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Friday, July 24, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 30
York Filmmaker’s Local Connections Count in “The Button Girl� By Nancye Tuttle Contributing Reporter YORK – Filmmaker Tim Janis had two major goals when he shot “The Button Girl,� his first fulllength movie: to make it historically accurate and to use as many local connections as possible. That happened, for the most part, during production of the new family musical, slated for a holiday release on the PBS network. From costumes to props to locations, Janis made sure all facets of the movie stayed true to its early 20th-century setting. He turned to Maine people
Left: Tim Janis, Director for the film “The Button Girl� shown on location in Maine filming the movie. Right: Dick Van Dyke in a scene with Alivia Clark who plays Annabelle, the Button Girl.
and businesses for production and casting assistance. And he used historic sites, including St. Ann’s Church in Kennebunkport and the Victorian Mansion in Port-
land, plus a set constructed in York, for the primary filming. “Filming in Maine was a great experience, and I’m grateful to the community for its sup-
port and enthusiasm,� Janis said during a recent York interview. Janis, an internationally known composer, conductor and philanthropist who calls York
home, directed “The Button Girl� and co-wrote the screenplay with Elizabeth Demmer. The cast features Hollywood veterans Dick Van Dyke, Jane Seymour and Charles Shaughnessy. Eleven-year-old Alivia Clark plays Annabelle, the Button Girl, and Julia Burrows, a Broadway actress, portrays her mother. Kate Winslet narrates the film. “The uplifting family movie, set in a fictional early 1900s New England mill town, follows Annabelle’s story,� said Janis. “Her mother teaches her See JANIS page 7...
Special Olympics Maine Athletes Heading to World Games KITTERY – Two Special Olympic Maine athletes are heading to San Francisco to compete in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. 27-year old Scott Allen of Kittery and 18-year old Kelsey Tripp from Winterport departed on Tuesday, July 21 for California where they met up with the rest of their Special Olympics USA team mates. A
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Special Olympics Maine coach from Brewer, Duane Hall, was also selected to attend as the Special Olympics USA Bowling coach. Every two years, the world transcends the boundaries of geography, nationality, political philosophy, gender, age, culture and religion to come together for the Special Olympics World Games. Alternating between summer and winter Games, this event is the flagship event of the Special Olympics movement, which promotes equality, toler-
ance and acceptance around the world. This prominent world stage brings attention to the Special Olympics movement and helps create positive, sometimes lifesaving policy change for people with intellectual disabilities in countries around the
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Howe Brothers Thrive on Technology By Carin Lee Contributing Reporter SEACOAST Geoff and Mike Howe are twin brothers who share a passion for designing and building things. They live on the Seacoast and work together in their own company, Howe and Howe Technologies, of Waterboro, ME. Geoff as the company's CEO handles the business, and Mike handles designing their vehicles. They call their crew of employees "special forces." The company builds extreme vehicles and robotic applications. The Howes are
responsible for the tank-like vehicle named “The Peacemaker� featured in the recently released movie “Mad Max - Fury Road.� Geoff Howe explained that Warner Brothers contacted him and his brother looking for “the real thing – not just a movie prop.� So Howe and Howe built them a tank capable of going sideways at 60 mph around another moving tank, through real explosives. “We felt an incredible amount of pressure, having to create a vehicle that could perform in scenes where there could be only one shot. You can only
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world. Nearly 5 million Special Olympics athletes train and compete in 170 nations across the globe. Nearly 7,000 athletes from 170 nations will compete in twenty-five Olympic-type sports at the 2015 World Games:
Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Bocce, Bowling, Cycling, Equestrian, Golf, Gymnastics, Judo, Kayaking, Half Marathon, Open Water Swim, Power Lifting, Roller Skating, Sailing, Softball, Soccer, Table Tennis, Team Handball, Tennis, Triathlon and Volleyball. More than 500,000 family, friends, volunteers and spectators are also expected to attend. Kelsey Tripp will repre-
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destroy a 30,000 dollar shed once.� The brothers grew up in the ‘80’s, idolizing the first
Mad Max movies. They loved the extreme vehicles that were See HOWE page 6...
Howe and Howe Technologies will produce 10 Luxury Ripsaw EV2s in 2015. This is a civilian grade vehicle, equipped with sound-deafening capabilities in the cockpit, entertainment systems, leather seats and technology that will soften the jerky, boisterous ride of a regular tank.
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