 9/7 Bob Stephenson Memorial Service at 10 Gina Lamarche, Editor Munson lead Vespers service at Jesse Lee a.m., with Reception in Fellowship Hall [email protected] Meeting House. following the service.
News for the September 8/11 Special Music at 9:30 The Stephenson family invites you to a service of remembrance for Bob Stephenson on Messenger is due by 5 pm a.m.service: Janika and Kai Pakulski, Saturday, September 7, 10AM, at Wayne August 15 at vocal. At 5 p.m. John Twitchell, Michele Johnson, Rick Smith & the McAdam family Community Church. 22 Old Winthrop Road. [email protected]. Wayne. There will be a reception present “Praise Songs and Worship” in Vespers service at Jesse Lee Meeting House. afterwards in Fellowship Hall. Burial will be at If you’d like to receive the the Evergreen Cemetery at 1PM. Messenger via email, send 8/18 Special Music at 9:30 a.m. your email address to service: Paul Bright, guitar/vocal. At 5 p.m. Please visit the church website where you will find updated church information, [email protected]. Paul Bright and Christina Rao, Wayne UMC calendar, duty schedule, current and past present “Praise and Singing” in Vespers www.wayneumc.com service at Jesse Lee Meeting House, East issues of The Wayne Messenger, as well as Readfield. a link to listen to sermons. Go to: www.wayneumc.com 8/25 Special Music at 9:30 a.m. service, Judy Mank, flute.
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SUMMER MUSIC AT WAYNE CC Passing of William Chellis Join us at 9:30 Sunday mornings for this William Chellis of Wayne, born on August 14, 1946, died Monday, July 15 at 9 a.m. wonderful series of special summer music at of complications from an infection. A memorial service will be held later in the the Wayne Community Church! summer on a date to be determined. Two of his three cats will go to the PALS Aug 11 - Janika and Kai Pakulski, vocal Animal Shelter. Donations in memory of Mr. Chellis may be made to the Cary Memorial Library, P. O. Box 127, Wayne, Maine 04284 or to the PALS Animal Aug 18 -Paul Bright, guitar/vocal Shelter, 188 Case Road, Winthrop, Maine 04364. If you have questions, please Aug 25 - Judy Mank, flute phone 713-7083.
A donation was made to the Wayne church auction in memory of Dot and Tunis Egbert, North Wayne summer residents for years. It is Lenox china eternity cream colored with gold trim--service for 8 and many serving pieces. If anyone would like to purchase this set, please email [email protected]. Price is negotiable-- proceeds to the Wayne Community Church. Thank you. Sue Faulkner
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
1- Cleon Cook 12- Rodney Herman 1- Ida Hall 19--Mike Kaberle 1- Pamela Hedden 13- Alison Lincoln-Rich 1- Linda McKee 19--David Pearson 1- Peter Libbey 14- Barbara Penrod 3- Dale Hinds 19--Gisela Tatem 4- Fi Way (86) 14- Barb Rothe 20—Adam Harkins 4- Jan Baker 15- Pauline Chase 4- Paul Householder 20--Joan Richardson 4- Duncan Lovejoy 16- Mike Brenner 5--Eric Lovejoy 22--Betsy Bowen 5- Chuck Jackson 20- Noel Pelliccia 5--Nell Dalheim 23--Mary Alice Cook 6- Kaylinda Libbey 20- Gunnar Higgins 6--Tom Isaacson 7- Nancy Teachout 21- Peter Drown 7—Dr. Liz Crandall (96) 23--Steve Lincoln 9- Helen Murray 21- Carol Hurley 7--Joe Stevenson 24—Steve Sullivan 9- Dan Dorson 23- Sue Faulkner 8--Monica Harkins 25--Larry Stewart 9- Linda Kindig 26- Veronica Clauss 9 Andrew Barnes 25—Sarah Morrill 9- Joan Peterson 28- David Stevenson 10--Barbara J. Lane 27--Robert Fyler 10- Sonny Farnham 29- Jane Giglio 10—Sarah Pottle 28--Corby Burns 10- Pamela Abzan 30- Phyllis Gailey 11--Josh Reynolds 28—Jim Breazeale 11- Stephanie Cook Borges 30- Susan Burleigh 12—Chet Coulombe 28--Cathy Cook 11- Elaine Briggs 31- Bob Phillips 13--Pete Peterson 29--Nancy Martin 12- Emily Woodbury 31- Mike Ladd 15--Lee Goucher
AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES SEPTEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 3- Lance & Ellen Gurney (34 years) 2--William & Andrea Haigney (29 years) 3- Peter & Debbie Emery (45 years) 2--Ken & Brenda Gould (42 years) 5- Michael & Jenny Bennett (13 years) 3--Tom Isaacson/Emily Woodbury (15 years) 8- Jay & Tammy Lindsey (32 years) 4—John & Donna DeBlois (9 years) 11- Alice & Stephen Lincoln (57 years) 5--Ron & Beth Milliken (38 years) 5--Robert & Linda Fyler (32 years) 11- Dick & Joanne O’Connor (52 years) 5—Mike & Kerrie Brenner (16 years) 12- Eric & Dawna Gardner (13 years) 7—Jonathan and Gina Lamarche (17 years) 14- Chris & Kim McKee (20 years) 9--Jeff & Robin Mullen (30 years) 15- Scott & Gisela Tatem (65 years) 10--George & Elsie Dragonetti (64 years) 17- Tom & Tina Barden (28 years) 10--Mike French & Tori Jackson (14 years) 19- John & Phyllis Gailey 11--David and Ellen Randall (37 years) 22- Tom & Jan Cook (48 years) 17--Randy & Tanya Evans (36 years) 23- Bill & Marilee Jennings (23 years) 19--Adam & Monica Harkins (9 years) 23- Bob & Carole Fylstra (22 years) 20--Sam & Kate Saunders (11 years) 25- Herb & Jan Baker (63 years) 21--Mary Sheridan & Matt Crane (15 years) 26- John & Elaine Christopher (29 years) 23--Carroll & Gerry Paradis (30 years) 28- Rich & Barb Rothe (31 years) 23—Sid and Christina Rao (30 years) 28- Jon & Alice Olson (42 years) 26--Greg & Amy Black (32 years) 26--Andrew & Rachel McPhedran (10 years) 28- Nate & Kristin Murray-James (20 years) 29- Donald & Susan Welsh (49 years)
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DUTY SCHEDULE If you need to change your duty, please arrange a swap and leave a message at the church office, 685-3505, as soon as possible by 11 a.m. Wed. The Worship Committee now oversees the schedule. If you need help, call Holly at 685-9005.
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DUTY SCHEDULE ~ ALL WELCOME--For anyone with an interest in serving in any of the capacities listed below, please contact the Worship Committee or Holly Stevenson, 685-9005, [email protected]. We welcome your involvement in the life of our church. 8/4/19---Holy Communion--Ushers: Taylor Stevenson and Mike Ladd Greeter: Alice Robinson. Acolyte: Julieta Peralta. Worship Leader and Liturgist: Kathryn Soderberg: Welcomer: Sue Faulkner. Flowers: Gloria Foss. Nursery Attendant: Holly Stevenson. 8/11/19—-Ushers: Mike and Sue Faulkner. Greeter: Debbie Craig. Worship Leader and Liturgist: Margot Gyorgy. Welcomer: Jim Van Cott. Flowers: Barb Rothe. Nursery Attendant: Sue Spalding. 8/18/19--Ushers: Ken Foss and Mark Bachelder. Greeter: Dot Jackson. Acolyte: Adney Boothby. Worship Leader and Liturgist: Wendy Allen. Welcomer: Margaret Lane. Flowers: Elsie Dragonetti. Nursery Attendant: Denise Boothby. 8/25/19--- Ushers: Peter Ault and Paul Bright. Greeter: Florence Rollins. Acolyte: Julieta Peralta. Worship Leader and Liturgist: Doug Stevenson. Welcomer: Elsie Dragonetti. Flowers: Nan Lincoln. Nursery Attendant: Amanda Peralta.. 9/1/19 –Ushers: Jim Breazeale and Taylor Stevenson. Greeter: Elsie Dragonetti. Acolyte: Carolina Bachelder. Worship Leader and Liturgist: Lloyd Irland. Welcomer: Holly Stevenson. Flowers: Jane Giglio. Nursery Attendant: Carolina Bachelder.
