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AUBURN — West-ern Maine Transportation Services and Citylink/Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee joined the Lew-iston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce at the Down-town Auburn Transporta-tion Center Oct. 8 as part of “This is ME Counting on You.”

“This is ME Counting on You” is a public awareness campaign initiated by the Maine State Chamber in May that encourages Main-ers and visitors to do their part to stop the spread or a resurgence of COVID-19.

On Oct. 8, the cam-paign’s floor stickers and other resources were placed on local public buses and vans, as well as buses and vans that connect with Brunswick, Bethel, Car-rabassett Valley, Farming-ton, Oxford County and more. Representatives on hand, including Lewiston and Auburn city officials, discussed increased public transportation safety mea-sures and the importance of following recommended health and safety guide-lines, such as wearing a mask and practicing so-cial distancing, on public transit. Altogether, these

protocols will help prevent COVID-19 from spread-ing or resurging, keeping Mainers healthy and ensur-ing Maine’s economy con-tinues to recover.

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Phil Crowell, Auburn city manager, added, “The ‘This is ME Counting on You’ campaign is what the people of Auburn have been doing for over 150 years - counting on one an-other. It makes us stronger, safer, more united. The city of Auburn is proud to do our part to help support local businesses as well as

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Based on an award-win-ning book by Robert Kim-mel Smith, “The War with Grandpa” is a family com-edy that was filmed three years ago for the now-de-funct Weinstein label. It’s great to see a film like this being released in theaters for families to enjoy to-gether during the pandem-

ic, but it doesn’t change the fact that this is merely a distraction for the young-lings while their parents have other things to do. Not to mention, director Tim Hill has a “pedigree” in the genre, including films like “Muppets from Space” and “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.”

Recently widowed Ed (Robert De Niro) is having trouble adjusting to living alone, and his daughter Sal-ly (Uma Thurman) has him move into the home she shares with her husband Arthur (Rob Riggle) and her three kids. While the rest of the family, including teenager Mia (Laura Ma-rano) and Christmas-ob-sessed younger sister Jenny (Poppy Gagnon), are hap-py to have their grandpa around, 12-year-old Peter (Oakes Fegley) is mad that

he has to move up into the attic since his bedroom now belongs to Ed. His middle school friends sug-gest he go on a prank war with his grandpa to get him to move out. Meanwhile, Ed’s buddies Jerry (Chris-topher Walken) and Danny (Cheech Marin) believe it’s a great way to get back at his grandson.

Naturally, the pranks get more dangerous each day, affecting the twosome’s once-bonding relationship. There’s also a four-against-four battle of trampoline dodgeball between the kids and Ed, Jerry, Dan-ny and Diane (Jane Sey-mour). Things come to a head during Jenny’s Christ-mas-themed birthday par-ty, where the danger really goes up a notch.

Kids will likely have fun with it, but the grownups

will have to steer clear from it by more than six feet. This is one of the la-ziest, ill-conceived, tone-deaf abominations to hit the silver screen, and forget trying to save theaters with it. It’s one of those plots that could’ve been solved in a short period of time, but they instead had to pile it on with more and more absurdity that it becomes unbearable. Not to men-tion, it’s filled to the brim with family comedy cliches and stale humor that it feels like the movie’s going on auto-pilot without steering into any proper direction. This kind of Hollywood manufacturing of kiddie films has to end at some point.

The writers seem to be under the impression that there are no long-term con-sequences to the characters’

actions. As far-fetched the plot is, there are too many moments that would’ve been more consequential in real life. It’s absolutely ridiculous that these mo-ments were designed to be funny only they end up with irrational, face-palm-ing behavior.

But the most baffling thing is why these respect-able and legendary actors would stoop this low to be in this movie. With De Niro, it’s par for the course at this point. With this and “Dirty Grandpa,” he finds a way to remain as stoic and dignified as in his greatest performances while performing heinous acts of unfunny comedy. Then you have Seymour, Marin and Walken, who has not acted with De Niro since “The Deer Hunter,” who were definitely in

this only for the paycheck. Both Thurman and Riggle, on the other hand, are de-cent, but the kid actors are simply below average and they don’t make sitting through this film any eas-ier.

