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Volume 15 • Issue No. 18
Former Ambassador and Wife Share Stories of Adventures
U.S. Ambassador Robert Cekuta and his wife Anne Cekuta shared stories of embassy life with the New England Chapter of the International Women’s Club on Saturday in Cape Neddick.
By Nancye Tuttle, Staff Writer CAPE NEDDICK When career diplomat Robert Cekuta told former Secretary of State John Kerry in 2015 that he had been appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Kerry deadpanned, “How’d you get so lucky?” But looking back on their time spent living half-way around the world in this crossroads country on the Caspian Sea, Cekuta and his wife Anne consider themselves lucky indeed with their experiences there. Their three-year post capped his nearly 40-year career
with the State Department and her 30-plus years working by his side as a diplomatic spouse in locales from Berlin and Albania to Vienna and Tokyo. Along the way, they raised three kids, twins Matthew and Margaret, 28, and Stephen, 22. They made lasting friendships, endured a harrowing evacuation from Albania in 1997 and shared positive impressions of America with people in the countries where they were posted. “It’s been a great lifestyle for us and made sense for raising a family,” said Anne Cekuta. The Cekutas, who live in
Washington, D.C. and have a home in Jefferson, Maine on the Mid-Coast, shared stories of life in the foreign service with the International Women’s Club of New England on Saturday at Clay Hill Farm and later with the Weekly Sentinel at IWCNE founder Anna Sawtelle’s home. Being an ambassador is far-reaching, challenging and rewarding all at once, said Cekuta, who oversaw economic, commercial, nonproliferation and scientific issues in the U.S. Embassies in Japan and Germany See CEKUTA page 4...
Tuskegee Educator and Historian to Visit Marshwood Schools SOUTH BERWICK An educator from Tuskegee, AL, with a personal history in the civil rights movement will make his second trip to the Marshwood school system in May as part of the ongoing relationship between South Berwick and Tuskegee. Guy Trammell Jr., who spoke to elementary students in
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South Berwick a year ago, will be back to work with students in each of the five schools in the Marshwood district. His weeklong residency in local schools is being funded by a grant from the Marshwood Education Foundation. “Mr. Trammell’s visit to the Marshwood schools will let our children learn about the civil rights movement in a way that books could never accomplish,” said Heidi Early-Hersey, director of teaching and learning for the school district. “Thanks to this grant from the MEF, they will hear about the movement from someone who
Guy Trammell of Tuskegee takes visitors on a tour of Tuskegee and its museums. Trammell will visit all five Marshwood schools in May to talk about his city and the Civil Rights movement.
was there as it was happening and whose life was affected by it in a very different way than
their own.” Parents and other members of the community will be
invited to meet Trammell and hear about his visits with Marshwood students and his involvement in the sister city at an event 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 at Marshwood High School. Each day of the week he will be in a different school doing presentations, reading to students or holding discussions appropriate to the age group, Early-Hersey said. “Guy’s ability to reach kids, and to talk to them about sensitive topics like our nation’s racial history, was evident when he made the visit last year” said See TUSKEGEE page 12...
Hunting Season For Wild Turkey Underway STATEWIDE Spring turkey season started on April 29 throughout the state, and IFW biologists believe that hunters are in for a successful season. “The timing of the season seems perfect this year, and if we get some decent weather, we should have a great spring hunt,” said Brad Allen, wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Last year was a productive year for nesting turkeys, with fa-
vorable drier weather conditions during the spring, which means more turkeys on the landscape this spring. “Everyone was seeing quite a few birds all last summer, and there are lots of birds out there right now, including a number of jakes, which will make for a productive hunt,” said Allen. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in conjunction with the University of Maine and the National Wild Turkey Federation is now half-
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way through a three-year study that looks at turkey reproductive success and mortality, and provide more insight into how wild turkeys interact with the landscape. The department is capturing and placing transmitting collars on turkeys in several areas around the state, then tracking movements, monitoring nesting success and mortalities. The department is also banding birds See TURKEYS page 6...
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Southern Maine AIDS Walk / 5K Run Saturday, May 4 At Ogunquit Beach see article in sports section
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