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DOVER-FOXCROFT - Kimberly Mays de Perez, M.D. and George R. "Randy" Kunhardt, M.D., specialists in obstetrics and gynecology, will join Mayo Women's Health in mid-August. The practice is located in the medical office building on the Mayo Regional Hospital campus in Dover-Foxcroft. Drs. Mays de Perez and Kunhardt will offer a full range of women's health services for residents of the Penquis region. Obstetrics services available through Mayo Women's Health include prenatal care, labor and delivery, and postpartum care. Gynecological services include routine preventive care, basic infertility services, evaluation of abnormal PAP smears and bleeding problems, and surgery. Care of menopausal women is a particular interest of Mayo Women's Health, including issues surrounding osteoporosis and incontinence. Dr. Mays de Perez comes to Mayo from Roanoke, Va., where she recently completed her internship and residency training in OB/GYN at Carilion Health System. She earned her medical degree in 2004 at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and also finished her B.S. in biology at South Florida. Dr. Kunhardt comes to Mayo from the San Francisco Bay area, where he was in private practice as an OB/GYN since 1997. In California, he was a member of the active medical staff at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae and Doctor's Medical Center in San Pablo. He has been certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1998, and is a Fellow of the American College of OB/GYN. Dr. Kunhardt has spent most of his life in New England, and lived in Maine previously. A native of the Boston area, he graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, completed his internship and residency training in Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and practiced medicine in Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine before moving to California. His first year of practice as an OB/GYN was at Mt. Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor. In recent years, Dr. Kunhardt held academic appointments as an instructor in OB/GYN at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center and the Touro School of Osteopathy. Appointments with Dr. Mays de Perez or Dr. Kunhardt may be made through Mayo Women's Health, at 564-4470.
DEXTER - Last week over 30 book club members from 14 communities and from as far away as Troy and Brownville, Maine crowded into the Abbott Memorial Library meeting room. They stayed over 2 ½ hours passionately discussing, Deep Economy by Bill McKibben. The consensus was that this book is more hopeful and positive, with more information on what to do, than the previous discussion book, The Long Emergency. Club members voiced concern for what life holds for their children in the future. They questioned how many people really know the dire and dangerous time we are living in. We must live more simply and minimize our consumption. And the spiritual piece seems to be missing from many of our lives. One woman formerly from California, now living on 100 acres in Maine, says it is intimidating to try and live simply and modestly. There is a need for information on how to do it. Judy Bennett from Dexter mentioned she buys milk from a local farmer and makes cheese, bakes her own bread, and looks to buy locally whenever she can. When the crowd was asked, who bakes their own bread, over 1/3 present raised their hand. Some even start their own yeast. Members expressed gratitude that they live in a rural area and have the space to grow food and can still barter for some of their needs, things that people in cities cannot easily do. People are discouraged because they have to travel so far to purchase their needs today. Europeans use bikes for travel but that is not as practical in the vast space in the U.S. Many European countries are the size of our states. Carol Feurtado mentioned E. F. Schumacher's 1973 book, Small is Beautiful, is a good book to read to start to learn how to make changes in your lifestyle. Discussion centered on the philosophy, "more is better" and how capitalism unregulated goes charging relentlessly ahead. The 1880s with its robber barons and great economic growth as well as the deregulation of the 1980s were mentioned as possible reasons for our present economic and financial woes. A retiree from Maryland said we are bombarded by advertising and everyone wants to live like what they see on TV. Consumerism has isolated us and keeps us from getting together as a community. Someone mentioned, "we have become comfortably numb" (Pink Floyd). More isn't making us happier. Making money is so ingrained in our society. The GNP is not the correct measure of a country's wealth. Super capitalism and super individualism have to be looked at. Dr. Eric Holsapple, of Colorado State University, felt unbridled capitalism worked fine while our country was young and growing fast, but maybe now as our economy is more mature, the old ways may not work as well. A Registered Maine Guide expressed his opinion that we need political leadership today to start making the changes needed in our society. Government has to be concerned for its people and not only the large corporations. We need another FDR to lead the country. A Cambridge resident related that how we live keeps us isolated and personally has made an effort to extend a helping hand in her neighborhood. She feels doing small things together really does makes a difference. People in the 1970s were excited and formed local groups. Localism was all the rage then. How can we reignite that feeling again? We need a new younger generation to take the lead; to get the word out and start a new localism, like a barn raising. A distant traveler from Troy, Maine blurted out," When is anyone going to do something? This book club has hit the button! This group may be it. This is a unique time. Everyone here has to take an action; be passionate- we can figure it out. It has to start somewhere." The book club will meet next on August 27 at 6 P.M. to dig into "Charting Maine's Future" the recent report on the state of Maine by The Brookings Institute.  