TOWN OF WAYNE NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
TOWN NEWS – AUGUST 2019 Söderberg Insurance Services, Inc. This month the Selectboard will be meeting on August 6 and August 20 at 6:30 PM at the Wayne Town Office. This month the Planning Board will be meeting on Wednesday, August 7th at 7:00 PM at the Wayne Town Office. The Town’s Assessor Agent Rob Duplisea from RJD Appraisal will be available by appointment on Monday, August 26, 2019 to answer any questions you might have about your assessment or tax bill. Please contact the Town Office to schedule an appointment. In observation of Labor Day, Monday, September 2, 2019, the Town Office will be closed. It will re-open on Tuesday September 3, 2019, during our regularly scheduled hours. Your 2019 property taxes were committed in July and tax bills will be mailed at the end of August. Property taxes are due on Frances R. Söderberg Scholarship Tuesday, October 1st, 2019. Several years ago, the Town adopted a Consumer Fireworks LYNNFIELD, MA- Soderberg Insurance Services, Inc. is ban. Please respect this ban for everyone’s safety and peaceful offering an educational scholarship dedicated in memory of enjoyment of town. The Town will enforce this ban. the agency's co-founder Frances Soderberg. Frances was an active member of the North Shore community for over 50 Please be courteous of your neighbors and drive responsibly. years. The Town has contracted with Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office for rural patrol this summer. Police will take notice. Her youngest daughter Karen was born with Down’s Syndrome. Mrs. Soderberg was instrumental in the The Town has adopted a non-smoking policy for all Town integration of recreational and educational programs for properties. Please be considerate of others. children and young adults who are mentally disabled. The Town has hired a new Code Enforcement Officer & Local Plumbing Inspector, his name is Paul The Frances R. Soderberg Memorial Scholarship will be Mitnik, he can be reached at (207) 313-2648. His office hours awarded to an individual who shares her same passion to are Thursday and Friday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Town help those with special needs. Any current college student, Office. or college bound student who shares her commitment for education of individuals with disabilities and improving their The Town has hired a new Animal Control Officer (ACO), her overall quality of life is invited to apply. name is Anna Carll, she can be reached at (207) 622-6404. Taylor Stevenson will continue on to be our back-up ACO. This resident must be a student pursuing a degree or other The Town of Wayne has an Animal Control Ordinance that higher education/vocational career that will help those with states no domesticated animal, licensed or unlicensed, shall be disabilities. The selection committee would also like to see permitted on Town property (highways, sidewalks, Ladd evidence of the student’s involvement with the special needs Recreation Center, parks, footbridge, Wayne Town House, community. North Wayne School House, Town Boat Launch, Fire Stations, Please visit our website where you will find the Scholarship or old Town Office) without a leash. The Town provides dog Application. Feel free to include a personal statement, waste bags in the parks around the mill pond, please be including personal and professional goals to courteous of others who use these public facilities and pickup [email protected]. Applications will be accepted after your dogs. through October 1st. The award will be made in 2019.
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CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY NEWS AND EVENTS
Cary Library's Silent Auction: On display at the Williams subsequently animal life. Polar Summer Hours: House Aug.1-10: Visit the lovely collection of framed art, bears have become very Monday 9AM-3PM needlework, unique crafts and children's items, vintage and aggressive. The sizes of penguin antique treasures. We'll display a two-seater Old Town Kayak colonies have decreased. Glaciers Tuesday 3-8PM and will offer a weekend stay in Gettysburg. We expect lots of are receding. Yet the vast rugged Wednesday 1-8PM bids on a hand-made cedar garden trellis. All invited to Aug. 1 landscapes typical of the Arctic Thursday 3-8PM Opening Reception 5-7PM. 685-3612 FMI, Stop in to the and Antarctic remain auction while you are enjoying the Lobster Roll Lunch on Sat. humbling. Join us for stunning Saturday 9 AM-3PM Aug. 3. And a big thank you to all auction donors for their photography and learn about Note: Fall Hours resume generous donations! these fascinating parts of our Tuesday Aug. 20. planet. (Library Lower Level) Wayne's Cary Library 8th Annual 5K Walk/Run/Race Set for August 3 Thursday, Aug. 22, 7PM: Book Discussion: Mary Pipher’s Start your first August weekend with a 5K. All are welcome-- new book Women Rowing North continues her insight into including your leash-friendly pets-- to this fun family event to human development. The author of Reviving Ophelia explores benefit Wayne's Cary Memorial Library. aging and the challenges and joys this stage in a woman’s life Details and Registration forms can be downloaded brings. Join us for our second session discussing this at http://www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us/ insightful and inspiring book. Hosted by the Wayne- or stop in to pick them up at the library. Drop off registration Winthrop Women's Book Group. and check before Aug. 2 or bring forms and check the morning of the race. The fee is $15.00, with proceeds to benefit the Monday, Aug. 19, 12:30 Brown Bag Book library. Discussion: Told in searing prose, Susan Perry's After the For questions email: [email protected] or phone the Eclipse is a luminous memoir of uncomfortable truth and library at 685-3612. terrible beauty, an exquisite memorial for a mother stolen from her daughter, and a blazingly successful attempt to cast light Monday Morning Story & Craft Series: on her life once more. Several lending copies available. After Aug. 5, 10:30: Bev Petell Stories about Wind and Let's the Eclipse is the Maine Humanities READ ME non-fiction Make a Windsock summer selection. Our September selection will be Tara Aug. 12, 10:30: Joyce Sackman The Lonely Firefly and a Westover's Educated. Fun Craft
