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Volume 9 • Issue No. 3
York Officer Will represent maine in Special Olympics Torch run YOrK – On Sunday, January 20, York police officer John Lizanecz will depart from the Portland Jet Port to fly to PyeongChang, South Korea. He will be participating in the International Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg for the Special Olympics World Games. Lizanecz was selected from several officers here in Maine to represent the state at the 10th Special Olympics World Winter Games. He will be joining police officers from around the globe. The 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games provides an incredible opportunity for athletes to travel to Korea to embrace the Olympic ideal, display
John Lizanecz (courtesy photo)
their talents and abilities, and to compete against other athletes from around the world. It will undoubtedly be an amazing and historic event that will leave an indelible mark on everyone associated with the World Games. As an important part of the World Games, the Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg for Special Olympics will heighten awareness and take the message of Special Olympics to every corner of South Korea. Law Enforcement officials and Special Olympics athletes, unified together as a part of the Final Leg Team, will serve as “guardians of the flame” and promote the powerful messages of inclusion, acceptance, and ability every
step of the final leg journey to promote the 2013 Winter World Games. The torch run will be held from January 21 to January 29, culminating with the arrival of the “flame of hope” by the guardians for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The 2013 Special Olympics Winter Games will be held from January 26 to February 5, 2013 at Pyeongchang, South Korea, the hub of winter sports. Lizanecz has been a police officer since 1989 and has been involved in the Maine law enforcement torch run for Special See TORCH page 4...
YCCaC Transportation Program Islamic Scholar Featured receives Grant Towards Cancer Care at martin luther King, Jr. Celebration
YOrK COuNTY – York County Community Action Corporation’s Transportation Program has again been awarded a $10,000 grant
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by the Maine Cancer Foundation to support the Connecting to Cancer Care Program. The purpose of Connecting to Cancer Care is to provide all York County residents who have a cancer diagnosis equal access to the treatment they need, so that lack of transportation is not an obstacle to their recovery. People who receive a cancer diagnosis can often face the additional challenge of getting to the treatment they need, on top of needing to address
the medical and psychological aspects of cancer. While MaineCare reimburses eligible members for mileage to medical appointments, there are many individuals who are not eligible for MaineCare and who do not have a friend or family member who can transport them to treatments. York County Community Action’s Connecting to Cancer Care Program, funded by the
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Tara M. Hill, Maine Cancer Foundation Executive Director (right), presents a $10,000 check to support YCCAC Care Treatment Program. Right to left: Theresa Couturier and Carol Ojea, drivers for the YCCAC Volunteer Driver Program; Barbara Crider, YCCAC Executive Director; and Connie Garber, YCCAC Transportation Program Director. (courtesy photo)
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KeNNeBuNK – Professor Anouar Majid, founding director of the Center for Global Humanities and associate provost for global initiatives at the University of New England, will speak at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration breakfast at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Kennebunk, on Monday, January 21, at 8:30 a.m. Majid, an internationally acclaimed scholar of Islam and the history of Muslim-Western relations, will speak about “Islam and America.” Majid has been called a “towering Islamic intellectual” and has been profiled by Bill Moyers (Bill Moyers Journal) and Al Jazeera (Date in Exile). Majid is one of eight global scholars interviewed by the Dutch philosopher Fons Elders in the film “Islam Unknown.” Majid has spoken at major universities and cultural institutions in the United States and around
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Anouar Majid (courtesy photo)
the world and contributed opinion pieces to the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Washington Post. He is the author of five scholarly books, numerous journal articles and is also a novelist. Before the talk, breakfast will be served. Music will be provided by the First Parish choir. Ticket price is $10. Call 207985-3700 between 9 a.m. and 12 noon, Monday through Friday.
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