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Friday, October 12, 2012
Volume 8 • Issue No. 41
Third Grader Gets Belated Birthday Surprise at School Story and photo by Reg Bennett WELLS – Wells Elementary School student Heath McHugh got a very big surprise at the end of gym class on Wednesday, October 10. His father, US Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Donald McHugh of Wells made a surprise visit to see his son at school. “That’s my Dad,” said a wide-eyed and astonished Heath as he looked towards the stage of the gymnasium to see his father standing there. Young McHugh, who turned US Army CW3 Donald McHugh of Wells and his son Heath
Former First-Daughter Continues Family Legacy of Service Story and photo by Rhyan Romaine Staff Columnist BIDDEFORD – “My parents not only brought us into the world, they brought the world to us,” and for former First Daughter, Jenna (Bush) Hager, those experiences inspired a lifetime of compassion and humanitarianism. Hager has cradled the infant face of hunger in Guate-
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mala, witnessed the impact of HIV/AIDS throughout Latin America and Africa, and lifted the heavy hearts of children left parentless after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. Often fighting back tears, Hager shared these powerful and poignant stories with nearly 500 people on Monday, as part of the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of New England’s Harold Alfond Forum. While explaining the importance of sharing these personal stories she said, “I believe the more we know about the plight of people all over the world, the more likely we are to make a difference.” Hager talked about Lydia, a young, single mother of five living in the most destitute area of Guatemala. Lydia lives in a cliffside hut, earns a mere $5 per week, and has already lost a child to malnourishment. Seeing the swollen bellies of her other children, Lydia selflessly walks four hours every week to secure packets of nutritional supplements that she sprinkles on her children’s food. Hager also fondly recalls Ana, a 17-year-old mother living in Latin America who contracted HIV after being abused by a neighbor in her vil-
Friday for a home visit before making the long trek to Afgananastan. McHugh said that he has had three tours of duty in Afghanistan and three tours in Iraq. McHugh graduated from Wells High School in 1997. “Good” said Heath McHugh when asked about seeing his dad. Both father and son were interviewed by the three major television stations from Portland. Visiting WES with McHugh was Heath’s mother Shawna McHugh, great grandfather Roland Falconer and grandmother Heather Groves.
Inventor Lands Deal with Film Company Sells bundle of his “Buoy Bats” to Adam Sandler SOUTH BERWICK – It’s been just over two years since South Berwick resident and inventor Bill Page decided to turn a wayward lobster trap buoy into a novelty baseball bat. Since then, thousands of people have taken notice of this fun and innovative product including Manchester, New
Hampshire native and Hollywood actor Adam Sandler, who recently approved the purchase of 640 custom made Buoy Bats for gifts to the cast and crew of his upcoming movie “Grown Ups 2.” The film was shot on location on the North Shore of Boston over the summer. “My wife answered a call in June and almost didn’t give See BATS page 42...
Jenna Bush Hager speaks at the Universit y of New England in Biddeford
lage. Never considering herself “sick,” Ana raged against the abject poverty of her world and educated herself about the necessary precautions to ensure her daughter, Beatrice, would not contract the disease (Beatrice is HIV free). Back in the United States, Hager remembers the joy she found in the eyes of children at America’s Camp, a camp in Massachusetts for children who lost parents in the terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center in 2001. Prior to Hager’s address,
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eight years old on October 9, was resting on the gym floor with fellow students when the older McHugh was spotted. As relatives, students, school staff and television news crews watched, McHugh made his way to the floor to pick up his son for a big hug. Both have not seen each other for a year. McHugh is a Black Hawk helicopter pilot and is stationed in Hawaii. “It was awesome,” said McHugh about being able to travel to Wells to see his family and son in school. McHugh indicated that he only has until
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