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12—Journal Tribune. Friday. Aug. 5, 1977Mainers'teached'N.Y. kids thing or twoBy KATHLEEN O’CONNELL Staff Writer EAST LEBANON - Two Fresh Air kids left Peggy and Alan Pickering's Smith Road farm Thursday for the Bronx They left behind the ground fog they tried to catch, the huge barn spiders they loved to watch, and a wonderful playground that has no glass.They also left behind a pig that Nicole Ames, 8, wanted to take home with her.Nicole and her brother Jason, 4, spent two weeks at the Pickering's farm.In that time they saw their first non-coinop washer, learned what lawns and fields are — and that water can come from a well, not iust a city water system, watched hay baled and fed to a beefalo, marveled at the fact that things can be left out at night without being stolen by morning, and learned about crickets.Peggy Pickering says they also overcame their fear of daddy longlegs, saw an automatic dishwasher, and played at Hilton Park Playground in New Hampshire, where they were surprised to see no glass.•Robin, the Pickering’s five-year-old daughter, says she liked having Nicole and Jason around. “They teached me things,” she says, — what they're called. Like “icies instead of popsicles, and Johnny pumps instead of fire hydrants.Jason and Nicole didn't have too much to say about their fresh air experience. They were too busy cuddling ducks, riding bikes, and munching on baloney and cheese sandwiches.Before, I was crying,” Jason said, because I wanted to go home. But we going home. We going on the bus.”Back to the citylason Imes, bologna and cheese Peggy and Alan Pickering's Hastsandwich in hand, is set to get on the Lebanon farm in the Fresh Airbus to go bac k to New York He and Program (Photo by Ben Brinkihis sister Nicole spent two weeks atSeacoast Festival gets under wayBarn animals and city lingoJason and Nicole Ames learned about barn spiders, pigs, Robin Pickering learned about “icies and “johnny and ducks at the Pickering’s Fast Lebanon farm, while pumps. (Photo by Ben Brink I• New chiefContinued from Page 1Maine's only cardiac diagnostic center.Reiman, according to a Maine Medical Center spokesman, was in charge of every phase of the project which led to the construction and opening of Richards Wing.He is now the man Webber Hospital Association (WHA) trustees have asked to become the Biddeford hospital’s chief administrator as Webber is moved from Elm Street to its new, Alfred Road facility, now under construction.While Reiman says he is not yet familiar enough with Webber to comment specifically on its operations, he offers his views on what may be expected in the future from comm unity-orientedhospitals.“We know we're going to undergo some drastic changes in the way we perceive health care, he says, explaining that the federal aid granted to patients and hospitals is expected to play a large part in those changes.“We don't know now, for example, what's going to come under the (President Jimmy) Carter proposals. he adds.One thing is sure: health care costs will continue to rise, and Reiman says hospitals may face two alternatives in order to combat those costs.Reducing patient services is one of then I ( /i •• r ft I oil Kaiw(K U Aim in aiiiaL Iilt;He believes in teamwork
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Biddeford Kennebunk Wells Journal Tribune
Biddeford, Maine, US
Fri, Aug 05, 1977
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