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A NEW RADIO documentary celebrating the life and work of HPV vaccine campaigner Laura Brennan has been released to mark three years since her death.

Laura was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 24. After her diagnosis, she became involved in the campaign to raise awareness of the HPV vaccine to try to save lives.

Laura Brennan, The Voice tells the story of Lauras life from growing up in Ennis in Co Clare to her work advocating for the HPV vaccine, until her death in 2019.

The documentary features testimonies from those who knew Laura best: her parents Larry and Bernie, her brothers Colin, Fergal and Kevin, and her friends, as well as the President of Royal College of Physicians Mary Horgan and former health minister Simon Harris.

Taoiseach Michel Martin also recorded a tribute to Laura for the documentary, saying that her courageous advocacy in highlighting the fight against cervical cancer, without question, saved the lives of many women.

The documentary was written, produced and directed by Clare FMs Programme Director Padraic Flaherty. Speaking to The Journal, Flaherty said it was an honour to put the tribute together.

Id have known of Larry, her father, whos a very good author. He and Bernie and, when Laura was alive, all had a great relationship with the station. Shes always remained in my thoughts and I said, do you know what, her anniversary will be coming up on Sunday, so I set about doing this late last year, he said.

Thankfully, I gave my idea to Larry and Bernie, and they said yeah, anything that they could do to help out that they will be on hand at the end of the phone, which was a great help, because when youre talking about a young girl that lost her life so tragically, for her family to be able to talk so openly about that, in itself, is a great gift to get.

Flaherty began working on the documentary late last year. When it came to getting interviews for the documentary, he said that those who knew Laura were more than willing to pay tribute to her.

She touched everyone in a way, and family and friends were there straightaway with the hands up, but equally, when I got on to the Taoiseachs office and to Simon Harriss office to say: Look, Im doing this documentary, would the ministers be interested in taking part? And its a great endorsement of what Laura did when they turned around and said: Absolutely, we want to be involved, how can we help?

To get that from the Taoiseach and from the former Minister for Health, its super. Mary Horgan, she was brilliant. She had such affection for Laura. And when I did the interview with Mary, she was still up to her neck in Covid issues and the same for Taoiseach as well. So they both took time out and they were both very, very happy to lend their voice to it, he said.

After learning in September 2017 that her cancer was terminal, Laura began advocating publicly in favour of the HPV vaccine. In the documentary, Horgan outlines Lauras importance to the HPV vaccine campaign.

She was incredibly important. This was at a time when the HPV vaccine uptake dipped quite considerably because of a lot of ill informed people putting misinformation out on social media, she said.

There was a HPV Alliance and that included patient advocates so it resulted in a huge upswing from uptake of vaccine, which was only about 50% to it going right up to approximately 80% of the time, and a huge amount of that was to Laura, her personal story.

Flaherty said it was important for him to highlight the work that Laura did for the vaccine campaign.

With everything going on with Covid for the last few years, getting vaccinated, which was obviously a priority for the country, the HPV vaccination somewhat got lost in conversation. Especially in this county, were always aware of the levels that it went to, which was 90% in Clare and that was all down to Laura, he said.

Despite knowing the family, Flaherty said he learned while making the documentary just how much Lauras death affected them, and how they got through it.

For them to be able to deal with it, and to kind of get an understanding firsthand of what they had to go through for those few days before she passed away and when she passed away. You know, I knew it was heartbreaking, its a heartbreaking, heart wrenching story, but to hear it firsthand from Larry and Bernie and the lads. The strength of that family, certainly, would give any other family strength in the way they pulled together. Theyre a great unit.

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The documentary aired on Clare FM at 11am on 22 March, and Flaherty said the station is absolutely thrilled with the response they have received.

Laura is seen as a hero in this county, and she should always be honoured at that and the texts, the WhatsApps, the emails, the phone calls. They have all been, and its very rare that you say this in media and radio, 100% positive, he said.

Everybody has been talking about it and really accepting the work that Laura did, the wonderful work that she did. Its great for a radio station to be able to put out a documentary thats so warmly received. So were very proud of it.

Flaherty said that he would like anyone who listens to the documentary to keep Laura and the work that she did in their thoughts.

For any of us to do that in our full health should be applauded. But to do that, and to know that the road ahead is going to be very, very difficult, was amazing, he said.