Summer Hours - Wednesday thru Saturday 9 to 5 Locally Grown Perennials - Annuals - Planters - Succulents Written by Ike Morgan: GARLAND - There's something not quite right at the Burnham Cemetery in Garland. I've done the math and things just don't seem to add up. Is it a long forgotten scandal? Is it a 100 year old unsolved mystery? Or could it be an overzealous writer with too much time on his hands? Inquiring minds definitely want to know. As a member of the Garland cemetery work crew (Eva Peach the boss, Kathy Conway, Valerie Wigham, and myself) I get to spend a large part of my summer working my way through Garland's six cemeteries mowing, weed-whacking, and doing general upkeep of the properties. Spending that much time in the cemeteries has led to a lot of familiarity with many of the gravesites and headstones that comprise the final resting place for Garland residents. Most of the gravesites are pretty basic. Birth date, death date, epitaph, and other personal info. There are large family plots with large ornate headstones and lonely little plots with small crumbling stones as the only reminder of a past life. So that brings me to the Burnham Cemetery located on the Campbell Road about 2 miles from the village center. The Burnham Cemetery is the first and oldest cemetery in Garland. It was established in 1828 so that family plots scattered throughout the town could be centralized and maintained to avoid neglect and desecration. So what is the mystery? If you visit Burnham Cemetery you'll notice a row of six headstones at the northwest corner next to the driveway. These six are all members of the Burnham family apparently headed by Mark Burnham. They are dated from 1813 until the death of Mark Burnham in 1891. Mark Burnham apparently had two wives and fathered three children. He outlived all five. Not uncommon in those days for people to die young. What is of interest here is the wife and daughter of Mark, both named Emily. That's where the mystery starts to unfold. If you check the dates on the headstone of the daughter Emily, the math says she was born on or around February 12, 1849, although her exact birthdate is not given. But the twist here is that Emily's mother apparently died on January 28 of 1849. According to the headstones the mother gave birth to a daughter 15 days after her own death. As I mentioned earlier this could all be errors in the engraving of the dates or a mix up of names. A big possibility considering the lapse of well over a hundred years. But of course that would be no fun for it to be that simple. For the purposes of this article and ones to follow we want mystery, speculation, and intrigue. If you have any information about the Burnham Cemetery Mystery please contact this overzealous writer at 379-3182 or imorgan@tds.net"This content originally appeared as a copyrighted article in the SVWeekly.com and is used here with permission."
Augusta, Maine – Beginning August 4th Grange Lecturers and others from across the Northeast will be gathering at the University of Maine at Farmington for the 93rd Annual Northeast Grange Lecturer’s Conference. Over 160 full and part time participants (with more than 70 members from Maine) will assemble to share ideas & concepts to bring back to their local Granges. In the Grange organization, Lecturers are responsible for providing education, information & entertainment to the Grange membership. Presenters and guests from the National Grange include: Ed Luttrell, Master/President, Judy Sherrod, Lecturer and Rusty Hunt, Membership/Leadership Director. The Grange is America’s oldest fraternal family organization. For more information, please visit our website at www.MAINESTATEGRANGE.org PENQUIS – Laura Rand Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Piscataquis announced today that the application deadline to apply for coverage under FSA's Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for crops whose deadline falls before December 1, 2008 has been extended to December 1, 2008 for the 2009 crop year. "The 2008 Farm Bill created several new disaster programs which require that producers at least have catastrophic coverage for all insurable crops and/or NAP coverage for noninsurable crops," said Rand. "Because of the enactment of the Farm Bill was so late in the year coupled with the expected increase in NAP activity for 2009 crops, it was prudent to extend the application deadline." According to Rand, FSA recently announced that crop insurance and NAP coverage requirements will be waived in 2008 for producers who did not obtain crop insurance or NAP coverage by the applicable sales closing date, if the producer files an application for waiver and pays a buy-in fee in an amount equal to the 2008 applicable NAP coverage or catastrophic risk protection plan fee for the crop or grazing lands by September 16, 2008. NAP provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or prevented planting occurs due to natural disasters. For more information on the NAP or other disaster programs, contact you local USDA Service Center or FSA County Office.