If 2020 represents ev-erything wrong with the world, “The War with Grandpa” represents ev-erything wrong with mov-ies today. It’s a soulless, factory-produced product that doesn’t reflect any moral stance in the real world. Just stay home, watch whatever’s stream-ing, wait until 2021 when things start going back to normal, and you’ll be fine.

THE MOVIE’S RAT-ING: PG (for rude humor, language, and some the-matic elements)

THE CRITIC’S RAT-ING: 1 Star (Out of Four)

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By Barbara McAllisterWord of the Day: Epon-

ymousEponymous refers to

something named for a person. It comes from the Greek root onyma, meaning name. “Anon-ymous,” from the same root, means without name, and “pseudonym” means false name. Donald

Trump has an eponymous empire: Trump Hotel, Trump Tower, Trump Ca-sino and Trump Universi-ty. Henry Ford created an eponymous vehicle. Many towns and cities are epon-ymously named for their founders, as are many of their streets

Lewiston, according to the city website, is epon-

ymously named after Job Lewis, a Boston merchant. Turner was named for the Rev. Charles Turner. Bowdoin College is epon-ymously named for James Bowdoin II, a wealthy Boston merchant and the second governor of Mas-sachusetts. Perhaps sur-prisingly, Greene, Maine, was not named for the

color of the surrounding woods, but eponymously after Nathanael Greene, a major general in George Washington’s continental army

Eponyms can become part of our vocabulary, with the origins all but forgotten. Macadam comes from John McAd-am, a Scottish engineer

who invented the paving material. You might know “sandwich” was named for the Earl of Sandwich who was said to have created a meal he could eat while playing cards, but lesser known ones include leotard, guppy, uzi, saxophone, cardigan, shrapnel, boycott, lynch, pompadour and nicotine,

all named for the person that discovered, invented or popularized them.

The word “hippopota-mus,: by the way, is also from Greek roots, but dif-ferent ones that mean “riv-er horse.” While hippopot-amus is not eponymous, it is one of the few words to rhyme with it and it’s just fun to say.

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As November comes on in Maine, with frost-laden mornings and leafless hard-woods greying up the tree lines, serious deer hunters begin preparations. Rifles are cleaned and zeroed. Maps are studied. Hunting clothes are checked over. New gear is purchased. Tree stands are erected, and kindred spirits of the fall deer hunt fix the leaky roof at deer camp, all the while sharing stories and day dreaming about what “could be” during the best month of the year.

The “what could be” is re-ally what the deer hunt is in its essence. The expectation of that dream buck, the big heavy-antlered behemoth slow stepping up through the alders from the morning

bog, antlers glistening and breath steaming from flared nostrils.

For Horace Hinckley of Augusta, that daydream ma-terialized on Fletcher Moun-tain in November 1955. A massive buck stepped into the sights of Hinckley’s 30:06 and, with one shot, was to become a Maine state record that remains a record to this day – 65 years later!

Hinckley’s buck field-dressed at 355 pounds; its live weight was estimated at 488 pounds.

In a story written by Rich-ard Bernier, the author re-veals that Hinckley’s wife had dispatched a 200 pound buck minutes before Hinck-ley fired. She was, accord-ing to Bernier, within shout-ing distance of her husband and was calling out to him to come and help her. On a hunter’s hunch, Hinckley did not rush to his wife’s side like many of us would do. He remained motionless and silent. Perhaps he had seen sign and suspected that there might have been some buck sparring in the vicinity,

with more than one rutted up critter in the neighborhood. Perhaps Hinckley was just plain lucky. Whatever the case, Hinckley’s instincts delivered to him the buck of a lifetime — literally.

Most seasoned deer hunt-ers, even those of us who have never tagged a 200 pound buck, have neverthe-less seen or jumped big deer later described at deer camp as the “Hartford Elk.” Still, it is hard to imagine a deer in the Maine woods whose live weight approaches 500 pounds!

