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Friday, March 20, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 12
Maple Syrup Time at Chase Farms and Throughout Maine By Carin Lee, Contributing Writer WELLS Steam and the sweet aroma of sap turning to syrup fill the sugar shack at Chase Farms in Wells. Rick and Bellinda Chase and their right hand man, McCormick Adams, are standing around the evaporator, the large stainless steel vat that holds boiling syrup. They had collected sap in the morning, using two work horses pulling a sleigh, from the 700 or so buckets that hang on sugar maples around the 300-acre farm. All of this is in preparation for Maple Syrup Weekend, Saturday and Sunday,
Left photo: Buckets hang on trees gathering sap at Chase Farms in Wells. Right photo: McCormick Adams, Bellinda Chase, and Rick Chase anticipate Maple Syrup weekend March 21-22.
the 21 and 22 of March. Two people can gather enough syrup for one day’s boiling. This year McCormick had
to bulldoze a few feet of snow off the path, leaving it deep enough for the sleigh but not so deep that the horses couldn’t step through
it. Chase and Adams went from one bucket to another in snowshoes. Today is the first day of
boiling for the Chases this season. In the sugar shack, raw sap flows from a holding tank through three strainers, which filter out things like bugs or twigs that can get into the sap in the woods. The sap then works its way through to the big pan of the evaporator, where the level of it needs to be strictly controlled. “Too low and it burns the pan and ruins it. Too high and the sap wont’ boil,� says Chase. So the evaporator needs to be tended at all times, usually through 12 hours of boiling per See MAPLE page 4...
Maine Teacher Wins World’s First Global Teacher Prize STATEWIDE – Nancie Atwell, a teacher at The Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb, Maine, United States, has been named as the first ever winner of the one million dollar Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. Widely referred to as the Nobel Prize for teaching, the US $1 million Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, is the
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largest prize of its kind and was set up to recognize one exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. Atwell was presented the prize at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) 2015 by President Bill Clinton, Honorary Chairman of the Varkey Foundation, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler
of Dubai and Sunny Varkey, Founder of the Varkey Foundation, in front of dignitaries, education ministers, international education experts and global business leaders. Atwell was chosen from ten finalists by a global academy made up of prominent individuals including academy award winning actor Kevin Spacey; social activist Geoffrey Canada; entrepreneur Baroness Martha See TEACHER page 6...
New Covenant Food Pantry Has Bounty to Share By Joyce Amend, Staff Writer NORTH BERWICK Possibly little known, a food pantry exists in North Berwick that is fully stocked and ready to share with those who visit. Maybe its existence simply needs to be a reminder for some. The pantry is ready to welcome all those who need to take advantage of this wonderful community servicing North Berwick and Lebanon. The New Covenant Food Pantry, located at 285 Maple Street, has shelves filled with food, paper goods, toiletries, fresh vegetables, canned/packaged goods and refrigerated items – all ready to share with members of the community just for the asking.
There’s even a clothes closet with wearable items for those needing a wardrobe update. “All people have to do is walk in the door, and I’ll take care of them,� said Mary Craig, Director of the pantry. Craig also mentioned that identities and needs are keep completely confidential.
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The pantry serves people in need from the towns of North Berwick and Lebanon. Currently they are servicing 148 families and 260 people in a month and are equipped and stocked to serve and welcome many more. The hours are Monday, 4 to 6 p.m., but anyone who wants to take ad-
vantage of the pantry’s offerings may contact Mary Craig at 207676-4001. The pantry is sponsored by, and housed in the basement of The New Covenant Baptist Church. This is one of the church’s missions and it is staffed by volunteers. Food is provided by a number of charitably minded businesses: Food Rescue, Good Shepard, Hannaford Markets in Wells and York, Target, B.J's, Tim Horton's, and in the summer, many local farmers and gardeners. Many local citizens also donate needed products and monies. Food provided to those in need require only a simple form to fill out when visiting the pantry.
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Teacher Nancie Atwell from the United States receiving her Global Teacher Prize award from Sunny Varkey of the Varkey Foundation, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, and President Bill Clinton. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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