CARLENE           HILL BYRON is the Director         of Development and Communication of the Independence Association         of Maine an         organization that helps, guides and teaches Maine people with         any level of         disabilities to live normal, happy and productive lives.

RADU LOAN STOCHITA is from Romania and is now a student at Bowdoin College. He will will graduate in May of 2022and after that the world will certainly begin to know of him.  "Stoc" is a champion for all underpaid, neglected and needy people of the world and is determined to fix these problems  as much as he is able in his lifetime.

KAY MANN OF HALLOWELL  proves once again that age is just a number.  In

KATHY WILSON  is a well known dog groomer and trainer and horsewoman.  She was born in Brunswick and on this show she talks about all the things she's seen changing over her years there.  And while she loves to remember the "old days" she's very much in favor in Brunswick's (and Maine's) progress over the years.

WENDY POOLE of Portland always wanted to be an actress so volunteered to do shows at The Theater Project in Brunswick started by Al Miller.  That was many years ago  and today she is the Executive Director of the beloved  "The Little Theater that Could."

PHYLLIS BLACKSTONE OF BRUNSWICK MAINE is a well known story teller although she never writes her stories down; she keeps them in her head. At least until now---she has put about 70 of her favorite stories in a book called MY STORIED LIFE and it is a charming, engrossing read.

DR. ROK ANDRE MORIN a chiropractor in Bath Maine once dreamed about being a veterinarian but due to an injury and his seeing a chiropractor, he fell in love with the discipline. Like many in his trade he had to hear the “quackery” word but ignored it when he realized that people have come a long way from using that label.  Because of the talents of professionals like Rok Morin, most people today love to engage chiropractors because they make them feel good. Dr. Rok does that!

Caron Grich and Alan Schulz met each other at a grief support gathering and there realized there was nowhere widowed/divorced/single/alone adults could gather not to date but to talk, discuss, inspire etc., so they began CONNECTED---and it's working.  People from 55 and up are gathering to hear great Maine speakers and they are enjoying it.

IAN MACKENZIE is a man who can't wait for Mondays to come because he loves his job so much and can't wait to gt back to it.  He is a social worker who deals with people who feel helpless and hopeless, society's outcasts, schizophrenics, addicts, people fighting depression, people who feel no one cares.  Mackenzie does.

Ian Mackenzie is a man who could have chosen many paths to follow but instead chose social work---a job he loves and at which is very very gifted.  He sees value and good in all people regardless of their circumstances and his “patients” love him dearly for he has showed them that no matter what, THEY MATTER AND THEY ARE IMPORTANT.  And so is he.

 RECORDED 1/26/21, AIR DATE 12/5/21