Thursday Aug. 8, 6:30PM: Steve and Molly Saunders Traveling Brushes Redux - Friends Who Paint in Present "What’s going on at the border?" (Library Lower Wayne Level) Cary Memorial Library’s William House Art Exhibit August 15-19 Join Steve and Molly Saunders for a talk about their three Once again the Cary Memorial Library will be hosting an art weeks volunteering recently in El Paso, Texas. As former Peace exhibition August 15,16,17,18, and 19 at the Williams House Corps Volunteers in El Salvador, Steve and Molly decided it on 14 Old Winthrop Road, Wayne. The event will feature was time to be proactive, and headed for Texas to volunteer in watercolors by Jann Haynes Gilmore and oils by George a church-run shelter for migrants coming from Central Hamilton. Both artists are from away but spend time in America. They will share their experiences and describe what Wayne every summer. they found during their stay. Who are these asylum seekers? Why are they making this dangerous journey to the US? How Gilmore is a familiar artist in Wayne whose work appeared are they being treated while in detention? How were these on six biennial House Tours. She has recently written a book people helped on their way by volunteers working at these on the Alice in Wonderland room that is being relocated to shelters in El Paso once the migrants were released from the Williams House Barn. Most of her work will feature detention? And what can be done in the future about this local and Maine scenes. human situation? George Hamilton graduated from West Point and had a Join us at the Library on Thursday, August 8th at 6:30. (Lower career in the U.S.Army. While later living in Connecticut, he Level) studied art. He now lives on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and is known for his knowledgeable depictions of Monday, Aug. 12, 1-2PM: Chewonki Traveling Science watercraft and the charming villages of the Eastern Shore. Presents Scales and Tales: Using non-releasable live reptiles, When visiting Maine he paints scenes on Lake Androscoggin participants in this hands-on program will be able to examine and seaside ports along the Maine coast. snake skins, turtle shells, skeletons and other uniquely reptilian parts. (Suggested ages 4-Adult, Program lasts one hour.) If you The public is invited to a reception at the Williams House have never attended a Chewonki presentation, they are always that will open the exhibition on Thursday August 15 very well done and super engaging for young and old alike. from 6-8PM. Both artists will be present. The exhibition will run: Wed. Aug. 14, 7PM: The Arctic and Antarctic: A Visual Friday August 16 from 10-1 Journey Presented by Mark Rochkind (Library Lower Level) Saturday August 17 from 10-3 The polar regions, north and south, are different in many Sunday August 18 from 1-4 ways. The Arctic is more accessible as it is contiguous with the land masses of North America and Asia. The Antarctic is an Monday August 19 from 10-12 island continent surrounded by water and very strong winds A percentage of the art sales will be donated to the Alice and currents. Polar bears are found only in the Arctic; Room Project. For information call the CML at 207-685- penguins are endemic to the south. Blue Whales, the largest 3612. mammals ever to inhabit earth, are found in both regions. Evident climate change is affecting the food chain and More Library Information and Events on the next page...
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND ROOM/Williams House NEWS FROM FRIENDS OF THE CARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY (FOL) CARRIAGE BARN Wayne Library -- LOBSTER ROLL LUNCH -- HOME BAKED TREATS & RENOVATION UPDATE LOON ITEMS - MUSIC July saw renovation progress with a new SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 10 am to 1 pm – Come enjoy our LOON THEME floor in the barn, a new side door from EVENT the barn to the driveway for easy drop off A fun filled morning, on the lawn at the Cary Library’s Williams House, under the of books, boutique donations and library tent! storage items directly into the barn. New inside stairs give easy, safe access to the 9 AM -Annual Library 5K WALK/RUN (Starts at the elementary school) second floor additional storage area. 10-12pm - HOME BAKED GOODS & A CHILDREN'S CRAFT: Wide selection Conservation has been completed on of home baked deliciousness, unusual loon items, & Loon cookies! three more of the 17 art panels and they - QUILT RAFFLE: Brand new gorgeous queen sized quilt made by local quilters on are due to return to Wayne soon. display-get your raffle now. THANK YOU to those who - the YUKES are coming- & Cindy O’Brien with her dulcimer-enjoy some lively contributed over $7,000 this past month, music. which has allowed such wonderful progress to continue. If you would like 11:00 - LOON CALLING CONTEST: All ages & abilities welcome- prizes! Great to support the installation of the Alice in fun for the audience too! Wonderland Room in the upgraded 11:30-1:00 - Delectable LOBSTER ROLL LUNCH with chips, pickles, drinks & Williams House carriage barn, please homemade blueberry cake. OR chicken salad roll/or plate, or PBJ. contact Janet at the library (207-685- 3612) and we will send more information “TO GO” lunches are available. Rain option: Fellowship Hall, Wayne Community to you. Church Plan to visit the Cary Memorial Library's SILENT AUCTION while you're enjoying the events, open 9-3 at the Williams House, Old Winthrop Road, Wayne. A great time to visit friends and neighbors, we hope to see you there. FMI: Please call Holly 685-9005 or the library 685-3612. 17 Old Winthrop Road, Wayne Maine Any questions or thoughts about FOL can be directed to Sue Spalding, FOL Chair at [email protected]
LOCAL EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sustain Wayne & Stevenson's Strawberry Farm would like to thank each and every one of you who came out and POCASSET LAKE ASSOCIATION supported the 1st Annual Strawberry Festival community The Pocasset Lake Association will be holding their Annual event! Thank you to all the businesses, Meeting and Social Hour on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at the artisans and organizations who Androscoggin Yacht Club. Social Hour starts at 5:30 with participated. This happened because of meeting following at 6:30. you! What an incredible turn-out!! The For the social hour we ask each family to bring a hearty day was full of smiles and laughter, we appetizer to share. The Association will provide set ups look so forward to planning our 2nd (BYOB). Please contact Florence Rollins if you would like to Annual Strawberry Festival slated for help or have any questions. Saturday, July 11th, You don’t have to be a landowner, the only requirement is 2020. Enjoy the rest of that you care about Pocasset Lake and Pickerel Pond. your summer!! Our speaker for the evening will be Derek York from the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
SUSTAIN WAYNE’S 2019 HARVEST DINNER WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A FUN FILLED EVENING OF FOOD, FRIENDS AND MUSIC!
