This Week's Letters
Election: what does this town value?
Editor:
This marks the second election this year alone where the results have left me wondering exactly what this town values. We all pay taxes and we don’t like to see our tax rates increase because that takes away from what should be “our money;” that is basic instinct. None the less, there are public services which every individual of this community utilizes. You drive to the store on a road your money helps maintain, you go to the library that is supported by your tax dollars, your children go to school in facilities built by the community’s money. Yet when it comes time to support those establishments, which some of you use and depend on daily, once again this town has failed to follow through.
To those of you who voted against building a new intermediate school and renovating the middle school, I have one question for you – what better cause is there to support than education? It is disgraceful enough to see how undervalued teachers are, but to undermine the entire education system by not supporting decent facilities for both the children and teachers of this town is repulsive. As a 2003 graduate of Scarborough’s school system, I can tell you first-hand those schools need the renovations those bonds proposed to fund. Wentworth Intermediate has needed to be rebuilt for years. It is dark, damp, not properly lit and is extremely outdated technologically. I was part of the first class to spend all three years in the middle school and it was obvious even before I left the school that the space was not large enough to accommodate the student body. Portables are not a permanent solution, only a temporary one. Our town is continually growing and with that growth comes more students. This problem is not going to go away. It will only get larger as more students enter into the Scarborough school system. Using portables and other temporary locations is only wasting money that could be used to build new facilities. How can teachers and students alike be expected to work to their full potentials when the buildings they are in are falling apart or are so full there are not a sufficient number of classrooms? These students are supposed to be the future, yet the voters in this town indicated they would rather turn a deaf ear to the schools’ call of help for new facilities and instead pocket a few extra dollars.
On the same note, in June of this year, the voters of Scarborough also rejected a referendum to renovate the public library. I understand those of you who voted against the project had your reasons, but I’m guessing the majority of those reasons were monetary. The purpose of a community is to support public services with your tax dollars and education in the form of schools and libraries have to be some of the most essential programs to support. How can you vote against books, learning and the education that accompanies both of these entities? To the thousands who failed to cast a vote in June regarding the library, I hope you are disappointed in your lack of initiative. Specifically, the parents whose children have or will some day use the library as a safe after school destination. During the school year on any weekday afternoon, it is common to see at least a dozen middle school students hanging out, studying, and waiting for their parents to pick them up at the library. To those parents and all the future ones in a similar situation, I am sure you are considerably calmer knowing your child is somewhat supervised. Your child isn’t protesting how “uncool” it is to be at a daycare center, he/she can be with friends, you don’t have to hire someone to watch him/her in your house after school and there are responsible adults nearby. The least you could do with all that money you saved on childcare and the worry you avoided by making the librarians responsible could at the bare minimum be shown by your effort to vote to renovate the library. Is it that difficult to support an entity that exists on the principles of community betterment?
It is not my place to scorn those of you who voted against these referendums, my intent is only to make you aware of what opportunities you are denying the children of this community. These changes you voted against will eventually come to fruition. This town is growing so fast and has been for so long, these expansions are necessary. By delaying such changes, the cost of the projects will only increase. For the 5,500 members of the community that didn’t even bother to make their voices heard in this election, I can only hope that you are as disappointed in yourselves. Voting in either of these elections would have taken maybe five, ten extra minutes in your day. Every person has an opinion, even if it is indifference, and you should value yourself enough to express your thoughts. I grew up in Scarborough, I had amazing teachers who have taught me more than I will ever realize and this town will always be a part of me. What I can’t understand is how so many residents of this town can be so narrow-minded to the point where they fail to see the benefits of supporting education and learning.
Allison Bertsch
Scarborough
What happened to the jellyfish?
Editor:
My husband, and I and our dog went for a walk on Scarborough Beach, Western Beach and Ferry Beach yesterday morning (Nov. 12). We found thousands of small two to three-inch diameter jellyfish washed up on the sand all dead. What happened? Were the wind and waves so terrible that the tide washed them up? We are very concerned. We had to leave for New York right after our walk so we were unable to contact anyone.
Pat and Fred Fowler
Cazenovia, N. Y.
