To the editor:
I was born in Caribou, Maine in 1950. I remember a town that always rose up when a neighbor was in trouble and helped them through a tough time. Like many others that were born there, it was necessary to leave Maine to get work in other parts of the country. As I traveled all over the United States I saw a changing world where one’s self was more important than community.
No one gave more of themselves to community than my mother, Lorranie St. Peter. If she were alive today I am sure she would do whatever it took to help the Jordan family get back on their feet.
I recently wrote to Senator Collins, asking that her office get in touch with the Jordans and get them in touch with the appropriate federal agency that could help them. I hope her office does that soon. If Sen. Collins has become removed from the needs of her friends and neighbors in Caribou, then I am afraid she has lost her sense of community and has been changed by Washington. I have always believed that people of Caribou had a higher sense of family.
I urge others that live in Caribou to reach out to other government leaders and local bankers to help their neighbors. The Class of 1968 will be having its 45th class reunion this summer. I hope to visit Caribou and find the people the same as I remember them.
Michael St. Peter
Una, S.C.