In 2018, according to the Maine Sportsman, a wom-an hunter bagged a brag-ging buck in the Rangeley area that field-dressed at 215 pounds. There were a number of bucks tagged that year exceeding 220 pounds dressed. Kyle Wentworth, spokesman for the Maine Antler & Skull Trophy Club, told me his organiza-tion’s records indicate that, in 2006, a Maine buck was tagged that field-dressed at 331 pounds. He cautioned that his club has no way of

officially confirming these weights.

According to retired deer biologist Gerry Lavigne, most mature adult bucks tip the scales between 200 and 300 pounds. Is there a 400-pounder skulking about somewhere in the Big Woods? It is certainly pos-sible, and that makes the fall deer hunt all that more exciting and filled with an-ticipation, even for those who are not trophy hunters and hoping simply to fill the freezer with some tasty ven-ison cuts.

What makes it all that more exciting is that, in so many cases, these bragging bucks have shown a tenden-cy to show up at the most unexpected times.

Good luck with your fall deer hunt. No sleeping on the job.

The author is editor of the “Northwoods Sport-ing Journal.” He is also a Maine guide and host of a weekly radio program — “Maine Outdoors” — heard at 7 p.m. Sundays on “The Voice of Maine News

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JAY — OTIS Federal Credit Union has donated $5,000 to the Jay Histori-cal Society, 14 Old Jay Hill Road. These funds will be used to assist with repair costs of the Jay Historical Society’s Holmes-Crafts Homestead Building, namely the repair of sills and beams throughout the structure which have dete-riorated as a result of age and water damage. The to-tal cost of the project is es-timated to be $30,000.

The Holmes-Crafts Homestead, a Federal style

home built in the early 1800s, was the residence of James Starr, one of the first settlers to the area and a prominent local lawyer, surveyor and politician. The Homestead, owned by the society, houses displays of antique tools, a collec-tion of historical books, granite-related items, a country store and furnish-ings relating to the town.

“We are excited to pro-vide this donation to help with the Historical Soci-ety’s repair efforts,” said Kim Turner, credit union

president/CEO. “It is im-portant to preserve and share information on the history of our town, and we are grateful to the commu-nity members that partic-ipate in these efforts. This donation will assist them in the overall cost to this very big project.”

The Jay Historical Soci-ety, organized on Jan. 20, 1972, is dedicated to pre-serving and maintaining the local history of the town of Jay. It was entered into the National Register of His-toric Places in 1973.

Submitted photoFrom left, OTIS Vice President Darice Dubreuil and OTIS President/CEO Kim Turner are pictured with Dor-othy White, Lillian Sears and Karin Paine of the Jay Historical Society.

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AUBURN — The Au-burn United Methodist Church on Park Avenue is seeking items for the High Street Food Pantry and also

asking for donations of clean, warm winter coats, jackets, boots, mittens, hats and blankets to assist needy families and the homeless.

Ongoing pantry needs in-clude peanut butter; canned vegetables, soups and pas-ta; canned meats and fruit; dry cereal and baking items (mixes, sugar, flour, etc.); dry items such as packaged

soups and crackers, as well as toilet paper and paper towels.

Donations may be dropped off at the Auburn United Methodist Church, 439 Park Ave., and may be left in the parking lot entry-way any weekday morning. Call the church office at 107-782-3972 for addition-al information.

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Before fireplace season hits full swing, homeown-ers might want to brush up on a few fireplace facts so they can safely enjoy nights spent sitting by the crack-ling flames.

The Chimney Safety In-stitute of America advises homeowners with fireplac-es to hire a CSIA-certified chimney sweep to clean

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A full inspection of the chimney might be in order as well. Chimney service

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Homeowners also should inspect their chimney dampers before lighting their first fires of the sea-son. Dampers should open and close smoothly. If not, a service technician can help fix or replace the damper.