Lessen the Cabela’s impact on Payne Road South
Editor:
(Open letter to Scarborough Town Council and Planning Board)
Did you know Cabela’s is not a Haigis Parkway project? It really isn’t to Scarborough residents. It’s a Payne Road project because the only way to enter or exit Cabela’s currently will be from Payne Road. Most everyone I’ve spoken with in town about this project didn’t know that. Their next question is, “Where is Cabela’s going to be, then?” And I tell them the site is immediately south of the tollbooth on Payne Road, where an old abandoned farm still stands today. The property goes from Payne Road back to the northbound exit ramp coming off the highway. The only way to enter and exit this land is from Payne Road. So, Cabela’s proposed building site is not on the Haigis Parkway at all. It’s on Payne Road, south of the intersection of Payne Road and Haigis Parkway and Exit 42. For the purpose of identification in this letter, let’s call the part of Payne Road that runs from Exit 42 to Route One “Payne Road South.” Let’s also agree on the fact that Cabela’s proposed site is on Payne Road South.
Now, I live on Payne Road South, less than a half mile from this proposed site. I bought this home in the summer of 2000. This is the third place I’ve lived in Scarborough and I suppose I could always move again. But I like it here on Payne Road. I like my neighbors and our neighborhood. I am all for Cabela’s coming to Scarborough, Maine and for preserving our residential neighborhoods at the same time. I believe we can accomplish both if we want.
Traffic is the killer here on Payne Road South. And it has been steadily increasing every year since I moved in. People in the neighborhood thought the Haigis Parkway would have taken a lot of the traffic away from Payne Road South and instead traffic has only increased. Just last week while out waiting for the bus with one of my kids, a fully loaded logging truck flew past us. Because we could not get more speed limit signs posted, we hung our own cardboard signs from the telephone poles. If you drive Payne Road South you remember them. Cars are often stopped out front and at least one car a day turns around in my driveway. Just down the road (in another Payne Road South neighborhood) the backup to the Route One intersection begins. It’s a constant, steady stream of everything, twisting and winding through residential neighborhoods that call Payne Road South home. Feel free to stop in anytime and see for yourself.
Cabela’s says we should expect three million visitors a year. That’s 8,219 new visitors to Payne Road South every day using simple math. Cabela’s says 75 percent of these visitors will come from the highway and 25 percent from local roads. That’s 6,164 and 2,055 new visitors, respectively, every day. We all know these numbers will spike at certain times of the year and be flat at other times.
I don’t know how many of you have ever been to a Cabela’s, or even seen one. I did last November. The one north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is huge and the parking lot is even bigger. The store is miles from anywhere, right out in the middle of nowhere. Only highways are around it, no residential anything is anywhere in sight.
Right now, the plan is all visitors coming and going to Cabela’s will travel on Payne Road South. Payne Road South can’t handle this additional traffic and neither can our Exit 42. Who are we kidding? And Cabela’s is only the beginning of what is to come for the Haigis Parkway corridor. What we need is both residential neighborhood preservation and economic development at the same time. What should we do? Here are some of my ideas:
For starters, why in the world would Cabela’s want to build on this piece of property? They say they want to be right out on the highway where everyone can see them, but this property isn’t even on the highway, only the northbound exit ramp. If I were Cabela’s, I’d go buy the Holiday Inn Express in Saco, with its own exit and entrance ramps onto the highway and local access roads too. Ok, I’m dreaming – back to Scarborough. Well then, why can’t Cabela’s get their own exit and entrance ramps off the highway like the Holiday Inn Express, or like Scarborough Downs had years back? Sure it costs more, but could they do it? Should they do it? The state seems really happy to have them coming to Maine, so how about their own exit and entrance ramps off the highway, Augusta?
And if that won’t work here’s another idea. Coming from the highway, how about turning into Cabela’s right after the tollbooth where the park-and-ride is today? Cabela’s could make a portion of their parking lot the new park and ride and those 6,164 new visitors coming off the highway every day don’t even have to travel Payne Road South. If we could do this then the question is how to get them back on the highway without traveling Payne Road South? How about making a left turn illegal coming out of Cabela’s onto Payne Road South? Instead, make the traffic exiting Cabela’s go straight across Payne Road South on the access road shown in their plan. This access road goes to the Haigis Parkway, where traffic could turn left and get back on the highway. Reverse direction and it gives local traffic a way to Cabela’s off the Haigis Parkway. With this idea the impact on Payne Road South is another traffic light just down the road from the existing light, where traffic will only cross Payne Road South.
