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Mark Dionne Joins TTCC Staff to Help Bring Great Changes to
the Community Center
By Donna RhoDes
BRISTOL – When Mark Di- onne was asked to write up his career objectives upon gradua- tion from Plymouth State Uni- versity in the 1980s, he stated that he wanted to do “meaning- ful work,” and that he has done. But when Tapply-Thompson Community Center was looking for someone to assist them as a Grants and Community Engage- ment Manager, it was the right job at just the right time in his life.
Dionne is a New Hampshire native, now living in Sanborn- ton, who majored in writing at PSU. Over the years, he worked in various jobs, including time
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By William niemann
The Love Lights of Ukraine
A few days before Christ- mas, I was watching the news. A picture caught my attention. It was a nighttime image of Europe taken from a satellite. Except for a large region north of the Black Sea, the continent sparkled with myriad lights. The dark region was the nation of Ukraine. Drone and missile strikes on power-generating fa- cilities had compromised the nation’s ability to bring lights to the lengthening winter nights.
That darkness notwithstand- ing, if one descends from the satellite’s perspective and ap- proaches Ukraine, perhaps not far above the woodland that is a scene in our story, several beams of light come into view. Reflected off freshly fallen snow, they have illuminated the way for a truck, accompanied by a van, on an important, heart- felt mission. The two vehicles appear parked outside a large building. The truck’s cargo in- cludes food, clothing, genera- tors, gifts, and much more. The
A young Ukrainian girl stands in front of a burned building holding a Plymouth Rotary sign. Photo courtesy of Plymouth RC.
van has carried a team of four New Hampshirites, who have planned and are now bring- ing to fruition, an endeavor to help thousands of Ukrainian children survive, and perhaps even thrive, amid a brutal, un- just war. The team comprises two couples, all of whom are Co-Founders of Common Man for Ukraine. They include Steve Rand, owner of Rand’s Hardware in Plymouth, and his partner Susan Mathison, a well-regarded environmentalist and humanitarian. The other couple is Alex Ray, the Founder, and owner of the Common Man chain of restaurants and lodgings. He is accompanied by his partner, Lisa Mure, a well-known advocate for access to behavioral health and af- fordable housing. Together the team has directed the fundrais- ing of two and a half million dollars under the auspices of commonmanforukraine.org to be carefully dispensed by Pol-
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