Rotary ‘wheels’
The annual Rotary Supper/Auction will be held on Saturday, April 12, at the high school gymnasium with supper being served at 5 p.m. and the auction to follow. The supper menu will be a choice of roast beef or stuffed chicken breast with carrots, peas, baked potatoes, fried rice, salads, rolls, desserts and coffee, tea, sodas and water.
The auction will follow with crowd favorite auctioneer Tom Drew providing his services and special brand of entertainment for the benefit supper. The cost for the evening events is $10 for adults and $6 for ages 12 and under and tickets will be available from any Rotarian or at the door, with all proceeds going towards Washburn-area Rotary projects.
Co-chairs for this year’s event are Rotarians Barbara Turner and Larry Harrison. Some auction items include: a fun weekend for two at Moose Point Camps on Fish River, a beautiful garden bench, a $100 coupon for meals at Café Sorpreso, a subscription to the Swap Buy and Sell, a $50 certificate to Caron’s Lawn Care, a spring basket, an LED work light, a BBQ set, a Trailrunners hooded jacket, Washburn Beaver’s sweatshirt, a few clocks and hats, and an item from the Silver Basket, a gift basket of floral arrangement from Phil’s Florist, a few oil changes including some from Midas, and a four-piece gift set of fine Sheffield and certificates for tanning sessions. Cross stitch craft kits, coins and calendars will also be for sale, as well as a zippered messenger bag attaché case. There are over 150 items including many silent-auction items.
There will also be a few raffles throughout the event including savings bonds, among many other items.
This auction is an important fund-raiser for the Washburn Rotary, and some recent examples of their work include making a donation to the Salmon Brook Historical Society for the barn renovations in memory of past Rotarians Mac Holts and Ray Carter. The group also sponsored a student from the area to attend the TAMC Survivor Camp this coming summer.
They made a donation to Meals on Wheels which will be matched by Rotary’s Finestein Foundation.
They have also made a donation to a Rotary project in Africa, and this amount will be doubled by Rotary International. It was also voted that Ellen Fitzsimmons, Charlotte Griffin and Cindy Richendollar will be attending the PETS AND SETS meeting in April.
It was also announced that the first meeting for the 2008 August Festival will be held at the Civic Center on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. Anyone with ideas or wishes to help, please attend.
Birthdays/anniversaries
A special belated birthday wish goes out to a fun-loving one-year-old, Damien DuMont.
Those celebrating birthdays this week include: Paul Dumont, Grace McCrum, Madison Ziegler, Skip Creasey, Sam Jordon, Darice Plumer, Trevor Pendexter, Francis Beaulieu, Shawna Miller, Terry Berube, Carroll Plissey, Glen Viola, Bette Olson, Janette Barker, Melissa Clark, Shelley Chavez, Duane Corey, Fran Dickinson, Raymond Humphrey, Ward Turner, Kyle Bragg, Shirley Churchill, Kim Plante, Jean Dodd, Shawn Cunningham, Rodney Sperrey, Sam Belanger, Randy Bragg, Ray Hanna, Tammi Easler, James Canders, Nikole Herring, Alyssa Huston, Chico Hernandez, Valerie Maynard, Darren Pesut, Fern Sands, Russell Farley Jr., Lily Helton and Peggy Kelley.
Rec Center seniors
Ten ladies went to Smyrna for a day of sweet fun and delicious lunches. Washburn Rec Director Marcie Barbarula took the ladies to Easton, where they joined the Rec Center seniors from there to go together on a bus.
The group enjoyed touring the ‘sugary’ and got a free sample of ice cream and maple syrup. They toured the sugar camp building, but all the sap lines were under a generous layer of snow, so they missed watching the sap run. Inside, they also got to see a laptop presentation of honey making and visited the gift store.
They also enjoyed a great lunch at the Brookside Restaurant, where they ordered from a full menu and their waitresses served them a delicious pumpkin cake at no fee.
The Amish store tour was a real treat for everyone, and all bought some nice souvenirs. They shopped in a nice store with no electricity, the lighting was supplied by white gas and there was an old-fashioned hand-cranked cash register, which most of the seniors remembered seeing before! The two Amish men working there were nice and very helpful for the ladies, thanking them all for shopping there. The ladies brought home everything from beans to bake, caramel candy, hand-drawn greeting cards and molasses. All agreed they would like to make the trip again sometime.
Two of the Washburn seniors went the very next week, making the trip with SAGE (Seniors Achieving Greater Education), a group sponsored by UMPI. Gwen Bragg and Lorraine Harrison went and even got to see the syrup run into the vat in the cellar which was under snow when the other group took the tour. All the seniors appreciated the hard work the sugary crew did to make such a pleasant treat for others to enjoy.
Coming event
Believe it or not, spring is on the way! The first meeting of the Washburn Beavers’ ATV Club will be held at their Gould Street clubhouse on Wednesday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. This is only 27 days away! New members are needed and all are welcome to attend.
There will be lots of plans made for activities and summer trail-riding fun. Your ideas and input will be appreciated.
Flying signs of spring
Anyone coming into Washburn last Sunday could have seen a hopeful sign of spring in the air. Several area family members were enjoying a kite-flying day with two large kites and the hopeful airlifting of a large dragon kite.
The youth were enjoying sled rides, and some got to the site on bicycles which were parked nearby! Those attending included: Nate Tarbox, Devon Patterson, Sierra Rooney, Tanya Tarbox, Rich Tarbox and Billie Jo Rooney.
Ongoing events/reminders
The ‘Keenagers’ Senior Citizens group will be starting up, with their first meeting held at the Civic Center on Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. These potluck luncheons are held the second Thursday of each month throughout the summer at the Washburn Civic Center.