Laura was a fantastic young woman and she went way too early. At 26 years of age, for her to leave this world was tragic, but her work should always be remembered because she saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Her message was heard all over the world, and I think that should always be remembered.

Laura Brennan, The Voice is available to listen to here.

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Behind three home runs and 29 hits, the Lock Haven softball team rolled to a pair of victories on Sunday afternoon in a twin bill with Holy Family, 9-1 and 9-8.

In the first game of the day, the Bald Eagles (8-5) took an early lead and never looked back as they took the opener by a 9-1 tally in five innings.

Riley McClellan got the scoring started in the top of the first. McClellan belted a lead-off single to left field and swiped second base to quickly move into scoring position. Two batters later, Summer Peters pushed McClellan home with a single to left field as the Bald Eagles opened up a 1-0 lead.

Warrior Run graduate Madison Waltman earned the victory for the Bald Eagles. Waltman allowed one run on three hits and fanned four Holy Family batters to notch her sixth victory of the season.

The Mansfield University baseball team scored 18 runs with 13 different players recording hits to split with PSAC Eastern Division foe West Chester University on Sunday. The Mounties took game one, 8-5 before falling in the nightcap, 14-8.

The Mounties (7-10, 1-4 PSAC East) pounded out 13 hits in game one and 10 hits in game two on the cold and rainy afternoon against one of the top teams in the conference.

In game one, junior Brittain Shander (3 for 4, double, two runs, RBI) and sophomore Shay Gustafson (3 for 4, triple, two runs, RBI) led the way offensively with three hits each. Senior Assaf Lowengart drove in two runs with a double and scored, while sophomore Dylan Mercedes added a pair of hits, including a double and drove in a run. Senior Brady Mengel rounded out the multi-hit Mountaineers with a double and RBI, while freshman Brycen Rearick hit the first home run of his career to put the exclamation point on the victory.

The Mountaineer bullpen also excelled, as junior Josh Colon and freshman Austin Lewis combined to shut the door over the final 3 2/3 innings, allowing just one run and striking out four to seal the victory for MU. Colon earned the win and Lewis earned the save. Sophomore Ryan King struck out five through the opening 3 1/3 innings, allowing four runs.

Lock Haven dropped Sundays opener, but responded with a big 8-1 win in game two versus Kutztown University PSAC Eastern Division doubleheader at Watkins Field. Lock Haven lost the first game, 5-4.

The game was quiet in the opening innings, but in the top of the third Kutztown put up 3 runs to take a 3-0 lead. Lock Haven (7-13) notched a run in the bottom of the fourth when Blaise Zeiders found a gap for an RBI single up the middle driving in Justin Lichtenwalner to cut the Golden Bears advantage to 3-1.

Lock Haven got the bats going in the bottom the sixth when Jake Mastillo hit a line drive into the gap in the outfield to double and drive in Lichtenwalner from second. Joe Shannon followed with a single, and a Kutztown error allowed Mastillo to score and slice the lead to 4-3.

In game two Kutztown started quick and took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Gavin Troutman walked in the bottom half of the first inning and Mastillo hit a double off the left field fence to tied the game 1-1.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Lock Haven 9, Holy Family 1

(GAME ONE)

LHU 106 02 9 11 0

Holy Family 001 00 1 3 3

M. Waltman and S. Arrigale. J. Blackson, A. Remington (5) and De. Moser. W: Waltman (6-1). L: Blackston (1-3).

Top Lock Haven hitters: R. McClellan 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; D. GOod 2-4, 2B, run; S. Peters 2-3, RBI, run; S. Arrigale, 2B. Top Holy Family hitters: J. Blackston, 2B; J. Martinez, 2B.

Lock Haven 9, Holy Family 8

(GAME TWO)

LHU 202 030 2 9 18 1

Holy Family 202 013 0 8 14 2

J. Scheilham, K. Gioglio (4) and S. Arrigale. M. Patterson, S. Ciasullo (5) and A. Leitizia. W: Gioglio (2-2). L: Ciasullo (1-3).

Top Lock Haven hitters: D. Good 4-5, run; S. Peters 3-5, RBI, run; M. Ruppert 2-4, 3B, 2 runs; S. Arrigale 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; R. Trexler 3-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; H. Lestician, HR. Top Holy Family hitters: A. Smith 2-5, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs, 2 runs; E. Hansen 3-4, HR, RBI, 2 runs; S. Ciasullo, 2B; A. Remington, HR.

