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By Jane MesserOne of my lifes aims is to swim in as many lakes, rivers, pools and oceans as I possibly can, to use my liberty and swimming skills as freely as I can. I love the feeling of being in a large, fresh body of water, its soft immersive, vast or deep buoyancy.Ive swum in a freshwater lagoon near
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BREWER, Maine 鈥?Dapper, charming, agile and quick-witted, George Davis Carlisle will turn 98 in a few days. His age doesnt appear to be slowing him down much, and neither does his recent diagnosis of leukemia.But both factors, along with the loss in 1997 of his wife, Betty, to cervical cancer, have contributed to his decision to make a major gift to Eastern Maine Medical Centers CancerCare of Maine program. Next Monday, Carlisle will join family members, hospital officials and other well-wishers for the dedication of the George D. Carlisle Family Infusion Center at the Lafayette Family Cancer Center on Whiting Hill in Brewer.The second-floor infusion center is an airy, day-lit area where up
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stanley becher about as comfortable and attractive a place as one could wish for, given the life-and-death work that goes on there.Its a big change from the former home of CancerCare of Maine, which until December of 2009 was a warren of cramped treatment rooms and crowded waiting areas on an underground level of Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Thats where Betty used to go for chemotherapy and other care. I used to go down there with her and sit in the waiting room while she had her treatments, Carlisle said Thursday. I knew Bangor