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Friday, November 14, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 46
Jordan Shines in Ultra-Endurance Competition By Larry Favinger Contributing Writer NORTH BERWICK – Scott Jordan likes to swim, ride bikes and run. He likes it so much he competes at a very high level, on a national basis in events that include those three activities. Jordan, who lives in North Berwick, recently finished second in a USA Ultra Tri in Virginia, completing the course in 25 hours, four minutes, about 30 minutes behind the leader. He is the second ranked competitor in the country. The top two had about the same time in the swim, but Jordan fell back in the bike
ride. He did have the fastest time of all competitors in the run. The course included a swim of 4.8 miles, a bicycle ride
of 224 miles and a 52-mile run. The race was held at a state park at Spotsylvania, Virginia under the direction of Steve Kirby and
USA Ultra Triathlon. Jordan, 44, a graduate of Wells High School, is married and has two children. He stands 5-feet-8 and tips the scales at about 150 pounds. Rules of the competition allow the competitors to have what amounts to a “pit crew” to provide aid along the way including dry clothes and sustenance. Jordan’s crew is headed by his wife, Amiee. As to training, Jordan said in a telephone interview that the workouts are “a little more than what an ironman would do” because of the increase in distances in a tri. The training obviously
takes in long bike rides and runs. As for the swimming, which he said is “pretty much the easiest part” that is done at the Y in Sanford. A friend of the Jordan family, Robin Cucinotta, also from North Berwick, also competed in Virginia. She finished fourth in the women’s division. It is believed these are the only two competitors in this event from the state of Maine. There are three such competitions in the country each year: Virginia, Florida and Oregon. See JORDAN page 31...
Kennebunk School Sponsors Veterans’ Washington DC Visit KENNEBUNK – The Kennebunk Elementary School (KES) annual Veterans’ Celebration on Friday was the setting for some special news for two Southern Maine WWII veterans. WWII veteran and Old Orchard Beach resident Loring “Bob” Newcomb, and WWII veteran and Saco resident John “Benny” Woodman were intro-
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duced to the 750 students, staff and families in the packed gym. It was announced that more than $5,000 was raised from selling student art work, and will be used to send both men to the WWII memorial in Washington DC through the Honor Flight program. The two men and their companions will make the trip in 2015 and will return to KES next Veteran’s Day to share their story. KES art teacher, Christina Defilipp organized the Square 1 Art project where student art work could be purchased online, allowing the school to sponsor the trip for the two veterans.
The assembly began with University of Southern Maine cadets serving as the color guard. USM Cadets Danielle ILsley, Alexander Eisenhower, Kyle Hurst, Josh Stanclif, Alex Smelcer, and Tim Smith, were accompanied by Sergeant First Class Kerry Getchell, Major Robert Sanders, and Sergeant First Class José Caraballo. While the Veterans Celebration is an annual special edition episode of the schools weekly locally televised “KES Friday Morning Meeting,” this years editionl is one in a series of three special event assemblies
YORK Six youth from York High School attended the annual, two day, statewide Maine Youth
Leadership Summit in Augusta, where they learned advocacy skills and heard peers share their empowering stories of commu-
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honoring the 10th anniversary of the schools opening. “I was so honored to be there and see the appreciation
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Veterans are honored at Kennebunk Elementary School special assembly. (photo credit: Peter Ollove)
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nity change and action. Kayla Edminster, Jack Northrop, and Abby Wood attended with chaperone and “Choose To Be Healthy” (CTBH) Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist, Devin Rowe; and Joe Yauch and Kelsey Cole were there as part of TIDALWAVSE with their Adult Advisor, Gina Brodsky. Brodsky also received a well-deserved award for Empowering Adult of the Year and was given a standing ovation by the York crew. “Choose To Be Healthy,” a
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the school was showing to the men and women of our armed See VETERANS page 7... community coalition that works on substance abuse, obesity, and tobacco prevention brought youth to the statewide Leadership Summit to learn skills to address substance abuse. “I feel fired up from everything I heard at the Summit” said one of the youth. Joe Yauch and Kelsey Cole from TIDALWAVSE were inspired by an activity on underage drinking prevention that used real life scenarios and humor to get its point across. The youth who attended with Rowe will be serving on CTBH’s new Youth Advisory See LEADERS page 5...
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