Corinne and Fred McIntyre have been enjoying sitting in the sun at Bodwell Rehabilitation Center, as Fred grows stronger by the day! The plan is that he will be back home within the week. This is an incredible tribute to their faith and strength of spirit, and also to his doctors for their dedicated care during his stay of nearly three months in the ICU unit at Mid Coast Hospital.

Please keep the Heise family in your thoughts as their son is undergoing delicate repair surgery during this time frame, and John Stevens, who has been completing his cancer treatments.

We had the pleasure last Friday night of attending Hal Holbrook's solo performance of Mark Twain at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland, with Maria Poore and my sister, Peg Haskell. It was an honor to watch and hear an 80-year-old man transform himself into Mark Twain to deliver two 50-minute monologues. The political and religion issues are ever current, and the humor, sarcasm, and irony were pointed, but very amusing.

The next night we went to the Boothbay Playhouse to attend the Y-Arts performance of Godspell. Ginny Bishop, the music director, draws the very best in performance out of the young cast every time! Some of our Ocean Point related performers were Rosaline and Robert Campbell and Kimberley Reed, Diane Campbell's grandchildren; Peter, Alexis, and Andy Panagore; Tori Ripley, daughter of Peter and Mary Ripley; and Anna and Lindsey Marden, daughters of Eric and Jennifer Marden. It is a joy to see all these young people excel in the arts, and to feel the family and community support of their triumphs! We do have a cultural season, and it lasts all year round!

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