Project Semicolon; Designed to Represent and Support Loved Ones With Mental Illness or a Loss from Suicide.

A semicolon is a pause in a sentence, not the end of one.
That's why Amy Bleuel selected it for her mental health awareness campaign, Project Semicolon. The non-profit encourages people to draw (or tattoo) semicolons on their bodies as a way to represent and support those dealing with mental illness or loss of someone from suicide.

 

Bleuel's father committed suicide in 2003. Ten years later, she launched Project Semicolon in 2013.
"I wanted to tell my story to inspire others to tell their story. I wanted to start a conversation that can't be stopped, a conversation about mental illness and suicide so we can address it and lower those rates," she said.
The semicolon is intended to encourage people to keep going in life.
"A semicolon is used when an author could've chosen to end their sentence, but chose not to. The author is you and the sentence is your life," according to a statement on Project Semicolon's website.
Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the USA, according to the most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, there were 41,149 reported deaths from suicide.
The conversation Bleuel started took off and continues today with people taking photos of their tattoos and drawings and uploading them to social media with the hashtag #projectsemicolon or #semicolonproject.
"It's impacted people who struggle with self-harm, addiction and suicide, as well as people who have lost people from suicide and addiction. It's attracted everyone," Bleuel said.

YOUR Maine State Lottery Winning Numbers for Thursday, July 9, 2015

 

MAINE STATE LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS

FOR

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015

 

Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers is not responsible for any errors in reporting Maine Sate Lottery winning numbers. Lebanon Maine Truth Seekers is not affiliated in any way with the Maine State Lottery and provide these winning numbers as a courtesy to our page readers only.

 

DAY: 822

EVENING: 281

DAY: 3575

EVENING: 8296

 

5-7-8-36-47   LUCKY BALL 16

Walker International Events Presents: CIRCUS CIRCUS CIRCUS, The Big Top Comes to Rochester Fairgrounds!!

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Lebanon Fire and EMS Chief Dan Meehan Announces Agreement With Milton NH.

The Chief of the Lebanon Fire and EMS Department, Daniel Meehan, proudly shares this letter from Chief Nick Marique of the Milton, New Hampshire Fire Department. I had the opportunity to speak with Chief Meehan this evening about the letter, and he was pleased that the ongoing meetings he has had with Chief Marique and the Town of Milton have resulted in such positive recognition of his EMTs and Fire personnel. Meehan first took the time to say that the hard work and dedication of all of his volunteers and paid staff are what have helped him to be able to show that the Department is dedicated and working to correct the errors of the past and are looking to move forward in a positive direction. Similar issues have been resolved with both Sanford Fire and Rescue and with Frisbie Memorial Hospital EMS in Rochester, NH, and Chief Meehan is waiting for written confirmation that the town's past debt for responses from those Departments have been resolved. The final paragraph of the letter mentions a little something that the two Chiefs have been hammering away at for some time. A dedicated Mutual Aid agreement that would benefit both towns, but that specifically would call attention to the area of Lebanon that borders Milton, NH. Recent articles in "The Lebanon Voice" have called for such a Mutual Aid agreement, but Chief Meehan says that the two towns have been working on this since the beginning of March, tossing ideas at one another and changing and rewriting the agreement so that both towns will benefit. In a conversation with Meehan this evening, he said that this is not a handshake agreement, but would be a written agreement between the two Departments that highlights exact actions and agreements each town would take. When asked if we can expect to see a new written policy between Milton and Lebanon Fire and EMS units by August 1st, the Chief made no promises, but said, "We're hoping!" Since accepting the leadership of the town's separate Fire and Rescue Departments in January 2015, Meehan and the members of his two departments have worked very hard to correct failing policies and financial mismanagement of the past. New training certification classes are once again being held in the Fire Station meeting room, several new EMTs are being trained using a $10,000.00 training grant from Frisbie Memorial Hospital, a combination of the two departments as of July 1, 2015, an increased and adequate budgeting of the department's needs, and new policies and staffing have been put in place. The letter from Milton should be considered a feather in both the caps of Milton's Chief Nick Marique and Lebanon's Chief Meehan. The excuse of Lebanon's debt from past Rescue Departments, and the acknowledgement of a working dedicated Mutual Aid Agreement for the two towns have been needed for a long while now. We're proud of Lebanon's Fire and EMS Department this evening!! Congratulations to every one of the hard working Firefighters and EMT's who have worked to bring the department around and put it back as a source of pride and honor for our town. Congratulations to Milton's Chief Marique and his department as well, I'm sure that he has been careful to insure that the agreement will be a benefit to Milton's residents.

Maine Department of Agriculture Offers Hands On Emergency Horse Care Clinic for First Responders

Hands-On Clinic: An Introduction to Horses & How to Manage Them in an Emergency

 

 

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Attention: ACO’s, Animal Welfare Agents & Emergency Response Personnel……

Do you cringe when you receive a horse welfare request or a horse at‐large call???  If so, this clinic is for you!!

No experience necessary. Professionals & Non‐Professionals are welcome to attend.

