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as a small drawing or short essay
Thumbs up to North Waterboro’s Christopher Tinkham, who has been chosen for the second time to maintain and blaze trails with the Maine Conservation Corps. This summer, Tinkham will be working on conservation projects throughout western Maine as an assistant field team leader. As a member of the MCC, he’ll be helping create the infrastructure so many of us enjoy when we visit Maine’s parks and recreational areas. According to Gov. Paul LePage, being chosen for more than one summer of service with the MCC is rare, and Tinkham beat out 25 other applicants who were not among the 50 chosen for the job. We wish him all the best as he gains trail work experience and helps to beautify and conserve our public outdoor spaces.
Thumbs up to all area high school graduates, who are excitedly moving on to the next stage of their lives, and to the parents and others who supported them along the way. For most, earning a high school diploma is a key component of being successful and earning a decent living in adulthood. Celebrating the completion of high school is an important milestone that marks a transition from child to adult, and we wish these graduates all the best as they begin to take full responsibility for their lives and set themselves on a path to achieving their goals.
Thumbs up to all the candidates and voters who embraced the democratic process by participating in the primary elections on Tuesday, June 10. Several area seats were contested, not only at the legislative level, but also for town boards, and it’s heartening to see multiple citizens stepping up to seek their party’s nomination or their town’s approval. Now it’s time to head into the heart of election season, with its heated debates, barbs being thrown and policy revelations, as we prepare to vote in November.
Thumbs up to the quick action of a Sanford student who told her parent about a threatening message allegedly posted by a classmate on Facebook, and to her parent, who notified the police. Police reported that a 17-year-old male had posted that he was thinking about shooting everyone in the class, and mentioned three students by name. That’s a chilling thing to read when so many people have followed through with similar threats in recent years. In this case, the young man may have never intended to actually shoot anyone, but by getting police involved immediately, the student and her parent helped remove any possibility. It’s scary to think that our children are not safe in their own schools, among their own peers, but if we remain vigilant, sometimes problems can be addressed before they become violent, and those who need help can get it.
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