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Friday, April 27, 2018
Volume 14 • Issue No. 17
Love and Loss: Conference on Coping with Grief By Timothy Gillis KENNEBUNK, YORK & SCARBOROUGH Kate Braestrup, national bestselling author and chaplain with the Maine Warden Service, will be the 8th annual Thresholds Conference keynote speaker for Making Space for Grief in Our Lives, sponsored by Hospice of Southern Maine. As part of the conference, which is on Wednesday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland Campus, HSM will host three post-conference forums in Ken-
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nebunk, Scarborough, and York. These forums are free and open to the public, and include a short video of Conference highlights, a light meal, and an information session on grief. The speaker has first-hand experience with love and loss and shares her experiences of how to handle it. Braestrup’s first husband, Maine State Trooper Drew Griffith, was killed in the line of duty, leaving her a widow with four young children. As it happened, Drew had spent the last year of his life planning to become
a Unitarian Universalist minister. This plan was naturally discussed with his wife, and inspired Kate to choose ministry as her own vocation after his death. Since 2001, she has served as chaplain to the Maine Warden Service, joining the wardens as they search for those who have lost their way, and offering comfort to those who wait for loved ones to be rescued, or their bodies to be recovered. “One of the themes that I find both helpful and fruitful is that this is something that everyone will have to do,” said Braestrup
Historian Spins Tales of Rock N Rock By Nancye Tuttle Contributing Writer WELLS A high-spirited recording by Little Richard first turned John Curtis onto rock ‘n roll music as a kid. He was young, just 5, when his teenage cousin spun the record for him, and the rhythms, energy and lyrics made him an instant fan. Then, as a teen himself growing up in Surry, Maine, he
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discovered African-American gospel music and recognized the “tremendous similarities” between the two genres. And now, 62 years later, Curtis is an avid historian who has studied and documented those similarities and enjoys sharing his findings, along with vintage concert clips, to others in a lively presentation he calls “The Righteous Roots of Rock & Roll.” South Coast Senior College at York County Community College proudly brings Curtis to Wells to present his informative, music-filled talk as part of its lecture series on Monday, April 30 at 10 a.m.
John Curtis “Most people in Maine haven’t heard black gospel music,” he said, during an interview last
week. “That was true for me. I was never exposed to it until I was 18.” During the 1950s, Curtis said, as rock ‘n roll became popularized in the U.S., “few people outside the African-American community realized that this ‘new’ music was largely inspired by and modeled after black gospel music and its practitioners.” While artists like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward and Mahalia Jackson, “had performed to wide acclaim in the black community for decades, the fact that America was rigidly segregated at the time kept the original music from reaching a larger audience,” he explained.
this week about dying. In addition to the local conference, she is also headed to Virginia next week to train members of the Richmond Police Department this model of dealing with grieving families. “From my experience, my own losses, we know how to do it. This is a skill, an ability that we have. It makes sense that we have it. There’s never been a time when we didn’t have to deal with loss. It’s something that’s already in us, already there. Approaching it with confiSee GRIEF page 4...
Curtis’s fascination in the similarities between early rock and black gospel music were enhanced over several decades he spent away from Maine, working as a computer programmer in New York City. “I gravitated to African-American music,” he said. “I went to numerous James Brown concerts at the Apollo Theatre in New York. Brown always said his music came from church music. I also traveled to Norfolk, Virginia to attend gospel concerts at African-American churches,” he said. Returning to Surry, near Ellsworth, in 2000, he became the town’s historian and also set out to document his musical passion. See CURTIS page 10...
Legislature Honors Former First Lady’s Legacy STATEWIDE One day after First Lady Barbara Bush passed away at her home in Texas, the Maine Legislature voted to create a license plate that helps fund the hospital that bears her name. Governor Paul LePage signed LD 1685, An Act To Create The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Registration Plate, on Thursday afternoon. “The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital license plate is the culmination of years of work from thousands of Mainers who have provided their support, their
advocacy and their signatures. Ensuring the long-term support for the health and well-being of Maine’s children is part of Mrs. Bush’s legacy, so it is fitting that the state Legislature would take this important step. We salute each member and thank them for their support,” said Rich Petersen, president and CEO of Maine Medical Center, which houses the children’s hospital. After hearing emotional testimony from patients, their families, state lawmakers and care team members from The
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