Records: Lock Haven (8-5), Holy Family (3-15).

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Mansfield 8, West Chester 5

(GAME ONE)

WCU 010 310 0 5 11 2

Mansfield 202 301 x 8 13 5

Joe Sperone Dylan Howanitz (4), Joe Messina (4), R.J. Kuruts (6) and RJ Gifford. Ryan King Josh Colon (4), Austin Lewis (6) and Brycen Rearick. W: Colon (2-0). L: Howanitz (0-1). S: Lewis (1).

Top Mansfield hitters: Corey Stouffer 3-4, 3B, RBI, run; Justin Horn 2-4 3B; L. Cantwell 2-4, 2B, 2 runs; Mike Ferrara, 2B; Keith Flaherty, 2B. Top West Chester hitters: Shay Gustafson 3-4, 3B, RBI, 2 runs; Dylan Mercedes 2-3, 2B, RBI; Brady Mengel 2-3 2B, RBI, run; Brycen Rearick, HR; Brittain Shander, 2B; Assaf Lowengart, 2B; Samuel Freedman, 2B.

West Chester 14, Mansfield 8

(GAME TWO)

WCU 115 150 100 14 12 6

Mansfield 040 000 202 8 10 3

A. Cantwell, Nolan Graber (5), Kyle Lazer (7), Colin Kennedy (9) and R.J. Gifford. Houtz, Todd Erney (3), Logan Magdits (3), Lorenzo Febbo (5), Ian Wilbur (7) and Ryan Verbonitz. W: Cantwell (1-2). L: Houtz (1-1).

Top West Chester hitters: Zach Wright 2-5, 2B, RBI, 3 runs; Joe Kaleck 3-6, 3B, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Corey Stouffer 2-4, 3 RBIs; Zack Miles 2-4, 3B, RBI, 2 runs; L. Cantwell, 2B. Top Mansfield hitters: Assaf Lowenegart 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Alan Bautista 2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 runs.

Records; West Chester (14-3, 5-1 PSAC), Mansfield (7-10, 1-4 PSAC).

Kutztown 5, Lock Haven 4

(GAME ONE)

Kutztown 003 010 001 5 10 1

LHU 000 103 000 4 6 2

Dominic Proietto, Jake Skrocki (6) and Antonio Rossillo. RJ Kruse, Aedan Walter (4), Rylan Bailey (6), Jared Coolledge (9), Garrett Starr (9) and Garrett Nephart. W: Skrocki (1-0). L: Colledge (1-1).

Top Kutztown hitters: ANtonio Rossillo 3-3, run; Mike Piscotty 2-4; Zach Moretski, 2B. Top Lock Haven hitters: Blaise Zeiders 2-4, 2B, RBI; Gavin Troutman, 2B; Jake Mastillo, 2B.

Lock Haven 8, Kutztown 1

Kutztown 100 000 0 1 5 0

LHU 111 302 x 8 13 3

Gavin Moretski, Gavin Grande (5) and Antonio Rossillo. Kevin Worek, Matt Lingenfelter (6) and Garrett Nephart. W: Worek (3-2). L: Moretski (0-2).

Top Kutztown hitters: Jimmy Kerley 2-3, 2B. Top Lock Haven hitters: Jake Mastillo 3-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBIs, 3 runs; Joe Shannon 3-4, 3B, RBI, run; Zach Kaatz 2-4, RBI; Garrett Nephart 2-4, HR, RBI, run.

Records: Kutztown (6-13, 3-1 PSAC East), Lock Haven (7-12, 1-5 PSAC East).

