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The new Chair, Joe Grant presenting Director Duane Goud with a check for $250 for the Kids Summer Camp program. Courtesy of the LCRC
The Lincoln County Republican Committee had their biennial election of officers at the Wiscasset Recreation Center on Saturday, May 1. After a quorum was established, a new slate of officers was elected by unanimous vote.
Joe Grant, Wiscasset, was elected chair; Merle Parise, of Newcastle, vice-chair; Shirley McLaren, of Waldoboro, treasurer; Ken Frederic, of Bristol, secretary; and Dawn Gilbert, of Boothbay, finance chair.
The attendees shared many great ideas to be addressed by the committee moving forward. Enthusiasm was the tone of the day. The group collected money to sponsor the Kids Summer Camp Program.
Veteran stars, presenters and media execs have been recognised in the annual Australia Day Honours.
Former
A Country Practice star Lorrae Desmond and former
Prisoner star Val Lehman both become a Member of the Order of Australia along with Graham Ross from
Better Homes & Gardens.
But veteran broadcaster Kerry O’Brien who was given an Officer of the Order of Australia declined after word that tennis champion Margaret Court was honoured.
“I believe the decision to award Australia’s highest honour to Margaret Court may serve to erode the hard-fought gains made over decades in reducing the impact of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community,” he wrote in a letter to Governor-General, David Hurley.