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 "Snow Heart" Photo by Judy Wilbur Craig, Sat. Feb 11th at Wilbur Farm in Dexter on a particularly emotional day. A sign from Dad & Grammie? I think so...
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MAINE - Secretary of State Charlie Summers reminds Maine’s motorcycle owners of the changes that were made to registration and inspections stickers. Last session, the legislature passed LD 221, “An Act to Make Changes to the Motorcycle Inspection Program.” LD 221 changed the law to require the motorcycle inspection sticker to be displayed on the vehicle’s registration plate. The new requirement starts in March, and will be phased in over the next year. The inspection sticker will be placed in the plate’s upper left corner. In order to accommodate the inspection sticker, all motorcycle registrations (except those classes not required to be inspected) will be changed to a fixed March expiration. Starting in April 2012, when a motorcycle is registered or renewed, the expiration date will be changed to expire in the next March. The registrant will be issued a combined month/year sticker, which should be placed in the upper right corner. In order to transition into a mandatory March expiration, registration fees and excise taxes will be prorated for the correct number of months. The standard annual motorcycle registration fee is $21. In the future, when an owner registers a newly acquired motorcycle, the registration fee and excise tax will be prorated to reflect a March expiration. However, fees for delayed renewal will be calculated in accordance with existing state law, and generally full fees will be charged. To facilitate fee calculation and to ease the municipal clerks’ workloads, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles encourages motorcycle registrants to use the online service Rapid Renewal to renew whenever possible. Approximately three-quarters of all Maine registrants live in towns participating in Rapid Renewal. https://www1.maine.gov/online/bmv/rapid-renewal/ Applications for the New England-New York Forestry Initiative will be accepted through April 6, 2012 for current funding Dover-Foxcroft, ME – January 30, 2012 – USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist Juan Hernandez has announced that federal funding is available to assist Maine forest landowners with forest land planning and management under the New England-New York Forestry Initiative. Funding is being made available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. Maine is one of seven states participating in this special initiative. “The main goal of this effort is to promote exemplary stewardship among private landowners by assisting them in conservation planning and management of their private forests to improve wildlife habitat, forest health and productivity, and water quality.” Hernandez said, “Besides providing economic benefits, forests are home to diverse communities of fish and wildlife. Through sound planning and management, our goal is to help private landowners keep forests as forests.” Eligible conservation practices through this initiative include, but are not limited to, forest stand improvement, early successional habitat development and management, tree/shrub site preparation and establishment, upland wildlife habitat management, brush management, stream crossings, riparian forest buffers, fish passage, forest trails and landings, conservation cover, access roads, wetland restoration, and wetland wildlife habitat management. Forest land owners who would like assistance are encouraged to call 564-2321, Monday through Friday from 8am until 4:30pm or visit their local USDA Service Center located in the Pine Crest Business Park, 42 Endgahl Drive, Dover-Foxcroft by April 6, 2012 to submit an application and complete the necessary paperwork to establish their eligibility. For more information about this initiative and other NRCS programs visit www.me.nrcs.usda.gov.
At Cancer Care of Maine: New Dates Added! MAINE - The American Cancer Society will offer its free community-based, national program, Look Good…Feel Better, to female cancer patients in active cancer treatment wishing to learn how to use make-up and skincare techniques to overcome the appearance-related effects of chemotherapy and radiation. The classes will be held at Cancer Care of Maine in Brewer on March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3, October 1, and November 5 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. For more information and to register, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345. PENQUIS - On Saturday, February 25, golfers and families are invited to Foxcroft Golf Club for a day of fun to benefit Pine Tree Hospice. Golfers will be treated to the unique experience of “snow golf,” which is played on snow, with hula hoops acting as holes. Golf balls will be replaced with tennis balls, which will be provided for players. Golfers should bring as many clubs as they want to carry. Teams of two are invited to play anytime between 9 and 3. The cost is $25 per player and players will play scramble format in teams of 2. Lunch is included, and will be available from 11-2. Those who don't golf, but would still like to enjoy the outdoors are invited to come anytime between 11 and 2. Sliding, games, and other fun outdoor activities will be happening for children and families. The cost is $5 per person and includes lunch. Come join the fun and keep warm by the bonfire with hot chocolate, coffee, and s'mores! If you have any questions, want to register a golf team or RSVP for the family fun day, please call Pine Tree Hospice at 564-4346 or email us at wecare@pinetreehospice.org. DEXTER - Adoptions Plus will be having a bake sale coupled with a white elephant sale on February 25, 2012 from 9-3 at the Dexter Fire Station on Church Street in Dexter. Adoptions Plus is a small non profit organization created to aid the stray animals in the area find their forever homes, we provide vet care , vaccinations, spay and neuter and would like to start our farm cat project this year to further reduce unwanted kittens and prevent illness and disease. Please lend a paw to save a life. For more information please call 924-7513.