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Save the Date for Art, Fine Crafts, Live Music, Lobster Rolls & Corn Hole Tournaments at Kennebec Land Trust’s 6th Winthrop Summer Festival Annual Tri-Sport Painters, potters, photographers, jewelry makers, fabric Challenge in Wayne artists, and fine craftsmen will descend upon downtown August 25, 2019 Winthrop during the 32nd Winthrop Sidewalk Art Camp Androscoggin, Festival on Saturday, Aug. 17, 9 am to 3 pm. Androscoggin Lake Sponsored by the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber, the annual summer festival will also offer live music, The lobster rolls, barbecues, homemade pies and other Kennebec Auburn Artist Irene Duplissis, baked goods. Best in Show winner at the Land Trust’s 2018 Winthrop Art Festival. popular Tri- Musicians from the area including Ed DesJardins, Sport Stone Quarry Band, and others will play at the art festival from 10 am till 3 pm. Challenge will Rummage sales and luncheons will be held at local churches including St. Andrews take place on Episcopal Church, Route 135; the United Methodist Church, 58 Main St.; & the Sunday, Photo: Participants in the 2018 Winthrop Congregational Church, 10 Bowdoin St., which will offer lobster rolls. August 25, Tri-Sport Challenge. Brian Kent 2019 at Camp At the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin St., the ‘Naturalist as an Artist’ children’s Androscoggin on Androscoggin Lake in program begins at 10:30, along with other activities that will continue until 2 pm. Wayne. Individuals and teams will swim, A Corn Hole Tournament, sponsored by Winthrop Plays Outside organization, will paddle, and run in this fun and casual take place at van der Brew, 30 Summer St. at 2 pm. Kayak, canoe, and paddleboard competition. Stay afterwards for a potluck rentals will also be available on Summer St. through Webb & Sons Paddling from 1 to lunch and cookout and KLT’s Annual 5 pm. Meeting. As part of the Norcross Point summer concert series, local band Sons of Be’s will All are welcome to participate! Please play at 2 pm at the head of Maranacook Lake on Memorial Drive. The concert is free. contact KLT for details or visit www.tklt.org “The Winthrop Summer Festival has something for everyone,” said Winthrop or 207-377-2848. To register. Register soon Lakes Region Chamber Director Barbara Walsh. “Wonderful art, fine crafts, to ensure your participation. $30 for activities for children and adults, live music and delicious food.” individuals and $60 for relay teams. FMI: 207-377-8020 or [email protected]. EXPLORE EWS FROM THE ILE IVER ATERSHED Wayne’s Town Property N 30 M R W ASSOCIATION on House Road and Wilson Pond SUMMER EVENTS A Walk in the Woods Kayak Adventures Program – NEW! Saturday, August 24, 2019, 1:00 - 3:00 PM Summer kayak program schedule is here! These programs are free Meet in the parking lot of the Wayne to all year-round residents in the watershed and $15/pp for seasonal or non- Community Church, 22 Old Winthrop Rd. residents. We also do kayak programs by request! Do you have a group of friends The walk will be on a 118-acre Town of you would love to create your own kayak adventure with? Or maybe you have a Wayne property, which, by vote of the special birthday or event coming? Why not make it a kayak party! With a Maine Town on June 11, 2019, will be permanently Guide leading the way, you are sure to have a unique and fun event! Check out conserved. The walk is over rough terrain our website for descriptions, details, and to register. www.30mileriver.org For without trails. There will be an arduous and more info on our programs by request, email Becky at [email protected]. a less arduous option. Wear sturdy walking KAYAKING 101 SENIORS “SILVER” PADDLE KAYAK ACADEMY shoes – no flip-flops. Black flies, mosquitos, SATURDAY AUGUST 10 WEDNESDAY JULY 17 (AGES 10-15) deer flies, and ticks are possible, so be MINNEHONK TILTON POND JULY 23 & 25 prepared. 10:00 AM—12:00 PM 9:00 - 11:00 AM MINNEHONK Hosted by Wayne Conservation 1:00 - 3:00 PM Commission. SUNSET PADDLE SUNSET PADDLE WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 7 JULY 30 & AUG 1
TAYLOR POND LOVEJOY POND WAYNE MILL POND/POCASSET Wayne Fire Dept monthly meeting - All 6:00-8:00 PM 9:00 - 11:00 AM 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
welcome AUGUST 6 & 8 recurring the second Wednesday of every MINNEHONK month, 6:00PM 1:00 - 3:00 PM
WAYNE AREA GARDEN CLUB The Wayne Area Garden Club meets January through May and in September and October at the Ladd Recreation Center at 6:30 pm (come early for socializing) on the fourth Thursday of the month. Dues are $12.00 per household per calendar year. Everyone is welcome. We would be happy If you are interested in a free site consultation, email Will at to have you join us. [email protected]. You can also learn more about our YCC See you in September program by visiting our website at www.30mileriver.org.