By Ernie Clark of the Bangor Daily News - KATAHDIN -Dick Barstow still plans to maintain contact with basketball next winter. He’ll follow his favorite college teams, including North Carolina, Duke, UCLA and his alma mater, Syracuse. He also might help out at the local high school — but that won’t be in the same town where he began coaching in 1960 and where that career concluded last winter. Barstow, the winningest coach in Maine high school basketball history with more than 665 wins over 48 years, has decided not to attempt to keep his job at Katahdin of Stacyville after the local school board opted to seek new applicants after the 2007-08 season. Instead, the 74-year-old member of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame and New England Basketball Hall of Fame is selling his home in Sherman and moving to Dunedin, Fla. "Last spring I thought about retiring from coaching after next season," said Barstow, whose teams won four state championships and seven Eastern Maine titles. "I found a mobile home down there, but it was sold before I could buy it. "I went back down around the Fourth of July, looked at three or four other units in the same park and bought one with the idea that if I didn’t coach I’d be down there and if I did coach it would still be there for me." Barstow’s coaching future came into question this spring when despite receiving positive postseason evaluations from both Katahdin principal Rae Bates and athletic administrator Phil Faulkner, Bates recommended he not be rehired and Faulkner recommended he be rehired with reservations. When that news became public, some friends and other community members suggested Barstow fight to keep his job, and while he considered reapplying the Worcester, Mass., native ultimately decided not to pursue the matter. "Even if I did get the job back I’d be working for a principal who didn’t want me and an athletic director who was iffy about me," said Barstow. SAD 25 is expected to hire Barstow’s replacement at its Aug. 13 board meeting. A graduate of Dexter Regional High School and a football and baseball player at Syracuse, Barstow accepted his first teaching job at Sherman High School in March 1960, just after completing a two-year hitch in the Army. He taught for the remainder of the academic year while living with the school principal and his wife, and enjoyed the experience enough to return the next fall. "They gave me a $200 bonus and said they wanted me to come back, and I wanted to come back," said Barstow. The girls’ varsity basketball team also needed a coach for the 1960-61 season, and Barstow’s acceptance of that job commenced a nearly five-decade career on the bench. "Gerry Duffy was the boys’ coach at the time, and when I first got here we fished a lot together that spring," said Barstow. "He helped get me started. He helped me with the kids that were coming back to Sherman the next year, and I hadn’t coached any drills before and he helped me get started with that, too." Barstow took over at Katahdin when that school formed from the merger of Sherman and Patten high schools, and led the Cougars to the inaugural Class C girls state championship game in 1975, a battle Katahdin lost to Hall-Dale of Farmingdale 64-62 in triple overtime. He later coached at Central Aroostook in Mars Hill, Waterville and Presque Isle before returning to Katahdin for the 1997-98 season. Barstow’s teams won Class C state titles with Central Aroostook in 1981 and 1982 and Class A championships in 1990 and 1997 with Presque Isle. His teams also earned seven Eastern Maine titles, and at one time won 84 consecutive games. Katahdin has not had a winning season since 2004 but advanced to the Eastern Maine Class D semifinals during Barstow’s final campaign. The ninth-ranked Cougars edged No. 8 Southern Aroostook of Dyer Brook in overtime in the preliminary round, then defeated top-ranked Washburn in overtime in the quarterfinals before falling to Ashland in the semifinals to finish with a 9-12 record. Barstow battled Lyme disease last winter but reports his health is much improved this summer. Barstow plans to return to his camp on Moosehead Lake during the summer months in future years, but admits he may not spend much time in the Sherman area given the controversial end of his coaching career at Katahdin. But rather than dwell on that, he’s more intent on looking ahead to life in Florida, seeing friends and relatives, and perhaps helping out the basketball team at nearby Dunedin High School or maybe working as an usher at the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays. And, of course, there are plenty of stirring memories from a record-setting coaching career to recall. "I’ll think mostly about some of the kids who performed well in high school and went on to play in college, or players who might not have played in college but had fine high school careers," said Barstow. "It’s been a lot of fun."
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Book written by author By Ian Vasquez TheDailyME.com is now featuring local book reviews by a local reviewer Litera Scripta. Most books are found locally at Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter. We hope you enjoy...... Well, here's a switch – a boxer who turns investigator! I don't believe I've come across that one before, but this first novel proves that a good writer can make anything work, and this author certainly did that. Mr. Vasquez has chosen to set the stage for his novel in Belize, his native country. I think that was a clever choice, as one gets a little tired of novels that take place in Manhattan or Miami or San Francisco, and it is very interesting to be introduced to an entirely new environment. It is difficult to believe that this is Ian Vasques's first novel. It is very well written, and the characters are “human” and the plot, while decidedly different, is intriguing. The main character, Miles Young, the boxer, is not the dashing hero that we so often come across in this kind of book. Instead, he is thoughtful, sympathetic, and a man who is capable of looking after himself and his very young daughter while endangering his life by “going after the bad guys”. I liked him, partially because he did the right thing in the end. If you are looking for a book that deals with deceit, corruption, family problems, and also contains tenderness, understanding, and a relatively happy ending, this one is for you. Personally, I will be watching for Mr. Vasques's next book.
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