Compiled By Donna Kraft-Smith, LMT thru discussions with Barbara Joseph, RPP: Polarity is the principle of energy in motion - that energy emerges from and returns to a central unified source. This same law operates in the atom, in the solar system, in the earth, and in the human body. Energy currents flow in, through and around in pulsating waves that form definite patterns. As soon as a circuit is interrupted, changes begin to appear. In the human body that interruption is interpreted as pain or disease. Polarity Therapy is an integrative approach to health and wellness, a dynamic, holistic healthcare system. It is based on the concept of "energy as the vital force in the body and the foundation of all life." The undisturbed flow and balance of the electromagnetic energy in and around the body is the basis for health and wellbeing on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Blocked currents and disharmony in the energy field result in manifestations of tension, pain, and can lead to illness. With Polarity Therapy the client's energy field is restored to a more natural state of balance. It utilizes a fourfold approach to re-establish balance in the energetic patterns through energy-based therapeutic bodywork, nutritional awareness, stretching postures ( Polarity yoga) and the influence and importance of one's attitude. Energy is the underlying theme to resolve imbalances that have accumulated from stress, tension, attitudes, trauma and injury. Optimal health is the intended outcome. A typical Polarity therapy appointment usually starts with questions focusing on lifestyle, exercise, and dietary habits. Factors such as environment, attitudes, relationships, life experience, and trauma affect the functioning of the human energy field. An overall assessment of mental and emotional health is part of Polarity therapy Polarity nutrition is a key point and works together with Polarity exercises to balance the energy system. Specific exercises and foods may be suggested. You are encouraged to discuss these ideas with your primary health care provider before making any exercise or dietary changes. The suggestions made during your appointment encourage a return to vitality and balance through natural means, exercise and health building foods Polarity's hands-on bodywork applies static and moving touch that can be light or deep; and sometimes a rocking motion is also used. Due to the subtle character of this work it may take time to get used to what you are sensing. Clients may experience sensations that can include tingling, expansion, wavelike or push/pull movements, heat or cold sensations This type of bodywork has proven useful with conditions such as allergies, arthritis, asthma, burn out, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, circulatory problems, depression, digestive disorders, mental and emotional disturbances, fibromyalgia, headache, health maintenance, hormonal imbalances, infertility, inflammation, injury, insomnia, major life changes, menopausal symptoms, menstrual disorders, neuralgia, PMS, pre and post surgery, pregnancy and post partum, sciatica, skin disorders, spiritual growth, stress management, and stress related symptoms. The results of a Polarity session can bring vitality, balance, relief from specific symptoms, clarity, and new insigh. The effects of Polarity are cumulative, and it may be necessary to arrange for a series of sessions. The Polarity protocols followed during bodywork vary greatly. They depend upon overall assessment, the responsiveness of the individual's system, and inherent dynamics of the healing process Donna Kraft- Smith is a Maine licensed massage therapist for over 25 years, practicing in both Bangor & Dexter, ME. She owns and instructs at the " Therapeutic Bodywork Learning Center ", a professional massage therapy training program in Bangor. For more info : www.MaineMassageSchool.com or call 947-7087. 