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Fight Fraud: Guard Your Medicare Card

If you have Medicare, you can protect your identity and help prevent health care fraud by guarding your Medicare card like you would a credit card.

The new Medicare cards no longer have your social security number on them which has been a step in the right direction in protecting your identity. But unfortunately there are people out there that make it their job to figure out news ways to scam people and access your information. Now that your Medicare card has a number that is unique to you, it is still important to be diligent in protecting yourself.

Here are some important steps you can take to protect yourself from the identity theft that can lead to health care fraud:

• Don’t share your Medicare Number with anyone who contacts you by telephone, email, or in person, unless you’ve given them permission in advance. Medicare will NEVER contact you (unless you ask them to) for your Medicare Number or other personal information.

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• Review your Medicare Summary Notice to be sure you and Medicare are only being charged for actual items and services received.

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Open enrollment season runs October 15 through December 7 for those currently enrolled in a Medicare program and wanting to review their plans for possible changes. This year brings unique challenges with the pandemic limiting our ability to meet face to face to review options. At SeniorsPlus we are offering telephonic, mail, and virtual options for appointments. Please call us at 1-800-427-1241 between 8:30–4:30 Monday–Friday.

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AUBURN — Central Maine Community Col-lege interim President Bet-sy Libby has announced the four new faculty ap-pointments.

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ly childhood education & education instructor. Bilo-deau has experience as a special education teacher at Turner Primary School and as a special services coordinator at the Promise Early Education Center. An Auburn native who re-sides in Turner, she earned a bachelor’s degree in ear-ly childhood special edu-cation from the University of Maine at Farmington and a master’s degree in early intervention and a graduate certificate from the University of Maine. She holds teaching certi-fications in pre-K, early elementary and special ed-ucation.

Haley Bullecks, life sciences instructor. An adjunct instructor in the

nursing program last year, Bullecks previously taught chemistry at State Uni-versity of New York at Potsdam before moving to Maine. She attended the Maine School of Science and Mathematics. Bullecks holds a master’s degree from Texas Tech Universi-ty and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in athematics from the SUNY Potsdam.

Samantha Hewey, nurs-ing instructor. Hewey earned an associate degree in nursing at CMCC and a bachelor of science in nursing at Kaplan Univer-sity. She is working on a family nurse practitioner master’s degree at Purdue Global. Hewey has nursing experience in emergency and intensive care at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and has also worked at Beacon Hospice and the Oxford Hills School Dis-trict. She is a selectman for the town of Oxford.

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Three cohorts are sched-uled to take place, which will allow roughly 45 stu-dents to participate and take the next step in an IT career. All costs associated with the training program are funded by the Harold Alfond Foundation, and it

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Q. Can you get Lyme disease in Hawaii?

A. It’s possible, but the odds are against it. This is from the Hawaii State De-partment of Health:

“Lyme disease is an ill-ness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness reported on the mainland United States but is not found in Hawaii, since the type of tick that spreads this disease is not present in Hawaii.”

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ment’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the Northeast, the upper Mid-west and the West Coast as the places you’re most likely to get Lyme disease. However, Lyme disease is found in many parts of the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. You should check with the health de-partments in your area.

Lyme disease is caused by bacteria spread by bites primarily from deer ticks, which are brown and often no bigger than a pin head. The disease was named for a Connecticut town where it was first recognized in 1975.

Lyme disease can cause fever, headaches, fatigue, joint pain, sore muscles, stiff neck and a skin rash that usually begins where

the tick dug in. The rash may start out as a small red spot that can get bigger. A ring within the spot can fade and create a “bull’s eye.” Some people with Lyme disease get many red spots.

If you don’t treat Lyme disease, it can spread to the heart, joints and the ner-vous system. Patients with late Lyme disease can suf-fer permanent damage. If Lyme disease spreads to the heart, the person may feel an irregular or slow heart-beat. The disease is rarely fatal.