On Fridays, the Trailrunners Snowmobile clubhouse kitchen will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with a light lunch including burgers and hotdogs and Stew Night features a variety of great homemade soups and stews served starting at 4 p.m. On Saturdays, the kitchen is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. serving breakfast and lunch. On Sundays, the clubhouse will be serving breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
TOPS will be meeting each Monday at the Washburn Trailrunners clubhouse, starting with weigh-in at 4:15 p.m. and the meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. For further information, contact Birdena Cochran at 455-8353.
The next order week for Friendly Co-Op will be Monday, April 14 through Friday, April 18. Please have all orders emailed or called in by Friday, April 18, and the scheduled delivery date will be Friday, April 25. For further information, contact Brenda McCoy at 455-8421 or e-mail her at bunny@ainop.com.
On Tuesday, April 15, members of the Oscar Dow Post 48 of the American Legion will meet at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center.
Jeffrey’s Garden still has approximately 10 openings left for the Maine Senior Farm Share Program. This is a program open to senior citizens age 60 as well as those 55 years of age if Native American and each will be allowed $50 in produce from the farm.
For further information, contact Jeffrey Giggie at 96 Chandler Road or phone 551-8373.
Perham municipal notes
Perham’s election results are as follows: A three-year term for selectman/overseer of the poor was won by Ray Wood with 122 votes.
Theresa Cochran was elected as School Board member for SAD 45 for a three-year term with 105 votes.
Project Graduation 2008
On Friday, April 18, there will be a repeat of the fun Talent Show held during the famous Blizzard of 2008! Some of the same talents will be there, along with many new acts. The show starts at 6 p.m. and promises to be a fun two hours well spent. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for those 12 and under.
There will also be a Little Caesar’s Pizza sale going on from Monday, April 7 through Monday, April 21. There will be lots of varieties of delicious pizzas and other baked treats, as well as coupons for purchases directly at Pizza Hut. To place your order, stop by the high school for further information or contact any senior class member or Co-Chairwomen Ann King and Tracy Reed at the high school or e-mail Tracy at treed@msad45.net.
There will be also be a special team of workers from the Class of 2008 who will be available to shovel roofs, walkways, driveways, do some yard work and haul in wood or whatever needs you may have. All their labor will be done for donations to the Project Graduation fund. For further information, or to reserve your job time, contact Billie Roy at 455-8369.
The Washburn Trailrunners opened their clubhouse and Bingo facilities for the Class of 2008 and during their first bingo night, a grand total of 41 players, their largest crowd yet, enjoyed a fun evening. Most of those attending went home a winner, and the 50/50 was won by Jana Campbell. The senior class members attending worked the kitchen, cleaning, serving a great meal of chili, steamed hotdogs, French fries and homemade desserts. They all worked at cleaning up as well, and all seniors involved in the Boston trip for graduation attended the event. Workers from the Trailrunners included: Bingo Director Doc Albert, Caller Rod Sperrey, Club President Alan Carter and members Audrey Hartford and Fred Woodman. The group will also be sponsoring several Bingo nights with further information and dates to follow.
The Class of 2008 is having an ongoing bottle drive and asks that anyone wishing to donate to this Project Graduation fund-raising event can drop off their bottles at Johnny’s Redemption on Main Street in Washburn or at the Presque Isle Redemption Center on Parsons Street. Also any senior class member will pick them up at your residence. Arrangements can be made for any Project Grad 2008 events by phoning Tracy Reed at the high school at 455-4501.
There was a delicious baked bean supper served and an auction was held on Saturday, April 5, at the elementary school with nearly 50 people both young and old attending. The beans were made by Ronald Scott and parents donated goodies ranging from macaroni, potato and green salads, hotdogs and lots of yummy desserts. There were many auction items as well as the senior members of the Class of ’08 being willing to offer their services towards the auction. Auction items ranged from artwork, sodas, a crystal serving set and the crowd favorite – a hand-made quilt decorated with the handprints and names of every senior class member.
Please note that there will be project graduation Bingo held each Tuesday for the next few weeks. Check the sign by the road for times and dates.
The auctioneer is the one and only Tom Drew, who makes the event go by quickly and with great fun. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youth 12 and under and $15 for a family. All proceeds go towards Project Graduation events.
Healthy You calendar of events
The following events are free and open to the general public:
Prescription Assistance Options – Wednesday, April 9, between 1 and 3 p.m., Washburn Community Center. Learn more about programs that can help you pay for your prescriptions. Also, drop off your unused or expired medications for safe and proper disposal by local police officers.
Family Fun Night – Friday, April 11, 6-9 p.m., Washburn Recreation Center. Games, movie, prizes, healthy snacks, wellness information, and FUN for the whole family. Activities for all ages!
Financial Planning – Financial experts from KeyBank will present information about retirement planning and Long Term Care insurance on Monday, April 14, noon – 1 p.m., Washburn Community Center.
Adolescents and Substance Abuse – Wednesday, April 16, 7-9 p.m., Washburn Community Center. A must-attend for anyone who has a child or teenager in their life. Learn more about inhalants, prescription abuse, alcoholism and more.
Grocery Day – Friday, April 18, between 4-7 p.m., Washburn Food Mart. Get current information about healthy food substitutions, organic foods, and sugar/fat culprits.
Healthy You is a program of Cary Medical Center, with support from KeyBank and the Maine Cancer Foundation. For information about Healthy You programs, contact Cary Medical Center at 498-1361 or log on to www.carymedicalcenter.org.
Christie Cochran is the correspondent for Washburn, Wade and Perham. She can be reached at 455-8034 or gramchristie@yahoo.com.
