AUGUSTA The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Disabled Veterans’ Controlled Moose Hunt lottery.
Seven Mainers were selected for the opportunity to participate in the hunt, and five alternates were selected in the event a primary hunter cannot attend.
7. Richard Parent, Sommerville
Since the program’s inception in 2010, MBVS has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and Smoldering Lake Outfitters to issue hunting permits and essential equipment to participating veterans. The hunt, which is entirely free for selected veterans, includes guiding services, essential adaptive equipment, meat processing, travel, and lodging.
MBVS Director, David Richmond said,
This program provides a wonderful opportunity for veterans to engage with the outdoors and each other. It’s not only about the moose, but about the bonds that form between the veterans in the group that unite in a common goal. Congratulations to this year’s winners, best of luck on the hunt, and thank you to all of the sponsors who make the hunts possible.
Fish River Rural Health (Madawaska, Fort Kent, and Eagle Lake).
These eight participating dental clinics can provide the following services under the grant: preventative, diagnostic, restorative, oral surgery, and major restorative. Services not provided under the grant include: dental implants, orthodontics, fixed bridges, telehealth or PPE charges.
âIt is clear that the stateâs dental clinics are uniquely qualified to identify the veterans in their communities who most need access to oral health services,â
said Sarah Sherman, MBVS Director of Strategic Partnerships. âWe are very hopeful that once a foundation is created for this program it will continue to grow.â
She isn’t a military veteran, but she deserves to be buried among them
After two decades serving those who served, Christine Pratt might soon get a plot in the cemetery she helped create.
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The quiet hung over the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery like a silent prayer. The American flag, high atop a 100-foot pole, barely moved in the soft spring breeze. The headstones stood in perfect military precision, just like the veterans beneath them once did.
“It’s an amazing place, isn’t it?” Christine Pratt said. “When I walk around at lunch and I see the people that I helped … it’s nice.”
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