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Friday, September 13, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 37
Her Highness of Qatar to receive Award at UNE Event
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar will be at the 4th Annual George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture event on Thursday, Sept. 19. (courtesy photo)
BIDDEFORD – On September 19, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar will be presented the George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service at the 4th Annual George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture at the University of New England (UNE). George and Barbara Bush will personally present it at this event which begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Harold Alfond Forum on UNE’s Biddeford Campus. The lecture will be streamed live to audiences around the world at http://stream.une.edu/events. A driving force behind education and social reforms in Qatar for more than 15 years,
Sheikha Moza is the Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), a private nonprofit organization founded in 1995. She is a tireless advocate for access to quality education. QF’s flagship project is Education City, a community of international universities and research institutions housed on a 1,000-hectare campus in Doha, Qatar. Sheikha Moza also actively spearheads projects promoting education, peace and human development throughout the world. The George Bush Foundation, based in College Station, Texas, presents the George Bush Award in recognition of an in-
dividual’s dedication to public service. The award underscores President Bush’s lifelong commitment to public service. Past recipients include former President of the United States Ronald Reagan, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, evangelist William “Billy” F. Graham, former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger, former United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl. “The George Bush FoundaSee QATAR page 4...
Film and Discussion on Rising Sea Levels Offered in Kennebunk KENNEBUNK – The documentary film, “Shored Up: When Human Nature and the Force of Nature Collide” will be shown at 7 p.m.
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on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Kennebunk Town Hall. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Dr. Sam Merrill of the University of Southern Maine will conduct a Q & A following the film’s showing. “Shored Up” asks the tough question about coastal communities such as ours: What will a rising sea do to our homes, our businesses, and the survival of our communities? Ben Kalina, director and producer, sees our beaches and coastlines as national treasures and shared resources that are dis-
appearing right in front of us. To solve the problem of disappearing beaches, seaside towns are engaging in beach or shoreline engineering. The film considers the beach engineering projects in both Long Beach Island, New Jersey and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Essentially, shoreline engineering takes two forms: Sucking sand up from beneath the ocean and dumping it on the beaches which are then reshaped with bulldozers – and constructSee LEVELS page 3...
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A soldier amid the ruins of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, after Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. (courtesy photo)
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Governor LePage signs the bill establishing Maine Seniors Day. Left to right: Katy Perry, David Nealley, Sid Low, Jane Margesson, and Rep. Richard Campbell (R-Orrington) .
Celebrate Maine Seniors Day, Sept. 14 MAINE – Thanks to David Nealley, publisher of Maine Seniors Magazine, along with many friends and collaborators across the state, Maine now has a special day set aside each year to honor the elder population. Maine Seniors Day, signed into law by Governor Paul LePage earlier this year, will be celebrated on
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