An Introduction to Horses & How to Manage Them in an Emergency

August 1, 2015, 8am to 4pm, at Robin Corey’s, East Ridge Stables in Charleston, ME

$25/person pre‐paid; delicious, homemade lunch available for $5/person.

Registration is due by Saturday, July 25.

*Maine Animal Welfare Dept. CEU’s available with a certificate of completion*

Topics covered will include:

 Differences in breeds, sizes, age, etc;
 How to read, approach, lead a horse;
 Vet talk – what to look for when accessing health concerns;
 Herd dynamics;
 Catching a horse/s at large;
 A simulated trailer accident/emergency
 Plus there will be plenty of time for Q & A!!!

This is a Hands‐On Clinic. All participants must be wearing closed toe shoes;boots are preferred – no steel toe boots allowed.

For more information, please contact Gretchen Ziemer at 207.478.9752 or

gretchenziemer@gmail.com.

To register please complete the registration form (page 2), snail mail completed registration & check, by July 25th, to Gretchen Ziemer, 214 Bacon Road, Charleston, Me 04422.

Selectmen Postpone Meeting Agenda Items Due to Absent Board Member.

 

SELECTMEN'S MEETING

THURSDAY, 7/9/15

 

On the agenda for tonight's meeting were several items of interest, however, when Lebanon Truth Seekers arrived and began to set up the video recorder, Selectman Paul Nadeau advised that all agenda items had been cancelled and that there would be no meeting this evening.

Selectman Royce Heath arrived and stated that Select Board Chairman Ben Thompson had an issue he had to deal with and would not be able to make the meeting this evening, therefore no decisions could be made by the board.

Speaking with Town Treasurer, Jeanette Lemay, she stated she was surprised as Mr. Thompson had never missed even one Board Meeting in all the time she had been the town's treasurer.

Selectmen busied themselves with Accounts Payable and Payroll checks.

Mr. Erik Davis arrived with some questions and concerns regarding the Lebanon Youth Soccer League and Selectman Royce Heath stated that they could not really hear the concerns without Selectman Thompson being present. Mr. Davis was added to the Selectmen's Meeting Agenda for Monday evening, 7/13/15 for 4:30 pm.

I asked if the Board were going to do any other business and was told there was only one other item, but that it involved an issue with a minor child, and therefore the Board would be going into Executive Session to hear the issue at 7 pm., no members of the public would be welcome to attend.

Understanding the matters involving children are touchy situations, I excused myself for the evening and left the building in order to afford the family the most privacy possible.

Lebanon Fire Team Responds to Two Separate Calls for Downed Power Lines.

Lebanon Rescue Department - Command Central

Fire Call - Indian lake Drive - Caller heard loud bang and now theres no power.

Lebanon Rescue Department - Command Central Small tree came down on a power line in someone's yard. cmp is responding. Fire held all apparatus in quarters and a junior firefighter responded to check It out

TRUTH was received when I spoke to Chief Dan Meehan this evening at 6:30 pm.

Downed Power Line calls from 7/9/15

Fire Call for Downed Power Lines number 1. (the one reported by Lebanon Rescue Department - Command Central as shown above).

The Fire call at Indian Lake Shores came in. Within only a few moments, Lebanon Level 1 Firefighter J.T. Harmon was on the scene.
There were lines down due to a small tree that had come down, it was in someone's private driveway and of no danger to the public.
Several Lebanon Firefighters responded to the Depot Road Fire Station, and waited there in case there was any problem.
CMP was alerted and responded to the scene, where they repaired the wires.
Firefighter Harmon returned to the station.

Downed Power Line Call number 2. (the one not reported by Lebanon Rescue Department - Command Central at all)

This call came in for downed power lines on Jim Grant Road, a tree branch had knocked the lines down and they were in the roadway.
Both Chief Dan Meehan and Level 1 Firefighter J.T. Harmon responded to the scene in Lebanon Fire Engine 2.
After assessing the scene and determining it was not safe for traffic to pass, the station was alerted and Firefighter Josh Gagnon responded to the scene in C1, the Ford Expedition that the Chief uses.
Firefighter Gagnon blocked one end of Jim Grant Road with C1 and Engine 2 blocked the road from the opposite direction.
CMP responded and the lines were repaired.
All vehicles returned to the Fire Station on Depot Road.

No photos were available for Harmon or Gagnon, but neither are Junior Firefighters. Both have earned firefighting certifications.

I implore you all to stop going into panic mode when you read the reports from the "other" pages. Your Fire and EMS Chief is very competent, as are the Firefighters he entrusts with your lives and property. All calls are handled in a safe and professional manner. If there are any Junior Firefighters or EMTs on a scene, they are always under the direct supervision of a more experienced Firefighter or EMT.

The number of panic calls that we receive at the Lebanon Truth Seekers is alarming in itself. Please stop believing the rhetoric and scare tactics, residents of Lebanon. If you have any questions, please feel free to message us, or you can even call Chief Meehan yourself. The Chief has made himself available to every resident of Lebanon who has asked to have a word with him. Feel free to phone the Chief or stop by the station and see him at any time with any questions or concerns.

 

All photos furnished by Lebanon Maine Fire and Rescue Department.