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Friday, December 11, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 50
Santa’s Alive — and Living in Wells!
David Banks
Nolan Mottor, 8, and his sister Marissa Mottor, 5, of Wells tell Santa their Christmas wishes.
By Nancye Tuttle Contributing Reporter WELLS – Santa listens carefully to Marissa Mottor and her brother Nolan as they perch on his lap and whisper their Christmas wishes to him. Marissa, 5, wants an Elsa nightgown, while Nolan, 8, craves a Wii U gaming system. Santa smiles, tells them to be good and listen to their mom, Jackie, who stands nearby, smiling back at him. This gentle scene played out
repeatedly last Friday evening as Santa, David Banks of Wells, greeted dozens of children who came to meet the jolly old elf at Santa’s Village at the Wells Recreation Park on Branch Road, a yearly family activity sponsored by the town’s Parks and Recreation Department. “We do it every year and we love our Santa. He’s the real one — just look at him,� says Tina LeBlanc, recreation department director. Indeed, his beard is real and so is his plush Santa suit
and those bells on his wrists that really jingle. Minutes later, Caitlin and Mike Tenney plop Lucy and Madisyn, their 14-month-old identical twin daughters, onto Santa’s lap, hoping for that perfect photo op. And Santa keeps smiling and talking gently to the babies when one little girl crinkles her face and erupts into tears. It’s all a part of being Santa Claus, says Banks, who has See SANTA page 14...
Old Village Inn Grants Wishes this Holiday Season OGUNQUIT The Old Village Inn will host their 7th Annual Christmas Ball on Saturday, December 19 to benefit Make-A-Wish Maine. To date, Old Village Inn has raised over $40,000 from the yearly event. Every 38 minutes Make-AWishÂŽ grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories and every five days, it is the wish
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of a Maine child. Since the Maine Chapter of Make-A-Wish opened in 1992, the cause has granted over 1,200 wishes to children with lifethreatening medical conditions. Since 2009, Dean Goodman and the staff at the Old Village Inn in Ogunquit have helped grant four-and-a-half wishes. The Old Village Inn's yearly Make-A-Wish Christmas Ball fundraiser started in 2009, and has raised about $30,000 in the last five years. This year, Goodman hopes to raise $20,000, which is enough to grant a whole
wish. The Inn will open its doors on December 19, at 7 p.m. and will feature an evening of great food, libations, music and raffles to benefit a child in Maine who is in need. “We really like that all of the money goes to Make-AWish Maine and that they use every penny to grant a wish for a child,� Goodman said. While the Inn's Christmas Ball is only one night, Goodman and his staff have been working for the past three months to put the event together and raise
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The Old Village Inn will host their 7th Make a Wish Christmas Ball.
viously interviewed. “They put in a lot of time and effort into the event, which is evident by See WISHES page 15...
USS Providence (SSN 719) Arrives at Shipyard KITTERY Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Providence (SSN 719) and her crew of 16 officers and 122 enlisted personnel has arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. While at the shipyard, Providence will undergo planned maintenance work and system certifications. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the Navy’s center of excellence for attack submarine maintenance, repair, and modernization. As a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command, Portsmouth is committed to maximizing the material readiness of the fleet by safely delivering first-time
quality, on time and on budget. Providence is the fifth ship to be named for Providence, Rhode Island and is the first Los
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submarines like Providence have multi-faceted missions. They use their stealth, persistence, agility, and firepower to deploy and support special force operations, disrupt and destroy an adversary’s military and economic operations at sea, provide early strike from close proximity, and ensure undersea superiority. Providence was commissioned July 27, 1985 and is homeported in Groton, Connecticut. Providence returned from her last overseas deployment to the European and Central Command areas of responsibilSee SUB page 6...
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funds for Make-A-Wish. “Customers and staff have pitched in to help with the fundraising,� said Goodman. “Everyone in the town has done something.� Rebecca Leaming, who is the Events Manager at Make-AWish Maine, has worked with the Old Village Inn for the past three years and has become privy to the group's willingness to make a difference. “Dean and his staff are very passionate about raising the money for Maine children with life-threatening medical conditions,� Leaming said when pre-
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