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Friday, November 7, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 45
Marshwood Great Works School Honors Veterans SOUTH BERWICK – Students at Marshwood Great Works School presented a one-hour program honoring veterans on Wednesday, November 5. The assembly included the presenting of Color Guard, followed by students’ recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the National Anthem. “In Flander’s Fields’, a poem written by Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918), remembers the battles that took place during the First World War, was read by Mackenzie Davis. Veteran speaker, John Elwell, Commander of VFW 5744, addressed the assembly and spoke about a national program that awards scholarships to students in grades 6-8. Each year more than 100,000 students enter the VFW’s youth essay contest, awarding the first-place winner from each state one of 46 national awards totaling $46,000. The national first-place winner wins $5,000. The essay contest encourages young minds to examine America’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, expressing their views based on
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Arts & Entertainment 32-33 Business & Finance 16-17 Calendar of Events 12-13 Classifieds 42-43 Computer Lady 44 Health & Fitness 18-23 Home & Business 39-41 Library News 14-15 Obituaries 35 Pets 34 Puzzles 46 Sports 38 Real Estate 36-37 Where To Dine 24-31
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a patriotic theme chosen by the VFW Commander-in-Chief. Speakers from Naval Shipyard – two submarine Sailors and an Army Transport Staff Sergeant - closed out the cer-
emony. Veterans and families enjoyed a breakfast reception following the ceremony. History of Veterans Day World War I - known at the
time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Ar-
John Elwell, Commander of VFW Post 5744 addresses assembly.
mistice Day will be filled with See HISTPRY page 36...
Tides Photo Contest Winners Announced KENNEBUNK During an extreme high tide on October 9, coastal residents from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia participated in the first Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest. Their images document scenes that may become typical as sea level rises. More than 150 images were submitted. The grand prize winner was Ron Sher of New Hampshire. He will receive a waterproof digital Fujifilm camera donated by Photo Market in Portland. The two runners-up, each
of whom gets a down sweater jacket contributed by Patagonia, are Bill Grabin of Maine and Mike Barron of New Hampshire. Their winning photographs and many other entries can be seen at http://gulfofmaine.kingtides.net. Judges were Liz Bieber and Jere DeWaters. “A number of contestants commented on how this experience made them stop and think about the future,” said Marina Schauffler, Climate Network CoSee PHOTOS page 7...
Kennebunk’s Bill Grabin earned a runner-up prize in the Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest for his photograph of the Kennebunk River, taken during a trail walk at the Franciscan Monastery.
Conference To Explore Local Tidal Energy YORK Tide mill enthusiasts from across New England will gather at the 10th Annual Tide Mill Conference in York, November 14 and 15 to explore the realities of contemporary tidal power, hear about historic tide mills along New England’s coast and learn about European tide mills working today. “It’s a great way to see how tidal energy once worked here and could easily do so again,” says Bud Warren,
president of Tide Mill Institute, which is sponsoring the conference, titled ‘Harnessing The Tides: 1403-2014.’ “This is an event for a wide audience; there’s something here for everyone interested in our coast’s past, present and future. We’re expecting historians, students and educators, environmentalists, artists, municipal officials as well as people who design and produce tidal energy devices.” The public is invited. Hundreds of tide mills
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along the coasts of Europe and New England once used the ocean’s power to produce flour, lumber and other products. Over the years Tide Mill Institute’s conferences have focused on tide mills in eight states and six foreign countries. This year mills of southern Maine, New Hampshire and the north shore of Massachusetts will be highlighted. Special note will be made of the five York River tide mills, one of them was Maine’s first in 1634.
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Researchers, historians and archaeologists will share how they go about studying old tide mills. An English miller will describe how he grinds grain today at his 400-year old tide mill today. One artist will explain the mechanics of a still-working late medieval Portuguese mill that he has illustrated, and another will show how he depicts the shape and machinery of old Maine mills See ENERGY page 6...
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