White’s Service has announced extended hours for the snowmobile season. They will be open on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. until the season ends.
The annual Budget Committee meeting will be held on Monday, Feb. 8, at the Washburn Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. The regular monthly meeting of the Washburn Town Council will follow the budget meeting, beginning at 7 p.m.
The Washburn Town Office will be closed on Monday, Feb. 1, in order to close the town books for the year. The office will reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 a.m.
Some delicious Saturday and Sunday breakfasts at the Trailrunners’ clubhouse on Station Road are being served and will continue each Saturday and Sunday of the month. During the February school break the kitchen will be open every day. Dinners or Stew Nights will be held on the second Friday of each month starting at noon. Thanks go out to the kitchen crew including: Dick and Audrey Hartford, Billy Pike, Terry Winger, Bill Sewall; and Mary Jane Sperrey drops by to check on things and fills in whenever needed.
The clubhouse kitchen crew will be serving dinners on the second Friday of each month starting at noon. Looking ahead, Andy Santerre will make an appearance for lunch on Saturday, Feb. 6.
TOPS of Washburn will be holding their regular meetings on each Monday of the month. They will begin weigh-ins at 4:15 p.m., with the meeting to follow at 5:25 p.m. and go for about one hour. This group is not only a diet plan but a support group for any other diet programs, and the group has an “open-door policy” with new members as well as all others welcome.
The delivery date for Friendly Co-op order is set for Friday, Jan. 29. For information, please contact Brenda at 455-8421 or e-mail her at bunny@ainop.com.
Those celebrating birthdays this week include: Donna Worster, Abigail Dahlgren, Diane Wilcox, Mitchell Sperrey, Tammy Berube, Marlene Tompkins, Jeremy Bard, Kim Carter, Jenna Flanagin, Julie Powell, O’Brien Bragg, Wendy Cray, Catelyn Coulombe, Chris Emery, Kyle Turner, Dana Olcott, Jim McCarty, Mike Martin, Troy Dahlgren, Tracy Baker, Jeff Cray, Paul Brown, Jim Rowbotham, Melanie Turner and Bobby Burchett. Anniversary wishes go out to Glenn and Debra Viola.
The Washburn Memorial Library enjoyed a Christmas Celebration Story Time, with the usual format was changed slightly due to requests from the older students to be able to have a turn at story reading. Courtney Cannon read “The Best Christmas Present Ever” and Tanya Tarbox read “Santa Mouse, Where Are You?”
After the door prizes were handed out, Chelsea Sadler read “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Refreshments were served and all enjoyed a long chat about favorite gifts received this year.
National Library Week was celebrated by a library Story Time, and books read were written by authors with Maine affiliations. Lucia Bragg read the story “Feast for Ten” and Catelyn Coulombe read “Little Loon and Papa.”
The children reminded the librarian that she forgot the scream that is usually done at the start of the program so it was performed before the door prize drawings. Librarian Katherine Corey read the story “Grandpappy Snippy Snappies.” Refreshments were served and everyone left very happy.
Door prize winners were: Victoria Savoy, Tal McCoy, Alyssa Dennett, Dawson McCoy, Lucia Bragg, Rebecca Savoy, Scott Flood, Reagan Whipkey, Catelyn Coulombe, Christa McCoy and Valerie Flood.
The library held an overnight student book discussion group on Jan. 15, which was also well-attended.
The library still has cookbooks to sell at a cost of $10 each, with the proceeds going towards a new public computer.
The 209 recipes included come from local cooks in Washburn, Wade and Perham and also include many old family “secret” recipes. You can buy them at the library, Town Office, Washburn Coffee Shop and Katahdin Trust.
The library’s knitting circle is still going on each Thursday morning. The 10 ladies meet from 10:30 a.m. until noon.
Corey has updated the library’s Web site, adding a calendar of 2010 events and photos, along with a posting of all of the articles published in the town’s newsletter; visit: http://sites.google.com/site/washburnmemoriallibrary. If you have any questions, feel free to call the 455-4814.
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, there will be vross vountry skiing from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m.
On Monday, Feb. 1, there will be men’s basketball starting at 6:30 p.m.
On Monday, Feb. 1, and Wednesday, Feb. 3, there will be cross country skiing from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m.
Troop 177 gathered at the home of Jim and Debbie LeClair on the Gardner Creek Rd. on Saturday, Jan. 9, for a barn- and garage-cleaning day. It was an all-day event and the boys cleaned and sorted and organized a variety of items in both buildings, and even built some shelves for storage.
They also enjoyed some break time playing pool and darts and sharing the fun side of Boy Scouting with some local people.
They were provided a great BBQ lunch by Debbie LeClair including hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, chips and coleslaw, and many tasty treats and snacks for break time.
The LeClairs noted that the boys did an excellent job of helping them out, and the family made a generous donation to help the Scouts on their up-and-coming Jamboree trip to Virginia this July. The boys found it rewarding to see their accomplishments as well as having earned expense money.
Those attending the all day-event included: Curtis Thompson, Kody Brissette, Brandon Cropley, Parker Thompson, Adam Wilcox, Daniel Roy, Tyler Jardine and adults Donald Wilcox, Randy Thompson, Mike Thompson and Larry Harrison.
Washburn Boy Scouts were a busy bunch the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16 and 17, starting out with a town-wide bottle drive and afterwards moving to their campsite to practice winter camping skills.
On Saturday, the first task at hand was to build a snow dome and snow kitchen that they’ll be needing for the annual county-wide Winterama coming up in February. This accomplished, the Scouts cooked supper indoors, and a hearty beef stew and blueberry apple cobble was cooked outside in Dutch ovens. Needless to say, the boys slept well after such an active day.
Sunday morning’s breakfast was cooked outdoors over backpack stoves and consisted of hot Tang, oatmeal with squeeze butter added for energy and granola bars. The breakfast cooking crew included: Taylor Skinner, Parker Thompson, Brandon Cropley, Nicholas Gumprecht, Kody Brissette, Curtis Thompson and Tyler Jardine. Before continuing their day’s activities, the “Scout’s Own” religious service was conducted by Taylor Skinner.
After the grounds and camp were cleaned, it was time for snowshoeing. The trek went around the camp property and across the Salmon Brook. While on the trail, the Scouts checked on wildlife tracks and worked on tree identification. Many winter camping skills were learned and renewed during the weekend; and the adults completed some more work at the camp.
Those attending included construction crew Stacey Skinner and Greg Cropley and Scouts and leaders: Curtis Thompson, Taylor Skinner, Tyler Jardine, Parker Thompson, Brandon Cropley, Kody Brissette, Daniel Roy, Nicholas Gumprecht, Larry Harrison and Randy Thompson.
Christie Cochran is the correspondent for Washburn, Wade and Perham. She can be reached at 455-8034 or gramchristie@yahoo.com.