Here is even a better idea. Make the traffic exiting Cabela’s go straight over the new “Cabela’s Overpass” to the access road shown in their plan. This would give Cabela’s their main entrance off the Haigis Parkway and would eliminate the need for an entrance into Cabela’s right after the tollbooth. Cabela’s traffic would continue straight off the highway onto the Haigis Parkway, turning right onto the developed access road and over the “Cabela’s Overpass” into the site. This idea puts no traffic on Payne Road South and gives Cabela’s a one-of-a-kind “theme” entrance rivaled by everyone. Think of how nice this would be for Scarborough and for Cabela’s.
I don’t profess to have all the “growth” answers, but I think if developers did a Haigis Parkway entrance for Cabela’s it would put more of the Haigis Parkway in play sooner and drive Cabela’s visitors by other retailers on the Haigis Parkway by default. Also, this idea handles the growth coming to the Haigis Parkway and keeps a bottleneck from forming around the Exit 42 intersection.
The residents I talk with want to see Cabela’s come to Maine, even to Scarborough. But they wonder if this is the right spot, and like me, if it is the right spot then they want to see it done right. Cabela’s is only the beginning of what will happen on the Haigis Parkway. We want to preserve our residential neighborhoods on and around Payne Road South from the traffic impact that this or any other development in the Payne Road South/Haigis Parkway area will bring with it.
We need to get this dialogue started with all parties involved now. I appreciate the guidance I received from one councilor when I expressed my ideas written here. This letter is the next step and my ideas are a starting point, but they show we can preserve Payne Road South for the residents and neighborhoods of Scarborough and at the same time bring big-time development to this site without really impacting Payne Road South.
In closing I’d like to say something about Cabela’s. They have a fine reputation. They are mid-westerners and they like to do business simple and straight up. And this is a really, really big move for them in many ways too. I couldn’t see them doing anything but what’s best for their new neighbors in Maine. So Cabela’s, I say welcome to Scarborough and welcome to the neighborhood.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
Chris Griffith
Scarborough
Let the pickup games happen
Editor:
Dear Scott, sorry to read about your pickup football issue. I often mention to my friends around Scarborough that you never see a game of pickup (football, baseball or even basketball). It is a lost art. You should be commended for getting off the couch and having fun with a group of friends. In a day of XBOX, Game Boy and Play Station, outdoor activities have dwindled and physical health has followed. Although...you could invest in a Game Boy and you guys could have a Madden 07 tournament in the gazebo. Then everyone would be happy and the pretty field would not be ruined by your continuous play every weekend for two hours.
As for our town and their precious fields – I have played sports my whole life and I have never seen nicer fields then we have here in Scarborough. Every field is like Fenway Park. As citizens of this town, we will not become healthier by admiring the fields, we need to use the fields. If it is a Saturday or a Sunday and no one is on a field, we should be able to use it, whether it is football or flying a kite. If that is not the case, we need to discuss this new Black Point Park. What is the sense in building more parks if the only unscheduled activity allowed is kite flying? If you are worried about overuse, please think back to when you were a kid and we did not have all this technology to keep us inside and inactive. We played outside until our parents had to drag us in and we did not care if our field was a street, dirt hole or overgrown hay field. Who says we have to spend hundreds of thousands on field maintenance? I am okay if my kids play on a field with a few weeds. Hey, they probably like the pretty yellow flowers.
My point is – this Sunday when Scott and his gang of thugs are out there tearing up your five-acre field with their eight pairs of cleats, let them be.
Scott, if you get busted again, I suggest switching to soccer. That is a guaranteed no hassles or your money back.
Paul Murrell
Scarborough
Oak Hill Players put on ‘fantastic performance’
Editor:
It was a wonderful evening spent Saturday at the Winslow Homer Auditorium watching the vast talent of our Oak Hill Players. I was truly impressed with the performance and all of the hard work that went into this production.
My mom and I had a nice time and talked on the phone again tonight of the show. Mom is a 1964 graduate of SHS and she felt a "light heart" as she sang along and gave knowing nods to the music, television and fads of the decade.
My congratulations on a fantastic performance and I look forward to seeing these talented performers again.
Bonnie Topham
Scarborough
Hats off to Clough for his service
Editor:
This is to offer my congratulations, thanks and best wishes to Representative Harold Clough on his eight years of distinguished service to the Maine Legislature.
I worked closely with Harold in his role as the Republican lead on the legislature’s tax policy committees. Harold was consistent in his honesty, integrity and principled leadership and in the kind and fair and straightforward way he worked with people of all political persuasions. He stood firmly by his principles not for political gain, or partisan positioning, but because he believed in what he said, always. And everything he did was with kindness and respect for others.
He has been a wonderful colleague and I wish him all the best.