Lyme disease is treated with antibiotics. In most cases of early Lyme dis-ease, two to four weeks of oral antibiotics kill the bac-teria. If the disease has pro-gressed, your doctor may recommend an intravenous

antibiotic for two to four weeks. This IV treatment is usually effective, although it may take some time to recover.

Lyme disease is often misdiagnosed. The dis-ease’s symptoms are shared with other conditions such as viral infections, joint dis-orders, muscle pain (fibro-myalgia), chronic fatigue syndrome and depression.

There is no human vac-cine for Lyme disease available. There was a vac-cine approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998. It was pulled from the market in 2002.

The CDC reports that there are more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year. Most cases are re-ported in the summer when people are outdoors and ticks are most active.

Only a minority of deer tick bites lead to Lyme dis-ease. The longer the tick remains attached to your skin, the greater your risk of contracting the disease. You aren’t likely to get Lyme disease if the tick has been attached to your skin for less than 48 hours.

To remove a tick, use fine-tipped tweezers. Grab the tick as close to your skin as possible. Pull in a steady upward motion un-til the tick comes out. Then apply an antiseptic to the bite area and wash your hands with soap and water. Save the tick for possible identification by a doctor

The best method of fighting Lyme disease is to prevent tick bites. The following are some recom-mendations:

• When you go into the woods, wear light-col-ored pants and long-sleeve shirts, shoes (no sandals) and a hat. Tuck pant legs into socks or shoes, and tuck shirts into pants. Light-colored garments are better for locating ticks.

• Stay on trails and avoid walking through low bushes and long grass.

• Use an insect repellent containing DEET or per-methrin.

• After you spend time outdoors, check for ticks. Then wash and dry clothing at high tempera-tures.

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FEATURE COLUMN

Thank Our Election WorkersBy Representative

Joshua MorrisIn April, I began my

re-election campaign with an ad in this publication thanking our essential

workers for all they have done during this pandem-ic. Whether they work in the healthcare industry, the grocery store, or in classrooms both virtual

and live, they deserve a big thank you for continu-ing to serve our communi-ty during these challeng-ing times.

As we near election

day, I also want to thank our town clerks and poll workers in this election season. As many of you know, my grandfather, Punk House, was a select-man in Turner.

He has always had high praise for the people that work in our town offices. As your state represen-tative, I want to say how fortunate the people of Leeds, Livermore,and Turner are for the peo-ple that work for us in our towns. They are our friends and neighbors, members of our commu-nity that show great dedi-cation to us every day and have really stepped up in this election cycle.

Due to COVID-19, there have been a large

number of absentee bal-lots taken out this year as well as people showing up at the town offices to vote early in person. The process for handling these requests is very labor in-tensive and they have handled it with grace and a smile as you would ex-pect.

Election day is a long day for our poll work-ers, it begins early in the morning and they are there long after the polls close at 8 p.m. getting the results tabulated and reported to the Secretary of State’s office. It is very likely they will not leave until 2 o’clock in the morning, a nearly 20 hour day.

They are as committed

to having a smooth pro-cess for voting in person on election day as they al-ways have been. Election day is always a stressful day and though there may be some hiccups because of the pandemic, rest as-sured they are as com-mitted as ever to ensuring that everyone who shows up gets to vote.

I don’t have to tell you that 2020 has been one of the most challenging years in recent memory. This election cycle has been especially challenging to our clerks from the num-ber of absentee requests to challenges COVID-19 presents on election day. I hope you will take the op-portunity, along with me, this election day, as you leave the polls, to thank our election workers for their dedication to us and ensuring our democratic process runs as smoothly this year as it has in past years.

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"We have had the pleasure of watching Josh grow up from the little boy obsessed with Disney cartoons to the man who has stepped up to serve our community. He is always there to bring us to doctor's appointments, he cares about his family, just as he cares about your family, and access to quality, affordable healthcare.

He has worked hard the last two years to help the taxpayers and small business owners of this community, the treasured piece of Maine we call home. We are extremely proud of Josh, all he has accomplished, and what he stands for. Please join us in re-electing Josh Nov. 3rd. He has never let us down, and he won't let you down either."