 PENQUIS - Pine Tree Hospice is honored to be nominated as a recipient of the 2012 Bangor Savings Bank Foundation's "Community Matters More" grant program. Grants are awarded based on voting from community members. As a nominated nonprofit, we will automatically receive $1000 and can receive up to $5000 if we are able to secure enough votes! The voting period starts January 23rd and goes through March 5th. We are going to need your help to win. Please take just a moment and vote for Pine Tree Hospice either on a paper ballot or online at Bangor Savings Bank's website bangor.com/cmm . You may also access the ballot through a link on our website at http://pinetreehospice.org. It's easy and you only need to vote once. The only requirement is that you are a Maine resident. Please pass this information on to others and encourage them to vote. Pine Tree Hospice is proud to be one of less than 80 volunteer hospice programs in the United States. Volunteer hospices can truly "fill in the gaps" that exist when someone faces the end of life. Because our mission is to serve people with life limiting illness, we may have clients for years, versus months. This allows a unique opportunity to build lasting friendships between clients and their volunteers and provide stability and support which adds so much to each family that we serve as they experience the challenges that accompany end of life and bereavement. Pine Tree Hospice extends this support at no charge to clients and their loved ones throughout our large rural and geographic service area consisting of 39 towns throughout Piscataquis, Penobscot, and Somerset counties. "We are proud to receive this honor, because being nominated means that there is recognition of the support our volunteers provide to the residents of our vast service area," says Jane Stitham. "As we receive no State, Federal or insurance funding, this award would go a long way in supporting our programs and services. Please take a quick moment to vote and join Pine Tree Hospice in helping our friends and neighbors during a very poignant time in their lives." Notice is hereby given that the Dexter Town Council will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. in the Town Council Chambers to consider the following: 1. Ordinance C2012-2 Transfer of Funds BE IT ORDAINED, that the Dexter Town Council authorizes the transfer of $2,000 in revenue account #10401-40430 (sale of municipal assets) to expense account #10401-50710 (new equipment) for the purchase and installation of mobile electronic equipment. 2. Ordinance C2012-3 National Accreditation 3. CDBG Application for Fire Department Equipment All persons may appear to comment on the above matter dated at Dexter, Maine this 27th day of January 2012. PENQUIS - Beginning Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Womancare will offer 40 hours of classroom training designed to prepare one to provide support services to those struggling with issues of abuse. The training will meet each Tuesday evening from 5pm to 8 pm for 13 weeks. This training is provided at no cost to the participants and upon successful completion of the training participants will be eligible for 4 CEU's from the University of Maine. Training topics include dynamics of domestic abuse, effects on children, relevant legal & social issues, safety planning, and crisis intervention. People volunteer for a variety of reasons. Some volunteer to be part of a community, and to give something back. Others may volunteer to test the field for a future career, to add to a resume, and to build skills important to a future employer. Who should attend the training? We would welcome anyone wanting to learn more about the dynamics of domestic violence in order to become a trained volunteer advocate or to increase your knowledge in your professional capacity. Please consider learning more about this issue and joining us in this very important work. I'm Ginger Hutchins, Volunteer Program Coordinator at Womancare, and I would love to talk with you about how you can make a difference. In this age of continuing budget cuts, volunteers rock! Volunteers will make it possible for us to continue to offer the services that are currently being offered. Please call me at 564-8165 for more information or to register. Submitted by Walter Boomsma: Valley Grange in Guilford has some “blistered fingers knitters”… one produced over 100 pairs of mittens last year for Piscataquis Santa to bring to kids… and she’s already produced nearly half that this year! Another provides us with beautiful afgahns we can raffle or donate to other organizations as fundraisers… To support this generosity, we recently started a “yarn drive” to collect unused yarn for these ladies. We’ve placed collection bins around the area, and asked folks to bring yarn to meetings, etc. In the course of bringing all this together, we’ve learned of a great site for free patterns for everything from afghans to mittens and hats. If you or your grange is looking for patterns and ideas, check out allfreeknitting.com. And if you are doing a lot of knitting for good causes, consider a yarn drive… it’s good for the environment because unused yarn gets used instead of thrown out… and I’ll bet the sheep appreciate it too!
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