Dick Woodbury
Yarmouth
Editor:
This marks the second election this year alone where the results have left me wondering exactly what this town values. We all pay taxes and we don’t like to see our tax rates increase because that takes away from what should be “our money;” that is basic instinct. None the less, there are public services which every individual of this community utilizes. You drive to the store on a road your money helps maintain, you go to the library that is supported by your tax dollars, your children go to school in facilities built by the community’s money. Yet when it comes time to support those establishments, which some of you use and depend on daily, once again this town has failed to follow through.
To those of you who voted against building a new intermediate school and renovating the middle school, I have one question for you – what better cause is there to support than education? It is disgraceful enough to see how undervalued teachers are, but to undermine the entire education system by not supporting decent facilities for both the children and teachers of this town is repulsive. As a 2003 graduate of Scarborough’s school system, I can tell you first-hand those schools need the renovations those bonds proposed to fund. Wentworth Intermediate has needed to be rebuilt for years. It is dark, damp, not properly lit and is extremely outdated technologically. I was part of the first class to spend all three years in the middle school and it was obvious even before I left the school that the space was not large enough to accommodate the student body. Portables are not a permanent solution, only a temporary one. Our town is continually growing and with that growth comes more students. This problem is not going to go away. It will only get larger as more students enter into the Scarborough school system. Using portables and other temporary locations is only wasting money that could be used to build new facilities. How can teachers and students alike be expected to work to their full potentials when the buildings they are in are falling apart or are so full there are not a sufficient number of classrooms? These students are supposed to be the future, yet the voters in this town indicated they would rather turn a deaf ear to the schools’ call of help for new facilities and instead pocket a few extra dollars.
On the same note, in June of this year, the voters of Scarborough also rejected a referendum to renovate the public library. I understand those of you who voted against the project had your reasons, but I’m guessing the majority of those reasons were monetary. The purpose of a community is to support public services with your tax dollars and education in the form of schools and libraries have to be some of the most essential programs to support. How can you vote against books, learning and the education that accompanies both of these entities? To the thousands who failed to cast a vote in June regarding the library, I hope you are disappointed in your lack of initiative. Specifically, the parents whose children have or will some day use the library as a safe after school destination. During the school year on any weekday afternoon, it is common to see at least a dozen middle school students hanging out, studying, and waiting for their parents to pick them up at the library. To those parents and all the future ones in a similar situation, I am sure you are considerably calmer knowing your child is somewhat supervised. Your child isn’t protesting how “uncool” it is to be at a daycare center, he/she can be with friends, you don’t have to hire someone to watch him/her in your house after school and there are responsible adults nearby. The least you could do with all that money you saved on childcare and the worry you avoided by making the librarians responsible could at the bare minimum be shown by your effort to vote to renovate the library. Is it that difficult to support an entity that exists on the principles of community betterment?
It is not my place to scorn those of you who voted against these referendums, my intent is only to make you aware of what opportunities you are denying the children of this community. These changes you voted against will eventually come to fruition. This town is growing so fast and has been for so long, these expansions are necessary. By delaying such changes, the cost of the projects will only increase. For the 5,500 members of the community that didn’t even bother to make their voices heard in this election, I can only hope that you are as disappointed in yourselves. Voting in either of these elections would have taken maybe five, ten extra minutes in your day. Every person has an opinion, even if it is indifference, and you should value yourself enough to express your thoughts. I grew up in Scarborough, I had amazing teachers who have taught me more than I will ever realize and this town will always be a part of me. What I can’t understand is how so many residents of this town can be so narrow-minded to the point where they fail to see the benefits of supporting education and learning.
Allison Bertsch
Scarborough
What happened to the jellyfish?
Editor:
My husband, and I and our dog went for a walk on Scarborough Beach, Western Beach and Ferry Beach yesterday morning (Nov. 12). We found thousands of small two to three-inch diameter jellyfish washed up on the sand all dead. What happened? Were the wind and waves so terrible that the tide washed them up? We are very concerned. We had to leave for New York right after our walk so we were unable to contact anyone.
Pat and Fred Fowler
Cazenovia, N. Y.
