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CLASSIFIED Monday 3 July 2017
dOCTOR ON dUTY
Congress cool to proposal to end heating aid Dr. Mungra
Oranjestad
Tel. 585 2239
ent. San Nicolas
His income was fine 10 or
12 years ago when he re- TIME SHARES FOR SALE
tired, but gasoline, food Caribbean Palm Village EMERGENCIA 911
and other expenses grew Week 7 $ 6,500.00
faster than he anticipated. Week 26 $ 2,000.00
In the winter, he keeps an all are 2 bedroom all are
eye on his oil storage tank, Garden View
and the local community Email: asargenti@aol.com or POLICE 100
action agency sends 100 Call: 609 775 3836 ORANJESTAD 527-3140
gallons when it gets low. _________________________________207577 NOORD 527-3200
It’s difficult for him to keep HOUSE FOR SALE STA. CRUZ 527-2900
SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
warm because he’s on This beautiful family home POLICE TIPLINE 11141
a blood thinner, and he Features 3 bedrooms, 2 FIRE DEPT. 115
shudders at the thought of bathrooms, large kitchen, fully FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
being cold. But he doesn’t fenced backyard, pool HOSPITAL 527-4000
Richard Perkins, right, and Robert Maurais stand outside their want to move south, either. entertainment areas. Property DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
home in Ogunquit, Maine. Politicians have been chipping away “I was born and raised land, asking price $247,000 AMBULANCE 582-1234
at funding for heating aid to low-income Americans for a de- here,” he said. “Maine is For info call 00297 594 1496 IMSAN 524-8833
cade. Now President Donald Trump has proposed ending it al- part of me. I can’t imagine areaproperties@live.com RED CROSS 582-2219
together, eliciting an outcry from low-income residents who de-
pend on the program to stay warm. Perkins called the proposed living anywhere else.” ________________________________207707 Women in Difficulties
elimination of heating aid “cruel.” Mark Wolfe, of the National PHARMACY
(AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) Energy Assistance Direc- TIME SHARE FOR SALE RENT
tors’ Association, said that Divi Phoenix Oranjestad:
By DAVID SHARP already signed a letter urg- the Trump administration is 1 br 1 1/2 baths tower suite EagleTel. 587 9011
Associated Press ing the Republican chair- relying on an old General 1205, wk 26 7/1 to 8, $4500 San Nicolas
Aloe Tel. 584 4606
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — man and ranking Demo- Accounting Office report divi dutch Village three rm suite
The summer air is sizzling crat on the Appropriations on the fraud claim, and unit 92 to 96, 2 1/2 baths wk 26,
as the Fourth of July ap- Committee to ensure fund- that improvements have July 1 to 8 $5700 INFORMATION 118
proaches, yet 86-year-old ing for the Low-Income En- been made since then. In Mill Marriott Resort 2 br suite TAXI-TAS 587-5900
Richard Perkins already ergy Assistance Program, Maine, for example, only unit 234 b/c wk 28 7/15 to 7/22 PROF. TAXI 588-0035
587-2300
TAXI D.T.S.
worries about how he’s go- known in many states by 100 cases — 0.3 percent of $3900 SERVICE AUA 583-3232
ing to stay warm this winter. its acronym, LIHEAP (pro- all submitted applications E-mail:rmwjmw@aol.com A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
President Donald Trump nounced LY’-heep). — are being investigated 508 651 0016 280-2828
has proposed eliminating In Maine, the poorest state for potential fraud, ac- ________________________________207549 CRuISE SHIP
heating aid for low-income in New England, the pro- cording to MaineHousing.
Americans, claiming it’s no gram helped nearly 77,000 And programs aimed at TIME SHARE FOR SALE RENT
longer necessary and rife people over the past win- preventing utilities from Complete renovated
Divi Dutch Village
with fraud. People needn’t ter, and those numbers being turned off wouldn’t
worry about being left in represented less than a protect everyone. Util- wk 27, pool floor studio unit Junly 5
13, all special asessment pd,
the cold, he says, because quarter of eligible house- ity regulations vary, with Carnival Vista
utilities cannot cut off cus- holds, said Deborah Tur- some states preventing $4200 week 26 divi Villa and adventure of the Seas
golf unit 5509, 1 br 6/25 start
tomers in the dead of win- cotte of MaineHousing, shutoffs during the entire Zenith / Freewinds
ter. which helps to run the pro- winter and others doing so $3900 and week 29 unit 5503, Aruba Airport 524-2424
July 16 to 23 $3900 sale ,
But he is wrong on all gram. only on exceptionally cold American Airlines 582-2700
588-0059
Avianca
counts. Perkins is a typical recipi- days.q rent $650 Aruba Airlines 583-8300
E-mail:rmwjmw@aol.com
The heating program pro- Jet Blue 588-2244
vides a critical lifeline for 508 651 0016 Surinam 582-7896
people like Perkins, and of- ________________________________207549 Venezolana 583-7674
ficials close to the program Aruba Foundation
don’t see any widespread For those Visually Incapasitated
Tel. 582-5051
fraud. Guidelines for win-
ter shutoffs by utilities vary AL-ANON group
from state to state and Sabana Liber #8, Noord
Tel. 736-2952 or 593-7081
don’t apply to heating oil,
a key energy source in the FUNDACIONS
brittle New England winter. Respetami
“It’s beyond my think- Tel. 582-4433
ing that anyone could be Centro Diabetic Arubano
that cruel,” said Perkins, a Tel. 524-8888
retired restaurateur who
relies on the program to Narcotics Anonymous
Tel. 583-8989
keep warm in Ogunquit,
Maine. QUOTA Club
The proposal to kill the pro- Tel. 525-2672
gram, which has distrib-
uted $3.4 billion to about Women in Difficulties
Foundation
6 million households this Tel. 583-5400
fiscal year, will face strong
opposition in Congress. Bloodbank Aruba
Forty-three senators from Tel. 587-0002
mostly cold-weather states