Fall is here, summer isn’t over. Huh! It feels like fall today, cloudy, cold, and a great day to stay indoors by the computer. Did you know computers keep you warm? I didn’t either, but it’s definitely warmer in here by the computer than it is out there in the great (cold) outdoors.

It is so refreshing to have a president in the White House who truly understands what it takes to create jobs and grow the economy.

How does that saying go? “Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me?” Why is it that some of us never learn from our mistakes? In my book, “Backtrack,” chapter four is titled The Lightning Thing. Here is an excerpt:

If your backyard is home to a pet pig, dog, cat or goat, mark your calendar. The Dover-Foxcroft Tractor Supply Company is welcoming all leashed, friendly animals to visit the store during Pet Appreciation Week Sept. 13-17.

The late Lois Trask, who passed in 2016, was honored with the placement of a granite memorial in downtown Milo on Sept. 1.

M. Michelle Hood, FACHE, president and CEO of EMHS announced that Teresa “Terri” Vieira, MHA, FACHE, has been named president of Sebasticook Valley Health (SVH) and Charles A Dean Memorial Hospital. Vieira has led SVH since 2013 and has been acting president at C. A. Dean since 2017.

Pilots from across the country and Canada are expected to attend the popular International Seaplane Fly-In from Sept. 7-10, which also draws some of the biggest crowds of the summer season to the Moosehead Lake region.

Upcoming September events

Even as Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm, the people of Texas are still reeling from the devastating effects of the massive weather system. Mainers are always quick to rush to the aid of their neighbors, and many are looking for ways to help their fellow Americans in Texas. The most effective way to support disaster survivors is to donate money and time to reputable charitable organizations.

Most genealogists would rather have a root canal (or as one told me, give birth in a store window) than spend an afternoon at the Registry of Deeds tracking metes and bounds. But deeds are so much more than how many paces beyond the “stump” to go before hitting the boundary of the family’s land. They can establish family ties and provide dates of death and sometimes details not to be found in other sources.