Lessen the Cabela’s impact on Payne Road South
Editor:
(Open letter to Scarborough Town Council and Planning Board)
Did you know Cabela’s is not a Haigis Parkway project? It really isn’t to Scarborough residents. It’s a Payne Road project because the only way to enter or exit Cabela’s currently will be from Payne Road. Most everyone I’ve spoken with in town about this project didn’t know that. Their next question is, “Where is Cabela’s going to be, then?” And I tell them the site is immediately south of the tollbooth on Payne Road, where an old abandoned farm still stands today. The property goes from Payne Road back to the northbound exit ramp coming off the highway. The only way to enter and exit this land is from Payne Road. So, Cabela’s proposed building site is not on the Haigis Parkway at all. It’s on Payne Road, south of the intersection of Payne Road and Haigis Parkway and Exit 42. For the purpose of identification in this letter, let’s call the part of Payne Road that runs from Exit 42 to Route One “Payne Road South.” Let’s also agree on the fact that Cabela’s proposed site is on Payne Road South.
Now, I live on Payne Road South, less than a half mile from this proposed site. I bought this home in the summer of 2000. This is the third place I’ve lived in Scarborough and I suppose I could always move again. But I like it here on Payne Road. I like my neighbors and our neighborhood. I am all for Cabela’s coming to Scarborough, Maine and for preserving our residential neighborhoods at the same time. I believe we can accomplish both if we want.
Traffic is the killer here on Payne Road South. And it has been steadily increasing every year since I moved in. People in the neighborhood thought the Haigis Parkway would have taken a lot of the traffic away from Payne Road South and instead traffic has only increased. Just last week while out waiting for the bus with one of my kids, a fully loaded logging truck flew past us. Because we could not get more speed limit signs posted, we hung our own cardboard signs from the telephone poles. If you drive Payne Road South you remember them. Cars are often stopped out front and at least one car a day turns around in my driveway. Just down the road (in another Payne Road South neighborhood) the backup to the Route One intersection begins. It’s a constant, steady stream of everything, twisting and winding through residential neighborhoods that call Payne Road South home. Feel free to stop in anytime and see for yourself.
Cabela’s says we should expect three million visitors a year. That’s 8,219 new visitors to Payne Road South every day using simple math. Cabela’s says 75 percent of these visitors will come from the highway and 25 percent from local roads. That’s 6,164 and 2,055 new visitors, respectively, every day. We all know these numbers will spike at certain times of the year and be flat at other times.
I don’t know how many of you have ever been to a Cabela’s, or even seen one. I did last November. The one north of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is huge and the parking lot is even bigger. The store is miles from anywhere, right out in the middle of nowhere. Only highways are around it, no residential anything is anywhere in sight.
Right now, the plan is all visitors coming and going to Cabela’s will travel on Payne Road South. Payne Road South can’t handle this additional traffic and neither can our Exit 42. Who are we kidding? And Cabela’s is only the beginning of what is to come for the Haigis Parkway corridor. What we need is both residential neighborhood preservation and economic development at the same time. What should we do? Here are some of my ideas:
For starters, why in the world would Cabela’s want to build on this piece of property? They say they want to be right out on the highway where everyone can see them, but this property isn’t even on the highway, only the northbound exit ramp. If I were Cabela’s, I’d go buy the Holiday Inn Express in Saco, with its own exit and entrance ramps onto the highway and local access roads too. Ok, I’m dreaming – back to Scarborough. Well then, why can’t Cabela’s get their own exit and entrance ramps off the highway like the Holiday Inn Express, or like Scarborough Downs had years back? Sure it costs more, but could they do it? Should they do it? The state seems really happy to have them coming to Maine, so how about their own exit and entrance ramps off the highway, Augusta?
And if that won’t work here’s another idea. Coming from the highway, how about turning into Cabela’s right after the tollbooth where the park-and-ride is today? Cabela’s could make a portion of their parking lot the new park and ride and those 6,164 new visitors coming off the highway every day don’t even have to travel Payne Road South. If we could do this then the question is how to get them back on the highway without traveling Payne Road South? How about making a left turn illegal coming out of Cabela’s onto Payne Road South? Instead, make the traffic exiting Cabela’s go straight across Payne Road South on the access road shown in their plan. This access road goes to the Haigis Parkway, where traffic could turn left and get back on the highway. Reverse direction and it gives local traffic a way to Cabela’s off the Haigis Parkway. With this idea the impact on Payne Road South is another traffic light just down the road from the existing light, where traffic will only cross Payne Road South.
Here is even a better idea. Make the traffic exiting Cabela’s go straight over the new “Cabela’s Overpass” to the access road shown in their plan. This would give Cabela’s their main entrance off the Haigis Parkway and would eliminate the need for an entrance into Cabela’s right after the tollbooth. Cabela’s traffic would continue straight off the highway onto the Haigis Parkway, turning right onto the developed access road and over the “Cabela’s Overpass” into the site. This idea puts no traffic on Payne Road South and gives Cabela’s a one-of-a-kind “theme” entrance rivaled by everyone. Think of how nice this would be for Scarborough and for Cabela’s.