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Cynthia, who’s now 59, experienced her first floater in her eye when she was 13.

“And I remember distinctly because I saw this thing that looked like it belonged underneath a microscope, like a little amoeba. I asked my mom about it and she said, “Oh, it’s nothing, it’s just a

floater.”~CynthiaHer eye doctor agreed.

Floaters aren’t usually a big deal, but they can be an early warning sign of a retinal tear or a detachment, especially, later in life. Our eyes are filled with a gel-like substance called the vitreous, which contains

tiny fibers that are attached to the retina. The retina is a thin layer of tissue that covers about 65% of the back of the eye. It receives light and changes it into signals that it sends to the brain – an important part of us being able to see.

Floaters are little clumps of the gel inside your eye.

What you see are shadows of the clumps cast on the retina. As we get older, the gel shrinks, and the tiny fibers begin to pull on the retina. Sometimes when a fiber is pulling on the retina the fiber breaks. That’s called a vitreous detachment or a posterior vitreous detachment

(PVD). It’s not a serious issue, and no treatment is usually necessary. Age is the primary risk factor for PVD, but additional ones are recent eye surgery, such as cataract removal and myopia, or nearsightedness. Dr. Aaron Parnes, a retina specialist with Eyecare Medical Group, explains

the role that myopia plays.“In a highly myopic

or nearsighted eye, the eye itself is longer. That elongation causes you to need glasses in order to focus the light farther back than would normally be needed. That elongation also causes the retina to be stretched out — it has to cover a larger surface area.”

~Dr. Aaron Parnes, retina specialist, Eyecare Medical Group, Portland, Maine

Cynthia is at increased risk of retinal problems because she is nearsighted. She started wearing glasses when she was 12 years old and ever since her first one at age 13, has gotten quite used to seeing floaters. In early March she had an entirely new experience. She began to see flashing lights in the periphery of her left eye.

“It was absolutely terrifying. These bright flashes of light that if you were looking at the sky, look like a lightning bolt that flashes and disappears. And then you move your eye and it flashes again and it disappears. I’d never seen this, so I went to an eye doctor and he said what I was seeing was a fiber tugging on the retina.”

~Cynthia

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The temperature is changing and so are our habits. We go from hang-ing outside in the sunshine, mowing lawns, golfing, walking, biking and plant-ing flowers to watching TV and playing video games indoors and eating comfort

foods that fall in line with the chilly days.

Do not let the change of season suck you into bad habits and bad food choices. There are plenty of chilly-day foods that do not involve a lot of unnec-essary calories.

Instead of reaching for the apple pie and meatloaf with gravy, reach for a hot bowl of soup or make a pot of tomato-based sauce and lather it over spaghetti squash. These are two of my favorite cold weather change-of-season choices. Soups are filling and can be hearty, leaving you sat-isfied enough to not reach

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You might think you’d feel it if something was tugging on your retina, but it has no pain sensors, so you see flashing lights instead. That’s why it’s important to pay attention to light flashes or other clues your eye might be sending you that something potentially serious is going on.

Dr. Parnes emphasizes the importance of recognizing the early warning signs.

“Initially, you’ll have floaters, black dots, or flashes of light in your vision. Floaters mean either there is bleeding, or the gel has shifted around. A flash comes as an arc of light on the side of your vision and goes away immediately. There can be multiple flashes at once. They indicate pulling on the retina”.

~Dr. Aaron ParnesPulling on the retina can

cause PVD, but it could also lead to a retinal tear and unfortunately, that’s what ended up happening to Cynthia. She was scheduled to see her eye doctor a month after he first saw her, but after experiencing three weeks of continuous flashing lights, something more dramatic occurred.

“On the morning of March 26. I was on my computer and these flashes got super bright, super intense and they arced over the entire top of my eye. About 15 minutes later, I saw this thing move across my eye that was like a cloud. I thought, oh my god, that is not good. This big, bulky thing was moving across my eye, and then I saw a darker thing that looked like an octopus flat across my eye, which dropped thousands of little floaters on me.