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The Wayne Farmers' Market is open for our AGING AT HOME NEWS, AUGUST 2019 11th season! The Market has become an institution in town, bringing us together to AAH and the Town of Wayne are planning a shredding event support local farmers and producers while that will hopefully he held in August. Stay tuned! meeting up with friends and neighbors for good To let you know: Winthrop Police Station will receive all of your conversation. On Saturday mornings, from unused and unwanted medications any time. Just drop them off Memorial Day weekend (May 25) through at the Police station into their “Med Mailbox.” Labor Day weekend, we can enjoy fresh, Donations to AAH are gratefully accepted. They help support healthy and delicious foods, as well as plants, our Elder Luncheons, the reflective numbers giveaway, and flowers, body care products and local crafts. services to those who can’t afford to pay. If you care to There are some new vendors and products this contribute, send a check made out to Town of Wayne and year - a wide array of vegetables, herbs, meat, poultry, eggs, dairy specified to AAH, to: Town of Wayne, PO Box 400, Wayne ME products, maple products, baked goods, pies, pepper jellies, 04284. Thank you! plants, flowers, soaps, natural skin care products, pottery and more. Fall Prevention Thoughts from AAH Sam Saunders will again be conducting cooking demonstrations, Think about your fear of falling; what do you fear? How can you using products from the market vendors. Tasty free samples will improve your movements and decrease your fear? When you be available, as we learn interesting ways to prepare food avoid walking because you fear you might fall, you don’t do the creatively. movements you need to help improve your balance. This may lead to MORE falls. Here are ways to improve: Music will enhance the market most weeks. Come and hear spontaneous songs about what’s for sale! Kids are invited to Check your house for and remove tripping hazards, such as dance and sing along. (Adults, too.) scatter rugs, clutter, and obstacles to your easy movement in the The market runs from 9am until noon, on the green next to the home. post office on rte. #133, overlooking the mill pond. Make sure your home and stairs are well lighted. Wear sensible shoes. Get out and walk frequently. Use a cane, use a walker, hold the arm of a friend, but walk! Have your vision checked and wear the glasses prescribed by your eye doctor. Check with your PCP to see if your medications may make you more prone to falls. Join a Tai Chi class, take Yoga, or go to a Physical Therapist. These have proved to be key in fall prevention. Movement improves your balance AND your overall health.
Pam Chenea, Coordinator, Aging At Home, Wayne [email protected] 207-685-9378
LOCAL BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS Androscoggin Yacht Club. Margot Gyorgy
LOVEJOY POND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING The LoveJoy Pond Improvement Association's Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, August 3, at the North A Lakeside Studio Pottery Wayne Church at 5 p.m. All LoveJoy Pond residents and Open for the Season friends are invited to attend and learn about lake conditions, Thursdays – Sundays 10-4 programs, activities and other items of interest. Or call- We are always happy to open (if we are available)! 207 685-8123 [email protected] Please bring your favorite dish, salad or dessert to 12 Cedar Point Road, Wayne share with members after the meeting. All are welcome. www.alakesidestudiopottery.com Kids Pottery Classes: Ladd Center Summer Program MISSING: TWO PERSON GREEN OLD TOWN KAYAK Last seen at AYC
Call Sarah Simpson 207 944 3323 Sample Projects Playing with Clay Promotes: Cereal Bowls/Breakfast plates Creativity Name an phone number may still be written on the kayak Elephant Ice Cream Bowls Problem Solving Flat Owls Discipline Hand Pots (made from their Self-Expression own handprint) Confidence WOOD AND METAL WORKS Lantern Houses/Fairy Houses Stress Reduction Woodworking, Metal working New Work and Repairs Contact Donna at the Ladd Rec Center (685-4616) for more info. PAUL CHENEA 207-344-5849
7 wayneumc.com 7 LOCAL BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS Bittersweet Antiques will be opening May 1st. to kick off our ninth There is no better way to beat the heat than an early morning or season. We will continue to offer a variety of primitive, country, evening fly fishing trip! cottage, and fine antiques that have been gathered from Maine and other states in New England. Perhaps a guided fly fishing trip might be just the thing We have expanded our inventory to include some larger upscale to help cool off and catch some summer fish. furniture as well as interesting accent pieces such as hand carved birds that are signed and dated. We are also offering a selection of “Mantiques” which will include antique toys, advertising, and gas & oil Registered Maine Guide, Jeff Ireland, items. offers highly personalized and professional guide services You will find a wonderful selection of painted pine dressers and other for the novice to the experienced angler. accent items that will add a touch of charm to your home or summer cottage. A guided fly fishing adventure All major credit cards are accepted as well as personal checks and cash. could be the perfect way to enjoy a summer sunrise or I also provide free delivery to all of my neighbors and local residents. sunset. Out of state shipping and delivery can also be arranged. We are open throughout the week by chance or by appointment and Email Jeff at [email protected] regular business hours Friday through Sunday from 10-5. You can or call at (207) 931-7677 always call me anytime on my cell phone to schedule an appointment. I am also a cash buyer for antiques or Visit us at www.maineflyfishingguide.com interesting items. Call me before placing an ad or having a yard sale, or selling a home and I’ll come right over with cash.
