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Happy winter everyone, the beginning of longer days and <70 days til Mar 1, Spring time on snow w/o bugs!!

Announcement: Memorial Service for Pat Kimball: January 30, 5:30 PM, at Pat's farm, indoor arena, 49 South Rd, Oakfield ME. Use Oakfield/ Smyrna Mills exit off I95 (N of Island Falls, S of Ludlow), drive south on River Rd until a T which is South Rd. The driveway is almost straight, a bit to the left when you stop at the stop sign. FMI Jill Willett: [email protected] Me: 484 1231

MT to meet: Supper/ meeting Friday, Jan 6, Oriental Pearl, Main St, (near walmart) Presque Isle. Planning business at 7pm and eating before during or after. ALWAYS open to anyone interested in horses helping people!!

BIG THANKS to everyone signed up for the Scholarship Fan Club Fund Raiser! also We still accept bottles and cans, and donations for compost, and..................encouragement! All $ donations are tax deductible.

Applications Available for 2012 Do Something Awards Honoring Young Social Change Activists

Five social change volunteers, ages 25 and under, will each be honored with $10,000 in community grants and scholarships, and one grand prize winner will also receive a $100,000 grant....

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Posted: December 17, 2011

Link http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=364300043

Link to apply: http://www.dosomething.org/programs/awards

Maine Community foundation Grant Information Session, Wed, 1/18 9-10:30 at the Crows Nest Restaurant in PI. This I am going to RSVP and try real hard to attend, will post on MT LEg also. Seating is limited, and anyone non profit wanting to attend contact Helen McCain 1877- 700- 6800 X-2203 or [email protected] (Equine Assisted programs apply for grants through Manes and Tails non profit status.)

Childhood Violence and Trauma Workshop:

Last spring, The Aroostook Medical Center had the opportunity to host many of you at our 1-day "Childhood Violence and Trauma Workshop" featuring Presque Isle native, Carla Stover, Ph.D. Dr. Stover is a Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine

Child Study Center, and Research Coordinator for the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence.

Dr. Stover has indicated interest in coming back to the County to present a 1½-2 day training on "Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy." TAMC would love to host this follow-up event if there is enough local interest to make this worth Dr. Stover's time and investment.

Potential dates for this training include: Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20 or Thursday, May 24 and Friday, May 25.

An initial cost estimate would be approximately $130 - $150 for the training, which would include materials, breakfast and lunch for both days.

If this opportunity would be of interest to you and/or your staff, please let me know. There's no commitment on either side at this point, but an approximate headcount would give a sense of whether or not we can make a go of this. If you're interested, please be sure to indicate how many people you anticipate would attend from your office/organization and which of the proposed dates might work best for you. If we get enough of a response, I'll follow up with an official brochure and information regarding actual registration.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Thanks, Joe PS - Please feel free to forward to anyone you know who might be interested.

Joseph S. Siddiqui Director, Innovation and Education The Aroostook Medical Center 140 Academy Street PO Box 151 Presque Isle, ME 04769 Tel: 207-768-4832 Fax: 207-768-4085

Helping Halfway Home Pet Rescue is easy, you don't have to be a Caribou resident, here is a link to vote to extend the time the rescue can stay at it's present location until enough funds are raised to move into 'proper zoning' https://www.change.org/petitions/city-manager-caribou-allow-hhpr-to-continue-its-operations-until-it-finds-a-permanent-facility

The rescue website and contact info http://www.countypetrescue.org/

Reposting:

The Citizen's Energy program that gave away 100 gals of heating fuel to numerous Maine households last year has opened for calls, early due to the LIHEAP cutbacks. 1877-563-4645 must try many times to get through.

News to help spay and neuter cats and dogs:

Help Fix ME has plenty of money right now, but it goes fast. So, if you could spread the word, have people call! 1-800-367-1317. The program is limited to cats, pit bulls and pit bull crosses because those are the ones that are filling up our shelters.

Please spread this word via facebook, twitter, and ditter (whatever) -- let's get some county animals fixed. You don't need to be on a government program to quality.

Norma B. Milton, President

Halfway Home Pet Rescue

Friend looking for a home for kitty:

I call her Pretty Girl, and my grandson calls her sugarbib. If none of you would like her maybe you know someone that would like her. She isn't 2 years old yet (according to vet) and has been spade. She is a play full little thing, and loves attention. She is quiet and loves to be near you. Why I need to give her away is, I do clothing alterations for people and she is constantly playing with the threads and pins and all the things I can't have her playing with. She is a Love but my business prohibits me from having her here. I will not just throw her out, that is how I came to have her, her brother was taken with the help of PAWS Animal Foundation, but, I would really like to give her to a good home. Please help. If you know anyone, I will deliver her. Thank You. (grey tabby with white markings email Natalie for photo) Natalie Cofske, [email protected]