This was the height of COVID, round one, but the doctor saw me immediately. He examined my eye and said, “Well, the bad news is you have a retinal tear. The good news is it’s not a retinal detachment yet.”

~Cynthia

Fortunately, the tear could be treated with a laser, which uses heat to seal around the tear and decrease the likelihood of a detached retina.

“It took about 15 minutes. The eye doctor had on this weird virtual reality headset and the laser in his hand. He had me torque my head so he could laser in on the spot, and 15 minutes later, he had sealed the hole. I couldn’t see anything for about 10 minutes after that because the light was so blinding that my brain had to get used to that happening. We left and went home, and I looked like somebody hit me in the face with a baseball bat because my eye was solid red.”

~CynthiaThe laser sealed the

tear in Cynthia’s retina, but the afternoon after her treatment, another black “octopus” streaked across her vision. Back she went to the eye doctor, who discovered that when the tear occurred it nicked a blood vessel. Several months later, Cynthia said it seems as if she is looking through a snow globe.

“My vision is actually fine. My vision has not changed, but I have a lot of debris in there — floaters and cloudy stuff, and also a lot of blood in the eye because of the nicked blood vessel. I’m hoping that eventually, more blood will get reabsorbed and I won’t have as much debris floating around in my left eye.”

~CynthiaIt could be a year before

her eye clears up and the debris may not all go away. And once you’ve started the PVD process in one eye, it’s likely to happen in the other eye as well within a year. Sure enough, Cynthia has already started noticing symptoms.

“I started having flashing in my right eye, and I don’t honestly know how long has it been going on. I happened to notice it when I was going up a staircase where there’s a blank wall. Then it was

really easy to see. But it’s really, really far back in the periphery.”

~CynthiaBecause of the

experience with her left eye, Cynthia knows that the flashes in her right eye indicate that there is pulling going on. She’s trying to take a calm approach to the idea that she might have another retinal tear. Every day she meditates.

“As part of my meditation, I always say to myself, I only have a 10% chance of it happening again, I only have a 10% chance of this happening again, let’s focus on that.”

~CynthiaThe biggest risk she

faces is having a retinal detachment, which is what happens if you have a tear and fluid leaks out under the retina. Serious business, says Dr. Parnes.

“If the fluid does go through the retinal tear and the retina separates from the back of the eye, you’ll see a shadow or curtain come over your vision. It starts in one field of your view and eventually, will envelop the entire field. Your vision in that eye will be darkened. When the retina is detached, you can’t just laser it back. You need surgery. The usual

procedure is vitrectomy. We remove the gel that fills the eye which removes the pulling on the tear or tears. Then we have to reattach the retina. We usually use a gas bubble to push it back into place. Then we apply a laser to create a scar just like we would if the retina was already attached and there was just a tear there. You usually need to position your head either facing down or facing one way or the other depending on where you want the bubble to push. As the laser scars down and seals everything in place, it keeps the retina attached over three weeks to two months, the bubble slowly dissolves, and we keep a close watch to see that the retina remains attached. The healing process is long, more of a marathon than a sprint.”

~Dr. ParnesAs I mentioned earlier,

the biggest risks associated with torn or detached retinas are age (a PVD is more likely to happen after age 60), being near-sighted, or having recent eye surgery. Trauma to the eye can also increase your risk and having an issue in one eye increases your risk in your other eye.

Paying attention to your eyes is the most important

thing you can do to prevent more serious problems, says Dr. Parnes.

“If you have symptoms, don’t ignore them. If flashes or floaters are occurring you should get a dilated eye exam, preferably within a day or so, because it could mean the gel has separated. In most people, the gel can separate and not create a tear or a detachment, but you can’t tell without getting an exam. So, getting examined sooner when you have symptoms is a good idea”

~Dr. ParnesAnd don’t forget your

routine eye exams. Cynthia couldn’t agree more. She never expected to become a retinal expert herself, but it happened. Almost overnight. And one thing that has caught her attention is how easily some people dismiss what’s going on with their eyes.

