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PublishedMay 31, 2012
Young man helped woman above and beyond
I was shopping for plants at the Agway store in Skowhegan recently on a very hot day. After a few minutes in the greenhouse I was overcome by the humidity and started to have a hard time breathing. The young man who was attending to the greenhouse offered to help me. He pushed my cart […]
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PublishedMay 31, 2012
Proud to see unveiling of new veterans monument
It was with great pride to see the unveiling of the new veterans monument in Hallowell. I volunteered to reconstruct the World War ll monument by the post office in 1993 as a tribute to my father, Sheridan Truman, whose name was on the original that was dedicated in 1945. A newspaper picture and most […]
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PublishedMay 31, 2012
Collins walks the walk with Alzheimer’s families
Eighteen years ago, Sen. Susan Collins volunteered to walk door to door in Farmington with me during the first of my three campaigns for the Maine Senate. She’s walking now with 25,000-plus Mainers afflicted with Alzheimer’s, and with me and thousands of caregivers. Her family knows the pain. Collins’s informative Kennebec Journal opinion page piece, […]
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PublishedMay 31, 2012
Good things happening in all levels of our schools
As I prepared to see my first child walk across the stage to receive his diploma, I started thinking about all the good things that go on in our schools. We have students learning about giving back to their community at all levels through service projects. At the last school board meeting, we had a […]
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PublishedMay 30, 2012
Signing no-tax pledge one step in right direction
In response to Donald Chalmers’ letter published May 28, I have, in fact, signed a pledge to never vote to raise taxes on Maine and America’s hard-working people. Simply put, we have a spending problem in Washington, not a revenue problem, and our economy and America’s strength as a nation are in jeopardy. What we […]
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PublishedMay 30, 2012
RSU 18 budget not in tune with our poor economy
The proposed budget for RSU 18 (Belgrade, China, Oakland, Rome, and Sidney schools) is not in tune with, nor consistent with the poor economy we are facing and must to be reduced. The proposed RSU-18 budget increase of over $1.1 million (or 3.49 percent) from the previous year is not compatible with the earnings of […]
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PublishedMay 30, 2012
King’s traits will serve Maine well in US Senate
Like many of my friends and neighbors, I am tired of the needless division and partisan posturing in Washington. As a conservative Democrat, I’m tired of the extreme ideology and failed solutions being offered by leaders of my party. As a result, I am supporting former Gov. Angus King in his bid to become our […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
There’d be no upstairs without those downstairs
Facility with words can dazzle. It cannot provide a decent boiled dinner or mince pie. It cannot build houses, sew dresses, make shoes or build cars, tractors or planes. Let those who languish with tea and crumpets upstairs recognize that without those downstairs, there’d be no upstairs. Genius comes in many forms. Victor Lister Athens
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
Stop kicking vulnerable, focus on raising revenue
After the state Legislature approved the most recent budget cuts, Gov. Paul LePage commented that the cuts were aimed at people who “take but never give.” Who are these “takers”? The elderly who worked all their lives and who can no longer work. They gave plenty in their lifetime, and deserve whatever help they get […]
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PublishedMay 29, 2012
Church may go, but memories continue
What a shame it has to come to a vote to remove St. Francis Church. How wonderful for the elderly to be able to live where they have so many memories. My husband’s family has always and still has the home behind the church, and we lived there when St. Francis ran a school (another […]
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