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Friday, August 8, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 32
USS Scranton (SSN 756) Generous Gift Gives Feral Cats A Arrives at Naval Shipyard Home At Animal Welfare Society By Joyce Amend Staff Writer
Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) made her way up the Piscataqua River to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and will complete various maintenance work and several system upgrades as part of an engineered overhaul. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
KITTERY Fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) and her crew of 16 officers and 122 enlisted personnel arrived this week at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. While at the shipyard, Scranton will complete various maintenance work and several system upgrades. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the Navy’s center of excellence for fast-attack submarine maintenance, modernization, and repair. As a field activity of Naval Sea Systems Command, Portsmouth is committed
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to maximizing the material readiness of the fleet by safely delivering first-time quality, on time and on budget. Nicknamed the Iron Horse, Scranton is the second ship of the Navy to be named for the city of Scranton, Penn., and the sixth “improved” Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine. The improved modifications of this class include retractable bow planes, a reinforced sail for under-ice operations, vertical-launch Tomahawk See SCRANTON page 15...
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John Rhoades with his partner and family as they unveil the sign on Margie’s Cat Cabin. Pictured left to right: Bud Rhoades, Sue Gasler, Mike Rhoades, John Roades, and Kevin Honaker.
esque wooded backdrop where the feral cats are free to wander when they are not seeking food, shelter or water that are waiting for them inside and around the cabin. Since an established colony of cats is not very welcoming to new cats, the cabin is designed with separate outdoor pens for newcomers that are integrated and connected to the structure. Once acclimated to their new environment and to existing residents, the doors to the pens are open and the new cats are free to roam. Kerrie Leclair, Director of Development at AWS kicked off
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WEST KENNEBUNK – Yes, feral cats are descendants of domestic cats that have returned to the wild and have never been socialized. And yes, feral cats are not likely to ever become lap cats or enjoy living indoors. But the main reason the Animal Welfare Society (AWS) received John Rhoades’ donation of a newly constructed cabin for feral cats, was to honor his deceased mother, Margie Maimes, an ardent cat lover who routinely opened her home to homeless cats. Rhoades and his partner Kevin Honaker, raised funds plus generously donated their own money, for a total of $14,000 to be used for the construction of ‘Margie’s Cat Cabin’, a superbly appointed haven for feral cats that includes separate living areas, water bowls, and spaces for incoming and established resident cats. Constructed from reclaimed wood decking, the cabin sits on AWS property in West Kennebunk - an area of approximately 42 acres – bordered by a pictur-
Artists from Waban’s Life Works & Company posed in front of their work at their first ever art show in collaboration with The Ogunquit Museum of American Art. L to R standing: Vanessa Farland, Rory McKenzie, Life Works Director Melissa Hall, Nicole Craft, Joann McKay, Steve Ramos, Ron Fortier, Mona Girouard, Bobby Wright, Art Educator Amy Donovan, Danielle Gag ne, L or ra i ne T h ibeau, Li fe Work s Asst. Di rec tor Ch r isti na Dumont. Sitting: Justina Hayes, Betty Jean Locke.
OGUNQUIT Recently, under the direction of Amy Donovan, Art Educator from The Ogunquit Museum of American Art, artists from Waban’s Life Works & Company on Pleasant Street in
Springvale held their first ever art show. Professional quality drawings, photos and a group sculpture created by members of the art groups at Life Works and were displayed in an activity room transformed into a
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the dedication ceremony for the feral cat cabin. “We never had imagined that we would be using resources and space to do this. Back in the fall of 2012, it was decided that something had to be done for feral cats,” she said. Leclair gave credit for the concept of the idea to Shelter Manager, Bobbi Adkins who told the group “The Society cares for and supplies the local community with stray cats, but the Society didn’t know what to do with feral cats, since nobody wants to adopt a cat See GIFT page 6... The collaboration between The Ogunquit Museum for American Art and Waban’s Life Works & Company was made possible by a grant from the Tramuto Foundation. Ron Crusan, Director of the museum, said, “The Ogunquit Museum of American Art has been in operation for 60 years and has enjoyed its status as a tourist destination. We wanted more of a connection to the community. This grant allowed the museum to hire an Art Educator, enabling us to start a new education program that reaches out into the community and supports the community. Amy contacted Waban. Having an Art Educator on staff allows us to bring art to this underserved See WABAN page 34...
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