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2nd episode of the first season of Seinfeld

"The Stake Out" is the second episode of the first season of the NBC comedy Seinfeld.[1]

It aired as the second episode of the season on May 31, 1990.[2] The episode was written by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David and directed by Tom Cherones. The narrative features Jerry Seinfeld agreeing to attend a birthday party with his ex-girlfriend Elaine Benes. During the party, Jerry tries to flirt with another woman, but fails to learn anything about her except her place of work. Jerry is reluctant to ask Elaine for the woman's number because he does not talk to her about other women. Jerry's father, Morty, suggests that he "stake out" the woman's workplace and pretend to meet her accidentally, which Jerry does. "The Stake Out" is the first episode to feature Jerry's parents.[3][4] The episode was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 1991.[4]

Jerry and Elaine have just ended their relationship, but have chosen to remain friends. Elaine invites Jerry to a birthday party; he agrees to go on the condition that she accompanies him to a wedding that he and his parents have been invited to. At the party, Jerry meets an attractive woman named Vanessa. He wants to flirt with her, but is uncomfortable doing so in Elaine's presence. The woman leaves with another man before Jerry finds out her name; however, he learns that she works at a law firm called "Sagman, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft". During the party, Elaine tries to tell Jerry about a dream she had, which featured him. Jerry tries to end the conversation but this results in an argument after the party is over.

Back at his apartment, Jerry's parents, Morty and Helen, sleep over, with Jerry sleeping in Kramer's apartment. He talks about the party and claims that he cannot get the phone number of the woman from Elaine because he does not talk about other women with her; additionally, she is still angry with him. Morty suggests that Jerry "stake out" the woman by waiting outside her office, an idea which Jerry likes. The following day, Jerry and George Costanza perform the stake out, pretending that they are coming to see someone else in the building named "Art Corvelay", but under pressure, George insists that they make it "Art Vandelay". They meet the woman, who says the man she left the party with was her cousin. The two then decide to go out on a date.

Later that night, Jerry finds out from his mother that Elaine knows about the stake out. On the day of the wedding, Elaine tells Jerry that the reason that she was angry was because it was the first time she saw him flirt with another woman. They decide that they have to be able to talk more about their relationships if they wish to remain friends. Elaine then reveals that she has recently met a man using a stake out.

"The Stake Out" is based on a real life incident in which David was with a woman that he had dated previously named Monica Yates (daughter of author Richard Yates). They then went to a restaurant and David met another woman. However, he could not flirt as much as he wanted due to the presence of Yates. David did find out the name of the building where she worked at and staked her out. The names of the people in the title of the law firm are friends Larry David made at college.[5][6]

This episode prompted running gags that were used in later episodes. These were the importer-exporter, George's ambitions of becoming an architect and Art Vandelay. The character of Vanessa (named after a woman David once went out with) also reappears in a later episode from the first season, "The Stock Tip".[5][6]

"The Stake Out" is the first episode to mention the past relationship between Jerry and Elaine. Although it was the third episode to be filmed (after "The Seinfeld Chronicles" and "Male Unbonding"), it was the second episode to be broadcast. The episode order was changed because "The Stake Out" provided more background information about Elaine and her relationship with Jerry.[4] Julia Louis-Dreyfus commented that she liked the script for the episode because it made the character seem human. She also commented on the fact that it was racy due to the mention of a pornographic film.[7]

The opening scene caused some problems because it featured a woman walking off the set and taking one step down to get off it. Gleen Forbes, the set designer, thought that this made the show look cheap.[5] The scene in which Jerry and Elaine are in a taxi was filmed in a studio using a black background and moving a fake taxi, due to budget restraints, in a method known as "Poor Man's Process."[4]

This is the first episode to feature Jerry's parents. Only one casting session was performed to find the actors for the roles. Philip Sterling was originally cast to play the role of Morty Seinfeld, but was replaced with Phil Bruns.[4] Bruns was then replaced as well because Seinfeld and David wanted the character to be harsher. As a result, the role was recast and given to Barney Martin who had no idea that another actor had already established the part.[3][8][9] In this episode Kramer greets Morty by name. Unlike later episodes featuring recast characters, this episode featuring Phil Bruns' scenes were not re-filmed for syndication with Barney Martin substituting for Bruns, as the characters had aged too much in the show for that to be an option.[10]

When "The Stake Out" was first broadcast on May 31, 1990, the episode attracted a Nielsen rating of 16.2/24, meaning that 16.2% of American households watched the episode, and that 24% of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into it.[4] When the episode was first repeated, on December 2, 1992, a special introductory film was made featuring Louis-Dreyfus and Seinfeld, in which they stated that this episode was the first one they did together. Strictly speaking, though, it was just the first episode broadcast in terms of production order, "Male Unbonding" was the first episode in which the two characters both appeared.[4]

