Last month I wrote about advance directives and promised to explore powers of attorney (POAs) this time, but I’m going to defer that for a month and instead address “aging-in-place”, its value and limitations. Mt Vernon is actively planning a laudable community-wide program to allow more people with physical and/or cognitive limitations to remain here with help. Vienna, given its twin city status in Tom Ward’s “metroplex”, would be a logical partner as well.

The June 2019 Union Hall Newsletter is here

Tick Bites and Diseases
Dan Onion, MD, MPH
Mt. Vernon/Vienna Health Officer
293-2076; dkonion@gmail.com
June, 2019

I just pulled the 5th tick of the year off my leg last night! It hadn’t embedded yet; rather it was racing up my leg to hide, tripping over my hairs and so alerting me. It reminded me that I haven’t written about ticks and the diseases they transmit in these columns since 2013! Time to review again, given that circumstances have worsened since then (Fig. 1).

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The May-June Newsletter for the Vienna Union Hall is available here

In it is information on our next 2 shows:

• Sat  May 18 -  Katahdin Valley Boys with Vienna's Dan Simons
• Sat  May 15 - Pat Pepin

Both shows are going to be really good!

You can get tickets thru Libby Harville (eacharville@gmail.com) or for $1 extra, online.

Info in the newsletter.

The annual meeting of the Vienna Village cemetery association will be held at the community center - Sunday, May 19, 2019, 1PM.