Published on Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:04 am | Last updated on Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:04 am
Top ranked Platz Associates compiled a 15-2 record to capture both the regular season and playoff titles in the Auburn Recreation Minor League Coed Softball Division. Platz defeated rival team P&G #2 in the championship game by a score of 18-8, to capture the crown. Coach Scott Tiner was the team MVP and batted a combined .800 during the regular season and playoffs. Scott also led Platz with four hits and four RBIs in the championship game. J.J. Varney, Ray Schofield and Toby Tiner, Jr. also had four hits each. Carolyn Haynes, Joe Rathbun, Brooke Washer, Jason DeVitt and Linda Fecteau added three hits each to propel Platz. Team members, pictured left to right: Back row, Toby Tiner Jr., J.J. Varney, Kim Lawrence, Joe Rathbun, Coach Scott Tiner, Tom Flaherty, Ray Schofield; Front, Jason DeVitt, Brooke Washer, Manager Mikey "Lowell" Dyer, Batboy Drew Tiner, Linda Fecteau, Carolyn Haynes.
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No I don't have family that can help me. In fact not only am I raising my own children but I am also taking care of an ill parent. My son is special needs and there are no day cares that will take him with his needs so I have multiple barriers. I have tried to work and lost jobs because I was constantly called by the schools to get my son or to go to take care of a situation with him. Employers are not going to work with a person that needs constant time off to go to medical appointments with a child when there is such high unemployment and many people competing for the same jobs. If I could, I would work, but finding child care is impossible and finding a job that will work around the situation I am in has been impossible to date but I haven't given up.
Youre half correct here. Public Schools are a reason private schools thrive. But the private schools in Maine are hurting right now. Not because of the curriculum or the performance (they outperform public education by miles) but because of the economy. St. Doms will accept almost anyone, probably even avowed athiests if they have the $$. This is sad.
I do know there are Christian Schools that are top-level adacemically that are not at all expensive, and the best part is that they still hold the students and parents to the mission statement of a true Christian School. That involves active parental involvement and family-centered Christ-centered living (notice not "God" as that can mean anything to anybody). But this is one reason when combined with the economy that they are hurting right now. The only upside is that the student to teacher ratio is extremely good. No public school can tough the Christian Academies in this area, and the tuition is surprisingly low.
Hebron Academy and St. Doms are just flat out expensive... too expensive for all but the financially cozy...
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