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Friday, March 13, 2015
Volume 11 • Issue No. 11
Cultural Differences Explored by Students in Northern Ireland By Carin Lee, Staff Reporter KENNEBUNK Kennebunk High School students Erin Snow, Emily Brown, Kaitlyn Anderson, Kendall Dolan and Danielle Clark recently spent their February winter break in Northern Ireland. They traveled with the director of the program, teacher Robin Vaughan, with the purpose of experiencing cultural differences and, also, to find common ground. Student Kaitlyn Anderson expected a different culture, but, instead, experienced many ways in which the students and their cultures were similar: “Pop culture brought everyone together,� she observed. Students from different sides of the ocean shared a love of social media and music, and valued time with friends. The Kennebunk students studied the history of Northern Ireland prior to their trip. They learned about the religious and political differences between Catholics and Protestants, dating back to the time of Henry VIII. Opposing beliefs have been held for generations. These bubbled to the surface in 1972 when police and Catholic protesters clashed.
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Kennebunk students (left to right) Erin Snow, Emily Brown, Robin Vaughan and Kaitlyn Anderson recently returned from a program in Ireland
17 people were killed on what is referred to as “Bloody Sunday.� This altercation sparked a period of violence that lasted until the peace accords in 1998, an agreement reached with the facilitation of Mainer George Mitchell. Now Northern Ireland
knows peace, but is dealing with the scars left from its civil war. Kennebunk students were matched with Northern Irish families, with whom they stayed. Each day they went to school with the teens in their host family, or went sight seeing with those
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YORK / CUMBERLAND COUNTIES The 44th Annual Waban Telethon will be held on Saturday, March 21, at the St. Ignatius Gym on Riverside Avenue in Sanford, from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Television coverage will be produced by Metrocast Cablevision (Channel 12) in conjunction with Time-Warner Cablevision (Maine Channel 9 and NH Channel 21 & 22). This year’s viewing area will be from Kittery to Presque Isle including all York and Cumberland counties as well as most of the state of New Hampshire.
Over the past 43 years, $2,150,487 has been raised through the Telethon. Last year, generous individuals, businesses and organizations once again came together as a community and demonstrated their unflagging support of the programs at Waban by raising $80,112. These critical funds are used for developmental therapy, specialized equipment, therapeutic recreation, and other educational and habilitation-based services for children who attend Waban’s Fraser-Ford Child Development Center or who receive services from the Children’s Case Man-
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A seal, discovered close to the road and stuck on top of a snow bank at the Wells Harbor boat launch on Sunday, March 8, was helped back into the Atlantic Ocean by the Wells Police Department and the Marine Mammals of Maine organization. Officials noted that seals often get stuck on or near roadways in winter because they follow snow the ice. Photo courtesy of Wells Police Department.
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was a point of difference that the teenagers could discuss. The Americans were models of what can happen – that people with different beliefs and opinions can co-exist peacefully and even be enriched by their diversity. Kennebunk students experienced family life with families different from their own. They had to learn how to get along, to compromise, to embrace the diversity even when they were uncomfortable. They had a parallel experience with the group of Northern Irish teenagers as a whole. Their challenge was to craft relationships with people who had perspectives, experiences and beliefs different from See IRELAND page 4...
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students. They visited the site of the Bloody Sunday shootings, and noted that many of the dead were between the ages of 17 and 20, so close to their own ages. The Northern Irish generation that is now teenagers did not live in the time of violence, what older people call “the troubles.� They are not living with daily bloody conflicts between Catholics and Protestants. But some old attitudes and institutions linger. Teenagers generally go to either Catholic or Protestant schools, and neighborhoods are still most often segregated according to religious/political beliefs. Kennebunk teenagers brought a difference in life experiences, being used to both integrated schools and neighborhoods. Right here
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Children and Teachers from Waban’s Fraser-Ford Child Development Center
agement Program. In the course of one year, the Fraser-Ford Child Development Center provides service to over 150 children ages 3-5, Waban’s Southern Maine Parent Awareness Program will support over 120 children and families with disabilities, while the Children’s Case Management Program will provide services to over 175 children and their families. All the children have special needs that require individualized programming and specialized training and equipment. The Telethon is sponsored by St. ThèrÊse of Liseux Parish Catholic Church of SanfordSpringvale. Hosts for the day will include the ever-popular Kevin
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Mannix, returning host Kristen Perfetuo, RJ & Jim Legere, the sons of long-time Telethon volunteers Bud and Sandy Legere, and Dave Stevens from “The Legends� local radio station. The Legends will be doing a simulcast of the Telethon, so you can tune in on 102.3 FM or AM 1220. Entertainment will kick off with The Returnables Band, and will continue throughout the day. Returning this year will be the much-loved Ben Guillemette with his band, talented country singer Brian Wardwell with The Voyage, and everyone’s favorite Emerald Sky. Another favorite from last year, Pretty Girls Sing See WABAN page 5...
Remember To Vote For Ogunquit! Ogunquit has been nominated for the USA Today Competition for Best Coastal Small Town competition. Your votes are needed to rank #1! Vote at www.10best.com/awards/travel/bestcoastal-small-town/ogunquit-maine/. Polls close March 16.