The episode was nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 1991.[4] Holly E. Ordway for DVD Talk Review commented positively on not just this episode, but the whole of the first season, saying, "What's not to like about an episode like 'The Stakeout,' in which (among other things) we are witness to the invention of George's alter ego, Art Vandelay (and his import/export business)?"[11] Mary Kay Shilling and Mike Flaherty of Entertainment Weekly also liked the episode but had some doubts, saying it was, "A painfully realistic take on the lovers-to-friends transition that should have been more comically fruitful."[12]

However, some reviews of the episode were critical, both now and at the time. When first broadcast, Matt Roush from USA Today wrote: "Lacking much in the way of attitude, the show seems obsolete and irrelevant. What it boils down to is that Seinfeld is a mayonnaise clown in the world that requires a little horseradish."[4]

Colin Jacobson for DVD Movie Guide criticized the writing, saying, "the show's rather bland. It provides the occasional chuckle, but the characters aren't formed yet, and that makes the program ring false. The ending reconciliation between Jerry and Elaine causes particular problems; it doesn't turn sappy, but it comes too close for Seinfeld."[13]

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Colin Flahertydied Tuesday January 11th, with family at his side, in the house in which he grew up in Wilmington, Delaware. He was 66 years old and suffered from cancer. Probably best known for his books,White Girl Bleed a LotandDont Make the Black Kids Angry, he was a very successful podcaster, live-streamer, and author.

Colins books on the color of crime were praised by anumber of blacks, including Thomas Sowell and Allen West.Larry Elder interviewed him, most recently on March 15, 2021. The Huffington Post, of course, called his reportingrace-baiting, and Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Centerwrote that by publishing him, American Thinker where he has an extensive archive had sunk to the bottom of the racist barrel. I did not meet him until early 2018, but admired his charm, eloquence, and good humor, and did several interviewswith him.

Colin was reared Catholic, and his early politics were Democrat. In 1967, he was badly shaken when his brother Kevin was killed in action in Vietnam. In high school he was president of the Catholic Youth Organization for the Diocese of Wilmington. He organized food drives and distributed meals to poor people. In 1972, he organized a meet-and-greet for a then-unknown candidate for the Senate: Joe Biden, in his first run for public office.

That same year, Colin hitchhiked to Miami to protest at the Republican convention that nominated Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. He was arrested, along with several hundred other demonstrators. This photo from the September 1972 issue ofRolling Stoneis his booking photo. The T-shirt he is wearing has an image of Nixon with fangs dripping blood; its message is Eat the Rich.

As noted in Colins handwriting, he then went to jail for two days with Allen Ginsberg as a cell mate. Oommm is the sacred Hindu syllable that Ginsberg famously chanted. The look on Colins face says it all: Even as a rebel, he was goofy, fun-loving, and loved to laugh. He was serious when he needed to be, but always loved to stir things up. This photo is included in Hunter Thompsons 1973 book, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72.

Young Colin was already reading widely and had a thirst for adventure. He attended the University of Delaware for a year in 1974, but dropped out to join a carnival called James E. Strates Shows that toured up and down the East coast. He worked backstage and in logistics, but learned to swallow swords and juggle skills he never lost.

Colin left the show in Florida and lived for a while in Key West, where he worked as a cook. Before long, he set out for a months-long tour of Mexico on his Triumph motorcycle, and ended up back in Wilmington in 1976.

He then hitchhiked West; the end of the highway for Colin was San Diego, California, where he won a California Regents Scholarship to UC San Diego. He worked in political consulting and business trouble-shooting, but was also a passionate investigative journalist, who loved tracking down facts and interviewing people. He won many journalism prizes and was best known for a 1992 article for the San Diego Reader that uncovered so many facts that it won the release of a black man, Kelvin Wiley, who had been unjustly imprisoned for beating his white ex-girlfriend. He sometimes worked full-time for papers, but preferred the independence of free-lancing.

In 1981, Colin married the daughter ofLionel Van Deerlin, a Congressman who represented San Diego from 1963 to 1980. The couple had two children and Colin got on very well with his Democrat father-in-law.

Colin was a sportsman. He loved beach volleyball, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he played every Sunday in Ocean Beach. He played golf probably his favorite outdoor sport for as long as he was able. And, of course, he loved cigars.

Colin continued to work in journalism and consulting, and occasionally taught university classes in interviewing and news research. The crash of 2008 cut deeply into his consulting and media work, and he moved back to Wilmington, Delaware, but he kept studying and learning. This is a continuing-education certificate he earned in 2010.

