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Friday, April 4, 2014
Volume 10 • Issue No. 14
Tramuto Recognized for Commitment to Social Change
Ogunquit’s Donato Tramuto, Chairman and CEO of Physicians Interactive will receive Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award. (courtesy photo)
OGUNQUIT Donato Tramuto, the CEO and Chairman of Physicians Interactive Inc. (PI) and a resident of Ogunquit, has been selected as one of four distinguished recipients of the 2014 Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights. Tramuto joins former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton, Academy Award winner Robert De Niro and Grammy Award winner Tony Bennett as the 2014 honorees. The RFK Ripple of Hope Award recognizes leaders of the international business, entertain-
ment and activist communities who demonstrate an unmatched commitment to social change. Honorees reflect the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s passion for equality, justice and basic human rights. It was created to honor the ideals Senator Kennedy cited in a speech at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in 1966: “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice,” Sen. Kennedy said that day, “he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep
down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Tramuto, Clinton, De Niro and Bennett will receive their awards in December in New York City. Past honorees for their many contributions to advancing human rights across the globe include President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Grammy Award winner Bono and Academy Award winner George Clooney. Tramuto’s personal challenges with severe hearing loss in his youth, and later the tragic death of his sister-in-law during See TRAMUTO page 10...
York Kids Create Mobile App That Stretches Continents YORK York residents, Alexander Glidden, age 8, and his friend William Colglazier, age 9, created an award winning, international mobile app – using data about York Parks and Recreation events.
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The boys were awarded a Global Entrepreneur Award for their @Me-on-the-Move application by United Nations eGovernment Advisor Richard Kerby and Flemish ICT Minister Geert Bourgeois at DataDays 2104 – a 3-day conference in Gent, Belgium that featured open data developments from around the world. @Me-on-the-Move draws together publicly available data about events in Gent, Belgium, Athens, Greece, Cape Town, South Africa and York, Maine. The app breaks new ground by working in cities across 3 continents. “The hardest part about
making the app,” Glidden said, “was getting the data. Luckily, the clerks in the Town Hall and Parks and Rec were really patient with me. They thought it was great that a kid like me wanted to put events in York on the map.” Alongside York, Glidden See APP page 4...
Ethan Houle received a boat from Make-A-Wish® Maine and enjoyed a day of nautical adventures. (courtesy photo)
Houle’s Wish for a Boat is Granted
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Top right: Alex hard at work at his home in York. Bottom: William with Catherine Harman at York Town Hall (courtesy photos)
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KENNEBUNK On Monday, March 24, seventeen-year-old Ethan Houle received his one true wish. Houle lives with a form of kidney disease, a life-threatening condition which qualifies him for a wish from Make-A-Wish® Maine. Houle and his mom are avid boaters from Kennebunk and his wish was to have his own boat. As part of the wish, Houle was required to take a state certified boater safety course and he hopes to pursue a captain’s li-
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cense as well. Part of the reason for choosing this wish was his desire to give back to others by teaching kids the joy of fishing and being on the ocean. Houle learned his wish would be granted by Make-AWish® Maine while participating as a special guest on board Portland Tugboat, LLC’s tug during the “Parade of Lights” this past December on Portland Harbor. While on the tug with See HOULE page 2...
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