Community congratulates Lady Beavers

Community congratulates Lady Beavers

WASHBURN NEWS

by Tomi Henderson

    A big congratulations go out to the Lady Beavers for bringing home the Eastern Maine Class D Basketball trophy for the second year in a row. Great job, ladies!

Rotary Club

    Recently the Washburn Rotary Club was pleased to welcome speakers from the Presque Isle Rotary Club and TAMC. Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of TAMC, spoke on the hospital’s history, noting that this is their centennial year. Andy Soucier added information about the various locations of the hospital over the past 100 years, noting that noise from the fire station next to TAMC, then located on Second Street, led to its moving to Academy Street. Another item of interest per Getman was that TAMC was the first hospital in Maine to have a cobalt machine for cancer radiation therapy. She concluded by stating that current goals/challenges of the hospital included balancing cost, quality and service.

Photo courtesy of Tomi Henderson
    ROTARY GUEST SPEAKERS — Pictured are The Aroostook Medical Center’s Andy Soucier, Rotary President Steve Boddy and Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of TAMC. Soucier and Getman recently spoke at the Washburn Rotary Club.

    The Washburn Rotary Club is looking for new members. Members are generally people interested in providing community service to the three-town area. The club meets weekly for a wonderful meal followed by a business and/or informational meeting. Meetings are held at 5:30 Wednesday evenings in the Civic Center. More information can be obtained from any Rotary member.

    Washburn Rotary members include: President Steve Boddy, Keith Brown, Kermit Fuller, Charlotte Griffin, Dennis Harris, Larry Harrison, Jeremiah McIntosh, Mike McIntosh, Cindy Richendollar, Stuart Turner, Mike Umphrey and Andy White. Please feel free to speak to any of these people if you are interested in checking out our group, or drop by a meeting anytime. We would love to have you!

Birthdays/anniversaries

    Those celebrating birthdays from Feb. 29 through March 6 include: Beth Veeneman, Bill Sargent, Bob Clayton, Kyle Corey, Kyle Rider, Karen Carmichael, Colby Anne Hitchcock, Danny Creasey, Eva Levesque, Harley Curtis, Mark Sperrey, Dennis Tully, John Thomas, Michelle Doody, Tony Hatch, Kevin Rand, Melissa Perry, Cathy Conley, Peggy Wilson, Andrea Hatch and Shannon Skipper.

    Celebrating their anniversary are: Craig and Crystal Hobbs.

Washburn Trail Runners

    Remember that the clubhouse will be open every weekend from now until the last weekend of March serving weekend breakfasts and lunches. The hours are: Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon; Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Sundays, 7 a.m. to noon. To view our priced menus, please visit our website or Facebook page.

    The club also has a variety of warm clothing items for sale.

    For Club news, updated trail conditions and clubhouse rentals, visit online at www.washburntrailrunners.org or on Facebook.

Project Graduation

    Washburn Project Grad 2012 is taking donations at the bottle redemption center in Washburn for this school year. Just let them know that you want to donate your bottles. Thank you to anyone that has given to us in the past. It is greatly appreciated.

Scout news

    Troop 177  attended Scout Sunday Service at the Lidstone Memorial Methodist Church recently. Picutred from left are: Scoutmaster Larry Harrison; Assistant Leader Ronald Rand; Scouts Tyler Jardine, Daniel Roy and Taylor Skinner; and Pastor Dot Matson.

    The month of February was a busy one for members of Washburn’s Troop 177. On Feb. 5, Scouts and leaders participated in Scout Sunday recognizing the beginning of Scout Anniversary Week. The troop attended services at the Lidstone Memorial Methodist Church in Washburn.

    On Saturday, Feb. 11, Scouts and leaders attended the Washburn Cub Scout Pack 162 Blue and Gold Banquet. The troop welcomed two new members during the graduation Arrow of Light ceremony, Carver Pendexter and Alex Hyde. Members of Troop 177 welcomed the two with their Scout handbook, neckerchief and slide, as well as patrol patch. Following the ceremony, Troop 177 conducted a Court of Honor, handing out advancement to its members.

    The annual North Star District Winterama was held at Aroostook State Park on Feb. 18 and 19 with Washburn’s Troop 177 sleeping out in their snow domes and cooking their winter high-energy meals in their snow kitchen. The boys completed events on the Klondike Trail and placed well in several events. Planning has begun for the Patriots Day weekend trip to the Sea Dogs’ baseball game in Portland; this is sure to be great experience for those attending.

Photos courtesy of Tomi Henderson

    Tomi Henderson is the correspondent for Perham, Wade and Washburn. She can be reached at 429-9126 or e-mail tomihen@yahoo.com.