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Veteran BDN reporter to get alumni award
by Outspoken on Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:36 am
Veteran BDN reporter to get alumni award
By Julia Bayly
Special to the NEWS
Bangor Daily News
FORT KENT, Maine — For more than 35 years whenever a news story about the St. John Valley and northern Aroostook County appeared in the Bangor Daily News, it was a safe bet whose byline accompanied it.
This weekend longtime reporter Beurmond Banville will be honored for that work in print media as well as for his commitment to community service.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is recognizing Banville with its Outstanding Alumni Award.
The presentation is being made at the annual alumni banquet tonight.
Officially retired from the news business, Banville, 63, said in an interview this week that he is nonetheless busier than ever and somewhat overwhelmed by the recognition.
“I’m not the kind of person that goes looking for this kind of thing at the end of the day,” Banville said. “I’m not looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”
Rather, Banville maintains that his efforts spring from his love of helping out wherever and whenever he can.
He has been an active adult Boy Scout, including a combined 22 years as assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster with Troop 270 in Frenchville, St. Agatha and Sinclair, where he has assisted more than a dozen Scouts in earning their Eagle Scout badges. Banville has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Silver Beaver Award from the Katahdin Area Council of Boy Scouts of America.
Banville also has volunteered 37 years of service to the Knights of Columbus. He has held several local, district and state offices and was named Knight of the Year by his home council four times.
But Banville is perhaps best-known as a BDN reporter, where he covered the people, places and events of the St. John Valley and beyond for 36 years.
“There are a lot of interesting people in the St. John Valley,” Banville said. “Most of them are unbeknownst to people south of Houlton.”
It was telling the stories of those people that gave Banville the most joy over the years and kept him at it all that time.
“Not only did my work at the Bangor Daily News allow me to spend my life in the St. John Valley — writing for them was an enjoyable career,” he said. “I looked forward to going to work every morning.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/51142.html
By Julia Bayly
Special to the NEWS
Bangor Daily News
FORT KENT, Maine — For more than 35 years whenever a news story about the St. John Valley and northern Aroostook County appeared in the Bangor Daily News, it was a safe bet whose byline accompanied it.
This weekend longtime reporter Beurmond Banville will be honored for that work in print media as well as for his commitment to community service.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent is recognizing Banville with its Outstanding Alumni Award.
The presentation is being made at the annual alumni banquet tonight.
Officially retired from the news business, Banville, 63, said in an interview this week that he is nonetheless busier than ever and somewhat overwhelmed by the recognition.
“I’m not the kind of person that goes looking for this kind of thing at the end of the day,” Banville said. “I’m not looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”
Rather, Banville maintains that his efforts spring from his love of helping out wherever and whenever he can.
He has been an active adult Boy Scout, including a combined 22 years as assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster with Troop 270 in Frenchville, St. Agatha and Sinclair, where he has assisted more than a dozen Scouts in earning their Eagle Scout badges. Banville has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Silver Beaver Award from the Katahdin Area Council of Boy Scouts of America.
Banville also has volunteered 37 years of service to the Knights of Columbus. He has held several local, district and state offices and was named Knight of the Year by his home council four times.
But Banville is perhaps best-known as a BDN reporter, where he covered the people, places and events of the St. John Valley and beyond for 36 years.
“There are a lot of interesting people in the St. John Valley,” Banville said. “Most of them are unbeknownst to people south of Houlton.”
It was telling the stories of those people that gave Banville the most joy over the years and kept him at it all that time.
“Not only did my work at the Bangor Daily News allow me to spend my life in the St. John Valley — writing for them was an enjoyable career,” he said. “I looked forward to going to work every morning.”
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/51142.html
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