“I got to know the eye doctor’s office pretty well, and they said that some people are so bodily unaware that they come in and their retinas are almost completely detached, which means they’ve had this black curtain over their eye. If you see a heavy

drape moving across your vision or down from the top or up from the bottom you should know you have a problem. Get to the eye doctor, and also go if you notice a big floater that’s new or a lot of floaters that happen all of a sudden”.

~CynthiaYou may not be able to

prevent torn or detached retina, but the earlier you catch them the more likely you’ll avoid more serious issues later on.

Cynthia has one final suggestion to help us all be more aware of our eyes. She’s added something to her morning routine that she says is quick and easy — you could even do it while you’re brushing your teeth. She covers one eye and takes a close look at the other, rolling it around and making sure she doesn’t see any floaters, flashes, dark curtains, or anything else that’s unusual. She does the same with her other eye, finishes brushing her teeth, and moves on with her day (and her daily meditation). I hope she doesn’t run into any more problems. Seems like she’s had enough this year.

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DIXFIELD – To continue her pursuit of making Maine a better place to live, work, and raise a family, Senator Lisa Keim announced her intention to seek re-election for a third term as senator for Maine State Senate District 18, comprised of northern and central Oxford County, and Livermore and Livermore Falls in Androscoggin County.

“Representing Western Maine in the Senate has been one of the greatest honors of my life – I am humbled by the trust placed in me,” Keim said. “I have learned much over the past four years and will continue giving myself wholeheartedly to the task of representing my friends and neighbors in the Maine Senate, and working for policies that strengthen Maine families.”

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“Some of the work of which I am most proud is that of assisting families in my district with issues, convening resource events for local businesses, speaking with students about civic engagement, helping local schools procure Jobs For Maine Graduate programs, hosting the Maine Supreme Judicial Court at the Mountain Valley High School, and securing Opportunity Zones in the River Valley,” Keim said. “I have spent four years investing myself into my local communities and am committed to navigating these diffi cult times alongside them. With a focus on overall community wellbeing we can build ourselves back stronger.”

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AUBURN — St. Domi-nic School seventh-graders made blankets for dogs and cats at the Greater Andro-scoggin Humane Society in a project to celebrate faith, excellence and kindness.

“Every year, these ac-tivities are part of the rea-son I love working at St. Dom’s and some of my fondest memories with my students,” said Jamie Ouel-lette, a seventh-grade teach-er.

Staff and students alike renew a commitment each day to celebrate faith, aca-demic excellence and kind-ness. A tradition that has provided a special pride for current and past students, including this year’s sev-enth graders.

“We discussed how we can be kind to ourselves, to our family, our school community, and our local community,” Ouellette said. “The students generated a list of ideas for each cate-gory and then we voted on which one they would like to do first.”

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blankets for the Greater Androscoggin Humane So-ciety in Lewiston. “I was given measurements for a typical cat and a typical dog at the shelter,” said Ouel-lette.

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finish all the tying,” said Ouellette.

Now, dogs and kitties will rest comfortably in the present as they await forev-er homes.

It is one of many ambi-tious and heartwarming ser-

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Roberts brings several years of experience in the credit union industry to his new role, and a passion for the Maine Credit Union’s Campaign for Ending Hunger.

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Fellow Leavitt seniors Dan Cifelli (left) and Ethan Weston (right) border Ryan Thibault following Thibault’s goal against St. Dominic Academy in an October 18 soccer match. Also in the celebration are Robbie Gladu and Kaleb Bell.

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Nutting “proposed legislation to streamline state government…” Ellsworth American 9/6/07

Nutting “pushed these cuts for months…Some 20 positions he identied were included in the governor’s curtailment…” Lewiston Sun Journal 1/26/08

Unfortunately, in the ten years I haven’t been in Augusta, both parties have spent millions and millions more on new political appointees. Maine people can’t afford this.

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