Local students achieve at college
A multitude of Gorham students have been named to dean’s lists for the fall semester at colleges and universities. They are:
Allison Matthews at Lafayette College in Easton, Penn.; Ashley M. Martin, who is majoring in dairy science at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.; and Christian Malarsie, class of 2015, Assumption College, Worcester, Mass.
At the University of Southern Maine are Tiffany Amoroso, Kelly Anctil, Bailey Auspland, Alexandra Bacon, Thomas Bahun, Avery Barr, Gwendolyn Beaulieu, Kari Beaulieu, Matthew Becker, Erica Benson, Emily Boyce, Richard Burgess, Benjamin Chadwick, Jane Clukey, Adrienne Crosby, Julie Doxsey, Briana Gervais, Derek Goodrich, Nathan Goodrich, Megan Gosse, Nicholas Gowen, Farrin Hanson, Drew Hayward, Lacey Jones, Gregory Kemerait, Sarah Kennedy, Jennifer Kennedy, Jennifer Koenig, Tony Kourinos, Sophia Kourinos, Riki Kuech, Stacy Lamore, Sara Lessard, Nathan Lienhardt, Raisa Luck, Nathaniel Marcet, Edwin Marston, Molly Massa, James Mcdonald, Shawn Mckeown, Christian Melson, Thaddeus Moriarty, Ilunga Mutombo, Kevin O’donnell, Thomas Owens, Lindsay Paschal, Matthew Petros, Cameron Pomerleau, Nicole Ross, Joseph Sibley, Clara Stickney, Kyle Vandette, Tabatha Verney, Patrick Wallace, Natasha Williamson, Kaitlin Wolfe and Cameron Wright
Nominate outstanding
senior citizen
The search is on for Maine’s outstanding senior volunteer.
The Salute to Senior Service program, sponsored by Home Instead Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, honors the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes.
Nominations for outstanding senior volunteers will be accepted through Sunday. March 31. State winners then will be selected by popular vote at SalutetoSeniorService.com. Online voting will be from Monday, April 15, to Tuesday, April 30. From those state winners, a panel of senior care experts will pick the national Salute to Senior Service honoree.
Home Instead will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ favorite nonprofit organizations and their stories will be posted on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame. In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s nonprofit charity of choice.
“We all know seniors who do so much for our community,” said Bill Jenks, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Cumberland County. “These silent heroes give selflessly, expecting nothing in return. And yet, their contributions often make a difference not only to the organizations they serve, but in changing how the public views growing older.”
Senior care professionals and those who work at hospitals, senior care facilities and other places where seniors volunteer are encouraged to nominate older adults as are family caregivers and adult children of aging parents. Older adults also may self-nominate.
To complete and submit a nomination form online for a senior age 65 or older who volunteers at least 15 hours a month, and to view the contest’s official rules, visit SalutetoSeniorService.com. Completed nomination forms also can be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005.
U.S. taxpayer debt
The Bureau of Public Debt reported on Feb. 22 that the U.S. public debt was $16,608,318,357,376.54.
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