Bittersweet Antiques AT YOUR SERVICE 550 Main St., Wayne, ME 04284 [email protected] No job too small. Home maintenance and repairs in Wayne 207-685-5338, 954-646-3321 cell# and surrounding areas. Looking for interior and exterior projects, painting, carpentry, wallpaper removal, etc. Have a truck for light hauling. Tigress Training, LLC Norman Barris (207) 685-3252/(207) 557-0844 Trish Hanley-Goodwin, local health/fitness professional with 30 years’ experience, offers private and/or small group personal training services at her boutique studio located at 787 Main St. Wayne. She also has “mobile” rates if you’d prefer her to come to your Wayne home/summer residence. This spring/summer Trish will be offering a series of pop-up “Fitness Parties” – Fun Functional Fitness Workouts (1 hour long, 12 people max, $10 per person). To get on her interest list for date & time notifications, contact Trish at 207.441.5641. For questions on rates, credentials, available personal training times, or other needs & interests please message Trish at [email protected]. Free initial consults and gift certificates available.
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672 Main Street JOHNNY'S AUTO Wayne ME 04284 58 Fairbanks Rd. Wayne, Maine 04284 685-0065 Tel- 207-685-9296 Owners Stacy & Derek Cobb 42 Years In Business Free Local Pick Up and Delivery Hot & Cold Subs Agency Liquor Store Tagging Station Great Prices on All Brand Name Tires. We Give Free Tire Rotation With Pizza & Salads Maine Gifts Fishing Supplies Every Other Oil Change. Beer & Wine Sweatshirts Automotive Supplies Alignments, Brakes, Tune-Ups and All of Your Automotive Needs Served Here. Fuel Hardware Misc. Grocery Items
Everyday Meal Deal: Meat and cheese on Texas toast with a small Cottage for rent on Lake Pocasset – Available July 27 to first bag of chips and a canned soda for $5.99 tax and dep included week of September August and September. Located in town on August Specials Bellefonda Road, 2 bedrooms, deck, and dock. Contact Judith Monday: Family Meal Deal $25.99 (2 ham or salami Italians, 2 10" 1 McElwee at [email protected] or call 614-431-0851. topping pizza's and a 2 liter soda) Tuesday: Dagwood in a pita pocket $7.59 (wheat or white) Wednesday: Chicken, bacon, ranch salad $8.59 (crispy or grilled) Beautiful three-bedroom cottages on Lake Pocasset for rent Thursday: Cheeseburger with Onion Rings $7.99 from Memorial weekend through Columbus weekend. All Friday: Lobster roll with French Fries & Cole Slaw $15.99 Stop in....There is always something new happening!! cottages have a private dock in front and a sandy beach in We now have Wayne, Maine and Androscoggin Lake T-Shirts! common. Contact Deb Duplisea at 207-685-9558 or email [email protected]. Hours: Sunday 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Beautiful, spacious four bedroom+ home on the shores of Lake Pocasset for rent by the week or month. The home has all the luxuries including fireplace, a private driveway off of GREY GOOSE GOURMET Lord Road with lake frontage including a dock and private Open for the 2019 season through mid- beach access. If interested, please direct inquiries to Pocasset October. We will be open most days, 9- Vacation Rentals at [email protected] or Deb Duplisea, 5. You'll find over 15 207-685-9558. pepper jelly varieties available for sale and sampling including our newest additions, "HOT Blue" and "F.R.O.G." (Figs, Raspberries, Orange, and Ginger). Our friendly greeters, Cocoa, a chocolate lab and daughter, Hennie, a labradoodle, may give you a warm welcome as you come up the driveway.
