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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 8, 2021) – After more than a decade of struggling with addiction, Fleming County resident Marie Vice found herself at a low point, taking herself to a local hospital in October 2015. She was pregnant, still actively using drugs, and suffering from extreme withdrawal.
“The doctor came in and said, ‘You need to let me get you somewhere where they can take care of the baby,’” she said. “’Because you’re about to lose him.’”
Vice was transferred to the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital, where she remained for two weeks while physicians treated her with antibiotics and fluids. During her stay, she was visited by nurse Diane Frankenberger, childbirth education coordinator for UK HealthCare, who told her about UK’s Perinatal Assessment and Treatment home (PATHways) program, designed to help pregnant women who were struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD).
By Cap Times staff
At the end of each year, Cap Times reporters and editors recommend the works of their colleagues they enjoyed the most. We were busy in 2020 and the staff s collaboration and support for each other helped us all get through the challenges and do great work.
Here is the list from 2020.
Natalie s collection of Q&As with various activists who emerged over the summer â many of whom had already been doing advocacy work for years beforehand â made me proud to work at the Cap Times. As a staff, we had long overdue conversations amid the historic protests of the summer about how to ensure we represented more diverse voices in our coverage. Natalie acted on those conversations, highlighting people the Madison community should know and hear from in a way that focused on their voices. It took so much work to conduct these long interviews and transcribe them, but the care she took in coming up with interview questions and allowing the activists to dive
Sea squirts spread along the coast
BAR HARBOR An alien invader is popping up more frequently along the local coastline.
Very few tunicates, the small marine animals more commonly known as sea squirts, are indigenous to the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. Yet, there have been plenty of sightings by beachcombers, fishermen, sea farmers and others whose work is focused in and on the sea.
Tunicates come in many varieties. Some look like gelatinous ping pong balls or a clear bubble. Another, called the orange sheath tunicate, is bright orange or red in color with no defined shape.
There is one called star tunicate or golden star tunicate. “It can be lots of colors; mostly I see the black and white version,” said Chris Petersen, who works for College of the Atlantic as the graduate program director and a professor of marine biology, in an email. “To me it is the prettiest one, the zooids are arranged in rosettes … They grow by asexual production, but they a
Maine lobstering officials hope for more business stability with the incoming Biden administration
The Maine lobster business has seen some rocky times with COVID-19 and the Trump administration. Officials are hoping for a change Author: Associated Press Updated: 10:48 AM CST November 22, 2020
PORTLAND, Maine President Donald Trump positioned himself as a friend of New England’s lobstermen, but members of the industry said they are looking forward to something that has been lacking in the crustacean business: stability.
Trump’s trade war with China led to a rocky few years for the industry, which is based mostly in Maine. Trump, who campaigned hard in Maine and won an electoral vote in the state, touted economic aid and environmental reforms intended to benefit the business. The Republican Party even had Maine lobsterman Jason Joyce speak at its national convention.
Tunicates turning up more along Maine’s coast
MOUNT DESERT ISLAND It is not quite the same as “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” but some of the tunicates that can be seen along the coast more recently look like they could be invasive alien spores.
Actually, they are small marine animals more commonly known as sea squirts. There are large varieties of them from all regions of the Earth. Some share the same basic body parts that humans have, making them a distant relative, according to some sources.
Very few are indigenous to the northeastern United States and eastern Canada and yet there have been plenty of sightings by beachcombers, fishermen, sea farmers and others whose work is focused in and on the sea. Some look like gelatinous ping pong balls or clear bubbles. Another is bright orange or red in color with no defined shape, which is called the orange sheath tunicate.