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ME Law Provides More Access to Disabled Hunters

By Patty Wight on Wednesday, December 4, 2002.

People with disabilities in Maine now have increased access to hunting, fishing and trapping.

Maine assesses the hunters' disabilities and provides them special permits.

The state also grants them rights prohibited to other hunters.

For example, some can hunt from cars.

Others get to use unconventional weapons.

Ernest Willey of West Newfield is one of the active players in developing the new law.

He's also a quadriplegic.

Maine Public Radio's Patty Wight recently accompanied Willey on a deer hunting trip.

She filed this report.

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By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, December 4, 2002.

State lawmakers met today to get ready for the next session.

First on the agenda was the election of House and Senate leaders.

As expected the Senate picked Keene Republican Thomas Eaton as president.

The House re-elected Bartlett Republican Gene Chandler as Speaker.

Norma Love is chief State House reporter for the Associated Press.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis there was one surprise today.

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