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Friday, April 15, 2016
Volume 12 • Issue No. 16
Maine Woman Recognized Internationally for Science Image
Maine native Chelsea Fortin poses in front of her internationally recognized image of a bioengineered liver.
YORK Chelsea Fortin is the granddaughter of York residents Ron and Chick Fortin and is a 2010 graduate of Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. In 2014, she completed a bachelor’s degree at Boston University majoring in biology and specializing in cellular and molecular biology as well as genetics. After graduation, she worked as a research technician at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). That’s where Fortin, supported by her mentors Kelly Stevens and Sangeeta Bhatia, “snapped a picture� that won a 2016 Koch Institute Image Award as well as a prestigious 2016 Wellcome Trust Image Award (London, England). The image will be displayed for a year at the Koch Institute in Cambridge, MA, as well as various locations in the United Kingdom, Africa and Russia. The BBC (British Broad-
casting Corporation) recognized their work as one of the 20 best science images of the year, and over 80 other online articles have also covered the story. According to the BBC, the image was chosen for one of the best 20 because it shows “ tissue engineering in action! In response to tissue damage, cells can reorganize and heal, and even develop much-needed blood vessels. This image with the See FORTIN page 20...
“Bikes for Books� Visits Wells Elementary School WELLS What seven or eight yearold boy and girl wouldn’t like a brand new bike for summer? It’s easy to assume that most would. At an assembly on April 6, Wells Elementary School first and second graders were introduced to the "Bikes for Books" bicycle giveaway program sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine and
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the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation. According to a program brochure this is a statewide initiative “to foster literacy programs in schools and encourage healthy exercise.� In the next two months students who participate have a good chance to win a new bike through reading because in this contest, the more books a student reads the better his or her chances are of winning a bike are. According to Bonnie Esty, a literacy teacher at WES and coordinator of the Bikes for Books program there, along with Claire Tusch of Ocean Lodge #142, participation in the
program is “easy�. Essentially a student reads a school approved book, fills out a slip that includes a brief book report and then places the form into a box in their classroom for a drawing later at a school assembly. The deadline for reading is June 10. During the week of June 13 a boy and a girl’s name will be drawn from each of the nine 1st and 2nd grade classrooms at WES. “The Masons will be providing 18 bikes with helmets and t-shirts,� commented Esty. “The drawings will take place in June just before school gets out. This gives them about two months of reading!�
Garage Dance Benefits Individuals with Disabilities KITTERY Lots of businesses get their start in a garage. However, not many would choose to celebrate their 40th anniversary in one. That’s exactly what Autoworks owner, Stephen Kosacz, is doing on Saturday evening, April 16. And true to the company’s mission of caring for both cars and community, all proceeds from the celebration will benefit a local non-profit organization, Great Bay Services. “We’ve hosted nearly 20 Garage Dances,� said Kosacz,
“but this one is set to be our biggest ever.� For the dance, volunteers
from Autoworks and Great Bay Services will transform the nine service bays of the AAA-
approved repair facility into a makeshift dance hall. An elevated stage will feature the evening’s entertainment - the popular Seacoast band, Ben Baldwin and the Big Note, who also happen to be celebrating their 40th anniversary. Funds raised from the event, plus a raffle with prizes and cash awards, will be donated to Great Bay Services, which for six decades has been dedicated to helping intellectually and devel-
Ben Baldwin and the Big Note keep the crowd swinging during a previous Autoworks Garage Dance.
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From left are Claire Tusch, Bonnie Esty, WES Principal, Marianne Horne, Jake Wiggin and Dan Fink. Wiggin and Fink are also Masons and are with the Bikes for Books program. (Ken Spinney photo)
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