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AT WAYNE GENERAL STORE HOURS MONDAY - SATURDAY 7AM-3PM Classic Cars Wanted! SUNDAY 8AM-3PM Paying top dollar for older classic cars. MG, Triumph, Porsche, Alfa
Romeo, Mercedes Benz, Austin Healey, Jaguar, VW Beetles, VW Vans, WATCH FOR SPECIAL EVENTS: Corvettes. All conditions considered.
I am a cash buyer. CELTIC JAM Paul Householder 1ST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH [email protected], (954) 646-3321
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Breakfast Ronald J. Trahan, CPCU General Manager/Account Executive – French Toast, Omelets, Eggs, Homefries, Bacon, Quirion Insurance Agency Ham, Sausage, Avocado Toast, Lox of love Gosline Insurance Group come in sit and relax 114 State Street | Augusta, ME 04330 Lunch Deli Sandwiches Cell: (207) 344-5270 Soups Office: (207) 622-6784 Fax: (207) 622-6032 Comfort Food A long time summer resident of Wayne with more than 20 years of We have a great selection of Wine and Local experience in commercial, personal, and health insurance. Call me Beer! to see how I can help you find the insurance that is right for you.
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AUGUST 2019 CALENDAR SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 9-Noon Wayne 6 PM AYC Family Farmers’ Market Picnic Night 9 AM Cary Library 8th 5-7 PM Cary Annual 5K Walk/Run/Race
Library's Silent 10AM - 1PM: Wayne Library - Auction Opening - Lobster Roll Lunch, Baked Reception Goods, Loon Items, and
Music (see page 5)
5 PM LoveJoy Pond Improvement Association's Annual Meeting at the North Wayne Church
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9-Noon Wayne 9:30AM Worship 10:30 AM Weekly 6:30 PM 3 PM Weekly Babytime at 6:30PM: Steve and 11AM-noon Farmers’ Market Craft & Selectboard Cary Library Molly Saunders AAH Tai Cary Library Silent Auction 5 p.m. Mitch Thomas & Storytime at Cary Meeting 7PM Planning Board Present "What’s Chi at the Closes Jeff Munson lead Vespers Library going on at the Fellowship Meeting service at Jesse Lee Meeting border?" (Library Hall WCC
House 12 Noon Brown Bag Lower Level)
Book 6 PM AYC Family Discussion (p. 4) Picnic Night
6:30 - 8PM Choir Practice 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9:30 AM Worship 10:30 AM 3 PM Weekly Babytime at 6 PM AYC Family 11AM-noon 9-Noon Wayne Special Music: Janika and Weekly Cary Library Picnic Night AAH Tai Farmers’ Market
Kai Pakulski, vocal. Craft & 6:00PM Wayne Fire Dept 6:30 - 8PM Choir Chi at the 10 AM - 3 PM Traveling 5 p.m. John Twitchell, Storytime at Cary Fellowship monthly meeting Practice Brushes Redux Michele Johnson, Rick Library Hall WCC Smith & the McAdam 7PM: The Arctic and 6-8 PM Traveling 9AM– 3PM Art, Fine Crafts, 1-2PM: Chewonki 10AM - 1 family present “Praise Antarctic: A Visual Journey Brushes Redux Live Music, Lobster Rolls & Traveling Science PM Presented by Mark Corn Hole Tournaments at Songs and Worship” in Presents Scales and Traveling Vespers service at Jesse Lee Rochkind (Library Lower Winthrop Summer Festival Tales: at Cary Library Level) Brushes Meeting House. Redux 18 19 20 21 22 Pocasset Lake 23 24 9:30 AM Worship 10AM –Noon 6:30 PM 3 PM Weekly Babytime at Association Annual 11AM-noon 9-Noon Wayne Special Music: Paul Bright, Traveling Brushes Selectboard Cary Library Meeting (6:30PM) AAH Tai Farmers’ Market
guitar/vocal. Redux Meeting and Social Hour Chi at the 1-3PM A Walk in the Woods- (5:30PM) at AYC Fellowship 5 p.m. Paul Bright and 12:30 Brown Bag Wayne’s Town Property on Hall WCC Christina Rao, Wayne UMC Book Discussion at 6 PM AYC Family House Road and Wilson Pond
“Praise and Singing” in Cary Library: Susan Picnic Night
Vespers service at Jesse Lee Perry's After the 6:30 - 8PM Choir Meeting House Eclipse Practice 1-4 PM Traveling Brushes 7PM: Cary Book Redux Discussion: Women Rowing North 25 9:30 AM Worship 26 27 28 29 30 31 Special Music: Judy Mank, 8AM-4PM 3 PM Weekly Babytime at 6:30 - 8PM Choir 11AM-noon 9-Noon Wayne flute. Town’s Assessor Cary Library Practice AAH Tai Farmers’ Market Agent avail. by appt Chi at the KLT’s 6th Annual Tri-Sport Fellowship Challenge at Camp Androscoggin Hall WCC 10