I don’t profess to have all the “growth” answers, but I think if developers did a Haigis Parkway entrance for Cabela’s it would put more of the Haigis Parkway in play sooner and drive Cabela’s visitors by other retailers on the Haigis Parkway by default. Also, this idea handles the growth coming to the Haigis Parkway and keeps a bottleneck from forming around the Exit 42 intersection.
The residents I talk with want to see Cabela’s come to Maine, even to Scarborough. But they wonder if this is the right spot, and like me, if it is the right spot then they want to see it done right. Cabela’s is only the beginning of what will happen on the Haigis Parkway. We want to preserve our residential neighborhoods on and around Payne Road South from the traffic impact that this or any other development in the Payne Road South/Haigis Parkway area will bring with it.
We need to get this dialogue started with all parties involved now. I appreciate the guidance I received from one councilor when I expressed my ideas written here. This letter is the next step and my ideas are a starting point, but they show we can preserve Payne Road South for the residents and neighborhoods of Scarborough and at the same time bring big-time development to this site without really impacting Payne Road South.
In closing I’d like to say something about Cabela’s. They have a fine reputation. They are mid-westerners and they like to do business simple and straight up. And this is a really, really big move for them in many ways too. I couldn’t see them doing anything but what’s best for their new neighbors in Maine. So Cabela’s, I say welcome to Scarborough and welcome to the neighborhood.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
Chris Griffith
Scarborough
Let the pickup games happen
Editor:
Dear Scott, sorry to read about your pickup football issue. I often mention to my friends around Scarborough that you never see a game of pickup (football, baseball or even basketball). It is a lost art. You should be commended for getting off the couch and having fun with a group of friends. In a day of XBOX, Game Boy and Play Station, outdoor activities have dwindled and physical health has followed. Although...you could invest in a Game Boy and you guys could have a Madden 07 tournament in the gazebo. Then everyone would be happy and the pretty field would not be ruined by your continuous play every weekend for two hours.
As for our town and their precious fields – I have played sports my whole life and I have never seen nicer fields then we have here in Scarborough. Every field is like Fenway Park. As citizens of this town, we will not become healthier by admiring the fields, we need to use the fields. If it is a Saturday or a Sunday and no one is on a field, we should be able to use it, whether it is football or flying a kite. If that is not the case, we need to discuss this new Black Point Park. What is the sense in building more parks if the only unscheduled activity allowed is kite flying? If you are worried about overuse, please think back to when you were a kid and we did not have all this technology to keep us inside and inactive. We played outside until our parents had to drag us in and we did not care if our field was a street, dirt hole or overgrown hay field. Who says we have to spend hundreds of thousands on field maintenance? I am okay if my kids play on a field with a few weeds. Hey, they probably like the pretty yellow flowers.
My point is – this Sunday when Scott and his gang of thugs are out there tearing up your five-acre field with their eight pairs of cleats, let them be.
Scott, if you get busted again, I suggest switching to soccer. That is a guaranteed no hassles or your money back.
Paul Murrell
Scarborough
Oak Hill Players put on ‘fantastic performance’
Editor:
It was a wonderful evening spent Saturday at the Winslow Homer Auditorium watching the vast talent of our Oak Hill Players. I was truly impressed with the performance and all of the hard work that went into this production.
My mom and I had a nice time and talked on the phone again tonight of the show. Mom is a 1964 graduate of SHS and she felt a "light heart" as she sang along and gave knowing nods to the music, television and fads of the decade.
My congratulations on a fantastic performance and I look forward to seeing these talented performers again.
Bonnie Topham
Scarborough
Hats off to Clough for his service
Editor:
This is to offer my congratulations, thanks and best wishes to Representative Harold Clough on his eight years of distinguished service to the Maine Legislature.
I worked closely with Harold in his role as the Republican lead on the legislature’s tax policy committees. Harold was consistent in his honesty, integrity and principled leadership and in the kind and fair and straightforward way he worked with people of all political persuasions. He stood firmly by his principles not for political gain, or partisan positioning, but because he believed in what he said, always. And everything he did was with kindness and respect for others.
He has been a wonderful colleague and I wish him all the best.
Dick Woodbury
Yarmouth
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