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VOLUME 8 ISSUE 7 April 2010
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Exchange Student Helps Local Equine Rescue
Jess Chillet, an exchange student from France who is living in Phillips, Maine, enjoys her Saturdays helping the rescued horses at Double B Equine Rescue in Industry. 15-year-old Jess Chillet of France came to live with Carla and Thomas Wright of Phillips, Maine in January of 2010. Jess is from a suburb right outside of Paris and came to Maine for 5 months as an international exchange student through a program called SHARE! She is a competitive horse jumper in France, and when she ar-
rived in January she knew she might not be able to find a pony club in Phillips, but still wanted to have contact with horses. Luckily Carla heard about Double B Equine Rescue located in Industry. Double B Equine Rescue is a small equine rescue that has a big concern for the care and safety of horses. They are located on 22
acres on Route 148 halfway between Farmington and Madison. They are a State of Maine Licensed Rescue. The rescue is owned and run by Debra DuboisGreen. They love visitors and encourage any groups, schools, 4-H clubs and any others to stop by. They are open Monday through Saturday 9am to 5pm. The shelter is run on donations
and the help of volunteers. Any donation, no matter how small, goes a long way in helping to keep their rescued horses alive and happy. Once Double B’s horses are rehabilitated and brought back to health, many of them can be adopted by horse-experienced people to continue to care for and to enjoy them. Currently the rescue has several horses looking for forever homes. Jess Chillet now volunteers all day on Saturdays and helps with all aspects of the rescue but particularly enjoys riding and helping to retrain and exercise the horses so they can find new homes. Coming from a riding club in France, she has now been exposed to the other side of horses and was not aware of so many neglected and abused horses. Jess really feels the need to help them and thinks it’s a wonderful experience to take back with her when she leaves Maine in June to return to France. Meanwhile Thomas and Carla find hosting exchange students and working for See Equine on page 3
Cummings Appointed to Committee Franklin Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Nancy Cummings was appointed to the ethics committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) at its recent annual meeting. The committee serves as a resource and provides guidance to AAOS regarding issues of medical ethics and professionalism in orthopaedics. Among the charges of the 10-person committee are: to oversee the Principles of Medical Ethics in Orthopaedic Surgery and Code of Ethics for Orthopaedic Surgeons and recommend revisions to the Board of Directors; develop Standards of Professionalism; and review and respond to cases before the AAOS regarding ethical issues.
“Being asked to serve this post is a wonderful example of the respect that Dr. Cummings has earned from her professional peer group,” said Gerald Cayer, executive vice president at Franklin Community Health Network and chief operating officer at Franklin Memorial Hospital. “We are proud of her appointment to the Ethics Committee of the Academy.” Dr. Cummings is Franklin Health Orthopaedic’s lead orthopaedic surgeon. Besides her role there, she is also the Director of the Carrabassett Clinic at Sugarloaf, and the physician for Carrabassett Valley Academy and the University of Maine at Farmington. She has more than 20 years experience in orthopaedics. Franklin Health Orthopaedics is located in
Lolly Pop Ski Race Award
Cole Smith (left) and Benjamin Amalfitano proudly display their awards. On March 28, Oakland residents Benjamin Amalfitano and Cole Smith received top honors at Saddleback Mountain's season-long Lolly Pop Ski Race award ceremony. The series consisted of thirteen ski and snowboard slalom race events in which points were awarded for the top six weekly places for each discipline and age category, as well as participation in general. Racers had to compete in at least half of the season events in order to qualify for the year-end awards. Ben raced and finished first
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in the 10-12 year old ski division, typically having 80-100 competitors over the year. Cole competed and placed first in the 9-12 snowboard division which sees 30-40 participants on average for the year. Ben was also named boys Ski Meister for accumulating the most points of all boys regardless of age. The Lolly Pop races are held on Sundays, late December through the end of March, and are a great way to get kids out and active during the winter while honing their skiing and snowboarding skills. n
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