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Friday, July 22, 2022
Volume 18 • Issue No. 29
Anna Kristina Sawtelle By Nancye Tuttle, Staff Writer CAPE NEDDICK Anna Kristina Sawtelle lives by the words “service above self.” It’s her life’s purpose, something she aspired to as a child in Sweden, where her parents modeled it for her as she grew up. She follows that philosophy today, and is an active, involved 86-year-old. She helps her community as a docent at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (for 33 years), through the Rotary Club, and through the International Women’s Club (IWC) of New England, which she founded in 1992. Volu ntee r i ng wa s i m-
portant to her family, she said during an interview in her Cape Neddick home, one filled with artifacts and memories from
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the 13 countries where she and her family lived over the years. “Growing up, my family was always volunteering. We worked with the Girl Scouts and sold everything from raff le tickets to hot dogs,” she said, recalling that her father was mayor of their town for 30 years, and her mother was active in organizations to aid polio survivors, since Sawtelle contracted the disease at age eight. Saw tel le at tended t he police academy and worked as a plainclothes police officer in Sweden. But then she met her late husband, Ross Sawtelle, a geologist with Mobil Oil Com-
pany, on a trip to Paris in her twenties, and her life changed forever. “He showed me around Paris, and he knew that night he was going to marry me,” she said. Their whirlwind courtship led to marriage soon after and three children in four years. Ross Jr., 62, is a career Navy officer and U.S. government employee. Katarina, 60, is an anesthesiologist in mid-coast Maine. And Mikaela, 58, is a career diplomat with the State Department, currently serving in the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan. Her husband’s work with Mobil Oil meant that the family lived in countries around the
world – Libya, Nigeria, Egypt, Jordan, Cameroon, Sweden, France, and the United States, in Dallas, TX, and Washington, D.C., among them. And it set Sawtelle on a course to help ex-patriot women in those countries find lasting friendships and a strong purpose in life through the International Women’s Club chapters that she founded. She is a people person, gregarious, sociable, and adept at organizing, so founding the IWC chapters came easily to her. “Living as an ex-pat in a foreign country can be lonely,” she said. “Many See SAWTELLE on page 14 . . .
Brews, Hoops, and Groovy Pooches! KENNEBUNK Animal Welfare Society (AWS) is pleased to announce the return of Woofstock, southern Maine’s only family-friendly and dog-friendly food and beer festival. Woofstock takes place, rain or shine, on Saturday, July 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the AWS campus at 46 Holland Road, Kennebunk. Limited parking is available on site. Free to attend, Woofstock is the grooviest festival around and
has something for everybody. Music is provided by Seacoast Oldies from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., followed by a live performance by the Kennebunk River Band from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Kids can enjoy fun activities including temporary tattoos, hula hoop demonstrations, and a bounce house, while dogs can wallow in wading pools and brave an indoor agility course. Craft-beer enthusiasts who visit the beer garden can purchase
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YORK COUNTY This year, Maine’s Open Farm Day will be on July 24. The day is a statewide event connecting visitors to Maine farms. Each site is different and offers a chance to meet farmers and learn more about the role of farms across the state. In Berwick, Hackmatack Farm, at 538 School Street, will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., offering looks at its bison and Mangalitsa pigs, as well as items from its farm store (pictured). Orange Circle Farm, at 184 Blackberry Hill Road, will be open, 3-4 p.m., with offerings of organic
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Open throughout the festival, a dozen eclectic food trucks will sell food and dessert items to fit any tastes. Trucks and food vendors include Betty ReeZ WhoopieZ, BOGS Bakery, Char Wrig’s Sno and Dough, Crepe Elizabeth, Maine-ly Meatballs, Mobile Musette, Mr. Tuna, the Greeks of Peaks, the Pink Waff le, Pinky D’s, Plot Twist Pretzels, Roaming Eats, Twist See WOOFSTOCK on page 24 . . .
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tasting tickets to sample offerings from fourteen local craft breweries. Brewing companies expected to attend are Blaze Brewing, After Harvest Cider, Fore River Brewing, Xota Brewing., Black Pug Brewing, Urban Farm Fermentory, Smuttynose Brewing, Olive Pit Brewing, Liquid Riot Bottling Company, Island Dog Brewing, Batson River Brewing & Distilling, Definitive Brewing, Lone Pine Brewing, and Banded Brewing.
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vegetables. Starting at 4 p.m., the farm will also host the Berwick Barnyard Blowout. The event’s organizers, Envision Berwick,
say, “Finish off this fun, family-friendly day by enjoying refreshments and some frolicking on the farm! We encourage vis-
itors to bring a blanket or camping chairs to hang out on with friends and neighbors while enjoying the views on the farm and live music by NH-based acoustic band Borscht. We welcome folks to bring their own picnic, cold drinks, and maybe a little bug spray; but please leave all alcohol and pets at home.” Berwick’s own Badwolfe Butcher will also be selling veggie wraps and pork sliders with toppings from Cassie’s Canning Cabinet. Water and porta-potties will be available onsite. For more information, See FARMS on page 14 . . .
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