"American Idol" contestant Julia Gagnon auditioned with an Aretha Franklin song dedicated to her birth mom and blew the judges away, resulting in a rare platinum ticket.
Julia Gagnon, a senior at the University of Southern Maine, wanted to be on the internationally televised talent show as a way of sharing something with her birth mother in Guatemala. She'll make her first appearance Sunday.
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Northern Maine Community College offers emergency medical services students the opportunity to learn procedures in EMS simulation labs that faculty can direct through the simulation control room. Pictured here Andrew Gagnon, EMS Department chairman works with students Meg Gagnon and Halee Rusby, who graduated in 2018. (Courtesy NMCC)
Northern Maine Community College offers emergency medical services students the opportunity to learn procedures in EMS simulation labs that faculty can direct through the simulation control room. Pictured here Andrew Gagnon, EMS Department chairman works with students Meg Gagnon and Halee Rusby, who graduated in 2018. (Courtesy NMCC)
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