As a 53-year-old, he went back to hitchhiking, and wrote his first book,Redwood to Deadwood: Hitchhiking America Today. He had learned to snowboard when his children were teenagers and during this period of vagabonding spent a season in Colorado teaching snowboarding.

Colin wrote thrillers. In 2011, he won first prize in the Washington Post Spy Novel Writers Contest. The judge called his submission the strong favorite, adding that it manages to advance the story, and twist it in a new and interesting direction, very deftly. Take a lookfor a Colin Flaherty you never knew.

Later in the 2000s, Colin became interested in the very high levels of black crime, which he found were ignored and downplayed in the media. He was not robbed or assaulted, nor were his family or friends; his reporters instinct simply drew him to a story that was being smothered. It was at this point that the larger world began to hear of Colin Flaherty. His books were Amazon best-sellers until Amazon pulled them, along with many other dissident titles.

Colin was a genius at tracking down crime stories. He had constant alerts on his computer and a network of fans including police officers kept him up to the minute. No one and I mean no one worked so hard and so effectively at exposing media hypocrisy on black crime. Before it was shut down in 2016, his YouTube channel was earning $12,000 a month. He also lost PayPal and Facebook, but managed to keep a Twitter account to the end. His livestreams were hugely popular, with a regular group of studio guests adding laughter and commentary. His close circle will archive and categorize his livestreams and plans to continue doing them.

I didnt meet Colin until January 2018, at a gathering of dissidents. I hadnt realized he was so tall six feet five inches and he was every inch the good-natured, erudite man I expected him to be. We worked together several times. We would tape a formal interview in the American Renaissance studio and then sit in the backyard for a Colin Flaherty livestream. Our off-the-cuff, beer-drinking, cigar-smoking livestreams were always better than the studio interviews. His fans and I never tired of his trademark phrases: St. George of Floyd, St. Michael of Brown, and the denial deceit delusion for which he blasted the media.

In 2020, I made up for years of neglect by inviting Colin to speak at our annual American Renaissance conference, but it was sacrificed to Covid. He was to be one of the top draws atlast years conference, but to our sorrow, he became too weak to attend. Fortunately, Allan the Barbershop Guy who enjoys one of the many nicknames Colin bestowed gave a marvelous musical tribute. You can sample Allans very professional workhere.

Colin left us far too soon, but besides his enormous body of work, he left us a motto to live by: without racism, without rancor, and without apology. Rest in peace, Colin. You earned your place in heaven.

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WINDHAM - Colin Timothy Gallagher, 35, tragically lost his life to an overdose on December 21, 2021. He was born in Portland on June 16, 1986, the son of Timothy P. Gallagher and Catherine (Renquin) Ryder. After graduation, Colin enlisted in the US Army infantry. He deployed to Baghdad, later returning to Washington state and then back home to Maine. He was a member of the Windham Veterans of Foreign War. Colin loved hunting and fishing with his father, and landscaping for his mom. He was an avid craftsman and greatly enjoyed hobbies including wood carving, painting, and building. Colins life, while marked by addiction, will ever be remembered by his deep love for family and his caring and compassionate heart. The disease of addiction not only took his life, but kept him from being fully present in the life of his beloved daughter, Lily. While they were separated by space, she was ever present in his heart and mind. Colin deeply loved his siblings, Shannah, Alanna, and Brenna; and his nephews, Logan, Ian and Samuel, and was greatly anticipating the birth of his niece, Evie. Colin also had a loving and supportive relationship with his step-father, Matthew Ryder. Colin is survived by his father, Timothy Gallagher and partner, Janet Flaherty; his mother, Catherine and step-father, Matthew Ryder; his daughter, Lily Gallagher; sisters, Shannah Gallagher, Alanna Howell and her husband, Steve, and Brenna Davidson and her husband, Scott; nephews, Logan, Ian, and Samuel A visitation will be held, 4-6 p.m., Friday, December 31, 2021 at the Windham Chapel of Dolby, Blais & Segee, 434 River Road. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, January 1, 2022 at St. Anns Episcopal Church, 40 Windham Center Road, Windham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Tri-County Mental Health Services to support veterans who are challenged by substance misuse disorder at, https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/Tri-CountyM/webdonation.html

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